It's been a rather boring news day, all things told, which is why we have no intention of making things interesting. Instead, enjoy a rather obvious piece of news: Capcom is considering porting more software to the Wii.
This stunning revelation came from a whiny Wii owner who accused Capcom of constantly giving Nintendo fans the shaft. Quite an amusing claim, in my opinion, given the fact that Capcom is perhaps the only third party to treat the Wii even halfway decently. This is what the jaded Wii owner said:
Capcom, I'm really pissed right now. I want to play these games, but you give us Wii owners the shaft. No RE5 Wii, possibly no Dead Rising 2, no Lost Planet, no Flock, no Age of Booty, No Street Fighter 4, no Devil May Cry, no Dark Void.
I'd personally call the above quote a piece of presumptuous, whiny, self-entitled horse's vomit, but Capcom's Christian Svensson actually listened to this plea and responded:
We are contemplating versions of one or two of the CEI titles you've mentioned on the Wii (not saying which), but we'd like to see how they do on their initial target systems before doubling down on additional SKUs.
So, any Wii owners with unrealistic demands and no grasp of business sense can put your minds and hearts at ease. Capcom hasn't forgotten about you at all, though if you actually believed they had, you really are stupid. About as stupid as someone who wants Devil May Cry 4 but doesn't own a PC/PS3/360.
Contest:
3:20 PM on 08.13.2008
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Yeah they are desperate for more content.
But really? Pull this many straws!?
And, lightthrower, don't underestimate the company that ported Resident Evil 2 to the N64 (with all the FMV still in tact!) and Resident Evil to the GBC (it didn't get released, but it was, I gather, pretty near completion and pretty thorough. Check youtube for videos. Very impressive for the GBC!)
That said, a large part of my reason for buying a PS3 is Street Fighter 4.
Video comparison of the alpha GBC port of Resident Evil and the DS port of Resident Evil. Considering the HUGE power differential.. I'm still impressed. There are other interesting videos too. It wasn't a different game based on RE1. It was a direct port. For the GBC. Crazy.
Just to keep in mind,
GBC stats
CPU Speed: 8 mhz
RAM: 32 KB system / 16 KB video
DS stats
CPU Speed: Dualcore, 1 at 67 mhz and one at 33 mhz
Ram: 4 MB
For example, we did the PSP version of Spider Man Friend or Foe here in Montreal while the "real version" was being made in Vancouver. The main developper can't spare that many people to make all the ports, neither can Capcom.
the install base is huge, and that's capcom's biggest gun. lots of gamers that skipped a generation or 2 still have fond memories of street fighter. if the games on the VC (i wouldn't know) and has done good numbers, you can pretty much bank on it.
And yeah, capcom has been kind of cool with the wii support. We want more, but they've been good publishers. Here's a scooby cookie.
There's no technical way a Wii port of the 360 versions of Bionic Commando, Resident Evil 5, or Dead Rising 2 will happen.
Also, lol DMC4 on Wii.
That's all I'd get excited about.
Although, it's absolutely certain that they'll both do amazingly well.
Where have either comments been disproven? Seriously, where?
But these comments are just typical of fanboys. When they can't dispute a notion, they pretend it's been disproven, without any proof it has been.