Summary
According to a reputableResident Evilinsider,Resident Evil 9was originally going to be an open-world multiplayer game starring Leon S. Kennedy and Jill Valentine, but those plans were ultimately scrapped.Resident Evil 9has yet to be officially announced by Capcom, but sinceResident Evilis one of the company’s most popular franchises, it’s only a matter of time before it’s revealed.
WhileResident Evilfans wait for official word from Capcom onResident Evil 9, all kinds of rumors have been swirling about the game and what it will entail. Some of the more recent rumors have claimed thatResident Evil 9’s protagonists will be Leon and Jill, but those rumors have been pushed back against. Now it seems the Leon/Jill duo plan was for a scrapped version ofRE9that was going to be set on a fictional island inspired by Singapore, though Leon is apparently still on deck for the new game.
This is according toinformation from AestheticGamer/Dusk Golem, known for accurately leakingResident Evilinformation. Addressing theResident Evil 9rumors that have been floating around, they said that the original version ofResident Evil 9was “trying to be the opposite” ofResident Evil 7after the latter underperformed at launch. However,Resident Evil 7sales picked up significantly as the years went on, with it becoming one of the best-selling games in franchise history. This seemingly led to a change inResident Evil 9’s direction. AestheticGamer doesn’t want to leak anything substantial aboutResident Evil 9, but did confirm that fan-favorite character Leon S. Kennedy is still the main character of the new game.
Resident Evil 9 Will Apparently Star Leon S. Kennedy
Previously, AestheticGamer teased thatResident Evil 9would be a big reinvention of the series, alaResident Evil 4andResident Evil 7. WithResident Evil 7’s sales so strong in the long run, it seems Capcom doesn’t feel like it needs to chase trends with the series, though rumors have persisted that the new game is still going to be open world. Whether that’s the case or not remains to be seen.
Ultimately,Resident Evilfans will want to take anything claimed about the game with a grain of salt until Capcom decides to make an announcement itself. Capcom has released some kind of newResident Evilproject every single year since theResident Evil 2remake released in 2019, and so chances are theResident Evil 9reveal will happen at some point later this year. Withbig events like Summer Game Fest right around the corner, here’s hoping franchise fans get to see the new game sooner rather than later.
