Resident Evil 4 Remake is simply over the horizon – coming March twenty fourth – however Capcom are remaking the action-horror traditional in a cheerier type, too. Over the previous few days, Capcom have launched two 1-minute episodes of the Resident Evil 4 anime Masterpiece Theatre known as Leon And The Mysterious Village, a childlike tackle the traditional gothic journey. It’s fantastically animated and hilarious, even with out context for Resi4. The one downside? These shorts are too rattling brief!
The primary episode follows a child model of Leon as he enters the village and squares up in opposition to bag-faced Salvador. My favorite half has Leon asking the villagers about Ashley’s whereabouts, just for them to show round and grunt one thing that “[Leon doesn’t understand.]” I do know their unintelligible language is right down to them being contaminated, however their pink eyes make them look baked out of their head. That’s funnier reasoning, in my thoughts. Lore, be damned. VidBud Liam additionally identified that [Leon doesn’t understand] sums up quite a lot of the sequence typically.
Episode 2 dials up the romance and focuses on a reunited Leon and Ashley. Though this doesn’t final lengthy, as we’re moved onto a montage that has Leon repeatedly saving Ashley till he is mummified in bandages. They’re effortlessly cute, and remind me of the Saturday morning cartoons I’d watch on holidays overseas. Simply pure harmless enjoyable. Plus, seeing a literal youngster model of Leon carry a gun prefer it’s nothing? Can’t beat that. The primary two episodes have been launched two days aside, so hopefully we will stay up for extra snappy vignettes fairly quickly.
In case your Resi 4 urge for food remains to be roaring, the free Chainsaw Demo has loads of whacky mods accessible, together with one which replaces Leon’s weapons with a banana and spoon combo. One other mod equally reimagines Salvador for a fit-for-children viewers, this time swapping his mannequin out for noughties icon Shrek.
The occasion that is all main as much as, the discharge of the Resident Evil 4 Remake on the twenty fourth, sounds prefer it’ll be definitely worth the wait. Liam’s glowing evaluation says, “Resident Evil 4 is a rambunctious thrill trip that’s pretty much as good – if not, dare I say it, a bit higher – than the unique recreation.”