Resident Evil: Revival Selection brings RE4 and Code Veronica to 360, PS3

by Justin McElroy on Mar 23rd 2011 8:36AM

PFFFFSSSS!

Sorry, but that's the closest onomatopoeia we could come up with for the sound of confetti coming out of a giant cannon. What's the occasion? Why, it's the one millionth port of Resident Evil 4! It's a big honor, and it goes to Biohazard (Resident Evil): Revival Selection, a set of high-definition updates of RE 4 and Code Veronica, that Famitsu says is headed to 360 and PS3. According to Andriasang, the full title may be "Resident Evil Revival Selection HD Remastered Version," and fair warning: If we have to type that out in full every time, we'll never cover this game again.

The updates, which have only been announced for Japan at the moment, will feature RE 4's bonus Ada Wong scenario, "Separate Ways."

Dirk the Daring was unavailable as of press time to comment on the possibility of these upstarts shattering his record. That said, if any STARS agents come up missing, we'll make Singe's belly the first spot we check.

Source: Andriasang, Andriasang

Tags: capcom, famitsu, microsoft, playstation, ps3, resident-evil, resident-evil-4, resident-evil-code-veronica, resident-evil-revival-selection, xbox

Reader Comments (110)

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@Jay Z: RE4 is the new Angry Birds

@216 You mean Angry birds is the new RE4.

Surely these will get localized here in NA.Surely right?...right?

Well, Capcom does like money.

@SgtDookie

Can't think of a RE that hasn't come out over her.e

@Cleric RE 2.5

@SgtDookie
If it's PS3, you can import them either way. You've already played them both, no need for a translation really.

@SgtDookie

They better! I'm not really ever excited for HD remakes but with RE4, hell yeah!

Wow...........what more can I say....This game Is one of the Biggest reasons I even play games today.....what more could I want THANK YOU CAPCOM!!!!!!!

At this point ports of Resident Evil 4 actually outnumber main entries in the Resident Evil series. Wow.

@Colin
haha

@Colin

I might buy it anyway, depending on the price/how good the Code Veronica update is. I can't imagine I'll want to go back to a regular controller after the Wii RE4, which is the best Wii port I've ever played hands down.

@Colin

I think you're forgetting this is business as usual for Capcom.Take RE1 for example. PSX (Two versions), Saturn, PC, Gamecube (the best remake ever though, and the best RE period), and one on a mobile platform. RE2 had two versions on the PSX, one on the N64, Dreamcast, Gamecube, PC, and even a very-down-port on the Game.com console.

In comparison, RE4 is only just catching up, really.

@bm111

I forgot the DS port of RE1. That makes 7 versions of that particular game...

@Colin
Downvote if you want, but I wouldn't mind RE4 being PS MOVE/KINECT playable. Tack on the gimmick controls! It was my only reason to replay RE5 last month! :D

. . . srsly, do it, please.

@bm111

Nice to see some love for REmake. That was one of my favorite games last generation and it kills me that it hasn't seen an HD re-release.

Honestly, Capcom,..Code Veronica, but not REmake?

For shame.

@Urethra Alfredo

You just reminded me that the REmake actually had a re-release on the Wii.

So that's 8 then. 8 versions of RE1. This RE4 upgrade is looking less and less remarkable, lol.

@bm111

At least RE1 is 15 years old. RE4 was released in 2005, and has had separate versions for Gamecube, PS2, PC, Wii, mobile phones, iPhone and iPad.

With the two new releases, that's nine rereleases. Pretty impressive that it beat RE1, which is ten years older.

@foxhound

Only reason for me to pick up the gold edition...

Is it just my bad memory, or did Capcom say earlier that a free patch would enable Move to work with the regular edition of RE5 and the DLC? And then later retracted that statement?

It was a point of discussion this past weekend.

@bm111 Did you count the PSN version?

Ooooooh yesssss! RE4 still remains one of my favourite games of all time.

Super awesome, can't wait. I wonder if its going to be a PNS/XBLA title or a retail release?

Either way I don't care, if it has RE5-esque graphics then you can have ALL of my MONEY!!!!! If its just an upped resolution to 1080p then you can have ALL of my MONEY!!!!!

@BoBsS

This HD remix better have improved textures and at least the same control schemes as RE5 if not better.

Give me Outbreak re-release. Would be worth playing now that we actually have good online systems now unlike the PS2's.

@kenofthedead
Why oh why does this not include Outbreak? Nobody gives a shit about another hundred ports of RE4 and Code Veronica. I would, however, buy the Outbreak games on day one. The games were underrated, and I'm sure that a lack of voice chat and the PS2's crappy multiplayer service were at fault. Also, this is the perfect opportunity for anybody outside of Japan to play them multiplayer again at all, considering that all the multiplayer servers (sans Japan's) were shut down after a dismally and embarrassingly short amount of time. The new systems, particularly the Xbox 360, provide them the opportunity to have a master multiplayer server that doesn't require them to run it themselves.

@kenofthedead Oh hell yeah. That's like one of the few that I didn't bother playing after the first evening.

Download or on disc?

Can I get Move integration for RE4? I very much liked playing RE4: Wii Edition...

@ilduce620
I second this..

@ilduce620 Did you try RE5 Gold? It has Move support.

@nandokun

Did you try RE5? Yeah.. Who wanted Move support for that mate.. lol

Anyway, yes! Move support, HD graphics and trophies and I am a happy man.

@nandokun I did not, no. I played through it on PS3 (co-op at a buddy's house...good times!) with a DualShock 3 before Move was released, so I never did.

Good to know it was well-done. You'd think that Capcom would just need to copy/paste some Wii code over to PS3/Move to make it work, so it shouldn't be all _that_ difficult.

I guess I wonder if they _would_ do it, though, as RE: Code Veronica doesn't have anything like that. So then the question is: do you release a disc with two games on it, where one of those games has motion support and the other one doesn't? Or do you spend the extra time and money to tack on some kind of motion support for RE:CV so you can then claim that both titles have it? I'm not even sure how they'd do it for RE:CV...RE4 and RE5 made perfect sense.

While they're at it, they should also do RE: The Umbrella Chronicles and RE: The Darkside Chronicles in HD for PS3/Move. I played Umbrella and liked it, but never got around to Darkside.

@ilduce620
no your gonna have to wait for the gold edition

Awesome I just hope it get a NA realses. It be nice to have an update version of Code Veronica and RE4, although I really want a remake of RE2 (The best of the series)

I wonder how many old schoolers like me are more excited about Code veronica X than RE4 [ the first non RE RE game]. Take a step back from mainstream guys and go play one of the less knowngems of the RE series , IE RE code veronica X.

Also WTB remake of 0 and 3.

@Zeta333 agreed that code vernonica was great and under appreciated... but you don't have to hate on RE4 (the greatest game from the last console gen) in the process!

i am very proud of my gamecube re 0, 1, 2, 3, code v, and 4 pile on my shelf

@Zeta333 I was a fan of RE from day 1, but I was always frustrated by the controls. I know that the hard handling was a design decision and part of what made the game so scary.

At the same time, I've never had more fun playing coop then Mercenaries with my buds.

@Zeta333

Code veronica had a crap storyline though...
RE4 was a brilliant game overall.
And yes this is coming from someone who has loved RE all along, RE2 being my favourite.

@Zeta333 RE2 is definitely the best RE game, but I agree that of these 2 I'm anticipating Code Veronica loads more than RE4. That is unless they can put some real functioning controls in RE4 this time. I tried that game on every system you could play it on and couldn't stand it on any of them (seriously no mouse control on PC?).

I understand the "they made it that way on purpose to create tension" argument, but I don't buy it. I'm pretty sure they made a straight up survival horror game, then instead of scrapping it and starting over they just shoved it into a 3rd person shooter over-the-shoulder perspective. Give me some real 3rd person shooter controls because that's what the game is. It's not survival horror anymore.

But yeah, without some user-customization of the controls, this is a no go for me. I actually still have my DC hooked up and I have a copy of Code Veronica. Don't need to waste my money on another unusable copy of RE4...

@Zeta333

I played it and didn't like it. It's annoying when people think they're cool for something as silly as liking a game that didn't get much prestige.

@TreeFoxx Are you honestly trying to say that RE4 has worse controls than its predecessors? Would you also have preferred GTAIV if it were an overhead 2D game?

@shabby329 RE4 may have been a Great game but it wasnt a resident evil game, No zombies hense no Resident Evil, Took the story line to hell and turned RE from a horror Puzzle game to a Action game. It was a good game but again not a resident evil game.

@Zeta333
I agree with Zeta333, RE4 was a good game, I did bring the game to a new lights but it lost what RE was. On the Gamecube its all about the Plagas, no umbrella, no G-virus, no Wesker (unless you were playing as Ada), there was no sense of horror that one felt in the other games. They tried to fixed it on the re-release versions on the PS2 and Wii with added story content to fit in with the series, yet it only felt action base. I remember playing RE2 that I got scared many times by the licker hiding on the interrogation room (damn licker). I do like RE 4, but I do not branded as the best of the series, I might say is on the top 5, being RE1 Remake first, RE2 second, Zero third, Nemesis(hard Setting) on Fourth and RE4 in five.

Still haven't played RE4. Looks like this will be as good a time as any.

@ObiBen8 You're in for a treat then. It is a really good game.

@ObiBen8
It is better then RE5. seriously RE4 was great. XD

I wonder if it will include some DLC thats already on the disk and to unlock I'll have to pay an extra £10 just so I can play it?

Fine by me, if they're remastered in HD. Been wanting an HD port of RE4 for a long time, it looks disgusting on GC/WII and PS2.

@mywhitenoise

Put your PS2 copy on a BC PS3. There you go, "HD RE4".

@CaptainProtonX
Upscaling does not = HD.
The RE4 PS2 port upscaled on a PS3 would still look worse than the Wii version hooked up by composite cables.

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