Post by: Pale on April 04, 2007, 07:40:10 AM
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=13272
The community over at the NeoGAF forums put together an interesting thread about the new gaming news revealed in the latest issue of Famitsu. There was a pretty big spread about the Biohazard (Resident Evil) series that included the first information about a Resident Evil 4 remake for Wii.
Firstly, it is coming. It will include the new features that were added to the PS2 version as well as some Wii control additions. Aiming will be done with the pointer while reloading and knife fighting will be done by shaking the remote. Also, based on the scans, it may run natively on widescreen televisions, filling the entire screen, instead of in letterbox like the GameCube version.
On the Umbrella Chronicles front, the game will be an on-rails shooter using the Wii remote pointer to aim. The analog stick on the nunchuck will be used to look around and the player will have to choose a path during certain parts. Several Resident Evil characters will return as well.
NWR is currently looking into further details about the games. If you want to check out the NeoGAF thread, click the source link above.
Post by: ShyGuy on April 04, 2007, 08:28:33 AM
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 04, 2007, 08:35:22 AM
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I see no source link.
But he told you where to look.... the NeoGAF forums
Post by: Pale on April 04, 2007, 08:36:26 AM
Post by: that Baby guy on April 04, 2007, 08:37:04 AM
Post by: Pale on April 04, 2007, 08:40:04 AM
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 04, 2007, 08:40:29 AM
Post by: Pale on April 04, 2007, 08:41:42 AM
Gamestop has been wrong too many times for me to trust that yet, but it definitely means it's possible.
Post by: ShyGuy on April 04, 2007, 08:45:46 AM
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on April 04, 2007, 08:49:52 AM
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There is no source link when viewing in the forums.. so click the original article link and then click the source link.
And vudu thought that wouldn't be a handy feature.
Post by: couchmonkey on April 04, 2007, 08:50:34 AM
And then you've got the on-rails game, which may be okay, but I'm not expecting too much. Rental, I'm betting.
Post by: Adrock on April 04, 2007, 09:11:35 AM
My interest in Umbrella Chronicles has dropped quite a bit. I'll give it a shot, but this seems like such a missed opportunity especially with RE4's new control scheme. Let's hope the controls are handled well.
Post by: Pale on April 04, 2007, 09:25:08 AM
Post by: NWR_pap64 on April 04, 2007, 09:32:45 AM
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I have enough fun with the plunger gun part of Raving Rabbids that the on-rails game sounds mighty enticing.
I found them to be too long and repetitive.
Capcom should avoid this my making them somewhat short, completely un-expected and full of surprises and make the action varied.
Post by: that Baby guy on April 04, 2007, 09:40:58 AM
Post by: Bill Aurion on April 04, 2007, 10:17:23 AM
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Originally posted by: couchmonkey
Do the new PS2 features include crappier graphics?
Capcom is redoing the FMV scenes in realtime, so I don't see why they'd half-ass it and not use the GC engine for the PS2 bits...
Post by: Louieturkey on April 04, 2007, 10:54:57 AM
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on April 04, 2007, 10:58:07 AM
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on April 04, 2007, 12:57:44 PM
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Originally posted by: Bill AurionQuote
Originally posted by: couchmonkey
Do the new PS2 features include crappier graphics?
Capcom is redoing the FMV scenes in realtime, so I don't see why they'd half-ass it and not use the GC engine for the PS2 bits...
There are no FMV scenes in the original GameCube version of RE4. They were all real-time using the game engine. On the later PS2 version, Capcom had to convert them to FMV for some reason, but they still look like in-game graphics, they just don't respond to changes in your character model and whatnot.
Post by: Djunknown on April 04, 2007, 02:42:25 PM
I sadly foolishly traded RE 4 away, but I guess its a blessing in disguise. This is the one wii-make I don't mind buying, and it seems other people don't mind as well.
Capcom's supposed to have a gamer's day on the 12th, methinks all the cats will out of the bag by then...
Post by: Nick DiMola on April 04, 2007, 03:40:58 PM
Post by: Arbok on April 04, 2007, 04:07:44 PM
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Originally posted by: Jonnyboy117Quote
Originally posted by: Bill Aurion
Capcom is redoing the FMV scenes in realtime, so I don't see why they'd half-ass it and not use the GC engine for the PS2 bits...
There are no FMV scenes in the original GameCube version of RE4. They were all real-time using the game engine. On the later PS2 version, Capcom had to convert them to FMV for some reason, but they still look like in-game graphics, they just don't respond to changes in your character model and whatnot.
But there were new scenes (FMVs) added for the Ada missions and what not, which now need to be redone in realtime, as Bill stated.
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on April 04, 2007, 05:40:12 PM
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Originally posted by: Jonnyboy117Quote
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Originally posted by: couchmonkey
Do the new PS2 features include crappier graphics?
Capcom is redoing the FMV scenes in realtime, so I don't see why they'd half-ass it and not use the GC engine for the PS2 bits...
There are no FMV scenes in the original GameCube version of RE4. They were all real-time using the game engine. On the later PS2 version, Capcom had to convert them to FMV for some reason, but they still look like in-game graphics, they just don't respond to changes in your character model and whatnot.
The ONLY FMV scene in the game involves the bridge rotating around the clock-tower-type place. That only lasted less than 5 seconds. It's identifiable due to video artifacts present in the screen.
