That's the money-shot.

Um. I mean it sells the game. Hence me paying money. Uh...

Krytha

@TalKeaton: A Force to be Reckoned With: Also, how do you nominate a comment for the "week in comments" section. This definitely deserves it.

Maxyboy13

I deem those boobs A-ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Neo-Senku: The World's Finest Pervert

@Indy_aka_Rex:
Thanks for the spoiler. =/
(It's ok, if something's been out for as long as this game has, I say there's no blame to be had)

As a person who never had enough money to buy an Xbox360, this is a welcome addition.

Channing

Nice boobs, but a face like a puckered up fish!

UFO

@TalKeaton: A Force to be Reckoned With: That was great. Now if only we could somehow fuse Fat Princess and RE5. Imagine the possibilities...

Maxyboy13

Zombie sacrifice?

You can't sacrifice dead things. :/

scotty

oh god. that pic. soooo suggestive. why, in the wrong hands and some photoshopping, that pic could become.....oh my...

bigman88zz

Also, Dead Rising is probably my favourite game of this gen. I doubt I'd play the Wii version over my 360 version but I'm glad the option is there for people who want to play the game.

The little details about the game made it, like the fliers for the Cult of the True Eye. Try zooming up to one of them and reading it, good stuff :D

Burguois

@SG79: Ah well. One can only hope. Maybe they can use the prototype of whatever their running DR2 on to port it over. there's always hope. :)

Maxyboy13

Must be somethin' a little off when I look at that pic and think 'wow that's a cool shine effect on her lower lip'.

Priorities, damnit! C'mon, fanboy factor... ah! Wah wah where's my PS3 port Q.Q

Chances

Dear Capcom,

Please don't do a half-assed job. You surprised us all with how terrific RE 4 and Okami were on the Wii so there is a small part in me that feels like you will be putting some effort into this new port to make it better in some ways (of course not the graphics).

Oh and one more thing.

Price the game right if you want to see decent sales.

Killer7

@Maxyboy13: Is that discrimination against women or discrimination against the obese?

Correct answer: Both!

The politically correct version of 'Fat Princess' is 'Hearty Person of Royal Ancestry'.

Get on that, developers.

TalKeaton: A Force to be Reckoned With

@Maxyboy13:

Apparently DR ran on an older version of their MT Framework engine, which preceeded the PS3 version (of the engine). Porting it won't be as simple as the budget port of LP.. which by itself had some issues.

SG79

@Indy_aka_Rex: Call N'Gai Croal. Maybe we can get him to complain about Fat Princess being discriminatory too. :p THAT would be a riot.

Maxyboy13

Dead Rising was a bunch of horror stereotypes crammed into one game from a very diverse subset. Slasher movies, zombie movies, psychological movies etc., they're all accounted for in varying degrees. Otis just filled the "Calls at the worst possible time" stereotype that pretty much every horror film has. But then again, you're in a mall filled with zombies and raving psychopaths - is there really a right time?

Burguois

@Grumpz®: lol

Grumpz®

@PAULINK: you get pp from them like crazy if you pay attention

Grumpz®

Lol at the picture. Anyways, taking photos are pretty pointless if there are no achievements involved.

PAULINK

I love that screenshot. That is my background now. (Even if it's stretched.)

KuromanKuro Live and PSN

Hey Capcom, how about a PS3 port. Huh. Huh. Maybe. No. :( Come on, you did it for Lost Planet, why not one of your good games?

Maxyboy13

@Lyrai:

Sir, are you implying that black people are obnoxious and that you are willing to throw controllers at them because they tell you not to be rude?

I'm calling the feds, this is a hate crime!

Poor 360 controller....

Indy_aka_Rex

i thought about maybe bicking it up if the conversion didnt look awful compared to the original and they left the gameplay intact besides fixing the ridiculous saving system.
But yeah,with all those things removed/changed i´m a bit more skeptical now.

tomsamson

@Mit: See? That's just bias right there. They've mentioned NOTHING about anything like that. For all you know, it could be a 1:1 port, the only differences being those mentioned above.

TalKeaton: A Force to be Reckoned With

@Jeff Paine: Don't hang up on me like that! It's rude! Now as I was saying...
Don't hang up on me like that! It's rude! Now as I was saying...
Don't hang up on me like that! It's rude! Now as I was saying...
Don't hang up on me like that! It's rude! Now as I was saying...
Don't hang up on me like that! It's rude! Now as I was saying...
Don't hang up on me like that! It's rude! Now as I was saying...
Don't hang up on me like that! It's rude! Now as I was saying...

I swear to god, my 360 controller has taken an airborne flight across my apartment four times just because of him.

Lyrai

@Amazon_Chris: I still say we haven't nearly hit the full power of the Wii in any of its games yet. No, it can't do everything the 360 can graphically- but graphically aside it's still more powerful than its current games show.

TalKeaton: A Force to be Reckoned With

@argh: @Placentasaurus: yeah wtf? he's a fucking photographer.

Why can't they just focus on dead rising 2 and its glorious 4 player coop! *continues dreaming*

Grumpz®

No photo mode?

No sale.

Lijik

Shame she gets all zombiefied... That's the sweetest rack I've ever seen in a game.

Indy_aka_Rex

@Emiat:

I suspect that those cutscenes are actually FMVs of the original 360 ones. Capcom took similar measures to get RE4 PS2 out the door ASAP, so all cutscenes there were actually videos of the GC original.

SG79

I sorta liked the photo mode...

but the lack of transponder is definitely good.

strobefx

check out that valley of heaven

shichi

Removing the photo mode defeats the purpose for the game existing. If Frank West isn't gonna take photos of zombies, why did he even go to the mall? Plus it'll make the game less fun and more monotonous. Oh well, I'll just play the 360 version. When I get a 360. Or if they port it to PS3.

@spite_nihilo: I really hope you're joking.

Placentasaurus

Frank is a friggen' photographer. He's covered wars you know! Yet they got rid of the photo-mode? Doesn't make much sense to me. I thought taking photos was hilarious & fun.

argh

@Emiat: Meaning reducing the amount of zombies onscreen to around 20 and lower all the pixel counts and getting rid of fancy next-gen effects.

If this never came out on 360 I might be excited, but there's no way I'd play this version over the 360 version.

Mit

Well, as a huge Dead Rising fan I was excited for the Wii version.

But after this... they ruined everything almost every little touch I loved about the game.

On the positive side, no real-time Otis missions hopefully means no real-time Otis calls.

Jeff Paine

@Amazon_Chris: They are using old Nintendo style Wiitchcraft to make the game work on the Wii.

Emiat

Eh. I still don' see how the Wii (no offense meant by this BTW) could handle all the stuff that went on in Dead Rising.

Amazon_Chris

Or possibly the tug-of-war.

floppylobster

I'm buying a second Wii that'll just play this game...

It will go in the bathroom.

scotty

I think the elephant is the correct form baton to use here.

floppylobster

jesus christ, guys! that image is borderline pornography! i mean, i don't really care, but even i'm surprised by how raunchy it is.

spite_nihilo

are those the same boobies from metal gear? sweaty boobies

tralfaz23

Boobies.

Bigfoot

Eh. I wasn't a big fan of the camera mode since I never really used it while rushing around the mall, but completely removing it is definitely pretty crappy for people who like to grind faster.

The change in Otis' missions however is incredibly welcome, as I wouldn't have minded a more linear adventure at all...I mean, at least Majora's Mask let you go back to a certain point. I just like to take my time with things, and mess around in the sandbox environment, while at the same time completing everything in the end.

Taiyz

The graphics will be incredibly dumbed down for the wii hardware, for example championship ping pong a 360 game that was ported to the wii.

DevonTheDude

all we can do is wait for the final version. As for now, these are all words and these tend to change alot. So we can say all we want until we got the full result.

Sintonado

@Emiat: @Netnavi:
bitches
anyways.......

deathtastic

@Grumpz®: It's called left 4 dead
@Amazon_Chris: it was a pretty early 360 game so I don't think it will be too tough.

Lamilia

@deathtastic: That's raketastic! *thumbs up*

Netnavi

I wouldn't be surprised if the graphics make us finally say "wow" - as in wow this looks pretty close to how the 360 version looks. I'm pretty sure the Wii could pull it off.

Too bad we would be saying this of a port.

Netnavi

@deathtastic: Rake? I see no rake in that picture.

Emiat

rack^^

deathtastic

Amazing rake.

deathtastic

Ugh, after getting the 7-day survivor achievement, I don't want to see Dead Rising again.

Ignatius

Wasn't there an achievement you could get by taking a shot of her rack?

lordargent

@Amazon_Chris: I'm very curious to see how it looks.

Wolfers

...photo mode wasn't working with Wii remote? Really?

Because that doesn't compute.

Not sure how I feel about the changes.

But - hey. I'm happy with my 360 version so it's okay.

sir_carrot

I wish they'd just fix the original of all it's ridiculously annoying quirks wit a Special Edition (or better yet a patch) but I'm pretty sure it's a bit too far beyond relevance for that...

Ninegauger

@weasl: I liked it because you had a mostly free reign to slaughter the walking dead.

The missions though... honestly, I hate them. With a passion. I know a lot of people who do, and Otis... man...

Jayl3w

@okenny :): But America Runs On Stupidity. :p

Maxyboy13

I could never understand why people loved this game so much, everyone i knew that played it was annoyed and confused by the whole mission structure, and half of them accidentally started over the first time they died due the wonderful option being presented. The game was fun at times but down right annoying at others.

weasl

I was on the fence about this game (was hoping for a PC version), but if it turns out anything like that picture then legally I'd have to buy it.

Pezdispenser

Well, there goes my last reason to get a 360. Dead Rising was the only exclusive the system had that interested me, everything else had come out for PC (Mass Effect, Gears) or just looked lame (Halo 3). I'm glad I own a Wii.

Pantsman

@Maxyboy13: What you are doing isn't racist but it is definitely stupid.

okenny :)

Really, Capcom? No Erotica shots for a system called the Wii?

Americo

Finally, a Dead Rising for SDTV.

Took them long enough.

Nyright

@Mit: I still dont get why people think the wii has the gpu power of a ps1, its clear that cant match 360 os ps3, just like ps3 and 360 cant match current $200 or less pc gpus, the wii can handle a lot of objects on screen if you played metroidp3 or , mario galaxy some areas where quite big, and i played once a gta clone with a lot of cars and people moving without slowdowns, also in dead rising each time you enter an area there was a loading screen wich makes possible for the wii to run the game fine of course with less resolution and reduced effects...

TOCATL

@SG79: I see.

It honestly doesn't look that bad to me, really. It's obvious some graphic sacrifices would need to be made, but it still looks really good, at least based on those screenshots.

Lezard

:peers at image:

oh exploitable.

interficium

@Lezard:

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SG79

@Xcite79: How does the game look horrid? All we have to go on are a few blurry magazine scans.

Lezard

Sounds like they dumbed it down and took out what actualy made it survival horror. Ah well. I've got the original so I guess if they want to put out a crap version as well theres no harm done to me.

Murrytmds

I will pass. I prefer the 360 controller and their are fun achievements to get. No camera to take pictures and the fact that the game looks horrid don't help as well.

Xcite79

@floppylobster: pure gold

willyt9

the left boob has better graphics than the right boo :P

Superstar90

At first, I was excited. But I agree with many people above - Frank's a photographer. Let me take photos.

Arcadian

Hey, it's Tits McGee!

jaz

@TOCATL: Also less zombies in some areas would make the game a lot better, even with enhanced weapons some areas where a little painfull just to pass in the 360 version, wich made the game a little annoying...

TOCATL

@weasl: Yeah I'm one of those people, I picked it up a week after it came out, played it for about 3 hours, died, got pissed off and I've never played it again.

I also lent it to my friend who didn't understand why I was giving him a brand new game, he gave it back the day after, lol.

I'm sure this game fufills a lot of people's desire for what I call frustration gaming, where the game is artificially hard, but I've never liked that style personally.

Klopfer123

@Thorax: It only allows one save spot per profile. Your brother can set up a profile any time he wants and have his own save available.

Only vaguely related: I really don't get why people complain about the save system. It only takes a modicum of time management skills to be able to tell whether or not you have enough time to get to the next mission should you feel the need to save, and there are only one or two missions that require you to rush from one location to another. I get the impression that people were just unwilling to familiarize themselves with the layout of the mall, because no matter where you are, you can get to a save point within a couple of minutes (max).

tokeytorey

Oh, boy, that's disappointing. I know a lot of people who don't own a 360 and would like to play this game, but it sucks knowing that they're going to get the vastly inferior version.

Honestly, Plunkett, "less frustrating"? Yeah, I'd really love to play a version of the game that strips away what made it truly unique.

tokeytorey

I'll miss the photo mode, but the lame structure getting an overhaul is nice. Also, and I know this is a small thing to complain about, but I automatically despise any game that only allows one save spot. I have a little brother, and it's annoying when he has to wait for me to beat a game for him to play.

Thorax

@Arcadian: yeah i played around with dead rising on a friends 360 and honesty the funniest part of the game was taking snapshots of the zombies and seeing the scores and ratings.

without the photo journalist angle i wonder how they'll justify frank in the mall?

kadaj_sama

huh all i saw was boobies.

maraxusofk

RE4 camera = RE4 controls. I smell win in the air if they can pull it off. Although given Photo Mode must have been the only redeeming factor in the game for everyone here, I might be the only one to consider playing it.

formina

@Klopfer123: Yup. There were so many things wrong with Dead Rising. It's like the game mechanics and controls were made by a caveman. The graphics were great on the other hand (see picture of rack above).

garytek

@kadaj_sama: They'll probably just say: Frank the photographer went to snap pictures but he broke his camera as soon as he got to the mall.
And all those photo-video stores, huh, they don't put real cameras on display.
And Frank doesn't, like, have a key to the armour-plated vault where they keep the real ones, so he couldn't, you know, replace his unfortunately broken camera...

Or they'll just add a couple of cutscenes where he snaps pictures during the adventure.

Antiterra

@Klopfer123: State of Emergency, anyone?

Americo

Hey, this actually sounds better than the 360 one. I hated the controls and the mission structure, so much so that I ended up never finishing the game.
Now if they can nail the graphics, this'll be a must-buy. (Though I really don't understand how they wouldn't; DR was a first-gen 360 title, and it really doesn't look all that great compared to the newer stuff)

Ehetyz

@Revenge_of_Nekojin: Or maybe it was just bad game design. I love zombie movies, and I play tons of games, but I thought Dead Rising was awful. That's great if they want to give a nod to the great Zombie movies of the past, but in no way does that automatically make it good.

Wubbytoes

People who complained about the save system and real time gameplay of DR on the 360 either A) Sucked at games or B) Didn't understand that it was in part an intentional homage to the claustrophobia and urgency that any good zombie movie strives to capture.

DR was a terrific game and the first 360 game where I got over 3/4 of the gamerscore attached to it.

Revenge_of_Nekojin

If this gets rid of the whole "real-time" element that stopped me from playing more than the first couple of hours on 360 I might be interested.

Having said that, I might have been spoiled by the original's high detail in the game world and number of zombies onscreen at any one time. Hopefully the Wii version is relatively up to par.

Kazzahdrane

Wow, a Wii port that fixes more problems then it causes. Gotta be a first time for everything.

hagridore

@Ehetyz: Ive sen scans of the game, it looks like a high end n64 game or maybe a first gen cube game, i could see the blockyness.

but they have to do that though, they are keeping the large amounts of zombies on screen

kommanderk

Basically, with that they confirmed that Dead Rising Wii is going to be inferior to the XBox 360 version. Even if it would look the same grafically (which it doesn't). Unless, of course, they add Coop. Then it's the best Wii game ever and superior to the original.

EvilFiek

I took the liberty of fixing that picture for the wii version:

NWS
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TheWaffle

@Revenge_of_Nekojin: Before you go insulting people's intelligence consider that some (lots of?) gamers don't like being rushed through games. I don't mind a time limit for a mission at all, but I don't like being hurried through the whole experience when there appears to be lots of content I'll have to miss out on. I'm not saying the game is broken, that's a design decision the development team made and went with all the way, probably for the reason you described. But that doesn't mean people who don't like it are somehow shit at games or ill-educated. Zombie movies rule, and zombies in games rule, but I don't play a game to have a movie experience. If I did, I'd just watch Dawn of the Dead.

Kazzahdrane

@tokeytorey: ... That is the third time I've felt like an idiot today.@Revenge_of_Nekojin: I just wasn't a fan because of the constant time limit. It I have a mall full of zombies, I want to take my time with them. Not rush about things.

Thorax

@demonknightinuyasha:
The Dreamcast? The Iphone? The PC??

EvilFiek

@TheWaffle: Wasn't that implied? Man. Capcom never ceases to amaze me.

Furude

hmmm....not sure how i feel about these changes...seems like i'd rather they keep all the old stuff and simply add the new stuff. if the wii can't handle that though i know of another certain system that certainly could.

demonknightinuyasha

@Kazzahdrane: Perfectly understandable if you didn't cotton to the game's structure, but I feel that a lot of people didn't take the time to fully get a handle on it. The thing about the game is that you can't even beat every mission on a single playthrough, nor can you save every (potential) survivor. It's a game that rewards replays more than any other I can think of.

I had a hard time grasping this when I first played it, and I kind of wrote the game off entirely upon release until I decided to revisit it a few months later. Since then, it's managed to unequivocally become my favorite game. I wonder if more people would have been receptive to it if the developers had been more forthcoming about the game's odd structure. I know it came as a surprise to many people, myself included.

tokeytorey

@basseman:
Well, no, we still have games that look like N64 games. Animal Crossing Wii, for example. We didn't forget.

EvilFiek

"it looks like a high end n64 game or maybe a first gen cube game."
why must people always say it looks like a n64 game. when people complain about the graphics? people must have forgotten how those games looked. if this was on the n64 it would look very jagged. from what i can see. it´s a bit jagged because of the lower resolution. and seems to be lesser enemies.

basseman

somewhat like a n64 game. the first animal crossing was planned for n64, but came out to gamecube. I think they keep that game simple cause they can ad more things to it that way.

basseman

@tokeytorey:

This man speaks the truth! I was so furious with this game when I first tried to play it. When I realized that you more or less HAD to restart a few times before beating it I pretty much stated that the game was not what I wanted it to be and I was gonna give up on it.

I am so so so glad I didn't give up on it. This game is fucking amazing. I hope this game doesn't buture that fun, or worse yet 'cause them to alter the sequel to fit more to this versions structute.

Akanubon

So does that mean your no longer a photographer trying to get the inside scoop of a strange zombie outbreak?...

Shit whats the point now?... Thats like.... like Castlevania without a whip...

King Seafoam

@scotty: but zombies are UNdead! Totally ok.

@RE4 view: so they're probably using the RE4 engine?

@loss of photo mode: bit disappointing, but probably not that big a deal? I didn't play the original... As for that totally changing the scenario, er no it doesn't need to mean Frank isn't a photographer in the story just because you can't take pictures in-game. You can't mend sinks in Mario games, does that mean he isn't a plumber?

quen

Removed photo mode? Isnt Frank's sole reason for being there because he is a photographist?

KEELr

@Thorax: @Kazzahdrane: At no time does the game force you to do anything. If you want to spend all three days putting Servbot hats on zombies and hitting them with toy swords, you're more than able to. The only time you would feel compelled to rush is if you're trying to do the story, AND save all the survivors, AND fight all the minibosses at once. If you focus on just doing one thing, then the game gives you ample time to do it.

Revenge_of_Nekojin

Sounds like they've made an effort to fix all the things I hated about the original and make it a more fun experience. I think I'll definitely be buying this.

photoboy

Thing is , you don't need to do everything on your first playthrough, it's really recommended to just level up until you get at least a speed upgrade and keep track of the location of all the relevant books. Most people that drop the game a few hours in obviously did not understand the gameplay mechanics and maybe the tutorials should have been more explicit about what you should do on your first plythroughs. I'm quite interested in the Wii version and the new camera angle sounds pretty cool, but bar that it's really like the are dumbing down what I really enjoyed about the game.

Fabrice

If the "no photos" means you get to avoid that idiot kid running around telling you to take pictures of it, (kent I think?) then I'm all for it. I thought taking photos was often funny, but honestly, I usually forgot about it totally after the first 10 minutes of trying to take upskirt pictures of the girls you save for the "erotica" factor.

No Otis? YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! I hated the real time nature of the missions. I wanted to at least attempt every mission but because of the time line, I missed a bunch of them. Hopefully in this game, you'll actually get to play all the missions without having to replay the game 5 times. Thats a HUGE bonus.

Now, I liked the RE4 controls, but I'll have to wait and see how they work in DR. I mean, I really enjoyed running through zombies, jumping, and then kicking them in the face. I hope the control scheme still allows that.

Also, new weapons? Sweet.

Yes, I plan to buy this day one. It better be $40.

Now, lets get to work bringing Lost Planet to the Wii please, thanks?

subnet6

@Kazzahdrane: See, I'm the opposite. I thought Dead Rising was brilliant exactly because of this design decision that forced you to miss stuff. It's more like real life and less gamelike. You're forced to make decisions like, "Do I rush to the other side of the mall and try to save these people? Will I have time to do it and then get back to the food court by 2?"

Too many games (like Oblivion, for example) try to create this false sense of urgency by telling a player that, "You must do X before it's too late!" But we know full well that events are scripted to our arrival, there's no timer, and that we have plenty of time to walk around the village and talk to every last person, plus stop to raid a few dungeons on the way.

That was the genius of Dead Rising. When they said you had to hurry, you actually had to hurry. And to do everything in the game, you really had to play through more than once. That said, I still haven't done everything, and it's maybe my favorite game on the 360. I tend to overbuy games, and I still keep meaning to go back and do everything.

So to hear a lot of this element will be shorn from the Wii version, along with the photo mode (which someone pointed out is Frank's whole reason for being in the mall in the first place), disappoints me immensely. It bums me out that Wii owners who wanted to play this game will now be able to buy this watered-down version and miss out on what made the original so damn interesting.

Dirk Dorkelson

@deathtastic: I think you can use a rake in this game too.

But yes, a nice rack.

blacksamurai87

is that an actual screenshot of the wii version? if so, it looks pretty good for Wii.

Hulkamaniac

well i still haven't played the 360 version..umm played through it..it's 20 bucks now..haha..i probably will pick it up sometime..or wait for the wii version..haha..probably just try 360 first then wii..mebbehhh

evilralphwiggum

this is one of those games I don't want them tuning down the waggle for... 1 to one Zombie beating is, as the kids say, WIN!

LuppyLuptonium

you know looking at those screens, if they dumbed it down a bit more, they could port this to the psp! how awesome would Dead Rising Portable be?

pandafresh

Oh cmon the game was easy. The save system was fine and nothing wrong with it. It was a minuscule challenge added in. This best not be dumbed down to the maximum. Although news enemies and weapons sounds good.

Woylez

o_O

c*mshot?!?

rich8606

Awe sweet, I love games that don't have Otis!

NeoStarr

I thought the save system was genius - it made the game for me. For real, you guys are whiners. I didn't find it terribly hard either - I died in that first gunfight, but by the time I got there again Frank's stats were twice as good and it was a breeze. The second ending was tough, though.

LongDarkBlues

@KEELr: photojournalist. he's covered wars, you know.

SAKY

DR = stress in game form

Some people are such wussies about this game, complaining about the "lack" of save points and timed missions. These are the folks that simply don't understand Dead Rising and what makes it great.

"Dead Rising is to stress what Resident Evil is to fear."

All the primary gameplay elements like the saves, timing and abundance of missions, the gameplay, the item system, and recovering of people are all interwoven PERFECTLY. It's really NOT HARD just STRESSFUL and that feeling of stress is thoughtfully combined with zombies.

Dead Rising accomplishes its goal perfectly, some player may have hangups with the manual aiming being on the left stick and the tiny text. Just squint, the game is well worth it....or get an HDTV. I'm a southpaw player, after being left out of so many games because of single right hand aiming opions, the aiming feature was glorious gratification to my prefferred control style

Still my favorite game of this generation (hell even the last gen) of games.

SAKY

i dont quite like it that they changed it to the RE4 over the shoulder view.

i think for a game such as dead rising, the third person view is way better

Mr.Sad

As much as I'm excited by this... the Wii won't be able to handle it...

Resso

@Resso:

It can if they just lower the amount of zombies on screen at once. I believe capcom bragged back in 2006 that you could have over 100 on screen at once on the 360.

CCCombobreaker

Um ... isn't taking photographs one of the if not THE most unique thing about this title ... and they're taking it out without a care? This is definitely the year of decisions in the game industry that make no fucking sense.

FrankieViturello

@tokeytorey: @Kazzahdrane: You guys totally missed the point of the game. Did you complain about Sonic the Hedgehog (the old Genesis/Mega Drive ones) because you didn't like to be rushed through the game?

Sorry the game isn't designed based on how you'd like it to be, but they can't cater to everyone, and they're not going to dumb down their game so a few people can take their time. Let's forget the fact that you can replay it as many times as you want to for a minute, too.

Jeff Paine

My complaint about the game was that it was marketed as something it wasn't. GTA in a mall with zombies. You can't do whatever you want like in GTA or you'll get the game over screen.

CCCombobreaker

I, for one, had zero complaints about the game on 360. If they took out the save system it would be too easy IMHO. It's all part of the dumbing down of games that us hardcore players have had to deal with for years. Sometimes I WANT a challenge.

subject117

"These are the folks that simply don't understand Dead Rising and what makes it great."

I loved DeadRising and thought it was great. But I still thought the save systems sucked. No, it wasn't too hard. It was just shitty, thats all.

The thing is, this game was great for MANY reasons. Just because some people don't agree with YOUR reasons, doesn't make them "wussies about this game".

Try to grow up and get some objectivity, will ya? Your view is not the only view.

I loved the game, but IMO any game that REQUIRES you to play it through multiple times just to get the core content, has a problem. I LOVED the core content, but honestly, who wants to play the same fucking portions over and over just to see a few extra missions that you missed because of an effort to create artificial "stress". I mas NEVER stressed in DR. Just frustrated at the design decisions that damaged a truly fantastic game.

As long as the graphics aren't TOO bad, I think the changes they're making should actually IMPROVE the gameplay. Thats a rare situation indeed.

subnet6

Thats the best kotaku summary image i've seen in a long time. Ftw guys, ftw.

iLov3

brilliant photo add for a somewhat ok game incorporated with yet again more waggle friendly controls

Go Team Venture

"they're not going to dumb down their game so a few people can take their time."

You wouldn't have to dumb it down at all, just make some different design decisions. I mean, honestly, it was pretty lame that you had to be in the control room at a very specific time, even thought the development that occurred there wasn't time sensitive. It just felt contrived and I'll be glad if they fix it.

subnet6

Everyone complaining about the difficulty of the game should know that my wife completed it a few times and had no trouble. She's nowhere near what I would call a hardcore gamer, just a huge fan of movies and games with zombies.

jaz

@sunpop: You do realize he can still be a photographer without actually making it part of the gameplay, right?

If it means not having to put up with Otis, I'd gladly sacrifice the ability to take pictures.

Lezard

no photo mode...so frank the freelancer photographer for the news paper doesn't have a camera and he cant take one from the stores loaded with cameras in the mall? Is he really honest even during the apocalypse or just a shitty photographer?

sunpop

so frank west, photojournalist, plunges into a zombie infested mall... and forgets his camera? lets see how they work that out.

kratos1010

For those complaining about the difficulty, Fabrice is right---you pretty much *have* to play it through once to level up, then play again with boosted stats (there are some people who got through it the first time, but they are FREAKS and must be DESTROYED). I actually wrote about how the need tor replay affects the storytelling (shamelss plug alert) on my blog, at [thatfuzzybastard.blogspot.com]

Losing photo mode is bizarre, though---are they going to change the story so he's not a photographer any more, or are they just losing that gameplay element, and related missions. Hmmm---that means the sexy photo shoot in the security room is gone, doesn't it? So sad!

That Fuzzy Bastard

@NecronomiconUK: Hey, jackass. Don't go calling Japanese people "Japs." It's extremely rude.

Lezard

@NecronomiconUK: *PC <-- 360

NecronomiconUK

@SAKY: I get enough stress from work than have to have it balls up a potentially excellent title like Dead Rising. DR on the PC could have been something really special but instead the designers made some bold choices that flew in the face of fun. This appears to be a running theme of many Jap developers to make some really crazy design choices that may seem smart to them, just serve to piss off most gamers.

Grats to Capcom for finding a clue and fixing the most broken thing about DR for the Wii version, it's unforgiving structure. Shame it will be at the expense of the fantastic graphical content of the 360 vers and removing the awesome photo mode.

NecronomiconUK

Thats what I call an Uncanny Valley!

Mecharine

@Lezard:
+++

I would have gone with "banably racist," but rude works as well.

Interstella5555

I'm the only one who got the WarioWare joke? :D

Chopper_Mike

@jello44: I believe they said that another boss would be added for the Wii version, so he might actually be a replacement for Kent, if they did indeed remove him.

Lezard

MMMMM Jessie. I just want to lay my head on those pillows.

And what is going to happen with that other Photographer (I forget his name...) that you have to fight later on (provided you completed his tasks), is he just going to be outright removed?

jello44

@Interstella5555: & @Lezard: I didn't call anyone 'Japs', I used 'Jap' as short hand for Japanese. A very common abbreviation just like 'Brit' is used for British. If you are gonna get all sensitive over abbreviations then I'd advise taking a step back from the modern world, wrap yourself in bubble wrap and lie down somewhere.

NecronomiconUK

@NecronomiconUK: That is a horribly ignorant excuse. "Jap" is a racial slur not unlike any number of other highly offensive terms that refer specifically to specific ethnicities or nationalities.

If you're only excuse for using it is that it's a convenient abbreviation, then you, sir, should be the one to wrap yourself in bubble wrap, because you've already managed to disconnect yourself from the modern world.

Lezard

The only thing I would want to see in a Wii port is a proper save system!

Bumbuliuz

maybe this is my addiction to Beyond Good& Evil talking, but getting rid of the camera mode in a game about a photojournalist sounds rather counterintuitive

Zombie_Moogle

@Lezard: Why is it offensive? Please, explain to me. Does the word Jap imply any sort of inferiority on the behalf of the Japanese people? Don't get me wrong, I KNOW it's offensive and I would never use it, but I never understood why. It's stupid, really. I mean, what if Americans all one day decided that "white" was offensive and started suing people and whatnot? It would be silly! And people of African descent generally don't take offense at being called "black." And like he said, it's no different than "brit" used in lieu of "British person."

The ONLY difference between jap and brit is that the British were never discriminated against or mistreated.

Spiffyness

@Spiffyness: It has more to do with the original context it was used, as a shorthand slur during World War II. Once a word is used as a slur, it's pretty much always a slur. It's not like you can take back that historical connotation.

Dirk Dorkelson

@Jeff Paine: Uh... was this comment misdirected? I've done nothing but defend the game and its structure in this thread, man.

@That Fuzzy Bastard: I read your blog post when you linked it in the last Dead Rising Wii thread, and I found it really insightful! It really elucidated a lot of the reasons why I find this game to be so great -- it's one that really allows you to project your own experience onto the proceedings. If you want to play it as a survival horror game, you easily can, and I don't think one element has been given enough credit in lending the game such malleability: the mall setting itself! It's perfectly rendered, and gives off a real sense of casual menace.

In a way, I think that's why this game serves as a better remake of "Dawn of the Dead" than the 2004 film of the same name did. The game rips off themes and ideas from Dawn of the Dead wholesale, naturally, but I'm amazed that the developers managed to understand that the mall itself should come off as such a blandly imposing location.

tokeytorey

Pretty sounds like a modded version of RE4. Probably won't be great, but I always wanted to try this game, but don't have a 360. It'll be worth a rental.

Benjo

@quen: sorry, replying to my own post just to add an example of the time limits thing... it's a long time ago but there was an Amiga game called, I think, 'Midwinter'. It was set in an island that had frozen over, some kind of ice age thing, anyway there was a bit of a war going on or something and you needed to travel between all these little inhabited huts among the mountains and convince the inhabitants to join your cause. Some of them had medical stations etc where you could fix your leg when you broke it skiing over a cliff, some places you could get a snow-cat or a hang-glider, etc. Anyway it was a really great game and skiing and all the vehicles were fun, the graphics were awesome for the time, etc. But what happened was you were playing it perfectly happily and then suddenly it would be like 'oh the enemy have now conquered everyone, game over'.

Obviously it was a strategy thing and what you needed to do was (a) not break your leg skiing, and (b) plan a route to get to the most important people as quickly as possible. but that wasn't fun. skiing and driving and hang-gliding was fun. skiing and driving and hang-gliding and then suddenly 'game over' was just depressing. ;)

Maybe it's largely because I was a kid at the time... but still, I think what I'm getting at is that some people (mys'elf included) don't really like games which are designed so that you have to replay them several times in order to do it as efficiently as possible and therefore win. We'd rather that 'slow and steady progress' would be sufficient (so you know, if I take ages to complete a level, as long as I get past it in the end, that hasn't screwed up the rest of the game for me). Yep, that isn't remotely 'realistic' but it's just a video game...

quen

@Lezard:

Actually it's somewhat acceptable in different idioms like my native one but as people post in english others automatically assume they are biggots. I didn't know about the japanese/jap issue before chatting with someone and learning it was a term used by the US army yonks ago. I do see the issue but when you don't know the history of the term, it's just like calling United States of america USA. This kind of shit could happen to anybody.

Fabrice

@Spiffyness: I think you'll find certain British people may have been discriminated against and mistreated by the Japanese in WW2. ;)

That aside the reason 'Jap' is offensive is just because it was typically used that way. Same as 'gippo' for gypsy, or 'paki' (in UK) for Pakistani, etc. Just a shortening of the word, but one that's used with an intent to belittle in meaning as well as in length... so even when used innocently without that intent, it still holds some of the meaning.

@Dirk Dorkelson: to note again I haven't played Dead Rising (looking forward to it). I very much agree with your criticism of games that tell you something is 'urgent' when you can actually take as long as you like, that hugely annoys me, but my opinion is actually kind of the opposite - yes, they should only say that when they really mean it, but rather than ensuring they really mean it, I'd prefer they didn't say it! I hate time limits. (Oh, and if there is a time limit, bloody well give me a countdown in the corner of the screen or something, so I know it's for real.)

quen

Well it's about time Capcom's persistant Wii-port abuse brought in another ringer.

Now if they can only slot it's release sometime between Deadspace and RE:5..then I'll be a happy [undead-slaughtering] camper.

Posthaus

@quen: Yeah, in Dead Rising, you have a watch. And you have to be certain places at certain times. But you can always check your watch, and you get heads-ups about major events where you sort of HAVE to be there. So it's really more about managing your time than "drive the warthog through the last level of Halo before the timer expires."

And other, nonrequired plot events would happen other places at certain times. I thought it was pretty cool. I think a lot of my loving DR had to do with my playing it right after I finished "Oblivion," which was horrible with the false sense of urgency. The contrast between the two was really marked.

Dirk Dorkelson

This is great news, the whole timed based mission is the reason why i stopped playing it haha.

valhum

Still no PC port? I mean, Capcom's ported their other console games to PC (Lost Planet, Devil May Cry), so why not this? Is it that terribly difficult to port from a 360 to a PC?

Maltose

WOAH CLEAVAGE GIMMMMMMME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

themule

@Emiat: Hehe. Funny stuff

alienorgy69

about half of the xbox360 games would run on wii using 480p res. and low res. textures... once you get a very high polygon, like Gears of War, that doesn't work.

VakeroRokero

Smile for the money shot!

Pandaschreck

I loved the non-linearity of the 360 version. It is still my favorite 360 game to date.

tranzparentl

No word about the stupid save system ? Or the number of zombies on screen ?

@spite_nihilo: You should like, go to a scrip club, dude. Or, like, watch real pornon the net. Just to recalibrate your idea of raunchiness...

Franssu

So they made the game easier for those who complained about it being too hard to finish. Only on the Wii.

Tull

I am glad N64 is making a comeback as seen on the Wii's version graphics.

gencid

Hmmmm. Sounds...what's the word? Lame as piss.

ViolentSpank24

I predict this game will sell on the Wii, despite any possible shortcomings vs. the 360 version, if we keep getting shots like this. And yes, the elephant wouldn't be a bad baton, but tug-of-war wins it over here...I mean, uh, dude look at those polygons go!

megsuma

Wow, they`ve taken out everything that made the 360 version so good, even 90% of the zombies are gone.

PITwelve

At first I was thinking, "Why the fuck would they do this?" and after reading a little about it I actually feel it could be a snazzy idea.

I will admit I did take pictures of Jessie's boobs and I will admit I will miss doing that too.

K.N.I.V.E.S.

hi friend

colorerose

hellooooooo

colorerose

Oooo "The Money Shot"

Haha I jest, Although this picture does an excellent job of convincing me that I could do that to her :P

Phizzo89

Sounds gooo-oood.

Chicopollo

I like bewbs

Lukems

I know a lot of us (including myself) disagree with the changes because they really made the game what it is, we need to understand why they are changing it. I'm guessing it's to make the game easier and less stressful so casual gamers aren't intimidated by the system. That aside, I thought the original version was brilliant. They made you make choices on who you save and it really built the stress factor. Plus it made the game replayable. Was a great game, and personally I found the camera system funny and helpful, as it helped you level up.

paeper

Not tits photograph, no game worth mentioning.

jmill87

You guys are so politically incorrect with that screenshot. That was fun.

wlodi

@spite_nihilo: seriously???????????????

freespeech

eh, doubt ill pick this up, all i want is Dead Rising 2 please capcom =/

SirThoraxe

Unless they take out the convicts in Leisure Park, I'm still iffy on the purchase.

Weegi

@tralfaz23: those arn;t Naomi's boobs.
>_>
...I'd know.

osaka-kun

I don't think this is going to be good. It feels like they ripped out the soul of dead rising....and made it just a damn RE clone

Lumice

@scotty:

Lmao Classic.

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