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Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles | 
| From: Capcom
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $31.55
You Save: $18.44 (37%)
New (32) Used (20) from $27.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  86 reviews
Sales Rank: 1240
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 35002
UPC: 013388350025
EAN: 0013388350025
ASIN: B000P297F2
Release Date: November 13, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Using the Wii Remote: as a gun, players can experience breathtaking combat against a horde of zombies and various creatures in dynamic first-person perspective. | | • | 480p and 16:9 Widescreen support | | • | Returning characters from many RE games, including Billy Coen, Rebecca Chambers, Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine and Carlos Oliveira. | | • | Classic locations from previous Resident Evil games in full 3D, including the mansion from the original and RE 0, and elements of Raccoon City from RE2 and 3. | | • | Interactive paths : choose various routes and pathways through the game, allowing for multiple levels of replayability |
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Product Description
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles is a brand new game in the Resident Evil franchise, with familiar locales from the entire series. This action/shooter hybrid reveals the back story behind the fall of the Umbrella Corporation by exploring locations from Resident Evil 0, 1, 2 and 3 as well as new never-before-seen locations, such as Umbrella's stronghold. Classic locations from previous Resident Evil games in full 3D, including the mansion from the original and RE 0, and elements of Raccoon City from RE2 and 3. Umbrella's stronghold, a new location, holds many secrets to events throughout the RE series. Returning characters from many RE games, including Billy Coen, Rebecca Chambers, Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine and Carlos Oliveira. ESRB Rated M for Mature
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 What a shame... September 29, 2008
This game is sad. It is an arcade shooter not and rpg, action adventure like many other Resident Evil games. This is the kinda game that you can play for 15-30 minutes and then get sick of, or run out of quarters. Albeit the wiimote works well on its own or with the zapper it just... kinda a crappy game. I'm glad i bought it at Gamestop used with 2 guns so and was able to return it all for cash.
tl;dr
Buy it at gamestop used and then return it.
 What happened? September 8, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I loved Resident Evil 4 for the PC, and I loved it even more for the Wii. In fact, I thought it was the best Wii game I'd played so far. Psyched about Umbrella Chronicles, I went out and got it right away, figuring that if nothing else it would be just more of the same (which wouldn't be bad, IMO).
Boy, was I wrong. This game is very nearly unplayable, period. The graphics are decent, but the gameplay is absolutely ridiculous. Ever play games like House Of The Dead at the arcade, where you get a plastic gun and just stand there, shooting things as they pop up on the screen? Well, Umbrella Chronicles is like that. It's like that to a T. Except instead of the plastic gun you get your Wiimote. You cannot move your character, cannot choose which doors to enter, which turns to take, or what strategy to apply to your enemies. You cannot do anything apart from shooting endless monsters that keep on jumping at you.
For me, exploration of the environment is one of the most important features of any videogame, be it FPS, adventure, simulation, you name it. What's behind this door? What lurks in the corridor beyond? Should I take the right or the left turn? It's what makes games fun. And I see no fun whatsoever in continuously shooting things without being able to explore. If you find that fun, then you'll love this game. If you're like me, spare yourself the pain. It doesn't deserve your time or your money.
 In my opinion this is strictly a two player game July 24, 2008
I have had some serious fun playing this with my fiancee. In fact she usually ends up being the one to tell me to man up and get ready for a couple more hours of zombie killing. Which is something I never expected to happen when we got the Wii.
I think I would get bored really quick if I played this on my own though, it is nothing at all like the other RE games I've played in the past. The rail based shooting is awesome for a co-op game (no one fighting over which way to go or holding someone up by getting too far away) but there are many better games more similar to RE4 if you are on your own.
If you're looking for a fun, mindless shooting game to play with a friend then you'll probably do well with this one. If you're on your own you'd better really like rail based shooters if you plan on picking this up.
I'd also wait for the price to drop. It's fun, but not $50 worth of fun.
Barely playeable July 13, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I rented it because I wanted some game to play on the wii that would use a gun. This seems to the the only actual game choice that I could find. Pleas don't suggest that the crossbow practice is a game. I is barely playable and I wouldn't recommend it. I got the wii for my wife and so far there are no good games for it. I will see what old game cube game I can find and just forget the gun till someone bothers to make a real game.
It's fun to shoot stuff, really it is May 23, 2008
Basically all that you do is go around and shoot things to try to make their heads blow up. It's pretty engaging. There isn't a whole lot of thought required, which is nice. Just shoot at everything that moves, and even things that don't. You can shoot pretty much everything in the environment to varying results. There is also a lot of content (worth unlocking) to unlock, and two player is quite fun. If you want to shoot some zombies and not have to worry about solving puzzles and decyphering plot details then this is the game for you.
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