Resident Evil (2026)

Runnen said:

Like most retcons, it's because they 1) ran out of ideas and 2) realized stuff sells (even) better with nostalgia.

The most loved Resident Evil games are all in Raccoon City except RE4 which even some purists consider too much of a departure (more action oriented, no "zombies", in Spain, etc..).

RE5 was already a lot less popular, RE6 is disliked by most, RE7 and RE8 are kind of their own thing (first person, new character, new gameplay, no "zombies").

Then you can either bring back Leon and Raccoon City and RE9 becomes the fastest-selling game of the franchise (over 7 million copies in under 2 months), or you can keep Raccoon City as a canonically radioactive wasteland.

Hmm, choices choices..

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