Chris Kramer On "Why Resident Evil 5 Isn't On Nintendo Wii"

[Archelon]

but.. that's the biggest reason according to Kramer why it's on the 360 and PS3 to begin with ..

Which is a pretty stupid reason as far as I'm concerned, but whatever.

It's not like the people who want these games on the Wii care about the graphics, anyhow.

[A-J]

but that's the point isn't it, these games weren't made with the wii owners in mind, kramer acknowledges that these two games were meant to be graphical showcases ..

[REmaster]

What it ultimately comes down to is the fact that a built-from-the-ground-up original Resident Evil title for the Wii (or even a Wii version of RE5) would take significantly more time and effort to make, and it would certainly cost a lot more than, say, Umbrella Chronicles. And why should Capcom bother to put any real effort into their Wii titles when just as many people will buy a title like UC, which was comprised almost entirely of reused assets? Why do you think we're getting The Dark Side Chronicles instead of a full-blown remake of RE2?

Obviously RE5 isn't on the wii becuse the graphics gap, but I do agree about the darkside chronicles being a cheap replacement for the RE2 remake. However, in my opinion, I think that wii owners should just buy a playstation if they want RE5 so bad. I mean, I know PS3's are extremely exspensive but it would seem like people who are hardcore fans of the series and await the new RE titles would own a playstation in the first place, since it's what the series was born on and continues to be on. I can understand why people would expect RE titles on Nintendo after RE2 on n64, the remake, zero and the ports on the gamecube.

However, as soon as I saw the low graphics quality of the wii I didn't expect much in terms of exclusive games, if not even ports such as RE5. Now, I'm not saying that they couldn't make a decent RE game from the ground up solely for the wii, but like we all know it's just too exspensive for Capcom's taste, which is why they decided to once again port more last-gen RE games like the remake and zero on the wii instead. It's sad, and I think that wii-owners should get RE games they want, but it's out of our hands.