The enemies in this trailer will literally jump right out at you.
In anticipation of the upcoming North American release of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, Capcom has teamed up with Game Trailers to create a unique trailer that puts players in control.
This exclusive trailer is interactive, featuring a variety of screen effects based on what is occurring in the video. Explosions cause borders and other ads on the page to burn, while zombies and other dangerous creatures fly at the screen causing it to crack.
At specific moments, the video will prompt viewers to shoot zombies, which requires players to click to shoot, killing the enemies on screen.
For all those interested, the interactive trailer can be viewed on Gametrailers.
Capcom's on-rail shooter Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles will available exclusively for Wii at retailers across North America on November 17 for $49.99.
Press Release
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - November 12, 2009 - GameTrailers.com (GT), the premier provider of video for gamers and a division of Viacom Inc.'s (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) MTV Networks Entertainment Group and Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games today unveiled a new, interactive trailer for Resident Evil®: The Darkside Chronicles at http://www.gametrailers.com/video/experience-the-darkside/57808. The newest survival horror arcade shooter for the Wii™ system, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, will hit store shelves on November 17. The latest chapter in the acclaimed Resident Evil® franchise, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles sends the full cast of characters - Leon S. Kennedy, Claire Redfield, Jack Krauser, Steve Burnside and Chris Redfield - into a world where the lines between good and evil are blurred and the potential to go to the dark side lies within all of us.
In the interactive trailer exclusive to GameTrailers.com, the audience will be given the chance to be engaged in a totally new way by being able to participate in the trailer. This new immersive experience will let the audience watch and then begin to play the scenes by actually shooting the zombies with a click of their mouse. Using the reticule to shoot, the trailer will mimic the gameplay used in Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles giving players a taste of the survival horror gameplay before it hits stores next week.
Gamers will be able to watch Leon and Claire fight their way through the zombie-infested city as the undead spill out of the video viewer, clawing and fighting their way towards the viewer across the page. As the action and horror culminates, players are instructed to hold off the enemy onslaught by shooting them with their cursor and the fun begins.
The Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles trailer can be viewed here:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/experience-the-darkside/57808
"Interactive trailers are a highly engaging form of marketing. By allowing gamers to both watch and interact with the gameplay footage, they get a more immersive and connected experience," said Brad Winters, general manager of GameTrailers.com. "We are happy to have partnered with Capcom to offer our community the Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles interactive trailer. We can't wait to see zombies spill out of our site and into gamers' homes."
"Good marketing should always strive to engage users in new and unique ways," said Mona Hamilton, Vice President of Marketing, Capcom . "For Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, our goal has been to emulate the actual game experience online, and the interactive trailer is Capcom's way of providing fans an innovative and accessible way to get a taste of the gameplay before the full game is available on November 17th."
The next chapter in the Resident Evil series, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles retraces the steps of Leon S. Kennedy, Steve Burnside and Claire Redfield through the terrifying ordeals of Resident Evil® 2 and Resident Evil® Code: Veronica, but this time from an all-new perspective. A vibrant new South America part of the story pairs Jack Krauser with Leon S. Kennedy as they hunt down Javier Hidalgo, a drug lord connected to the Umbrella Corporation. A keen eye and a quick trigger finger are a must to stop the undead onslaught. The events that unfold will recall a dark journey into the past where the betrayals and horrors come full circle. Can memories of the past help stop the biological terror that has resurfaced to threaten the future of humankind again?
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles will be available for purchase on November 17th for the Wii™ system. It is rated M by the ESRB. For more information and press assets, please visit: http://www.press.capcom.com
The Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles trailer was created by JVST Inc. (www.JVST.us).
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