A few new trailers have been shown, finally busting the on-rails gameplay myth foolishly started by 1UP. You can clearly move around at will, and the enemies are huge and many. Some of them are available in better quality on the game's website, some lower quality embeds are below.

New, extended trailer:

O wow... that new trailer is awesome. Loved the part where the character was being charged by all those blue guys.
 
Still not liking the blue line tthat you get when not playing with the M+ unit.

Is it me or does this remind you of EDF?

" Is it me or does this remind you of EDF? "

What the, I don't read/speak Japanese but I can only imagine it was comparing the size of the monsters to real life objects in the top video? Because if it was anything else I am totally lost. Still looks pretty cool but seemed to be some crazy frame rate drops in that trailer, that doesn't turn me off to a game or anything but seems weird to have in a trailer.

" @SeriouslyNow said:

" Is it me or does this remind you of EDF? "

Same dev. "

While I've loved Sandlot games since Remote Control Dandy, it's pretty clear they know how to make one kind of game, since every title IS the same game with minor differences in scale and control.  I'd sure love to see them get a deal with a publisher and make a current-gen Gigantic Drive.
 
This looks alright, but since the Wii Freeloader doesn't work, importing isn't an option.  If Nintendo isn't bringing Disaster: Day of Crisis here, they sure as Hell aren't bringing this over.

Hopefully it makes its way to North America.

" I'm sure it will be localised but playing imports is a breeze with homebrew. It has nothing in common with Disaster (which we still got in Europe). It seems like a game made more for the Western audience. No Godzillas as in EDF. Fantasy. Online co-op. Japan isn't big on online gaming, right? "

Yeah, one online game of a gigantic franchise sold good in Japan, you so proved my assumptions wrong! While being a dick to boot.

...MHTri sold less (half as good?) than the portable games which don't have online play showing that's not the reason gamers there buy those games (and it's the local multiplayer that got the franchise so popular on PSP, way beyond the previous online enabled PS2 games).

It also has nothing in common with Another Code: R and Takt of Magic (one of which still got a release in Europe). You seem to think NoA don't care to localise games by default. The only thing that factors in that is the sales potential versus localisation cost. Disaster was a niche game (and was nowhere near Nintendo-quality either), which bombed wherever it was released, so it seems they were right not to bother publishing it. Takt of Magic failed to attract much of an audience in Japan. I'd love to try it out, but shit happens, I doubt it would sell much as it was far from a traditional RTS.

On the other hand, Sin & Punishment 2, while flopping in Japan, is set for Western release because it likely will sell more there (here), even though it'll never become a runaway hit, as it'll probably justify its release and (likely tiny, given the little story) cost. The same could apply to this. I didn't say it won't appeal to Japan at all, but it certainly has elements that could appeal to the Western market. Not enough to make it a hit perhaps (you claim EDF games are more geared to the West, yet those sold mediocrely at budget prices, and this is a full price title) but likely enough to justify it again.

Anyway, it's my opinion. The blood probably also adds to my thinking it's more for the West, even MH with its monster slaying doesn't have so much. Also, online/co-op is all the rage around here with many of the top games incorporating that one way or another. And the Fantasy while anime-ish has colors, settings, stylings and stuff that aren't far from Western type fantasy. It's more Oblivion than Final Fantasy despite the anime faces etc.

I didn't say it's guaranteed, I'm just confident it will be, at least in Europe. It's certainly not guaranteed it won't be localised either, why talk as if it is? Anyway, I've already discussed past titles that didn't get localised and I see nothing in common with this game to call them up as precedent. Might as well say, hey, New Super Mario Bros Wii got localised, so this is bound to be too. They're just as unrelated to Reginleiv in pretty much every way. Maybe it's better to discuss what we're actually seeing than speculate if it will or won't be localised based on other games with different conditions.

Some decent quality user footage from the (seemingly meaty) Japanese demo. Fantasy Nordic Defense Force go!
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Ok i'm conviced that this game will be fun now. Looking foreward to playing this with 3 of my friends.
 
Hope that they polish it up somewhat though. The instantly disappearing debris and body parts do indeed look crude and the foreward dash seems like it is missing its animation. 
 
Also did the blue guy who i presume is Thor say "hamburger" at the 2 min 16 mark in the third video?

I've added most of the recent updates in the first post and replaced the user videos in the comment two posts above with better quality footage. YouTube has many videos but most show the same things or are of horrible image quality. If any good quality full playthroughs show I'll add them. The boss introductions on the characters page linked in the first post really should be watched, especially the airship and the monster before that.

Looks like the sadist in me will be pleased with this game.

A Japanese commercial, though it includes no real new footage, aside from like half a second of multiplayer in the end (lol).

Wallpaper from the website, up to 1920x1200:

The game got a very average Famitsu score - 28/40.  That isn't all that promising.

Don't care for two reasons.
 
1. Its Famitsu. 
2. MotionPlus.

All Sandlot games are rated average, but all have something that, if it clicks with you, it keeps you playing. For mindless action titles, they're unique.

And the Famitsu score wasn't so bad. 8/7/7 and a 6 from the final reviewer. So yeah, as a total it sounds worse than it is. 3 liked it 1 didn't so much.

Some new vids from 1UP.

That is one kickass bow in the video! 

" That is one kickass bow in the video!  "

 Basic Controls (With Motionplus - don't know if regular is any different).

Pointer: Melee (Swing/Thrust) and Ranged (Point/Draw)
Analogue stick: Move/Turn (Control mode 1)/Strafe (Control modes 2 & 3)
Shake Nunchuck: Dash in direction shaken
A & B: Fire ranged weapons. With bows, hold both and pull remote back to draw, release one to fire.
C Button: Hold to strafe (Control mode 1 only). Tap to jump.
Z Button: Hold to block (Sword/Greatsword/Hammer Only)
( ) Button: Cycle Weapons
(-) Button: Open in-game menu.
(1) Button: Reset/lock camera Y-axis
(2) Button: (?)
D-Pad: (?)


Note: For horizontal menus, options are given from left to right. The blue button in the top-right of some menus is 'back' and is ignored.

Asterisks (*) denote an option that takes you to another translated menu in this list.

[In-game menu]

Restart (Yes/No)
Exit (Yes/No)
Options*
Back

[Title Screen]

Tutorial Videos
Singleplayer* (New Game/Load Game/Back)
Multiplayer
Quit (Yes/No)

[Singleplayer]

Level Select*
Change/Equip Character*
Level Up*
Purchase Weapons*
Save
Options*

[Level Up]

Level Up Frey (20hp per upgrade)
Level Up Freya (10hp per upgrade)

[Change/Equip Character]

Switch Character (Frey/Freya)
Select Weapon 1
Select Weapon 2
Select Weapon 3 (Freya only)

[Weapon Select - Frey]

Swords
Greatswords
Spears
Hammers
Bows

[Weapon Select - Freya]

Swords
Greatswords
Spears
Bows
Wands (Shot)
Wands (Beam)
Wands (Charge)
Wands (Spread)

[Purchase Weapons]

Self-explanatory. Z to zoom in/out.
Blue weapons = Frey
Pink weapons = Freya

[Level Select Screen]

(On map, Z to zoom in/out, select level with A)
Back
Start Level
Difficulty (Easy, Normal, Hard, Very Hard, Inferno)

[Options]

Control Mode (Beginner, Pointer-Turning, Pointer-Turning w/Vertical)
Camera Distance (Normal/Wide/Close)
Turning Sensitivity (Variable - 0.5 Default)
Turning Pointer Mode (
Set Camera Time After Attack (Variable - 1.5 Default)
B Button Attack Lock (On/Off)
Attack Order Camera Adjustment (On/Off)
MotionPlus Sensitivity (Variable - 0.20 Default)
Test/Calibrate MotionPlus
Screen Shaking (Variable - 100 Default)
Cutscene Skip (On/Off)
Background Music Volume (Variable - 40 Default)
Sound Effects Volume (Variable - 30 Default)
Voice Volume (Variable - 100 Default)
Movie Volume (Variable - 100 Default
Pointer Assist (On/Off)
Reset to Defaults

Online experience with an imported copy: Nearly unusable. :)

Nothing better than to communicate exclusively with the "OK", "!", "?" and "?!" commands in online matches. :D

" So online play is pretty much out for owners of NTSC-J copies. :) "