50 Fun Facts About Resident Evil

What is the Resident Evil series called in Japan?

Capcom could not secure the name in the US because of a DOS game and a New York punk band that already used it.

Which company makes Resident Evil?

With over 213 million copies sold, it is Capcom's best-selling franchise.

Who directed the first Resident Evil game in 1996?

He also directed the first Dino Crisis and later founded Tango Gameworks.

The original game was inspired by the limits of which earlier 1989 horror game from the same publisher?

Sweet Home was itself based on a Japanese horror film, and its limited supplies inspired the scarce ammo.

Why could the Japanese title not be used in the United States?

The New York hardcore band Biohazard was one of the obstacles.

What is the name of the fictional Midwestern town where S.T.A.R.S. is based?

It is a fictional Midwestern city effectively controlled by the Umbrella Corporation.

What does S.T.A.R.S. stand for?

Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine are its most famous members.

Which two characters can you play in the original 1996 game?

They explore the Spencer Mansion in the Arklay Mountains.

The mansion's pre-rendered backdrops were partly inspired by the hotel in which horror film?

The game used fixed camera angles and tank controls.

On which console was Resident Evil first released in 1996?

It had earlier been prototyped as a Super NES game and then a first-person 3D game.

The 2002 remake of the first game was released on which console?

The prequel Resident Evil Zero arrived on the same system that year, and the remake outsold the original within a year.

Who is the villainous S.T.A.R.S. captain revealed as a traitor in the first game?

He was killed by his own Tyrant prototype, though not for good.

What is the name of the pharmaceutical company behind the T-virus?

Its research caused both the Spencer Mansion incident and the fall of Raccoon City.

In Resident Evil 2, rookie cop Leon Kennedy arrives in town on what occasion?

He is late, which turns out to be lucky.

What was the 'Zapping System' introduced in Resident Evil 2?

Leon and Claire's scenarios intertwine.

The scrapped early version of the second game is commonly known as what?

Mikami cancelled it at two-thirds done; Hideki Kamiya directed the finished game.

Ada Wong was originally conceived under what name for the RE2 prototype?

She was rewritten from researcher to spy to tie the story to the first game.

The relentless Nemesis in Resident Evil 3 was inspired by which movie villain?

Jill Valentine escapes Raccoon City with the creature in pursuit.

Resident Evil 4 popularised which camera perspective, later used by Gears of War and The Last of Us?

It broke with the series' fixed angles for action-horror gameplay.

In Resident Evil 4, Leon must rescue the president's daughter from a cult in which country?

The villagers are called Los Ganados, Spanish for 'the cattle'.

Resident Evil 4 was originally a 2005 exclusive for which console?

It was one of the 'Capcom Five', and later sold 15.2 million copies across formats.

From whom does Leon buy and sell items in Resident Evil 4?

Village's equivalent is called the Duke.

Resident Evil 5 is set in Kijuju, a fictional region of which continent?

Chris Redfield teams up with Sheva Alomar and confronts Wesker.

Which game finally kills the traitorous ex-S.T.A.R.S. captain, at the hands of Chris and Sheva?

He was trying to trigger an extinction event.

Resident Evil 7 was the earliest main game to use which perspective?

Ethan Winters searches for his missing wife in a Louisiana plantation.

In which US state is Resident Evil 7 set?

The Baker family's derelict plantation is in fictional Dulvey.

Which is the second best-selling game in the franchise, with 15.4M units by mid-2025?

Its VR mode helped make it a PlayStation VR showcase.

What is Lady Dimitrescu's first name?

She lives with her three daughters in Castle Dimitrescu and became a viral sensation before Village even launched.

Who provided Lady Dimitrescu's voice and motion capture?

Her look was based on Polish model Helena Mankowska.

In Resident Evil Village, who sells the player weapons and cooks hunted animals?

The game sold over 10.5 million units by November 2024.

What happens to Ethan Winters at the end of Village?

He does it to save his family.

Resident Evil Zero, the 2002 prequel, pairs Rebecca Chambers with which convict?

They explore an abandoned Umbrella training facility outside Raccoon City.

Code: Veronica was released in 2000 for which console?

Claire and Chris Redfield fight through a prison island and an Antarctic facility.

Who is the playable character introduced in 2026's Resident Evil Requiem?

An FBI analyst, she investigates deaths tied to Raccoon City survivors, aided by Leon Kennedy.

Requiem is which numbered main installment in the series?

Village was the eighth, hence its 'VIII' logo.

Roughly how many Resident Evil games had been sold worldwide by June 2026?

That makes it the ninth best-selling video game franchise of all time.

Who plays Alice, the lead of the six live-action films?

Alice was created specifically for the films and never appeared in the games.

Who wrote and directed the first Resident Evil film in 2002 and directed four of the six?

He wrote and produced Apocalypse and Extinction, then directed Afterlife, Retribution and The Final Chapter.

In the 2002 film, what is the name of the underground Umbrella lab beneath the doomed city?

Its AI, the Red Queen, seals it after the T-virus escapes.

How much has the film series grossed in total?

It is the highest-grossing zombie film series ever.

Who directed the first reboot film, released in 2021?

A second reboot, directed by Zach Cregger, followed in 2026.

Who led the cast of Netflix's 2022 series as clones of the franchise's arch-villain?

Andrew Dabb developed the show, which lasted one season.

Which model was Jill Valentine's face based on from the 2002 remake through Resident Evil 5?

Her partner Chris Redfield co-founded the BSAA with her.

Chris and Jill became founding members of which anti-bioterrorism body?

The Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance is affiliated with the UN.

Which two Resident Evil rail-shooters were released for the Wii?

Both were later ported to the PlayStation 3 in 2012.

Where was the actress who plays Alice born?

She began modelling at 11 when Herb Ritts photographed her for an Italian magazine cover.

Which Capcom producer conceived Resident Evil, having made the 1989 horror game Sweet Home?

He expected to sell around 200,000 copies to a core audience; the game passed four million by the end of 1997.

How many inventory slots does Chris have in the original game, compared with Jill's eight?

Spare items go in the item boxes of safe rooms, where typewriters and ink ribbons let you save your progress.

Which two pre-production characters were replaced by Rebecca Chambers and Barry Burton?

Dewey was meant as comic relief and Gelzer, a big cyborg, as the standard strongman.

Which 1997 port of the original game added a battle mode with a zombie Wesker and a gold Tyrant?

The December 1996 Windows version is the only one with every uncensored full-motion video sequence intact.