Today's "everything's fine, honey" video: Biohazard Wii edition

by Kevin Kelly { Apr 14th 2007 at 12:01AM }

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Everyone looks like this when they play a terrifying game on the Wii, right? Totally relaxed, chilling in some Gap-esque clothing, sipping tea, blowing away zombies ... just another Sunday afternoon. Have you ever seen a couple looking so happy?

The live-action half of the commercial actually looks like a fun game, popping a cap in zombies around your living room. Good thing the guy didn't miss, would his Wii-bullets have taken out some of that IKEA looking shelving?

[Via Nintendo Wii Fanboy]

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Perkins @ Apr 14th 2007 12:24AM

haha, this is so dumb. but it still managed to give me the warm fuzzies about playing this game with the wii remote.

John @ Apr 14th 2007 12:28AM

Thats so sick hahaaha

bouncicles @ Apr 14th 2007 12:30AM

Yikes. Look at that picture above. That's no lady...SHE'S A MAN, BABY!

Daniel @ Apr 14th 2007 12:34AM

That guy's getting some 'overtime' tonight.

NeverSage @ Apr 14th 2007 12:49AM

"That guy's getting some 'overtime' tonight."

LOL

edwin @ Apr 14th 2007 12:53AM

I read that RE4 Wii version has better control than the others. This is the main reason Capcom will port RE5 to Wii too (I bet they will). They had no reason not to do that. Capcom loves Nintendo. Resident Evil had the most completed series in Nintendo platform, then Wii is backward compatible too. So people still can play RE0 - RE5 in one console. I would be happy to play RE5 in Wii though it only has RE4 quality graphics (it's good enough, if not best, in 480p), because I'm sure the control will be better than PS3/X360 version.

outforprophets @ Apr 14th 2007 1:24AM

Oh man, I thought something like that was going to happen. The girl looked way too much like Ashley for something to not happen.

J @ Apr 14th 2007 1:09AM

Most awkward trailer ever.

Bill nye @ Apr 14th 2007 1:20AM

Common everyone was defending the ridiculous Sony commercials someone is bound to be able to defend this. Don't you all see the subtle message being given. No... None of you. Its quite obvious. Alright here it is. This commercial is saying the Wii not only gets you girls but brings you closer together.

Its better then the ps3 add that tells you girls will shitting themselves laughing at your ps3.

Matt @ Apr 14th 2007 1:22AM

"3. Yikes. Look at that picture above. That's no lady...SHE'S A MAN, BABY!"

Indeed, Quite the tranny.

Mike @ Apr 14th 2007 1:32AM

Did we just have to have "Yikes." when commenting on the woman's looks? What about the guy? He's no Casanova. But I suppose they are both reflecting the attitudes of the game, which had an odd-looking male lead in the first place. Anyway, they should have more adds where the woman actually is playing rather than coming in and serving fucking tea. Rant over. I imagine people rolling eyes and sighing. Oh well oh well.

samfish @ Apr 14th 2007 1:31AM

Wow. I am glad I watched that alone, because I'd be so embarrassed to have been caught watching something so cheesy.

Matt @ Apr 14th 2007 1:33AM

Didn't you read the comments???? THATS A MAN BABY!

Martez @ Apr 14th 2007 2:30AM

It showed gameplay- advertising successful.

vidGuy @ Apr 14th 2007 2:42AM

Very corny, looks horrible to begin with but when the premise shows, the corn-factor was well done. I like it. I heard this was going to start airing in the US soon.

JustinS @ Apr 14th 2007 2:54AM

"They had no reason not to do that. Capcom loves Nintendo."

It depends on what is actually in the game. The better GPU and CPUs in the PS3 and 360 do more than give you better graphics (which seems to be overlooked most of the time). If the game heavily relies on some physics engine that the Wii just keep up with then they may not be able to port it. The same thing with possible adavnced AI on the other systems. It also should be a bigger deal than just lowering the resolution on the game to get it to run on the Wii graphically. Even if you dont take into consideration possible processing problems from the actual gameplay it could be very hard to port the game to a system with lesser capabilities. And i dont think Capcom cares if you can play all the games on one system as long as they get your money.

Nicolas Redfern @ Apr 14th 2007 5:04AM

That's one of the best ads I've seen, I hope they use it in the UK.

Rubang B @ Apr 14th 2007 5:39AM

Hahaha, that was great. I loved that cheeseball last shot.

Emperor Samoth @ Apr 14th 2007 8:35AM

Oh, silly Nintendo with your machine that is supposed to make any game "fun" or funny. What the hell are they all smiling about? Shit? Are they smiling 'cause waving a remote control still looks as dumb as it did last year?

Grey Acumen @ Apr 14th 2007 8:38AM

Actually, The plot was corny in a funny way, my only problem was "oh wow" reactions to using the Wiimote... the rest just made it feel cheesy, but those initial reactions almost felt patronizing.

miles foreman @ Apr 14th 2007 9:14AM

That guy is pretty sadistic. Who kneecaps zombies? Just shoot 'em in the head and put them outta their misery...

Demaar @ Apr 14th 2007 10:58AM

HAY GUYS ITS A CAPCOM GAME
I bet they did it for the lulz, since Nintendo's regular Wii ads are so lame.

Killer @ Apr 14th 2007 11:25AM

Wow....There are so many things that are wrong in this.

One such thing: Why does the "girl" say cool and wow, about the guy shooting zombies? Honesty, just because they have a wii doesn't been "she" would like Resident Evil. "Awwww honey, you blew that zombies head off, that's so cutttee."

Zamfir @ Apr 14th 2007 12:01PM

Illustrates the Wiitard "spazz-factor" quite nicely I thought. Now when I read the many Nintendork comments that infest this site, I will think of this commercial and softly smile in comfort.

ill trooper @ Apr 14th 2007 12:12PM

So is this the guy who decided to sell his entire video game collection on Ebay?

Sean @ Apr 14th 2007 1:27PM

"All I Want For Christmas Is My PSP", "I'm bringing XBOX back", now this!? Next gen gaming has the nerdiest, dorkiest advertising seen this side of the 1970's.

vidGuy @ Apr 14th 2007 4:09PM

If you feel like being accurate in your posts you could change the title to Biohazard 4: Wii Edition (we aren't talking about the original Resident Evil) and the link to http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2007/04/13/re4-zombies-plotting-to-steal-your-wig-wearing-girlfriend/

Limeade @ Apr 14th 2007 5:22PM

haha that was the lamest commercial ever... also maybe shoot him somewhere beside the knee? RE4 is one of the best games I've played and that commercial really made it look lame and unfun.

fatchris @ Apr 14th 2007 5:42PM

i hated that so bad

justin @ Apr 14th 2007 7:15PM

this ad would work great in the UK considering the girl in the ad looks like a man with a wig on which is what pritty much all UK girls look like lol

John @ Apr 14th 2007 10:06PM

I couldn't finish watching it. No woman comes up and says, "Wow, that's amazing."

"That's Great."

"What's that?"

Stupid. I can't imagine who this is supposed to appeal to.

Couldn't they have had a bunch of goth chicks and dudes listening to the Cure while playing this?

John @ Apr 14th 2007 10:15PM

Okay, I forced myself to watch the ending, which is pretty cool. This would have been so much better if the beginning were not so weighted down in cheese. They should have used the goth kids listening to Cure, with a somber mood, and then had some Emo guy rescue a goth chick, instead of some European pretty boy rescue some European woman looking for work.

Meh. We have a lot to work on.

Bluebreaker @ Apr 15th 2007 2:10AM

Two things: A) my friend had a notorious "backseat gamer" girlfriend which drove him up the wall. He liked her because she liked games a lot...but she would have an incessant commentary on his 1P games.
B) A couple that high on the income scale would be playing on a PS3 not a Wii as their primary game system. (I AM looking forward to RE4 on the Wii, though)

Alex @ Apr 15th 2007 9:20AM

The beggining was slow, they should have started where she's being kinapped by the zombies and stop it before he shot the last one. Then it would have been great imo.

vidGuy @ Apr 15th 2007 11:30AM

"B) A couple that high on the income scale would be playing on a PS3 not a Wii as their primary game system."

Huh? That doesn't make any sense. I know a handful of $100k+/year families that own... a Wii for gaming and nothing else (ok, one family owns a 360, too). That's like saying the high income family would own a Ferriari, not something with more seats, ignoring that they have more than 2 people to drive around. High income != own a PS3.

jan_halmes @ Apr 17th 2007 8:26AM

That commercial was totally awesome. Fits the RE series to a "T".

Bluebreaker @ Apr 15th 2007 2:51PM

@35

But it's true!!! High income groups in this country really toss their money around. They would go straight for the "luxury" PS3.

Also, I think it's great that some families only buy a Wii as their primary gaming system. I almost thought I'd be kinda off-kilter if I didn't get a "Wii60" package and just went straight for a Wii. (Theoretically, since I still can't find one)

Pikachelsea @ Apr 15th 2007 8:48PM

"A couple that high on the income scale would be playing on a PS3 not a Wii as their primary game system."

That is quite possibly the stupidest comment I have ever read on Joystiq. And that's saying something. Do you honestly think that people are only playing the Wii because that's all they can afford? And you do realize this is a freaking COMMERCIAL and not real life where tards like you are obsessed with showing off their wealth by buying the most expensive thing, even if it's not the highest quality?

It was a retarded and unbelievably campy commercial anyway. "Wow, that's so great." Sorry, no one in the history of Earth, let alone females, talks like that.