I would say to still play the first game just to have a more personal connection to the returning characters. Also the game will change things based on past decisions you made which is a nice feature.
Really though you don't have to kill yourself exploring everything in the first game like I did as all the decisions were part of the main story.
At least one person supports you Nick, and he does it eloquently without pause.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1610-Red-Steel-2
You know, it's not fun when you agree with the insanity. Feed the troll.
Well of course you throw in the attempt at duplicating the Wii as a counter. Anything that copies Nintendo is obviously lowering the standard that Microsoft and/or Sony have set in Nick's eyes and deserves the lowering.
Everyone knows Nick is a Microsoft supporter. You can't hide it, just apply the x3 rule to his reviews, if it's not XBox times the stars by 3, if it is, divide by 3.
You know who else manipulated the Italians and Japanese Nick?
I like how everyone keeps photo-shopping the glowing ball on top of that thing. Can you imagine how silly it would be if they actually did that for real!
