Quote from the latest Nintendo Power: "For better or for worse, the Wii version of Dead Rising offers a fundamentally different experience from is Xbox 360 predecessor. Granted, the overall structure of the game remains the same- as freelance photojournalist Frank West, you run around a mall killing zombies while trying to get a scoop on why the dead have suddenly risen. But a number of significant structural and gameplay changes drastically alter Dead Rising's identity.

On the one hand, many of the annoyances some players identified in the original game are gone. there are no more time limits, you're not restricted to a single save file, and since your attacks no longer hurt survivors, you don't have to worry about accidentally killing them during one of the games frequent escort missions.

On the other hand, there are far fewer items strewn throughout the mall with which to bludgeon zombies, and you can now carry only one melee weapon at a time. A much great emphasis is placed on firearms and collecting ammunition, making the whole affair feel less visceral. Perhaps the strangest difference, though, is Frank can no longer jump. We'll see if Dead Rising still lives up to its billing as "zombie paradise action" when we review the game in a future issue."

If I remember correctly, sven said " Dead Rising Wii was never about having 100 zombies on screen, it's about killing your enemies with many different weapons"

Now, this quote disproves that.

Apparently there's even less Melee weapons now, and you can only carry one at a time.

Now, it's more about firearms? Well, that doesn't make any sense. How can a JOURNALIST have the skill to kill 5 zombies that are on screen with only a gun? I think that's impossible.

Also, how is it about killing zombies in creative ways if you're forced to use firearms the entire time?

What say you sven??

Edit:

So, if sven said that it's about killing your enemies in creative ways, why don't we just by Madworld? There's more ways to kill zombies, and  the gameplay is going to be 10x better.

So, everyone buy Madworld!!

I can't wait to see the reviews rip this game apart.

It's kind of a running theme with Chop Till You Drop... there's less of EVERYTHING. Play the original if at all possible.

I haven't lost hope on this one. But then I've never seen the original game, nor do I care much how it compares.

Of course can the Wii technically have 100 zombies swarming around, the PS1 could do such things already.

So I really hope under all the redesign comes out a game that's working on its own. I tend to think of it as telling the same story as the original, only with another gameplay mechanic underneath.

It's kinda like RE4ing remakes of RE1-RE3, which seems to be a common request by RE4 fans.

Out of Capcoms Q1 offerings for the Wii, this is the one I'll most likely buy, certainly not Neopets or MotoGP.

Jan 17, 2009 -- 3:17AM, ShotMyEyeOut wrote:

According to this  http://www.gametrailers.com/player/44474.html the game has Wiggle Waggle so it should be awesome

I fully agree that proper motion controls are a lot better than any ancient button mashing, which is feeling sooo 2005. Did you ever play Bully on the Wii? How much more satisfying is it there to really physically execute a punch into someones face instead of just pressing the X Button...