4 April 2007
Ferry

Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition confirmed; New Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles details reveal a Gun Survivor-like Wii game

In the latest issue of Famitsu, Shinji Mikami (belatedly) apologizes for Resident Evil 4 (2005) getting ported from GameCube to PS2 in an interview with Famitsu’s editor, Tsushin Hamamura. The creator and director of the latest game in the Resident Evil horror series said that he “betrayed both GameCube and PlayStation users”, he expresses his guilt and even apologizes for not apologizing sooner.

This apology was followed by the announcement of Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition! Beating the game adds Ada’s “The Another Order” / “Separate Ways” from the PS2 version that wasn’t present in the GameCube version. The controls will be adapted for waggle, including Wiimote aiming. Waggle while holding down B to reload, waggle without holding to use your knife. The game also comes with a Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles trailer.

Some new details for the Wii-exclusive (for real this time?) Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles were revealed. It’s a first-person gun shooting (Gun Survivor?) game. You can’t move around the levels freely, the game is “specialized for shooting”. Entirely on rails, but you can look around with the analog stick and change the route you follow from time to time. Details on the history of how Umbrella falls will uncovered as the game progresses. Returning characters include Chris, Jill, Rebecca, Billy Cohen, Albert Wesker etc.

Here’s the Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles page scan, the 2nd page and 3rd page scans look much better! You can also check out our RE: Umbrella Chronicles roundup.

4 April 2007 09:28
Wii-Man

What!?!?You cant move around the levels freely?!?!What the hell is that?!?!…..Damn!Great one of the games ive been anxious to get has now announced that its gonna suck….But hey the Resident Evil 4:Wii Edition is good news…

4 April 2007 10:04
supadupagama

Wii-Man, did you check out those 2nd and 3rd page scans? They still look very nice and it can’t be a bad thing Umbrella Chronicles takes you through RE1’s mansion, RE2’s RPD, RE3’s city areas, and RE4’s village, all in one game.

4 April 2007 10:55
Wii-Man

Are those pics on the page scans the graphics?….But still, i like the page scans but come on!You cant even move yourself….

5 April 2007 00:23
chris madden

totally agree with wii man here. This is a cahpter i’ve been excited about since the end of code veronica and the prospect of playing it through a la resi 4 was very welcome.

Now we’re stuck with another survivor game?!?! Those were terrible! Doesn’t anyone remember?!?

anyways resi 4 on the wii might be bought IF i get the option of playing it normally if i want. Sometimes you just want to sit back and kill stuff without having to wave your arms around…

really want to play resi 4 now but it’s practically impossible to find in Australia for less than US$80!

Asshats.

5 April 2007 00:44
Wii-Man

Yeah,dammit Capcom why must you be so STUPID sometimes….

7 May 2007 14:50
Ryan

hmm i dont know what to say about RE:UC but RE:4Wii looks awsome….