Resident Evil’s Reused Assets are as Much a Character as Its Legacy Mascots

Resident Evil hasn’t ever had a wave of unpopular games in its mainline installments, and despite how fans of the original trilogy received Resident Evil 3’s remake, the remake continuity has been profoundly popular, too. Remakes are becoming more widely acceptable as ‘new’ entries in long-running franchises, at least in terms of them being substantial reimaginings, and it’s interesting to see what from Resident Evil’s mainline canon has begun to bleed into its remake canon. That’s not to say that these narratives will ever intertwine, but there are many parallels that can already be made between them.