Rodea the Sky Soldier
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is an upcoming action
Action game
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 video game developed by Prope
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 and published by Kadokawa Shoten
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 for the Wii
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 console and Nintendo 3DS
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.

Development

Rodea the Sky Soldier was first alluded to in a 2010 interview with Yuji Naka
Yuji Naka
, is a video game designer and programmer, best known as the former head of Sonic Team, a group of Sega programmers/designers, where he was the lead programmer of the original Sonic the Hedgehog....

 by ComputerAndVideoGames.com
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, calling it "a very original action game based in the sky." ComputerAndVideoGames.com especially has "high hopes for this one".

According to an interview with Naka http://www.siliconera.com/2011/09/23/rodea-the-sky-soldier-is-complete-were-waiting-for-kadokawa-to-publish-it/ published by Siliconera, the game's development has finished, and he is waiting for Kadokawa Games to publish the game.

Gameplay

For the Wii version, gameplay consists of controlling the game's protagonist Rodea by aiming with the Wii Remote
Wii Remote
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at solid objects and pressing the B button to have Rodea fly in parabolic arches.

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