Red Steel 2

Red Steel 2
Developer(s)	Ubisoft Paris
Publisher(s)	Ubisoft
Series	Red Steel
Platform(s)	Wii
Release date(s)	JP May 27, 2010 NA March 23, 2010 EU March 26, 2010 AUS March 25, 2010 KO June 3, 2010
Genre(s)	First-person shooter, Beat 'em up
Mode(s)	Single-player
Input methods	Wii MotionPlus + Nunchuk
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	RD2E41, RD2X41, RD2J41, RD2P41, RD2K41
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Red Steel 2 returns with an artistic style and flair created just for Wii. Set in a desert-bound, high-tech metropolis, Red Steel 2 is a revolution in the action-fighting genre, taking full advantage of the capabilities of the Wii MotionPlus accessory. Your movements are faithfully replicated on-screen, putting the emphasis on swinging, shooting and fun! With the ability of the Wii MotionPlus to sense the strength of a swing, you will literally be able to make an impact on your adversaries through power and precision.

For those who have not experienced the power of the MotionPlus accessory, this bundled package includes both the game and the Wii MotionPlus controller adapter for instant access to the action.

Problems

VP6 Videos

Red Steel 2 uses the VP6 video codec, common in Electronic Arts' titles, causing its videos to have vertical line artifacts and other glitches on many graphics cards. The Software Render will display VP6 video correctly, but is typically too slow. VP6 rendering also reacts poorly to the Force Texture Filtering enhancements (and Anisotropic Filtering on NVIDIA), causing further scrambling. See issue 7193. In 5.0-15515 or newer, this can be fixed with "Manual Texture Sampling" in the Graphics Settings -> Advanced menu.

VP6 video

VP6 video with manual sampling

Wii MotionPlus

This title requires the Wii MotionPlus add-on. Dolphin prior to 5.0-10056 was not capable of emulating the Wii MotionPlus; the only way to play this game was to use a real, physical Wii Remote with Wii MotionPlus add-on or a Wii Remote Plus controller. See issue 4282. Resolved with Wii MotionPlus emulation implemented in 5.0-10056 and later.

Enhancements

Distorted Cutscenes

Use of Anisotropic Filtering results in distortion of cutscenes.

Configuration

Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.

Graphics

Config	Setting	Notes
Manual Texture Sampling	On	Render VP6 video

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Red Steel 2 since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

r5190

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5.0-20517 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
r5190	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-920 @ 4.05 GHz	ATI Radeon HD 4890	The game runs great but when moving around the processing issues in the game result in the game lagging when turning your character around as you will see in the video. Overall this game runs very well but please note you do need a real Wii Remote with Wii MotionPlus attached to play this game on dolphin. Red Steel 2 on Dolphin Wii/GC Emulator (1080p HD)	iNexXxuS
4.0-4808	Windows 8	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6850	GOOD, not perfect but good.	NoIdea
5.0	Linux 4.8.15	Intel Core i5-4690	AMD Radeon R7 250E	Almost perfect emulation. On GNOME use Pulseaudio backend for smooth FPS. Small glitches with VP6 playback on cutscenes and tutorial videos.	lmello

Gameplay Videos

Dolphin Emulator 4.0 - Red Steel 2 (1080p HD) - Nintendo Wii

Red Steel 2 - Wii Gameplay 1080p (Dolphin GC/Wii Emulator) (v3.5 or 4)

Dolphin 5.0-7503 4k IR - Red Steel 2 Gameplay (1440p60)

• Red Steel 2 on Dolphin Wii/GC Emulator (1080p HD) (r5190)
• Red Steel 2 Wii on Dolphin 3.5 Emulator (720p)
• Red Steel 2 (4K / 2160p / 60fps) - Dolphin Emulator 5.0-16009 - Nintendo Wii