Resident Evil executive producer Jun Takeuchi in a recently published Japanese anniversary magazine said Capcom is already preparing for when the series of remakes catches up with the more recent releases.
“The current Resident Evil series is being developed along two tracks: the numbered titles allow players to experience the ongoing story of the series, while the remake series allows them to experience the past,” said Takeuchi (via RE News).
“Someday, the remake series will catch up with the era of the numbered titles, and we are already thinking about what we will do when that happens. In fact, we have been gradually preparing for that since around Resident Evil Village. The appearance of names such as Umbrella and Spencer, as well as the return of Raccoon City in Requiem, are also in preparation for a crossover.
“One of the reasons we regard 7 as a turning point for the series is that it was also the title where we began working on this kind of setup. At first, we included these elements with the sense that they were fan service, but users were far more delighted by them than we had imagined, and they even began analyzing the thoughts that the development team had privately kept to itself. So, as a series, we decided to respond to users’ expectations and pushed this setup further in Village and Requiem.”
The next Resident Evil remake, Resident Evil Code Veronica, will launch for the Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC in 2027.
Resident Evil Code Veronica first released for the Dreamcast in 2000, while Resident Evil Code Veronica X released for the PlayStation 2 and Dreamcast in 2001, for the GameCube in 2003, and for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2011.
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