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Capcom has confirmed that Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles will be "a new game in the Resident Evil franchise" that will combine the series' trademarks along with "the revolutionary control system of the Wii". The April 2007 issue of Weekly Famitsu (a Japanese gaming magazine) revealed that the player advances automatically on rails, shooting at the monsters appearing on the screen. According to IGN's "Gamer's Day" hands-on report, the Wii remote will control the pointer, while the analog stick on the nunchuk will also orient where the player is looking. The player must also use the gun sight to locate such items as green herbs which will automatically recover the players health to a small degree, or other weapons to aid you while fighting. The player can use the D-Pad to swap weapons on the fly, but they will vanish completely if all ammo is depleted. A recent magazine article has revealed that the player will choose two of the available characters when they start a different section of the game but it is unknown how the two characters will interact. It was also revealed that there will be a wide selection of weapons including grenades, and rockets to go with the more familiar weapons like the hand gun. According to Weekly Famitsu, the game will support a 2-player cooperative mode.