1. What About Nintendo?
Yes, that, finally. Nintendo has had problems attracting an audience before this time, on the Gamecube, before the Wiis release. Contrary to its younger brother, the Gamecube had nothing of the casual about it occasional indications and hints, but the sensibility was that of a gamers console. It sold little, but crucially had the support of name third-parties an ongoing problem for the Wii U. Capcom, in particular, marked out the Gamecube as technically sufficient for a planned remake of the original, along with an exclusive prequel to tie up loose ends (Resident Evil 0). These were pure fan service it could be said that the so-called REmake made good on the originals potential, and the 0 changed just enough to be an interesting addition to the canon. They were never going to sell well, and Resi 4s poor sales meant that it lost its exclusive tag. However these conditions meant that there could be experiments and changes without the massive scrutiny the series is currently under. Unfortunately, the raised expectations from these 3 games meant little else matched up unchanged ports of Resis 2 and 3, for instance, were marked as a waste of time despite essentially being stopgaps on the road to the fourth instalment. Aside from Capcoms support for the N64 the cancelled Zero, and a good port of 2 there is another example. Deadly Silence was another remake of the original, for which it was lambasted but it made great use of the touchscreen technology, and changed enough to be a worthy buy for completists. Again, it wasnt a huge seller, but it was a sign that the series had some interesting turns left in it. Revelations is another perfect example of this risk and reward paying off. Now, whatever comes next in the series, it will take a lot of criticism. After all, its an indication of a successful series that it can polarise fans to this degree, and everyone has their own ideas for it. But as a Nintendo fan, the Wii U needs an exclusive entry - an attempt to compete with the brilliant ZombiU - and Capcom needs to move the series forward. However they do this remains to be seen, but looking at past entries they'll be able to take a few risks on the Wii U.