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Could arrive before Resi 5.

Capcom has officially confirmed development of a new Resident Evil game, which will be exclusive to Nintendo Wii and could well be hitting stores ahead of the Resident Evil 5 on PS3 and Xbox 360.

Following up on the phenomenal success of Resident Evil 4 on the GameCube, Capcom is understandably showing a little more love for Nintendo, and plans to release a new instalment that takes full advantage of the innovative remote controller.

According to Capcom, the new game will "combine the series' intense gaming experience and atmosphere with the revolutionary control system of the Wii," although exactly how they plan to do that is a mystery at the moment.

No release date or details on where this latest instalment sits in the series have been disclosed so far, but given the recent news that the developers are still sussing out new concepts and graphics engines for Resi 5 on PS3 and Xbox 360, it's possible you won't have to wait quite as long for evil to take up residence in your Wii.

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neilka #1 6 years ago

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Let me be the first to admit that I laughed at the last sentence.
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Universal_Hamster #2 6 years ago

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Kidney infections are no laughing matter son.
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Psi #3 6 years ago

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resident wiivel
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Tomo #4 6 years ago

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May I be the first to say "woot".
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mazzl #5 6 years ago

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@resident wiivel damn funny
BUT .. so you see.. walking youre own path does make things a lot more transparant
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alimokrane #6 6 years ago

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NICE! Yeah bring it on. Imagine interative cutscene where you have to move the controller sideways to get rid of some zombie that grabed you Wooooot! Shake Off That Zombie Yeah!

Edited by 1 at 10/05/06 @ 15:29
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dr_faulk #7 6 years ago

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lol, I thought I was being smart and witty be seeing something funny in "for evil to take up residence in your Wii." but clearly I am a nonse who failed to realised that IT WAS IN FACT a joke already.
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sport #8 6 years ago

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hopefully a follow-up to RE4 with leon as the main character - ahh - who cares, it's resi so it's bound to be good
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Triggerhappytel #9 6 years ago

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I would say this is a good thing, but Resi spin-offs have never really been much cop - there's the Survivor games, Outbreak 1 & 2 and just recently, Resi 1 on the DS (forget the proper name).

I just hope Capcom realise that Resi has a renewed lease of life, and if they continue to milk it again (like pre-4) it will grow stale again quickly.
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lambtron #10 6 years ago

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I fear this will be a new survivor type game.

Wiik!
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PlugMonkey #11 6 years ago

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Cool.

One question though. With the versatility of the Wii controller, what contrivance will they use to ensure that I can't move and shoot at the same time again?

Sounds like a fresh new challenge for the boys at Capcom...
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Gurgeh #12 6 years ago

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"With the versatility of the Wii controller, what contrivance will they use to ensure that I can't move and shoot at the same time again? "

The Wii will just have to keep track of your movements
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space_ace #13 6 years ago

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dead aim remake? :-o
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rinoaMW #14 6 years ago

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as long as its not from the Dead Aim series...

/adds Wii to list of things to get

Who am I kidding, after seeing the E3 Zelda stuff, I already have! This just makes the console even more irresistible! ^^

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jmctavish #15 6 years ago

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Great! I hope we can bludgeon and hack zombies to death with the remote.
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twinbee #16 6 years ago

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Sweet

I bet we won't see Rebecca in this game!
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dk_rare #17 6 years ago

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Cappin' zombies in the leg, with like actually pixel perfect control, sounds awesome
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nightsparkle #18 6 years ago

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teriffic! seems like a lot of GREAT GAMES are coming out for me wii. now let's just hope there's gonna be A LOT of new shit too. ever since N64 Nintendo had so little third party support. but when wii proves to be a succes, and with it's low dev cost, i think this time round it'll be all good.
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SeesThroughAll #19 6 years ago

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Hmmmmm... chopping zombies to pieces with the Wiimote... sounds tasty...
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MDL199 #20 6 years ago

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nightsparkle
10-May-06 16:41:24 teriffic! seems like a lot of GREAT GAMES are coming out for me wii. now let's just hope there's gonna be A LOT of new shit too.

I'm sure there will be plenty of shit on the wii my son and some of it even new.

Being the Resi nut that I am I had to waste over a �100 on a Gamecube not sure i'll be splashing out on a wii though.

Oh the fun you can have with puns on the name of Ninty's new console....... hmmmmmm.
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Lost_in_Darkness #21 6 years ago

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Where at all does it say that this is a spin-off?

this is most likely a continuation in the story for those who bought RE4. RE5 is clearly a different story from RE4 and also stars a different character if I'm recalling correctly.
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dk_rare #22 6 years ago

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Chain saw control
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Blerk #23 6 years ago

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I smell.... Gun game.
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varsas #24 6 years ago

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I would say this is a good thing, but Resi spin-offs have never really been much cop - there's the Survivor games, Outbreak 1 & 2 and just recently, Resi 1 on the DS (forget the proper name).

I just hope Capcom realise that Resi has a renewed lease of life, and if they continue to milk it again (like pre-4) it will grow stale again quickly.

Code Veronica was a spin off/sidestory and was one of the best of the series!
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Kami #25 6 years ago

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Dead Aim was Gun Survivor 3 and not that bad at all...

But don't bring up the second Survivor... *shudders* that was wrong in so many ways that it defies all known laws of logic and reason...
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jlaakso #26 6 years ago

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Total. Chainsaw. Control.
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I_Have_The_Power #27 6 years ago

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"Code Veronica was a spin off/sidestory and was one of the best of the series! "

CV wasn't a "spin off/sidestory"
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