As usual, Europeans arrive late to the party. It has been released for $30 in America, which seemed like a fair price. Lets do some simple math here :
For Resident Evil fans and Wii owners this piece of news is going to be a wooden foot in the balls ¿ Resident Evil 4 for the Wii is going to be an innocent title. That's right boys and girls, limbs will no longer fall, blood won't be splattering here and there as you were used to and so on. Add this to the simplified control scheme and what do you get? A great survival-horror video game screwed up by the Wii.
Japanese game magazine Famitsu were the first to review Resident Evil 4 on the Wii. Their verdict?
While most of us can still only dream of a chance to play the Wii version of Resident Evil 4, the editors of Famitsu DS+Wii were apparently spending some quality time with the real thing long ago. The Nintendo-oriented monthly sister publication of Weekly Famitsu offered opinions on the game in its July issue, which just hit Japanese news stands today.
The idea of Resident Evil 4 for the Wii just got more tasty-like-brains delicious with the pricing pegged at $29.99. Capcom's official site priced the game confirming earlier reports of the low pseudo-budget price.
The Wii edition of Resident Evil 4 will be released on June 29th, and Nintendo themselves are set to publish the Capcom created title.
IGN have taken another look at the official website for the game and noticed a control chart showcasing how the game has been adapted for the Wiimote. They've translated the chart from Japanese and it can be viewed below.
Resident Evil 5 producer Jun Takeuchi says Capcom has made no concessions to the original vision of his game, despite accusations of racism.
When the trailer for RE5 debuted last year, numerous onlookers took offense to its depiction of race. Set in Africa, the spot showed the white Chris Redfield blowing away black villagers, who (presumeably) had been infected with a zombifying virus of some sort.
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First and foremost, the two minute-plus video unveils Chris Redfield's new partner, who in complete non-tradition with the series, is a fit bird. He makes reference to Jill as well, who we reckon will probably turn up at some point.
What's more tantalising than the appearance of the sidekick is the video's ...
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