Dead Rising: Zombie Sacrifice announced for Wii

Wii News | Enhanced port of the Xbox 360 game.

Capcom has obviously learned their lesson - Wii owners love zombie games, even if they're ports. After the massive success of the straight port of Resident Evil 4 and the 'made with recycled assets' light gun shooter Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles (both of which sold well over a million), Capcom has decided to dip into their next-gen stable for ports.

Revealed a few days ago in Japanese magazine Famitsu, Dead Rising: Zombie Sacrifice has now been announced via the official Japanese website which just went live. Rather then being a simple hand-me-down from the Xbox 360 original, it will be a complete re-work of the original game. You still play as Frank West in the same Dawn of the Dead inspired Zombie-infested mall, but Capcom promises a new, more forgiving and less confusing mission structure. Due to the difference in system power, there will be less zombies in the Wii version, but Capcom say the missions and environments will take this into account, and it will remain a tense experience.

Probably the biggest change, though, will be to the action. Dead Rising: Zombie Sacrifice has been re-worked to feature the ultra-precise Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition over-the-shoulder shooting controls, and motion controlled melee combat.

We've also got screens of the game, check the media panel below. No release date has been set, but sometime later this year seems likely.

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23 Comments

renegadesx

4 years ago

I am looking forward to this no doubt. The war between who's cooler between pirates and ninja's was so last year... bring on zombies!

Good to see they are doing a more RE4 style control, personally I wasn't that impressed with the controls in the 360 version.

All we want to do is eat your brains, we're not unreasonable I mean no one's gonna eat your eyes

Rabscallion

4 years ago

Well thats a good thing for hte wii, dead rising really is a great game, i just hope for their sake they have fixed the ai of the survivors, the 360 one is TERRIBLE

Spanca

4 years ago

I thought the huge numbers of zombies in the 360 game is what made it so tense and nerve racking. There was just no escape. With fewer zombies around it doesn't look quite the same, not to mention those graphics in those shots look horrible.

Jaws

4 years ago

I've heard that nothing has been mentioned in as far as releasing this title outside of Japan goes. My hopes went up and then miraculously dropped. Let's hope it gets an english release (I wont hold my breath for PAL)..

suction

4 years ago

the wii really the wii really sigh i thought if you were going to port a 360 game like Dead Rising to another console it would be the PS3. The 360 and the PS3 have more in common with each other then the 360 and the Wii does.

Surely with a wii version you would have to dumb it down a lot after all it is the Wii. The least powerful console of this generation. And i've seen screens of the 360 version damn that's pretty obviously the wii couldn't handle that graphics wise. And they would probably have to dumb it down even more to appeal to a more casual auidence after all it is the Wii and we all know the Wii isn't excatly the home of the hardcore gamer.

Get your stabbing motion ready. But the game certainly has potential on the Wii. But i would love to see it on the PS3 also because i've never played the game.

darklord

4 years ago

I can't think going from hundreds of zombies on screen to dozens is an "enhanced port ".

Now if they held it back and used the 1:1 controls...then that would be awesome.

suction

4 years ago

i'll get my zombie killing done in RE5.

Vervain

4 years ago

suction wrote

i'll get my zombie killing done in RE5.

Good on ya. This was relevant why though?

Jaws

4 years ago

suction wrote

i'll get my zombie killing done in RE5.

Good for you. I dont see why you have to be so incredibly biased towards anything that isn't remotely related to the Playstation 3. Im glad you're a fan of Sony's latest machine but have you ever heard the saying "variety is the spice of life"?

Cerebral

4 years ago

darklord wrote

I can't think going from hundreds of zombies on screen to dozens is an "enhanced port ".

Now if they held it back and used the 1:1 controls...then that would be awesome.

They've also taken out the photography part of the game, for some reason.

suction

4 years ago

S.Jaworski wrote

suction wrote

i'll get my zombie killing done in RE5.

yeah i like lots of different things but when it comes to consoles there is only 1.

Appel

4 years ago

suction wrote

S.Jaworski wrote

suction wrote

i'll get my zombie killing done in RE5.

yeah i like lots of different things but when it comes to consoles there is only 1.

From last count, there were over 29 gaming consoles that have sold over a million units each. Plus hundreds of others that didn't make it big. (SOURCE)

So therefore, I believe that there is MORE than 1 console.

suction

4 years ago

element465 wrote

suction wrote

S.Jaworski wrote

suction wrote

i'll get my zombie killing done in RE5.

yeah i like lots of different things but when it comes to consoles there is only 1.

i mean of the current gen consoles there is only one i like and own.

fraxyl

4 years ago

I thought this was going to be called Chop 'till You Drop.

Rabscallion

4 years ago

suction wrote

element465 wrote

suction wrote

S.Jaworski wrote

suction wrote

i'll get my zombie killing done in RE5.

yeah i like lots of different things but when it comes to consoles there is only 1.

i mean of the current gen consoles there is only one i like and own.

that has the smell of fanboy all over it... So bassically you like the sound of 360 games such as dead rising etc, but you wouldnt want it unless its on ps3? would the gameplay be 'superior' on ps3? no it wouldnt. Its stupid to say there is only one console because you only like one because frankly, no one here probably cares for that opinion

Vervain

4 years ago

fraxyl wrote

I thought this was going to be called Chop 'till You Drop.

It has been renamed Chop 'til you Drop. Originally it was called Zombie Sacrifice and this article was made before the new name was announced.

Macka

4 years ago

I read "Zombie Sacrifice" and I assumed it was referring to the zombie count being lowered and that Capcom had confirmed it.

The new title is much better though.

suction

4 years ago

lol chop til you drop obviously the developer has the same picture of the wii as i do.

DancesInUnderwear

4 years ago

Vervain wrote

fraxyl wrote

I thought this was going to be called Chop 'till You Drop.

It has been renamed Chop 'til you Drop. Originally it was called Zombie Sacrifice and this article was made before the new name was announced.

Actually, Zombie Sacrifice is the Japanese name, Chop 'til you Drop (which is a pretty awesome name) is the US one.

suction

4 years ago

DancesInUnderwear wrote

Vervain wrote

fraxyl wrote

I thought this was going to be called Chop 'till You Drop.

It has been renamed Chop 'til you Drop. Originally it was called Zombie Sacrifice and this article was made before the new name was announced.

Actually, Zombie Sacrifice is the Japanese name, Chop 'til you Drop (which is a pretty awesome name) is the US one.

i think it's very chessy.

Eyce

4 years ago

suction wrote

S.Jaworski wrote

suction wrote

i'll get my zombie killing done in RE5.

yeah i like lots of different things but when it comes to consoles there is only 1.

You know you pretty much made every opinion you've given on this forum Void, yeah?

Continue posting with your head up your arse, it makes me and my Uni friends' day looking at what you're going to type next.

Vervain

4 years ago

Eyce wrote

*snip*

My girlfriend is trying to stop me goin to PALGN because his fanboyism is annoying me so much. So far she's failed and I've had fun laughing at him.

Eyce

4 years ago

Oh dear suction, an opinion that isn't yours or isn't narrow-minded!

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