History VideoGame / SinAndPunishmentStarSuccessor

''Sin and Punishment: Star Successor'' (''Successor of the Skies'' in Europe) is the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} sequel to the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 rail shooter ''VideoGame/SinAndPunishment'' by Creator/{{Treasure}}.

Conceived by Treasure not long after the Wii came out, and green lit due in no small part to the sales of the original game on Wii UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole. ''Sin and Punishment 2'' was released, with full English ''and'' Japanese voice-acting to boot, in Japan on October 29, 2009, in Europe on May 7, 2010, and in North America on June 27, 2010. So now it's even ''less'' of a QuirkyWork.

* TalkingToAnimals: Kachi can communicate with the Keepers, artificial creatures that usually resemble animals.

Conceived by Treasure not long after the Wii came out, and green lit due in no small part to the sales of the original game on Wii UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole. ''Sin and Punishment 2'' was released, with full English ''and'' Japanese voice-acting to boot, in Japan on October 29, 2009, in Europe on May 7, 2010, and in North America on June 27, 2010. So now it's even ''less'' of a WidgetSeries.

* HumansAreWarriors: {{Enforced|Trope}}, the Creator gods want humans to be hostile to everything else. Human populations that find a way to be peaceful are exterminated and replaced by a planetary defense system known as Keepers until a sufficiently warlike people are found and allowed to settle the planet. [[spoiler:[[JustifiedTrope In the last game, the Earth's population was kind of destroyed after they consumed too much food and then saw their efforts to fix the problem sabotaged by something that looked human but was not]].]]

* TheComputerIsALyingBastard: The final stage grants you 1,000 HP, but this is hardly necessary as all damage is multiplied by ten to compensate.

* LightningLash: Orion Tsang uses a thin whip to grab Isa's arm in a pre-boss cutscene, and forms an electrical chain whip in the fight itself.

* BladeOnAStick: A gigantic spear is used by Deko's OneWingedAngel form in the final battle.

* WhipItGood: Orion Tsang uses a thin whip to grab Isa's arm in a pre-boss cutscene, and forms an electrical chain whip in the fight itself.

* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Ariana Shami, the magician/shaman of the Nebulox, has dark skin and long red locks coming out of her skull mask.

* TurtlePower: The Snapper Keeper, the final boss of Stage 1, is a giant turtle accompanied by a smaller one that sits on its back. Both turtles breathe fire, while the large one can cause rockfalls, spin around while shooting bullets, and grab Isa/Kachi with a bite.

* CutAndPasteTranslation: The U.S. English version suffers heavily from this, made crystal clear with the inclusion of [[BilingualBonus the Japanese voice track]]. Entire lines are cut/changed entirely (including many of the {{Mind Screwdriver}}s), and numerous lines aren't even in the Japanese, making it a different plot entirely. Among the major cuts are Isa's FreudianExcuse and outright hatred of [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien the Creators]] (referred to as "Gods" in the Japanese), as well as casual mention of his origins on Earth-2.

* SimpleStaff: Ariana fights by swinging around a staff and casting magic with it, before ditching it in favor of giant arms for her second phase.