Red Steel (Wii)

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Description

Taking place in both the USA and Japan, Red Steel is a crime themed shooter that has the player controlled Scott Monroe fighting off various members of the Yakuza clans in order to rescue his fianceé.

It features sword duels and gun fights using the Wiimote, to allow the player to swing the control as they would swing a sword. The positioning and movement actions of the Wiimote also let the player aim their weapons almost as they would a real gun.

Not only must the player fight off many clan leaders, but the option is often given to spare lives of the enemy. This is wise as it leads the player gaining more friends, rather than more opponents in the future if the Scott is seen to be dishonorable.

It is up to Scott to hopefully gain allies and uncover the reasons for his financeé's kidnapping.

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Alternate Titles

• "レッドスティール" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: UnrealEngine2
• Physics Engine: PhysX
• Red Steel series

User Reviews

Fun for fans of light-gun genre, yet not of Samurai Shodown.	Minter064 (26)
Excellent New-Gen fps (with some dodgey sword play)	Ynda (21)

Critic Reviews

Nintendo Wii X / GameCube X	Dec 11, 2006	8.4 out of 10	84
Gamezine	Dec 10, 2006	16 out of 20	80
Gameslave UK	Jan 10, 2007	7 out of 10	70
4Players.de	Dec 12, 2006	70 out of 100	70
Worth Playing	Dec 26, 2006	7 out of 10	70
Video Game Talk	Dec 12, 2006		70
The Video Game Critic	Jun 09, 2007	B-	67
Jeuxpo.com	2006	6.5 out of 10	65
Nintendo Life	Feb 13, 2007		50
Game Revolution	Dec 19, 2006	D	25

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Trivia

As many games, this game has a limited number of stock phrases that the enemies shout at you in combat. Many but not all of the enemies are Japanese, and those enemies who do speak Japanese often scream "Kusu gaijin!" Both these words have the accent falling on the first syllable, and the phrase means "Filthy foreigner!" Similarly, in the original language-version of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Revolver Ocelot insults Naked Snake with the words "... Kusu Amerikajin inu!" or "Filthy American dog!"