RE4 to be re-released on Wii - Sigma stylee! / More on Umbrella Chronicles!

There have been rumblings about this for a few weeks now with nothing but a listing on Gamestops website to support it, ...but, according to people who have the latest issue of Famitsu it' s mentioned in an article about Umbrella Chronicles.

It' s supposedly going to be an overhaul of the Gamecube Nintendo version with the added PS2 extras, 480p and true 16:9 support, and Wiimote aiming and knife slashing.

That would be good news.

However, Umbrella Chronicles is said to be an on-the-rails Gun Survivor-esque (first person) blaster with pre-rendered animated backgrounds and high poly enemy models.

This is the 2nd page of the article as the 1st is waaay to blurry...





Now, the RE4 remake would/will be amazing, especially if they nail the controls and up the texture resolution and release it at a cut price, ...but Umbrella Chronicles could be hit or miss.

I was initially disappointed when i started typing this post but the more i think about it the better it seems, especially if they go all out on the backgrounds. On-the-rails is always a bit meh, but i adore the House of the Dead and Time Crisis games so hopefully it' s be like a super-pretty House of the Dead with quick time events!

As far as i can tell the different characters in Umbrella Chronicles (Chris, Jill, Rebecca, Wesker etc) have different abilities and different weapons. I guess we' ll see.

RE4 Wii = Awesome
REUC --> on-the-rails-shooter = Bad

Resident Evil 4 on Wii should be fantastic. The targeting system should fit the remote like a glove, and I' ll be buying it purely for this addition.

Umbrella Chronicles on the other hand I' m a bit dubious about, but also equally intrigued at the same time.

Wii people gets A remake of Resident evil 4 with some small extras. Most of whom have played the game before.

Ps3/360 people get Resient evil 5.

Hardly fair.

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Upon closer inspection, the backdrops actually appear to be 3 dimensional rather than pre-rendered.

I say that because...



...unless the images have been really poorly compressed... ^^^that^^^ ...is aliasing.

Also, the cutscenes might seem to be CG, but if you look closely you can make out sharp edges on the characters arms which means that they' re most likely realtime like those in RE4 but of a much higher quality.

This could actually be a great technical showcase for the platform.

Ok, this is progressing really quickly.

The backgrounds in Umbrella Chronicles are 100% definitely 3D meaning it' s likely there will be some sort of free movement. Whether that means you' ll be able to turn properly or not or even move about the environment is still unclear. What we do know is that...



...visually it looks awesome.



Then, we have the RE4 remake which looks [graphically] extremely close to the Gamecube version...





...but appears to have marginally improved textures.

Note that Wiimote aiming is definitely in as there is now an onscreen crosshair, whereas in RE4 there has only ever been the laser sight.



Yay!

Since I generally love on-the-rails games more than free-roaming games, I' m good on both ends :D..

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Very cool RE4 remake. As I never bought the original, (just had it on loan for uh.... about 5 months) I' d definately get this when it comes Wiitime.

Umbrella Chronicles is like Nitro said, going to be a hit-or-miss. I' m not sure I' d pay $50 for an on-the-rails shooter, not anymore at least, but I suppose I have to have faith.

Is it odd that this one game [the RE4 redux] would make me buy the console?

I have the Gamecube Nintendo, Playstation 2 and PC versions already...

PC versions already

What!? So how was that version anyway? The screenshots you showed a while ago looked terrible.

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PC versions already

What!? So how was that version anyway? The screenshots you showed a while ago looked terrible.

Gimme a minute...

Dude, I don' t know what a minute is to you but...

Some areas look fine and others look terrible. They really should have upped the texture resolution and added proper bloom lighting because the game lacks the atmosphere it has in the console versions. The murky, grainy visuals in the Gamecube and PS2 versions add more than you' d realize.

That said, i only have the PC version so i can play the Mercenaries mode while i' m away. I' ve played through the main game on PC and Separate Ways and the indoor areas [for the most part] don' t really look that bad at all.

It' s not really worth getting if you have the console versions though.

Ok, thanks.
I was planning to get it today, but after reading your post I think I' ll use my money for something else since I have the GCN and PS2 versions.

LOL i was watching an ebay sale of 3 Resident Evil games for GC which included RE4 (can' t remember the other 2 RE games). Unfortunately i forgot to log in on time and it went for real cheap, like AUS$46 which is around US$25-30. Now its getting a remake with Wii controls i' m glad i missed out!!! I would much perfer playing a game like this with Wii controls.

I do hope they can add a bit of polish so that its not just Wiimote controls added but a few graphical enhancements plus extra content. That would be nice. Especially if there going to charge full price for an old game.

Eeeesh! The character models look decent enough, but the textures on the environments are really really shugly.

Used socks.

30 second teaser

I' m unconvinced.

Looks crap. My hopes wherent very high to begin with anyway.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

I really had high hopes for this game.....but Capcoms goes and ruins it by making it on-the-rails[:' (].

Both Mario Galaxy and Prime 3 won' t be here for another few months and now this........... its not a good time to be a Wii owner..

I really had high hopes for this game.....but Capcoms goes and ruins it by making it on-the-rails .

I think it might be HOT!

Hey, at least it' ll be better than most of the crap that' s headed for the Wii, right now.

.......


..i blame that remote control(er)...

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.......


..i blame that remote control(er)...

I kinda agree. I think that despite being a good idea in general the controller itself brings limitations to the actual control methods in some games. Capcom should have just built upon RE4 but instead they' ve once again gone the Dead Aim route and while i' ll be buying the game i can' t see it having the impact it could have had.

What they' re essentially creating is a House of the Dead rip off where you have limited control of the camera. That' d be fine if it was a light gun game like House of the Dead, but the Wiimote doesn' t work like that. For the Wiimote to have light gun-esque functionality they' d have to have a calibration screen every time you started a game, and since that' d only work on a static image and you can actually turn the camera in the game then it' s an unlikely solution.

What we' ll probably end up with it an onscreen crosshair of some sort and awkward aiming. Add the fact that the game can' t possibly be as hectic as the HotD games because of the control mechanism and what we have is a potential graphical showcase for the hardware and little else.

Still, it has promise and it' s still early in the development process.

On another Capcom related Wii-note, check out the Suda 51 No More Heroes interview at Gametrailers.

This is probably my most anticipated Wii game.

This is probably my most anticipated Wii game.

Damn, Wii might have something worthy after all. I' m glad this developer isn' t exclusive to Wii. I can' t wait to see what they can do with the 360 and PS3.

This is probably my most anticipated Wii game.

...mine too...

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i dont know what you guys see in no more heroes / killer7..

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i dont know what you guys see in no more heroes / killer7..

I don' t care about Killer 7, No more Heroes looks promissing. The english voice acting needs to improved dramatically though.

i dont know what you guys see in no more heroes / killer7..

I think it has something to do with more unique artistic expression and experimentation rather than the rather more formulaic game design that we have seen the industry settle into in the last several years.

I watched a trailer for No More Heroes, one which everybody thought looked ace, And seriously... Why?

Killer7 annoyed the hell out of me.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

I watched a trailer for No More Heroes, one which everybody thought looked ace, And seriously... Why?

Killer7 annoyed the hell out of me.

No More Heros is NOT on-the-rails like Killer 7. No More Heros will have a free roaming world. And the game does look awesome by the way.


**groans from hangover.....**

Terrible RE4 Wii Edition trailer...

Haha, one of the funniest official trailers I' ve ever seen. It' s so lousy it' s good.

that was friggin awesome.. I love the way the it controls.. thats the way shooting zombies should be..

Wiimote kick ass.

i love happy endings.

i dont like crummey re-realaese' s.

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

Ha ha what a dreadful trailer!
Meh I' m not getting the game. I have already completed the game around 10 times.

No U haven' t.

' Cause this is WII EDITION! Surperior Somrthing, with improved Something, also including brand new Something, as well as Something, and new Controls.

I bet it has slightly better Lighting!

How can you turn that down?!

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Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

For the Wiimote to have light gun-esque functionality they' d have to have a calibration screen every time you started a game, and since that' d only work on a static image and you can actually turn the camera in the game then it' s an unlikely solution.

I don' t understand why they don' t allow you to calibrate the wii-mote for more precise aiming. Surely couldn' t be that hard to impliment?

Maybe once the zapper attachment is released they' ll update it?

Have to agree that the Wiimote makes for a pretty crappy light gun as things stand. Just playing the shooting game on Wii Play proves it.