via joystiq

New Hero. New Enemies. Swing Action. That's Tecmo's motto for the newly announced Project Rygar, a Wii resurrection of the "Legendary Warrior" (not a port of the PS2 game). Revealed during Tecmo's 'Nite Out 07' event in Tokyo, Japan, the Wii-exclusive will apparently share little in common with its series' predecessors, with the exception of the trademark "Diskarmor" weapon. Tecmo shared little else about the game, teasing attendees with a few glimpses of concept art, but no gameplay images.

So how 'bout it Tecmo? You gonna warm us up with a Rygar Virtual Console release? If ya do, just make sure that virtual save feature's workin'...