It's retail shipment sold less than both of those games. Adding VC does shift the scales though.

 Don't get too excited yet: there's a difference between spending $10 to play a game you've repeatedly heard of (but couldn't play) and spending $50 to play a game that's freely available. Not trying to rain on your parade, but...

yeah, thats how i feel about New super mario bros wii, i mean i have the local multiplayer, but i want the online mode as well. You should buy Excite bike , its only $9.99, and theres are plenty of people playing online. I started a thread here to exchange FC, but we need more people to join.

I'll keep thinking about it, but to be honest there are too many other games to play right now, and far too little time. If I do though, you'll be the first to know.

To be fair, a downloadable game for $14.99 will sell more than a retail game priced at $49.99.

It's not my most hyped game, but I'm really looking forward to it and have been for a very long time. Has it gotten a concrete EU release date yet?

With any luck... :D

I imported S&P2 a few months back when it came to Japan. Its a blast, really hard as hell like the first. Despite being on rails you have some controll over the character as the move across the screen. Sadly the game really doesn't look that good. Perhaps I'm just spoiled by some of great looking games recently, but this game certainly looks worse in motion than I would have hoped. The action and gameplay are great though and very action packed. One nice thing about the import was that the menus are easy to navigate and the story understandable even without speaking a word of Japanese.

The game is certainly unique and will remind folks of the first one, StarFox, or Panzer Dragoon. The boss battles are especially epic and keep the pace moving quickly. This is a game people will toil over highscores- which thanks to wifi can be easily submitted.

This is a game to get excited for if you love this genre. If you don't perhaps a rental is a better option. I kind of got sidetracked lately with all the big releases so thanks for the reminder to get back to S&P2 soon!