Capcom Ships One Million Units of RE4 for Wii

Capcom has announced thatResident Evil 4 Wii Edition has shipped over one million units worldwide. Garnering dozens of awards and nominations for its amazing game play and incredible re-invention of the “survival-horror” genre, RE4 has become one of the most acclaimed games to grace the console. The Wii version contains the same storyline along with the cultists, mutants and mind-controlled villagers, other versions had but this version also contains the added content that was included in the PS2 version. It is Capcom’s on-going plan to aggressively pursue the continued creation of unique and inspired creations for the Wii, including such titles as Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, which is set to go on sale on November 13th.

Since the release of the first Resident Evil game in 1996, the series has shipped over 33 million units (as of October 30, 2007) and is valued as one of Capcom’s strongest and most original intellectual properties. RE4 Wii Edition retains the intensity of the original Resident Evil 4 while bringing players a totally new play experience through the use of the Wii Remote. In this way, by retaining the interest of the core fanbase and expanding outward toward new casual players through the Wii platform, Capcom has broken the 1 million units milestone, and successfully captured the attention of a new set of users. Long live Resident Evil!

You know, RE fans have the fifth installment to look forward to as well, and all this news does is make my trigger finger itch when thinking about it.

Via: Press Release