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10-07-2011, 11:40 AM
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The upcoming 3DS game Resident Evil: Revelations (http://www.1up.com/games/nintendo3ds/resident-evil-revelations) looks to be returning to the series' roots as a survival horror series, but that's not indicative of the direction the entire franchise is moving in. In June we saw the arcade-style shooter The Mercenaries 3D (http://www.1up.com/games/nintendo3ds/resident-evil-mercenaries-3d/) released on 3DS, and Slant Six is currently at work on Operation Raccoon City (http://www.1up.com/games/xbox360/re-operation-raccoon-city), a third-person shooter. Recent numbered games (RE4 (http://www.1up.com/games/wii/resident-evil-4_2/) and 5 (http://www.1up.com/games/xbox360/resident-evil-5/)) have been more action-oriented than the older games in the series. It's a diverse array of games to come out of the same franchise in a fairly short period of time, and that's helped to keep the series from becoming stale, according to Resident Evil producer Masachika Kawata.
"At the core, basically, we want to make the best use of our brand. Resident Evil is an IP, and a franchise, that people have loved for a long time," Kawata told Gamasutra (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/37748/Feature_Resident_Evil_Producer_Not_Too_Concerned_A bout_Series_Diversification.php). "It's still very, very popular and we're very, very happy about that, and we want to basically answer all the requests that we get about the series. People want to see a lot of different experiences within the Resident Evil universe, and so we've been fortunate enough to be able to answer those requests with a lot of different experiences, in different forms, in games."
More... (http://www.1up.com/news/people-really-sick-resident-evil-didnt-branch-out)
The upcoming 3DS game Resident Evil: Revelations (http://www.1up.com/games/nintendo3ds/resident-evil-revelations) looks to be returning to the series' roots as a survival horror series, but that's not indicative of the direction the entire franchise is moving in. In June we saw the arcade-style shooter The Mercenaries 3D (http://www.1up.com/games/nintendo3ds/resident-evil-mercenaries-3d/) released on 3DS, and Slant Six is currently at work on Operation Raccoon City (http://www.1up.com/games/xbox360/re-operation-raccoon-city), a third-person shooter. Recent numbered games (RE4 (http://www.1up.com/games/wii/resident-evil-4_2/) and 5 (http://www.1up.com/games/xbox360/resident-evil-5/)) have been more action-oriented than the older games in the series. It's a diverse array of games to come out of the same franchise in a fairly short period of time, and that's helped to keep the series from becoming stale, according to Resident Evil producer Masachika Kawata.
"At the core, basically, we want to make the best use of our brand. Resident Evil is an IP, and a franchise, that people have loved for a long time," Kawata told Gamasutra (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/37748/Feature_Resident_Evil_Producer_Not_Too_Concerned_A bout_Series_Diversification.php). "It's still very, very popular and we're very, very happy about that, and we want to basically answer all the requests that we get about the series. People want to see a lot of different experiences within the Resident Evil universe, and so we've been fortunate enough to be able to answer those requests with a lot of different experiences, in different forms, in games."
More... (http://www.1up.com/news/people-really-sick-resident-evil-didnt-branch-out)