Resident Evil 4: Wii edition now has a price

I've actually never played RE 4 all the way through, so Gawd dayum, boy! I'mma buy me a Resident Evil game for the Wii!

On the one hand, it's good that a (relatively) broader audience will get to play RE4, but this sounds like a pretty low-budget port. At least they aren't charging full price for it. I'd definitely like to try it, even if I heart the laser sight.

Well, didn't have a Gamecube or PS2 in 2005, so I never played it. So, pending good reviews, I'll happily pick it up.

@mmorris

There are times when I feel the same way. Other times, I'm in a more forgiving mood. I can appreciate how much money it would cost to remake a game for each system, and I try to keep that filed in the back of my mind when I cut loose.

However, games are expensive, and we deserve better.

-> Matthew Mac: Don't bother to wait. It'll be pretty much exactly the same as the other versions(ie. badass), just with wiimote aiming, and other minor control updates. So unless you hate aiming your wiimote like poison or something, $30 is a good deal for this.

-> mmorris: I'm tired of people bitching about ports. Don't like it, don't buy it.

I'm a bit taken back by how many of you never having experienced the GameCube version. Did you not know that it was touched by the hand of God himself?

Please buy any version you can get your hands on, before I fall on my sword, and scream unto the heavens something epic like "Why have you forsaken RE?"

Okami was a commercial failure, but a fantastic game. If Capcom wants to turn it around and make money, they should put it on the Wii. It would be awesome.

Like Skullivan said, I'll pro'lly pick it up when it's under $20, just for the extra content that they put in the PS2 version that was absent in the GC version. I didn't wanna play the game in any less quality than I was used to on the GC version, so I never bothered.

Also, w/ the Wiimote, maybe I can finally beat The Mercenaries and get the God-damed Handcannon.

i really wanna know how this game will play on the wii. one of the defining characteristics of the original was that your weapon's aim speed was relevant to the type of gun you held. this made weapon choice an actual thought instead of just "hey, this fires more which means it automatically better!" you had to think which gun you used because you wouldn't be able to react as quick with some guns as others.

with the addition of wiimote aiming i don't see this being a factor at all, thereby completely bypassing one of the best and most strategic aspects of the original game. if every gun can be moved from one side of the screen to the other lickity split, it'll make the entire game much easier and destroy the dynamic tension built during hectic attacks. on the other hand, if it involves some sort of time delay as your cursor slowly moves to where on the screen you point it, people will not understand and get pissed.

i don't see this being as fun as the original at all. and if you want the extra content, seriously, the ps2 version isn't bad at all. in fact, it's quite comparable to the gc version. just 'cause your a nintendo fanboy doesn't mean you should hate on a game that was overall better due to additional content even if it did have slightly (and i mean VERY slightly) scaled-down graphics. and shit, if you like graphics that much why the hell are you playing games on the wii anyway? hypocrites.

apparently it takes a lot of development money to add the lil "wiimote shake right" and "wiimote shake left" animations to a title. i can TOTALLY see why they aren't selling it for the even more appreciation-to-the-fans-who-have-already-bought-it-at-least-once-if-not-twice-friendly price of $20!

This is for the people who never played it on GC or PS2, not for people who already bought it. The game didn't do as well as Capcom would have liked, so they're hoping they'll be able to get a little money out of it on the Wii.

@ brainderailment

Actually, it's not hard, it's impossible. Changing a control scheme is more than just a cut-and-paste job. Thousands of lines of code have to be rewritten for controller input, graphical assets regenerated for the user interface, and the entire executable has to be recompiled for the new hardware (whether you like it or not, the Cube and the Wii have some major architectural differences). A "patch" for the Cube version of the game - if it were even possible on the Wii - would be huge and buggy as hell, as it would have to encompass half the game's content just to clear out the dependencies in the code.

And that's not including the PS2 stuff they're throwing back in. Please stop acting as though a port is some sort of personal insult. If it weren't for ports, you never would have played Rez (which was a Japan-only Dreamcast release before American gamers had a chance to salivate over it on the PS2). I see nothing wrong with a publisher taking advantage of new hardware that has the potential to enhance an existing experience. Would you prefer if they just sat and waited until the perfect console came out, and then released the game only once? Then you'd better pick a new hobby, because no one would ever release another game.

Developers and publishers are not faceless machine intelligences, adhering only to some ineffable alien logic, that exist only to make your life difficult. Devs make games because they are passionate about it, and publishers sell those games because someone out there will buy them. Do not mistake efficient business for laziness. If the game ships loaded with bugs and inconsistent presentation, then you can call them lazy. But that won't happen, because this is Capcom we're talking about here.

Please try to be more rational.

this game might actualy make me want to use my wii