"No plans for a Code Veronica remake" - Yoshiaki Hirabayashi (RE4 producer)

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In an interview with Resident Evil 4 producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi we asked if the remake efforts for classic Resident Evil titles will continue after the release of Resident Evil 4 Remake and, more specifically would Hirabayahi-san like to work on a Resident Evil Code Veronica Remake.

Hirabayashi-san responded that his focus is currently on the development of Resident Evil 4 Remake and making that the best experience for fans. He continued that there are no concrete plans to develop Resident Evil Code Veronica Remake, but if the “opportunity comes, maybe.”

We will share our full interview with Resident Evil 4 Remake producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi later this week.


Resident Evil 4 Remake will feature much of the tense horror-action players remember from the game with a “state-of-the-art quality” suitable for 2023. However, the team is focused on preserving the essence of the original game and plans to provide a familiar experience that fans of the series remember.

Still, they want to offer a fresh new feeling with additional story elements. This is a “reimagining” of the storyline of the game while keeping the essence of the direction with modernized graphics and updated controls.


which is no surprise to me since RE4 Remake will retcon it out of the timeline!
 
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They need to remake RE3 first
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They need to remake RE3 first
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tbh the RE3 remake we got to me was amazing, yes they cut out a lot of stuff but man did Carlos and Jill get a major glow up!
but maybe thats just because I'm older now and I don't mind shorter games that are great than bloated game that have some stuff I don't want it them!
 
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tbh the RE3 remake we got to me was amazing, yes they cut out a lot of stuff but man did Carlos and Jill get a major glow up!
but maybe thats just because I'm older now and I don't mind shorter games that are great than bloated game that have some stuff I don't want it them!
Yeah it was good, but too short.

PS: I mean i don't want it to be too long, but 4-5H that's a joke tbh.
 
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Yeah it was good, but too short.

PS: I mean i don't want it to be too long, but 4-5H that's a joke tbh.
I imagine if it had a robust mercenaries mode with loads of replay value instead of Resistance (I kinda liked it but it wasn't too fun to keep engaging in) I think a lot of people would of forgave it for the cut content. (Also if they kept the clock tower part too but you played as Carlos in it instead)
 
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which is no surprise to me since RE4 Remake will retcon it out of the timeline!
It can never retcon CV, because Resident Evil 4's very existence retconned itself out of the Resident Evil franchise.
 
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It can never retcon CV, because Resident Evil 4's very existence retconned itself out of the Resident Evil franchise.
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Resident Evil 4 is the most heterosexual game in the series! maybe the most hetero game of all time (so many third person shooter the following gen took note from it's over the shoulder when aiming design.) RE4's DNA can be traced in so many games designed to this very day!
you cannot retcon RE4, Hunnigan is in RE6, the Duke mentions the Merchant in RE8 Village.

however you can easily retcon CV with the RE4 remake. just have Wesker get his arm injured in this game and have him look for reports of the plaga in the village to heal in RE4 with and and boom no need to ever mention Code Veronica again and they can just patch the references of that game out of RE5! (not that anybody really paid attention to that!)
 
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Resident Evil 4 is the most heterosexual game in the series! maybe the most hetero game of all time (so many third person shooter the following gen took note from it's over the shoulder when aiming design.) RE4's DNA can be traced in so many games designed to this very day!
you cannot retcon RE4, Hunnigan is in RE6, the Duke mentions the Merchant in RE8 Village.

however you can easily retcon CV with the RE4 remake. just have Wesker get his arm injured in this game and have him look for reports of the plaga in the village to heal in RE4 with and and boom no need to ever mention Code Veronica again and they can just patch the references of that game out of RE5! (not that anybody really paid attention to that!)
1. "Heterosexual"
wut
2. So you can't retcon RE4 because it's mentioned in other games but you can retcon CV despite it being mentioned in other games by... adding things from it to RE4 and literally patching references to it out of other games?

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Today is the one year anniversary of RE4 VR on Oculus Quest 2
 

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Damn this is the one Ive been waiting for.
If they do it properly ( dont skip stuff, or have a stupid stalker enemy after you, and fix up some issues, ammo/save points etc ) then it would probably be the amongst the best RE games
 

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Are they doing a remake of 1 ever? That's the only one I want to see
 

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Are they doing a remake of 1 ever? That's the only one I want to see
REmake already exists.
It was the first remake made by Capcom.

It is probably the best REmake Capcom released and an example of how a remake should be make for the industry.
 

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REmake already exists.
It was the first remake made by Capcom.

It is probably the best REmake Capcom released and an example of how a remake should be make for the industry.

I still want a new version in the style they have been remaking the rest of the games. It's the best game in the franchise IMO and I'd like to see it get the modern treatment, despite REmake being a good game already.
 
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Weird because Code Veronica is canon and the natural progress of RE1-RE2 story.
lets be real, Capcom probably doesn't want to touch that game at all in todays age, there's a concentration camp at the beginning of the game, just them dropping the "Cross dressing freak" line would cause a stir in the community like how RE4 VR dropping the ballistics line one year ago today caused backlash.
Also these resident evil remakes like to draw inspiration from the beta versions of the game which the asfords were originally nazi's which that it's self isn't that bad as portraying bad guys as nazis is not a bad thing itself but just increases that more chance of more controversy!
Capcom either has to deal with the crowd of people mad at censorship for removing alfreds cross dressing stuff and toning down other stuff or the crowd of people mad at including those things in the game.
Also would they try to even recreate those wesker matrix like cutsccenes? as much crap as RE4 gets for being over the top, just looking at the shit code veronica does in the cutscenes is just as looney as well.

Anyway I think Capcom is more likely to either ignore that part of the RE lore in code veronica or just straight up retcon it in the upcoming RE4 remake
 
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Remake Resi 3, which is pretty much an action oriented Spin-Off? No problem
Remake Code Veronica, which is the true Resi 3 and actually feels in line with the first two? Nah mate
 
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Remake Resi 3, which is pretty much an action oriented Spin-Off? No problem
Remake Code Veronica, which is the true Resi 3 and actually feels in line with the first two? Nah mate
I would argue Resi 3 feels like a sequel to RE1 while CV feels like a sequel to RE2. RE1 and RE2 have very little in common.
Also Code Veronica is the game where the tone of RE changed a lot (Matrix Wesker, Claire killing dozens of guards while dodging a helicopter shooting thousands of rounds at her at the beginning of the game, Steve, and the way this game handled the character switch compared to RE2)
 

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I was reading about that interview and the impression is that they have no plan right now and that if there is interest the remake can happen in the future.
Seems a bit obvious... they are focusing in release REmake 4 first.

I still believe REmake CV will happen before REmake 5.
 
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