Capcom has announced in the latest Famitsu magazine that Resident Evil (GameCube) will be ported to Wii on December 25 in Japan. This time, the game will use the Wii controller, but will also still be compatible with GameCube controller.
Capcom has revealed that profits for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008, were up 33.4 per cent to JPY 7.8 billion, while sales for the same period were up 11.5 per cent to JPY 83 billion.
IGN writes: "Almost as if to respond to those questioning the decision to bring a port of Resident Evil 0 to the Wii, Capcom announced today that Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles has, as of February 29, topped the million mark in worldwide shipments."
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Game Informer have just sent out their newest edition to American stores nationwide and this months' review scores can be found below. Super Mario Galaxy receives the game of the month award, while Rock Band also impresses. Time Crisis 4, Soul Caliber: Legends and Jenga were this months' worst games.
This week's top rental charts from U.S. game rental company GameFly, representing the most requested games for the week ending December 3rd, highlight both to-be-released and already released games in a unique demand-specific chart.
Kotaku's Brian Crecente has a leaked copy of the National Institute on Media and the Family's annual Media Wise Video Game Report Card, set to be officially released tomorrow. This year's report card is broken into five parts:
Mario Party DS sold a further 116,000 copies during the week ended November 18 to retain the top spot in Japan.
VG Chartz is still compiling weekly data for Japan. Here is an early take on how some of the figures will look for the week ending November 18, 2007. These figures are preliminary and should not to be taken as gospel; they are just an early take on approximately where the market will be for the week. Estimates are in units sold.
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles sold 70,000 units total on launch day. Here is a breakdown:
According to IGN's GamerMetrics, the current top ten most-anticipated titles are as follows (ranked by percentages of mindshare among IGN's audience):
Capcom didn't just have a number of game announcements at their recent London Gamers Day event, they also released screenshots and videos from games we already knew about. Check out the full post for media from Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure, Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, Mega Man ZX Advent, We Love Golf, Bionic Commando and Devil May Cry 4.
Capcom has announced that their upcoming Wii shooter "Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles" (or Biohazard: Umbrella Chronicles in Japan) will be packaged in both standard and "Deluxe" editions. While the standard edition will be your typical Wii game, the Deluxe edition will come packaged with a Wii Zapper, a 28-page full-color booklet entitled "Wesker's Extra Report", and some stickers.
Nintendo's recent release schedule for late 2007 and early 2008 includes nearly every announced Wii game except for one: Resident Evil The Umbrella Chronicles. Does its exclusion from this list mean it has been delayed into 2008? The possibility is very likely.
In light of Nintendo's announcement that Super Smash Bros. Brawl has been delayed until 2008, IGN's GamerMetrics analyzed the implications that this delay will have on the holiday sales of other upcoming games available for the Nintendo Wii.
Capcom's booth at TGS this year was all about three games--Devil May Cry 4, Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, and We Love Golf, with those three games taking up the most real estate at the large booth.
"Resident Evil®: The Umbrella Chronicles for the Wii home video game system from Nintendo at Tokyo Game Show 2007. The game will include a two-player co-op mode and support for the Wii Zapper for even more intense light-gun style shooting action.
Capcom Japan has opened a Tokyo Game Show event page, detailing the games that will be on display at its booth when the show kicks off in late September.