In 2009, a forum member on Vandal Online claimed to have information about the next Resident Evil title for Wii. When the message was posted, the game supposedly had been in development for more than a year. According to the “insider”, it would be a spin-off, but it would feature a mix of third-person exploration/tension elements and on-rails shooting segments.
Fast-forward a few months later (Thursday) and another member says that the game was at Captivate this past week. Obviously, none of this means anything until we receive a confirmation. There is a small amount of credibility to the rumor, however, as the information comes from the same person who leaked details about Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. It should also be noted that Capcom recently said that the company has unannounced games in the works for the Wii/DS and that fans should look out for Captivate for announcements. Oh, and there’s apparently a big announcement coming this month. But, still, I repeat what I said earlier – Take this as a huge grain of salt until next week.
Of course is just a rumor but what if Is it true? will capcom finally understood that resident evil players with a Wii never actually wanted an onrails RE and will make a more proper game this time? or they will keep releasing onrail REs for ze kazualh falalcy? will they keep being birdmen like the idiotic Street Fighter Fit rumour and keep blaming them for their shortsightness or they finally understood that RE gamers want a TRUE RE in their console?
Blackfira: let' see first if is true. I am glad that maybe a 3d person RE is coming to the wii but the "it would feature a mix of third-person exploration/tension elements and on-rails shooting segments." worries me because if is true it means that Capcom hasn't "get it" yet.
Ugh, on rails again? I'd like them to make something like RE4 again. I hate all these on rails games D:
Did you not read that the game only has some on-rails elements?
Still, is obvious that RE gamers don't want on-rail shooters on that franchise. I don't understand the insistence of capcom. DC didn't sold very well and RE4 even sold more than UC. On-rails are cool when they are REAL on-rail shooters like HOTD. The Chronicles series are a boring mix that RE users just don't want.
the phrase "spin-off" immediately made me lose interest. they just can't make an actual game, can they? they save all their ideas for the more powerful systems and then throw some scraps to the wii.
the phrase "spin-off" immediately made me lose interest. they just can't make an actual game, can they? they save all their ideas for the more powerful systems and then throw some scraps to the wii.
It's not that they can't, it's that they ask, "Why should we?". The true sequels actually sell on the other systems and say they make a Res Evil 6, do you think it stands a chance of sniffing the sales of the other consoles? Nope! Instead Wii fans will talk and talk and talk about how much they REALLY want it and then NOT buy it when it comes out like every single core game that has come out in the last two years that wasn't made my Nintendo.
BTW, this argument holds for MvC 3 too. Get ready for it to be released on 360 and PS3 but not on Wii...then prepare for Wii fans to complain about how it's needed on the system even though they know they'd never really buy it. It'll be nothing short of a miracle if MH3 hits a million NA and EU sales.
JBitties: RE gamers bought UC because it was the promise of a RE on the wii in the horizont. Then RE4 came and wii users were more optimistic..but then what? Capcom goes and make another onrail shooter overlooking the fact that RE gamers didn't want that. Is just absurd. Of course it didn't sold well. that's what RE users don't like. If they have released Resident Evil 5 on the wii and bombed then ok, it may be true. But how on earth anybody can make such assumption if we haven't had any decent entrie on the series on the wii?
That absurd theory of yours doesn't apply because we haven't been treated equally but like 2d rate customers. Of couirse many will be dissapointed but that doesn't means it would sell. That stupid argument of yours is just plain ridiculous.
Resident Evil 5 was terrible. Capcom needs to worry about reinventing the series instead of announcing a new RE Wii game. "...third-person exploration/tension elements and on-rails shooting segments", to me, sounds like fancy talk for an on-rails shooter with quick time events.
I find all these condemnations of "spin-offs" quite amusing. "Resident Evil 4" was just as much a spinoff as any of these other games, having none of the gameplay that defined the earlier "regular" games.
Nope! Instead Wii fans will talk and talk and talk about how much they REALLY want it and then NOT buy it when it comes out like every single core game that has come out in the last two years that wasn't made my Nintendo.
resident evil isn't exactly a 1st party game, but it's much higher profile than normal 3rd party releases. i'd say resident evil is established enough that a true RE4 style sequel would probably enjoy the same success that mario, metroid and zelda have monopolized so far. after all, the RE4 port and chronicles games sold well enough to make capcom happy... doesn't that prove there are wii owning resident evil fans willing to buy new games in the series?
I find all these condemnations of "spin-offs" quite amusing. "Resident Evil 4" was just as much a spinoff as any of these other games, having none of the gameplay that defined the earlier "regular" games.
i really don't know if we're on the same page. a spin off to me is a game that's a cheap gimmick, not receiving the resources or effort needed to make a great game. the chronicles games are examples of that; they were never intended to be as big as the usual entries and are pretty much irrelevant to the series. they're just diversions rather than games to be taken seriously.
resident evil 4 was a legitimate continuation of the series that had capcom's full attention. it introduced a full story that built off the previous games and bridged to the future ones, and pushed the gameplay into ambitious new territory, signs that mark it as an evolution of the series instead of just a one-off experiment. you couldn't call it a spin off any more than metroid prime or ocarina of time were spin offs in their series, could you? after all, those games didn't share the same gameplay elements of the previous ones, right?
The best thing to come out of Capcom for the Wii was Zack & Wiki which i thought was amazing. Still need to get Tatsunoku Vs Capcom hehe.
Anyways, regarding the RE news....A spin off? how suprising....Capcom will never make a real effort or a true RE sequal for the Wii considering it lacks the power and isn't HD. Which is silly, considering the Wii Remote easily makes for a more immersive and engaging experience. Clearly Capcom favors Graphics over controls and continues to give us half assed On-rails Resident evil games. You'd think after giving RE4 IR controls they'd do a spin off and give us an actual RE game with the same control scheme/View....Then again, that's what this News sounds like
Really though, RE needs a fresh new Reboot. New Characters, bring the Horror back, make it dark, scary, less ammo, RE4's IR aiming, scarier enemies, more backtracking and motion controlled/IR Puzzles....Just bring the Survival Horror Back. And seriously, the RE remake and Zero are totaly stock when it comes to being scary, they need to up the ante...Sorry, but a generic looking zombie walking down a dark hallway walking like a mummy isn't scary in my books
But really, RE5 left a very bad taste in my mouth....I mean I guess it was a good game, but a huge dissapointment at the same time....
For some reason, I wouldn't be surprised if it were true.
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i really don't know if we're on the same page. a spin off to me is a game that's a cheap gimmick, not receiving the resources or effort needed to make a great game.
So Paper Mario was not a Super Mario series spinoff to you? What was it, then?
So Paper Mario was not a Super Mario series spinoff to you? What was it, then?
i think you're trying to say that paper mario is evidence that a spin off can be a good game. i've been using the term spin off in a negative way to describe the chronicles games, but that doesn't mean all spin offs are bad. a game can take a parallel path to the 'main' series like paper mario and still be great in it's own way.
i can see a complicated argument that i don't really want to have starting to form, so i'll say that the reason i groan hearing that the next game will be a spin off is because it'll more than likely be in the same vein as the chronicles games, and i think it's fair to say that for this particular series, on this particular system, the offshoot games haven't been very good.
capcom ignored the success they had with resident evil on the gamecube as well as the phenomenal reception the wii version of re4 got and abandoned nintendo for the sake of better graphics. they devoted their full resources to re5 on the HD systems and then stitched together some fun, shallow little shooters for wii owners as an afterthought. reading the phrase 'spin off' implies that while it may be a bit deeper than the shooters we've gotten so far, the new game will be yet another half assed effort made by capcom while they keep the real focus on the HD systems.
dead space extraction was the same thing. as great of an on rails shooter as it seemed to be, the fact it was an on rails shooter at all demonstrated how much lower a priority of a game it was to them than the HD entries. after the last few releases anything less than a full, genuine entry into the series is going to put me to sleep.
This is really what Capcom should have done all along. Circumstances conspired to give them a major hit for very little work with the port of RE4 to the Wii, and then another by revisiting the earlier games as UC. However, the lesson they seem to have taken home from that is that they can shovel out rehashes of old material and expect them to sell in the millions, and it's only finally dawning on them after the lacklustre sales of DC and the Archives titles that this isn't the case.
Not that RE5 is a masterpiece either, but at least it's got plenty of new ideas and obviously had a lot of effort put into it. Having seen MW Reflex, it probably be could be ported to the Wii without being utterly gutted. Still, a fresh game that builds on the Wii's strengths - and we all know that it's a machine capable of way more than just rail shooters - would be a better idea still.
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