Resident Evil heading to a cellphone near you...

[marwan]

Capcom recently announced the formation of a formal American mobile division and is wasting no time in staking out the space with some of its biggest properties, such as Resident Evil.

The survival-horror franchise is enjoying a massive renaissance, still basking in the critical glow of the successful Resident Evil 4.

However, since an epic of such size and technical requirements could not be scaled down to a cell phone with any degree of reasonable success, Capcom set out to create an original game that delivered the elements and essence of the popular console game, but in an experience that makes sense for mobile.. ...

http://www.symbian-freak.com/news/006/03/apocalypse.htm





i think the game is JAVA based(J2ME), it's not made for Symbian OS only. which is a good thing since i would love to try it out on my Sony Ericsson W900i which pack an Nvidia 3D accelerator chip.

EDIT: IGN review...

http://wireless.ign.com/articles/693/693886p1.html

[Andy]

That looks like shitballs.

[marwan]

no it doesn't. remember how shitty DS games looked in pictures, but looked so much better person? this is the same...and it's a mobile game for god's sake!

[Andy]

remember how shitty DS games looked in pictures, but looked so much better person?

The first part yes, the second part no.

[marwan]

whatever man! anyways, the graphics remind me of RE1 on the PS1.

[Andy]

Which looks like shitballs.

[marwan]

you're just in love with shitballs arent ya'?

[Andy]

I'm going to marry them.

[marwan]

i'm not surprised!

[TobalRox]

I have VCAST games to do 3D, but I can't do Java when it comes to web stuff, so I might be SOL with this one.