Nintendo Wii News | Resident Evil 4 Cracks a Million

Capcom initially envisaged a total of 420,000 copies sold worldwide for Resident Evil: Wii Edition, but now it appears the game has far exceeded those expecations and is still going strong. The Wii remake has now shipped over a million copies worldwide! Since the release of the first Resident Evil game in 1996, the series has shipped over 33 million units (as of 30th October, 2007) and is valued as one of Capcom's most original titles worldwide. The Wii edition of Resident Evil 4 retains the intensity of the original game, whilst bringing players a totally unique, new experience through the controls of the Wii Remote. In this way, by retaining the interest of the core fanbase and expanding outward toward new casual players through the Wii platform, Capcom has broken the 1-million-units milestone, and successfully captured the attention of a new set of users.

It is Capcom's on-going plan to aggressively pursue the continued creation of unique and inspired creations for the Wii, including such titles as "Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles", which is set to go on sale on 15th November, followed by "Sengoku Basara 2 (Heroes) Double Pack" (29th November), "We Love Golf!" (13th December), and "Monster Hunter 3 (tri-)" (TBA) in the US, whilst Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure is due out in Europe in December. Recently it was also announced that Okami would be receiving the Wii treatment and the recently unveiled Street Fighter IV is still currently without a designated platform, so Wii is certainly not out of the question there.

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