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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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eternalplayer2345's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 03:01
eternalplayer2345
W00T YEAH finally something worth getting excited about! So is it a port or a new game?
Fugue's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 03:02
Fugue
Man, wouldn't have been interesting if they'd talked about this during their press conference?
zaqu's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 03:03
zaqu
fukin awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwsumm
iwontusemyname's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 03:03
iwontusemyname
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 - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 03:03
Iggy
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 - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 03:05
Fugue
Hell, wouldn't it have been nice if Nintendo talked about things like this during their press conference?
Mirax's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 03:12
Mirax
Never played the original. I hope it's good, my Wii needs some love, specially after this E3.
Lord The Night Knight's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 03:16
Lord The Night Knight
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.
Rainbowblack's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 03:17
Rainbowblack
kinda hard to get excited when I've already played the game to death and back, good times for nintendo owners though.
Toneman's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 03:20
Toneman
Sexcellent
Zlimness's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 03:21
Zlimness
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.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 03:22
Kyousuke Nanbu
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.
mr spooky's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 03:25
mr spooky
Its a big blow to microsoft because they didn't see this coming.
:p Its not an exclusive game anymore.
Lamito's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 03:26
Lamito
I just hope they don't reduce the graphics to much and try to compensate it with copious amounts of waggle.
kawitchate's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 03:30
kawitchate
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.
LostCrichton's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 03:35
LostCrichton
Pretty neat news. Zombie waggle is still zombie related, so I'm all for it.
ParaParaKing's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 04:11
ParaParaKing
Hopefully they address all the problems the 360 version had, since it was a great concept but very very poorly executed.
-PL-'s Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 04:19
-PL-
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!
Hoss's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 04:42
Hoss
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
The Amazing Shenazin's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 04:53
The Amazing Shenazin
I'd rather have a PS3 port or better yet the sequel :/
Trevor McGee's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 05:14
Trevor McGee
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.
The Amazing Shenazin's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 05:37
The Amazing Shenazin
also can you believe DR is going on two years old now?
Professor Pew's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 05:57
Professor Pew
Waggle waggle!
covah's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 06:14
covah
thats very surprising
Miguelcar808's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 06:20
Miguelcar808
What about the PS3 :(
GeminiEye's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 07:10
GeminiEye
CAPCOM FAIL
Demtor's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 07:15
Demtor
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.
Spitfire's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 07:17
Spitfire
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.
zombiekiller13's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 07:35
zombiekiller13
@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.
zombiekiller13's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 07:36
zombiekiller13
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.
Hoodie's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 07:45
Hoodie
I love Capcom.
killias2's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 08:06
killias2
One less game I need on the 360. Woot!
Scientist tz's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 08:34
Scientist tz
Dead Rising 2 plz

thx.

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

What a waste.
NihonTiger90's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 09:08
NihonTiger90
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.
PetiePal's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 09:44
PetiePal
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
Char Aznable's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 09:54
Char Aznable
I support all zombie-related news.

Still haven't gotten around to Dead Rising, though; I suck.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 10:03
Necros
Wait, so it's not a new game? I was all excited for a new installment, but I'm not buying a port.
RonBurgandy2010's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 10:25
RonBurgandy2010
It's not slow-down, it's slow-mo!!!
Brian Keljore's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 10:39
Brian Keljore
This is probably the best news I've heard all week.
xe-cute's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 11:03
xe-cute
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).
Cyberxion's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 11:04
Cyberxion
Wow, I'm surprised.

This is the sort of thing that would've gone over well had it been unvieled during Nintendo's conference.
greeneggsnsam's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 11:42
greeneggsnsam
Looks like my Wii might be dusted off after all.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 12:22
Mxyzptlk
Well, that's one I definitely didn't expect.
pendelton21's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 12:36
pendelton21
...umm, what?
GohanGVO's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 13:08
GohanGVO
With the 'Lost Planet' movie officially announced, I would not blink at Capcom porting that as well.
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 13:18
pedrovay2003
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?
Cletus the Fetus's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 13:38
Cletus the Fetus
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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