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New Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles movie
[Via Famitsu]
Wii Blaster coming June 27th
An interesting note is the Nintendo Duck Hunt comment. We've seen ESRB confirmation of the NES classic, but as of yet, there has been absolutely no additional functionality in any Virtual Console game thus far. Hmmm ... it's enough to get those rumor-wheels a-spinnin' ....
[via Joystiq]
Resident Evil 4 comparison puts "two Gamecubes taped together" to rest
The sad part is, we actually don't know if the Wii can do better graphics than the original Resident Evil 4, because nobody has tried. Well, at least this version of RE4 has waggling. And it's not like the graphics were bad on the Cube or anything.
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Get RE4 only two years late, instead of two years and two weeks
Does your hunger rival that of the undead horde? This is not officially confirmed, so you might want to check back at their product page for updates if interested. If you do happen to obtain the game early ... or if you're reading this article from the far-flung future, in which RE4 has already undergone standard release, feel free to post your impressions.
Trailer for Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition
Ever wondered exactly how you're going to make those Plagas stop biting into your skull in the new Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition? Wonder no more, dear friends, as a rather buried link in the official Japanese website reveals a lovely trailer just rife with waggle. Looks like pretty standard stuff: shake remote, move remote in circle, stab parasitic zombie villager in the kidney with remote, you know.If nothing else, this trailer just kind of rekindled our fiery lust for Resident Evil 4 ... damn was that game good. You remember that time when you took on two Gigantes and dropped one into a giant pit of lava by ziplining across the room like a badass? Yeah. We do too.
[via GoNintendo]
Capcom wins at packaging
This is simply the coolest limited-edition box in recent memory. Forget the European Resident Evil 4 box. This Japanese Biohazard box is the business.
For 3,675 yen, which is a suspiciously low $30, you get an awesome 20-DVD-capacity Umbrella Corporation biohazard storage box (itself inside an Umbrella Corporation shipping box), two keys, warning tags, and caution tape to seal it up. With a case this cool, who even needs a game? You could always buy this and RE4 Wii Edition and build your own limited edition set.
[Via The Tanooki]
Party like it's 2005 with more Resident Evil 4 trailers
Nintendo of Europe is featuring a couple of trailers for Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition that should help convey how cool RE4 is to those of you who didn't play it back on the Gamecube. They also do a pretty good job of reminding the rest of us that Resident Evil 4 was pretty damn cool.
After seeing the trailers and screenshots, we can feel ourselves starting to turn into Capcom's willing zombie minions. Maybe Wiimote aiming would improve the experience! Maybe waggle does trump a novelty chainsaw controller!
Wii Warm Up: Check out this RE4 boxart
Not so much a discussion topic today as it is a directed viewing. This is the boxart for the European release of Resident Evil 4. It's basically the PAL PS2 boxart, but white instead of red.
We are now totally okay with the tacked-on waggle controls, and the fact that it's a Wii port of a game that is two years old and can already be played on Wii, because it's got really nice boxart. We're not even being sarcastic. Too bad about the "Wii Edition" thing, but we'll look past that. So what's your opinion? Awesome boxart, or totally awesome boxart?
Wii Warm Up: Superfluous waggle
Some games, like the ubiquitous Wii Sports, use the Wiimote's space-age technology to closely map real motion into gameplay. This is generally regarded as "neat" and accepted by the masses, who run off to show their grandparents.Other games, like the upcoming port of Resident Evil 4, make no such attempt to represent physical motion as virtual motion (outside of the new knife controls). In fact, some of the motion controls seem to be simulating button presses. Case in point, reloading requires you to hold B and shake the Wiimote. That's hardly more representative of the action of reloading a gun than pushing a button, or even going into a menu.
We sort of revealed how we felt there, but this isn't about us. It's about you. How does non-representative motion control affect you? Is it still fun to waggle, even when you're waggling abstractly?
Famitsu reveals Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles, confirms RE4 port [update 1]
[Update 1: fixed the name of the DS game. Thanks, SnesR0X, and no thanks to the many similar DS-game subtitles!]
It's been a while since we had a directed blurry-Famitsu-picture staredown, and this one is, as usual, totally worth staring at. Famitsu printed a long-awaited look at Capcom's Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles, the Wii-exclusive RE-series-spanning game.
According to the article, it's a first-person gun shooting game with playable characters from past REs including Chris, Jill, Wesker, and others. Whether it's a true FPS or an on-rails affair like Resident Evil: Dead Aim remains to be seen.
Also in Famitsu was confirmation that Resident Evil 4 is getting an enhanced Wii release. Rumor has it that all the PS2 extras will be included, but the only definite is an added Wiimote-controlled knife mode. Sounds like RE Deadly Silence on the DS.
[Thanks, zshadow!]
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EBGames says Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition on the way
According to a preorder listing found on EBGames' website, a new Wii version of Resident Evil 4 will be released on June 25th for $30. While we don't have any details on it, other than that EB thinks it exists, we can speculate about what it will include: the PS2 extras, if we're lucky, and a new Wiimote control scheme. It seems a little shocking that companies are already porting Gamecube games to the Wii, although Shigeru Miyamoto hinted at the prospect back in August. We can't wait to see how one of the Gamecube's most impressive games benefits from the power of a second, taped-on Gamecube.
[Via GoNintendo]
Resident Evil info coming next month
We now know that there is definitely a Resident Evil title planned for the Wii. It's just not Resident Evil 5, is all. Instead, evidence points toward a "Wiimake" of the original REmake on the GameCube. What evidence points to this, you say?
Well, the image above this post shows a rather large update on the game is planned for the September issue of this Japanese magazine. And who is that but Jill and Chris from the REmake? Coincidence, or merely there to fill the void of information on the title?
[Via Go Nintendo]
Top 10 GameCube games that need to be Wiimade
In the interest of keeping the pot stirred, GWN recently compiled their Top 10 list for GC games they'd like to see remade for the Wii. Since we're all about saving you time, we'll post the list below for discussion.
- Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat
- Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
- Pikmin
- Super Mario Sunshine
- Battalion Wars
- Odama
- Resident Evil 4
- Luigi's Mansion
- Beyond Good & Evil
- Donkey Konga
Leaked Resident Evil Wii screenshot? [Update]
Everyone is calling hoax on this supposedly leaked Resident Evil Wii screenshot. Sure, common sense would dictate that these finger-pointing internet travellers are correct, stating that this could in no way be a screenshot for the proposed game for numerous reasons. Why would Capcom ditch the over-the-shoulder cam from Resident Evil 4? Surely such an interface would work wonderfully on the Wii, allowing the player to control the character's movements with the nunchuk, hitting its trigger button to cause the player's character to raise their firearm, naturally using the Wiimote to physically aim at and shoot enemies.
In all honesty, it'll be an uphill battle to validate that this screenshot is from the game. That is, if it's actually from the game.
[Update: Proved to be a screen shot from the Resident Evil REmake on GameCube. We apologize for not noticing initially, but we always play as Jill.]
Biohazard G.S. scans
An odd image is linked which discusses what we can only assume are plans for the upcoming Biohazard (Resident Evil) title on Nintendo's Wii. Emerging upon the net in the wake of the greatness that is E3, we cannot confirm the validity of this image, yet our desire for some concrete information beyond 'yes, it will be on the Wii' causes us to report it.
Anyone out there read Japanese?
[Via 4cr]
