I didn't think i'd have to expand upon what i said before but it seems i should make myself clear for you. Before bawling about this game being on rails, we could perhaps wait for a little more info than "likened to a 'rail sword-slashter' or rail shooter" and a longer gameplay trailer or video that would clear up whether it'll be a traditional on-rails game or a little different.

At this point, no i don't really care whether it's on rails or not, and i am glad i shared this with the people of this thread. Four facts alone sealed the potential and my own personal interest with this game. These being...

- The game is M rated. This could bring about a very interesting atmosphere and open the door for some very snappy dialogue, especially when combined with its medieval-ish setting.

- Motion Plus. A game with the concept of slashing through dozens upon dozens of enemies is using this. Very engrossing gameplay is guarunteed here with a lot of depth, especially with over 300 different weapons.

- 4 Player online co-op. The developers must be pretty confident in this title to include online co-op, a feature rarely seen within Wii games.

- Female protagonists. Pretty self explantory stuff right there.

So forgive me if i'm not screaming and crying because this game is "on-rails", but unlike you, i refuse to let such a minor stripple make me look down upon a great looking game. And yes, i am aware that i was not forced to place a comment in this thread, i just felt the need to express my belief that this game looks awesome. I hope you can understand that some people are still excited over this game despite it being of a genre that you seem to despise so much.

Maybe you should put a notice on the OP saying "those who dont care or like that this game is on-rails please dont comment so us closed minded whiners can bitch in peace".

couldn't they use the nunchuck as the left analog and the directional pad on the wiimote as the right analog and do the norm for camera/character control?  Seems like that would be plausible.

You could use the directional pad, but I can't see using it just as you would an analog stick.

For wide turns I could see it.  It would control drastically different then most games though...

and would control like Killer 7.  (Which i had mentioned before.)

Also, unlike other on rail games, there are armies. Making armies in an on rails game would just be stupid. I'd say 1Up just THINKS it's on rails from the camera view.

One more thing. There's nothing in the scans of the game that says the game is on rails or else we'd have heard it from J-GAF right now. The only way that 1up could come to the conclusion that it's on rails is from the vids. The vid shows it's like EDF so it's not on rails.

In the Zangeki vid I noticed there were targets in the back of the character. That's not how on rails works.

So it's not on rails /thread

You could use the directional pad, but I can't see using it just as you would an analog stick.

For wide turns I could see it.  It would control drastically different then most games though...

and would control like Killer 7.  (Which i had mentioned before.)

On a side note, it looks to me like the slashing is done using the IR pointer, but if that's true what do you think the WM+ is for?  It was my understanding that WM+ just gives more information on the position and orientation of the Wiimote but doesn't change the IR pointer functionality.