Wii Rally

Last week details started to emerge about two new games currently in development by Capcom for the Wii. I use the term “new” loosely here because both of them seem to be following a common trend in Wii game development know as the “Wii-make”. A “Wii-make” is when a developer takes an existing game and re-tunes the controls to make use of the motion sensing controls of the Wii Remote. Often what you get is a game with shoe-horned wiggle controls that doesn’t really add any depth to the gameplay and can often detract from what was originally a pretty solid game.

So far one of the worst offenders is Prince of Persia: Rival Swords (Don’t let the name throw you it’s PoP: Two Thrones with wiggle controls) This game adds little depth to a series that peaked with it’s first game. I think the only reason why they didn’t do the other PoP games is because it would have blatantly been seen as a cash grab.

No I’m not going to say that all “Wii-makes” are bad. EA’s Godfather: Blackhand Edition is amazingly fun and probably the most violent Wii game so far. It’s also the only Wii game I have considered giving a 10 which is a moot point since I think that rating a game with numbers is stupid. The two Capcom games I mentioned earlier are Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles and RE:4 Biohazard Edition. Both look very promising.

Umbrella Chronicles puts you back in the first Resident Evil game but the similarities end there this one will be what is known as a “rail shooter” where the player has no control over movement and must simply shoots what is in front of them. But there are definite unique gameplay possiblities which hopefully Capcom will embrace.

RE:4 which already has a really solid foundation seems to be tailor made for the Wii Remote. Even as I was playing through the game on my GameCube I was thinking “I really would like to play this game on the Wii”. With all the shooting and knife slashing that needs to be done how could it not be fun. I’m just hoping that the “Biohazard Edition” comes with all the bonus content the PS2 version of the game came with. Now that would most definitely worth my time and money.