Calling All Wii Owners, Capcom Says You’ll Have Your Resident Evil Soon
For fans of zombie killing who only own a Wii there’s not currently many recent games available that allow you to flex your zombie killing skills. Sure, Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop - a sub-par port of the Xbox 360’s Dead Rising - recently came out but there’s nothing new for fans of the most successful zombie videogame franchise ever created; Resident Evil.
The last time we saw Resident Evil on the Wii was the light gun game, Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, released way back in 2007. Before that came a port of Resident Evil 4, which, although good, means it’s time for a breath of fresh air. Unfortunately Capcom won’t be bringing the latest game in the franchise, Resident Evil 5, to the Wii. Instead Capcom have something else up their sleeve for disappointed Wii owners.
“It was made for the Xbox 360 and PS3″ says Capcom’s Associate Producter Marketing Manager Matt Dahlgren of Resident Evil 5, when questioned by Joystiq at a recent Capcom event in Toronto. “That being said, Nintendo Wii fans will be very happy very soon.”(Source)
So what would make Wii owners so happy? Matt also responded to a comment from Game Focus about a possible Code Veronica remake.
Game Focus: One of the staff here loves Code Veronica (Fale) and was wondering if we would see a XBLA or PSN release of this game.
Matt Dahlgren: Nothing is planned for the game regarding a remake on PSN/XBLA, but what I can say is if you are a fan of Code Veronica you should pay attention in the next couple of weeks there is some news you should be very pleased with. Tell him to pay attention on the 12th (March).(Source)
It’s worth noting that 12th March is the day before Resident Evil 5 is released, so whatever is announced may shift Wii owner’s attention away from not getting Resident Evil 5, although I’m sure Capcom wouldn’t mind Wii owner’s buying a PS3 or Xbox 360 in order to play their game.
Whether it’s Code Veronica, another remake or Umbrella Chronicles 2 we’ll find out for sure next week.
Wii’s Resident Evil fans will be ‘very happy very soon,’ Capcom says - Joystiq
Resident Evil 5 Exclusive Interview - Game Focus
Posted on March 7th, 2009 by tom
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March 12th, 2009 at 5:11 pm