Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles Fact Sheet

Capcom Press Center published a fact sheet about the upcoming Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles detailing the new additions to the gameplay, story elements and features. Fact sheet below.


Release Date: Winter
Genre: Arcade Shooter
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Rating: Pending
Developer: cavia inc.
Publisher: Capcom
Price: $49.99

Game Description:

Capcom brings the Resident Evil series back to the Nintendo Wii with the sequel to the highly successful, million-selling title, Resident Evil:The Umbrella Chronicles, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles.

Unlike the evil enemies you fought against in the previous story, in Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, players will fight against the characters’ own inner demons. Two of the most popular characters in the series and heroes of the beloved Resident Evil 2, Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield, will be making their return. As unconventional heroes, the two start out the game as ordinary individuals who are thrown into terrorizing situations where their own fear is their biggest enemy. Featuring a brand new storyline that will fill in missing pieces of the “Chronicles” series, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles leads players into a horrific world where the lines between good and evil are blurred and the fight begins with your dark side…

The game’s on-rail, arcade shooter gameplay first featured in Resident Evil:The Umbrella Chronicles, has been radically upgraded in Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. One of the major additions is a sub-screen which will allow for weapon configuration and use of recovery items regardless of time progression. A horde of new features including a new system that allows players to modify the difficulty level according to their playing skills will bring accessibility and fun to both the hardcore and casual gamer.

Continuing in the survival horror tradition, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles will increase the thrills and chills with an enhanced two-player co-op mode where players will be able to follow their partners on the same screen. Their conversations and interactions have also been improved to create a more intense co-op experience.

A more terrifying experience than ever before, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles combines a shaky and realistic handheld camera experience with an eerie soundtrack and creepy sound effects utilizing state-of-the-art technology.

In development exclusively for the Nintendo Wii, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles will be available this Winter.

Features:

• Two-Player Co-op Shooting: Invite friends and family to experience the horror alongside you in 2-player co-op mode.

• Fan Favorite Characters Return: Play as Leon S. Kennedy, protagonist of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 4, his partner Claire Redfield, who appeared in Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil: Code Veronica, and others still to be announced.

• New Evade Movements: Utilize the Wii Remote to flank and evade your enemies, creating a more in-depth and intense shooting experience.

• Customizable Weapons: Players can upgrade and customize their weapons for each battle scenario. Each playable character can be specialized for a specific combat style.

• Dynamic Difficulty: In addition to the initial settings of Easy, Normal and Hard, the game’s difficulty level will adjust automatically based on the player’s skill level so that both old and new fans can have a fun and challenging experience.

• Collectibles Galore: For true Resident Evil devotees, archive items such as characters, enemies, old documents and movies can be found throughout the game.

This definately makes the game seem that much better, and I like the idea of the extras that it mentions, it seems like Capcom is starting to realize that we NEED great extras, and we didn't really get this in UC...

Characters 100% allways make gamers come back for more. Thats the only reason I played the Mercs for RE4 + RE5. I wish you could use them in story mode, that would be even better. Then can keep the cutscenes as Chris or whatever, but let you do in-game action with Wesker or Jill and that would be cool.

Well speaking of Darkside Chrnonicles, here is a couple of pics of a character Robert Kendo.

...I sure hope they didn't sacrifice anything for those graphics...

NiteKrawler wrote:

...I sure hope they didn't sacrifice anything for those graphics...

How come? Are they good or bad?

Spike991 wrote:

NiteKrawler wrote:

...I sure hope they didn't sacrifice anything for those graphics...

How come? Are they good or bad?

Well, they are OK for the Wii I suppose. But for anything else...baaaaad. I'm not a graphics whore, but I need my games to be somewhat good looking. I'm sure the final build looks better in action than one screenshot does though.

NiteKrawler wrote:

Spike991 wrote:

NiteKrawler wrote:

...I sure hope they didn't sacrifice anything for those graphics...

How come? Are they good or bad?

Well, they are OK for the Wii I suppose. But for anything else...baaaaad. I'm not a graphics whore, but I need my games to be somewhat good looking. I'm sure the final build looks better in action than one screenshot does though.

Yeah, your eyes just need time to adjust to less pixels.

I swear there was more blood in the original version on PS2 on that guy......he looks less gory.

Robert Kendo was the shop owner in RE2 right? At the very beginning?

thats him

lyfesArcanum wrote:

Robert Kendo was the shop owner in RE2 right? At the very beginning?

poor guy...what a way to go out by getting a horde of zombies on you...no chance

Regenerator wrote:

lyfesArcanum wrote:

Robert Kendo was the shop owner in RE2 right? At the very beginning?

poor guy...what a way to go out by getting a horde of zombies on you...no chance

He was too busy ogling a certain 19-year-old college girl to pay attention to the zombies, so it's his own fault.

damn if i were there and leon kennedy walked by .... lets just say my ass would have been eaten up too lol

charlieRE2 wrote:

damn if i were there and leon kennedy walked by .... lets just say my ass would have been eaten up too lol

well whatever floats your boat lol

I've read rumors somewhere that there might be a chapter for where Leon and Jack are on a mission together.
I think that would be pretty cool, if it's true? I guess we will find out huh? XD

Well thats news to my ears. I think Jack Krauser was horribley undersed villian.

ChrisSherry wrote:

I've read rumors somewhere that there might be a chapter for where Leon and Jack are on a mission together.
I think that would be pretty cool, if it's true? I guess we will find out huh? XD

We we know that Leon will be on a mission in South America and that Krauser is in the game, so they probably are working together.

Why did Krauser turn bad?

Jamesy wrote:

Why did Krauser turn bad?

Not really known. I'm sure it was either power or money...or both as they so often go hand in hand.

Right. Or maybe it was Wesker promising Krauser money and what sorts.

Jamesy wrote:

Why did Krauser turn bad?

Maybe we will find on in the game