News

Sin & Punishment Shipping To Stores Today

Kotaku AU

Yes, Wii shooter Sin & Punishment: Star Successor is getting an Aussie release, we know that. We’re now hearing that it’s actually shipping to JB Hi-Fi stores around the country today. Hurrah!


July 19, 2010

Reader Review: Sin & Punishment 2: Star Successor

Kotaku AU

Do you have what it takes to get a review published right here on Kotaku? Alastair does, as he gets sent to bullet hell.


June 29, 2010

Sin & Punishment: Star Successor Review: #1 With A Bullet

Nintendo fires a shot at the hardcore Wii owner with Sin & Punishment: Star Successor, a new shooter from the shooting game masters at Treasure. It’s brutally difficult and a sequel to a relatively obscure Nintendo 64 game, a Wii library anomaly.


June 25, 2010
News

Don’t Use The Word ‘Shmup’ Around The Creators Of Ikaruga, Sin & Punishment

Because, believe it or not, the people who designed some of the world’s best scrolling shoot ‘em ups, including Ikaruga, Gradius V and Radiant Silvergun, claim to have never seen the abbreviated term “shmup” used to describe their games before.


May 27, 2010
News

Will Australian Wii Owners Escape Sin & Punishment?

Kotaku AU

Some potentially sad – but not unexpected – news for hardcore Wii gamers. We’ve just heard from Nintendo’s local office that the Wii sequel to cult N64 shooter Sin & Punishment looks like it won’t be released in Australia.


March 18, 2010

The Most Impressive Fireworks On The Wii

The best thing one can write about the kind of game the upcoming Wii title Sin & Punishment 2 is that it is busy, maybe hyperactive.


February 25, 2010
News

Sin & Punishment 2, Picross 3D Finally Dated For North America

Nintendo has made today’s Nintendo Summit in San Francisco the most exciting event of the day, dating two titles that have been TBA for far too long: Sin & Punishment 2 for the Wii and Picross 3D for Nintendo DS.


September 4, 2009
In Real Life

The Best, And Worst, In Wii Box Art

It’s been a turbulent week for Wii box art, with two games—Sin & Punishment 2 and Ju-On: The Grudge—hitting the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.


June 9, 2009

Sin And Punishment 2 Hands-On: Up, Down, Up, Down, Shoot, Shoot

Nintendo’s best evidence that its E3 2009 showing was all “about the games” were the four kiosks dedicated to Sin And Punishment 2. Treasure’s sequel to the Nintendo 64 shooter was given prominent attention at the front of Nintendo’s booth.


June 3, 2009
News

Sin & Punishment 2 Looks Sick… In A Good Way

Sequel to the Nintendo 64 shooter, Sin & Punishment 2 brings what the press release calls a “frantic arcade sensibility to a post-apocalyptic world.”