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GR Asks: Why was Biohazard renamed Resident Evil?

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Words: Brett Elston, GamesRadar US
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theschwartzb  - 7 months 20 days ago 
If I were going to make a survival horror game, where there are zombies and other monsters trying to rip your brain out of your fucking head, I probably wouldnt pick the song that is playing in the Bio Hazard ad...
then again, im not japanese.
and the comment right at the end of it "it's not just a game".... yeah im pretty sure it is just a game cuz zombies don't exist.
Xeacons  - 7 months 20 days ago 
Wasn't "Resident Evil" a line from Alone in the dark, or some early survival-horror?

"Herein lies the resident Evil."
reyalejandro13  - 7 months 20 days ago 
I've got a question: I remembera really long time ago, One of my friends said he had the next pokemon games on Game Boy Color called Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Jade. However, when I saw him playing them, I was like "Thats not Pokemon, what the hell is this?" I had completely forgotten until now, and if it isn't too much trouble, could someone please enlighten me on them?
Picnic1  - 7 months 20 days ago 
'Resident Evil' is more multi meaning than Biohazard in the context of the games. Not only does it refer to evil that is resident in the mansion or other environments, in the form of zombies/mutated animals but that evil that infests those zombies/mutated animals.

I think that the way that games studios always seem to think that minimalism is necessarily more suited to European game art though is a bit predictable though. The American Gamecube Resident Evil remake had a zombie attacking Jill Valentine. The European version had the words 'Resident Evil' on a brown backdrop.
skelt  - 7 months 20 days ago 
Don't judge a game by it's name
bron1417  - 7 months 20 days ago 
well thats interesting.
CarbonFire  - 7 months 20 days ago 
and dont stick ur cock in a blender skelt
CarbonFire  - 7 months 20 days ago 
well reyalejandro13 i havnt playd those games but for some fun u can fone a german
Hobojedi  - 7 months 20 days ago 
Now what happened to these awesome Japanese game commercials and crappy American game commercials? Looks like it's the opposite now.
somerandomchap  - 7 months 20 days ago 
they should of named it "oh geez, zombies!!" way better name for a game made in the 90s
NadaNuff  - 7 months 20 days ago 
There was a Genesis shooter named Biohazard. I remember playing it, thought it was the true reason for the name switch.
deathrebellion  - 7 months 19 days ago 
RE FTW. and man is that Jap song getting on my nerves!!!!!
StupidTownColonStupidStateColon  - 7 months 19 days ago 
What wonderful song choice for the Japan Biohazard ad. A freind and me joked about having the name Resident Evil while we were playing co-op on the jeep level.
StupidTownColonStupidStateColon  - 7 months 19 days ago 
On Resident evil 5, sorry forgot to add that. Also reyalejandro13 mabye you should make a thread in the forums if you haven't already.
SwampRock  - 7 months 19 days ago 
RE1 scared the shiz out of me when i watched my dad play it as a little kid, now I have to laugh.
jackrabbitslims  - 7 months 17 days ago 
Resident= Mansion Evil= Zombies. That one didn't really keep me up at night.
RaIdEn  - 7 months 17 days ago 
did he say realistic action? haha no
screath  - 7 months 17 days ago 
With Bioshock now out, I'm glad that they chose Resident Evil. Just think of the confusion. I myself once even thought that Bioware had made Bioshock. Also, noone can deny the awesomeness of the title announcer.
gdubbs359  - 7 months 17 days ago 
well it worked as a name for a bit, but especially now bio-hazard just fits the theme more. RE is barely about what it was, and i for one miss my naked zombies.
RaIdEn  - 7 months 16 days ago 
i have a question. why do some people hate videogames so much?
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