Oh Capcom. I love you guys. Really, I do. Street Fighter IV? Looks and plays great. Mega Man 9? I was feeling it and its controller-smashing retro difficulty (even though you never sent that retro box to us like you had promised). Dark Void is looking slick, too, with its vertical combat and jet-pack goodness. And even NeoPets Puzzle Adventure is on my "must have" list this holiday.
So I'm sorry it's so hard to get behind the upcoming port ... remake ... whatever you want to call it, Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop for the Wii. Don't get me wrong -- zombies are my jam, and despite some flaws, the Xbox 360 version of Dead Rising remains one of my favorite games. But so far, it seems like Chop Till You Drop has less everything than the original, from gameplay to the available weapons to zombie hordes.
Hell, even this box art for the game features fewer zombies than the Xbox 360 version. I count 14, including the two sets of undead hands near the "Closed for Lunch" sign. The 360 version, by comparison, has at least 23 in the foreground, and that's not even counting the stragglers in the background.
Capcom, step it up -- I don't want to hear single-zombie screams echoing through the empty halls of Willamette Mall when Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop ships next year.
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11:05 AM on 11.18.2008
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"Just a little more..just a biiiit more...so close...damn it!"
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I'm still hoping DR:CTYD will be a Bionic Commando NES, but all signs are pointing to it being a Viewtiful Joe DS.
Agreed about the box art. There's absolutely nothing wrong with having different box art for different consoles If anything it helps to make sure that stupid parents don't buy the wrong version for their kids. "Oh, I didn't see that I picked up the {other console} version. Now I'll have to return it, but I'll do that tomorrow while you suffer from the fact that you can't play it."
But I'll admit that I don't get the whiny fan boy reference. I realize that fan boys are totally irrational idiots because they worship the fscking console instead of the games that are on it, but ... oh. Right. I see your point.
I shoulda said console fan boys.
I would pretty much expect "oh yes! our boxart is better than yours!" or maybe "hey how come they get the cool art? our console deserves it more!" or somethin equally as dumb.
People who bitch about box art need to be subjected to 24 hours of staring at the original Mega Man box art. **shudder**
Really need to get a new game library sorted lol
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