Capcom's Resident Evil Showcase has been and gone and whilst we got a better look at Resident Evil 4 Remake, two words were missing from the presentation that some OG Resi fans are desperate to hear: Code Veronica.
At this point, you'd be forgiven for wondering if we'll ever see a remake of the fan-favorite classic, but Noisy Pixel was able to elicit a slim "maybe" in a recent interview with Resident Evil 4 producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi.
Though insisting that his current focus remained on Resident Evil 4 remake, Hirabayashi did admit that if the “opportunity comes, maybe" we may get the Code Veronica remake so many still dream of.
- Devil May Cry and Bayonetta veteran Hideki Kamiya is still leaning on Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami's wisdom at new studio Clovers: "I have always made decisions based on his teachings"
- Resident Evil 4 director Shinji Mikami promised 20 years ago to disembowel himself if the legendary third-person shooter ever left GameCube, so nobody tell him it's now on over 10 different platforms
A really good indication of just how much Resident Evil fans want a Code Veronica remake is the fact that a group of them are doing just that. As spotted by Hirun earlier this year, in January a group of dedicated fans announced they'd be remaking Code Veronica in the style of Resident Evil 2 and 3's remakes.
As for other Resident Evil news? Leon recently spent some time with the Resident Evil 4 remake and said "there is a surprising mix of completely new stuff and faithful reproduction in Resident Evil 4 that makes it really hard for me to get a read on how this remake is going to play out".
"I enjoyed the brief half hour I played, and seeing that world recreated in the RE Engine is a trip, but there's a lot to process, and how it will affect the whole game is hard to tell at this point," he wrote.
"I do wish Capcom had provided a longer, more substantial play-through to see how all these new ideas settle. I'm cautiously excited to see more and what I played was good – it's Resident Evil 4 in a shiny new engine. Although it's hard to tell if this is more in line with Resi 2's excellent rebirth, or Resi 3's slightly woolier return."
Can't wait to see more of the Resi series? Take a look at our best Resident Evil games list to see which ones have been our favorites so far.
