As most of you are probably aware of there is a new version of Dead Rising come to your Wii very soon. Aside from what some are calling dumbed down graphics and a lot less zombies on screen not much else has been heard about this title until now. We got a detailed understanding on how the Wii specific controls will play out.

When using a gun the player simply has to aim and fire for dear life. The targeting reticule will turn red indicating you have found the enemy’s weak spot allowing for maximum damage. To reload your firearm simply shake the Wii Remote and you’re good to go.

Making use of the motion controls (aka erratic shaking) when a Zombie latches onto you merely give them ‘the don’t argue’ and free yourself by Shaking the Wii remote. Other weapons will use the Wii remote in unique ways, the baseball bat for example allows you to shake the Remote to increase a meter to ensure your next hit will be out of the park.

The targeting scope will revert back to the more tradition control scheme. Using the nunchuck analogue stick you can move your viewpoint and zoom in and out using the Z and C buttons respectively. The D-Pad will act as hot-keys, allowing you to interchange 4 weapons at any given time.

To be quite honest this port of the Xbox 360 classic really is not offering me enough to go out and buy this. Adding in the ability to shoot zombies and waggle the Wiimote to get them off of you is nice, but just isn’t enough. Then factor when you take into account the fact that you will have a fraction of the zombies on screen than the previous version and you lost me all together.

[Via MyWii]