RE4? You mean the game that came to the GC first because Nintendo paid off Capcom?

You're in denial if you think that Nintendo's current third party relationships weren't caused by the company's actions from 1985-2000. They have improved recently but given the GC's marketshare at that point, it was too little, too late.

After all, most franchises that are more than 10 years old started out on Nintendo consoles. The N64 was the straw that broke the camel's back with its expensive proprietary cartridges and late release. Sony countered with an easy-to-program system based on inexpensive CDs and they showed a willingness to help offset developer costs, something Nintendo never did. It's not surprising that when finally given the chance, developers ran from Nintendo as quickly as possible.

Don't get me wrong, Nintendo is an entirely different company now. But you can't blame developers for dropping support for Nintendo systems from 1995-2006. And you need to give them more than 16 months to come back to Nintendo consoles.

While an re5 wii version would NOT be ground up (I guarentee they are using a modified RE4 engine, which they already have for Wii,) I doubt that you will see it.

Every piece of art would beed to be modified (see droped in resolution/vertex count) and the engine modified. It is too late in the development cycle, in myopinion, to start on a later port. But Capcom DID do that with the PS2 version of RE4, so anything is possible.

I would guess RE5 won't come to Wii, but perhaps a wii exclusive RE game that is different in gameplay/scope(NOT UC)

We will see...

RE4 on the Wii is on track to pass up RE4 on PS2 (with far less consoles sold), Capcom knows they got a good install base on Wii, I wouldn't mind a RE5 game that's basically RE4 with skins over Leon and the rest XD, seriously I just want the crazy story.

I don't care if RE5 comes to the wii. All that I was try to say through the course of this thread was:

- I dislike how nintendo fans make it sound like a mistake when a high profile game comes out for X360/PS3 only.
- I don't think it's realistic to expect RE5 to come to Wii with all the content of the X360/PS3 versions. (I could definately see it coming out on the Wii's successor, though)
- I think there is a good chance there will be an Wii exclusive RE game of some kind. (remake maybe?)
- The Wii is better suited to something tailored from the ground up for it's controls.

I'm not on some mission to deprive Wii owners of RE5, nor am I trying to crap all over the Wii and it's capabilities. Just saying it how I see this playing out.

I agree with CrashMan,I don´t see RE5 being released on the Wii,but I do see a new RE (whatever it might be,just not RE5) for the Wii...a RE2 remake is my personal wish.

Where is this petition?

 QFT.  I don't hear many calls for most PS3/360 games.  RE5 is a huge movement, and some other games get small movements (DMC, Orange Box, a few others).  Really, though, Wii fans don't try to get that many games over.  I don't hear calls for Army of Two, LA Noire, Red Dead Revolver, FFXIII.  I would not be surprised to learn that a buch of these games have smallish movements, but for the most part people aren't calling for them.

 RE5 is different, because we have experienced exactly how much better it controls with the Wiimote than dual analog, and Capcom has seen that there is a large market for RE on the Wii.  One could make the argument that the Wii has the largest proven RE fanbase on any console since the original Playstation; the PS2's RE sales were lackluster compared to the PS, and within a year the Wii's sales of RE4 have almost surpassed the sales on the PS2.  That coupled with 2 RE Million sellers released within a year of each other shows the console's acceptance of the series; throughout the 7 years since the first PS2 RE game was released, the series has sold 5.97M copies on the PS2.  The Wii has sold 2.83M copies in less than a year, and both of the games still pull in decent numbers (~10K/week).

You mean the same Capcom they "paid off" as part of the Triforce? The same Capcom they "paid off" to make several Zelda games?

There's no doubt that there's probably some third parties out there still miffed about 13 years ago, but using Capcom as an example is like saying Wii owners don't buy games and then using Smash Bros Brawl sales as an example - it's a direct contradiction of reality. Capcom is one of the few developers closest to Nintendo. Rights to main RE games for the Gamecube, frequent use of the Zelda license; these are not things companies that hate each other would come to agreements on. Saying anything about "pissing on" is simply denial. It's grasping at irrelevance, because it has nothing to do with why RE5 isn't on the Wii.

Whoa. Way to cherry pick your argument.

The Playstation got RE1, RE2, and RE3 before anyone else.

The Playsation 2 got RE:CV and RE4, the two best RE games last generation, after they had already released on other consoles. The other PS2 RE games received horrible ratings from pretty much everyone in the industry. Using a budget-priced RE4: Wii Edition that launched during a game drought for the Wii isn't very telling, either.

I'm not saying that there isn't a market for RE games on the Wii, there obviously is, but you're using sales figures in a vacuum and completely ignoring the many other factors that caused the PS2 RE games to not sell in much higher numbers. Expect RE5 to sell like crazy when it releases on both the 360 and PS3.

I stick by my prediction:

Well, I think that RE5 will launch without much hurra, on the PS3 and 360. It'll be a relative dissapointment, scoring 8.8's and 4/5's, with a few 9's and 9.5's sprinkled in, just for those benefit of the doubt reviewers, most considering it a AAA title, but not at the level of RE4. Then, in about 3 years, in the twilight years of the Wii, Capcom will release its Resident Evil 5: Wii edition, and it'll probably sell more on the Wii than it did on the PS3, but slightly less than the 360. Gamespot will once again talk about how awesome the controls are, just like RE4:Wii edition. At that point, it will be largely irrelivant, however, since the war will be over, with the Wii the clear winner, and most of us will have played the game, and forgotten it already, but the hardcore RE fans like myself will still pick it up for the Wii, just because we loved the series since before Resident Evil 4 had a storyboard, and most likely the Wii: Edition will have at least some new content.