Capcom Sitting on the Fence with Potential Resident Evil: Code Veronica Remake

During a recent Q&A session at a general shareholder meeting earlier today, one shareholder was doing the hard work for all us gaming journalists, and queried whether Capcom would be “providing high-end visual remakes of only the main numbered entries in the Resident Evil series”. The question itself isn’t the most out of the ordinary, but the answer from Capcom is what is really interesting.

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Capcom Loves Teasing Fans… This Time with a Code Veronica Remake

Capcom have well and truly joined the remake/remaster train with seemingly every other big and small publisher in the last few years. Just like Hollywood with their recent spate of remakes, sequels, prequels and spin-offs, the gaming industry has taken a similar turn, preferring to remake and remaster successful games knowing they’ll once again prove to be critically and commercially successful – ignoring the recent GTA Trilogy remaster of course -, compared to taking a chance on an unknown and fresh IP.

This isn’t necessarily a problem though, as for now remakes of classic games seem to be exactly what we want, and in the case of Capcom’s recent Resident Evil 4 Remake, it became one of the fastest-selling releases in the series… ever. Not bad for a game that came out originally twenty years ago.

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With the series’ success with remakes, Resident Evil 2 & Resident Evil 3 being of similar quality, if not similar sales volumes, it stands to reason that fans wish to know if the series’ spin-offs will be getting a similar treatment.

One such quizzical person addressed this very point at the recent shareholder meeting, and Capcom’s answer was as noncommittal as you might expect.

“[We’re] carrying out discussions regarding the future expansion of the series so it can be enjoyed by a wide audience”.

The answer at least indicates it’s not a simple no, as if that were the case, you’d imagine they’d say that rather than get fans hopes up. However, it’s not a yes. It is true that the series’ various spin-offs do indeed have their sections of fans, and more perhaps would want a Resident Evil: Code Veronica Remake compared to the series changing Resident Evil 5, but will it be enough to persuade Capcom?

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After contacting a team of fans who were dutifully working on a remake of their own last year, and serving them a cease and desist, it’d be interesting to see the fan reaction of cancelling one project but not replacing it, even if that cancelled project wasn’t theirs. Of course no-one can argue their legal right, after all, the unofficial remake was using Capcom owned characters and assets, but still, let the fans have their fun if you’re not going to be filling that particular void.

What do you think? Do you think Capcom should go ahead with a Resident Evil: Code Veronica Remake? Would you play it? Have you enjoyed the other remakes? Let us know in the comments!

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