http://kotaku.com/5167904/wii-getting-another-resident-evil-shooting-gameTitled The Darkside Chronicles, UC2 is set in the world of Resident Evil 2, probably starring Leon and Claire and Ada and hopefully not Sherry. This raises a couple of interesting points, I think.
First, I wouldn't count on them remaking the entire course...
- In UC1, you get to explore the R.P.D. Precinct in an RE3 section and the recreation of Hunk's 4th Survivor mini-game, but that's just because they already had a model of the police station rendered for Outbreak File #2. I don't know if they had the entire thing, though.
- The factory shaft with the train (complete with the room where you activate the train and the one where Mr. X breaks the camera) got a next-gen makeover in REØ and it looked pretty, so they could use that.
- And in Outbreak File #1, the second scenario happens inside the Umbrella Lab seen at the end of RE2, complete with new rooms and corridors, so I guess that's something else they could borrow.
Only the sewer left, and since the sewer in RE2 is so generic and the Wii could get away with simpler visuals (turn lights off, give them a flashlight and pronto), it shouldn't take a lot of work... Then they could just steal some more stuff from Outbreak for the city.
Second, is it really only RE2?
I'm not a big fan of UC1 because it's so slow, but I can't dispute the fact that the game is bloody huge for a rail shooter. The Zero and RE1 scenarios are very long, there is one RE3 level alone that lasts half an hour, and there's the whole new Russia story with new areas. Then there are the secondary scenarios, which revisit the previous areas by different routes and through different eyes and such (for those who haven't played UC: one of them is about Rebecca and Richard in the mansion, then there's Ada giving her shoe to a Hunter, then there's Hunk, and the four or five Wesker scenarios where he plays god).
But I don't think RE2 alone would handle that. Maybe we'll get a couple of surprises there, perhaps a Code: Veronica or an RE4 scenario or two... here's hoping!