Resident Evil 5 For the Wii: Is it possible?

[QUOTE="DJ_Lae"]I don't see a port being done, as it would simply cost too much to be worth it. The Gamecube version was ported over with basically no additional work outside of coding proper widescreen and adding motion controls. Printing money. For RE5 they'd have to completely redo all of the in-game models and architecture with fewer polygons and lower resolution textures, and that coupled with porting the entire engine to the Wii's hardware I'd imagine would be quite an undertaking. The game already sold well on the PS3 and 360, and the market for people who haven't played it on an HD console is probably quite small.gary_safc

It was originally intended to be a GC exclusive, but apparently there was no formal agreement stating that it actually HAD to be one. Upon seeing how well the game sold on GC, Capcom saw the opportunity to cash in even further on it by porting it to the more popular PS2 console as well. Personally, I can't say I blame them either. It would've been a real crime to have had such an awesome game available to only GC owners.

The same thing happened with RE:COde Veronica and the Dreamcast as well I believe. CV was originally intended to be a DC exclusive, but Capcom later ported it to the Gamecube and PS2 consoles anyways, seeing as how well the game was doing and how limited it would've been if it were exclusively available only to DC owners.

Personally, I don't see why a major developer like Capcom would be so bold as to sign exclusive agreements with just one company/console.

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This actually came up in the thread regarding COD: Black Ops, and got me wondering a bit further. As we saw with the RE4 port for the Wii, as well as the Chronicles games, there is definitely a strong RE fanbase amongst Wii owners. So much so, that it is safe to say that a port of RE5 would very likely do extremely well on the Wii as well, especially if it makes use of the motion controls much in the same way that RE4 did. We could essentially have RE5 with a much more immersive style of gameplay.

Now granted, Capcom (this is coming directly from their representatives) designed RE5 for the HD consoles in order to get the maximum possible results VISUALLY.As we owners, we know very well that if a port were to be transfered to the Wii, it would come at the expense of the toned down visuals in order to do so. At the same time though, as RE fans, would any of us really care about scaled down visuals in order to get another great RE experience? Afterall, we're no strangers to ports with scaled down visuals, as we already saw with COD: WAW and COD:MW Reflex. Us Wii owners are already well aware of the graphical limitations of the Wii, yet we gladly accept that in the interest of a great overall gaming experience. Personally, I think the same theory could (and should) apply to a potential port of RE5 to the Wii.

Coincidentally enough, there have been rumors circulating online that a RE5 port for the Wii is bound to happen eventually (if the demand is there), but of course nothing is a guarantee. Capcom representatives haven't given us any direct indication that there would be one, but at the same time there have been little hints in interviews that anything is possible.

Do you think that an RE5 port would be worthwhile, even in spite of the fact that the visuals would have to be scaled down some?

LastRambo341

Odd controls? The Wii version will have the best controls.

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[QUOTE="EpiphoneMan2008"] Well from my experience with the game, it would work but not well..... I only use my wii for Zelda and Mario games now, but i used to have ONLY a Wii... I just want to tell you that RE5 will be downgraded a LOT it requires a nearly 6 gig install to run sufficiently, and with Wii you cannot do that. You will be having 10 min loading times and bad graphic downgrades and odd controls

Odd controls? The Wii version will have the best controls.

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[QUOTE="EpiphoneMan2008"] Well from my experience with the game, it would work but not well..... I only use my wii for Zelda and Mario games now, but i used to have ONLY a Wii... I just want to tell you that RE5 will be downgraded a LOT it requires a nearly 6 gig install to run sufficiently, and with Wii you cannot do that. You will be having 10 min loading times and bad graphic downgrades and odd controls

EpiphoneMan2008

Odd controls? The Wii version will have the best controls.

"waving rapidly" is a common mistake made by people that just don't know any better.

No because Capcom won't do it. And they have no reason to.OreoMilkshake

You know they can't just easily dumb down graphics and call it a day. They have to recreate the RE 5 engine to run it on wii. Everyone makes the mistake of thinking companies can just go in there dumb stuff down and then call it a day. You have to build the game for each specific console. Multiplat games on 360 and PS3 may run the same but developing them on each system is a different process altogether. If you want PS3 or 360 games then save up and buy one of those systems. They each cost $300 now, that is not that bad of a deal.

[QUOTE="OreoMilkshake"]No because Capcom won't do it. And they have no reason to.the_deamon

Of course it could happen, but its highly unlikely. Just let it go man.

Looking at Dead Space Extraction and Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles say yes it can happen....but will Capcom do it? Probably not now.

Even tho what i`ll say has nothing to do with RE5 wii. It has to do with RE and the wii anyways i was doing my regular surfing on the capcom RE forum and i believe WII owners will get a new RE game maybe the hybrid Resident Evil game that was rumor a few months back.

• one of the user had order a resident evil archives action figure and they were delayed until next week. Note in the past the action figure had info regarding new RE games ALA darkside chronicles ECT.

• Interwork is working on new Wii Peripherals based on the Resident evil franchises which will be a Resident Evil Magnu and A knife kit

Hopefully capcom doesn`t dissapoint us this time around, and my opinion on RE5 on the wii, it is possible they won`t do it though as i said before they will wait until nintendo`s new console is out and just do a straight port which will cost them less and they could still make profit off an old game.

sources links:

http://www.capcom-unity.com/resident_evil/go/thread/view/7391/24839593/Capcom_E3_Bombshell?pg=14

http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=126392

Even tho what i`ll say has nothing to do with RE5 wii. It has to do with RE and the wii anyways i was doing my regular surfing on the capcom RE forum and i believe WII owners will get a new RE game maybe the hybrid Resident Evil game that was rumor a few months back.

• one of the user had order a resident evil archives action figure and they were delayed until next week. Note in the past the action figure had info regarding new RE games ALA darkside chronicles ECT.

• Interwork is working on new Wii Peripherals based on the Resident evil franchises which will be a Resident Evil Magnu and A knife kit

Hopefully capcom doesn`t dissapoint us this time around, and my opinion on RE5 on the wii, it is possible they won`t do it though as i said before they will wait until nintendo`s new console is out and just do a straight port which will cost them less and they could still make profit off an old game.

sources links:

http://www.capcom-unity.com/resident_evil/go/thread/view/7391/24839593/Capcom_E3_Bombshell?pg=14

http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=126392

Kyousuk3z

As long as it's not another on-rail shooter, I'd have absolutely no problems whatsoever with an original RE title being made for the Wii.

It is not coming to wii but maybe the 3ds.

The 3DS game will probably play like RE4 and RE5. Aiming could use the stylus and also the gyroscope.

If they use the RE4 engine, yeah.