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New Capcom Wii games: The Darkside Chronicles, two GameCube ports photo

Ready for some new Capcom Wii games? Good, because a bunch of them are coming up.

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles is the follow-up to Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, set to come to the Wii in North America this winter. The story is based on Resident Evil 2. It stars both Leon Kenney and Claire Redfield in a on-rails style game. It's supposed to fill in some story holes left by Umbrella Chronicles.

On top of this, Capcom kicks off their Resident Evil "Classics" line with both Resident Evil and Resident Evil Zero, Wii-makes of GameCube titles. Both "have been refitted to support the Wii Remote," which we're guessing will be something similar to Resident Evil 4's Wii edition. We hope. Both are set to be priced at $29.99, with release dates and details coming soon. 

In the gallery below you'll find some new screenshots of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, and after the jump you'll find more story details from Capcom.

What do you think of these announcements? I'm pretty interested to see what they do with RE and RE0.

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles‘s story is based on Resident Evil 2 and includes the popular characters, Leon S Kenney and Claire Redfield. Its on-rails style gameplay and active camera will create a more immersive “Chronicles” survival experience. As in the last installment, this is a first-person game with extreme shooting gameplay and interactive pathways.
Filling in many of the missing pieces of storyline that were not covered in the original “Umbrella Chronicles”, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles will give hardcore fans the chance to re-live some of the most classic moments of the Resident Evil franchise, while allowing new players to take advantage of the intense action-horror experience only possible on the Wii.
Gamers can choose to take on their enemies with the help of an A.I.-controlled character or enlist the help of a friend to fight via two-player co-op. Adding new dimension and strategy to the arcade-style gameplay in the “Chronicles” experience, the new Evade system will utilize the Wii Remote for a more intense experience when fighting enemies.

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covah's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 10:33
covah
Jesus christ, if anything those graphics look ridiculous for the Wii
SephirothX's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 10:36
SephirothX
why must it be a rail shooer ;_;
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 10:37
Chronic Logic
I'm am so fucking confused, all these Resident Evil games with different stories, god damn. It's like trying to understand and read the entire Marvel Comics series.
Nic128's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 10:45
Nic128
It's the closest thing we'll have for a Re2 remake, I'll take it.

From what I heard, the wii ports have nothing new. So if you already own it for gamecube, stick with it.
BlackFreefall's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 10:47
BlackFreefall
Damn it. And i just bought Resident Evil Zero last year.
Tyrian3's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 10:57
Tyrian3
Ok, they once again managed to do exactly what I didn't want. Thanks capcom...obviously have a new RE game (or even a remake) using the RE4 wii edition engine was too much for my poor heart so you made something I don't care about. thanks.

a-holes.
robwho2's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 10:59
robwho2
Didn't get Umbrella Chronicles based on negative reviews. I'll wait and see how Darkside goes.

I'll seriously consider gettin the Wiimakes Resi and Zero though, always meant to get them for GameCube..
Timstuff's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 11:07
Timstuff
What about Code Veronica? Why isn't that game getting any representation in the Chronicles series?

Oh yeah, Capcom is obviously saving it for RE Chronicles 3. :p
Drack48's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 11:10
Drack48
I bought the Resident Evil remake again the other day for $6.00 and it plays pretty well on my Wii..not sure what releasing those again is all about, besides money. 0 gets way to hard for me though.
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 11:28
BlindsideDork
Want to see it in action? Here isvideo minus sound.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 11:30
Necros
Sigh. Should have seen the remakes coming when they released the RE0 remake in Japan...
fetusmilk's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 11:38
fetusmilk
nothing like another re-remake of a remake.
GigaMach's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 11:51
GigaMach
Whatta shame. I liked Umbrella Chronicles for what it was, and what it was wasn't much. i too was hoping for a REmake of RE2, using the RE4 engine. Looks like that'll never happen. Hell, even just a hi-res remake of RE2 ala REmake would have been great. Oh well.

"Only possible on the Wii!" Whatever...
CocoJambo's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 11:57
CocoJambo
Its not like the games are bad, but... Damn Capcom, seriously?
John B's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 12:02
John B
ZZZzzz... ZZZzzz... Huh? Wha..?

Some new Resident Evil games for the Wii! Oh, cool!!

Wait ... they're yet MORE ports from the GameCube. Oh, for fuck's sake... Wake me up when No More Heroes 2 is out.

ZZZzzz... ZZZzzz...
Clockwork-Zombie's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 12:21
Clockwork-Zombie
I thought that Umbrella Chronicles, while it had many problems, was still a fun game and am looking forward to this.

Also, Leon Kenney?
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 13:22
Holyetheline
I love Leon. We need more Leon Scott Kennedy in RE games.
GohanGVO's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 13:25
GohanGVO
ATTN: EVERYONE

Do not support the GC to Wii ports of 'Resident Evil 0' and 'Resident Evil.'

You can buy those games, used, for the same $30 that one of these unchanged Wii ports costs.

Seriously, please avoid sending Capcom the message that you want this stuff.

Yours,

G
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 14:24
MechaMonkey
Because everyone likes buying their games twice.
ThrashingLimbsEd's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 15:04
ThrashingLimbsEd
I just purchased resident evil on gamecube today.

DAMNIT!
Artemus's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 20:54
Artemus
Umbrella Chronicles was/is pretty damn cool!
This one looks to be much of the same... And that is a good thing!
Thank you, Capcom...
Fuck the naysayers.
Gen Eric Gui's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 22:55
Gen Eric Gui
Fuck the ports. I bought both games new for $30 years ago.

Darkside Chronicles, however, looks sick. Umbrella Chronicles was probably the best rail-shooter I have ever played; hidden shit everywhere, upgradable weapons, lots of info on the events and characters of RE, great boss battles that amount to more than just blind shooting, the game was amazing and well worth my money.

I just hope RE2 isn't the only thing in the game. One of the things I liked about UC was playing through all 3 games in a different perspective, as well as seeing all the new content in the original levels. If all we get to do is blast our way through RE2 events(which we technically already did in the RE3 portion of UC) this could be major failure.
shinryu108's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/13/2009 03:08
shinryu108
more ports? I thought the wii was made for "new and groundbreaking" games, not re-remakes of 32-bit titles. Also, how the f are you supposed to play a traditional resi game with the wiimote?
kaocrat's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/14/2009 10:18
kaocrat
Umbrella Chronicles was great. Oddly enough I actually quite like RE for its convoluted story; and Umbrella Chronicles was a great "Cliff's Notes" version of that. I was surprised and a bit disappointed when UC didn't include anything from RE2 or Code Veronica, though the game was plenty long (for a lightgun game) nonetheless. So yay on Darkside Chronicles, boo on REmake ports.
Spike401k's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/15/2009 22:34
Spike401k
@Timstuff
ACTUALLY I heard CV will be part of Darkside. Can't wait! I'll shell out money till the day I die for every RE game, I have 3 dif versions of RE4 XD GC, WII, PS2, and I beat them all.
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