Following the huge success of both Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition and Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles around the world, it was no surprise to hear that Capcom was bringing more of the franchise to Nintendo’s innovative console. However, what was surprising was how Resident Evil 0 was ported without extras in Japan, and now the Resident Evil remake from the GameCube is getting the same treatment.

Both the extensive Wii remake of Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition and the on-rails shooter Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles have sold in excess of a million units each around the globe so far, which spurred Capcom Japan on to make the decision to green-light a straight port of Resident Evil 0, which originally started as an exclusive Nintendo 64 project, before finally appearing only on the GameCube. Clearly the fact that the Wii is backwards compatible with GameCube games, as well as how Capcom Japan did not bother adding any extras or even give the game any real advertising push, did not have too much of a negative effect on sales.

As of today the game has easily sold over 50,000 units in Japan, which will almost be pure profit for the company due to the lack of investment put into the project. Therefore, clear this has had a positive bearing on the future of Resident Evil on Wii, with Capcom Japan now also announcing that on 25th December it will be bringing the remake of the first PSone game, that was a large hit on GameCube, to Wii.

The game will support use of the GameCube controller, but this time there will be some changes made, with Wii Remote waggling allowing for the main character to draw their weapon. Other details are currently unknown, however. Considering Capcom USA and Europe have rather oddly both declined to release the Wii version of Resident Evil 0, perhaps Resident Evil Remake will simply stay in Japan as well…unless there are plans for a Western double-pack release, which would make more sense. Some sources are also speculating that this is a precursor to a fully-fledged remake of Resident Evil 2 for Wii. However, nothing has been confirmed.

Would you be willing to pick up a cheap version of both Resident Evil 0 and the remake of the first game on Wii for a cheap price? And what would you like to see happen with a potential Resident Evil 2 remake? Share your thoughts by posting below…