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So Sin and punishment 2 will be heading to Wii! Which is a bit of a surprise, but not really. It wasn’t that long ago that Nintendo made the game available for the Virtual console. And once they did it became a huge hit. So I guess with that in mind a sequel was to be expected. It would also seem that Nintendo have also realized they can’t keep whoring Mario out in every sport known to man to sell first party titles, and that they’ve realized what we did yonks ago: That there are other Nintendo IP’s that deserve air time.

I really liked the original Sin and punishment, but it was bloody difficult. I hit a stage which robbed me of continues had me dying in seconds and this was on the easiest difficulty setting! I doubt I’ll ever complete the game at this rate - so I may as well look to the sequel. If Nintendo and Treasure co. decide to go Wii friendly, I imagine Sin and punishment 2 will feature unlimited continues and a super easy difficulty which actually makes the game beatable. But it would be kind of cool if they went 100% hardcore.

The graphics don’t look anything special, which is a shame. Because a bit of graphical sheen can go a long way. A few particle effects, more dynamic lighting and better quality textures would’ve been nice. But the game looks decent enough and if the core gameplay can be kept as tight as it was before - then it’ll be a solid game and worthy sequel.

I’m not even sure why I’m bothering to post the trailer to his game. I’m sure many of us have seen House of the dead 2 and 3 before. None the less, here goes.

I can tell you now that I won’t be buying this. Sega couldn’t even add new shit to the games. They just straight ported the Dreamcast and Xbox games respectively. Some call it faithful porting, I call it straight up lazy. Sega have revealed this game will release at the budget price of $29.99, which works out at about £15. But knowing how UK gamers get shafted when it comes to games, the price will probably get rounded up to about £24.99. I think it would’ve been a much better move for Sega to have released this game via the Wii shop. But as we all know, the Wii has no hard drive to facilitate such a thing. A download of this game would’ve gone down better, because I honestly think asking people to get up and go to a shop to buy this game is too much. I loved House of the dead 2, about 9 years and 2 generations ago. I still wonder why the first game appears to have been omitted from the Wii re-release, but it could well feature as an unlockable. That would be pretty cool as it’d mark the first time an arcade perfect version of the game has appeared on a console. I know it released on the Sega Saturn, but let’s face it. None of those ragged Saturn ports Sega did of their arcade games were ever arcade perfect.

Despite my cynicism I think any release of an arcade game is good, period. I’m glad Sega are continuing to follow the trend they set on the Dreamcast and GameCube by re-releasing their console and arcade classics, but I’d like to see Sega push it more. I’d like to see their more successful arcade games re-released, along with some of their more obscure titles such as Last Bronx and Virtual On. Sega have such a brilliant back catalog of arcade games and it seems they’re forgetting all about them.

House of the dead 2 & 3 return is slated for a March 18 North American release.

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