There have been many occasions in which I've laughed til I cried playing videogames - only a small percentage of those were actually intended by the game developer. My own incompetence has proved the most reliable source of belly laughs, closely followed by examples of incompetent or bug-ridden design.
But Dead Rising made me laugh until I couldn't see the screen anymore though the tears. Batting zombies away with a shop window dummy, ploughing over them with a lawnmower - golden comedic moments to treasure. This tale of a freelance journalist trapped in a mall with an army of undead shoppers and a series of missions to complete provided a grand guignol riposte to archly straight-faced survival horror romps. Despite the rather confusing structure.
So, yes, it's lovely that the game is coming to Wii - Capcom officially announced Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop (geddit?) yesterday. Apparently it's using the same engine as the Wii version of Resi 4 and of course, gets in some platform-specific features - "aim and fire guns, swing and throw weapons and shake off zombie attacks with added Wii Remote functionality," says the press release. You'll be able to really smack those lifeless scum down.
So Resi 4, now Dead Rising - which other horror favourites would you like to see re-imagined for Wii?
