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Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil

Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil is the port of the remake Resident Evil for the Wii console system.

60 26 June 2008 ESRB M

Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil is an adventure developed by Capcom Production Studio 4, released 26 June 2008 on Wii.

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What Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil is

Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil is an adventure game developed by Capcom Production Studio 4 and released in 2008. It was published by Capcom. It is available on Wii only. It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Special forces S.T.A.R.S. Bravo team's helicopter malfunctioned and crashed during their mission, disappearing into the Arklay Mountains. Now, S.T.A.R.S. Alpha team is sent on a mission to investigate a series of murders around Raccoon Forest. Spotting the Bravo team's helicopter, or what's left of it, they land nearby and investigate the surrounding area. Unaware of what they might expect, one member is attacked and devoured by zombified Dobermans. The rest of the team, with a little bit of luck, find shelter in a nearby mansion, not knowing it was probably better to stay out.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Resident Evil series

Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil is the 46th of 190 entries we hold in the Resident Evil series. The next entry was Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil Zero in 2008. Its critic score of 60 is 14 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Resident Evil 4 at 95.

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How it was received

Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil launched on 26 June 2008, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Persona 4, Battlefield: Bad Company and Secret Agent Clank. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Persona 4, Battlefield: Bad Company, Secret Agent Clank.

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When did Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil come out?
Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil was released on 26 June 2008 for Wii.

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