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Konami prepping Silent Hill remake for Wii?

By TomM_GScom, GameSpotPosted Apr 2, 2009 4:48 pm PT

Source: Gaming blog Go Nintendo, relating details from the upcoming issue of Nintendo Power.What we heard: By and large, most people can easily distinguish fact from fiction in an everyday setting. That ability, of course, is turned on its ear when April Fools' Day rolls around and gaming headlines...

Source: Gaming blog Go Nintendo, relating details from the upcoming issue of Nintendo Power.

What we heard: By and large, most people can easily distinguish fact from fiction in an everyday setting. That ability, of course, is turned on its ear when April Fools' Day rolls around and gaming headlines are dominated by a host of semi-plausible happenings, such as Capcom "going totally 8-bit" with Dark Void, as well as ridiculous events such as Twisted Pixel's 'Splosion Man for Xbox Live turning out to be absolutely true.

So it is with no uncertain amount of trepidation that one approaches an article posted on Go Nintendo yesterday. According to the gaming blog, Nintendo Power's upcoming cover story has the first details on Silent Hill: Shattered Memories for the Wii, and it is apparently "not a joke!"

The title will reportedly be "a reimagining of the first Silent Hill," Go Nintendo said, citing producer Tomm Hulett. "It's not a remake or a port," the Konami developer reportedly continued, and it will apparently feature a surprising intelligent artificial intelligence, if Go Nintendo is to be believed.

"One of Shattered Memories' most significant and intriguing additions--your answers actually affect how the game unfolds," Hulett reportedly told Nintendo Power. "And it doesn't end there. The game 'watches' you constantly, and your behavior throughout can determine when you'll meet certain characters, which scenes you'll witness, and a variety of other factors."

While the game details sounded a bit far-fetched, Go Nintendo did back up its report with a number of purported screenshot scans from the magazine.

The official story: "We will be making an official announcement on Monday for Silent Hill," a Konami representative told GameSpot.

Bogus or not bogus?: [UPDATE] Konami has now confirmed that Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is indeed coming to the Wii, as well as the PlayStation 2 and PSP, this fall.

167 Comments

  • Killing_Free

    Posted May 8, 2009 9:02 am PT

    why not on pc?

  • Gammet25

    Posted Apr 13, 2009 2:41 am PT

    Oh finally another silent hill game xD

  • Kleeyook

    Posted Apr 10, 2009 1:12 am PT

    I'm waiting for PSP version!

  • master-samurai

    Posted Apr 7, 2009 9:50 pm PT

    Silent Hill Shattered Memories awesome yes yes yes......lol

  • speculative

    Posted Apr 5, 2009 8:22 pm PT

    Combat in Silent Hill is more like an existential crisis, so if they do away with combat that wouldn't be such a major change. However, although they don't need combat per se, they do need challenge. It's completely up in the air whether such a non-combat title will prevent the appropriate challenge...

  • otanikun

    Posted Apr 5, 2009 7:13 am PT

    No kiddin zombey, I've looked up the info myself and they're calling it a loose remake or " reimagining " by it's development staff.
    Also saying they've ditched combat completely for the evasion of enemies rather than fighting or shooting them, with an over emphasis on puzzle solving.

    If this is the way the game is going to be treated for a remake, I'll just stop at SH: Homecoming.

  • zombey1333

    Posted Apr 5, 2009 7:09 am PT

    Heheh, "Shattered Memories" is a VERY appropriate title here. One wonders if the person in charge of the title did that on purpose...

  • Malhound

    Posted Apr 5, 2009 2:04 am PT

    Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is the title.

  • Malhound

    Posted Apr 5, 2009 2:02 am PT

    This ver. will be better than the Playstation version looked.

  • Malhound

    Posted Apr 5, 2009 12:38 am PT

    I thought they now make a Katharine McPhee game title.

  • joelgargan

    Posted Apr 4, 2009 9:16 pm PT

    Aren't they making a new Silent Hill For PS3?

  • Jerian

    Posted Apr 4, 2009 8:45 pm PT

    sweet might have to by a Wii

  • chappy_man

    Posted Apr 4, 2009 6:44 pm PT

    hmmm sounds cool

  • red_sovereign

    Posted Apr 4, 2009 5:18 pm PT

    sounds great

    more horror for wii is much welcomed!

  • BloodMist

    Posted Apr 4, 2009 2:05 pm PT

    Yeah i get it, you're biased, fine.

  • gothicblssdmf

    Posted Apr 4, 2009 1:55 pm PT

    well of course there will always be people who dont see exactly what others are trying to say, so, of course. so be it.

  • BloodMist

    Posted Apr 4, 2009 1:50 pm PT

    Well that, of course, is simply an absurdity as every console is made for everybody, hence games rated E being on every system and games rated M being on every system.

  • gothicblssdmf

    Posted Apr 4, 2009 1:26 pm PT

    well I simply stated that the wii is mainly directed towards children, and that Silent Hill, being a horror game shouldnt be made available for a child based console.

  • BloodMist

    Posted Apr 4, 2009 1:22 pm PT

    Well fine but you still didn't answer my question.

  • gothicblssdmf

    Posted Apr 4, 2009 1:17 pm PT

    ah yes, but I just did.

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