ENTERTAINMENT: Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles for WII

WHAT: A new game that comes out next month for the Wii called Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles. Turn your WII controller into a gun with the game attachment, then go around blasting zombies until you've had your fill. Oh, yes, and they come after you.

WHY: Alright, so playing graphically violent games with zombies and gore isn't for everyone, but the Resident Evil series has built a reputation for getting your heart pounding in the horror-genre worlds they create. Now they're coming out with a new Resident Evil title, and this one's for the Wii game system. You know the Wii: it's the game system with the controllers that respond to motion; you can bowl or play tennis, and you mimic the motions of bowling and tennis with the controller in your hand.

But for Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, you take your Wii remote and place it in a plastic "gun" adapter. In the game, you'll play in first-person and have to actually aim at the screen to get the zombies. Okay, nothing super new here, but at least it's an exciting new game title for the Wii. One bigger complaints of the game system is that, while they got it right with the controller, the graphic power available on Wii games leaves something to the imagination. The brains of the Wii seem to be less powerful than the Playstation 1.

For those owners of Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, you'll have to wait a little longer for a new Resident Evil title, but you can check out the graphically intense trailer for Resident Evil 5 at their website.

www.residentevil.com

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