Why Gaiden is canon (no question marks or grammatical errors here)

[Dot50Cal]

I understand, Mr. Mikami.

Found out again ;( I guess its time to make a new identity .

[Dot50Cal]

I was a bit of a dick looking back on it, I should have phrased my skepticism better

[A-J]

get a room you wo

[Krispy]

I was a bit of a dick looking back on it, I should have phrased my skepticism better

You defeat radical ideals with radical motions. ;)

[Rombie]

The script for Gaiden was written bt M4, not Mikami. The only input from it from Capcom was Okamoto when he was still working for Capcom (and at the time he was overseeing the attempts at RE4, the GC planing including REZero, the Resident Evil movie, and the general property - plus whatever else his jobs were at Capcom at the time)... it's highly unlikely he really cared what Gaiden was about.

[BLSR1]

Gaiden might work with the old beta RE4 but notwith the one that is canon
Leon is obviously not a BOW engineered buy umbrella

Unless there are 2 leons 1 working for the president the other with the
anti-umbrella organization

[Skunky]

Sorry for the bump but I did a search before starting a new thread and found this one.

I only just now turned my RE calendar over to February and read this about Leon:

Leon is a Playable character in RE2 and RE4. The story of his move into the US government is told in an unlockable RE3 epilogue. In RE Survivor and RE-CV, Leon has small cameos as part of an anti-Umbrella force. Finally, a cliff hanger ending in RE-Gaiden, shows Leon bleeding green blood, a sign of viral infection. However, that story arc was not resolved in Leon's next appearance in RE4.

So, that 'story arc' will be resolved in a later game?
I guess it comes back to whether Gaiden should be considered canon or not. It's the only RE game I havn't played but I read that most fans don't consider it canon (I DO consider Survivor, Dead Aim and a mixture of the Outbreak scenarios as being canon).
Also as Dot said, we see Leon bleed in RE4 and he dosn't have green blood.
Maybe that could be a story or chapter for another game? Where Leon ends up getting cured...

[Rock it.]

I don't believe it's canon. And if its, Leon obviously got cured, so in any way you look at it, the game is irrelevant and is best left forgotten.

[Stars1356]

This is the only RE game that I haven't played and just pretend it doesn't exist. The game has never been confirmed to be canon and after RE 4 don't think it will be.

[The Ekamp]

Vat a tweest! =o

The Leon in RE4 and Degen that fans complain about, who they think isn't like his old RE2 self, may just be a twisted doppelganger!

[missvalentine]

Vat a tweest! =o

The Leon in RE4 and Degen that fans complain about, who they think isn't like his old RE2 self, may just be a twisted doppelganger!

OMG!!!!

that would explain the S in Leon S Kennedy.

[Corrin]

I think it's pretty obvious the game was initially set to be a canon game, since the older builds of RE4 had Leon suffering from a viral infection (as seen in Gaiden). Capcom decided, for whatever reason, to trash this storyline, re-do RE4, then just ignore what was set-up in RE:Gaiden.

[Carnivol]

Since people like theories... here's one:

Resident Evil 2
-Leon, rookie cop. Survives Raccoon City incident.

*zip forward*

Resident Evil: Gaiden
-Ending shows Leon all bleeding green 'n stuff (shits)

*zip forward*

Resident Evil 3.5
-Infected Leon. Possibly building on Gaiden, possibly building on its own storyline. Either way; Game cancelled.

*zip forward*

Resident Evil 4
-Leon is Super Ultra Agent Man III

Resident Evil: Degeneration
-Leon is still Super Ultra Agent Man III


Anyway... this isn't too unlike...

Resident Evil
-Wesker, douchebag of S.T.A.R.S., presumably killed by a Tyrant

*zip forward*

Resident Evil: Code: Veronica
-Wesker, douchebag of S.T.A.R.S., back in action w/super powers.




Anyway, as far as RE canon goes; I still live by rule of thumb that as long as nothing in a later release does not blatantly contradict the events of a previous - it is canon.

'cause seriously, the RE franchise is more faulty and self-contradicting than almost any other franchise where people oddly enough have cared about the "little details".

So as far as I'm concerned, RE:Gaiden is "at the moment" still considered canon. We just dunno what happened "inbetween". Just like we didn't know what happened "before" until we got Zero and what happens next until we've got RE5.

[A-J]

Resident Evil 4
-Leon is Super Ultra Agent Man III

but he's still a normal human .. its the same as with solid snake .. he's just taking a lot of pain, but he's still a normal guy.

Anyway... this isn't too unlike...

Resident Evil
-Wesker,

but remember how wesker's mutation and his powers have been openly shown/revealed in the games themselves ?

[Archelon]

Being infected with the parasite from Gaiden does not make you bleed green blood. The Leon at the end of Gaiden is the BOW itself, because only it bleeds green blood.