{"id":1427881,"date":"2025-12-15T18:05:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/JzAUNYaEAZh9kf8UZfvYSd"},"modified":"2025-12-15T18:05:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:05:26","slug":"leon-isnt-just-handsome-resident-evil-requiem-devs-gush-about-how-great-our-favourite-resi-character-is-but-do-warn-that-this-game-will-push-him-to-his-limits-more-than-ever-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/leon-isnt-just-handsome-resident-evil-requiem-devs-gush-about-how-great-our-favourite-resi-character-is-but-do-warn-that-this-game-will-push-him-to-his-limits-more-than-ever-before\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Leon isn’t just handsome’: Resident Evil Requiem devs gush about how great our favourite Resi character is, but do warn that this game will push him ‘to his limits more than ever before’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I knew it. I told you all for months that Leon would be found lurking somewhere in the rubble of Raccoon City. This poor bloke can’t catch a break, so I don’t know why Resident Evil Requiem<\/a> would be any different. But now that Leon’s involvement in the upcoming Resi game is confirmed, the devs can finally speak to his inclusion instead of pretending like they don’t know who he is.<\/p>\n

“One thing\u2019s for sure, Leon isn\u2019t just handsome, he\u2019s cool personality-wise too,” director Akifumi Nakanishi says in an interview with Automaton<\/a>. “He\u2019s the type who doesn\u2019t hesitate to sacrifice himself to save others, but he\u2019s not arrogant about it, and he has a passionate inner self. I hope you\u2019ll also look forward to the dry wit and subtle sarcasm that only an older guy can bring.<\/p>\n

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“He\u2019s a character who carries a lot on his shoulders. We took a lot of care in refining him to be an \u201cikeoji\u201d (a cool\/attractive older guy). The reactions to the trailer on that front have made us happy.”<\/p>\n

I couldn’t have put it better myself. Leon is and always has been my favourite Resi character. Call me basic, but Resident Evil 2<\/a> and Resident Evil 4<\/a> are two of my top games of all time, so I just couldn’t imagine a world where we’d go back to Raccoon City and not see this icon.<\/p>\n

“This is Leon\u2019s first return to Raccoon City since Resident Evil 2, so seeing how he responds to the ‘place where it all began’ now that he\u2019s older is another major point of interest,” Nakanishi says. “The battle this time will probably push Leon to his limits more than ever before, and this is a crucial part of the experience.”<\/p>\n

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