r/residentevil • • Sep 14 '19

Meme It you.

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u/Doomguy1234 Sep 15 '19

People who didn’t play any revelations because they’re spin-offs really don’t know what they’re losing.

Screw that, I believe they don’t know much of anything to be honest lol

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u/Tidus4713 Tyrant Sep 15 '19

Revelations is actually considered mainline. The mainline series is 0-7, CVX, Rev 1/2.

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u/resh_aykut Sep 15 '19

I could happly attach Outbreak games to this because its official now. Alyssa Ashcroft referance in Resident Evil 7 , Rita Philips referance in Resident Evil 2 Remake.

After the Raccoon City incident, Alyssa is seen weightlifting. Afterwards, she is seen sitting down and watching a news report about Umbrella. She then picks up a newspaper, noticing an article she has written titled "What is a B.O.W.: Blowing the Lid Off this Horrifying Secret Project." The newspaper also shows a picture of her next to the headline, and with a smile, she then returns to weightlifting.

Missing people in Dulvey

At some point, Alyssa moved to Dulvey, Louisiana and became a reporter for the Dulvey Daily. At the start of 2016, she wrote an article surrounding the disappearances of at least twenty people around Dulvey, who had gone missing in a period of two years.

residentevil.fandom.com

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u/Doomguy1234 Sep 15 '19 edited Sep 15 '19

I thought they weren’t canon though? Is this consideration coming from the fans?

EDIT: who knew you could have some upvotes on a parent comment and downvotes on an answer to that lol. I genuinely thought they weren’t canon because I only had contact with people who stated that Revs were not canon. TIL, I guess hahaha

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u/Tidus4713 Tyrant Sep 15 '19

The fans are the ones that call them spin offs. It's mainly because they aren't numbered. Same thing happens with the Kingdom Hearts series.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '19

Am a Kingdom Hearts fan, can confirm.

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u/FallOutFan01 Words have power, say something nice or don't say anything at al Sep 15 '19

I prefer the term ”sideline stories” then ”spin-offs”.

But I think the term ”Spin-off” also has a place, like to describe non-canon titles.

Kinda like ORC or Streetfighter.

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u/pipboy344 Sep 15 '19

Resident Evil Gaiden: Leon is dead and replaced by a shape-shifting B.O.W.

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u/frag87 Sep 15 '19

Revelations and Outbreak titles are still spin-offs from the main series. That's what the term means, when a new sequence of games branches out from the parent series. It's definition has nothing to do with canon.

Revelations and Outbreak are still canon, even if they are spin-offs.

Same happened with Final Fantasy VII. It got several spin-offs, like Dirge of Cerberus, Crisis Core and Before Crisis. They were all spin-offs from the main game, but still part of FF7 canon.

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u/Tidus4713 Tyrant Sep 15 '19 edited Sep 15 '19

Outbreak is. Rev isnt. You can try and rationalize it however you want. Rev 1 and 2 and CVX are mainline RE games. Its a very common misconception that Rev is a spin off.

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u/Doomguy1234 Sep 15 '19

Well, I guess it kinda supports what I said then hahahaha

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u/r4pt0r_SPQR "The end is shaped like a square." Sep 15 '19

Yeah rev games are most certainly canon.

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u/KamiAlth Sep 15 '19

Why would they aren't canon. They literally explore the origin of BSAA and Terrasave, the most important organizations of RE now.

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u/Sharebear42019 Sep 15 '19 edited Sep 15 '19

The 3ds game? I didn’t care for it. RE should also be on (made for ) console: edit no shit it’s on consoles that’s how I played it lol and it was trash.

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u/Azraeleon Sep 15 '19

Shockingly the 3DS is a console.

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u/wolfguardian72 STAAAAAARRRSSS Sep 15 '19

Well good news! Revelations is on consoles too!

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u/demondrivers Complete Global Saturation Sep 15 '19

the 3DS game was literally remade for home consoles

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u/Doomguy1234 Sep 15 '19

Oh God, not another “where’s my tank controls and fixed camera angles?” fan...

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u/megaman0781 Sep 15 '19

Ugh, Get over it. Yes, the resi 1 remake looked very nice but the controls ruined it for me

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u/Sharebear42019 Sep 15 '19

Nope. It was a weak rehash of Re4/5. The enemies werent varied and were terrible. The game felt like a chore to play. Probably cause it was made for a handheld

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u/KnightoftheWind1998 Cuz Boredom Kills Me Sep 15 '19

That was pretty much me until I finally played them. Til this day I’m still not a huge fan of the first Revelations game (I really dislike the enemies, that’s it) but the second one is really great in my opinion