Summary
- Resident Evil 9 will reportedly tie the knot on the series' overarching story, as well as Leon Kennedy's 'trilogy'.
- Capcom is "kinda ignoring" Resident Evil 6, according to leaker Dusk Golem, and is focusing on RE2, RE4, and RE9 as the Leon saga.
- While he has allegedly survived the overhaul to RE9, which was initially an open-world multiplayer game, it's unclear where Jill Valentine now fits in.
Last year, Capcom confirmed that Resident 🧔Evil 9 was in development, but it didn't share any details about the game, let alone f𒐪ootage, and it's b🔯een radio silence ever since.
With a reveal reportedly due later this year ahead of its alleged launch in 2026, leaker has compiled a list of everything they know about the hotly-anticipated survival horror sequel. And as pointed out by , an interesting highlight is that it will allegedly tie the knot on the entire 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Resident Evil franchise, concluding 🉐the story that began in 1996.
"RE9 is going to be a 'Conclusion' game," they said. "But also a game of 'New Beginnings.' We'll see major status quo changes within the universe; it's being t🐬reated as the 'End' of the story 🅰that started with RE1 (or RE0 timeline-wise), opening the series up for different kinds of horror stories."
"Capcom Is Kinda Ignoring RE6"
Allegedly taking centre stage is Leon Kennedy, who hasn't been seen outside of the remakes and CGI films since Resident Evil 6 in 2012. Reportedlyꦓ, he will be the "main character", as Capcom views RE9 as "the conclusion of his trilogy", tyin♚g directly into the RE2 and RE4 remakes. If you're wondering where RE6 fits in, it probably won't.
Leon ไis not the only playable character, but he is the main character.
Dusk Golem claimed in a follow-up comment that "Capcom is kinda ignoring RE6 with this trilogy thought-process". It's easy to see why: the game was so universally panned that it brought Resident Evil to a complete standstill as the studio scrambled to course correct, 💝returning to the survival horror roots with Biohazard. Ever since, RE6 has been an outcast among the main games.
What About Jill?
As for where Jill Valentine fits in, who alongside Chris Redfield, pioneered the series in the '90s, it's unclear. The original concept for RE9 was reportedly "the opposite" of RE7, supposedly because it failed to meet sales goals (it has since sold over ten million units, becoming one of the best-selling games in the series). According to Dusk Golem, RE9 would've been✨ an open world co-op game set on a fictional Signapore island, but they claim that this version was scrapped in 2020-൲2021.
"Jill Valentine was the co-op partner in this initial version of RE9," they said. "But she plays no major role in the final game. The f♑inal game is not co-op; it's single player."
With Summer Game Fest rearing its head, many fans are hoping to see Capcom pull back the curtain to finally un𒁃veil Resident Evil 9, putting to bed years of rumour and speculation. Whatever it ends up looking like, it's purported to be an incredibly ambitious follow-up with the "biggest budget" in the series, reinventing the format once again to make Resident Evil "the leader of the horror game genre".
