Rumour: New Resident Evil for Wii?

By Jorge Ba-oh 19.04.2010 70

Rumour: New Resident Evil for Wii? on Nintendo gaming news, videos and discussion

Capcom does like to share the Resident Evil love with Nintendo, and if rumours are to be believed there's another installment due for Wii.

According to the chap who broke the news of a scenario in Resident Evil 5 a few months before it came official, there's a new project in development for Nintendo's Wii that's supposedly a mix of on-rails and traditional third person survival horror.

Despite getting fairly solid reviews and a decent reception from fans, the pair of Wii Resident Evil shooters haven't done as well in the marketplace, so could offering more control do the trick?

If anything does come out of this, the game is said to make its public debut at Captivate 2010, with some form of announcement expected next week.

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PMD is offline. PMD 19.04.2010#1

Another on-rails? Full, 3rd person shooters DO work well with the Wiimote, you know.

 
meeto_1 (guest) 19.04.2010#2

So far two onrails games and so far zero purchases from myself.

Dear Capcom I already owned RE4 on the cube. I sold it and then purchased the wii version. I had so much fun and didnt mind in the slightest that I was out of pocket re purchasing the game. I never finished it on the cube but I did on wii. Even despite some basic terrible control implementations RE4 on wii is one my favourite games.

I want a new game with improved controls. WM+ for some LIGHT meelee action and run pointer shooting. Maybe even a bounding box so the pointing controls can control the camera?

I DONT WANT ANY ONRAILS!!!!!

erv is offline. erv 19.04.2010#3

Bunch of fools.

On rails bits? me no buy. RE4 type game? me do buy.

I believe I'm not the only one, so why the "sales have been disappointing" bit - they were to be expected to have been as they were, because the product is half assed.

 
Sonic_13 is offline. Sonic_13 19.04.2010#4

"Despite getting fairly solid reviews and a decent reception from fans, the pair of Wii Resident Evil shooters haven't done as well in the marketplace, so could offering more control do the trick?"

Capcom Exec #1: "Our first two on-rails RE games for Wii haven't sold well, so what can we do differently?"

Capcom Exec #2: "I know, let's make a third on-rails RE game for Wii!"

Capcom Exec #1: "Brilliant!"

 
welshwuff is offline. welshwuff 19.04.2010#5

Just release Resident Evil outbreak files on and two in your archive series with online support intact, thats all i ask.

 
RATGUOF is offline. RATGUOF 19.04.2010#6

Not only will it be on rails, but to really reach out to a more family friendly audiance you will only be able to play as that brick of Tofu from RE2... and armed with a nerf gun... most revolutanary part; no blood!

... Meh... worst RE joke ever... maybe...

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Squidboy is offline. Squidboy 19.04.2010#7

"I had a mate at school, a Japanese father and Spanish mother"

Hardly a credible source.

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Trepe is offline. Trepe 19.04.2010#8

Please not on-rails.

Even if it was an original RE using the RE4 game engine I'd be happy. It'd be better than another on rails game. It would look dated but it would be closer to what people want.

 
Martin_ is offline. Martin_ 19.04.2010#9

RE6.

 
JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 19.04.2010#10

Martin_ said:
RE6.

BELIEEEVE.

RE6 being a Wii exclusive would be quite the plot twist.

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RATGUOF is offline. RATGUOF 19.04.2010#11

SuperLink said:
BELIEEEVE.

RE6 being a Wii exclusive would be quite the plot twist.

A desperate step backward away from RE5?... Meh... it's as plausible as MGS Peace Walker or MGS Rising being re-dubbed MGS5.

I doubt it.

Especially when PS-Move is too similar to a Wii-Mote.

Capcom is more likely to just release REA:RE2 & REA:RE3.

*Edit*
RE6 as a 3rd person Rail Shooter?
That step is way too backward to ever be sane.

( Edited 19.04.2010 16:13 by RATGUOF )

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JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 19.04.2010#12

RATGUOF said:
A desperate step backward away from RE5?... Meh... it's as plausible as MGS Peace Walker or MGS Rising being re-dubbed MGS5.

RE6 is going to be a reboot. Being on Wii doesn't necessarily make it a "step back" (just look at Dragon Quest), in any case, it's going to be fundamentally different from RE4 and 5, unless Capcom changed their minds.

Especially when PS-Move is too similar to a Wii-Mote.

The GC controller is really similar to the Dualshock 2, didn't stop developers releasing tons of exclusives on the weaker console back then.

RE6 as a 3rd person Rail Shooter?
That step is way too backward to ever be sane.

Keyword is mix of onrails and traditional TPS.

( Edited 19.04.2010 16:20 by SuperLink )

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EdEN is offline. EdEN 19.04.2010#13

Well, Umbrella Chronicles has sold over one million worldwide and Darkside Chronicles is at over 500,000 sold right now so I'd hardly call those doing bad in the marketplace.

Now MIXING RE4 gameplay witha little Chronicles here and there does seem interesting. Let's wait and see if this turns up to be real.

 
RATGUOF is offline. RATGUOF 19.04.2010#14

SuperLink said:
RE6 is going to be a reboot. Being on Wii doesn't necessarily make it a "step back" (just look at Dragon Quest), in any case, it's going to be fundamentally different from RE4 and 5, unless Capcom changed their minds.
How about I look at Dead Rising instead?

SuperLink said:
The GC controller is really similar to the Dualshock 2, didn't stop developers releasing tons of exclusives on the weaker console back then.
The PS2 was the weakest console graphically when compared to GC & Xbox durring that console war. But the PS2 then again had the momentum from Sony's sucess with PS1.

SuperLink said:
Keyword is mix of onrails and traditional TPS.
Still sounds weaker than RE5.

In any case you'd still have to prove that RE5 sold worse than Wii's RE Rail Shooters.

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welshwuff is offline. welshwuff 19.04.2010#15

Oh btw, 3rd person mixed with 1st person, surprised no ones mentioned Resident Evil: Dead aim, because you know, that did well right....

 
JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 19.04.2010#16

RATGUOF said:
How about I look at Dead Rising instead?

Oh yeah, a Wii port of a 360 game with less features, great example.
We're talking about a new ground up game here.

SuperLink said:
The PS2 was the weakest console graphically when compared to GC & Xbox durring that console war. But the PS2 then again had the momentum from Sony's sucess with PS1.

>implying the Wii isn't majorly successful

SuperLink said:
Still sounds weaker than RE5.

How can you say that knowing the gameplay will probably be completely different?

In any case you'd still have to prove that RE5 sold worse than Wii's RE Rail Shooters.

There's a reason those sold so badly. It's because they're Rail Shooters.
There's a reason RE5 sold shitloads, it's RE5.
RE4 sold amazingly on Wii, RE5 would too. RE6 would too.

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RATGUOF is offline. RATGUOF 19.04.2010#17

SuperLink said:
Oh yeah, a Wii port of a 360 game with less features, great example.
We're talking about a new ground up game here.
That "port" used the RE4 engine because the Wii can't handle the engine the original Dead Rising had.

SuperLink said:
implying the Wii isn't majorly successful
I was only refering to the last console war. What has made Wii sucessful has been the Wii-Mote. However 3rd party games don't have the same success rate with the Wii as they do on PS3 & 360.

SuperLink said:
How can you say that knowing the gameplay will probably be completely different?
How do you know it's gameplay will probably be completely different? And with Sony copying the Wii-Mote how can you know that Capcom would make RE6 weaker than RE5 & exclusive to Wii?

SuperLink said:
There's a reason those sold so badly. It's because they're Rail Shooters.
There's a reason RE5 sold shitloads, it's RE5.
RE4 sold amazingly on Wii, RE5 would too. RE6 would too.
So somehow a part railshooter named RE6 exclusive to Wii would sell better than RE5? Not to mention if they did port RE5 to Wii they'd have to water it down like they did Dead Rising. Which would only work out a little as they'd just use RE4's engine.

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JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 19.04.2010#18

RATGUOF said:
That "port" used the RE4 engine because the Wii can't handle the engine the original Dead Rising had.

So? This new game will still have a ground up engine.

SuperLink said:
What has made Wii sucessful has been the Wii-Mote. However 3rd party games don't have the same success rate with the Wii as they do on PS3 & 360.

Not only the Wiimote, it's the branding power now too. Also do you know why 3rd party games do so much worse? It's because they're watered down experiences of spin offs. Give the Wii a mainseries title from a big 3rd party series and watch them fly off the shelves.

SuperLink said:
How do you know it's gameplay will probably be completely different?

Usually reboot means reboot. RE6 is going to be completely different from RE5.

And with Sony copying the Wii-Mote how can you know that Capcom would make RE6 weaker than RE5 & exclusive to Wii?

I dunno, for the same reasons Square decided to make Dragon Quest IX on the DS instead of the PS3?

SuperLink said:
So somehow a part railshooter named RE6 exclusive to Wii would sell better than RE5? Not to mention if they did port RE5 to Wii they'd have to water it down like they did Dead Rising. Which would only work out a little as they'd just use RE4's engine.

Not necessarily better, but it definitely wouldn't sell worse. Also there's a reason to Wii version of DR didn't sell that well, it wouldn't make proper use of the Wii's controls, and it doesn't have anywhere near the kind of brand power that RE has. RE5 plays near enough the same as RE4 anyway, it would only lack depth in online gameplay and would probably be otherwise the same.

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crackedthesky is offline. crackedthesky 19.04.2010#19

So, what? A third person on-rails?
I actually don't care if it's a "mix" between on-rails and anything else. On-rails = I don't want it. I want to actually play my games, not have them play themselves while I press the B button to shoot. It's unfortunate that the people at Capcom can't seem to get that through their thick skulls.

If they actually reveal something really cool which makes me look like a jackass over this post, that'd be great. But as soon as I saw "on-rails" in the article, all of my excitement went completely out the window.

Edit: According to the folks at the horribly-designed Rely On Horror (sorry, I hate that the header of everys ingle article is half of a page of front-page news, always will) the game will be third person and "certain parts" will switch to on-rails.
This makes me feel a little bit better, but I still wonder why they have to go on-rails at all. It's like they're doing it just to piss me off, lol. I hope they have a good reason for it, like how Silent Hill: Shattered Memories had a reason for doing certain parts in first-person.
Excitement elevated to level 3.

( Edited 19.04.2010 18:38 by justonesp00lturn )

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RATGUOF is offline. RATGUOF 19.04.2010#20

SuperLink said:
So? This new game will still have a ground up engine.
A still weaker engine because Wii can't handle the same engines as PS3 & 360.

SuperLink said:
Not only the Wiimote, it's the branding power now too. Also do you know why 3rd party games do so much worse? It's because they're watered down experiences of spin offs. Give the Wii a mainseries title from a big 3rd party series and watch them fly off the shelves.
It's branding name became a penis joke. Not to mention GC was making Nintendo a weaker brand name. Had Wii not had the Wii-Mote Nintendo would have gone the way of Sega. You mean like Dead Rising?... oops how about Far Cry?... No... Call Of Duty (Modern Warfare)?... No... Splinter Cell?... No.

SuperLink said:
Usually reboot means reboot. RE6 is going to be completely different from RE5. I dunno, for the same reasons Square decided to make Dragon Quest IX on the DS instead of the PS3?
PS3 doesn't have a touch screen the last time I checked. It will however have it's own version of the Wii-Mote. So why would Capcom make RE6 Wii exclusive? Unless you're implying that RE6 would be DS exclusive?


SuperLink said:
Not necessarily better, but it definitely wouldn't sell worse. Also there's a reason to Wii version of DR didn't sell that well, it wouldn't make proper use of the Wii's controls, and it doesn't have anywhere near the kind of brand power that RE has. RE5 plays near enough the same as RE4 anyway, it would only lack depth in online gameplay and would probably be otherwise the same.
Dead Rising was a strong enough brand for Capcom to even consider a port to the Wii. And Dead Rising 2 is being made. And Wii controls for developers were kind of bad due to the lack of Wii Motion Plus. RE5 on Wii would also be missing DLC, some AI & have weaker graphics.

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JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 19.04.2010#21

RATGUOF said:
It's branding name became a penis joke. Not to mention GC was making Nintendo a weaker brand name. Had Wii not had the Wii-Mote Nintendo would have gone the way of Sega.

Meet the DS, it's a far more popular console than the Wii with a far far far superior gaming library, I'm sure you'll get on.

You mean like Dead Rising?... oops how about Far Cry?... No... Call Of Duty (Modern Warfare)?... No... Splinter Cell?... No.

Inferior badly port of relatively unpopular series, shitty spinoff, inferior port that sold very well, horribly made inferior port.
Of course they didn't sell (except MW, which did). We're talking about if RE6 was exclusive, with a new engine, it would easily sell far better than any of those ports/spinoffs.

SuperLink said:
PS3 doesn't have a touch screen the last time I checked. It will however have it's own version of the Wii-Mote. So why would Capcom make RE6 Wii exclusive? Unless you're implying that RE6 would be DS exclusive?

As far as I know Dragon Quest IX doesn't use touch screen as an essential game feature. Dragon Quest IX is on the DS for Square's own reasons.


SuperLink said:
Dead Rising was a strong enough brand for Capcom to even consider a port to the Wii.

The port was made because it was a low risk franchise that would be easy to make and give them a little free cash.

And Dead Rising 2 is being made.

A whole series was made from the unpopular FF Crystal Chronicles game. Getting a sequel doesn't mean it has branding power.

RE5 on Wii would also be missing DLC, some AI & have weaker graphics.

Do you mean the dlc that was already on the game disc but Capcom took it off to make you pay for it? Yes, thank god the Wii doesn't have stuff like that.
As for the newer dlc there's no reason Capcom wouldn't put it in the game to begin with. That's what RE5 Gold edition is.

AI was never a problem last gen, and the AI in RE5 is hardly fantastic (lol Sheva)
And graphics, so? The Wii has worse graphics, it may as well never get any games at all right?

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LKR000 is offline. LKR000 19.04.2010#22

I own both of the on rail games and their a bit of fun, but in all seriousness they really need another fully fledged 3rd person perspective game like RE4 for wii. A mix isn't good enough, I'd much prefer 3rd person few anyday xD

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crackedthesky is offline. crackedthesky 19.04.2010#23

RATGUOF said:
A still weaker engine because Wii can't handle the same engines as PS3 & 360.

Actually, the engine has little to do with the system. Resident Evil 5 used Resident Evil 4's engine. Saying the Wii couldn't run that would be pretty stupid, considering it was an engine created for the Gamecube. And later ported to the Wii.

RATGUOF said:

It's branding name became a penis joke. Not to mention GC was making Nintendo a weaker brand name. Had Wii not had the Wii-Mote Nintendo would have gone the way of Sega.

Do you even know what you're talking about? The Wii's brand is nothing more than a penis joke? It outsells both competetors combined. That's a hell of a penis joke. And going the way of Sega? Not even close. The Gamecube made Nintendo more money than either competetors systems made them, because the Gamecube was the only one that turned a profit at all. Not to mention how their handhelds sell more copies than pretty much anything on the planet. Nintendo isn't on the brink of destruction, and they never were.

RATGUOF said:

You mean like Dead Rising?... oops how about Far Cry?... No... Call Of Duty (Modern Warfare)?... No... Splinter Cell?... No.

Considering Modern Warfare is one of the fastest-selling games for the Wii, and the official forum for it at Activision is the most-used forum on the entire website, I'd say that once again, you have no idea what you're talking about.

RATGUOF said:

PS3 doesn't have a touch screen the last time I checked. It will however have it's own version of the Wii-Mote. So why would Capcom make RE6 Wii exclusive? Unless you're implying that RE6 would be DS exclusive?

Maybe because nobody owns a PS3, and everybody owns a Wii? You just went off on a huge tirade against the Gamecube based on sales, currently the PS3 has hardly sold better.
I don't believe this game will be RE6, but come on. You're asking bogus questions. Why did Capcom make Resident Evil 0 and 1 Gamecube exclusive? Why'd they design 4 to be Gamecube exclusive? Why'd they make Outbreak PS2 exclusive when the Xbox had far superior online capabilities? Capcom likes to sell games by sending certain games to certain systems. If there's one thing they're still good at, it's getting their games on every system, regardless of what could've been.

RATGUOF said:

Dead Rising was a strong enough brand for Capcom to even consider a port to the Wii. And Dead Rising 2 is being made. And Wii controls for developers were kind of bad due to the lack of Wii Motion Plus. RE5 on Wii would also be missing DLC, some AI & have weaker graphics.

Dead Rising is a comparable brand to Resident Evil? Exactly what Universe are you currently residing in?
Even if RE5 for Wii had all of those issues, it'd still sell millions. It'd sell better than both Chronicles games combined, I guarantee that.
And it wouldn't have worse AI. There's no such thing as worse AI than Resident Evil 5. We're talking about a game that was damn-near impossible without two people because the partner AI was so crappy. And RE5 doesn't exactly have everybody scrambling for its DLC, either.

( Edited 19.04.2010 18:57 by justonesp00lturn )

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RATGUOF is offline. RATGUOF 20.04.2010#24

SuperLink said:
Meet the DS, it's a far more popular console than the Wii with a far far far superior gaming library, I'm sure you'll get on.
Comparing Wii to DS via launch dates, Wii was more popular than DS, but now just as popular. Of course DS launched way before Wii did so of course it would have more going for it.

Still that wouldn't explain why you think RE6 should be Wii exclusive.

SuperLink said:

Inferior badly port of relatively unpopular series, shitty spinoff, inferior port that sold very well, horribly made inferior port.
Of course they didn't sell (except MW, which did). We're talking about if RE6 was exclusive, with a new engine, it would easily sell far better than any of those ports/spinoffs.
Still that wouldn't explain why you think RE6 should be Wii exclusive when PS3 is making it's own Wii-Mote.

SuperLink said:
As far as I know Dragon Quest IX doesn't use touch screen as an essential game feature. Dragon Quest IX is on the DS for Square's own reasons.
And you don't know what those reasons are?

And still that wouldn't explain why you think RE6 should be Wii exclusive.

SuperLink said:
The port was made because it was a low risk franchise that would be easy to make and give them a little free cash.
Not to mention there was a fan base that wanted it because they thought Wii-Mote could ad so much more to the gameplay. Unfortunatly poor hardware (at that time) killed that factor.

Still that wouldn't explain why you think RE6 should be Wii exclusive.

SuperLink said:
A whole series was made from the unpopular FF Crystal Chronicles game. Getting a sequel doesn't mean it has branding power.
FFCC exist only because Square Enix doesn't want to water down the main franchise that is out on PS3 & 360. At the same time they don't want bad PR from Nintendo due to a lack of FF games on Wii. Thus FFCC was created.

Still that wouldn't explain why you think RE6 should be Wii exclusive.

SuperLink said:
Do you mean the dlc that was already on the game disc but Capcom took it off to make you pay for it? Yes, thank god the Wii doesn't have stuff like that.
As for the newer dlc there's no reason Capcom wouldn't put it in the game to begin with. That's what RE5 Gold edition is.

AI was never a problem last gen, and the AI in RE5 is hardly fantastic (lol Sheva)
And graphics, so? The Wii has worse graphics, it may as well never get any games at all right?

I don't thank imaginary people. And I haven't bought RE5 or SF4 yet. I'm saving those purchases untill I here real news about RE6 & SF5.

I can only imagine how dumb she'd be on a Wii port. Wii may as well never get RE5, Dead Rising 2, Mass Effect, Gears Of War, Modern Warware, etc... So Wii may as well never get any 3rd party games come 2011.

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JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 20.04.2010#25

RATGUOF said:
Comparing Wii to DS via launch dates, Wii was more popular than DS, but now just as popular. Of course DS launched way before Wii did so of course it would have more going for it.

DS has almost double the Wii's sales, and it's only been out for a year longer.

Still that wouldn't explain why you think RE6 should be Wii exclusive.

Didn't say it did, just saying Nintendo have great branding power and would still be thriving without the Wii.

Still that wouldn't explain why you think RE6 should be Wii exclusive when PS3 is making it's own Wii-Mote.

Why should it be on PS3 when Wii did it first, could potentially get more sales, and ultimately it's up to Capcom?

And you don't know what those reasons are?

And you do?

And still that wouldn't explain why you think RE6 should be Wii exclusive.

Never said that, I'm saying it's a possibility, and not an unlikely one.

Not to mention there was a fan base that wanted it because they thought Wii-Mote could ad so much more to the gameplay. Unfortunatly poor hardware (at that time) killed that factor.

What fanbase wanted it? What gamers thought the Wiimote could add so much more? That's the first I've heard of this. Far more fans have been demanding RE5 on Wii, and they still haven't done that. Why? It's up to Capcom.

Still that wouldn't explain why you think RE6 should be Wii exclusive.

Sure is "I'm out of points to make" in this post.

FFCC exist only because Square Enix doesn't want to water down the main franchise that is out on PS3 & 360. At the same time they don't want bad PR from Nintendo due to a lack of FF games on Wii. Thus FFCC was created.

Shows how much you know about the series. FFCC started on Gamecube, that little console that was more powerful than the PS2 but never got any mainseries FF games anyway, FFCC hardly sold anything, but since then they've turned it into a series and have made 5 more FFCC games; none of which sold particularly well.

Still that wouldn't explain why you think RE6 should be Wii exclusive.

It explains that developers make erratic decisions for many different reasons.


I can only imagine how dumb she'd be on a Wii port.

Ashley is smarter than PS360 Sheva. Y'know, Ashley, from RE4, a game that ran perfectly well on the PS2. The AI point is void.

Wii may as well never get RE5, Dead Rising 2, Mass Effect, Gears Of War, Modern Warware, etc... So Wii may as well never get any 3rd party games come 2011.

Doesn't that seem just a little retarded to you? The Wii needs exclusive 3rd party games.

You seem to think I'm insisting that Capcom should put RE6 on Wii. No, I'm saying they "could", and it would be a legit business decision, just like all those crazy decisions made by Square.

EDIT: Awesome post justonesp00lturn Smilie

( Edited 19.04.2010 20:11 by SuperLink )

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