Please support Game Informer. Print magazine subscriptions are less than $2 per issue
Rodea The Sky Soldier
A big surprise from last night’s NIS America press event is that NIS America will be bringing Rodea the Sky Soldier to the Wii U and 3DS this Fall, as a retail release and on the eShop as a digital download. The game was originally announced four years ago to be coming to the Wii and 3DS and the Wii version specifically would be developed by Sonic the Hedgehog and Nights creator Yuji Naka and his studio Prope.
The Wii U and 3DS versions of Rodea the Sky Soldier tell the story of Rodea, a robot who once stopped the invasion of the sky kingdom of Garuda by Emperor Geardo of the Naga Empire together with Princess Cecilia. In the present day, 1000 years in the future, Rodea is reawakened by a mechanic named Ion and learns from her that Garuda has known peace for 1,000 years. The evil Naga Empire soon rises again and it is up to Rodea to save the kingdom.
In the game you control Rodea, who is capable of flying through the sky. By collecting Gears and Gravitons you can upgrade your stats and acquire new weapons like machine guns at Ion’s workshop. The robot army you are fighting contains massive enemies that you must fly around to dodge attacks and discover their weaknesses. You are encouraged to replay levels to uncover hidden objectives and items and also to improve your time and score.
You can check out Rodea flying through the sky and the scale of the battles in the video below that contains both the trailer for the game as well as a small interview with Naka and Hasegawa from Kadokawa Games.
The original Rodea Wii game developed by Naka was finished, but never released. The publisher Kadokawa Games was still interested in the project and decided to develop a new Wii U and 3DS version of the title that will release in Japan on April 2. In Japan, the Wii version of the game, which differs in content and execution between the Wii U and 3DS versions, will be a pack in for the Wii U version.
It’s currently uncertain whether the Wii version will be released or included with the Wii U version in America as it is in Japan. An NIS representative has told Nintendo World Report that while they are interested in getting the Wii version as a pack in for the Wii U version they cannot confirm it will at this time.
Be sure to check out the screenshots of Rodea the Sky Soldier in action below.
Products In This Article
I’d like to ask you to support Game Informer’s continued coverage of games with a subscription. For less than two dollars per issue, we mail you a full year of 10 print magazines, each with cover stories and preview features filled with exclusive details about the most exciting upcoming games. We profile and interview game creators. We look back on the rich history of gaming, and we celebrate what’s next.
Here on the website, we offer much of our content for free, including game reviews, daily news, videos, event coverage, and more – all with minimal ads.
We do so with a small editorial team, alongside contributing paid writers from around the world – over 65 individuals from 9 countries around the world, just in the last couple of years.
It’s not possible without support.
In a time when game makers and games coverage have faced hard struggles and layoffs, the future of this 30+ year magazine and community is at risk. Our new standalone magazine subscription is the number one way you can keep us alive – and we believe you’ll get a pretty fantastic gaming magazine in your mailbox every few weeks for your trouble.
Thank you.
