Comments on: Capcom’s stance on Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition

By: EvilAkito

EvilAkito — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:14:27 +0000

Would anyone honestly be surprised if Capcom released RE4 on Wii? Their past RE games have been all over the place, and I can’t imagine that a GC-to-Wii port would be terribly difficult. It’s just an inexpensive way for them to boost sales on a game they’ve invested a lot of time and money into. Add in obvious Wiimote functionality, throw in the bonuses from PS2 port (perhaps a few more as well), release it during a time when there aren’t a ton of “hardcore” games available for the system, and give it a budget price of $30. Now you’re all set. It’ll attract repeat buyers as well as Wii owners who haven’t played it yet.

Even though I’ve played the GC version to death and have sort of gotten bored with the game, I’d probably still pick it up for the Wii. The added Wii-specific controls may be just enough to revive the experience for me.

By: Veilknight

Veilknight — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:51:56 +0000

Capcom already has Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles set for release on the Wii (and let’s not forget about RE 5 for the 360/PS3 either) so somehow I doubt they have yet another RE title in development for the same console when they still have work to be done with UC.

I don’t think a port of RE 4 to the Wii is really necessary to begin with. The game is already flawless as it is on the GC/PS2 and I’d rather Capcom implement all their clever ideas of using the Wii remote in a Resident Evil game to be saved for Umbrella Chronicles.

By: Steingrímur Jóhannesson

Steingrímur Jóhannesson — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:17:10 +0000

Hell yeah. It would be totally awesome!