Resident Evil 6: Chris Redfield and Leon Kennedy Playable As a potential announcement approaches, more details about Capcom's next horror game emerge. January 19, 2012 by Richard George
For the first time in Resident Evil history, Leon Kennedy and Chris Redfield will both be playable characters in Capcom's ambitious six main entry in its survival horror series. Sources within the development team have started to give IGN a broad picture of the game's scope, which certainly seems larger than any Resident Evil title we've seen so far. This news comes on the heels of the leaked logo and release date for the game.
Chris Redfield and Leon Kennedy will not be alone in this new game. Both Chris and Leon will have unnamed partners of their own, teaming up in similar fashion to the Chris Redfield/Jessica Sherawat and Jill Valentine/Parker Luciani pairings in Resident Evil Revelations. Sources tell us Chris and Leon will have seperate stories in the game that will eventually overlap in some capacity.
We're also told Ada Wong will have a playable role in the game, though not immediately. It appears as though the Ada storyline will become available to players after the Chris and Leon arcs have been completed, plus a third primary narrative featuring a new character. Any of the three main story branches will be selectable early on in the game, allowing players to see each storyline through to completion before starting another one.
Resident Evil 6 is also set to take place across the globe, including China, which has been an often-rumored location for months. VentureBeat reports the RE6 development team is the "same internal Japanese team that has worked on previous entries." That same report suggests this game is being styled after both Resident Evil 4 and 5, attempting to find a middle ground between horror and action.
When contacted, Capcom stated it would not comment on rumors, reports or speculation. IGN sources have also given us the Resident Evil 6 logo and release date.
Capcom is expected to officially reveal - or continue to tease - Resident Evil 6 later today through its viral "No Hope Left" site. Stay tuned for more.
BUT WHAT ABOUT JILL!?
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Jill and Claire would have been cooler. Lame to see Capcom shifting so much of the focus on to Chris when they should be focusing on the four mains. Chris has dominated the series since 2009. At the very least, Leon and Claire re-uniting would have generated more hype.
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Rumoooors, also that would be such a bland, uncreative idea for a sequel that it's no surprise some fans would want it. =P
Last time we officially heard about RE6 didn't they say the original story and it's protagonists were done, and the next one would delve into all new stuff?
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Wth is up with capcom and chris now.. Hes always been lame and the least popular amongst fans... I rly wanted to see claire.. If she met leon again it would be awesome.
On a related note, it's funny how with some franchises, they start out with all original ideas and new characters. Then I guess with those characters there's some nostalgia from fans, plus a lack of creativity from the devs, and they just stop giving us new protagonists. (Granted Sheva is new)
Sweet Christmas, have some originality. And while this rumor is on IGN, I still don't buy it since it all sounds like super generic fanwankery .
Also, RE2 is great, but what's the appeal of another Leon/Claire game? They had their reunion in that CG movie which was super super bad. I mean, yeah RE2 is great, but it was original. It wouldn't make sense for Claire to continue getting into zombie situations.
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Just bumping this to point out how wrong I was, ha. But yeah trailer looks solid, I'll buy this for sure. Though I do gotta admit, it looks like a bit of a retread, but story wasn't the series strong suit anyway.
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