The BC outfit, modeled after character Nathan Spencer, does not allow Wii Dead Rising players to grapple. That's right, it may look like you have a bionic arm, but that's just it: It only looks like it. Frank West's hand is clearly sticking out, and there's no swingy action in Dead Rising on the Wii!

With the way the game skimps on zombies, just be happy Capcom gave bikini Frank West a bulge.

新たなる敵、新コスチュームの存在を確認！ 『デッドライジング ゾンビのいけにえ』 [Famitsu]

First, Bionic Commando producer and former head of localization Ben Judd runs through the rejected titles for the original Dead Rising.

Keep in mind, these were thought up by non-native English speakers. (And before scoffing, you try to think up with a list of game titles in Japanese!) Here they are:

Wicked Dead, Born In Hell, Hell's Order, Scoop of the Dead, Paparazzi of the Dead, Shot of the Dead, Shoot and Shot, Run Over The Dead, Gluttonous The Zombies, Big Eater, Confidential, End Zone, A Shout Of A Soul, From Behind the Other World, From Darkside, Rock, Resistance, Apocalypse, Infection, Gateway, Sight, Not Found, Blackout, Escape, Code Zero, Exile, Zombie Report, Bad Report, Def Dead Time, Inferno, Dangerous Shopping, Escape From Shopping Mall, Shocking Shopping, Ten Days, X Days, Zombie Surround, Slow Stroller, The Besieged In A Mole [sp.], The Death's Soul, Death Sentence, The Separated Soul, Revived Flesh, Hollow Eyes, Zombie Town SOS, Super Zombie Time, Panic Mall, Zombie Collector, Dead Town, Zombie Of America, Zombie Epidemic, Zombies, Man Eat, Scoop Snatcher, For Life, Photo Spirits, Journalist Spirits, Survive In A Mall, Isolation Town, Isolation Citiy [sp.], The Body Which Wriggles, Dead Bee, After Dying, Deadly, Defect, Fatal Defect, The Dead's Ground, The End of Fair, The End of Practice, Bottom, Uneveryday, Did You See? I Saw, A Zombie's Party, Days Of Being The Dead, Frank West, Deathrow, First Death, Death Gunners, Satan Bell, Zombee, More Beef Life, Change of Lifestyle, Zombi, Dead Mole [sp.], Zombie Shudder, Shutdown The Mall, Dead Easter, Scoop Boy, Libra Mall, Hell Mall.

Our favorites: "Gluttonous The Zombies," "Def Dead Time," "Escape From Shopping Mall," and "Did You See? I Saw."

In related Dead Rising news, Dead Rising Wii producer Minoru Nakai explains why the Wii version doesn't have a photography game element:

This is a very different game, gameplay wise than the 360 version of Dead Rising. Another reason is the fact that the camera is quite different. In this version, the camera is very similar to what the players are used to in Resident Evil 4 — an over-the-shoulder camera that stays fairly tight behind Frank... [Photographing zombies] doesn't work so well with the tighter camera we have in Dead Rising Wii. Another factor is that the zombies in Dead Rising Wii are quite a bit more aggressive, so it wouldn't be nearly as easy for users to set this situations up [to take pictures of zombies]... You're not going to have the extra time you need to set up these cool situations with the camera.

Nakai goes on to say that they were hoping to reach a new audience with new hardware and the photography element didn't add much to the Wii version of the game. The in-game text, however, is bigger and the game is "more user friendly."

Listen Here [Bionic Commando]

According to the latest Nintendo Power (via Capcom-Unity), there are the differences in Dead Rising: Chop 'Til You Drop

You ready? Cause they are:

• There are no time limits.
• Players are not restricted to a single save file.
• Main character Frank West can only carry one melee weapon at a time.
• There is more emphasis on firearms and collecting ammo.
• Frank cannot jump.

Oh, and there's no photography element in Dead Rising: Chop 'Til You Drop, either. Doesn't leave us very much, does it? Well, besides new costumes.

Chop Till You Drop, now with less weapons? [Capcom-Unity via Go Nintendo]

There you go, Dead Rising: Chop 'Til You Drop Isabella. Now, there's nothing wrong with having four (or five chins). Orson Welles had multiple chins. There is something wrong with Isabella having four (or five) chins as we don't remember her having that many the last time we saw her.

We are actually curious who is picking these Dead Rising Wii screens. They're not doing much to help our impression of the game! It's like Capcom is trying to sabotage the game or something — or maybe Capcom is just releasing junky screens to see if people still buy the game. We hope so. That would be funny.

Update: Capcom contacted to let us know that the animations in both games are the same captures, just like for Resident Evil 4. According to Capcom, these were not redone for the Wii version as it would be costly. So that ugly Wii image above also exists in the Xbox 360 — it's a bad capture. You can watch it here. Why this particular image was selected for the Wii version, however, still baffles.

カプコン、Wii「デッドライジング ゾンビのいけにえ」物語の中核となるサンタ・カベザを知る2人を公開 [Game Watch Impress] [Pic]

As you can see, one costume follows the lead set by the Mega Man gear in the 360 version, and is there to shill the upcoming launch of Grin's take on Bionic Commando. Sure, that game's not even coming out on the Wii, but don't tell Capcom, they've got money to make.

The other costume? Frank West. In a bikini. Mankini? Whatever. That snail trail of man fluff is leading somewhere that nobody wants to go, Capcom.

Famitsu 20090109 [Wii@Everyday]

Not if this trailer is anything to go by. On the plus side, for the first time, we see more than half a dozen zombies in the one spot. Sadly, they're carefully staged areas.

The rest of the game looks as barren as ever, while the boss battles look even more arduous than on the 360. Point-blank sniper rifle fire? Lordy.

Famitsu [via Wii@Everyday]

No, Dead Rising for the Wii is for those folks who haven't owned a 360, haven't been steeped in Dead Rising press releases, news stories, previews, and reviews over the past couple of years - basically folks that don't read our website all that much. With that in mind, let's look at what's changing in the hobbled version of Dead Rising.

Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop uses a modified version of the engine for Resident Evil 4, so it might do the title a little more justice to consider it a Resident Evil parody rather than associate it with the original game. The change of engines modifies the entire feel of the game, giving it a more slow and plodding feel that its predecessor. You aim with the Wii remote, shoot with the trigger, and can either hit a button to initiate melee attacks or charge up your melee weapon by shaking the remote in order to unleash powerful special for more powerful strikes. The gun because much more important in the Wii version, as special melee maneuvers require that you stun your opponent with gunshots first. Even the lovable servo heads require a gunshot first, ruining the fun of running about willy-nilly tossing plastic heads all over the place.

In order to maximize resources, Capcom had to sacrifice weapons. Any weapon that had a similar function as another has been condensed into one. This helps performance of course, but in exchange you lose the feeling of immersion you used to receive from being able to pick up nearly anything and use it as a weapon.

Of course the number of zombies on screen have been reduced, with the small demo level we experienced never showing more than a dozen zombies at a time, though they have upped variety a bit with the inclusion of evil poodle enemies and rare enemies like the electric police woman from the original game making her debut as a standard enemy.

There are some positive changes though. Overtime mode is unlocked from the get, go, and you no longer have to juggle side missions with your main objectives now that all of the side missions are required, a fact that Capcom PR thought might even make the game something players of the original might want to play through. Pretty sure they're wrong there, but the thought was nice.

Dead Rising: Shop Til You Drop might be one of the best zombie-shooting games the Wii has ever seen, but unless you've never been exposed to the original game you you might find some of the cuts a bit too deep.

Capcom Details Dead Rising Wii Controls [IGN]

Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #232 (September 2008) [Aeropause]