E3 06: Red Steel confirmed for Revolution launch
Ubisoft officially announces its first game for Nintendo's next-gen platform; says game will be at E3 and take advantage of motion-sensing controller.
Less than a week after it was first revealed, Red Steel now officially exists. Ubisoft today announced that it is indeed developing an action game for Nintendo's next-generation console, the Revolution.
As rumored, the game will feature a combination of swordplay and gunfire, which will make use of the Revolution's controller. Also, as suspected, Red Steel's gameplay will be so dependent on said controller's motion-sensing functionality that it will be exclusive to the platform. "We have been working closely with Nintendo to take full advantage of the innovative controller to create a thrilling experience that can only exist on the Revolution," said Serge Hascoet, Ubisoft's chief creative officer.
Today's announcement, though, was not just a retread of previously known information. Ubisoft revealed that the game will indeed be a launch title for the Revolution, which Nintendo is targeting to go on sale in North America by Christmas. "Nintendo is excited to have Ubisoft bring Red Steel to the Revolution launch lineup," said Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's outspoken executive vice president of sales and marketing.
Ubisoft also dropped the first details about Red Steel's plot. Set in contemporary Japan, the game will make players "master both the ancient art of the katana and the sophisticated technology of modern firearms, taking advantage of the emotion and immersive gameplay possible only with the Revolution's remarkable controller."
Ubisoft also announced its intention to make Red Steel a franchise in the same vein as its popular Splinter Cell and Prince of Persia series. It promised to "disclose more specific information on Red Steel in the coming months" and to show off how it would work with its controller at the forthcoming Electronic Entertainment Expo next month.
Featured Game
Developer: Ubisoft Paris
Genre: Modern First-Person Shooter
Platform: WII
Release Date: Nov 19, 2006
Latest News
Latest Entertainment Headlines
Judge reinstates suit; singer plays NYC show, eyes No. 1; trial begins with bombshell; rapper arrested; country legend dies.
News Features
Featured Stories
Killzone 2 delayed, PSP touted at EU PlayStation Day
Sony Europe's London show offers PSP video download previews, Motorstorm Pacific Rift demo, Resistance 2 sneak peek; European release for Guerilla's shooter pushed to 2009, Media Molecule's adorable platformer also nudged back one month in region.Newsmakers
Q&A: Dissecting Dark Sector
Director of Digital Extremes' latest action game talks to GameSpot about what worked, what didn't, and what he wanted to do differently.





333 Comments
Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
this game looks awesome........
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
Looks awesome. I hope it fufills completion as much as it has our hopes.
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
am guessin since zelda is comin out for gamecube, you'll be able to play gamecube games on wii, so no need to get two same games again, would be pointless
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
Weeeeeee!!!!! I mean Wii!!!!
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
umm.....why would the revolutions stay the same. The cube proved that it could surpass most other consols later with RE4.......what makes this one different....
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
Yeah but MarioB, remember that in the first wave of game releases the graphics aren't the best as they could be on a new console, what most people are saying is that later on in a year or two or more the 360's and PS2's graphics will noticably improve while the revolution will still be as it was at launch.
That aside, I surely don't careabout supreme graphics. I wouldn't care if every video game from now until I die looked as good as they do currently I am still fine. I just want some nifty kickass gameplay!
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
OKay, I've read 7 pages of comments and I haven't seen one person call it the Wii, the Wii is looking great and so is this game, let's just hope it stays that way, VIVA LA Wii!!
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
I'm psyched for this game. I can't wait to purchase.
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
The name change was a bad idea, but other than that, I'm psyched about the new Nintendo system. Something fun to do, right? Killing stuff seems like a second job anymore... Thank you video game industry.
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii what fun this is going to be......nintendo once again please me ^_^
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
[This message was deleted at the request of the original poster]
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
Well, here are the First Screens from the New Game From Ubisoft: Red Steel...
http://home.btconnect.com/hgi/nintendo-ds/revolution-red-steel.html
I think the Game Looks ACE, and graphics are pretty impressive, even though people think that Nintendo will dont have that good graphics, but if you compare them to Xbox 360 games they are as good...
And i hope that gamers and eventually developers will change their minds soon enough because they are all focused on Games graphics rather than Gameplay, and the result is that most of the games the past few years are all the same and only Nintendo is trying to bring good gameplay to games, but Sony and Microsoft Policy are killing the Video Game industry.
sure i like good graphics too but we need inovating games, and the only thing we get is all the of the same...
Even if think that Nintendo is saying goodbye after the Nintendo Wii to the game industry, i still think there is a hope for a giant like this to come back on the race...
We gamers have the power to keep Nintendo Up so i hope that people will buy this Revolutionary Game Console...
VIVA LA REVOLUTION - N for NINTENDO !!!
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
sounds awesome. i can only express it with WEEEEE!!! oh, sorry: WIIIIII!!!
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
ummm...i was just thinking, now that the revolution is now called Wii, does that mean that smash bros will now be called....Super Smash Bros Wii....sounds dirty!
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
Seems to me like Wii's off to a pretty sweet start.
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
the only thing i like more than fast-paced gunfighter games, are Fast-paced Samurai sword games, and the one thing i like more than that is putting 'em both together XD
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
nintendo aint playin and this is the perfect start to a new console
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
Wiii!!! An action game!!! =D
[coough cough bad joke]
Anyways, I'm looking formward to it. I love fast-paced action games!
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
who cares bout the name with this kinda game?!
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
a great game----on a system with a bad name
lol it rhymes
who else hates the name wii
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
viva la WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
I don' t think it will be the old games with a new jacket. With the new controller there are so much more possible! Nintendo knows better than that.
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
At least its something new. I expected the revolution launch to be the same old nintendo games with a new controller.
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
yes!!! this game looks sick it will be the first game i get. but can u show us more?
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
the rev controller looks like a disaster but at least red steel will appease the older crowds for nintendo
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
Nintendo Forever... I Do Believe That This System Will Top The Charts
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
I had almost wrote off the company that made gameing a house hold thing until.....NOW....I think that the REV is gonna turn some heads just because it is something that we as gamers have never seen. I support no system 100% but the REV is shapein up alot nicer than I thought. I really thought that this would be Nintendo's last stand but now I am not so sure. Esspecially since I lost alot of respect for microsoft after the 360 disaster.
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
If I can sword fight with a motionsensitive controller, and shoot with it like a light gun, wow, could be impressive. If I can hack people's limbs off I'm sold.
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
if gameplay will be alright and the game won't be short, it's gonna be a real HIT
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
I'm not gonna get red steel, I'm gonna try and get rev on it's own and Twilight princess cause it's gonna feature the rev controller.
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
i think its cool that companies take advantage of the motion sensors, but Rev. Needs to come out with a blockbutser like halo 3, or they cood b in some hot water
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
yea, screen shots of this game are in the new Game Informer magazine... the graphics look better than I thought they would after seeing the weak system specs of the Rev! I'm quite surprised... and excited!
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
Yes go rev. the more i hear the better the rev gets and omg the graphics any one seem them theres awsome ps3 and 360 look out nintendo are not down yet.
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
swordplay + gunfire = happy grave_rob
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
Hells Yes.
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
sounds madd cool for the revolution
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
THIS GAME IS GONNA BE NUTS!
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
i jioned a uoin of red steel on gamespot.. its shows pic too =)
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
tee-hee!
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
Red steel will be the ONLY serious game for the rev...Mario is played out they need to stop making games...
Microsoft has informed us that them and Nintendo have traded there beloved games...Halo for Legend of Zelda...
And up next
The hero removes his mask from Halo 1 and 2 who is he????
Its mario....
and Wait Link has gotten a make over and has stoped being childish and started Cursing and has gotten rid of that fruity sword and has gotten Dante's sword from Devil may cry.
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
finally a mature rated game that actually looks like it will do well
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
*sheds a tear of joy*
Viva Le ReVoLuTioN
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
I would disagree with that last comment if I could get past the horrific lack of concern for spelling or coherency.
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
Red steel will probley be the only good game to come out for the revoultion,besides those stupied mario games...
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
Just makes me want E3 sooner... AND LONGER THAN LAST YEAR!
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
this sounds cool but ........... im reserving a copy of xtreme samuri can opener 4
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
this game sounds cool i cant wait 2 play it
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)
HOOOOOOOOOOORAY! All my wildest dreams have come true (good thing i voted for Pedro)
Login to rate this comment
/ (+0)