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A promotional video for Red Steel 2 has made it onto the web, being apparently leaked from a retailer-only event. After having played the first game, there are parts I liked of it and parts I abhorred about it, a lot of it having to do with twitchy controls, graphics that really didn't amaze me, sword movement/control that was not what was originally promised, and bugs scattered throughout the game(Ubisoft, get your act together).

With Wii MotionPlus reported to being used for this game, 1:1 sword movement has been promised again, and after viewing this trailer, it appears that people might have that promise fulfilled:

Once I saw the footage, I had the same feeling I had when the first game was announced and saw the original footage: It was glee. But like the first game, the trailer for Red Steel 2 shows some things that don't immediately seem capable of being pulled off on the Wii:

• Graphics: For those that have played the first game, you already know this all too well: the original concept video showed sharp visuals, while the finished product did not. This video displays stuff that seems almost impossible for the Wii; that being said, it does appears that Ubisoft have ditched using the Unreal Engine in favor of a completely different engine(hopefully built from scratch for this game).

• Controls: Again, I reference back to those that played the first game, and remember the controls. Wii MotionPlus offers 1:1 control movement which means realistic sword control, but it is hard to try and get ones' hopes up after being let down once already.

The two things I did notice that I do hope are kept in the final product(besides the graphics/art style and the futuristic wild west-type setting) are the ability to instantly switch from your sword to you pistol and vice-versa, as well as the ability to fight what appeared to be three enemies in close-quarters combat. There is still a long time before Q4 2009, and I really do want to see what was shown in the footage, but it really doesnt seem all that likely; its going to be close but not 100%.