http://wii.kombo.com/article.php?artid=14487

July 8, 2009 | 12:16 PM PST

I imagine that the reaction to this story will evoke a myriad of reactions from people: some will likely scream in anger, and others sob quietly. Still others will bang their heads against their desks, and so on.

Fans of the Resident Evil series have long wanted a new Wii title in the series-- not another "REmake" or rail shooter, but an honest-to-goodness traditional Resident Evil game that isn't just leftovers from last generation. And at a preview of the upcoming Wii title, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, video game magazine games™ asked Chief Producer Masachika Kawata if Resident Evil 5 might ever come to the Wii.

"Hypothetically speaking, the Resident Evil 4 engine would work perfectly for replicating the gameplay but we would never be able to recreate the graphical quality" Kawata told the magazine. "A gun shooting game like Darkside Chronicles makes much more sense for Wii so, in short, Resident Evil 5 Wii Edition isn't likely to happen."

However, it wasn't long before he seemed to have second thoughts: "Having said that, Cavia has surprised us with the quality of graphics in Darkside Chronicles, so it may actually be possible after all…"

And isn't that ultimately all that Wii-owning Resident Evil fans were asking for all along? After all, Capcom has already shown they have no problems stepping graphics down from the 360/PS3 level and reusing the RE4 engine when they made Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop.

Of course, if they made RE5, we could still hope that it would look closer to The Darkside Chronicles.

IF RE5 even had RE4 graphics i'd buy it, the Wii controls are amazing.

as long as capcom put some real effort into RE5 i would buy a copy

Screw that. Give us Re4-2, or RE6. RE5 was not a Resident Evil game at all.

As long as it doesn't have some forced co-op or a stupid AI partner I'll probably get it.

Agreed, it was a great action game but a bad RE game.

The reason Darkside Chronicles graphics look so good is because more can be done with the graphics, as on rails shooters are controlled environments. What the programmers wish to load on-screen is in their full control. They can minimize the amount of data/polys processed so they can allocate more polish to the graphics that ARE being shown. Its a controlled environment version of BSP. That said, I would enjoy another game like RE4. It would be interesting of they went on an offshoot and had the t-virus escape to a major city, and make the game more like major zombie movies

RE5 is just not RE anymore. Why are some people still begging for this? Just go play it on an HD system if you want it so bad.
Plenty of other REAL survival horror games coming to Wii.

"Just go play it on an HD system if you want it so bad."

I'm not calling you names, but that notion is idiotic. It's been idiotic since HD fanboys started spouting it.

And if it's a choice between superior controls or the graphics, I take the controls. The fact that you didn't seem to acknowledge that is one of the advantages of it on the Wii makes you look kind of clueless about the Wii, despite your avatar.

"Just go play it on an HD system if you want it so bad."

No need for an HD system, just get the PC version (unless PCs are included in HD system definition).