Question: Is Resident Evil possible on XBLA?

[aris13]

I think it's highly possible, heck they converted 'Akumajou Dorakyura X - Nocturne in the Moonlight'.

Symphony Of The Night, yes.

[Stu]

Symphony Of The Night, yes.

Is that what he meant?

Woah. Way to be pretentious about it!

[Carnivol]

*cough*Guys!*cough*


Okay...

Dorakyura

These types of things makes me cry

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(Along with things such as how the fan-translation for the Japanese PS1 version had a few things reverted to old JP terminology when they already used the English terminology in the JP version... poor re-translation projects... they'll always fight a rough battle - thanks to their odd execution and decisions! )

[Zombie_X]

*cough*Guys!*cough*


Okay...

These types of things makes me cry

Spoiler:

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(Along with things such as how the fan-translation for the Japanese PS1 version had a few things reverted to old JP terminology when they already used the English terminology in the JP version... poor re-translation projects... they'll always fight a rough battle - thanks to their odd execution and decisions! )

But that is the correct way to put it in Japanese, Dorakyura > Dracula. That's the way it is wrote on my Saturn copy of the game (Yes I have the ultra rare Saturn version).

[aris13]

That's the way it is wrote on my Saturn copy of the game (Yes I have the ultra rare Saturn version).

Are there any differences between the two versions?

[Carnivol]

But that is the correct way to put it in Japanese, Dorakyura > Dracula. That's the way it is wrote on my Saturn copy of the game

Last time I checked, it was written ドラキュラ on the box, which is also the correct way of writing in Japanese.

What's with the mix anyway? You wrote Akumajō Dracula X in full Japanophile, while you opted for the commmon English translation of Gekka no Yasōkyoku (Ugh. Hate using macrons while writing, by the way. Stuff like "ou" all the way... )

Are there any differences between the two versions?

An atrocious port with a playable Maria scenario and a set of console exclusive areas with graphics which most of all looks like they were lifted from the Addam's Family game on SNES or something. The PSP port added a new "original" Maria scenario, rather than porting the Saturn version's. Of course, unlike the Saturn version, the PSP version makes you work for it... over time.

[Zombie_X]

The Saturn version has a few new areas like a prison and a underground garden, plus Maria and Richtor are all playable from the get go.

Why do I write it the way id do? I dunno, always have, even before I took Japanese classes.

[Andyfer_Ruu]

Im just going to type an obvious answer
If it's not on xbox, then theres a reason for it
could because that it uses out dated software (the resi game i mean)
could be because xbox doesnt have a certain something to play it
could just be that capcom just wants it on PSN
it might even be because microsoft refused an offer to put it on the xbox marketplace
etc..
All that matters is that theres a valid reason for it.

[Stu]

Not necessarily at all.

[BrionIrons]

you know how on the PS Store they have resident evil 1 for download
and then i think they was gonna upload resident evil 2 and 3 unless it was just with a Japanese account. do you guys think that xbox live will ever have resident evil 1,2 or 3 for download since its not owned by sony(which im pretty sure about)?

Sony does hold some rights to the games.Because in order to play the downloaded RE games you need a PS1 emulator. But I don't see Classic RE games on Xbox at all.They tried to do the same thing with Goldeneye 007,but thats another story.My answer is No.I don't see it happening.

[Carnivol]

Sony does hold some rights to the games.Because in order to play the downloaded RE games you need a PS1 emulator. But I don't see Classic RE games on Xbox at all.They tried to do the same thing with Goldeneye 007,but thats another story.My answer is No.I don't see it happening.

Sony only holds the rights to the PlayStation. The reason why you see the PS1 games on PSN is because all it takes is passing an approval process to get your titles listed on PSN (which includes re-rating your title + having Sony give their yay/nay for it + it has to work with Sony's own emulator for it).

The classic RE games not appearing on XBLA (yet, anyway) is tied to the fact that there are several additional factors involved on the XBLA side of things:

1. Previously it was partly a space issues (note how Symphony of the Night killed the few FMVs the game originally had). This is a non-issue now. This cap no longer exists.

2. Microsoft no longer want meta-emulated games on the arcade (Sega's been the only one to've bypassed this after this was added. Guess in the future meta-emulation will find a home in the virtual arcade thingy.)

and then the most important factor

3. There is no pre-made code that'll run straight out of the box on the Xbox 360. For the classic RE games (or any other Resident Evil game that is not Resident Evil 5) someone would have to actually re-write large portions of the game's code. In the case of RE1-3, using the PC/DC version is of course a good start. A lot of what already runs in DirectX will probably be possible to salvage and a lot of companies have had great success with quickly porting their Dreamcast games (Quick! To the port-o-tron!).


The only part of it all that is out of the question (as far as Sony goes) is running a PS1 emulator on the 360. As that might upset Sony. (Though, Symphony of the Night probably runs on some weirdo hybrid of an emulator/interpretor.)


As for Goldeneye, that's a mess of a licensing issue with the actual James Bond property and the game. Nintendo owns the rights to the actual game, Activision owned the rights to the James Bond video game license, RARE sat on the game's source code, and Microsoft sat on RARE. There's no scenario like that in the case of Resident Evil. Capcom owns Resident Evil in pretty much every single way.

[BrionIrons]

Yeah but I still don't see Classic RE games going on Xbox Live.Maybe the outbreak games but not RE1,2,3 and CVX

[Stu]

Why the Outbreak games?

[BrionIrons]

well my opinion The outbreak games are more fun and it could benifit capcom by bringing more online resident evil gaming to the xbox gamers.Playing RE5 online tends to get boring sometimes.so yeah why not.I don't see anything wrong with the outbreak games going to xbox live.An xbox live port of the outbreak games would not hurt.It could use some improvements like being able to use a headset to communicate with other gamers and maybe 1 or 2 new levels.but the way I see it is The more RE online the the more Capcom can make profits.

[Zombie Fred]

Resident Evil Outbreak (1+2) would be damn perfect to have, if Capcom would reprogram and set them as live arcade/psn games. The opportunity for this would be fantastic.