ya know on one hand I'm all "FUCK YOU CAPCOM, RELEASE IT FOR PS3 ALREADY MISTER "WE'RE TOTALLY MULTIPLATFORM NOW WE SWEAR >.>" on the other hand i have a wii so this is still great news :D

demonknightinuyasha

@themm: Then buy a Wii instead

zlimness

As others have pointed out, this move is pretty random. There's nothing about the controls in Dead Rising that fit the Wii in any particular way. RE4 was different. And achievement points made this game. Hell, most of the content in the game is built around achievement points, and now when PS3 is bringing out a similar system and the Wii doesn't, makes you wonder. But Im pretty sure it has something to do with money, as always.

Ah well, make a port with some dignity at least.

zlimness

I really wanted to love this game, when I got my 360 I grabbed a copy right away. Problem is, I liked some of it but was really disappointed that the whole thing was time limited. Works for lots of people, but I just found it very restricting psychologically. I think it was the knowledge that I'd *have* to fail at certain missions and stuff in order to make it through to being picked up by the chopper (unless I was some sort of god). The restarting and keeping my stats isn't something I've done in a game since the original Diablo, and that didn't have a time limit and was quick to get through.

I really like zombies though, and Frank West instantly became one of my favourite jerks after literally a couple of hours play!

Kazzahdrane

So this is the Capcom game Ngamer was teasing about?

M

I think the Wii can probably handle lots of zombies on screen or else Capcom probably wouldn't be making this game.

dowingba

intresting....I hope they improve the game also. The save system and partner AI needs work.

akilshohen

big blow to microsoft not seeing this coming. maybe twice the
action. :)

zkotaku

Come think of it, they could have just put it on PS3. If they are targeting this Dead Rising for Japanese audience, I am sure they ahve quite a lot of PS3 too...

Jestersage

great. thats....so great....kinda bought the 360 for this and banjo....and recently too....this plus the price cut....i'm so happy with my 360 experience so far

themm

The screens provided actually look pretty good. Granted, they're tiny, but they look impressive and there are a lot of enemies on screen.

I lent my 360 copy to a friend and it has been lost forever since he doesn't live here anymore; so if the game controls well and doesn't look like asshole, I'll buy it.

I also have a feeling that this will sell 1 Million copies easy in it's first 3 months.

Grocerspride

@Overlord44: Please don't bring me down here dude. Seriously, I wouldn't be able to take it. It like a game. An actual game. For the game console that I dropped 250 bucks on. D:

skyoon

Nice idea, but it's going to suffer compared to the original simply because Wii doesn't have the graphical horsepower. I hate to think how the huge crowds of zombies you can get on the 360 version are (or as it happens, AREN'T) going to work on this.

Overlord44

@Alan Brody: that's just dumb

Pornosaur

Well, at least the other Japanese company take heed... So it's good for us Wii owners!

Come think of it, both Wii and Zombies are veyr similar
a) They slow and cumbersome
b) They are annoying enough that you want to kil them
c) There are a lot of them
d) No matter how much you bash them, they just raise up even more.
c) They both want to rot your brains.

Jestersage

@DragonSphere: My thoughts exactly.

AngelMayLaugh

@King of Fun UK: Yeah, without those hordes, it wouldn't be Dead Rising.

I'm really starved for Wii games, so I hope they can pull this off.

Thorax

wait....WHA!??!

Didn't they JUST say this wasnt going to happen the other day!?

JauntyHat

Capcom, I know you're listening so take heed: Dead Rising is probably one of the better games you've made this generation. Please, for the love of god, do not fuck a port up. The more people that play it the better (and more chance of a sequel!) so try to leave a good impression with people.

Burguois

wow thats fucking random. cant wait very intrested in what they will do with the controls cause i already know i love the game.

bobdisgea

Wow, this sounds interesting and if done well it could be the most technically advanced Wii game. However...if they fuck it up, it will be a 10-zombies-on-screen-and-character-models-you've-seen-better-in-Starfox-Adventures slugfest. I hope for the first, simply because Dead Rising is one of the greatest games ever in my opinion and the game needs all the love it can get. Hopefully Capcom won't wait too long to announce DR2 for 360 now.

EvilFiek

I'd like to thank Capcom for picking up the Wii awesome wagon when Nintendo failed to do so at this year's conference.

Kenzo287

I'm going to reserve judgment until some hands on pop up. But that hasn't ever stop people to bash a game before.

madman83

Holy shit!

...

Dragon Quest V!

Medicine Seller [ZTF]

....

WHAT!?

Please don't take this as Wii-bashing, but how the fuck is this possible? That's like "Crysis confirmed for the 32X!"

Also, why not PS3? I don't own one, but I'd love for my PS3 owning friends to have some DR.

ShaggE

@Thorax: My memory is pretty shitty, but if I remember rightly, Dead Rising was developed on a beta development kit, meaning it only used one of the three 3.2ghz (correct me if i'm wrong here), CPU cores in the 360.

Still, the Wii has basically two GCN's of technology inside it and getting this to work is going to be an extremely tall order. Well, getting this to work with way less enemies is no issue, but half of the difficulty and feel of the original was getting through the fucking hordes of zombie bastards.

King of Fun UK

I....oh my god.....

/runs in other room to blow dust off wii

skyoon

Yeah! Now I won't ever consider a 360 elite. Seriously, I can do without the Gears and the Halos and whatever, but Dead Rising was the juggernaut exclusive that made me shell out $300 to buy the system (of which I returned promptly upon game completion) AND gave the system any credibility.

I seriously can't wait. Using the Wii controls to hack down zombies with a bat among other appliances sounds like loads of fun.

Alan Brody

I find it amusing that despite the fact that the Wii is more than twice as powerful than the Gamecube and more powerful than the original Xbox, people still make silly comments about how many enemies can be on the screen at the same time, etc.

This isn't my cup of tea, but it's good news indeed.

Zunnoab

I'm really looking forward to this. I enjoyed the demo for Dead Rising on my friend's 360, but I have no desire to ever pick up that console. Even scaled back, I'm sure this will be a fun experience. I mean, I liked the original Dawn of the Dead.

Gospel X

@Renore:
Same here. Well, technically it was one of a few reasons to get a 360 rather than a PS3:

1. Since I am an American, most people I know have 360s.
2. Dead Rising
3. Crackdown
4. Katamari (Based on the reviews, I can definitely do without this one.)

I am very curious to see if it is ported as nicely as Bully and Godfather.

kingofallcosmos

@Lyrai: The same way things were unlocked since 1980. There just won't be achievements.

stevenjazz787

In other news, hell has frozen over.

Seriously, that's all I can think of to add. This was a launch(ish) game for the 360 that showed off the new technology. And now they think they can port it to a console with the abilities of a Gamecube?

Man, if they pull this off, Capcom will gain an infinite amount of respect from me.

Thorax

ok whats with all the money grubbing ports..i swear to god gameing world has gone to shit all they want is Money Money Money to hell with us they say. lol to bad i allready got this on 360.

Raziel Dune

OK, great, the Wii is inferior graphically and, in some ways, can prove difficult to operate around the Wii remote, and lacks (for now) in option-packed online multiplayer. Great games can still be made for it. I have hope for this Dead Rising go, but will remain skeptical until I play it. Slashing at zombies with an imaginary chainsaw could be awesome. Or tire you out.

mrpibb79

They chose the Wii over the PS3 to port this....? Pfft.

DragonSphere

@AZRockslide: Too early to say that, lol.

@Renore: Sorry to be a nag, but I own a 360 and enjoy it quite a lot with it's exclusives (Mass Effect, Gears at times, NG2, and so and so) and even with the worry of the red rings on the back of my mind.. I'm still happy with the console I've purchased, and I play it a lot more often then my Wii, and if I had a PS3, I wouldn't touch that often since my 360 takes most of my time.

Of course Xbox Live is a huge factor here.

Pattypie

@NeVeRMoRe666: nearly 1 year is a really really big corner T_T

Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.

Heh. What's next? Lost Planet Wii? XD

GenRedLeader

@NeVeRMoRe666:
That corner's still a long way away, and it remains to be seen whether the co-op system is going to help or hinder RE5. I'm guessing it's gonna hurt it, since sharing precious green herbs with an AI controlled partner CAN'T be a good thing.

Archaotic

@Renore: Good enough, was just tyring to give a heads up that the game is very flawed in it's 360 incarnation. Of course if your a zombie nut like a lot of us are it can be overlooked. Can't blame you on balking at a 360 for hardware relability, had one red ring myself. Two weeks without was a pain in the ass.

Pornosaur

Hopefully this time with readable text!

Grind_Axis

@Archaotic: Don't worry my friend, RE5 is just around the corner!!

NeVeRMoRe666

God, I hated this game. The controls and save system just pissed me off. Horrible, horrible design decisions. I hope the western DR2 is... well, more western.

Touy

@Pornosaur:

Well, it wasn't THE reason, it was just A reason.

I have a gaming PC that can run Crysis well enough, and a Wii.

I'll be getting a PS3 because MGS4 interests me a lot more then any other exclusive the 360 has and because of it's reliability. I don't want to worry about the red rings.

Renore

As craptacular as this may turn out, I kinda wish Nintendo mentioned it in their press conference

Lijik

I hope you guys enjoy this game as much as I did!

SupaPhly

What the hell, I just started playing it again. Gotta get those last few achievements.

...how will they do unlocks in the Wii version, I wonder.

Lyrai

I cant really see this working. For it to be any decent Capcom would have to rewrite the whole game. And they won't

Gremory

@Renore: If that was your sole reason for getting a 360 I would't bother either, the game really makes you earn it with god awful control and horrible design descions. Some ideas in it do mesh very nicely but it's definetly a pleasure vs pain game. It will be interesting to see what kind of reworking they do on the Wii version. Of course one of the better aspects of the game was the farily good graphics and pure joygasm amount of zombies on screen which would seem to be a hinderance on the Wii platform.

Pornosaur

haha so will this be the first non last gen port wii will get? Hopefully this will not downgrade the experience to those wii players. dead rising was a pretty awesome game.

mythus

A waggle-tastic Dead Rising port for Wii and PS3 still doesn't even see a single zombie. Depressing. It's like Capcom doesn't want PS3 owners to be able to chainsaw zombies in the face.

I love Dead Rising to death, probably more than almost any next-gen game I've played so far, but this is totally unnecessary and a little bit insulting to see.

Archaotic

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QuiLink

/me puts tranq dart in his neck ala Will Ferrel in "Old School"

That's fucking crazy duuude.

Pornosaur

Omg, I imagine that there will be less enemies on screen at once then.

Pattypie

Qlink hasn'r posted in here yet? Wow.

As far as this port goes, can' say I'm surprised. Still, the RE4 port was great, and if putting this on the Wii can help the gun controls, it may be worth while.

AZRockslide

Well that's kind of... ridiculous, but the more people that get to play this game (my favorite ever made), the better. I just hope it's a competent port and that Wii owners won't get stiffed on a bad purchase.

They might as well go ahead and port it to PS3 and PC while they're at it, why not? Seriously, everyone should play this game!

tokeytorey

Nintendo: Ah..that was a excellent press conference..

Ok, dump all those other games that core gamers care about at once. Thinking they could take up Wii Sports Resort's spotlight. I mean really.

Hyperfludd

Well, there goes my sole reason for getting a 360.

Thankfully.

Renore

what, What, WHAT?!

PAULINK

Awesome, I love Dead Rising. Can't count how many times I played through it.
But having said that, I already own it. On my 360. No need for a Wii port for me. But I'm happy for all the people who didn't play it before and will get to enjoy it!

Poison

Just to make a note, even though the Wii seems quite a bit less powerful on paper than the 360 the actual performance gap is a good bit less than everyone blathers on about. Rather than producing a massive powerhouse Nintendo consoles are built around optimising what's there. Look at Twilight Princess, that was originally a cube game and it ended up looking better than a lot of the early 360 games.

Odin

if this game was famously know for being responsible for the first cases RROD, how could they port it? If it pushed the 360 to it's limits? My guess is that the graphics aren't going to be, in the words of my good friend frank west, FANTASTIC! I don't know. Shit is possible, but I have to see it.

SW33TLOU

Well, I'm buying this.
Seriously, I loved what I played on the 360, and now I can play something similar without buying a new console.
Sure, a direct port from 360 to Wii is craziness, but what the hell!
This better come to the US so I can beat a zombie to death with a bass guitar using motion controls.

TheCleaningGuy

I... I... I think i'm crying tears of joy.... The tears they flow like waterfalls.....

I can't wait to beat up zombies with electric guitars, toy swords, megabusters, and shopping carts.

LuppyLuptonium

If they fix the save system then this is definitely a for-sure purchase.

NPC

How? HOW? ... Maybe if they use sprite based zombies?

munkah

I hope they fix the frustratingly stupid AI and broken save system. The game works best as a sandbox, so hopefully they'll dump the time limit too.

photoboy

This game is great on 360 its the reason I brought the console. But from idea of the wiis tech capabilites I get from my wii games I doubt it will be anywhere near as good. If they manage to make a decent port hats off to them, although I see alot of things being cropped for the wii version.

kenjara

Holy. Has anyone noticed the picture of Werewolf Sonic from Sonic Unleashed? It's in one of the Famitsu scans in the source link.

MeleeKirby

I really wanted to like Dead Rising. But for me, it was only ok-ish. The ever deteriorating weapons were a huge turn-off for me, so I packed my far too small inventory full with books for the small chainsaws, leaving nearly no space for health items. Also, the save system was a huge disappointment. And I had disc read errors every few hours, even after getting a replacement copy of the game. This is the only game this happens with, so I guess my dvd drive works fine and it must be the game.

This is the one game I REALLY want proper old-school Cheats for.

TheBard

@zlimness: I already had one before i got my 360. I have the PS3 as well. You would think they'd put it on that. Does Keiji just not like the PS3 or something?

themm

Yeah Capcom said a major next-gen franchise was coming to Wii, so it had to be either this or Lost Planet. With the Lost Planet obsession they've had as of late, I thought it was gonna be Lost Planet, but I guess I was wrong. I didn't think they'd dumb this game down to the point of getting it to work on Wii (look at the small amount of zombies onscreen in the scan), but I guess they did.

Don't you lose a lot of the greatness that Dead Rising is by taking away the massive amounts of zombies onscreen at one time?

Mit

I thought that Dead Rising was pretty bad. I think it was popular mainly because there wasn't a whole hell of a lot of good stuff to play on the 360 at the time it came out. I might give it a second shot on the Wii, but they would really need to improve a lot of their dumb design decisions to convince me.

Wubbytoes

there seems to be a few more scans added on the source link

SupaPhly

Nice, Capcom. Knowing Capcom this will most likely be a good port, and hopefully they will fix some of the faults of the original, but I would've preferred a RE2 Remake or new game based on RE5.
Keep on trolling HD fanboys...

Bluetribal

Let me get this straight. Capcom's actually porting a game that was originally intended for "next-gen" technology (as in tons of graphical and polygonal horsepower) to the Wii? Seriously?

Capcom, I demand that you do the same for Street Fighter IV, RE5 and Bionic Commando. (I know, it'll probably never happen, but one can dream...)

MeleeKirby

Give me cheats, give me a good save system, and I might play it again.

Crab_Botherer

Did not see that milky cow coming...

phextin

HOLY SHIT!

I am totally getting this game for the Wii!
I am so psyched! This makes me so happy!

Dead Rising is my favorite game for the 360 and now i'm excited that it'll be ported to my favorite console.

manabu

People whining about the save system, item detoriation, time limits... jesus, it's like you never played survival horror before.

These elements put the survival in survival horror. You're supposed to be scared to die, scavenging for resources, and living on borrowed time. The game wouldn't be survival if you could save anywhere and if Frank could pick up one baseball bat and be set for the entire game. The tension would disappear. Whining about time limits is whining to the extreme. Beating story mode is easy if you ignore survivors. If you ignore everything, you get hours of uninterrupted play. The time limits are only an issue if you try to save all survivors, and it's like that to create a challenge. I know, today's gamers cry in the face of challenges. They want games to beat themselves. Sorry, some developers still have the backbone to make a difficult game.

AI issues, notwithstanding. Survivor AI sucks, no disputing that.

Congrats to Wii owners who haven't yet played this gem! Not an AAA game by gaming public standards, but a top-notch B-movie/game through and through. Fans of survival horror should die in throes of joy.

Xiedo

What was so wrong with the save system? I had no problems with it.
Any time this game comes up, I read "if it wasnt for the save system sucking so bad..." comments every time. The ONLY problem I had with the game was the AI of the survivors (that and the fact that I played the game for so long, it made my 1st 360 red-ring). The deteriorating weapons and time limit made the game more interesting and challenging for me. It even made it more realistic to me. Think about it. Your swords will eventually become dull. Chainsaws will eventually run out of gas. Objects will break or bend to the point of being unusable eventually.

Real_fn_Show

Hell yes, this is all sorts of awesome!!!!

dead_red_eyes

@themm: i can basicly promse you that the wii version will be bowhere what the 360 one is, seriously

kommanderk

The gears in my brain are grinding pretty bad right now.

ca$h

aw man.. this is one of the games i wanted a 360 for. If it doesn't suck on wii, they totally have my purchase, though I'd prefer it on ps3.

Polite Society

well well well, looks like we're finally moving up from the ps2-ports!

nikolaj

@Odin: Absolutely agreed.

This game will have plenty of zombies. Probably just as many as the 360 version. It just won't be in 720p.

dowingba

Whaaaa!??? Now we'll see how good the graphics can really be on the Wii. I gotta see this.

Netnavi

@SW33TLOU:
It didn't push the 360 "to it's limits", you didn't have to push early 360's to their limits at all for them to RROD. Merely sneeze in their general direction.

Odin

@Renore: "sole reason"?... Seriously? Dead Rising?
The 360 has a lot of good games out and a lot of great games coming! But if you want to spend $400 just to play MGS4, that's your call!

henri1kk

Maybe they'll fix that awfully dratted hard to read text...

MelodyKitn

@Renore: You were on the edge of buying a 360 for years? with a 2006 single player only zombie game?

LMFAO

Murderdolls

@MeleeKirby:

Crazy Ain't it? I'm sure someone saw this coming, but it certainly wasnt me.

JauntyHat

@Odin:

The gap is incredibly large, TP was a horrible looking game on the Wii when compared to the early next gen games. PDZ, Kameo, Ridge Racer 6, and even the ports like Gun all looked infinately better than TP.(Yes, I have TP and have beaten TP on the Wii) Ive even connected my Wii via the component cables and it still just looks way to grainy for me. The textures, are just not there in any way anymore, NG on the original xbox looks better than any Wii title to date imo.(as well as better than a few of the early games on the 360/PS3)

Anyways, im sure this game will turn out fine. It will likely not look as good and im 90% sure the motion controls will screw things up, but the core fun should still be there. So wii owners are in for a treat. And I agree that the game should be ported to the PS3 too, but who knows when/if that will ever happen.

RuneX21

@Mucki: I don't get it. Why does every game have to hold your hand through the whole thing. I thought that was what tutorials were for. God forbid you guys ever play anything like Ikaruga.

Cheats?? (shakes head) Theres no cheats when the dead walk the earth...

NeVeRMoRe666

@Real_fn_Show: (last post maybe...) Exactly. The game is frustratingly hard to start but when you level up, read a bunch of books and/or get the clowns chainsaws, it really isn't that bad. When you become Mega-man Bwhahaha Zombies...Watch out!!

NeVeRMoRe666

@NeVeRMoRe666: Like many people *who* have posted here.

Sorry typo..I'm going to bed you wackos!

NeVeRMoRe666

@Xiedo: Very well put!

@Mucki: Again, WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE SAVE SYSTEM?!
Is Dead Rising the first game ever where you can only save in certain areas? What was bad about finding a restroom in A MALL in order to save? There was one in pretty much every area in the game!

Also, when you level up, you receive more inventory slots that eventually reach almost across the screen by the time you reach level 50. You have plenty of room for items, just play through the game!

Who ever bitches about this game needs to read Xeido's post above.

Real_fn_Show

@Renore: Like many people have posted here, there are several great reasons to get an xbox. Mass Effect, Gears of War, BioShock, Dead Rising, And if you like zombies, the console exclusive Left 4 Dead. Not to mention Banjo Kazooie (I'm very excited about it :) ) or the many incoming jrpgs. With the way things are going what with FFXIII coming to xbox and all, I wouldn't be surprised if MGS came eventually (Don't flame me!!).

With regards to RROD, I definitely understand the concern but as I have posted in the past, I've had my xbox for two years now, my gf also has one (an elite) same with my brother, some cousins and a handful of friends and I've never seen a RROD. So I really wouldn't let that effect your decision. It's not like you're totally on an island. Microsoft has a three year warrenty for that sort of thing. You could also purchase service plans from Best Buy or better yet, pick up an xbox at Costco- they have a super super leniant return policy. At $299 + free games, you really can't lose.

Don't get me wrong, I also like my PS3 but I wouldn't suggest you forking over $400+ just for one game. Right now I'm not totally happy with it. I might be when Little Big Planet comes out but thats just my opinions so take it with a grain of salt. All I'm saying is keep your options open.

Hope to see you on live!

@Archaotic: oooh...(scratches head) better late than never! I'm sure Capcom after RE4 can't make anything but gold!

NeVeRMoRe666

@Pornosaur: @Gremory: @Touy: Why?

@Thorax: Actually it has the abilities of a Wii.

Desmondia

And nintendo didn't announce this...why?

trogam

Save system, time limits, crappy survivor AI; whatever.

This has been one of the better games this gen. I played through several times and enjoyed every minute. I hope everyone can have a chance to play Deadrising whatever your fandome restricts you to. Triple supported Adam chainsaw ftw.

gogators88

@TheBard:
Totally agree. I wanted to love this one but it's just so frustrating. So much fun when you have a katana or another great weapon and turn hundreds of zombie into a bloody mess. I even found the story and characters really interesting.
But no Checkpoints, time limit, the awful save system, easily breakable weapons, much too small inventory make it nearly unplayable for a bad gamer like myself.
Cheats would make it so much more fun. Is there some kind of Game Genie or something for the 360?

Also, I think it's pretty strange that they don't even have full voice-acting.

Oh well, let's look forward to Dead Rising 2 and see what they make of the Wii Version. If anyone can pull it off without too many compromises it might just be Capcom.

Mucki

This was the game on the Xbox360 that I had the most fun playing, so this is good news for a Wii owner such as myself. Of course, I own a US Wii, so is there going to be a US Wii version? Reading it in Famitsu makes me wonder.

feitclub

@Real_fn_Show: @NeVeRMoRe666:
Calm down guys, I'll try to explain.
First of all try to understand not everyone plays games for the same reasons. I don't play to get frustrated, to replay large chunks of a game because of the lack of Checkpoints.
I am a competitive martial artist so I have this for a hobby that challenges me, I play games to get immersed in an awesome setting, interesting story/characters etc.

So yeah, maybe Dead Rising just isn't the game for me, but damn I love zombies and the game does so much right. I guess they should have just included several difficulties.

So the save system; what I don't like about it is the fact that you can fuck up your whole game in saving at the wrong moment (because there is only 1 slot).
And yes I also would like to be able to save any time I want, come on, is this 1996?
In a survival horror game like Resident Evil (which I loved and played all of the main series) I totally see the point of scarce ammo and savepoints but Dead Rising is more like action horror or survival action to me, so I don't think it supports tension here or something, it's just damn annoying.

Oh well, each to his own.

Oh and sorry for my bad English, German guy here.

Mucki

@kylenalepa: That said, I loved Dead Rising, so exposing even one more person to the game makes porting it to the Wii worth it, I think.

kylenalepa

@Mucki: Dude, your English was perfect. Don't worry about it. :)

As for the topic at hand, I think it's really weird that it'll be coming to the Wii before the PS3 or the PC. I mean, I don't even really see how they would be able to do it. Porting Resident Evil 4 was different because it was developed for the Gamecube, so the hard work was already done. Porting Dead Rising, on the other hand, seems like it would be a substantial amount of work for a product that clearly does not cater to the Wii's target audience. I can't see someone who normally plays Wii Sports and Wii Fit going out and buying Dead Rising. Meanwhile, the people who own a Wii and would be interested in Dead Rising probably already own an Xbox 360 and have bought it on there.

kylenalepa

@Mucki: I completely agree that there were issues with the save system. I can understand the place of sparse save points in setting both the mood and sense of urgency in survival horror games, but Dead Rising, while containing elements of both survival and horror, didn't feel like a survival horror game - it felt far more arcade-y. Can't recall a single point in the game where I actually felt any sort of fear/dread, it was much more 'joyous zombie kill time.'

I've no issue with difficulty and almost always side with the argument that gamer's have become too use to being babied, but that save system was nothing short of tedious. Dead Rising's really not a game I'd consider difficult (save for trying to take on Psychopaths when ill-equipped), and the micromanagement of seeking out a save point after every menial task you complete to eliminate the risk is an outright bother, but dying in some arbitrary way only to find you have to replay the last 20-30 minutes of the game (which wasn't hard, mind you, just time consuming) is frustrating as all hell.

Yes it was still playable and you learned to cope, but it could've been done so much better. Hell, even automatically saving after completing a significant task would've been something. It didn't feel like the game actually gained anything from having the save system was it was.

That being said, I'm curious to see how this turns out, and whether or not the Wii will be powerful enough to adequately support it. Dead Rising was one of those games praised as literally not being possible last generation, with the amount of zombies on screen, etc, and seeing as the Wii is roughly as powerful as a Gamecube, ya gotta wonder. The mental image I'm getting is really bland and embarrassing. They'll probably figure somethin' out, though...hopefully.

Esplosion

I want this on PS3! Then DR2 please...

boots555

I am glad now there is a poor man's version of a great X360 game. I am not surprised at the slightest that games that people would actually play, like Dead Rising, Fatal Frame 4, Captain Gaynbow, Mad World, and Disaster: Day of Crisis didn't show up anywhere on Nintendo's conference.

gencid

awesome. man, i still need to get a 360, but i don't really have the cash. i've really wanted to play this, so i'm excited it's coming to a platform i own.

so much more exciting then wii sports 2...

pasquinelli

I just picked up a copy this weekend for the 360. I've played it before and loved it. I'm gonna have to put FFXII on hold again for a while.

jacksinn

@Pattypie: Yeah, a port usually doesn't decrease the number of enemies. It usually stays the same. I really think the Wii can handle oodles of zombies at 480p, IF Capcom isn't lazy (which, for any Wii developer, is a big if). Heck, they ported Okami over perfectly and gave it 16:9. And, as we all know, ports usually take a hit in the graphics dept. The fact that they could do this w/o graphical loss gives me some hope for their Wii programming abilities. In any case, my bro already owns this on the 360, but I'm taking the Wii to college, so this is in my purchase category now.

Ajax

@kylenalepa:
I only bought a Wii (I'm not made of money) and want decent games for it. This is manna from heaven. I really am tired of the perception problems with the Wii userbase - there are serious gamers out there who want good games for it, and that use the Wii's strengths, i.e. intuitive gameplay (that works! No more taped-on waggle).

@mjn328:
E3 is for the trade - i.e. what wares are going to be their most profitable or sell the most. They can announce the geeks and okatu games all year round, and the target audience will know via Kotaku anyway! E3 is to give mainstream journos and bad City financial analysts something to peg their perceptions on these days.

Chadders

Also, expect there to be less blood this time around. Can't have that on a Nintendo console these days. The zombies will instead thank you after clobbering them in the head with a bat, and promptly dissolve into a cloud of colorful stars that go into your pocket, allowing you to save the princess.

/end snarky troll bait

PapaBear434

I too am curious how the Wii will handle Dead Rising, which only makes me concerned it's going to be a grossly scrapped down port. That said, this is the opportunity for them to fix that pathetic excuse for a targeting system that was in the original. It's survival horror and the target reticle moves with all the enthusiasm of a fat man at a salad bar.

Señor Vorpal Kickass'o

Damn you, Capcom. All I've wanted is a PS3 version of Dead Rising so I wouldn't have to worry about my amazing ability to kill 360's deader than the zombies I'm fighting in the game. Hell, that game has personally saw to the death of at least three of my five systems, which conked out during various marathon sessions of said game.

And what do you do? You put out a Wii version? What the hell, Capcom? Give me some love.

Even though I swore to never replace another 360 after my fifth crapout, I've been eying my warranty paperwork and my old, trusty copy of Dead Rising (along with Crackdown too) and wondering if I'm really ready to go back to that abusive relationship I've head with Microsoft so far. Seriously, I'm looking at my copy of Dead Rising like a repentant alcoholic might look at a fifth of Johnny Walker.

How can a company that is capable of making such a great game be so cruel!?

PapaBear434

I am shocked, SHOCKED, that a third party is adding waggle and porting a game to the Wii instead of coming up with new games.

ビッグ ボス

I can't imagine that game running on the Wii, but the myriad weapons could be fun with the remote if they design it to use that inventively.

LongDarkBlues

@trogam: I'm starting to think E3 was for those who don't pay as much attention to what's coming out, and the leaks of information afterward were for all the people who would bother sifting through Kotaku, IGN and their ilk later on in the day, without a giant press conference forcing them to pay attention.

Nintendo went from "Hi, new stuff with the Wii moniker attached to it" at the conference to, "Oh, by the way, zombies, Pikmin sequel, more Mario, more Zelda all in the works, thanks" in a few hours, just through different venues of communication.

@Thorax: Really? About the only ability I care about is the one that allows me to have fun, and both the Wii and Cube have it in spades. Maybe zombie head splattering won't look as pretty on my Wii, but you can bet your ass their heads are still going to come off :-)

mjn328

@Raziel Dune: So uh, I don't have a 360, and will gladly fork my money over to the money grubbers making this available to me, k thanks.

Also, if they improve the controls (IR!) I'll be pleased.

mjn328

I'll wait for the PS3 version (and I even have a WII)

Snappywave

I don't see how this is going to turn out nice for the Wii.

y2julio

@PapaBear434: As long as you learned something.

Señor Vorpal Kickass'o

@Chadders: I'm with you on the misconceptions about the Wii user base as well. I was surprised to find out that they 30 or so games I've purchased at retail are actually all just waggle-fest mini game collections, and not primarily single-player affairs that keep me interested for more than nights with casual gaming friends and my grandmother.

Wii needs a quality FPS or two and for the RPGs in development to come out. Then the game collection will be pretty well rounded.

mjn328

The actual experience of Dead Rising is to have over a hundred zombies surrounding you.

I don't know if the Wii will be able to handle this but if it'S watered down, it's just not Dead Rising.

interstate78

@Hulkamaniac:

I'm honestly thinking that Sony did something big to piss off Capcom this generation. The only "good" news the PS3 got this year from them was really the porting of Lost Planet, and I say "good" news because it really was a rather lackluster port.

PapaBear434

@Chadders: Exactly! Your version was much more clear than mine though :-)

I blame the All-Star game last night. And the two hours I was up after it ended.

mjn328

I thought Microsoft said that this game was too powerful to run on PS3 and Wii. This is very interesting that the Wii ended up getting a port of the game instead of the PS3. Using the Wii motion sensor controls in this game will be very enjoyable.

Hulkamaniac

@jacksinn:

Have you learned nothing from Lifetime made-for-tv movies???

Well, yeah. I've learned that my penis is evil, and by extension so am I. And that even though I am a good man, husband, and father, sooner or later I'm going to snap and beat my wife and kids and stalk my family when they leave me to go stay at a beaten-woman commune (See also: Jennifer Lopez's movie "Enough.")

PapaBear434

@PapaBear434: Have you learned nothing from Lifetime made-for-tv movies???

jacksinn

@nikolaj: seriously!

Sintonado

This is pretty cool. Hopefully, the wii-mote will enable better gun controls, one of the major flaws in DR IMO. Loved the game, can't wait for it on Wii.

subnet6

Less zombies at once=less scary. Still, I'm intrigued.

supercrap

OMG this is fucking amazing news............MY HOPE IS BACK ON THE WII!!!!! yay!!!!!!!!

I have it on the 360 and have yet finished it but just the thought of waggling.......fun!!!!!!

valhum

Nintendo doesn't need that game, we have Animal Crossing!

Masterpain22

@mjn328:
FPSs, RPGs and Real Time Strategy! Especially if Motion Plus gives non-shaky mouse-esque control.

What I wouldn't give for a Wii version of even Red Alert 1 or Tiberian Sun... ! Or Populous!

As for my game collection, I like to think I've tried to buy the good ones. Okami is next on the list after Brawl.

@Hulkamaniac:
How can it be too powerful to run on a PS3?! Microsoft come up with some weird stuff.

Chadders

@Odin: I played about an hour of twilight princess after I finally opened it. There is nothing I've seen so far that approaches 360 games. There is some god awful textures in Zelda.

Pornosaur

...

O_O

HELL YES.

Totally didn't see this coming. With the Wii as my only current-gen system, I'm stoked.

TalKeaton: A Force to be Reckoned With

Really, Dead Rising was the only reason I had considered getting a 360 (I've got a gaming PC, so I already had access to 95% of the big 360 games anyway). Spiffy.

dry-roasted-peanuts

What a wii game that doesent suck? a wii game that isnt mario? a wii game that isnt casual crap? id love to see how they manage to get this onto the wii i always love to play the demo of dead rising tho its real fun. still needs alot more games like that for me to ever consider a wii

adamr999

Now there's a real reason to keep my Wii, after that shit conference yesterday I was ready to boot up Craigslist/Ebay and get out while the getting was good.

nyaz

Why do I get the feeling that Dead Rising will look like an N64 game?

Altima NEO

Oh. My god.

Well. I just hope this makes the sales of Dead Rising go mad in Japan so that Capcom will realize that they MUST get back the team behind the first one and develop '2' IN HOUSE.

But. Really. Why the hell not release it on PS3? I don't have one... I just want it to do well so Capcom will give the game more attention and stop thinking it's a title that will only sell in the US... which is only because they released it as a freaking 360 exclusive.

sir_carrot

@Masterpain22:

But it's the same Animal Crossing we've had for 5 years now! I was really disappointed with that City Folk announcement, and I really like Animal Crossing.

carrliadiere

My Second favourite game for the 360 trully a masterpiece where is my Dead Rising 2 CAPCOM!!!

Daxtinator

Woohoo!

Dukeman330

This is utterly bizarre. Dead Rising is literally one of the only games I'd consider to be genuinely "next gen", a perfect example of what the HD boxes can do. Now it's on the Wii?

"WTF" indeed.

stuminus3

Capcom just saved my Wii from becoming trade-in fodder.

stune

Darn it, I want a PC version! I really don't want to play this on the Wii (performance will probably suffer) and I don't want to buy a 360 for just one game.

Pezdispenser

Port to the Wii rather than the PS3??? what a joke!

Do they really think it will sell more on the Wii? Or is the porting that much cheaper?

TheHun

"Well, there goes my sole reason for getting a 360."

That's the best joke I've heard today. Good one. As if a 3 year old, terrible (almost) launch title for the 360 would convince anyone to not get a 360 at this point.

The sad thing here is that as bad as the graphics are on Dead Rising, they're going to be even worse of the Wii considering how feeble the Wii's graphics are. This should make an already bad game terrible.

thund3rstruck

Will it have an issue with the tiny text in SD. And hows the frame rate going to be?!? Screen shots are nice and all but i want to see the bastard in motion. Oh and Alan Brody youre a fucking fanboy and a half its sickening.

CenatorC

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Honestly, faults aside, Dead Rising is one of my favorite 360 games (I was just playing it the other night as a matter of fact). I just don't see how this could run on Wii without looking like crap in a Slurpee cup, with controls akin to swimming in said cup.

Mind you, I am currently playing RE4 for the first time - Wii version, to boot. Sure, you have the "waggle-to-dodge" thing here and there in RE4, but I can't see how you could even do all DR's special moves without it becoming cumbersome. And that's not even counting the hundreds of zombies on screen at once. (Didn't EGM figure out that it maxed about 800?)

Port it to PS3 (I would love to increase the fanbase, as well), but don't dumb it down for the Wii; didn't the small text/ singular save feature sour enough people without adding "crappy port" to the list?

plumenoir

I was initially frustrated by Dead Rising, but ended up *really* liking it. But I don't know how they're going to port it, considering that the number of objects on-screen was much of the draw. At least the Wii's lack of HD will force them to make the text readable...

Now, shameless plug: I actually wrote about the storytelling of Dead Rising, which I concluded was worthy of---maybe even superior to---Mass Effect and Bioshock. Comment like mad at [thatfuzzybastard.blogspot.com]

ThatFuzzyBastard

what the fuck?

You know, it's shit like this that make me want to give up gaming.

For the record, I have all three next gen systems...but this is a fucking joke.

VixDiesel

@Archaotic: Why do you care if a company decides to release their game to a wider audience?

I mean, as a consumer, do you really care about the console wars to the point that you don't want people that own other consoles to play the great games you have access to? Simply because you're not getting one of their great titles in return?

That just seems stupid and shallow to me. 'Course, I just buy all consoles cos it's got nothing to do with Hardware... and everything to do with great Software, which all consoles have a good amount of.

People who invest so much into one console is just stupid. All consoles will sale because all will offer something a lot of people want.

thezman

Man, Capcom's really trying to patch things up with Nintendo, eh?

DRaGZ

@Raziel Dune:

And you thought things ran differently?
Money Money Money is what this beast thrives on. Its a BUSINESS, first and foremost. Just because they produce something that you enjoy with some guys at the helm that seem like "Hey, these guys. These guys are alllllright."
It's still funded by gargoyle worship and virgin sacrifice in the background.

Cool. Dont know how it'll pan out; but cool.

SadSadSamus

Why do companies even bother with putting "Only on Xbox 360" (occasionally "and Windows") on game cases any more when so many of the exclusives are broken later?

Does Not Equal

They are going to have to water it the fuck down to even run on a wii. but i wonder how far they can push the limit of the Wii's power. But i will stick to playing this on the 360.

MURDERFACE

I sort of doubt that the wii can handle the massive amounts of zombies, and the awesome dismemberment, without sacrificing the atmosphere and physics. Who knows, though, they could pull it off.

Placentasaurus

@ShaggE: Great analogy.

Though I have Neo Geo games running on my DS, with NeoDS, so I guess anything is possible nowadays....

Billkwando

I am kind of shocked the Wii is getting a dead rising before the PS3.

ninjikiran

AWESOME!

Benjo

Hmm, My guess is America will never see this port. Two reasons I can think of, off the top of my head.

1) Why are they porting it at all? Because Japan doesn't buy Xbox 360s...

2) Why are they porting it to the Wii? Because Japan buys a lot of Wiis...

Aex

Remember that Wii doesn't have to handle the higher resolution at all, so running the game on lower resolution helps, also Dead Rising was not the prettiest nor most optimized Xbox 360 title either.

Hansel

@formina:

I really really can't see this actually happening

Bernoulli

The game won't sell on the Wii in Japan for the same reason the 360 version couldn't. The CERO Z rating will put the game behind counters where noone can see it. The only way it can sell on the Wii is if they took out alot of violence, blood and carnage.

Tepoz

If the game isn't broken by the massive amount of zombies on screen, maybe the Wii controls can make this game not so incredibly frustrating. Just use those RE4 controls for gunplay, and if they can manage a framerate I'd already want to play it over the godawful 360 version.

But really, I'm kind of doubting they'll be able to pull out a smooth game. Maybe it will, maybe it won't.

formina

I think this can work on the Wii because:

1. If they drop the quality in graphics a bit, they'll be able to have the zombie hoards. Although it's alittle under-powered they can still make it look good....example "Super Mario Galaxy" and all those star bits, enemies, fire balls, water....etc. on screen.

2. Capcom had a great control scheme with RE4

I believe they fixed the god awful save for the 360, there was an update available when me and my friends were playing it and it allowed us to actually save and quit, then begin where we left in the mission later.

3. So yeah the save will be good too.

localretard

@Archaotic: How do you know it will be waggle-tastic? Didn't you hear that waggle's on its way out? (at least from real devs). The game could have 1-1 shovel swinging for all you know. Sheesh! Somebody's grumpy.

JokesJokes

@Pornosaur: Agreed. I got frustrated once at the design choices and I almost threw my controller at the teevee.

Then I realized my teevee was 2000 dollar HD teevee and decided against it.

Still, its fun, but can be annoying as fuck. I didn't even finish the damn game.

FrigidAir44

@quen: Theres a wii screen in the first page of the spread. Bottom right corner. Dunno its kinda small so it could be from the 360, and with how it looks in a scan, im not gonna bash it. But it aint pretty from my angle.

svenhoek

@Pornosaur: play the game again, thise graphics were great for it's time, right now you can see how easily they could be on Wii

pikachumariachi

HELLS YES.

mrdietsoda

@Hansel: Exactly. One of the main reasons that made me want to buy a 360 was Dead Rising and when i started playing it i was all WTF, the graphics didn't look that amazing, so i am pretty sure the Wii might be able to handle it if pushed to the limit.

valhum

@Pornosaur: Technically, compared to any 360 game, Zelda:TP is indeed utter crap. But considering it as an entire visual package, sure I'd say it's superior to most games on PS3/60 - while noting this is entirely subjective. It's all about the art design.

Like most PS3/60 games, most Wii games don't have incredible art design so you're left with technical differences to compare them.

Anyway the fact that Wii graphics for Dead Rising are going to be hugely worse than 360 is a no-brainer but that doesn't matter at all. Nobody is going to demand that the Wii graphics are as good as the 360 ones. They just need to pull off Wii graphics as good as, say, RE4. The real issue is whether the quality of RE4 graphics (and framerate) can be maintained while showing very large numbers of enemies (RE4 never had more than what, maybe a dozen?) in fairly open areas, which seems like a maybe-impossible challenge - really though is there any point even discussing it without reference to a trailer and/or Wii screenshots?

quen

IM surprised this is a port for the Wii. You know, as opposed to the PS3. Not to hate on it, but can the damn thing even handle this game? Or instead of hundreds of zombies on screen at once, will we have dozens? Will it be fun to run through a crowd of zombies with the mini chainsaws, or will it just become boring because the blood doesnt gush up and limbs fly all over the place? Sure the waggle aspect of the controller might make it fun, but if its just Twilight Princess combat, itll get old WAY faster than TP did.

I was kinda hoping for some Dead Rising 2 too. :( You know, with an autosave feature and Otis dead. Where the fuck is it?

svenhoek

Is it just me, or does this seem like they're trying again to get Dead Rising to work in Japan?

Consider that Capcom is a Japanese company and the original game bombed badly there, due to 360-ness and it's having the equivelant of an AO rating.

HikariOblivion

I'm almost surprised that everyone is writing this game off before anyone has a hands on of it...but then I remembered its a wii title.

JokesJokes

@Pornosaur: Well, we all know that the top-notch stellar graphics of Dead Rising is what made that game good...

And yes, I actually prefer how TP looks to a lot of 360 games. Good art design goes a lot farther than realistically boring design done in HD.

thezman

Massive hordes of zombies on Wii architecture? I'll believe it when I see it! I'm actually looking forward to how it turns out, even though my Wii's days may be numbered.

Wolfers

Wait...is this the sequel? For the Wii?!?

Damnit!! You wont win Nintendo...I will not and I stress, will NOT sell my kidneys for a Wii!!

You here me Reggie!!

jenovasilver

I agree with you NeVeRMoRe666 but MGS on the 360 that's asking to much. We should just take our FF XIII and be happy.

RavenGunslinger

I admit, I'm excited.

EmeraldDragon

He's covered Wiis y'know.

@Real_fn_Show:

Yeah I don't get all the moaning about the save system. I've beaten it a few times and I like it. If you could save every 3 steps, like Bioshock, it would remove any sense of peril from the game and make it stupid and pointlessly easy.

[live.xbox.com]

Billkwando

@GyrFal: I think it's a bit odd that people are obsessing over graphics. Our need for better graphics, fanboyish or not, is incredibly frustrating when I see wonderful games spurned because they aren't as beautiful as x-game.

formina

It's funny how everyone is writing it off and saying it'll be watered down. I guess they didn't look at any of the accompanying pictures in the magazine scan to see how the graphics don't actually look that bad, no clue how they will pull off the gazillion zombies on one screen.

But hey it's Capcom I'm sure they'll figure something out. I know all you haters out there are FURIOUS. It's okay try not to work yourselves up about it.

FunKrusher

I think it's a bit odd that people think that what the Wii has showcased so far is the extent of it's capabilities. RE4 looked good, Metroid Prime games looked good too, and all of those were running on Gamecube technology. Zelda has identical graphics across the systems, which means that it's nowhere near close to optimal Wii graphics. The Wii clearly has more potential for improvements, but developers seem to not care about optimization on that end, resulting in the ignorant "The Wii is a Gamecube" comments.

GyrFal

shit it'll take em a long time to scale the graphics down for the wii

JEE1994

@PapaBear434:

someone hasn't played No More Heroes

itsnotyouitsyou

Hm. I am curious.

But I will wait for reviews to get excited.

Oh yes, I will wait.

2NinjasTapedTogether

@Archaotic:There's more Wii systems in the wild then PS3. That's why.

Foxstar Sixtail