Resident Evil 5 Details

1up.com has some tidbits about the fifth Resident Evil title, which looks to be slated for the 360 and PS3. From the article: "What is surprising, however, is the game's bright atmosphere, a stark contrast to the dark, dreary environments usually found in Resident Evil games. There's even one screen shot where a blaring sun high up in the sky blocks the camera's view of several approaching enemies who happen to look suspiciously like zombies. Could we be seeing a return to classic form this time? Time will tell."

Comments

Er... What about the Revolution...

[MBraynard]

If you talk to any GC dude about what is great about GC, they love to mention RE 0.

But since this is going to be on the 360 and PS3, but NOT the Revolution, is that not a sign that Revolution is even further behind in development than you would otherwise think?

Also looks good for Xbox360 - there have been RE games for PC, DC, Saturn, PS, PS2, N64, and even Mobile platforms, but this would be the first for Xbox.

Re:Er... What about the Revolution...

[Anonymous Coward]

A safe bet would be that Resident Evil 5 may be released on the Revolution but they're not allowed to talk about it right now.

"Capcom has a multi-platform strategy in order to provide Capcom products to as many users as possible," a spokesperson for the company told IGNcube. "Given this strategy, it is certainly feasible that other platforms could be considered at some point."

In general, with Nintendo probably having a very (VERY) strict NDA in place on any information related to the Revolution, you could assume that no company (even Capcom with their close relationship to Nintendo) would even do anything even remotely close to breaking the NDA.

bah

[BalbanesBeoulve]

I wanted this on the cube again. I don't want to spend $500 for a PS3 to play this.

I'm willing to bet RE5 will come to the Revolution

[Cap-America]

I'm more then willing to bet that RE5 will also show up on the Revolution too.

Right now no 3rd party developers (except Square) have anounced any games for the Revolution. I think Nintendo is not alowing any anouncements untill after SpaceWorld.

I wish Nintendo would let 3rd party groups start announcing games. Keeping all this info hushed is really starting to get me pissed off. Its like Hey look at all the games I can get on the PS3 and Xbox360. But what does Nintendo have announced? NES, SNES and N64 games -_-x

Re:I'm willing to bet RE5 will come to the Revolut

[Anonymous Coward]

Unlike Sony or Microsoft, Nintendo would be in a terible position to announce too many details about their next generation system at this point in time. From now until the end of the year Nintendo is publishing the following games on exsisting hardware:

Nintendo Gamecube

Geist - http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/geist/ - 8/15/2005
Mario Superstar Baseball - http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/mario-baseball/ - 8/29/2005
Battalion Wars (Advance Wars: Under Fire) - http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/gamecube-wars/ - 9/19/2005
Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix - http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/dance-dance-revol ution-with-mario/ - 10/3/2005
Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness - http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/pokemon-gamecube/ - 10/3/2005
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/fire-emblem-gc/ - 10/17/2005
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/the-legend-of-zel da-the-wind-waker-2/ - 11/1/2005
Chibi-Robo - http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/chibi-robo/ - 11/15/2005
Kirby Adventure - http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/kirby-adventure-g cn/ - 11/15/2005
Super Mario Strikers - http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/super-mario-strik ers/ - 11/15/2005
Odama - http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/odama/ - 11/15/2005
MARIO PARTY 7 - http://cube.gamespy.com/gamecube/mario-party-7/ - 11/21/2005

Nintendo DS:

Advance Wars: Dual Strike - http://gba.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/advance-wars-ds / - 8/22/2005
Nintendogs: Lab & Friends, Dachshund & Friends, Chihuahua & Friends
http://gba.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/nintendogs-chih uahua-/
http://gba.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/nintendogs/
http://gba.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/nintendogs-shib a/
8/22/2005
TRACE MEMORY - http://gba.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/another/ - 9/26/2005
Metroid Prime: Hunters - http://gba.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/metroid-prime-h unters/ - 10/17/2005
Mario Kart DS - http://gba.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/mario-kart-ds/ - 11/7/2005
Electroplankton - http://gba.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/electro-plankto n/ - 11/14/2005
Touch Golf - http://gba.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/touch-golf/ - 11/15/2005
Animal Crossing DS - http://gba.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/animal-crossing -ds/ - 11/21/2005
MARIO & LUIGI 2 - http://gba.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/mario-luigi

If im going to

[hobotron]

If im going to risk my life killing zombies for the good of the earth you better not make me pay for ammo as well.

Need a catchy name for Resident Evil 5

[Mr.Dippy]

How about

Resident Evil: How to beat a dead horse

Resident Evil: Hot having to stand while you shoot action

Resident Evil: I get it they are fucking zombies

Re:I'm willing to bet RE5 will come to the Revolut

[badasscat]

I think Nintendo is not alowing any anouncements untill after SpaceWorld.

What Space World? Nintendo, AFAIK, has not announced any Space World for 2005, and it's already July.

This is what IGN wrote on May 19, two months ago:

"Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto reiterated Kaplan's comments in a recent interview, saying that more Revolution information would be forthcoming sooner rather than later, and that a new Space World was under consideration."

That was two months ago. "Sooner rather than later" is probably pretty much passed by now, and it's pretty clear that it's too late to organize a Space World show on such short notice at this point. Space World is traditionally held in August, either just before or just after Obon. They could hold it at a different time of year but that would dilute its effectiveness - I mean there are reasons why they hold it in August vs., say, November (it's cold in Tokyo! And kids are in school) or December (too late for Christmas) or January or February or March. The window for this year is probably already closed; next spring is probably the earliest they could organize and put on such a large-scale show.

I'm done being a Nintendo apologist (I used to be); I don't see anything they're doing with the Revolution that's giving me any hope for them whatsoever. Maybe they'll carve out their own little profitable niche with their classic games and their cheap hardware, but their lack of HD is really going to hurt them in the long-term, and that probably corresponds with an overall lack of graphics power that's going to hurt them with developers right from the get-go.

Keeping all this info hushed is really starting to get me pissed off. Its like Hey look at all the games I can get on the PS3 and Xbox360. But what does Nintendo have announced? NES, SNES and N64 games -_-x

Now we're on the same page. It seems most likely to me that Nintendo was caught flat-footed and is now in the process of formulating a strategy. It seems clear that they're not actually following a planned strategy right now - they're sort of making it up as they go along, and throwing things at the wall to see what sticks. People like the downloadable games, so they're keeping that. People didn't like that you have to pay for them, so now they're evaluating which games might be considered premiums. They don't seem to know what to do with third party developers. They have no real hardware to show or demonstrate or even give anybody the specs of. There are no dev kits that anybody knows anything about. They seem to be flying on a wing and a prayer right now.

I think it's pretty likely that RE5 is not planned for the Revolution at the moment, simply because Nintendo has not given anybody any reason to think this is a viable platform as of yet. Obviously, Capcom, like all experienced publishers, knows to keep their options open so they say things like "we could always bring it to other platforms later". There's no exclusivity with anybody. But that doesn't mean they're even considering a Revolution port at this point, just that they're going to wait and see what happens before pouring a bunch of resources into it.

Sigh.

[sbszine]

I would have agreed with you a year or two ago -- RE 0 through 3 really were beating a dead horse. But having just played through Resident Evil 4, I think there's a lot of life left in the franchise. Since you seem to have missed it, I'll fill you in.

RE4 is set in an anonymous Spanish speaking country (often outdoors), and rather than zombies, it pits you against some decidedly Cthuloid enemies. The controls are finally functional (you can run, spin around, aim properly etc), and the inventory and ammo system has been fixed up (reloading is a matter of pressing a button).

In play, it feels a more like an FPS game than a surival horror title. There's plenty of sniping, some rail shooter levels, and even some rhythm-based hand to hand combat. There's also a bit of light RPG stuff in there: upgradable weapons, multiple paths, side quests etc.

Of course, you will need a GameCube to play it, and they're just for kids*, right?

(*for which read 'people with at least a 3rd grade education')