First the good news -- the previously mentioned Resident Evil 4 Wii remake leaked by retailers has been confirmed by Famitsu. Not surprisingly, Wii remote functionality has been added. Players will be able to aim with the Wii remote; reload by holding B and shaking the controller; and wave the controller without holding B to swing your knife. The game will also contain the extra Ada missions from the PlayStation 2 version of the game, as well as a trailer for the upcoming Umbrella Chronicles.
Speaking of which, this is where the "meh" news comes in. It appears that the Wii "original" Resident Evil title, Umbrella Chronicles, will be a first-person gun shooter on (wait for it) rails. There will be no free movement (other than occasionally choosing your path), with the game focused entirely on shooting. The game will detail the fall of Umbrella Corp., and will include most main characters previously seen in the series.
In preparation for this potential disaster, gamers can feel free to pick up a copy of the PlayStation 2 game, Resident Evil: Dead Aim, for under twenty dollars at their local pawn shop.
[Update: I added some more Famitsu scans for your viewing pleasure. Just clean up after yourselves.]
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8:02 AM on 04.04.2007
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as for RE4, i don't think i need to play it again.
only RE people care about now is RE5
I too will play the shooter on rails if it's fun.
I am a RE person and I care about the release of these 2 games. Still cautious of RE4Wii but Umbrella COULD be good.
I'd buy House of the Dead before I'd buy RE:UC. Bring it on...
Wasn't there someone on this site or another that was calling for House of the Dead or ANY "light gun" game to be released on the Wii?
And now we have a bumped up version of one (light gun games usually dont let you control where you go), we complain and bicker about it...SWEET!
You just got me more excited for the game. Hopefully it has like 5 difficulty settings. The only thing that would dissapoint me is if they only have like 5-8 levels in it. I need atleast 10 to really make me happy about spending $50 on it.
As for RE4Wii, I'll probably get that as well, as long as it is not $50 I got it on playstation, but never finished it. With the Wiimote for aiming, I am now a lot more interested.
"You know what I'd love to play on my Wii?"
House of the Dead 15764
FUCK!!!!
And those games were fun for about a half an hour. See where I'm going with this? Rails. Meh. Light gun games. Meh.
I'm not gonna blame them for trying. Maybe they'll surprise me. But, I doubt it.
You know what will be hilarious? When the Wii port of RE4 comes out looking worse than the Gamecube version.
That's impossible. The Wii is two GameCube duct taped together. That's double the power.
I like the way you pluralize GameCube. As in: A gaggle of GameCube. Nice.
Bad capcom bad!
I am confused...
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I think Destructoid has pulled a Joystiq and turned rumor into fact.
Shame on you guys, shame on you..
True RE game? What is a true RE game? Wasn't there some people saying that RE4 (before it came out) wasn't a true RE game cause of the new viewing angle?
A TRUE RE game is a survival horror game where there are a bunch of zombies and other mutated creatures that our out to eat you or what not, and you run around with a knife and some guns for some action and puzzles thrown in to break up all the action.
So aslong as it has puzzles and zombies and creatures, it will be an RE game, just a different view.
But I've played Silent Hill 1 & 2, I'd buy at least SH2 on Wii but that won't happen.
Hey man have you noticed how dickgirls should get their own board on 4chan??
And wow, the new pope looks like Emperor Palpatine!
And it chronicles Umbrella's downfall? Double in.
RE4 is one of my favorite games ever
I'm guessing I won't like RE:UC and that makes me sad.
But in my opinion, Capcom better be careful. On-rails shooter with zombies just screams "House of the Dead clone", and people will play it expecting it to be. Capcom is gonna have to deliver the replayability of the HotD series, seeing as on-rail shooters tend not to be too long.
Oh.. and the RE4 port is awesome.
Playing RE1 first person style? Kickass.
And if the other rumors are true (that it does the same for the other games in the series, and includes a new chapter that occurs between CVX and RE4), you could call this UBER kickass.
THIS IS the rumored Resident Evil game for the Wii! there wont be Resident Evil 5 for the Wii! only this piece of crap!
An on rails shooter cannot provide that. It just can't.
RE games are all about the exact opposite experience. Desperately wanting to stay as far away from enemies as possible, dreading the fact that they may be lurking around every corner, fearing for your own survival.
I mean, just think about the way you felt when you first saw your character get repearedly bitten by a zombie in an RE game. Or the first time you saw your character decapitated in a RE game, be it by a chainsaw wielding manias, some fast running, high jumping freak of nature, or any of the other head removers from the series past. It was scary. It made you actually fear those enemies, fear playing the game.
How can they give you that feeling in an on rails shooter, where the only evidence that your character has been hurt is a flash on the screen, a grunt sound effect, and a reduction on your health meter?
They can't.
On rails and RE just don't work together. History has proven this. Capcom is making a ridiculous mistake.
That is why we RE fans are so dissappointed with this news.
All the past RE games that rejected the core elements of RE have failed. They have not been original enough to be interesting, but not RE enough to please fans of the series.
I hope the game is good on it's own merits, but I can't help but be dissapointed that this is the big RE:Wii game that's been hyped all this time.
What if Napoleon Dymanite had been named James Bond, and the movie was titled Casino Royale. It still would have been a funny movie, popular with a lot of people, but James Bond fans would not have been amused.
That's more or less how I feel about this game.
It could have been first person. That would have been different, but still possibly could have worked. But on rails? From a game design stand point, I just don't see how it could fit the series.
But for the most part, I agree with you. I'm definitely disappointed about the news. I'm still looking forward to playing the game and seeing how they pull it off. It's better than nothing.
As for the on the rails thing. Hey, it might be good. They might have learnt from their mistakes.