Capcom Not Bringing Resident Evil To Nintendo Switch

[Megalith]

Following on the heels of developers who have claimed that their biggest games and franchises (e.g., Borderlands 3 and Mass Effect: Andromeda) will not be coming to the Switch, Capcom says they have no Resident Evil games planned for the system. Nobody who knows the company well could possibly be taking their comments seriously, however—they are probably readying another port of Resident Evil 4 as I type this. I would imagine that any hype for the new Nintendo system would be for first-party efforts, anyway.

Capcom has said it is potentially interested in making games for the Nintendo Switch, but it doesn't look like the Resident Evil series is among them, at least not yet. Producer Masachika Kawata told Express Online about the Switch, "I think it's a very unique piece of hardware." However, Capcom isn't bringing Resident Evil to Switch now or anytime soon. "I'm looking forward to the possibilities of the system itself, but we have no plans at the moment regarding Resident Evil on Switch," Kawata said (via NeoGAF). Capcom is among the dozens of development partners for the Switch, so it's possible some Capcom games will come to the console.

 

[RogueTadhg]

 

[Derangel]

Not surprising. Wouldn't be surprised if Capcom decides to port REmake 2 to it though or give it a port of REmaster. At least depending on how the Switch sells.

 

[NickJames]

 

[Master_shake_]

DOA

 

[ChoGGi]

 

[alamox]

what did ppl expect when they heard new nintendo console is having an ARM chip... no third party support was a given knowing all AAA studios make games for ps4/xbone/pc, all games can't be simple ports, and making a heavily cut down version of the game from the ground up would sit around the lowest common denominator ( smartphone ), ie hitman absolution and hitman GO.
beside in couple years smartphone will probably catch up/surpass the switch performance.
nintendo is yet again stuck with their own games, and japanese studios too small for AAA.
the switch is not fo me, nor am i interested in playing downgraded vrsions of 10 years old AAA PC games on the go with 2 hours autonomy...

 

[Whach]

So another Nintendo only machine? That's what it seems like.

 

[Derangel]

So another Nintendo only machine? That's what it seems like.

Unless it sells pretty well then yes. It seems like a lot of studios are taking a wait and see approach with the Switch, which is a fair approach for them to take. If it hits off well this well then we'll see 3rd parties jump on more enthusiastically, if it doesn't then they won't. But right now 3rd parties just don't have a ton of faith in Nintendo.

 

[maclem8223]

They probably found out that the game would only be ran at 480 at 20fps Sorry, really start getting facetious when I have a good bourbon on hand

 

[vegeta535]

Unless it sells pretty well then yes. It seems like a lot of studios are taking a wait and see approach with the Switch, which is a fair approach for them to take. If it hits off well this well then we'll see 3rd parties jump on more enthusiastically, if it doesn't then they won't. But right now 3rd parties just don't have a ton of faith in Nintendo.

Yep unless they get a huge install base it is not worth it for developers to spend money on making a switch version. The difference between PC, PS4 and xbone is very similar and easy to port between them. A switch version would require more effort and time then most would be willing to do.

 

[Whach]

Unless it sells pretty well then yes. It seems like a lot of studios are taking a wait and see approach with the Switch, which is a fair approach for them to take. If it hits off well this well then we'll see 3rd parties jump on more enthusiastically, if it doesn't then they won't. But right now 3rd parties just don't have a ton of faith in Nintendo.

I don't either. I haven't liked a Nintendo consoles since the N64. It seemed like they survive on Mario, Zelda and Pokemon.

 

[Denpepe]

I'd love a Nintendo console and I would have bought this one if it was at least 50% more powerfull, guess for now Snes will be the last nintendo console I bought.

 

[Flogger23m]

We all knew this would not compete with gaming PCs or high end home consoles. This is largely a mobile console, which requires a different type of game regardless. Sure, some games can work okay on it but a lot will have to be designed around the form factor and performance it can obtain. This is like making a big deal the 3DS did not have Mass Effect.

 

[Exavior]

We all knew this would not compete with gaming PCs or high end home consoles. This is largely a mobile console, which requires a different type of game regardless. Sure, some games can work okay on it but a lot will have to be designed around the form factor and performance it can obtain. This is like making a big deal the 3DS did not have Mass Effect.

The problem is that it is not a mobile system. It is a home console with another Nintendo spin put on it.

Although you are correct, game will have to be designed around it. As it can't run 3DS games nor can it run any normal PC / console game. Which means everyone will just say fuck it and not make anything for it as it will cost far too much and net them nothing.

 

[Derangel]

The problem is that it is not a mobile system. It is a home console with another Nintendo spin put on it.

Although you are correct, game will have to be designed around it. As it can't run 3DS games nor can it run any normal PC / console game. Which means everyone will just say fuck it and not make anything for it as it will cost far too much and net them nothing.

It SHOULD be a mobile system that docks to a TV. That is how Nintendo should be pitching it. It's an amazing handheld system, but a pretty terrible console.

 

[Flogger23m]

The problem is that it is not a mobile system. It is a home console with another Nintendo spin put on it.

Although you are correct, game will have to be designed around it. As it can't run 3DS games nor can it run any normal PC / console game. Which means everyone will just say fuck it and not make anything for it as it will cost far too much and net them nothing.

It is mobile first and foremost. Nintendo is just saying it is a supplement for the 3DS; but it is really the replacement. The always say this with each new console. I think they realized the Wii U was too much of a flop to compete with the PS4/One this generation and releasing a home console 3 years late can't compete, so they may bring out a proper home console in 3 or so years when a PS5 comes out. If they ever do.

This really is the 3DS replacement, but a half way attempt to bring something to the home console market in the meantime.

 

[swatbat]

Unless it sells pretty well then yes. It seems like a lot of studios are taking a wait and see approach with the Switch, which is a fair approach for them to take. If it hits off well this well then we'll see 3rd parties jump on more enthusiastically, if it doesn't then they won't. But right now 3rd parties just don't have a ton of faith in Nintendo.

The problem there is that people will hold off to buy it until it has a good game selection. The system is too underpowered for a home console. Graphical power isn't everything but it is less powerful than the consoles that microsoft and sony are trying to replace. I see this system as a secondary console for most due to this and what will be horrible online play knowing nintendo. If you want to play the big games a cheaper playstation or xbox one is going to be the better option.

It SHOULD be a mobile system that docks to a TV. That is how Nintendo should be pitching it. It's an amazing handheld system, but a pretty terrible console.

I actually am wondering about how that due function will make it worst. I have a feeling a lot of devs with focus on making it run on battery and not worry about trying to make it look better docked. That or some will focus on having their game run good docked and it will lag in portable mode.

 

[Exavior]

It SHOULD be a mobile system that docks to a TV. That is how Nintendo should be pitching it. It's an amazing handheld system, but a pretty terrible console.

It is mobile first and foremost. Nintendo is just saying it is a supplement for the 3DS; but it is really the replacement. The always say this with each new console. I think they realized the Wii U was too much of a flop to compete with the PS4/One this generation and releasing a home console 3 years late can't compete, so they may bring out a proper home console in 3 or so years when a PS5 comes out. If they ever do.

This really is the 3DS replacement, but a half way attempt to bring something to the home console market in the meantime.

The problem here is that both of you are twisting how they are marketing and positioning the system. They are not pitching it as a mobile system. They are marketing it as the successor / replacement for the Wii U with the gimmick for this system is that instead of you having a tablet to allow you to play games on or have some stuff on the tablet and some on the screen the tablet is the system. So where you could play a Wii U game without the TV, you can do the same here but from further away. As for a PS5. I don't think you will ever see one. Microsoft and Sony both are more of the mind set that we have seen the end of console generations like we had in the past, now instead you buy the PS 4 or Xbox One. then upgrade to the revision 2 (PS4 Pro and Xbox Scropio) then in another 3 or 4 years you see revision 3, then 4....each just adding a faster cpu and gpu but allowing you to keep your old games and not have to jump up a version if you are content with the quality of your current system. So if you don't care about 4K gaming or actually getting 1080p instead of 920p scaled to 1080p then you can skip the current jump.

IF this is a replacement for the mobile market then Nintendo needs to just come out and say that. However instead they have pulled the Wii U from stores and disconnected that line completely and are advertising this as its replacement all the while saying that it is NOT a mobile console, that they still have plans for the 3DS and new games for it and that this will not be a replacement for that system. Could it turn out that this becomes a replacement for both the Wii U and 3DS. Maybe, however they are not advertising it in that way. No matter what the two of you think, this is being sold to people as a home console that can be used in a portable way.

This is where the divide comes when it comes to the switch. There are some like you guys that want to twist everything to make it sound like the perfect console and nothing being wrong. And then there are those that can see the difference between how it is being presented and what it really is and are not happy that they aren't just calling it what it really is. Not everyone wants to buy a new Ford car that has 1 seat, 2 wheels, handle bars and a peddles that require you to move your feet up and down in a circular motion to make it move. That isn't a car, that is a bike. You can call it a new Ford model all you want, but that is still bike then made by Ford. Call it the new bike by Ford and people would accept it as is. But call it a car and people will get pissed because it is obvious it isn't a car. Same here. Either this is a new home console like they say and is greatly behind even the generation that the Wii U was part of. Or they are lying to our faces and trying to sell us on their new handheld without telling people it is the new handheld. It has to be one or the other.

 

[Derangel]

The problem there is that people will hold off to buy it until it has a good game selection. The system is too underpowered for a home console. Graphical power isn't everything but it is less powerful than the consoles that microsoft and sony are trying to replace. I see this system as a secondary console for most due to this and what will be horrible online play knowing nintendo. If you want to play the big games a cheaper playstation or xbox one is going to be the better option.



I actually am wondering about how that due function will make it worst. I have a feeling a lot of devs with focus on making it run on battery and not worry about trying to make it look better docked. That or some will focus on having their game run good docked and it will lag in portable mode.

Both are big problems. I've been harping on this for months and will continue to do so: Nintendo needs to pull their head out of their ass when it comes to marketing. If they market the system right it can get an audience. It's not going to sell like the PS4, hell it probably won't sell like the XB1 even, and that's fine. Nintendo just needs to nail the marketing and get the 3DS people on board. The big fans are buying it regardless, they don't need to sell it to them. Honestly Nintendo should probably just start throwing money at studios to get them on board. If the, highly unlikely, rumor of Beyond Good and Evil 2 being a timed exclusive to the Switch is true that could be a pretty good get for them and they need to do more of that. Pay Capcom to make a Nintendo exclusive Mega Man game or something, try to get some Western studios on board for something, talk to every indie studio willing to listen to give them free or cheap dev kits, etc. Nintendo is so stuck in the past still that they just can't seem to grasp what they need to do to sell these systems right. And with yet another old Japanese business man at the helm it feels like we're back to the old Nintendo again and that is a very bad thing.

 

[Derangel]

The problem here is that both of you are twisting how they are marketing and positioning the system. They are not pitching it as a mobile system. They are marketing it as the successor / replacement for the Wii U with the gimmick for this system is that instead of you having a tablet to allow you to play games on or have some stuff on the tablet and some on the screen the tablet is the system. So where you could play a Wii U game without the TV, you can do the same here but from further away. As for a PS5. I don't think you will ever see one. Microsoft and Sony both are more of the mind set that we have seen the end of console generations like we had in the past, now instead you buy the PS 4 or Xbox One. then upgrade to the revision 2 (PS4 Pro and Xbox Scropio) then in another 3 or 4 years you see revision 3, then 4....each just adding a faster cpu and gpu but allowing you to keep your old games and not have to jump up a version if you are content with the quality of your current system. So if you don't care about 4K gaming or actually getting 1080p instead of 920p scaled to 1080p then you can skip the current jump.

IF this is a replacement for the mobile market then Nintendo needs to just come out and say that. However instead they have pulled the Wii U from stores and disconnected that line completely and are advertising this as its replacement all the while saying that it is NOT a mobile console, that they still have plans for the 3DS and new games for it and that this will not be a replacement for that system. Could it turn out that this becomes a replacement for both the Wii U and 3DS. Maybe, however they are not advertising it in that way. No matter what the two of you think, this is being sold to people as a home console that can be used in a portable way.

This is where the divide comes when it comes to the switch. There are some like you guys that want to twist everything to make it sound like the perfect console and nothing being wrong. And then there are those that can see the difference between how it is being presented and what it really is and are not happy that they aren't just calling it what it really is. Not everyone wants to buy a new Ford car that has 1 seat, 2 wheels, handle bars and a peddles that require you to move your feet up and down in a circular motion to make it move. That isn't a car, that is a bike. You can call it a new Ford model all you want, but that is still bike then made by Ford. Call it the new bike by Ford and people would accept it as is. But call it a car and people will get pissed because it is obvious it isn't a car. Same here. Either this is a new home console like they say and is greatly behind even the generation that the Wii U was part of. Or they are lying to our faces and trying to sell us on their new handheld without telling people it is the new handheld. It has to be one or the other.

I'm not sure if you've been paying attention. I've never twisted Nintendo's marketing. I've done nothing but shit on their marketing for months, with a tiny amount of praise given for the initial Switch reveal and how they handled the lead up to Pokemon Sun and Moon. Saying it should be a handheld means it is currently not one but it really should be. It means I disagree with what it currently is. You are one doing word twisting here. Nintendo's marketing is complete shit, I'm not going to do the marketing department any favors by trying to make them seem more intelligent then they are.

 

[Exavior]

I'm not sure if you've been paying attention. I've never twisted Nintendo's marketing. I've done nothing but shit on their marketing for months, with a tiny amount of praise given for the initial Switch reveal and how they handled the lead up to Pokemon Sun and Moon. Saying it should be a handheld means it is currently not one but it really should be. It means I disagree with what it currently is. You are one doing word twisting here. Nintendo's marketing is complete shit, I'm not going to do the marketing department any favors by trying to make them seem more intelligent then they are.

you have been involved in arguments with people (especially me) in every thread about then Switch for them wanting something better than what it is. So I have been paying attention just fine. You have been defending the system pretty strongly, much more than I would consider tiny amount of praise. You seem to get upset at anyone that says they wish it was going to be better than what it is going to be. Unless you want to claim that somebody hacked your account and that wasn't the real you in the other threads that I have went back and forth with. Or that you went back and forth with other people trying to defend everything about the choices that Nintendo made and what is being released. Because you seem to have an issue right now with anyone that doesn't fully agree with the marketing or what the system is. Might not be your full intent but that is how you have been coming off.

 

[Babbster]

It ain't the marketing. People are imagining that it will make a quality portable when it decidedly will not. It's Shield: The Next Generation but with lower resolution (than Shield Tablet which has a 1920x1200 screen and outputs 4K to external display) and a similarly miserable battery life. Frankly, the only people who should be excited about the hardware (of course many of us want to play the games - it's Nintendo) are the folks at Nvidia, who get to make some money on Tegra gaming with Nintendo taking all the risks. As an at-home console, the hardware looks even more anemic and disappointing given how much of the hardware cost is tied into enabling its weak portability. Consider for a moment that the PS4 and Xbone are now over 3 years old - just how hard would it have been for Nintendo to match up with those consoles and give people the Nintendo gaming they love? And they would still be making money hand over fist with the 3DS on the portable side!

The Switch is a joke...a joke that in a year will likely turn out to be more tragically hilarious than the Virtual Boy.

 

[Derangel]

you have been involved in arguments with people (especially me) in every thread about then Switch for them wanting something better than what it is. So I have been paying attention just fine. You have been defending the system pretty strongly, much more than I would consider tiny amount of praise. You seem to get upset at anyone that says they wish it was going to be better than what it is going to be. Unless you want to claim that somebody hacked your account and that wasn't the real you in the other threads that I have went back and forth with. Or that you went back and forth with other people trying to defend everything about the choices that Nintendo made and what is being released. Because you seem to have an issue right now with anyone that doesn't fully agree with the marketing or what the system is. Might not be your full intent but that is how you have been coming off.

I've praised aspects of the SYSTEM. I have not praised their MARKETING. For fuck's sake, learn to read. And you clearly haven't been paying attention if you think I have problems with people not liking the system. You seem to have a bad case of only seeing and reading what fits your narrative.

 

[Exavior]

It ain't the marketing. People are imagining that it will make a quality portable when it decidedly will not. It's Shield: The Next Generation but with lower resolution (than Shield Tablet which has a 1920x1200 screen and outputs 4K to external display) and a similarly miserable battery life. Frankly, the only people who should be excited about the hardware (of course many of us want to play the games - it's Nintendo) are the folks at Nvidia, who get to make some money on Tegra gaming with Nintendo taking all the risks. As an at-home console, the hardware looks even more anemic and disappointing given how much of the hardware cost is tied into enabling its weak portability. Consider for a moment that the PS4 and Xbone are now over 3 years old - just how hard would it have been for Nintendo to match up with those consoles and give people the Nintendo gaming they love? And they would still be making money hand over fist with the 3DS on the portable side!

The Switch is a joke...a joke that in a year will likely turn out to be more tragically hilarious than the Virtual Boy.

HEY, I happen to like my Virtual Boy. I am sure that the other 3 people that own them like them also.

 

[Babbster]

HEY, I happen to like my Virtual Boy. I am sure that the other 3 people that own them like them also.

I admit I was exaggerating a bit. Nothing could come close to the Virtual Boy debacle. I never met a single person in real life who didn't hate that thing inside of 2 minutes when exposed to a demo model. To this day, it's shocking that VB made it to production; it's like no one at Nintendo ever tried it.

I have no doubt that people will enjoy sampling the Switch, just as I have no doubt that most people who buy it will end up hugely disappointed.

 

[Ironchef3500]

This is so fucked up. It is by design and I cannot figure out why the repeated shoot themselves in the foot.

 

[Exavior]

I admit I was exaggerating a bit. Nothing could come close to the Virtual Boy debacle. I never met a single person in real life who didn't hate that thing inside of 2 minutes when exposed to a demo model. To this day, it's shocking that VB made it to production; it's like no one at Nintendo ever tried it.

I have no doubt that people will enjoy sampling the Switch, just as I have no doubt that most people who buy it will end up hugely disappointed.

maybe that is the issue, they didn't play it long enough to adapt to the it, or maybe I am the sole odd person in the world. I still have mine and get it out to play still every now and then. Although that downfall was horrible like you said. I recall seeing them at a store for $200ish and that was when I bought mine. Then about a month later it dropped to $175, then a few weeks later $150, then a few weeks later $99, then I think they were on clearance for $49 then gone. All within about a 5 month period since the first price drop.

As for the switch, definitely. Just like with every other system, some will like it and others that buy it will be disappointed regardless of why they bought it.

 

[Armenius]

Following on the heels of developers who have claimed that their biggest games and franchises (e.g., Borderlands 3 and Mass Effect: Andromeda) will not be coming to the Switch, Capcom says they have no Resident Evil games planned for the system. Nobody who knows the company well could possibly be taking their comments seriously, however—they are probably readying another port of Resident Evil 4 as I type this. I would imagine that any hype for the new Nintendo system would be for first-party efforts, anyway.

Capcom has said it is potentially interested in making games for the Nintendo Switch, but it doesn't look like the Resident Evil series is among them, at least not yet. Producer Masachika Kawata told Express Online about the Switch, "I think it's a very unique piece of hardware." However, Capcom isn't bringing Resident Evil to Switch now or anytime soon. "I'm looking forward to the possibilities of the system itself, but we have no plans at the moment regarding Resident Evil on Switch," Kawata said (via NeoGAF). Capcom is among the dozens of development partners for the Switch, so it's possible some Capcom games will come to the console.

Nothing can top the Wii version of RE4.