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Wii Xbox 360 News by Kristan Reed
Capcom may be planning to bring zombie slaughterer Dead Rising to Wii.
That's according to Japanese magazine Famitsu (translated by Kotaku), which claims this is a port of the Xbox 360 version, and has some character artwork to go with it.
It seems rather improbable given the technical implications of it all, and Xbox 360 to Wii ports are not something we tend to see. However, Dead Rising had minimum exposure in Japan two years ago; a problem unlikely to manifest on Wii given its popularity in the region.
There's no footage or shots of Dead Rising Wii yet, or any word on it heading West. We remain intrigued.
Originally released in September 2006 exclusively on Xbox 360, Dead Rising scored a respectable 8/10, with Tom moved to describe it as "the epitome of survival horror."
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groovychainsaw
16/07/08 @ 10:57
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It will be like dead rising, only with 4 zombies instead of 400 ;-)
/dons flameproof suit /backs out of the room :-D |
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muscleblade
16/07/08 @ 11:13
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400 zombies? That sounds like the Wii version. The 360 version had thousands.
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ParanoidZombie
16/07/08 @ 11:14
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Mmmh, I guess it's possible, but it's probably gonna look like dynasty warriors, with a very small drawing distance and lots of pop-up. Why no PS3 version?
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bigbadbeasty
16/07/08 @ 11:26
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A waste of time??!!
If you can't see how great zombie Wiimote slaughter could be, then I pity you. |
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Vertical Stand
16/07/08 @ 11:28
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PS3 port downloadable via the store for a cool 20 squideroonies would be more to my liking, oh and more silly suits in there, Viewtiful Joe costume please!
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Pac-man ate my wife
16/07/08 @ 11:35
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Dead Rising + Wii RemotePlus = slicing and dicing zombies like never before.
Match made in heaven! |
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Seeing how horrid Alone in the Dark translated onto the Wii, I'm really not expecting this Wii version of Dead Rising to anything better than passable. How will the Wii cope with dozens of zombies on screen at once? Perhaps the game will turn out to be an onrails shooter akin to those (awful) Resident Evil Survivor games? Having enemies in fixed locations and making the game on-rails would certain by do-able on the Wii I'd imagine.
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"How will the Wii cope with dozens of zombies on screen at once?"
If the GC can cope with 10-12 in RE4 then the Wii should cope with a few dozen.Won't be as many as 360 but a fair few. I suspect they will split some sections/add additional doors so more zombies can stream in as others are killed.
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Odd platform choice considering that a PC version would be much easier to do. Seems there are already screens available. Check these scans:
http://wiieveryday.blogspot.com/2008/07/... Together with Sega's Mad World we're looking at some sweet ultraviolence on the Wii;-)
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Yeah, have to say even though that doesn't look as glossy, I don't doubt it'll be a riot and a half! And as for the technical aspects, Capcom are usually very very good at this stuff, so there is hope for Dead Rising Wii being actually pretty damn decent.
But yeah, the third parties and jumping in now. About time too... |
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Doctor_What
16/07/08 @ 12:46
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Will they make it less bloody annoying this time? And the fonts readable? I do hope so.
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kinky_mong
16/07/08 @ 12:48
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Wonder if all those casual gamers will enjoy the mandatory three restarts because they weren't powered up enough to deal with a boss battle in a tight time limit.
"Shake remote now to show your frustration at the inept AI of the people you're saving!" |
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I don't get what the problem is here. Capcom for monetary purposes have decided to port one of their top sellers of recent years to the best selling console in the world. It won't cost much and will most likely sell in decent numbers, encouraging Capcom to make new games for the Wii or other systems.
Why all the moaning and whining? If Capcom want to do a DR2 then, they will, in the meantime what's the problem with millions of people having access to play DR, correct me if I'm wrong but isn't one of the best things about FF13 going multi, is that now more people can play it? As long as they correct the obvious problems from the original, i.e. the save system, unreadable text, do the controls and graphics properly and bring it out around £29.99, then that's one sale already. As for Monster Hunter 3 again, another sound business decision imo, which should be obvious for all to see, but I guess it's hard being a Sony loyalist right now huh drumbaby? :D (I'm joking) |
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"Oh and the best part about FF going multi was watching the Sony fanboy's virtual screams almost imploding the internet. "
I *STILL* dont get this.. They STILL are able to play it on THEIR machine so why make such a fuss? Fanboys are weird. If mario galaxy went multiplatform i'd be cheering - it'd mean more people get to see what a good game is (as opposed to only buying shooters, etc) "400 zombies? That sounds like the Wii version. The 360 version had thousand" The cpu power on the wii is quite powerful.. it's the graphics which arent up to much cop.. i dont see why you couldnt have (in THEORY) the same number of monsters, etc etc.. just with lower res/toned down graphics (which again in turn gives you more cpu time to spend doing other things) |
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Mario 64 and Mario Galaxy are certainly not old-school platformers. They're very polished platformers and I still don't get why people have such issues with them - I find them to be the pinnacle of their genre.
But the point of the Wii was to not alienate the core gamer audience. Nintendo did their bit so far. And they've done it well. This and MadWorld suggest that now it's time the third-parties came in and flexed some muscle, because most haven't bothered so far to apply much effort. I guess it's getting hard to ignore the install base of the Wii... |
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@smelly
"The cpu power on the wii is quite powerful.. it's the graphics which arent up to much cop.. i dont see why you couldnt have (in THEORY) the same number of monsters, etc etc.. just with lower res/toned down graphics (which again in turn gives you more cpu time to spend doing other things)" Are you sure? Because last time I checked the wii had a single core unit cpu clocked at 729 MHz while the 360 is using a significantly more powerful triple core one. My guess is they will reduce the numbers of zombies but at the same time come up with some some really cool motion sensing controls which considering the amount of different weapons make very much sense here - think of it as Wii sports meets survval horror;-) However, if the wii version turns out to be a success the probability for a (multiplatform) DR2 will be even higher.
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Browntracky
17/07/08 @ 16:40
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Over the shoulder shooting like Res 4. Come on, just give us Res 5. I will buy this though. Gesture based frying pan to zombie face. Back devil!!!
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@smelly
"Mhz means bugger all. " Haha, yeah right;-) Why don't you just accept that you don't have the slightest clue what you're talking about here. A higher clocked triple core cpu is not only more powerful, it's simply a different league. Whether DR on the 360 really used this potential is a different question so it remains to be seen what kind of programming magic Capcom comes up with for the Wii version... My guess is that they're using a highly optimized RE4 engine and are going to make up the lack of massive amounts of zombies with spot on controls and less frustrating design. Still, a modable PC version would be a dream! You hear me, Capcom;-)
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