Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles ships over 1 million units on Wii. 15 new games in development
Capcom announced that Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, after its November 2007 release for the Nintendo Wii, has shipped over 1 million units worldwide. We reviewed Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles with a 8 out of 10 fun factor.
The Resident Evil series, which has sold over 34.5 million units globally (as of February 29, 2008), is one of Capcom’s most critically acclaimed and beloved franchises. As a testament to Resident Evil’s longevity and success, the series remains as innovative and original today as when the first title shipped in 1996.
Resident Evil:The Umbrella Chronicles is an on-rails gun shooting game which features a variety of characters from past Resident Evil titles, and fleshes out key storyline elements of the series. This title takes advantage of the Wii’s unique remote control-styled controller, the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, and when these two components are combined with the special Wii controller, the “Wii Zapper”, it turns into an even more engrossing and exciting experience. — Via Capcom
The Capcom blog also commented they have 15 new games in development. To quote: “We’ve got 15 different projects cooking right now (and more to come) - many that have been announced like Dark Void, Street Fighter 2 HD Remix, Commando 3, Rocketmen, Talisman, MotoGP, Okami Wii, [Bionic Commando, Resident Evil 5] and many more titles that haven’t even been announced. Yet.”
