Capcom has already seen massive worldwide success with both Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition and Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles on Nintendo’s immensely popular Wii console, with the duo easily surpassing a million sales each around the globe. So it was hardly any surprise to hear yet another entry into the popular survival horror franchise was on the cards. Now the developer has lifted the lid on the game by releasing the first ever trailer…

Due for release on 10th July, 2008 in Japan, and not currently scheduled for a release in the US or across Europe and Australia, the game is being priced at the very reasonable cost of 4,190 yen (~£20 / 26 Euros), which in Japanese terms is around a third less than normal priced releases. This is being deemed as very appropriate, though, considering this will not be a remake on the scale of Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition, rather more of a simple port that does not even make the best possible use of the Wii’s motion control set-up. This seems to be more a case of Resident Evil 0 not meeting the sales expectations of Capcom on the underperforming GameCube and the company hoping for a new lease of life on the Wii, tapping into the Resident Evil fan-base that has now been built up on the console.

Check out the trailer below:

For comparative purposes, check out this trailer from the GameCube original and see if you can actually spot any differences in quality:

Below is a synopsis of the storyline for those that have not played the game before, thanks to Wikipedia, as well as some early screenshots:

“On July 23, 1998, S.T.A.R.S. Bravo Team is sent in to investigate a series of grisly murders in the Arklay Mountains region outside of Raccoon City. On the way to the scene, Bravo’s helicopter malfunctions and is forced to crash land in the forest. Luckily, there are no fatalities. The team soon discovers an overturned Military Police transport truck, along with the mutilated corpses of two officers. The team soon splits up and Bravo team’s field medic, rookie member Rebecca Chambers, stumbles upon a train suspiciously stopped in the middle of the forest - the Ecliptic Express. Soon thereafter, she discovers that it’s infested with zombies. Rebecca begins to wonder what she has got herself into. After a little exploration, she teams up with the man the Military Police were escorting to his execution; former Marine Billy Coen, and the two of them face off against a band of zombies, swarms of strange leeches, and a mysterious individual with possible links to the disaster. As with previous installments, the two characters visit various locales through the course of the story, including a train (aforementioned Ecliptic Express), a research facility, a laboratory and a factory.”

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