To be honest, Red Steel 1's multiplayer was an afterthought. I didn't actually try it until a year after I bought the game. Whenever I got people to come try it, it wasn't easy to just pick up and play for them (but that could be due to RS1's wonky controls). No doubt, it would've garnered more sales if included, but COD:MW Reflex managed 750k without it. They are not the same due to brand name, but alas it is still selling.

RS2, if it is good, should be fine saleswise. Why Ubisoft prefers to let it fail, I don't know, but gamers will get it if it is good. Plus, it has the benefit of being bundled with WM+.

Ubisoft didn't lower their expectations for the game because they changed something in RS2, or whatnot. They lowered their expectations because retailers, like Target, Wal-mart, etc., are shying away from carrying M-rated Wii games, and aren't ordering nearly as many copies as Ubisoft had hoped they would.

The game will be just as good as it always was. You'll just have to find it at GameStop, Amazon, or any such place willing to carry it.

Yes, lowering expectations by half also likely means a lower marketing budget by half. I don't expect to see much in the way of advertising anymore.

This is a game on my sure buy list. Looks to be one of the better wii games.

Huh? This games rated T..also where's a link on that other Info you've provided us?

There a big difference between Red Steel 2 and Dead Space Extraction:

DSE is a game nobody would want! Rail shooters are fun when they're arcadey, who wants to play a horror game on rails? They're supposed to be fast paced, gunning down enemies continually with the occasional cut scene that acts as a break, a moment to rest.. On the other hand with something that's supposed to be scary and atmospheric, a big part of that is pushing yourself forward (assuming the game manages to be scary to some people). If the game just takes you on a path, that whole element is lost.

Red Steel however is a game where you kick the crap into people with a sword. There's not a narrow audience for something like that. The only drawback with Red Steel 2, is it's connection to Red Steel 1... I personally doubt it will be a dud when it comes to 'quality', ie. polished fun gameplay etc.

Well I'm pretty much done with 3rd parties and hoping they will take their big core Wii titles seriously. So as long as I get the game, that's fine with me. And if I don't, well I still got the Nintendo titles on Wii and then my PS3 or 360.

But in the defense of Red Steel 2, we still got a solid 2 months before release. But for No More Heroes 2, no excuses.

Well they can scratch one sold game because of the lame graphics. I am not going to bother with that.

I hope Red Steel 2 is interesting enough for people to pick up even without much ads and stuff. Sell by it's name and content.

No multiplayer? Fine. But I don't want a much shorter game then the first Red Steel, so thats what I'm worried about.

After Red Steel 2 I can't really think of any third party game on Wii I really need other then The Grinder. Thats sad!