Atmosphere? You obviously haven't played Resident Evil 5 yet Trust me, it's more like a Gears of War game than a Resident Evil game.

RE 3DS is on a much, much smaller screen... And graphics like that just haven't been seen before on a handheld. They can get away with it on that. The Wii is played on a much larger screen... They can't get away with it nowhere near as easy.

I agree, Wii graphics have been improving. But still, is it worth the effort? They could use the RE4 engine if need be but... I dunno.

True, i haven't seen many interviews about it at all. Just assuming on the easy port... They do look pretty similar. The rest of the points are correct though. If the Wii was a "Wii HD", it would have likely had RE5 on day 1.

1. I will play it when I can get it for the Wii and one of the HD systems (since I did that with RE4, since seeing the differences was just as awesome as the game itself).

2. That could be how the Wii version sets itself apart. It focuses on being about atmosphere over being a Gears rip off.

I mean, instead of fighting off just greater hordes of zombie-esque people, they could follow through with what they promised the game would be like, which is that being in the daytime can still be scary when you're cut off from the world, surrounded by zombies.

Basically rip off 28 Days Later more than ripping off Gears.

3. They said a while ago they were porting the MT Framework to the Wii, so it will be worth it then.

4. It didn't have to be day one, just on the Wii at all. And RE4 shows that there are some people willing to get it, if Capcom makes it worth it for them.

1. Fair enough.

2. True, and with your point 3, it could turn out to be the definitive version of the game... Like RE4 Wii Edition.

3. See above.

4. Is it worth it for them, when they can just easily enough make a Rails shooter and make quick profit... Like they have been. Minimal efforts, maximum profits..?

Really the only thing stopping them was the graphics issue. RE5 is actually quite underrated graphically (well I think so anyway). It's quite stunning. Hell, even on the X360/PS3 the game runs in teeny weeny little boxes when you are playing coop. Obviously they needed to do that just so the game could run at a decent tick.

They would really need to do some graphical cutbacks to get it running well and looking good and still include coop play. I guess they could toss out coop, but imagine the uproar at that.

I don't think they are going to ever bring to to the Wii, but hopefully I am wrong, for Wii-owner's sakes.

2. I remember the trailer scene where the sun was so bright, you could barely see anything. Imagine that in gameplay, and then it makes it hard to see the zombies after you, or to even use your gun (the sight from the Wiimote would turn white in direct sunlight to simulate it). In that case, your gun can only do so much. You also need to be able to run.

But if you dive into a home for safety, you'd suffer from the result of the bright sunlight, and you couldn't see what's in there. So if an enemy is, you'd have just as much trouble fighting it (and the Wiimote sight would turn black until Chris's eyes adjusted).

4. But logically that should apply to the HD games more, since only the top franchises are making money, unless the budget is kept in check. So that's not a reason not to make big games on the Wii, since they would still cost less than the big HD games.

Plus MH Tri showed they can spend money and still make hit games (just that series should have full local multiplayer on home consoles, since the PSP games at least had ad hoc multiplayer, which is the clostest wireless on handhelds can get to that).

N, O, No!

I didn't come up with it. Many people have been thinking about it for the longest time and we haven't received a straight up yes or no..

Im Sure they already have a On the Rails Version of RE5  on its Way to Wii.

no. I think if they were going to port RE5 to the wii they would have done so already

Er, considering Wii already has two RE branded million sellers under it's belt, I'm not sure what the relevance here is?  Is Resident Evil not "Quality/Mature/Core 3rd party software"?  Because Wii's certainly sold a "fuck load" of RE games. Even the "disappointing" DarkSide Chronicles on Wii outsold all the PS2 Gun Survivors combined... maybe you should rephrase again? ;)

On topic, Wii's window for RE5 is long past imo.  I bet it'll be a launch title for Wii 2 though, probably with the latest version of SF4 or MVC3 alongside it.