New Red Steel 2 details – Game length, additional weapons, more

These details come from German magazine N-Zone…

– Power, angle play important role in amount of damage given to an opponent
– Shake Wii controller to take out sword
– No weapon inventory, helps the flow of the game
– Sometimes need to complete quicktime events – ex: Protect against slashes
– Enemies will come at you directly when you shoot at them
– Sword/pistol aren’t the only weapons in the game
– Can obtain the shotgun, can be upgraded
– Can only play with Wii MotionPlus
– Location = American/Asian/futuristic Wild-West mix
– No characters from the first game returning
– Artists working on the game traveled to Japan, 6,000 pictures taken to get a good idea for the art in the game
– Main character is the only person
– 15 enemy classes
– 5 boss fights
– 6 enemies attacking at once at the most
– Main enemy is a warlord of sorts
– The bigger levels are about 30% linear, 70% open
– Extra missions will become available by radio
– Can complete extra missions whenever you want
– At one point in the game, you’ll learn Katana moves to take out barrages
– 10 hours of gameplay up to this point

Thanks to joclo for the news tip!