Resident Evil 3
Capcom developer made a huge nod to its long - draw a blank horror - themed combat serial publication , Darkstalkers , in aResident Evil 3easter orchis that some players are only just now noticing . The clever reference work to a darling retro franchise and its possible succeeding significance are make the same buzz among dedicated rooter that all in - plot allusions of this character should aim to .
well get it on for its fighting and repulsion biz hits , Capcom has been going all - in on its modern overhauls ofResident Evil 2and3 , leave some elderly player who arestill passionate about the originalsfeeling a short left in the junk . That goes doubly for an even more niche group among them that cling to the Leslie Townes Hope that the Nipponese developergives other early franchises like remaking treatment , if not proper sequels with up - to - escort visuals and design sensibility . One such secret plan that Capcom devotees are still rooting for isDarkstalkers , a 2D fighting biz series that tends to sit in theStreet Fighter ’s monumental esports shadowthat has n’t gotten an original release since 1997 , only one yr before the originalResident Evil 2reinvented the survival horror musical genre .
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As rediscovered byEvent Hubs , a physically enormous statue of what can be none other thanDarkstalkers ' Victor towers over player in the " Abandoned Park Ride stage on the second level " inResident Evil Resistance , Resident Evil 3 ’s asymmetrical multiplayer component . YouTubersJustAddMonsters ' andVesperArcade ’s television dissections of the show of Victor ’s familiar face and signally burly skeleton have and continue to raiseDarkstalkers ' sports fan hopes , as the statue is self - evident of Capcom ’s willingness to produce all - new 3D models for the game ’s fighters , which may potentially point to the developer ’s design to do something with Victor ’s meticulously rendered simulation beyond this acknowledgement of the defunct series ' existence .
It may be a bit of a farsighted shot , but it would n’t be the first example ofResident Evil 3being used toset up other claim in developmentat Capcom . Though it ’s possible it was just the piece of work of theResident Evil Resistanceteam in a payment of homage to one of the society ’s bygone eras , there ’s always the possibleness that the Victor statue ’s almost unmissable placement was come in in the multiplayer level to gauge actor enthusiasm for newDarkstalkerscontent , tease something already green - lit at Capcom , or perhaps both .
With the commercially and critically successful reinvention ofResident Evil ’s past times and time to come , Capcom has proven that it can give fans yearning for past what they want without compromising on where it wants to take its IP moving forward . Such an obvious nod toDarkstalkersinResident Evil 3could point to the unambiguously themed fighting plot being a piece of thedeveloper ’s challenging next - gen plans .
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