If you were wondering how much motion control Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition would use, Capcom’s PR (Public Relations) boss Chris Kramer relayed to GameTrailers that Alternative Edition, the motion controlled version of Resident Evil 5 for PlayStation 3, will use motion control “from top to bottom” – meaning for all movement featured in the game.

“They’re going to be using motion controller on PS3 from top to bottom, going in from movement to combat,” Kramer told GT. “I’ll be very interested to see it in practice.” During the interview, Kramer did note that he hasn’t seen Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition fully using motion control, however, he did say that, that’s what they told him.

Kramer then went onto talk about Capcom using Natal in future games. “I haven’t heard anything about Natal right now,” he continued. “The team’s said it’s focusing on motion control support for the PlayStation 3 platform, and they’re thinking very hard about what they can offer to be of an equal level of interest for 360 players.”

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The much anticipated Capcom title Dead Rising 2 wouldn’t be making an appearance at this years E3 because of the recent Swine Flu outbreak in Osaka, Japan.

“Our Capcom guys are not coming to E3 because of the Japanese government restrictions,” said Capcom’s Chris Kramer, Senior Director of Communications and Community, to kotaku. “The company is taking the advisory very seriously.”

According to Kotaku, Kramer said the company, which is headquartered in Osaka, laid in a supply of surgical masks and hand sanitizers a month or so ago, to try and cut down on possible illness in the company. However, Japan currently advises its citizens to restrict international travel, but people can still travel if they want to. The country has closed more than 4,400 schools, colleges and kindergartens for the week. The first case of the flu in the country was reported in Osaka.

While Dead Rising 2 will no longer be at the show, all of Capcom’s other expected video games will be there, Kramer said. The decision to not show Dead Rising 2 was driven by the fact that Capcom’s Keiji Inafune and other developers based in Japan will not be making the trip.

“Dead Rising 2 is the only game we won’t be able to showcase at E3, because it’s at an early stage of development and the team is not comfortable having anyone else demo the code,” Kramer continued.

Update: Capcoms Chris Kramer has confirmed that this is no rumor and that Tatsunoko vs Capcom will be making it’s way to the U.S.

Original: It’s about time. According to a Nintendo Power article scan, it looks like Capcom is finally ready to bring its crossover fighter Tatsunoko vs. Capcom to United States. A paragraph in the top right corner of the article reads:

“They said it couldn’t happen, but it is! Fighting extravaganza Tatsunoko vs. Capcom is coming to North America.”

As you can see, the scan doesn’t reveal much information about the release, but Capcom has previously stated they wanted to bring the game across seas.  ”The rights holders for Tatsunoko in Japan are one company, but in the U.S. it’s…13 companies – and some are very attentive and some are not,” Capcom community manager Seth Killian recently said.

However, for now this is just a rumor, but with E3 coming up you can never know.

Chris Kramer has stated  that Resident Evil 5 signals a new direction for the survival horror series with it “waving goodbye” to many of the story lines and characters seen in previous installments.

When speaking to the Major Nelson, in his recent podcast, Kramer stated that, “It’s a really good time for new players to jump in, because what we’re doing is kind of waving goodbye to a lot of storyline elements from, essentially, act one of the Resident Evil franchise.”

“Resident evil 5 is really setting the franchise up for what’s going to happen now going forwards, so establishing new characters and storylines, and pretty much a new direction for the game.”

“If you’re late to the party and you haven’t been playing the games for the past 15 years, all you need to know is that the game’s a lot of fun and just filled with action, so you don’t have to worry about the plot, as we’re kind up picking up and starting afresh.”