@SnakeDude4Life - I'm curious, why so dismissive?

@Brad Nicholson

Well..
>On the wii.
>Less then 100 zombies at a time. (First one had about 500-750 at times)
>First game had a lot of bad choices in terms of gameplay (Save system, odd shooting controls, not being able to reload, time limit, laughable story, no freeplay mode or/and co-op, no "major" dlc, Hard early boss battle, etc) All should have been fixed in the first one.

Don't get me wrong, I liked Dead Rising.

However, I'll wait for Dead Rising 2.

*Goes back to play Left4Dead*

Hard early boss *battles

As in more then one.

@Iron Dragon:

I really dislike when people make that comparison because to people who already own a Wii, that's $220, not $20. If someone really wants to play the game but doesn't have either console, then it's a no brainer. But if someone already owns a Wii, your comparison is apples/oranges. It's ridiculous to expect Wii owners to pay $220 just to play Dead Rising if this gimped version will at least provide some modicum of satisfaction for zombie killing.

That said, I'll at least give this a rental to see how it plays. I'm not big on zombie games at all, but if I'm going to dismiss it, I want to at least do something unheard of and actually - you know - play it first.

/holds out hope

Any word on whether or not they're gonna fix the annoying saves and the time limit. When I first got this game I spent a long time figuring out what I had to do before the time limit, especially considering I couldn't see what the fuck the objectives said on my SDTV and couldn't figure out which one was the main objective. So disappointed that the fun gameplay I loved in the demo was hampered by annoyances like these.

I didn't really like the 360 version. If they changed a good bit in this one, I'll give it a try. I wasn't really a fan of the massive hordes of zombies anyways. It was cool for about a half hour and then became dull and repetitive.

Dead Rising was one of my favorite early 360 games. I found it fun to replay. The o0ne thing I didn't like was that you weren't afforded much time to explore during the main campaign. Sure once you beat it, you can explore but i just feel with Sandbox game you be allowed to explore from the get go with out failing.

Although like the save system (which I thought was perfect for this type of game), the 72 hour time limit was added to create tension?

@Kaironn:

First off, I have all three consoles. I've been putting more time lately into the 360 than the other two combined. So spare me the platitudes of how I'm a Wii fanboy.

I simply get fed up with this attitude on DToid that because the Wii doesn't have the ZOMG GRAPHICS AND POWER of the other two consoles that somehow it's shit and anyone who plays it (and actually enjoys it) for what it is a moron or somehow not worthy of the title "gamer". That fact that you're getting pissed off with me for pointing that out says more of you than it does of me.

That fact that it's weaker means nothing. It has its positives and negatives just like every other console. At least I understand that.

I had to live with this fanboy shit since the days of the C64/IBM fanboy wars. And quite frankly I'm sick and tired of idiots who just can't resist taking sides whenever there's a new kind of electronic platform, be it C64/IBM, HD DVD/Blu-ray, or PS3/XB360/Wii. These people need to just grow the f*ck up.

So, if you want me to stop defending the Wii when I think it's necessary, then you need to tell the Sony and XB360 fanboys - including certain Dtoid editors - to "live with it", not me.

@Jonathan:

I rarely (if ever) visit Kotaku except when there's a link to one of their articles. I simply prefer DToid. So, I don't have a frame of reference to compare the two. Kotaku feels a bit too - I don't know - sterile for me.

But I didn't say anything about other sites. It's simply what I see here. And it's probably the fact that I'm not a fanboy for any of the three that gets me angry when I see the anti-Wii attitude.

Every console has its hits and misses. The Wii was never designed to be of the same level as the PS3 and XB360. Nintendo made that clear from the start. There was even an article in The New Yorker about how Nintendo was happy to be in third place. Yet people, including Brad, seem to relish dumping on it for not being able to do what the PS3/360 can do. Well, DUH! It's not supposed to! Hell, they don't even support the same demographics for the most part, although that line is becoming more blurry lately.

The whole attitude reeks of the bigger kids picking on the little kid just because they can. The Eddie Murphy "you don't got no ice cream" skit comes to mind as well.

Having gone through this kind of childish crap every time new technology comes around, it just gets very old really quickly; and it ticks me off to see a web site that I respect have people, including editors, who feel the need to stoop to the "my dad can beat up your dad" kind of attitude over a damned console.

STFUAJPG regardless of what console you play on.

Eh, it could be okay, but it won't be super-fantastic. As long as it doesn't suck, though, I should be happy.

Meh, I don't think i'll buy this, not because it's "dumbed down" or whatever, but because I think it will be too much like RE4, same engine and stuff. And I already have that game for the Wii. But I guess I should play the original in ym cousin's 360.

Also, Holmes, you're awesome. And may I ask, assuming that you're the one reviewing it (not really sure), can we expect a Mushroom Men review anytime soon?

Here comes the train of people who either don't have a Wii or aren't interested in the game to completely rip it to shreds without trying it. I'm not saying this will be great, but I certainly think the Dtoid fanbase would rather rip on anything Wii-related than give it an honest shot.

As much as we appreciate the Wii, I think you might be giving it a bit too much credit. We both admitted that they the Wii and PS3/360 cater to different audiences, and frankly I don't see Dead Rising going very far on the Wii, certainly not to the point where 360/PS3 support for future games will be dropped in favor of the Wii. Some games just will not work in the Wii, like Fallout 3. Games like that will always be on 360/PS3/PC.

Admittedly, stranger things have happened. A Fatal Frame exclusive, MadWorld, an Okami port after repeated denials from Capcom... And I guess it's always possible that games like Dead Rising will sell well because of the vacuum that the Wii has for such games, whereas those types of games are commonplace on the other consoles.

I certainly don't have a crystal ball obviously, but I still don't think the Wii is as much of a threat as the 360/PS3 fanboys apparently think it is. I mean ... Wii Music! WTF!! ;)