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
• Console Generation Exclusives: Wii
• 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

NGamer	Dec, 2006	90 out of 100	90
411mania.com	Dec 15, 2006	7.1 out of 10	71
Eurogamer.de	Dec 29, 2006	7 out of 10	70
Eurogamer.fr	May 17, 2007	7 out of 10	70
games xtreme	Jan 04, 2007	7 out of 10	70
Deaf Gamers	2007	6.8 out of 10	68
Video Game Generation	Dec 03, 2006	6.2 out of 10	62
GamingHeaven / DriverHeaven	Nov 29, 2006	62 out of 100	62
G4 TV: X-Play	Nov 20, 2006		60
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Dec 08, 2006	3 out of 10	30

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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!"