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Wha Wha Whaaaaaa!? It's true, so strangely true. Rockstar must be taking notes on Nintendo's success and "new direction" while Nintendo reviews it's notes from it's old direction. Because the sequel to the industries most undeniably violent video game "Manhunt", is comming to Wii.

Now Personally, I HAVE to defend the first game, I loved it. I loved it to death. The play mechanics were pretty much all presented to you at the start, so it wasn't like a Zelda game where you get to always look forward to learning new techniques as you go, but the difficulty really did grow, and you really had to think quick. It was dark, it was a trip, and it was a game that you remembered if you played it through. The playstion two also let you utilize the headphones to hear the secret 'headset' messages your 'boss' wanted you to hear, which was pretty neat, but the headset was wired to the system with a very short wire so it turned out bad. The Wii-Remote has a built in speaker - 'nuff said.

There are a couple things to be said here: One, Nintendo is really pushing for all developers to make the games they want, and not shy from Nintendo. And two, The developers are listening, espessially if a company like Rockstar heeds the call. Im hoping that great games like Red Dead Revolver make some sort of appearance, or Max Payne. Max Payne was a lovely drama that fit any Noir fans appetite for game-noir.

The story this time is VERY unclear so far, but what we will confirm is that you are not the same character as last time, this time it sounds like (from the teaser) you play a character named "Daniel Lamb", and it doesnt seem to be any sort of continuation or tie in at all so far. Also what is unlcear but seems very unlikely is that you are "working" for the same guy as the first one "Starkweather". If you want to find out just about everything I know about the second game go to The Official Website to watch (and download in multiple formats) the teaser, find out a little information on the product, and eventually pre-order. The video is really cool, and gives pretty much nothing away.

Rockstar had this to say about it:

With Manhunt 2 we have tried to create a game that stays close to the original concept of chilling suspense and stealth, whilst pushing the game design and storytelling forward, We are also excited to have our newest development team, Rockstar London, working on the title alongside our two established UK studios, Rockstar North and Leeds. - Sam Houser (Rockstar founder, Exec Producer)

What I keep thinking about is... the controlls for Wii, I mean seriously, Jack Thompson is going to throw a party with this. If I have to mimic batting some dudes brains out, or pretend to sicle intestines, this will draw attention for sure. Im acutally looking forward to this game, as it will "color the pallette" so to speak of my Wii colection, and also let me delve into a darker story. Speaking of this darkness let it be known that Rockastar expects this to be rated, and designed it for 18+ year-old gamers only:

We believe Manhunt 2 is a great entertainment experience for fans of psychological thrillers and urban horror. It's a chilling and compelling drama and is only appropriate for people who are old enough to play it. [Our games are] as diverse as the stories in books, film and television. We respect those who have different opinions about the horror genre and video games as a whole, but we hope they will also consider the opinions of gamers. Rockstar submits every game to the appropriate bodies for rating and classification and in the case of Manhunt 2 it is clearly a game aimed at an adult audience and we anticipate that it will receive an 18+ rating.

How do you feel about this? did you play the first one? did you like it? hate it? interested in number two (not poo silly!)? why or why not? - tell us!

- Captain Seagull

Release is scheduled for Summer 2007.