The Resident Evil Chronicles games are heading to PS3.
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Resident Evil franchise, Umbrella Chronicles and Darkside Chronicles are being compiled and updated in HD to release on PlayStation 3 alongside recent updates of Resident Evil 4, Code: Veronica X and Outbreak.
To accommodate the control of the Wii versions, they're being rejiggered to work with that glowing PlayStation Move thing. There are two ways to look at this: one could be bitter that some more Wii-exclusives are being lost to the competition, but a more mature stance would be to say "sure, spread the love."
Let's face it, these titles have both been out for a while, does it really matter this late in the game? At least it means more people will get to play them. I own both Wii games and they are superb. For fans of the series, the unlockable content amasses to what is essentially a complete reference guide to the Resident Evil timeline*, characters, story events, enemies, items, and even memorable puzzle solutions. The games, when combined, cover every major event in the series, following the new GameCube-era retelling of the story that fills in plot holes, ties up loose ends, and even shows how Wesker survived the Spencer Mansion back in the first game. The added chapter that explains the RE4 prologue and the collapse of Umbrella is particularly nice. If you missed your chance to play these games before and own a PS3, it's time to rejoice. For the rest of us, let's hope for a Wii U port in the foreseeable future.
*The timeline of the games that count, anyway. Despite the incredible, jaw-dropping, loin-melting hotness of Sheva, Resident Evil 5 was simply an African-flavoured photocopy of 4. Get the Chronicles instead.