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A New Dimension Of Chris Redfield

Check out some (2D) details on Capcom's 3D Resident Evil release.

Jan. 19 2011

Posted by: Jeff

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Edited By step2ice

Mercenaries was a great mini game, played it to death. Great idea to work out a new game on that idea. But I really don't see the point on bringing it on a handheld. Console and PC would have been the real deal.
Maybe a full fleged Mercenaries game with story and many options to choose in single/multiplayer modes.
Ah well, time will tell.

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Edited By mewarmo990

Will there be more boulder punching?

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I hate Mercenaries mode so this game seems perfect for me.

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Edited By fillmoejoe

This should be combined with the other Resident Evil 3DS game.

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Edited By PerfidiousSinn

I love Mercenaries, it's probably the only reason why I still play Resident Evil 5.
 
But they really need to just put every Mercs character from 4, 5, and Mercs Reunion into this game.

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@Pie:  This man speaks the truth, there is no horror involved in that trailer at all, just survival
 
I miss the old RE's...
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Seeing as how Mercenaries was the best part of RE5, and apparently they're making it so that you get XP and level, this seems like a really cool idea.

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@Devil240Z said:
"I thought Hank was the gasmask swat guy and Hunk was the knife wielding giant block of tofu...  "

The tofu is just called Tofu.
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"Return to survival horror." 
 
Aha, Capcom, you crack me up.

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@MarkDarkness said:
" A game without Leon can't expect me to take it seriously. "
@Daveyo520 said:
" No Leon..... ;_;  BUT LEON!!!!!! HE IS LEON S. KENNEDY!!! "
 
Leon is a nobody. In RE2 it was his first day on the force. Chris and Jill are the real badasses. STARS for life!
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I thought Hank was the gasmask swat guy and Hunk was the knife wielding giant block of tofu... 

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Edited By SunKing

The graphical fidelity looks close to the level of the 360. Then I look at Kid Icarus... What the hell? They're leagues apart! I don't know, but I'm pretty suspicious of this. 
 
Taking just the Mercenaries portion of RE5 and porting it to 3DS is a cool idea, though. Forgetting that it's the best part of the game on console anyway, it nicely fits the pick-up-and-play ethos of a portable system.

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A game without Leon can't expect me to take it seriously.

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Claire Redfield looks scrumptious. 
 
 
 
Shut up.

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@punisherkaos: You know they're gonna do the whole dramatic reveal of the remaining characters trailer thing..... Some dude will be scratching his ass the whole time through out the trailer then at the end while his hand goes up slowly to sniff you'll see that it's Leon!!!!!!! 
 
It looks like a stand alone game so I doubt they would only have 4 characters, I'm interested to see what they do with this game. If I end up getting the 3DS then this game as well as the others are looking good, if I don't get it then these games suck. :p It really just comes down to money and if I will have it at launch.
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They release a full-priced game based on a fucking mini-game and don't even feature all the characters in the series? Since this is Capcom, they'll probably release the other characters as DLCs...

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I'm no time ticking manjini killer. I'm out! :(

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Edited By 234r2we232

The video opens with Chris punching a time bonus...
 
Resident Evil :/ 
 
Does look pretty for a handheld game, tho.

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@captain_clayman said:
" bahaha this is better than the wii's graphics.  that's just sad, wii. "
It doesn't really look so to me.
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Release the Gamecube Resident Evils and we'll talk.

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bahaha this is better than the wii's graphics.  that's just sad, wii.

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3DS looks better than the Wii

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No Leon..... ;_;  BUT LEON!!!!!! HE IS LEON S. KENNEDY!!!

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Edited By Milkman

Couldn't I just buy a copy of Resident Evil 4 and get all this content, alongside a single player campaign for much cheaper? Since you know...it's the exact same thing...

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Horror genre has pretty much been spoiled since I played Amnesia. I would love an Amnesia 3DS game though....

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@fox01313 said:
" Would be excited for something slightly horrific on the new DS but with this franchise's last few entries being rather clunky in the control scheme, I feel that putting this on the DS will be even more clunky on a system like this. Guessing this one will sell well but will be traded in quite a lot. (could be wrong but that's my impressions on this) "
On the other hand, RE is clunky because it started out before dual analog sticks was a thing. It feels clunky primarily because it doesn't let you use both sticks. The 3DS doesn't have two sticks, so it's probably a better fit!
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@JTB123:  
Well it shows them able to move whilst reloading and using healing items. I don't know about shooting,
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I still can't believe that they made a full game out of those minigames.

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Edited By fox01313

Would be excited for something slightly horrific on the new DS but with this franchise's last few entries being rather clunky in the control scheme, I feel that putting this on the DS will be even more clunky on a system like this. Guessing this one will sell well but will be traded in quite a lot. (could be wrong but that's my impressions on this)

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 That's impressive.
 
I wish they would make a mercenaries based game for consoles too, just with loads more maps and more characters, maybe even include a forge editor type system too. I imagine most fans of mercenaries would be willing to buy it. 
 
This really makes me want a 3DS now. It looks like you can move while shooting in this too.

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What! no leon scott kennedy :(

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Edited By Yummylee

Claire's a fuckin' awesome addition. Just wish she could of made it into RE5's mercenary mode; either one of em -_-

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I lost so many hours to RE5's mercenaries mode, this is a guaranteed purchase.

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@Skullo said:

"Hunk with KNIFEBOOTS just proves. "

Fixed!
He also wins all the kickline auditions.
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Jill or Die

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Because I want to play Resident Evil on a HANDHELD

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Fuck the haters.
 
This is going to be the best shit ever.
 
Hunk with AK47 just proves.

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Easily the best looking handheld game I've seen, and I love Claire's new design. I never really got in to Mercenary mode in 4 and 5 though, so I don't know if I'll be buying this.

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Edited By Seroth

 Mercenaries was a lot of fun in RE4 and RE5, but they seriously need to put it tons of content if they wanna make it a standalone game instead of an unlockable bonus. 
 
There really shouldn't be an excuse to leave out any of the previously playable Mercenaries characters.
 
So I expect to see in addition to Hunk, Claire, Krauser, and Chris: Leon, Ada, Barry, Sheva, Rebecca, Wesker, Excella, Josh, and Jill...and all the alternate costumes! ...also...TOFU!
 
 Also...not sure how I feel about the first-person aiming. I hope there's an option for the traditional third-person aiming as well.

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Yay, Hunk is in it :D, he's my favorite character. Mainly because he's got nothing to do with the retard-ass story, and just stroll around kicking ass, most of the RE cast lose their awesome factor when they start talking.

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If this just ends up being like what was on the console version of the games it will probably be a letdown.  If they expand it to have some sort of story mode or more in depth character progression perhaps...

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Wow are those really 3DS graphics, if so, man think of the pokemon lol.

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 There was some teaser image when this game was announced that showed silhouettes of characters like Wesker, Barry, Rebecca, Ada Wong, etc.  And it has the Mercenaries stages from both RE4 and RE5. Not seeing any features being "stripped."

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SOLD

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eff yes mother fucking Hunk up in this bitch! (Shoe knife looks hawt)
 
I certainly hope that there are more then four characters though. I want Business Suit Sheva but that is probably not gonna happen.

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Looks neat enough. I do hope it has more characters than that, though.

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Japanese asterisk looks totally bizarre next to English text.

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Well it's official, Capcom has totally lost touch with their target audience. I'm out!..

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@buft: 
Mercenaries mode is kinda like a score attack feature where you try to kill as many enemies in a row as possible. You only have a limited amount of time, but you can hit hourglasses for more time. Basically, you have to divide your time between killing, grabbing items, and getting time bonuses.
 
Each character has a different set of weapons and melee moves. Sometimes they have crazy powers like Krauser, who had a crazy Tyrant-style mutated arm that blew through crowds of guys in an instant.
 
The tough part is when they throw in boss monsters like the chainsaw maniacs or other hard to kill dudes that either break your chain, or kill you instantly. It's actually a pretty great mode that I could see them making an entire game around if they fill it out with enough crazy Resident Evil stuff and secret characters.