This is Your Homework Assignment!

June 27th, the game we never thought would happen is being gifted to us. Treasure, makers of such rad-tastic games as Gunstar Heroes, Dynamite Headdy, and Ikaruga give us the sequel to Japanese Nintendo 64 cult classic Sin & Punishment, entitled Sin & Punishment: Star Successor for the Wii.

Apparently, the game was given the greenlight after strong Virtual Console sales, which is surprising considering the game was never released outside of Japan until the Virtual Console release. The game is a face-melting shooter chock full of screen-filling bosses, ludicrous amounts of bullets, and a dizzying amount of explosions. You know, everything that makes Treasure games fantastic. Lead character Saki was also added as an Assist Trophy in Super Smash Bros Brawl, and he was awesome. He was all flipping around with his laser gun that is ALSO A LASER SWORD. There is a lot of awesome, rad, totally bodacious things in this game! That means the sequel will be EVEN BETTER!

BUT. Nintendo is releasing this game June 27th, ONE DAY after Metroid: Other M, one of the few other “hardcore” Wii releases. I’m terrified that as a result, Sin & Punishment: Star Successor’s sales are going to suffer. This is where I use my influence over about a dozen people on the internet to try to do some good.

Your assignment is to purchase Sin & Punishment for Virtual Console, play it in its entirety, fall in love with it and purchase the sequel when it’s released. You have over a month! The game retails for 1200 Wii Points, which is $12 in American Real Dollars. You have plenty of time to mow lawns, pull up couch cushions, and visit old relatives to get the money for both games. You’ll thank me, and I’ll thank you for making sure that Treasure gets the credit it deserves for making such mind-blowingly fantastic games.