So its been no secret that Capcoms whole "the resident evil audience is old, we want to make it action orientated for kids" fell far short of projections and was met by a less than stellar response from fans of the series while "revalatons" in its slightly more traditional design was far more popular.
After the reactions to Shenmue 3 and FF7 - Remake Capcom has been dropping some wispers about Resident Evil returning to form since we have clearly seen the audience of the 90's is still here. Que 2 days ago and the Biohazard development team are asking on Capcoms facebook if fans are interested in a Resident Evil 1 remake AKA "REmake" for current gen of Fan Favourite Resident Evil 2.
https://www.facebook.com/residentevi...11658972188323
"Hello Resident Evil fans!
This is Capcom R&D Division 1!
First off, we would like to express our deepest appreciation to all Resident Evil fans, for your passion, enthusiasm and continued support for the Resident Evil brand.
Enthusiasm for a Resident Evil 2 Remake is something we've been hearing from you over the years, and has drawn some recent attention in the media.
However, as the team owns the RE brand, we're not certain how we feel about this approach, and would like to ask your honest and frank opinion about the “Resident Evil 2 Remake” and what the brand identity is supposed to be about?"
Naturally after seeing the series devolve into a dull action shooter the response was an overwhelmingly positive "UUUUUUH YEAHTHATMIGHTBBEPRETTYCOOL" from Resident Evil fans.
I thought nothing of it, we've all been waiting on HL3 for years right?
But then i remember this year saw the return or annoucnements of twin peaks, dragonball, digimon, x files, ff7, shenmue, but a RE2 remake? no. NO it couldnt be....
Then Capcom just posted this image:
UUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I've been burnt too many times to say get the ron paul gifs ready just yet, but man, you never know with the year we have had.
Maybe Resident Evil can actually be salvaged?
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UPDATE:
According to Resident Evils official facebook that 'leaked' image was a proposal for 'REmake 2' that was taken into Capcom head office today. Along with the thousands of cries for a return to the old style and combined with how insanely profitable REmake HD was earlier this year the Bigwigs apparently said:“can YOU make a worth seeing game to answer these fans full of passion???"
I think after REmakes sales and the insanely huge response to Monster hunter 4 in the west Capcom is realising -like Square did with Bravely Default that if they make games like they used to instead of aiming for the disgusting practice of "wider market appeal" the audience is still ready and waiting.
Given Konami is moving into Pachinko machines which effectively means Silent Hill is dirt in the ground this might be the thing Survival Horror fans have been waiting for since the early 2000's!