I just took the other path.

I take both paths for all the money and stuff.

Thanks for all the help, though, this is great.

with the chainsaw sisters...



I never buy a rocket launcher...choosing to upgrade weapons instead. I even sell the free one.

I do the same, except that I do use the free rocket launcher on the

So for the mercenaries thing, what's the secret to getting 4 *'s? Also, if you do open up all the other characters, does that open up anything in the regular game?

I believe that if you get 5 stars on every stage, with every character, you get the handcannon with infinite ammo? Maybe I'm wrong about that. Seems like a lot of work, and I don't know if I like the Mercenaries game enough to do all that.

It's actually 15K that you get for selling it...vendor sells it for 30K.

I usually don't even kill that guy...just dodge him...but now that I think about it, the piece of crown he gives you is probably worth a large percentage of what I sell the launcher for.

Good strategy.

I just picked this up last night so I'm hoping to finally play a Resident Evil game all the way through.

Hope you enjoy it. The graphics aren't amazing, but the gameplay sure as hell is!

Yep, he drops a crown jewel piece. If you collect all the crown pieces and combine them together, it becomes the most valuable treasure in the game by a lot, so it is definitely worth killing that optional boss.

I always kill the optional enemies because the rewards are always worth the cost in ammo. The optional chainsaw guy at the beginning drops 10K gold. That is a huge amount for so early in the game. After the house defense part with Luis, it gives you the option to take either the right or left path. I take one, complete it, then go back and do the other. Each path has unique and valuable treasures.

Edited to add: I just looked it up on GameFAQs, and the crown with all three pieces is worth 48K. Hmmm... selling the rocket launcher for 15K or using it to waste the optional sewer boss for 48K... tough choice.

The graphics aren't amazing?!?!? Dude, this game had some of the most impressive graphics of last gen. It definitely ranks in the Top 10 Best Graphics of Last Gen. You would have to be seriously spoiled by HD graphics this gen if you find RE4's graphics lacking.

You think the graphics are amazing for Wii?

Well, I have never actually seen the Wii version in action, but I couldn't imagine that the graphics are less than the original Cube version. You have to keep in mind that the Wii is not a graphical powerhouse. It is about as powerful as the original Xbox, so you are never going to see 360/PS3 level graphics on the Wii. Wii games may eventually become slightly better looking than RE4, but not substantially more.

The graphics are better than the Cube version, in that it's true anamorphic widescreen instead of letterboxing.

I'm seriously spoiled by HD graphics! I expect it now, as I should.

That's my point, taffer. I don't think the graphics are amazing. They're not destracting me or causing me to cry (much), but they just aren't amazing.

But they are amazing for the time period in which the game was first released. It is not fair to compare graphics across generations. Would you compare MGS to today's graphics? MGS was amazing for its time, but compared to MGS4 it looks butt ugly, so that is not a fair comparison. RE4 is a last gen game, so it should not be compared to today's games.

Plus, if you want amazing HD graphics, then you should not be playing the Wii. It is incapable of such things. The Wii is on par with the Xbox hardware in terms of graphical power. The Xbox was slightly more powerful than the Cube, so expecting a Cube game (RE4) to have significantly improved graphics on a platform that is only slightly more powerful is ignorant.

I don't know what MGS or MGS4 is.

I think it's entirely fair to compare graphics across generations. While at the time Super Mario Brothers was "amazing" graphics, they are not "amazing" today. Similarly, Resident Evil 4 may have been "amazing" two years ago; compared to graphics today, it's not.

It's an opinion, not a fact.

I played through the Cube version dozens of times, eventually unlocking the handcannon with unlimited ammo. I just rented the Wii version and I'm still having a great time with it. However, when I popped in the Wii version of RE4 immediately after playing Ninja Gaiden Sigma on PS3, I felt like my eyes were going to bleed. I know that the graphics were unbelievable when it came out for the Cube, but I guess I'm spoiled by 360 and PS3 graphics now.

On a side note, I was watching the extra bonus video, and it looks like a trailer for Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles. I haven't seen too much footage of that game before this trailer, but it looks pretty interesting. I'll probably pick it up along with the Wii Zapper.

MGS = Metal Gear Solid

If you compare graphics across generations, then that would mean every game from all previous generations has bad graphics. That would mean Halo, Ninja Gaiden, God of War, etc have bad graphics. It also means that when the next-gen consoles come out, Gears of War, Bioshock, Assassin's Creed, etc will suddenly have bad graphics.

You're right, that's exactly what it means. Just like comparing anything old to anything new (athletes, computers, games, chicks) -- likely the new will be better than the old.

Under your scenario, if they released Frogger for Wii, it would be awesome gameplay because it was so awesome back in 1983. Some things just don't hold up - it doesn't mean it wasn't great in its own time.

He is watching you.

Hey hey hey...I said "newer" not "younger."