Topic: Resident Evil Zero

[Nick DiMola]

Can anyone think of a sane reason why they would go to the trouble of making this game and then not release it outside of Japan?

It's Capcom, sanity does not apply.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Capcom likes to train new interns and transfers from TOSE.

Konami does similar things.

[NWR_insanolord]

Mergers and acquisitions are all the rage these days in the game industry, Nintendo should just buy Capcom. Have them function somewhat autonomously, like EA is doing with some of its recent purchases, but they have to develop only for Nintendo platforms and actually put effort into their games.

[BranDonk Kong]

Nintendo and Capcom are buddies, with Nintendo even lending the Zelda franchise to Capcom for some of the handheld games...so give us RE5 plz thx. Seriously, Nintendo should buy Capcom, and Grasshopper...and Ubisoft.

[Nick DiMola]

Nintendo and Capcom are buddies, with Nintendo even lending the Zelda franchise to Capcom for some of the handheld games...so give us RE5 plz thx. Seriously, Nintendo should buy Capcom, and Grasshopper...and Ubisoft.

and Sega.

[NWR_insanolord]

Nintendo should buy every Japanese developer. Kill Sony in one fell swoop and weaken Microsoft.

[Maverick]

Nintendo should buy Toyota.

[NWR_insanolord]

Nintendo should buy the entire nation of Japan and change the national pastime to Smash Bros.

[DAaaMan64]

Nintendo should buy the entire nation of Japan and change the national pastime to Smash Bros.

Edit: nevermind, what I said was way to terrible.

[Maverick]

Nintendo should buy the entire nation of Japan and change the national pastime to Smash Bros.

I set 'em up, he knocks 'em down!   

[Ian Sane]

People are complaining that Capcom is doing nothing but cheap Wii ports like RE 0 Wii, yet they also want to see RE 5, Bionic Commando and Okami (which is happening) ported to the Wii.

A cheap port is still a port, no matter what game it is.

With the exception of Okami those are current gen games so I think the request is more for those titles to have a "multiplatform release".  It's the nature of a port that determines it's quality.  Last-gen ports are lame.  Ports that come out years later around the same time that the sequel is being released on a competing console are lame.  But a game being ported a few months later, provided it's good, isn't that bad.  Well if it was ALWAYS that way that would suck but the idea is for the pattern to change where the Wii gets a multiplatform release at the same time OR it gets the game first and the other consoles get the later ports.

RE0 is by far the oddest choice to remake.  That's easily the least popular of the main Resident Evil series.  Since it's the last one before RE4 reinvented things it could be considered the sequel where the formula was officially stale.

I wonder what the Wii third party support would be like if Nintendo hadn't used a port of a Gamecube game as it's big launch title.  It did come out on both consoles at the same time but it really did start the trend.  Though I think a big part of it is that because of the mainstream focus on the Wii third parties think the Wii userbase is ignorant and thus provide a lineup for suckers.  They can get away with it on the Wii but can't on the PS3 and X360.  And this will never change.  If it hasn't changed by now it never will.  If the mainstream lost interest then the third parties would just abandon the Wii instead of "fixing" their support.

I really wonder how the Wii will be regarded by classic game enthusiasts years from now.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Nintendo should buy the entire nation of Japan and change the national pastime to Smash Bros.

Edit: nevermind, what I said was way to terrible.

I saw what you did there =D

[Deguello]

I really wonder how the Wii will be regarded by classic game enthusiasts years from now.

Since those people will possibly be they very people Wii-ing about today, I'd say they'd love it to pieces.  They get to re-write history, just like IGN and Gamespot, two media sites that started during the N64/PSX era, got to write the history of Failure Nintendo and Savior Sony.

[NWR_insanolord]

Yes, Nintendo did release the first last-gen port, but since the trend gave us Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition all is forgiven. I never played the game prior to the Wii release and now that I have I can't fathom having to play it with a standard gamepad. When the controls make a significant improvement I think some leeway should be given to last-gen ports, and I think this is the case with Okami as well. The thing is, I don't think Twilight Princess benefited enough from the Wii controls to be covered by this.

[BranDonk Kong]

Maybe they'll redo RE0 in "RE4 style", since they already have basically all of the levels in 3D now. Otherwise, I can't possibly see how the controls would work, unless they've used the original setup, which would make it pointless altogether. Maybe they'll add WiFi...heh.

[Mario]

They wont.

I wonder what the Wii third party support would be like if Nintendo hadn't used a port of a Gamecube game as it's big launch title.

Wii Sports wasn't on GameCube.

[Bill Aurion]

I wonder what the Wii third party support would be like if Nintendo hadn't used a port of a Gamecube game as it's big launch title. 

Do you HONESTLY think it'd be any different?  No, it wouldn't...

And that comparison is a bit off anyway, because TP was moved over at they very, very end of the Gamecube's lifespan, versus RE0, which is now more than 5 years old...

[Luigi Dude]

Not to mention the Wii version of Twilight Princess came out BEFORE the Gamecube version.  If people wanted to buy Zelda, they had to own a Wii or else wait 3 weeks for the Gamecube version.  In other words, the Wii version was really the original while the Gamecube version was the port.

It doesn't matter if the game started as a Gamecube title, it landed on the Wii first and as a result, that was the version that got the most attention and what most people cared about.

[Maverick]

I don't think the GC version is a port seeing as it was never "ported" to the GC.  It came out after, but still.

(Yes I know I'm splitting hairs but I'm a staunch "The GC version is the REAL version!" guy.)

[Kairon]

*sigh*

Oh Capcom.

Welp, this is one Game I'm NOT getting. Isn't it only confirmed for Japan though?

[BeautifulShy]

*sigh*

Oh Capcom.

Well, this is one Game I'm NOT getting. Isn't it only confirmed for Japan though?

So far the game is only confermed for japan, I probably won't get this as well unless it has some drastic changes.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

RE0 in RE4 mode would be a joke.

I could beat the GC version in under 2 hours.

[IceCold]

I mentioned before in another RE thread (a while back) discussing the possibilities of RE4 style controls in the older games, that I don't think they'll work. Sure the controls would be good, but what i mean is they won't work for the style of the game. Resident Evil games prior to 4 had you in tight, confined spaces and stationary camera angles. To remake the game to work with RE4s controls, which are implimented for open spaces and a diffrent play style entirely, seems like a waste of time when they can just make a NEW RE game with those controls.

You know EasyCure, that's absolutely true. I wonder why Capcom doesn't just make a new RE4-style game - it would be so much better.

All you people who want RE5 in some form on Wii should eat all this stuff up.  If Capcom establishes a well selling Resident Evil fan-base out of the Wii fan-base (which is a ton different than the Cube fan-base) they will have to do something.

But there's already an established fanbase! RE4 Wii and Umbrella Chronicles sold through the roof. It just seems like Capcom is trying to milk the Wii userbase as much as possible while spending as little as possible, then use the profits to fund RE5. And they're not saying anything about RE5 so that we still hold onto the hope that we'll get it if we buy their other damn games.