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Resident Evil Chronicles going HD for PS3, Move
Capcom is upping the boils and rotting flesh textures, bringing the on-rails light gun Resident Evil games to PS3 in HD. Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles and Darkside Chronicles, released on Wii over the past couple years, will be bundled as Resident Evil Chronicles HD, ready to blast away on PS3 with Move support. Andriasang reports the announcement was made earlier today at Capcom's Resident Evil 15th anniversary event in Japan. No pricing, release date nor international distribution details were announced. We wouldn't be too concerned about an international release, as an HD version of Chronicles is a low-risk second chance for Capcom to make some money from Darkside Chronicles, which failed to meet expectations, and Umbrella Chronicles, a million seller. Also, HD upgrades to on-rails shooters that launched on Wii are totally vogue -- just look at House of the Dead: Overkill or Dead Space Extraction.
Prepare for Darkside Chronicles with a Resident Evil Shot Blaster
Last year, Capcom released a limited quantity of an official Resident Evil Wiimote gun attachment called the Resident Evil Shot Blaster. It's your basic third-party Wii gun shell, but in a nice silver/black theme with Umbrella Chronicles branding, and includes Resident Evil-style Wiimote and Nunchuk skins. The gun is available once again in Capcom's online store, for $29.95. It might be worth picking up if you're way into Umbrella Chronicles or if you plan to be way into Darkside Chronicles -- or, of course, if you're compelled to buy rare Capcom junk. Alternately, if you have a Fry's Electronics nearby, you may be able to snag one of these.%Gallery-47570%[Via GoNintendo]
Rumor: Resident Evil 'Darkside Chronicles' coming to Wii
According to the latest issue of Japanese mag Famitsu, the Wii's Resident Evil fans indeed have something to be "very happy" about. Well, at least if they're keen on another round of super-speed Resident Evil nostalgia, likely presented in the form of another first-person point-and-shooter. Though Capcom USA has yet to officially announce the game nor any specific details, Biohazard: The Darkside Chronicles looks to feature Resident Evil 2's protagonist pair, Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield. Oh, and zombies. Lots of 'em.We'll update with more information as soon as we can.[Thanks, Kevin]
Umbrella Chronicles lurches toward a million sales
Capcom's on-rail shooter, Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, is getting close to becoming a million-seller. It's been revealed that the title has sold 950,000 copies, with the million mark well within its reach. Actually, it could have already broken a million sales, as this data is current as of the end of December.The game did a lot better than Capcom initially thought, especially in the U.S. and Europe where it sold the strongest, as the company reveals the title did 50% better than their in-house estimations. Personally, we don't know why they would think a game about shooting the crap out of the living dead and genetically-altered beasties alike wouldn't sell a million. Plus, with the Resident Evil name attached to it, how could it not sell incredibly well?%Gallery-3286%
Zero Punctuation goes through the motions with Umbrella Chronicles
The anger just isn't there this week as Zero Punctuation's Yahtzee experiences the difficulty curve of the Wii's zombie-blasting rail shooter, Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles. Yahtzee still "brings it" to our expectations, but what is there left to "be brought" when mocking the Resident Evil series? Yahtzee takes digs at the RE story, dialogue, and tops it with some decent potshots at the characters -- but really, who hasn't done that at this point in gaming history? In the end, he respects Umbrella Chronicles for doing something different. Hopefully The Escapist can afford to get the guy a game to actually be angry about next week.After the break is where you'll find this week's NSFW clip.
Wii Fanboy Review: Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles
Before we start this, you might want to know that this blogger is a huge Resident Evil fan. I've got every Resident Evil game, countless posters, shirts and figurines from the various games. The original was one of the most important games in my development as a gamer. It helped make me the gamer I am today.And when the franchise hit the GameCube, it was the icing on the cake. The Resident Evil remake that appeared on the system was amazing, along with Resident Evil 0 and the game that even franchise haters couldn't ignore, Resident Evil 4. As the first original game in the series on a Nintendo console since RE 4, this was an important game in my eyes.One has to consider the other spin-off Resident Evil titles, also. You might be skeptical to try out Umbrella Chronicles because of the Gun Survivor or Outbreak games. This, thankfully, is not in the same league as that riffraff.%Gallery-3286%
Capcom tells you where your money should go
Your money has been earmarked for Resident Evil games-- Capcom is just letting you hold on to it for a while. To help Japanese gamers keep this in mind, they're giving out this fancy Umbrella Corporation wallet along with copies of Umbrella Chronicles preordered through their e-Capcom site. You can keep your money in there in the brief intervening period between Resident Evil purchases. People planning to buy Japanese copies of Umbrella Chronicles are rapidly accumulating quite a collection of stuff!Similarly, all of your food has been determined to be the property of Sengoku Basara 2 -- oh, that doesn't work like it did for the wallet. Okay, they're giving away nice chopsticks along with preorders. Imagine a good joke in there or something.
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles' Zapper bundle: it comes with stuff!
var digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/nintendo_wii/Resident_Evil_Umbrella_Chronicles_Zapper_bundle_it_comes_with_stuff'; Oh, look, it's a collectors' edition bundle that probably won't leave Japan! What a fresh and exciting idea, Capcom! And it's for a Resident Evil game, too-- that series never has any promotional stuff!This time, Capcom's offering a special "Expert Package" of Biohazard: Umbrella Chronicles (also known as Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, of course), which contains the game, a special full-color, 28-page book called Wesker's Extra Report ("For some reason, people have been trying to eat my head a lot. Conclusion: I am delicious.") and stickers! It also includes some white plastic thing. It'll cost 8,610 yen ($74), just $12 more than the non-bundled version.Extras aside, we would love to choose which game we got with our Zapper. Japan gets this and a Ghost Squad bundle, whereas we get Link's Crossbow Training only. Japanese gamers can get the regular Zapper bundle and then also one of these, ending up with two games and two shells. We're stuck with multiple Crossbow discs.
Fresh footage of Umbrella Chronicles
If there's one thing we'll say about this video for Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, it looks like reloading with the Wii Zapper is going to be a big pain in the rear end. Still, we're excited to play the game and can't wait to have a new title in the Resident Evil franchise to play. If you're one who doesn't mind seeing a large portion of gameplay before the title's release, then hit up the link below to check out some footage.[Via Go Nintendo]
Fresh UC screens show Ken doll zombies
Sometimes a zombie is just going to be naked. We've all been there, fighting for our life against a horde of the undead, only to find one or more of them lacking clothes. It's pretty funny for a moment, then we've all got back to the dispatching of the undead. Old hat, we know.But these new Umbrella Chronicles screens are the stuff of nightmares. Naked zombies taking on a sort of doll-like appearance, lacking any kind of gender definition whatsoever? Man, that's all kinds of scary. Oh, and the mutant monkies aren't exactly the stuff of pleasant dreams, either.%Gallery-3286%
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles with Wii Zapper
The Wii Zapper went from announcement to practice with the quickness. We got some time to spend with the contraption while testing out Capcom's Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles. Sadly, they're still only showing off the single player version. The level they showed off was in a dilapidated downtown filled with zombies. We can't say our impressions have changed very much since our last hands-on. The game is fun, but the targeting doesn't seem very responsive and shaking the whole Zapper to reload takes some serious getting used to. Flicking the Wiimote to reload outside the Zapper is far less annoying than shaking the whole thing in your hands. Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles really feels like a game to play with a friend on a lazy afternoon -- but the Zapper plastic shell definitely doesn't add $20 worth to the experience
New Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles movie
Turn out the lights, get some popcorn and pull up to your computer: it's time for Extremely Short Horror Theater! This week, we've got a super spooky treat for all of you fright fans: a chiller from the masters of horror at Capcom, called "The Evil Residents and the Umbrella," about a town full of arthritic pedestrians terrorized by a group of militaristic, gun-wielding murderers! We're sure you'll have such a screaming good time that the name "Residence of Evil" will haunt you for years to come![Via Famitsu]
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles has co-op, duh?
We get very confused when there's "news" that we swore we knew before ... but apparently we didn't know it, maybe? The latest bit in that department is Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles has two player co-op. Apparently this is news to everyone else, so we'll just say it aloud. Considering every scene in the game has two agents and we could have sworn seeing photos with a second targeting reticle, we thought it was implied. So, yeah, Resident Evil: UC has two player co-op ... once again, we thought we knew this already. Then again, it could just be because most rail shooters have co-op and it seemed odd not to have it. Even our man who tested it at the Capcom event was surprised by the news being, well, "news."Sometimes stuff like this happens. Assassin's Creed being for the Xbox 360 is one of the clearest examples. It was actually bigger news that it wasn't for the Xbox 360. Haze is an even more recent example because when we talked to the developers last year at E3 the PS3 wasn't even out yet and the game was being made for PC and Xbox 360. The news that it would be pseudo-exclusive for the PS3 was just silly ... that was later revised -- then revised again. Listen, when the companies can't keep track of what they're doing with their own games, we can understand how confusion comes into the mix. So, RE: UC has two player co-op, apparently that's news to us.
Resident Evil: Impressions Chronicles
GayGamer recently got a chance to play Capcom's Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, which pulls old RE stories from their graves and reanimates them as segments of a rail shooter. Unlike previous Resident Evil spinoff games, this one seems like it's going to be okay. They were especially pleased with the treatment of the story-- since the Resident Evil series has traditionally had a good story element, this game has a leg up over other zombie-filled shooting games. Nobody will have to suffer like G did.The Nunchuk use also received praise-- being able to look around freely with the joystick just lets you do more in each area, allowing the players to search for hidden items, aim shots more accurately, and choose paths.%Gallery-3286%
