Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition *coincidentally* popping up everywhere

We thought the previous rumor about a supposed Resident 4 Wii Edition might have been a minor fluke on the part of GameStop, however, recent developments seem to make this dodgy title a tad bit clearer. Apparently, more people have been reporting info of other gaming retail shops having a listing for a certain “Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition” as well. If this had only been isolated as an occurrence in GameStop’s database, this would have been easier to dismiss as a small error. But now that other people are reporting it…

 

Well, the facts are, over at Go Nintendo, two individual reports of two different retail stores in two different sides of the planet have shown the same thing: Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition. The first pic above, on the left, is from a Japanese retail product page (which was later on, unfortunately, taken down), while the one on the right is straight from a terminal in Blockbuster (who has a separate entry in their database for Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles).

Also, in a comment from our previous coverage of the GameStop report, Dan (Unregistered) had said: “» Still up in stores // I work for a Gamestop and we still have the title in our system in the store and people can put a reserve down for it.” Intriguing, eh? Maybe there’s more to this after all.

Over at the other side of the world, German site GameFront.de (a reputable source if ever there was) even reports of some alleged first few details of the Wii version for RE4. They mention that the game would be played with the Wiimote, but also support the Classic Controller. They also talk of a “Gallery Mode” and the inclusion of Ada Wong (as playable?).

All these seem to be too coincidental to report of the same thing. And to think that they’re from different sources from different parts of the world… What’s cooking, Capcom? Let us in on more info!

We thought the previous rumor about a supposed Resident 4 Wii Edition might have been a minor fluke on the part of GameStop, however, recent developments seem to make this dodgy title a tad bit clearer. Apparently, more people have been reporting info of other gaming retail shops having a listing for a certain “Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition” as well. If this had only been isolated as an occurrence in GameStop’s database, this would have been easier to dismiss as a small error. But now that other people are reporting it…

 

Well, the facts are, over at Go Nintendo, two individual reports of two different retail stores in two different sides of the planet have shown the same thing: Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition. The first pic above, on the left, is from a Japanese retail product page (which was later on, unfortunately, taken down), while the one on the right is straight from a terminal in Blockbuster (who has a separate entry in their database for Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles).

Also, in a comment from our previous coverage of the GameStop report, Dan (Unregistered) had said: “» Still up in stores // I work for a Gamestop and we still have the title in our system in the store and people can put a reserve down for it.” Intriguing, eh? Maybe there’s more to this after all.

Over at the other side of the world, German site GameFront.de (a reputable source if ever there was) even reports of some alleged first few details of the Wii version for RE4. They mention that the game would be played with the Wiimote, but also support the Classic Controller. They also talk of a “Gallery Mode” and the inclusion of Ada Wong (as playable?).

All these seem to be too coincidental to report of the same thing. And to think that they’re from different sources from different parts of the world… What’s cooking, Capcom? Let us in on more info!