Red Steel shares plunge with disastrous reviews, LOZ: Twilight Princess rises

Ubisoft Entertainment's Red Steel (Wii), -7.42 DKP (-10.60%), shares plunged to 62.58 DKP (forecasts 625,800 copies sold) after disastrous reviews emerged. Red Steel had been touted as one of the most anticipated launch titles for Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s Wii, following the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii), +13.94 DKP (+5.76%), which rose to 256 DKP (forecasts 2.56 million copies sold).

Red Steel is a first-person shooter title by Ubisoft that involves sword fighting. The game is one of the few Wii launch titles that target an older audience. Although Red Steel has been long anticipated, the game's stock had hovered in the upper 40s to low 50s for much of its life on the simExchange. This may have been attributed to the fact that the public was intrigued by the game's concept, but remained uncertain at how well the new motion sensing game play would be pulled off. The game's anticipation had risen to as high as 70 DKP (forecasts 700,000 copies sold) just before the Wii's launch. However, poor reviews emerging with the launch derailed the stock.

The poor reviews seem to center with the execution of this particular game and does not appear to be characteristic of the Wii console. Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) received great reviews. It is likely that Wii games in the future may be well improved as shares of Nintendo Wii remained unchanged.