Nevermind my notes: Hit the 32 second trailer first
Update: Capcom has finally released a stateside press release as noted below.
Not a great teaser, but we'll take what we can get. Capcom has launched the Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition's control scheme was revealed today, using the expected Wiimote-nunchuck combination and not the suspected Wii Blaster controller which popped for sale on May 1st at GameStop. Anything can happen between now and the time that it hits American shelves, so who knows what they have in store.
A variety of better-resolution screenshots from the Famitsu scans Nick posted earlier, hilarious photos of bubbly Europeans reminiscent of scenes from Natural Born Killers, and a high res logo follow in the gallery follow below. Bonus pic:
[Thanks BlindsideDork]
CAPCOM® UNLEASHES A ZOMBIE HORDE ON THE WII™ with resident evil® 4 Wii™ edition and resident evil®: The umbrella chronicles
Flailing Zombies Meet Motion-Sensitive Controls in Two New Resident Evil® Games
SAN MATEO, Calif. -- April 6, 2007 -- Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced that the incredibly successful Resident Evil® series, with over 30 million games sold worldwide, is coming to the Wii™ video game system from Nintendo with two new titles. This summer, Capcom will release Resident Evil® 4 Wii Edition, a new version of the award-winning game that incorporates the control functionality of the Wii Remote™. Capcom will be bringing a new game, Resident Evil®: The Umbrella Chronicles, to the Wii at a later date.
“Resident Evil has become one of the premier franchises in the games industry, with more than 30 million RE games sold around the world,” said Jack Symon, director, product marketing, Capcom Entertainment. “The innovative controller functionality of the Wii will allow us to design innovative, original game play never before seen in a Resident Evil game. With RE4, we’re challenging the Wii hardware to meet Resident Evil, while in The Umbrella Chronicles, we’re adapting Resident Evil to the innovations of the Wii.”
Resident Evil® 4 is one of the highest rated games on Game Rankings.com and Metacritic.com, garnering dozens of awards and nominations for its amazing game play and incredible re-invention of the “survival-horror” genre. This celebrated game now comes to the Wii with added Wii Remote and Nunchuck™ support, allowing players to immerse themselves in the game as never before. With RE4 Wii Edition, Capcom is offering new and more immersive sense of control to players, while keeping all of the game’s incredible game systems intact. As Leon Kennedy, players will explore a town overrun by cultists, mutants and mind-controlled villagers, using the Wii Remote to aim, fire, slash and avoid oncoming adversaries with intuitive motions and movements. RE4 Wii Edition will also contain the additional content included in the PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment system version of the game.
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles is a brand new game in the Resident Evil franchise, with familiar locales from the entire series, created specifically for the unique characteristics of the Wii hardware. This action/shooter hybrid reveals the back story behind the fall of the Umbrella Corporation by exploring locations from Resident Evil 0, 1, 2 and 3 as well as new never-before-seen locations, such as Umbrella’s stronghold. Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles combines first-person, light-gun style combat with interactive pathways, multiple weapons and new enemies to create an entirely new Resident Evil experience that could only be delivered on the Wii.
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I so sent this in!
At least we know that Umbrella Chronicles is going to look sweet, just like RE:REmake, RE0, and RE4!
I really hope those shoes didn't cost $475. Hunny bunny.lol.
This was taken from a Gamespot interview...
- The game will be fully polygonal, no pre-rendered backgrounds
- there will be quick-time events, better known as context sensitive events much like the ones in RE4. Camera will zoom out to show the character performing these actions.
- A question posed to the game’s producer…
Q: don’t you think to have betrayed the series making a shooter?
A: there is a part of hard core gamers that don’t like it for sure, but a lot of more gamere were tired of the same formula and we are doing something new to please all the people that have found the previous RE quite repetitive.
looks good
Thanks for giving us news, Blindside. This actually looks fun. Floor zombies!!
I'd buy it again if they handle this well.
My problem is, I just bought RE4 for the GC like a week before they announced this. I would have bought RE4:Wii in a heartbeat if I hadn't already done it. I'm not so sure about a railshooter. The only one I've enjoyed was Panzer Dragoon: Orta on the XBOX :HUGE.
bhive01: Understandable about RE4, I am on the fence myself. I got when it came out and beaten it around 5 times, but never done the EXTRA Ada stuff obviously.
Did you play Killer 7? Since Capcom did that, I am sure the Umbrella Chronicles will be simliar from what they described. So Killer 7 with RE4 graphics and zombies!
I'm really excited about the RE4 Wii-make. RE4 is probably one of favorite games; I played it from start to finish on both the Cube and PS2, and will go at it again on the Wii. At $30, it's well worth it...true widescreen and 480p, too, I'd hope.
You know, I talk a lot of shit about rail shooters -- I don't really find that the gameplay gives me enough freedom or enough variety to hold my interest for lonh... most of the time. I hated, hated, HATED Killer 7 with a passion, but only partially because it was on da' railz.
That said, UC is looking sharp and I really can't resist its lure. So bring it on.
Never did get Killer 7, although it's on my list.
And, when I was talking about the Railshooter I was referring to Umbrella Chronicles and not RE4 if anyone thought otherwise.
I guess it really depends on the implementation of the Wii controls. Personally, I don't see any benefit of having the Wiimote and waving it around as an improvement to the good controls in RE4. Game companies need to focus on creating new ways of interacting and controlling games rather than just sloppily adding on swinging (ala Zelda:TP). IMHO.
The last time there was a post about RE4, I wasn't really sold on it yet. But the pictures have changed my mind. I'll most likely buy a Wii when this comes out.
no arguing with you there bhive01, RE4 was just next to perfection and *gasp* no multiplayer was needed! Wierd how some games get lower scores cause they don't have multiplayer, just a thought.
AHIUCK
i mean LOL
LOL. I love the added captions.
"PEW PEW PEW!"
lol Bitch slapped buy a guy wearing 475 bucks worth of snake on his boots. Pwnd.
What would be REALLY cool is if the camera in Umbrella Chronicles isn't fixed, as in it can weave and slightly move so it looks like a real person of sorts.
OMFG
buy = by....
I blame it on GH2 and epilipsy.
Did they really have to hire people that looked like leon and the prez's daughter? ... plus, her smile is wider than her shoulders... also cocks
I hear that Vodka will clear eplilepsy right up Snail...
See the advertisements say so...
Drowning in Vodka, that would be bad!
man, that game is actually pretty great looking...I think Capcom is going to be getting a bunch of my money this year...
When is RE:UC due out?
Drowning in Vodka would be a good death...
Drowning in a vat of Cadburry Egg filling, would be bad I think.
I am very underwhelmed. I just hope RE5 looks better (which it most likely will).
Actually the whole vat of egg thing is more of Ted's department.
It better not be more than $30. Seeing as how it's another Gamecube game for the Wii.
Cadburry Mini-Eggs ftw!
I'm excited for both of these. My RE4 for NGC died a month or so ago, so buying a copy with Wii controls is good times.
As for RE:UC, I imagine it being something like this
*OMFG Giant Cave Troll crushes your noobular ribcage*
"Hang in there, Leon! I'm gonna rub the wiimote and the nunchuck together to make a defibrillator!"
*Burlap-Sack-For-A-Face rapes your neck with a chainsaw*
@LordRegulus
I just wet myself laughing.
friggin lazer BEAAMS!
Who wants to make a text-based version of RE4 with me?
*You enter a small toolshed. A small herb grows in a pot on a shelf. There's a typewriter on a nearby desk.
>eat herb
*You eat the herb. Nothing happens.
>use typewriter
*The keys are sticking. You feel a bit dizzy.
>svae game
>save gme
>save ggame
>fix typewriter
*You try to fix the typewriter and fail miserably. A dirty-looking chap wielding a very large axe enters behind you. Your vision is blurry. Colors merge. He looks like a clown. Yes, he's definitely a clown. The clowns are watching you. BURN THEM. BURN THEM ALL.
>burn them all
*YOU CAN TASTE THE SUN.
>kill chap with axe
*The chap cleaves your skull in two with a stroke so flawless that Leonidas himself would weep at the sight of it. Game over. Play again?
>fuck you
*Temper, temper.
I would love to be able to use the Wii Blaster, is that the same thing at the Wii Zapper that they had at E3?
Wii! Port! light gun! rails! Dial tone!
So where's the wiimake of Killer 7?
BlindsideDork,
killer 7 is made by grasshopper capcom just owns the rights and stuff
Mxyzptlk,
its highly unlikely that it will get an remake becasue of the bad sales on the gamecube and ps2 + capcom is all about money now...... ( see the fireing of clover or the more movie license deals article )
I hate to say it but I haven't picked up my Wii for like, half a month except for yesterday when i got Starfox. I rented the Godfather and I really don't like playing Playstation 1 ported games on the Wii. Oh wait, Godfather was on Ps2 right? Didn't look like it. Now I have a legit reason to play my Wii again, next to Super Paper Mario.
I hope this is more like RE4 but in first person as opposed to House of the Dead
The wii zapper is just a shell that holds the wiimote and numchuck together to work as a gun, which is really cool
Poetic Justice:
The Prototype of the Wii Zapper/Blaster is NOT a holder. If you look closely it is something new. There is no cord coming from the bottom of "nunchuck" in pics.
Plus look at it, only ONE button on the "nunchuck" part. Nunchucks have TWO buttons.
It is a NEW and separate attachment for the Wiimote.
woah...sorry about the pic size, didnt realize it was really that big!
Check out these two screen shots, that looks NICE!
Blindside that's not gameplay, is it? Those are cut-scene's, right?
Idk if I'd run right out and buy RE4: Wii, but I'd definitely give it a rent to see if it's worth purchasing. If they keep the price down, and the extras are worth it (apparently, they're adding the PS2 missions for Ada) I'd definitely seriously consider it.
As for Umbrella Chronicles, well, I'd give that a rental, too. I'm leery about the whole 'on rails' thing.
They both look cross-eyed.
Rebecca looks freaky.
Snail...i left work but that is a mixture of both. RE:REmake and RE0 had graphics that looked like that and slightly bumped up for cut scenes.
Rebecca does look cross-eyed but im all for that jill!
PS: can you read french?
http://www.jeux-france.com/news19807_biohazard-umbrella-chronicles-en-images.html
Those look nice regardless. Im scared for UC,i have high hopes for it though.
Geez...This game makes want to masturbate!