I'd say $30 is a pretty good deal for this. Considering I never played the PS2 version (and thus, never got the extra stuff with what's-her-face and all of that), it might even be worth it. But probably not.

It cost money to add waggle to a game, ya know. Waggle engineers using the latest in cutting edge waggle-adding technology do their best so the player can look like a spastic waggling tool.

That could explain the pricing.

Thanks, Hushgush. That means a lot coming from someone with your photoshop skills.

I'm tired of ports

This'll break the page, but what the hell.

Based on the graphics of many wii games already, I think adding waggle and getting it to work well isn't too easy. 10 bucks more than your average value title for that programming on a game I never played is quite a bargain.

Personally I'm looking forward to this game more than any game on the Wii outside of the forever on the horizon Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3. That speaks more of the Wii's crappy lineup than my fervor for RE4.

I don't even care about waggle controls. I just always wanted to play the extra content in the PS2 version but didn't want to play with the crappier graphics. Now we get the better graphics AND proper widescreen to boot.

That said, I'm not in any rush to play it and will probably snag a copy when it's under $20. I'm just glad that it'll exist when I do feel like playing it :p

I just can't believe that Capcom isn't doing a port of Okami for the Wii. I held off playing the PS2 version because I really thought it was going to happen. The game was destined for the Wii but got released to critical acclaim and retail apathy on PS2. You'd think they'd want to give it a 2nd shot on a platform that is in desperate, desperate need for ANYTHING that doesn't suck ass. Okami got lost in the PS2 library but would be a standout on the drought ridden Wii.

I love the picture.

Anyways, when my Gamecube broke, I actually spent $100 to get a second system just for Resident Evil 4. I think that is the best version of the game, even though it doesn't have the extras that the PS2 port does.

From what I can tell based on video footage alone, the Wii port looks to be much easier, at least in respect to aiming. But whatever, as long as people who missed out on such an amazing title play it in one form or another, that's all that matters.

@ Gameboi

"Whored out"? I dunno, man. That statement reeks of snobbery. I replay RE4 about once a year; I have no qualms about doing it with a Wiimote this time, especially not if it combines the true widescreen of the PS2 version with the sharper textures of the Cube version. Do you call your ex-girlfriend a whore when she starts dating someone else?

Really?

*sigh* Never mind.

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