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

GameZone	Nov 27, 2006	7.9 out of 10	79
eToychest	2006	78 out of 100	78
Eurogamer.fr	May 17, 2007	7 out of 10	70
Gameslave UK	Jan 10, 2007	7 out of 10	70
Nintendo-Online.de	Apr 07, 2007	7 out of 10	70
GamingHeaven / DriverHeaven	Nov 29, 2006	62 out of 100	62
Video Game Generation	Dec 03, 2006	6.2 out of 10	62
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Dec 12, 2006	6 out of 10	60
Nintendo Life	Feb 13, 2007		50
Trigames.net	Jun 27, 2007		20

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Trivia

In the real world, the Japanese organized crime community known as the Yakuza almost always go to a lot of trouble to cultivate the appearance of charitable, polite and reasonable businessmen. Since almost everybody does what that Yakuza members politely advise them to do, there is almost never any need for violence, and only a very small fraction of the Yakuza follow any kind of ultranationalist or other far-right ideology. Each Yakuza extended family has its leader, whose title is "Oyabun", or "elder brother," -- the same name is used to refer to the combat knife belonging to the character "47" in the Hitman franchise of games.

The term for the group itself derives from "ya-ku-sa", a losing combination of numbers rolled in gambling. This is left over from the fact in medieval times, Japan's military government tended to hire certain con artists who were among the forerunners of today's Yakuza. During times of economic depression, the con men would be sent to gamble with day laborers on public works projects. In exchange for a commission fee, the swindlers returned some of the government's money!