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Resident Evil 4 for Wii is NOT censored

10:08 AM on 06.06.2007, Brad Rice 24 comments

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It's been reported that Resident Evil 4 for the Wii will be censored. Technically, this is true. The original source, Next-Gen.biz, said:

"...a great portion of the blood and gore has been excised from the game. Headshots no longer kill, limbs can no longer be shot off."

Now us flag-waving, zombie killing, corn growing Americans can't do with just that! We need to see those zombies shot in the head and have them go down. Otherwise, our aiming skills were all for naught. We went ahead and contacted Capcom, and here's the word straight from them: 

RE 4 Wii Edition content in Japan is based on their previous releases, the US version content will be similar to previous releases here (not talking about any of the Wii Edition functions with the controls of course, just about gameplay content).

So there you have it. The U.S. games won't be censored, but the Japanese game will, as it has been in the past. Crisis averted. Now, I think you finally have time to make a profile.


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-D-'s Avatar
-D- at 06/06/2007 10:32
I like my headshots like I like my milk - strawberry.
TheBrain's Avatar
TheBrain at 06/06/2007 10:46
I was a little worried for a minute. Ubi took decapitations out of The Two Thrones for Wii :(
TheStripe's Avatar
TheStripe at 06/06/2007 10:55
Ubi also admitted porting games half-assedly in an attempt to capitalize on Nintendo's buzz.
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BlindsideDork at 06/06/2007 11:12
CVG article says it is the BEST version of Resident Evil 4 out there...
deanhatescoffee's Avatar
deanhatescoffee at 06/06/2007 11:39
Schwing.
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TheStripe at 06/06/2007 11:56
So glad I stopped playing the GC version when I heard this was coming out. Now most of it is still new to me!
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Ambulance-Y at 06/06/2007 12:13
this was just a rumor started by sony fan boys cuz they are jealous wii is successful and haves games and are as well still upset the ps2 didn't have it first.
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imbeta at 06/06/2007 12:52
this post makes me happy... may your first born be a masculine child.

enjoy this in its stead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZsDUSxK5Fs
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BlindsideDork at 06/06/2007 13:08
@ imbeta

that is what the "make a profile" link in the story links too....

@Ambulance-Y

the rumor more so came from Japanese gameplay since the game is out already. Japan has it censored so people thought the US was too.
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DoctorEuphony at 06/06/2007 13:35
Love RE4
loved it on GC and PS2
love the Wii

Do we need a 3rd port of RE4? NO!
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jerrt at 06/06/2007 14:03
i'm probably going to get this the ability to aim and shoot with my wiimote excites me. it will make the game less nerve racking and more realistic. [two things i want]
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Necros at 06/06/2007 15:14
Thank god. I still don't understand the rationale behind Ubisoft's censoring of Prince of Persia: Rival Swords (a.k.a. The Two Thrones) on Wii, bringing it down to a T rating, and I would have rioted if Resident Evil was somehow censored.

I feel kinda bad for Japan, though; for all the Jack Thompson outbursts and knee-jerk media reactions we have, Japan is actually censoring its violent material.
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TheStripe at 06/06/2007 17:51
The censoring of violence in Rival Swords was undoubtedly part of the half-baked porting process. Ubi figured, much along the lines of hollywood, that a rating that allows teenagers to partake without mommy's permission would relate to increased sales on Nintendo's money printer. However, they forgot that, unlike hollywood, the game industry consumer actually cares about a modicum of quality.
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Necros at 06/06/2007 18:47
@ TheStripe: Tell that to the people who made the top-sellers of last year Madden 07 and Cars.
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Fana7ic at 06/06/2007 19:31
Germany is about to get pwned
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Amayirot Akago at 06/06/2007 23:18
Fana7ic, love you avatar. Toonstruck rocks.

It's a cruel twist of fate that after my feverish and ultimately succesful hunt for the GC version of RE4 the Wii version was announced not long afterwards, but nonetheless I'm still gonna get it for the Wiimote aiming (always fun ^^) and the Ada missions.
TheStripe's Avatar
TheStripe at 06/06/2007 23:51
@ Nec. - Point taken.
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Mxyzptlk at 06/07/2007 04:00
USA! USA! USA!
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Phist at 06/08/2007 15:18
Thanks, Dick. I don't have to go emo on myself for preordering the damn game.
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RE Fan at 07/29/2007 10:50
That was a close one. Resident Evil without headshots would of made me crazy.
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