As expected, Capcom today officially announced Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. The sequel to Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, the Wii light-gun shooter hits this winter, revisiting the events of Resident Evil 2 and other games.

Capcom also revealed that Wii ports of the more traditional Resident Evil and Resident Evil Zero entries are coming to North America under the Resident Evil "Classics" line. Both releases are based on the GameCube versions, with added motion controls.

Both of the survival horror ports are slated to arrive later this year, at $29.99 a piece.

Update: Capcom VP of business development Christian Svensson has stated that the Resident Evil Zero port for the Wii will be released only in Japan, noting that there are presently no plans for a Western release of the title.

"I bet we see all sorts of complaints about that fact, after pages of outrage on this forum and others that the title even exists," wrote Svensson on the official Capcom message boards. "We simply can not win."

Original story: According to the latest issue of Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, Capcom is planning to bring a port of its zombie-slaying prequel Resident Evil Zero to the Wii in the summer of this year.

Chronologically situated just prior to the original in the... Read more