Oh wow. Just a few days ago, the first information about a Nintendo Revolution launch title was released. The front page article of the May issue of Game Informer is all about Red Steel, a first person adventure game of sorts.

The player uses the new Revolution controller as both a katana and a gun.

The game will take full advantage of the Revolution’s unique motion-sensitive controller, along with the “nunchuku” attachment… It has been confirmed that the game will be extremely immersive (e.g.: twisting the controller while handling the gun causes the gun to twist as well). Players can push objects to use them as cover by pushing the controller forward. Pulling the controller backwards reloads the gun. You can also lob grenades in a more realistic fashion, with underhand or overhand, employing the controller as the thing you ‘throw’.

And some other very cool things of note from the same Wikipedia article:

It has been confirmed that the game will have multiplayer-Split screen multiplayer with traditional death matches. They didn’t talk about Nintendo Wi-Fi (NDAs). Full details haven’t been revealed yet. Revolution works by placing a small sensor bar either above or below any TV. You can stand at any angle and not lose any accuracy. You can even take your controller to a friend’s house and instantly start playing without syncing up the controller. “Perhaps most impressive is the fact that although split screen reduces the amount of onscreen space you are playing in, you don’t have to make smaller movements -you can gesture as wildly as you want, and it won’t interfere with the other player’s onscreen quadrants.

The game will reportedly place less influence on killing the enemy and a greater influence on defeating him/her and convincing them to join you rather than to join the main villain, Tokai. Recklessness will be strongly discouraged by a unique system that adds ‘freeze points’ for accuracy/efficiency while using your weaponry.

Supposedly this game will only be one of around twenty launch titles. I really want a Revolution.

You may also see scans from the Game Informer article.

You should see some other coverage at, for example, one of the first places that shared the Game Informer news. The aforecited Wikipedia article has quite a bit of info as well. I don’t think my article on this blog about this game does it justice.

You may also see my original article about the Revolution in general, which I wrote almost a year ago.