Nintendo

Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Permanent Save Debacle Likely Won’t Happen Twice

The uproar over Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D‘s permanent on cartridge save files has caused Capcom to reconsider doing something quite that stupid in the future.


July 1, 2011
Nintendo

The Best Way To Play Co-Op In Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D

So we here at Kotaku (and by “we” I mean “the interns”) were going to briefly demo Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D‘s co-op gameplay for you-but being the forward-thinking young professionals that we are, we thought, why not kick it up a notch?


June 29, 2011
News

EB – ‘We’re Not Accepting Trade-Ins For Resident Evil: The Mercenaries. No-one Is’

Kotaku AU

In case you haven’t heard, Resident Evil: The Mercenaries will only have one save file – a save file that cannot be deleted. Capcom has completely denied that this is an attempt to halt pre-owned sales of the game – but if that was the intention, then it has worked, in Australia at least. Because EB games will not be accepting trades of the game, and it’s likely that other retailers will follow that decision.


Nintendo

This Is The Entire Resident Evil: Revelations Demo

If you’ve already picked up your copy of Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D for Nintendo 3DS, then you’ve also probably already played the preview of Resident Evil: Revelations, which is included as a special feature. If you haven’t, the preview is about five minutes worth of gameplay, and it’s a great peek at what we should be seeing next year in the full game.


Nintendo

Capcom Denies Used Game Sales Had Anything To Do With ‘Forever Saves’

The inability to start fresh on a copy of The Mercenaries 3D after someone has played it was a design decision that had nothing to do with second-hand game sales, Capcom tells Kotaku.


June 28, 2011
News

Used Copies Of Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Will Be Forever Haunted By The Last Owner

Used Copies of Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D might not be worth your money because Capcom made it impossible to for anyone to erase game save date from the game card.


June 25, 2011
Nintendo

Check Out This Sexy, Custom Resident Evil 3DS Case

This custom 3DS case came to Kotaku from Capcom along with an embargoed copy of Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D.


June 2, 2011
In Real Life

These Girls Will Rock Your Brains Out

Late last week, Capcom held a typical and somewhat ho-hum press conference for Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D in Tokyo. The bright spot was when heavy metal band Aldious took the stage. Unfortunately, they weren’t they’re to play music, but games.


May 28, 2011
Nintendo

Rejoin Some Old Friends In This Resident Evil: The Mercenaries Character Trailer

Remember the time you gunned down all of those terrifying, pasty monks? Or when that unhinged fella with the chainsaw chased you down the alleyway? Man, that was really fun.


May 18, 2011
Nintendo

Let’s Hope Barry Doesn’t Get Blackmailed In Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D

Resident Evil and Resident Evil 3 veteran Barry Burton is ready to kick arse as the latest character revealed for Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D for the Nintendo 3DS. Just make sure his family is somewhere safe before you play.