Albert Wesker presents: The Resident Evil 15th anniversary trailer

by Richard Mitchell on Apr 5th 2011 4:30PM

In the words of Wesker himself, nobody could have ever predicted "it" would spread so fast. We assume he's referring to the Resident Evil franchise, which will see five (five) different releases this year. See footage of them all in the Resident Evil 15th anniversary trailer after the break.

One thing to note: Both Code: Veronica X HD and Resident Evil 4 HD are promoted with the Xbox Live "Games on Demand" logo beneath their titles (as opposed to the Xbox Live Arcade logo). It's possible that Capcom is opting to distribute the titles under the Games on Demand platform in North America (where they will be download-only) in order to bypass the 2GB size limit placed on XBLA titles.

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"No one could have ever predicted" so many plots that just don't connect.

@CaptainProtonX

LOL

@CaptainProtonX

The series is made in Japan. That's all we need to really discuss.

@CaptainProtonX they don't connect very well, but they do connect. If you can't comprehend that then you are at fault. Don't blame the game for your lack of comprehensio.

@Mr Esc is the namesarcasm is my

Like SMB2, it's a dream.

@CaptainProtonX - Just understand that it was called BIOHAZARD originally in the Original Country [>JAPANHumans infected
>Turn into STILL ALIVE and quite LIVING human eating creatures
>Morph into a FINAL stage of Dark Crimson colored monsters
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The ORIGINAL Resident Evil showed you the stages if you've ever played it. It continued thru to 3 and a little of ~Code Veronica and STOPPED when it changed in 4 to another form of virus.
There has NEVER BEEN a single UN-living person in the ENTIRE SERIES.. NO Zombies here~~~~~~~
~~~~~NONE

@EEdocSnitthu - Don't know how this happened so~
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First Stage:
>Person Infected by Virus But DOESN'T DIE
>Craving for Human Flesh begins
>Includes Animals too for the surprisingly tasty man flesh
>Turns into Dark Crimson skinned monsters
>Never pasts that point in the games so.. who knows~

@CaptainProtonX

They do connect. It's after RE3 that all these side plot games came into play (Veronica, RE4).

@Mr Esc is the namesarcasm is my
Hulk is the new Tyrant. Complete with all innards where they were meant to be; inside.

That's alot of Resident Evil for 1 year.

Still one of my favorite horror game series. Even if it is campy and cheesy, it's got great action. Hell, even the awkward style of the first few games with the strange controls and fixed camera angles have their charm.

Oh and shooting zombies never gets old.

More Resident Evil makes me a happy man.

If they released a RE box set for current gen consoles that contained every Resident Evil from 0-5 plus all the 'side' games, I think I would literally die from happiness.

@PrimeSynergy they could just leave out the 5th one and I'd be happier.

@plbelanger
Haters will hate

@plbelanger

i second that notion. is there really anything that's actually good (besides the graphics) about the 5th RE? it doesn't even provide a good co-op experience, and that "boss" battle with jill is one of the worst things i've ever had to play in a videogame ever.

@Liquidfingers

It basically took everything that was good about RE4 and got rid of it, then gave us loads of rubbish new things.
Also worth noting they kept the things that were bad about RE4 too.. lol

All they had to do was copy Dead Space's controls and I would have looked past the mistakes.

@Liquidfingers

Well I actually loved playing RE5. The co-op was the best part of the game, and it's not Capcoms fault you don't have any friends.

@Liquidfingers
All this hate on RE5.

I loved RE5 had a ton of fun with it.
Hell got 100% on all 3 versions of it.

Probably my most played game this gen

@foldor

actually, why would i even comment on co-op if i didn't play through it with a buddy? unfortunately, i think it's co-op that really just ruined the whole resident evil experience for me. not only did it dispel any sense of dread that i might have had if there weren't someone constantly tagging along, but it also just kinda sucked as a co-op experience.

@Liquidfingers

Co-op did radically change the RE experience, but I still enjoyed playing through 5 with my teenager. Quite frankly, I'll take a game that's a blast to play with my kid over a single player game.

@foldor
I second THAT. I've played a few of co-op dedicated games (namely, both Army of Two) and some not as much dedicated in co-op (Halo 3 campaign, both Gears of War and some others that I don't even remember - LOVE Reach Firefight). RE5 was, by far, THE BEST co-op experience I've ever had. Even though I'm an "ancient" gamer (as in 8-bit generation ancient), I never got too much into the RE series 'till RE4, RE5 expanded and improved upon that, throwing in a good, balanced and cohesive co-op for good measure. To be fair, I've tried to play its single player and found it to be unbearable, but then again, why would I when co-op is such an well-tailored experience?

Albert Wesker Presents: 15 years of confusing story lines that used to involve zombies but now kinda involve kinda-zombies, oh and 2 full length movies... one about a little girl.

oh RE, how i love thee

Resident Evil. Realizing your nightmares for 15 years... with forced tank controls.

...the quote in the video "the war on horror has begun" makes no sense...especially when we're celebrating 15 years of horror...

i love resident evil games

Leon pretty much sums up my reaction to this

Wesker used to be cool, until he opened his mouth.

@Emperor Monkey
Wesker's always cool

"The war on horror"? Really? I can't think of any interpretation of that phrase that would convey what I assume that Capcom would want to convey

@Grimcicle

It's Capcom.

" in order to bypass the 2GB size limit placed on XBLA titles"
Remember when this limit was 50MB?

@TheShaper

I don't even remember that

@Prboi
It was broken the first time in order to Konami release Symphony of the Night... And it's flexibility lies somewhere in no man's land these days.

code veronica was pretty good from what i remember but it had that whiny blond kid in it that was just grating

@Squalls Lionheart

Irony

@Squalls Lionheart

whatever
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uhLVTTaOWsY/SyoWzK6a1HI/AAAAAAAAACs/kn1tjV1g_Bc/s200/Squall+Whatever.jpg

@lonecow
didn't think anyone would get that

@Grimcicle

Probably not, like Richard said, it's more likely in order to get by the 2GB limit of XBLA titles. I believe they are releasing them both in one package called Resident Evil: Revival Selection so it could be 20 - 30 bucks for both.

@Grimcicle

Ha ha ha ha, yeah. Which is funny because I thought the Games On Demand thing only applied to games that were retail releases for Xbox 1 or 360...

...and neither RE4 nor CV were ever on the original Xbox. Seriously, Capcom, just make them 1200 MS points and you'll still make a profit.

Needs more Jill sandwich.

I'm not sure that I want to play Code Veronica again. I was so excited when I got it the day it came out on my Dreamcast, but the whole drag queen sub plot was just too stupid.

@Softserve

It's a toss-up between that and Steve as to what the most annoying/pointless element of the game was.

I am just too excited about this!

I just started playing resident evil 4 on the Wii a few days ago. Its the first resi game Ive played other than a few mins on the ds game (long enough to hear "you, the master of unlocking"). Really enjoying it so far, though the graphics are veeery dated now.

@KyGuyTC7 Ah, Resident Evil 4. The game that took the Resident Evil series from having the slightest of scary moments to Generic Shooter 405 with poor game mechanics.

@Robborboy
Ahhh haters. They will hate.

@KyGuyTC7

That's because RE4 was built on the Gamecube a last generation Console..

The Wii is nothing but a Slimmer Gamecube with Fancy Motion Controls..

If you check the screenshots for the latest RE4 HD you'll notice that it's alot more pleasing to the eye..

a proper re6 would be a better news...

Can't wait for Code Veronica. I liked 4 and 5 but I prefer the more traditional RE game and CV was the last great one

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Resident Evil: Revival Selection

Albert Wesker presents: The Resident Evil 15th anniversary trailer

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