Red Steel 2 was reviewed favorably, but that doesn't mean it was a success. Its disappointing sales performance, says the game's creative director, can be chalked up to gamers unwillingness "to get up and move and exert themselves for fun."

The Wii-only and well-reviewed samurai Western Red Steel 2 sold about 50,000 copies in the U.S. in March, its first month of release, according to financial analyst Michael Pachter. [UPDATE: Ubisoft comments.]

The man behind the most advanced video game swordplay available today says the time is now right — and the technology is now good enough — for a motion-controlled Star Wars lightsaber video game.

Would you like to hear a developer speak freely about making a sequel to a game that was panned? Red Steel 2's Jason VandenBerghe did that today, from Paris. You can download one of our best hours of audio now.

Kotaku Talk Radio is coming to you live RIGHT NOW with special guest Ubisoft's Jason VandenBerghe, the creative director of Red Steel 2.

Just in time for the release of Red Steel 2 comes this week's episode of Kotaku Talk Radio with special guest Ubisoft's Jason VandenBerghe, the creative director of the Motionplus Wii title.

A skeptical world might not see video games as essential. But we can point to many games that feel worthy of this planet. Games about eating mushrooms, arranging falling blocks, saving the world. However: A first-person shooter with motion-based swordplay?

Whether Ubisoft likes it or not, for many Red Steel 2 will define the potential of Nintendo's Wii MotionPlus.