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Famitsu reveals Dead Rising for the Wii
3:03 AM on 07.16.2008, Hamza CTZ Aziz 60 comments

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Here's the biggest bombshell of E3 2008 and it doesn't even have a thing to do with E3! The latest issue of Famitsu reveals that Dead Rising is coming out for the Nintendo Wii. Lots of people (especially Dale North) were expecting Capcom to reveal Dead Rising 2 today at their press conference, but instead got nothing but Lost Planet movie news. 

I have no idea what the scans are saying, but there is one screenshot where Frank West is being grabbed by a zombie. The Wiimote comes on screen requiring you to shake the Wiimote to knock the zombie off, similar to Resident Evil 4 for the Wii.

And just to be sure, I just got off the phone with my Capcom contact and they have confirmed that Dead Rising is in fact coming out for the Wii.


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zaqu's Avatar
zaqu at 07/16/2008 03:03
fukin awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwsumm
iwontusemyname's Avatar
iwontusemyname at 07/16/2008 03:03
YES! commented before any hate.

so i'm quite excited, considering i like this game and i don't have a 360.


and it's a port. but hell. who cares? he's photographed wars, you know.
Iggy's Avatar
Iggy at 07/16/2008 03:03
Doesn't look half bad but I'm not sure if I'de want to play through it again.
Depends on whether it's just a half assed port or brings something new to the table.
Fugue's Avatar
Fugue at 07/16/2008 03:05
Hell, wouldn't it have been nice if Nintendo talked about things like this during their press conference?
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Mirax at 07/16/2008 03:12
Never played the original. I hope it's good, my Wii needs some love, specially after this E3.
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Lord The Night Knight at 07/16/2008 03:16
So if they do a better job than Rockstar's Table Tennis port, we may get our first real look at how the Wii handles HD games.
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Rainbowblack at 07/16/2008 03:17
kinda hard to get excited when I've already played the game to death and back, good times for nintendo owners though.
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Toneman at 07/16/2008 03:20
Sexcellent
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Zlimness at 07/16/2008 03:21
Lord The Night Knight: Good point. Dead Rising was more of an artistic than technical game though, but it the zombie crowds were definitely something people considered next-gen.
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Kyousuke Nanbu at 07/16/2008 03:22
I would have expected a PC port or a PS3 port before this.

Dead Rising on the Wii, wow, I wonder how the achievements are gonna work(they where an integral part of the original) plus how they'll sneak in waggle, not to mention the sheer amount of zombies onscreen at once.
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mr spooky at 07/16/2008 03:25
Its a big blow to microsoft because they didn't see this coming.
:p Its not an exclusive game anymore.
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Lamito at 07/16/2008 03:26
I just hope they don't reduce the graphics to much and try to compensate it with copious amounts of waggle.
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kawitchate at 07/16/2008 03:30
dear Japanese companies: stop with the ports and just make with the sequels. thank you. that said, if this in no way impacts Dead Rising 2 coming out, then you guys have fun beating off zombies with your Wiimotes.
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LostCrichton at 07/16/2008 03:35
Pretty neat news. Zombie waggle is still zombie related, so I'm all for it.
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ParaParaKing at 07/16/2008 04:11
Hopefully they address all the problems the 360 version had, since it was a great concept but very very poorly executed.
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-PL- at 07/16/2008 04:19
This was gonna be one of the first games I get if I bought a 360... but now I can just grab it on Wii, yay!
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Hoss at 07/16/2008 04:42
god how long ago did the original come out? 2+ years ago?

if its like $30 then im down... ive messed around with it on friends' 360 ,as i dont have one, but if the price is right ill play through the story on my wii
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The Amazing Shenazin at 07/16/2008 04:53
I'd rather have a PS3 port or better yet the sequel :/
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Trevor McGee at 07/16/2008 05:14
Oh my god, aiming is going to be so fucking much better now. Well, if they do it as good as they did it in RE4. This will definitely be worth picking up, even if I do already have it for the 360.
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The Amazing Shenazin at 07/16/2008 05:37
also can you believe DR is going on two years old now?
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Professor Pew at 07/16/2008 05:57
Waggle waggle!
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covah at 07/16/2008 06:14
thats very surprising
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Miguelcar808 at 07/16/2008 06:20
What about the PS3 :(
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GeminiEye at 07/16/2008 07:10
CAPCOM FAIL
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Demtor at 07/16/2008 07:15
What the hell? Why would they not make this on PS3? Whatever, not like I was expecting exclusives to just start being made for Sony but it confuses me when companies go from 360 to the Wii. Makes very little sense to me.
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Spitfire at 07/16/2008 07:17
Awesome stuff. It looks like companies are at least trying to bring exciting games to the Wii. Its a shame they just ported an old version instead making a new one from the ground up. But hey, beggars cant be choosers.
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zombiekiller13 at 07/16/2008 07:35
@ParaParaKing

What was "very poorly executed"? Sure, the text is hard to read on an SDTV, Otis could be annoying, some of the survivors can't fight their way out of a crowd of babies...but even still, I'm having a hell of a lot of fun with the game. Mini-chainsaws FTW.

That said, it'll be interesting to see how they port this. If they added content, maybe threw in a true free-roaming mode, I'd get it again.
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zombiekiller13 at 07/16/2008 07:36
Forgot to mention that it also gives me hope that DR2 is in the works. To put the effort into porting the game to the Wii and not be planning a sequel...doesn't make sense to me.
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Hoodie at 07/16/2008 07:45
I love Capcom.
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killias2 at 07/16/2008 08:06
One less game I need on the 360. Woot!
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Scientist tz at 07/16/2008 08:34
Dead Rising 2 plz

thx.

Ps3 plz. Thx.
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mikeyed at 07/16/2008 08:38
That's it! I'm buying a Wii.
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Phantom Spaceman at 07/16/2008 08:44
1. how are they gonna render 500 zombies onscreen with Wii hardware? sprites?
2. also, dead rising 2 plz kthxbai
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TrailerParkJesus at 07/16/2008 08:58
I was like yay right when I saw "Dead Rising" only to be disappointed when I read "for the Wii"

What a waste.
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NihonTiger90 at 07/16/2008 09:08
There's potential here is Capcom doesn't turn it into a waggle fest.

Given the superb job they did with RE4 and Zack and Wiki, I will give them the benefit of the doubt on this one.
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PetiePal at 07/16/2008 09:44
I know he's covered wars, y'know, but a sequel would have been such better news. I hope the Wii can handle the engine and graphics
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Char Aznable at 07/16/2008 09:54
I support all zombie-related news.

Still haven't gotten around to Dead Rising, though; I suck.
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Necros at 07/16/2008 10:03
Wait, so it's not a new game? I was all excited for a new installment, but I'm not buying a port.
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RonBurgandy2010 at 07/16/2008 10:25
It's not slow-down, it's slow-mo!!!
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Brian Keljore at 07/16/2008 10:39
This is probably the best news I've heard all week.
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xe-cute at 07/16/2008 11:03
I never ever thought I would buy a Wii.... HOWEVER, If they have tweaked the save system in this version
then I shall be buying one just for this game.

I love the game on xbox360 but hate the save system (which means I get all excited to play it every few weeks and then after 2hrs put it away to gather dust again for some weeks).
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Cyberxion at 07/16/2008 11:04
Wow, I'm surprised.

This is the sort of thing that would've gone over well had it been unvieled during Nintendo's conference.
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greeneggsnsam at 07/16/2008 11:42
Looks like my Wii might be dusted off after all.
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Mxyzptlk at 07/16/2008 12:22
Well, that's one I definitely didn't expect.
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pendelton21 at 07/16/2008 12:36
...umm, what?
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GohanGVO at 07/16/2008 13:08
With the 'Lost Planet' movie officially announced, I would not blink at Capcom porting that as well.
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pedrovay2003 at 07/16/2008 13:18
I can't believe Nintendo didn't announce this at the conference... They NEEDED this. It's almost as big as FFXIII coming to the 360.

Why would they hold back with this?
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Cletus the Fetus at 07/16/2008 13:38
I seriously doubt the Wii could handle a non-neutered dead rising. I need footage before I believe that it could work.
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