Resident Evil (2002 video game)

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Resident Evil

North American GameCube box art featuring Jill

Developer(s)

Capcom Production

Studio 4[show]

Publisher(s)

Capcom[show]

Director(s)

Shinji Mikami

Producer(s)

Hiroyuki Kobayashi

Programmer(s)

Hideaki Motozuka (lead)

Artist(s)

Naoki Katakai Kenichi Ueda

Shimako Sato

Writer(s)

Koji Kakae Joesuke Kaji Shigenori Nishikawa

Composer(s)

Shusaku Uchiyama Makoto Tomozawa Misao Senbongi

Series

Resident Evil

Platform(s)

GameCube, Wii

Release date(s)

GameCube

JP

March 22, 2002 April 30, 2002 September 13, 2002

NA

EU

Wii

Genre(s)

JP

December 25, 2008 June 23, 2009 June 25, 2009

NA

AUS

EU

June 26, 2009

Survival horror

Mode(s)

Single-player

Resident Evil, known as biohazard[2] ( baiohazdo?) in Japan, is a survival horror video game developed by Capcom Production Studio 4, published by Capcom, and released for the GameCube in 2002 and Wii in 2009. It is a remake of the 1996 game Resident Evil, featuring vastly improved presentation as well as a variety of new gameplay elements, environments and story details,

and is also known under the informal titles of Resident Evil: Remake or Resident Evil: Rebirth (abbreviated REmake and REbirth, respectively). The game was released to very positive reviews, in which it was often described as the best title in the Resident Evil series so far as well as one of the most visually impressive video games overall, and was a commercial success. Since its release, several publications have also included it on their lists of most scary and best-looking games ever made.
Contents
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1 Gameplay 2 Plot 3 Development and release

3.1 Wii port

4 Reception 5 References 6 External links

Gameplay[edit]

A gameplay screenshot showingRebecca Chambers being attacked by a zombie. As in the 1996 original, the game uses pre-rendered, static camera views.

The remake of the original features all-new graphics and sound, and also incorporates gameplay elements from the later installments such as the use of body language to indicate the main character's health and the 180-degree turn. In addition, it introduced a new running style that was also used in Resident Evil Zero, and several new areas were added to the game (some of them were originally cut from the 1996 game during its development, such as the graveyard and a path through the woods).

Gameplay mechanics are largely the same although most of the puzzles have been changed and the player can equip a defensive weapon that can be used when seized by an enemy. These defensive weapons include a da