Sin and Punishment 2 is a reality!

Sin and Punishment: Successor of the Earth

Nintendo has announced a sequel to Treasure’s awesome Sin and Punishment: Successor of the Earth on-rails shooter. Originally released for the Nintendo 64 only in Japan, but was recently translated and released through the Wii’s Virtual Console service. The company cites excellent English territory sales of the title for securing the sequel’s release in North America too. Sin and Punishment 2 is geared for a 2009 debut.

I think this is my second post on gaming news, and it’s unsurprising considering it’s the best news since Beyond Good & Evil 2 was announced. The first Sin and Punishment is an intense on-rails shooter, not unlike Star Fox except your character is typically running along the ground, with anime stylings and an alien invasion plot. Or something, I honestly couldn’t make heads nor tails of the story when I finally got to play the game and eventually quit trying and skipped all the story elements, but damn if the gameplay isn’t fantastic fun. Plus, it’s totally perfect for Wii controls. The original was begging for them.

GameTrailers has a small video sampling of the sequel’s action.