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Capcom to release Umbrella Chronicles bundle in Korea, not U.S.

Posted May 27th 2008 8:00PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: News, Imports


As it did in Japan, publisher Capcom will be releasing a Biohazard/Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles Zapper bundle on June 20th in Korea for ₩55,000 (approximately $52.50). No word yet on whether any bonuses will be thrown in with early preorders, but it's very likely!

Why don't these third-party bundles ever make it stateside? You'd think that Capcom, a company that has repackaged and sold to us the same game several dozen times in just three years, would be thrilled to thrust upon us yet another box bearing the Resident Evil logo! What's so great about Korea that they should get this package, and not us?

Gallery: Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles

Resident Evil: Under Priced

Posted Feb 11th 2008 11:15AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Sales


If you're one of the few who decided this game wasn't worth owning at the $50 price range, you might want to give it a second look. Amazon's Deal of the Day has Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles on sale for the low price of $30. As if the prospect of shooting horde after horde of the undead wasn't enough to sell you ...

But, in case it wasn't enough to sell you on the game, this should sell you on it. The game will also ship for free from Amazon, so no need to plunk down any extra dough there. If you don't know why we're so excited for an on-rail shooter, you haven't read our review of the game.

Note: If you're interested in this sale, don't hesitate. It was already pulled once while we've been watching it. The game is no doubt a hot item right now.

Gallery: Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles

Umbrella Chronicles lurches toward a million sales

Posted Feb 6th 2008 12:45PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News


Capcom's on-rail shooter, Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, is getting close to becoming a million-seller. It's been revealed that the title has sold 950,000 copies, with the million mark well within its reach. Actually, it could have already broken a million sales, as this data is current as of the end of December.

The game did a lot better than Capcom initially thought, especially in the U.S. and Europe where it sold the strongest, as the company reveals the title did 50% better than their in-house estimations. Personally, we don't know why they would think a game about shooting the crap out of the living dead and genetically-altered beasties alike wouldn't sell a million. Plus, with the Resident Evil name attached to it, how could it not sell incredibly well?

Gallery: Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles

Fanswag: and the Zapper + Umbrella Chronicles winner is ...

Posted Dec 4th 2007 11:15AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Contests / Giveaways

Our latest giveaway has come to a close and a winner has been crowned. In spinning the big wheel of random selection, we've chosen the 522nd comment as the winning entry.

Just who was behind that 522nd comment? It was none other than:
  • Lam, who thinks everything compared to Duck Hunt sucked
Congratulations go out to Lam, who will no doubt enjoy the prize. To the rest of you, better luck next time and thanks for reading Wii Fanboy!

Reminder: We're giving away a Wii Zapper and Umbrella Chronicles [update]

Posted Dec 3rd 2007 10:30AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Contests / Giveaways


It's not the bundle you see above, but it is a bundle, per se. See, we're trying to unload this Wii Zapper and copy of Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles we have laying around. We figured we'd share the love and spread the wealth. And who better to share with than the lovely readers of Wii Fanboy? Nobody, that's who.

So, be sure to head on over to the original post and enter for your chance to win. That is, if you haven't already and right now, you've only got a few hours left to do so. Remember, one entry per person, you must be a legal resident of the United States and you must be 18 years old to enter. Multiple entries will get you disqualified.

[Update: if you want to enter (and haven't already), you need to go over to the original post, linked above, and comment there. We've turned comments off on this entry to reduce confusion. Good luck to all who enter!]

Fanswag: Win a Zapper and Umbrella Chronicles

Posted Nov 29th 2007 9:45AM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Contests / Giveaways


We thought about just giving away a Wii Zapper, but why stop there? We love to hook you guys (and gals) up with free stuff. It's, like, our thing. So, we decided to toss in a pretty badass game to go along with it in Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles. And, since we aren't getting the bundle above, we figured we could kind of make our own special bundle.

What do you need to do? Well, first you have to read the rules. Then, leave a comment (multiple comments will get you disqualified, so only one entry please) here telling us your favorite NES game that utilized the Nintendo Zapper (you can find a list of compatible games here). Then, you have to make sure your comment is in before December 3rd, 2007 at 11:59PM EST. Finally, all you need to do is sit back and relax. The winner will be announced on Tuesday and chosen via random drawing. The lucky winner will receive one Wii Zapper ($25) and one copy of Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles ($50).

Best of luck to you all and thanks for reading Wii Fanboy!

WRUP: Pew pew edition

Posted Nov 23rd 2007 12:00PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: What are you playing?


Many of you are probably rocking your Wii Zapper (hopefully gunning down some zombies), but there are also other releases to be considered this week. There's just so much to play right now! So, you can imagine our weekend is going to be chock full of game time.

What about you? What game (or games) will you be rocking? Did you get a Zapper?

Wii Fanboy Review: Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles

Posted Nov 21st 2007 6:18PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Reviews

Before we start this, you might want to know that this blogger is a huge Resident Evil fan. I've got every Resident Evil game, countless posters, shirts and figurines from the various games. The original was one of the most important games in my development as a gamer. It helped make me the gamer I am today.

And when the franchise hit the GameCube, it was the icing on the cake. The Resident Evil remake that appeared on the system was amazing, along with Resident Evil 0 and the game that even franchise haters couldn't ignore, Resident Evil 4. As the first original game in the series on a Nintendo console since RE 4, this was an important game in my eyes.

One has to consider the other spin-off Resident Evil titles, also. You might be skeptical to try out Umbrella Chronicles because of the Gun Survivor or Outbreak games. This, thankfully, is not in the same league as that riffraff.

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It's Wesker Day

Posted Oct 19th 2007 1:30PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Imports, Video, Screens


We have two sources of Weskeriffic Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles updates for you, to celebrate this most auspicious of made-up Resident Evil-related holidays (right after the Feast of Tofu and Unlocking Week). First, Famitsu has posted a completely Wesker-focused update, which includes some new screens of the playable Wesker, and not much new information, other than that he's kind of a badass.

Second, the official Japanese Resident Evil page has updated with a new trailer (click on the "Movies" button, then the one marked "new", which focuses on-- you guessed it-- Hunk Albert Wesker. A very happy Wesker Day to all! Put on your traditional sunglasses!

Capcom tells you where your money should go

Posted Oct 16th 2007 2:15PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Fan stuff, Imports

Your money has been earmarked for Resident Evil games-- Capcom is just letting you hold on to it for a while. To help Japanese gamers keep this in mind, they're giving out this fancy Umbrella Corporation wallet along with copies of Umbrella Chronicles preordered through their e-Capcom site. You can keep your money in there in the brief intervening period between Resident Evil purchases. People planning to buy Japanese copies of Umbrella Chronicles are rapidly accumulating quite a collection of stuff!

Similarly, all of your food has been determined to be the property of Sengoku Basara 2 -- oh, that doesn't work like it did for the wallet. Okay, they're giving away nice chopsticks along with preorders. Imagine a good joke in there or something.

Fresh footage of Umbrella Chronicles

Posted Oct 8th 2007 12:45PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Video


If there's one thing we'll say about this video for Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, it looks like reloading with the Wii Zapper is going to be a big pain in the rear end. Still, we're excited to play the game and can't wait to have a new title in the Resident Evil franchise to play. If you're one who doesn't mind seeing a large portion of gameplay before the title's release, then hit up the link below to check out some footage.

[Via Go Nintendo]

Fresh UC screens show Ken doll zombies

Posted Sep 27th 2007 1:30PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Screens


Sometimes a zombie is just going to be naked. We've all been there, fighting for our life against a horde of the undead, only to find one or more of them lacking clothes. It's pretty funny for a moment, then we've all got back to the dispatching of the undead. Old hat, we know.

But these new Umbrella Chronicles screens are the stuff of nightmares. Naked zombies taking on a sort of doll-like appearance, lacking any kind of gender definition whatsoever? Man, that's all kinds of scary. Oh, and the mutant monkies aren't exactly the stuff of pleasant dreams, either.

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TGS07: Kohler says Umbrella Chronicles just better without the Zapper

Posted Sep 21st 2007 7:00PM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: Reviews, Controller


Some people are all in favor of the Zapper, as we discussed this morning, but Game|Life's Chris Kohler is not among them ... at least, not when it comes to Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles. After trying the game several times, he has consistently found that the Zapper is less optimal for this game than the simple naked combination of the Wii remote and nunchuk. At TGS, he was playing co-op with a freelancer who was even excited about the Zapper and its potential with the game. He played without, and she played with -- and halfway through, they switched.

Once finished, he asked her which she preferred ... and she agreed with him. The Zapper may end up being great for other games, but in Umbrella Chronicles, it seems to make actions ungainly rather than precise, particularly when one has to reload or pick up objects.

This makes us doubly interested in seeing how the shell affects other games, like the pack-in Link's Crossbow Training, but for now, we think we may just stick to the remote and nunchuk. After all, the remote is a pointing device all on its own, and we've seen just how fantastic it can be for shooting.

TGS07: Umbrella Chronicles trailer shows Wesker as a zombie?!

Posted Sep 20th 2007 12:00PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Video


At two minutes and nine seconds in, the video shows Wesker as a zombie. Why do we think he's a zombie? Well, his mouth is covered in blood. Wesker's red eyes is something we knew from the conclusion of Resident Evil: Code Veronica, but he wasn't into eating flesh or anything (unless we missed something, which is possible considering how long it's been).

As for the rest of the trailer, it's pure gold for Resident Evil fans (we can't wait to bust caps in Nemesis). So, hit it up.

Check out some new Umbrella Chronicles scans

Posted Sep 6th 2007 7:30PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Screens


For all three of you out there that are as excited about this game as we are, some new scans have made their way onto this mess of tubes we call the internet. The scans are chock full of text, but do offer up some images of Chris and Jill frequenting some new locales. As if we needed anything else to get us excited for this game.

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