<s>
is	O
a	O
2010	O
action	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Sandlot	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
;	O
it	O
was	O
only	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Norse	O
mythology	O
,	O
follows	O
the	O
divine	O
warriors	O
Freyr	O
and	O
Freyja	O
in	O
their	O
war	O
against	O
the	O
Jötunn	O
,	O
which	O
heralds	O
the	O
coming	O
of	O
Ragnarok	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
standard	O
controls	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
supported	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
MotionPlus	B-Application
expansion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Zangeki	B-Application
no	I-Application
Reginleiv	I-Application
began	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
concept	O
was	O
pitched	O
to	O
Nintendo	O
before	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
's	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
among	O
the	O
best-selling	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
titles	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
but	O
met	O
with	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
in	O
both	O
Japan	O
and	O
overseas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zangeki	B-Application
no	I-Application
Reginleiv	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
set	O
in	O
a	O
world	O
inspired	O
by	O
Norse	O
mythology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
two	O
control	O
options	O
;	O
the	O
Classic	O
Controller	O
,	O
and	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remote	O
and	O
Nunchuk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latter	O
also	O
incorporates	O
use	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
MotionPlus	B-Application
expansion	O
,	O
allowing	O
players	O
to	O
use	O
weapons	O
by	O
miming	O
appropriate	O
actions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
slashing	O
with	O
a	O
sword	O
or	O
drawing	O
a	O
bow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
character	O
is	O
also	O
outfitted	O
with	O
armour	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
two	O
metres	O
for	O
characters	O
:	O
health	O
(	O
HP	O
)	O
and	O
magic	B-Application
points	I-Application
(	O
MP	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
co-op	O
mode	O
,	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
players	O
connect	O
through	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
's	O
wi-fi	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
prepare	O
for	O
missions	O
together	O
using	O
an	O
in-game	O
lobby	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
gameplay	O
,	O
players	O
coordinate	O
and	O
communicate	O
through	O
shouts	O
triggered	O
using	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remote	O
's	O
D-pad	B-Device
,	O
and	O
in-game	O
alerts	O
if	O
a	O
character	O
is	O
low	O
on	O
health	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
Midgard	B-Language
,	O
humanity	O
comes	O
under	O
attack	O
from	O
the	O
Jötunn	O
,	O
a	O
race	O
imprisoned	O
by	O
the	O
gods	O
of	O
Asgard	O
after	O
a	O
prolonged	O
war	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
battles	O
escalate	O
,	O
it	O
becomes	O
clear	O
that	O
the	O
apocalypse	O
Ragnarok	B-Application
is	O
immanent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
situation	O
is	O
worsened	O
by	O
the	O
emerging	O
armies	O
of	O
Niflheim	O
and	O
Muspelheim	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
three	O
demonic	O
weapons	O
created	O
by	O
Loki	B-Device
during	O
an	O
earlier	O
war	O
with	O
the	O
giants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sandlot	O
,	O
best	O
known	O
for	O
their	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
Earth	B-Application
Defense	I-Application
Force	I-Application
series	O
,	O
first	O
pitched	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
Zangeki	B-Application
no	I-Application
Reginleiv	I-Application
to	O
Nintendo	O
in	O
2004	O
alongside	O
a	O
project	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
called	O
Chōsōjū	O
Mecha	O
MG	O
.	O
Nintendo	O
producer	O
Hitoshi	O
Yamagami	O
was	O
wary	O
of	O
such	O
a	O
large	O
pitch	O
,	O
so	O
he	O
agreed	O
that	O
the	O
developer	O
would	O
make	O
Chōsōjū	O
Mecha	O
MG	O
and	O
then	O
go	O
on	O
to	O
Zangeki	B-Application
no	I-Application
Reginleiv	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
production	O
of	O
Chōsōjū	O
Mecha	O
MG	O
finished	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
were	O
given	O
the	O
go-ahead	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
Zangeki	B-Application
no	I-Application
Reginleiv	I-Application
,	O
though	O
both	O
sides	O
were	O
wary	O
of	O
its	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
the	O
plan	O
was	O
for	O
only	O
100	O
weapons	O
to	O
feature	O
,	O
but	O
as	O
the	O
team	O
became	O
familiar	O
with	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
hardware	O
,	O
the	O
number	O
tripled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
a	O
year	O
before	O
the	O
planned	O
release	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
asked	O
Sandlot	O
to	O
include	O
online	O
co-op	O
—	O
which	O
the	O
team	O
had	O
never	O
tried	O
before	O
—	O
then	O
control	O
options	O
for	O
the	O
Classic	O
Controller	O
and	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
MotionPlus	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Character	O
model	O
design	O
was	O
assisted	O
by	O
Optimo	O
Graphico	O
,	O
an	O
outsourcing	O
company	O
also	O
working	O
on	O
Xenoblade	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
reissued	O
for	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
through	O
the	O
Virtual	O
Console	O
on	O
February	O
18	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zangeki	B-Application
no	I-Application
Reginleiv	I-Application
was	O
not	O
localised	O
for	O
Western	O
territories	O
,	O
remaining	O
exclusive	O
to	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zangeki	B-Application
no	I-Application
Reginleiv	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
Nintendo-published	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
rated	O
"	O
D	O
"	O
by	O
Japan	O
's	O
CERO	O
rating	O
body	O
,	O
equivalent	O
to	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
ESRB	O
"	O
Mature	O
"	O
rating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
this	O
point	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
had	O
several	O
third-party	O
developers	O
and	O
publishers	O
creating	O
mature	O
games	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
Zangeki	B-Application
no	I-Application
Reginleiv	I-Application
was	O
their	O
first	O
self-published	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zangeki	B-Application
no	I-Application
Reginleiv	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
title	O
to	O
feature	O
this	O
black	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
on	O
sale	O
,	O
Zangeki	B-Application
no	I-Application
Reginleiv	I-Application
reached	O
ninth	O
place	O
in	O
sales	O
charts	O
,	O
with	O
initial	O
sales	O
of	O
nearly	O
23,000	O
units	O
and	O
a	O
high	O
sale	O
ratio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
played	O
titles	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
,	O
earning	O
a	O
"	O
Platinum	O
"	O
rank	O
from	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
the	O
fourteenth	O
highest-selling	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
release	O
of	O
2010	O
,	O
with	O
sales	O
of	O
over	O
53,000	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Japanese	O
gaming	O
magazine	O
Famitsu	O
praised	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
MotionPlus	B-Application
and	O
the	O
general	O
flow	O
of	O
gameplay	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
four	O
reviewers	O
each	O
faulted	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
camera	O
and	O
control	O
issues	O
,	O
and	O
growing	O
repetition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
NGamer	O
found	O
there	O
was	O
not	O
enough	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
justify	O
its	O
use	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
MotionPlus	B-Application
,	O
but	O
referred	O
to	O
it	O
as	O
mindless	O
fun	O
for	O
people	O
able	O
to	O
import	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
anticipated	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
titles	O
,	O
Cubed	O
3	O
lauded	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
potential	O
and	O
felt	O
that	O
players	O
would	O
enjoy	O
it	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
style	O
and	O
combat	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
