I thought I had seen the worst video game port ever. I was wrong. Today, news hit our internets that this summer, lucky Japanese Wii owners will have the opportunity to buy Resident Evil Zero for their beloved show stealing console. By Resident Evil Zero, I do not mean the Resident Evil Zero that has been available for the GameCube (and therefore, the Wii) for more than five years. That Resident Evil Zero is barely interesting, which is probably why it's probably the least popular numbered game in the series. No, this Resident Evil Zero has a difference. From an early, unofficial translation of this page of the latest Famitsu, Resident Evil Zero Wii edition will have Zack and Wiki style point and click controls.
Ugh.
I was trying to make this post funny some how, but really, my heart's just not in it. This is truly the worst idea for a port ever. Not only is RE0 for the Wii already available for about $20 in it's GameCube disk form, and not only would RE0 not be improved at all by the addition of Wii controls, but RE0 is not even that good of a game. Capcom should be trying to make us forget that RE0 existed, not shove it in our faces again. I feel like a dog that's getting his nose pushed into his own crap as punishment for crapping on the family rug. But it's not fair, because I didn't crap out RE0, Capcom did. How come I'm the one that's being forced to smell it again?
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7:45 PM on 02.27.2008
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Add point and click controls to that (the only thing I didn't like about the otherwise excellent Zack and Wiki), and you get nothing but fail.
This just in, Capcom is already expecting people to say they suck for making this port. If they know we'll hate it, why make it? Also, it's likely to be land locked to Japan.
Good idea.
If you like RE0, why not buy the GC version for your Wii? It's easy to find for under $20.
Newsflash: REAL GAMES WILL SELL ON WII IF YOU PUT EFFORT INBTO THEM AND GIVE PEOPLE A RESON TO BUY THEM!!!!! even Zack and Wiki (same article as linked above) did well despite you giving it no attention and advertising whatsoever.
When you made Lost Planet you spent as much money on advertisements as you did making the game, if you did the same thing with wii it wouldn't even have to be above mediocre to do well. I mean who do you think is buying thoes millions of copies of brawl, NOT CASUAL GAMEING GRANDMAS that's for sure.
Ba-dum-cha!
Then why are you a writer. Seriously. and it's "somehow."
Overall thumbs up on the GameCube Version.
Point and click Wii edition? Pass.
Third-parties line of thinking:
-If people don't buy the game, it's obviously because they're not hardcore. No more Nintendo support for you.
-If people do buy it, no need to put effort into a real game; just keep putting out shit.
Remember I bought that DS from you? I thought we were pals.
Ah well.
And this really is the dumbest port ever. I rented RE0 for the Gamecube a long time ago and I remember it being just...awful.
I think you see what I'm trying to say here.
Point and click?
No. Just no.
i tried playing re0 on GC, but the control pissed me off too much.
On the subject of RE0 itself, it's a good game but doesn't really do anything for the series.
On the subject of RE0 itself, it's a good game but doesn't really do anything for the series.
Whoring is necessary in today's world of high development costs. People should STFU and be glad Capcom is thinking of new ways to pay for all these excellent games they've released this gen, and all the future games that will surely be excellent.
Don't complain so much Tron Knotts, this is for your own good.
Maybe they're testing the waters so to speak.
Capcom has already done that a plenty with RE4 Wii edition and RE:UC and they both succeded. They've already tested that waters so that's no longer an excuse.
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