Hahah, they must have thought, "Oh they're complaining about not enough zombies on the Wii game huh? We'll show them!" Or at least that's what I hope they thought! :)

Jonathan Holmes has just posted a question of vital importance for the human race.

Is there such thing as too many zombies?

So would that mean the Wii port could handle all the way up to 60?

@Jonathan: Dawn of the Dead? Which one? The newer one or the classic Romero film? I recently picked up the original on blu-ray and man is it a great film.
I still haven't seen the remake.

No. there isn't such a thing as too many zombies... As long as I have a chance to slay them.

No no no, that's not how I read that story yesterday. I'm pretty sure they mean they're going to have more than 6,000 unique types of zombies in the game, not 6,000 on screen at a time.

Well your first mistake was watching a clip from the remake for the sake of comparison.

I liked the Wii version more than the 360 version. I don't like being timed on that large a scale. But that's for another article.

I WANT THAT BURGER SO BAD!

If 6000 zombies on screen at once is akin to that In 'n' Out burger, then that is awesome and I see nothing wrong with it.

I read the story on MTV Multiplayer yesterday, we must have seen different stories if the one you read had a headline claiming "6,000 On-Screen."

The paragraph that Totilo wrote in the story I read makes me believe they're not talking up "6,000 on-screen" (simultaneously, anyway), but rather the fact that their new engine can render different types of characters, instead of the same old chainsaw fodder you've been plowing through for the last four hours. Here's the paragraph in question:

"His presentation focused on how software called Mental Mill enabled Blue Castle to efficiently render many characters in visually distinct ways. The software is helping the makers of this zombies-in-a-casino action game to present a large number of characters without losing graphical quality and without having to take shortcuts that would put the game’s zombies in a small number of outfits."

And a link to said story on MTV Multiplayer.

Later in the article, he does mention that somebody heard from someone else who was told by someone that the development team is aiming for as many as 6,000 characters on screen, though Totilo notes that that figure was never claimed as accurate. Also, the word "simultaneously" is never mentioned once, in this article or in the headline you quoted earlier.

So, it's a case of "Somebody said that they heard from someone else that the team behind DR2 is shooting for 6,000 characters on screen, but they weren't sure if that number was right and they didn't say if it was at the same time or not."

I'm not trying to stir anything up here, I'm just trying to get the facts straight. I don't think there will be 6,000 zombies on screen simultaneously in Dead Rising 2.

Dead Rising 2: Gamble Til' You Scramble will only feature 16 zombies on-screen.

@ J00zt1n - Great job! I hope your take on the info is right. 6,000 types of zombies would be great, much better than being forced to consistently plow through 6,000 zombies at a time

or have you ever considered the possibility of since its in a city the army have been called in? maybe theres some hardware knocking about?
dont tell me 6000 zombies vs you in a SHITTIN BIG TANK hasnt occured. god i hope they do that just for splatter lolzzzzz maybe ye'd have to hijack it like you did with those 3 spazmo prisoners on the jeep in the first DR.
or a helicopter so you could re-enact "the field of zombies vs helicopter blades scene" out of 28 weeks later?
the possibilities are vaugely endless.

The Gief, Bad Taste was so bad it was good. When the guy goes through him and gets born, I had WTF plastered on my face.

On another note, ZOMBIES OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG.

Wow. Sounds like this company should change its name to "Dilbert Digital Entertainment" or something. It's clear that the marketing department is running the engineers, not the other way around.

"Our game plays like shit, looks like shit, and sounds like shit, but - LOOK! - 6,000 zombies on screen at the same time!!!!"

worstsimpsonsyoutubelinkever

Moar zombies? Yes please.

I'm trying to imagine consoles somehow accumulating the RAM necessary to do this.

I'm figuring two, three times more.

first off @bludesign

are you crazy?!?! in n out is amazing.

second off.. fun fact: that story picture is from when the zappos CEO and some other people tried to actually eat that many patties. I live literally a minute from that in n out. pretty crazy seeing as how zappos is huge now.

http://whatupwilly.blogspot.com/2006/01/in-n-out-100x100.html#greensboring_loves_you

I finally rented that newer Dawn of the Dead film, I liked how they had some of the old cast in there from the original. I can finally see what you mean about that explosion scene, Jonathan. I didn't sit and count.. but I can say there's a ton in that scene (Maybe 6K?). It wasn't that bad.. a lot of the time I found myself saying "No, this is wrong" or "that would have worked out better if the film maker did this" but I was just nit-picking. Thanks for the recommendation guys.. I may have to find a cheapo copy of it to add to my Dead collection... Though, I still like the Romero films better. They have a very carefully planned social commentary that reflects the times. The newer one seemed more like "This is a horror movie, we're here to scare you, not make you think".

In and Out burger owns. I went to one with my Vegan friend when I was in California, and I have to say they do make some good burgers. Besides.. The Dude says they have a damn good burger.. and The Dude abides.

@The Gief:
I'll have to check that one out. I did like Peter Jackson before Hollywood spoiled him with millions upon millions of dollars. Thanks for the recommendation.

Thanks for the news, Jonathan. I'm looking forward to this game now. ^_^