RE Revelations 2 TGS footage

[Kei_M]

The drama albums are canon to an extent. The actual events in them are not, but the characters and pre-album settings exist within the game universe. They diverge after BIO2, but anything that took place before BIO2 took place within the game universe.



She is mentioned in Darkside Chronicles and Archives II. She is of even more importance than Adam Benford and Derek C. Simmons were, considering they weren't even named before they turned up in BIO6 after briefly appearing in the BIO3 epilogues.

I guess I stand corrected but in what context were they referenced? Was it just the ex-file again or was there new information? I guess I just have a hard time accepting Christine as anything more than just left over material added to the games to promote the Drama Albums. Isn't it possible that they just kept her around because her existance includes some of the little background information on HUNK, who had become pretty popular?

[Wrathborne]

I honestly would be more comfortable with an ex-Umbrella character really. God know show many of them there are, but the former Umbrella scumbags need their comeuppance. I was always let down that players were never really allowed to participate in taking Umbrella down. I know theres some of this in Umbrella Chronicles, but it would have been really grand to have had an entire game devoted to the fall of umbrella.

But whats done is done, I would like to see some of the classic umbrella monsters present in this game if its Christine Henri. Cerebus, crows, something like Plant 42 or a Tyrant.

[atlier00]

You really can't compare the two. Alex has been established to be featured in an upcoming entry, it's very obvious.

Actually, I can. Until Alex Wesker officially pops up in one of the games, he/she is just as "throw away" as Christine Henry/Henri and Jenny K. How can I say that? Alex hasn't even been mentioned since 5. Could He/She pop up again in the future? Sure, but at this point in time any one's guess at the female villain in REV 2 is valid.

[News Bot]

Not totally sure about that. I don't know if we can count this as canon but in UC we can see that the sunglasses are property of the Umbrella Corporation. Maybe all the Wesker's children were given shades because Spencer knew that their eyes would be altered later by the virus. But that's just a guess.

It's also funny to know that Patrick, Spencer's butler, saw Albert without sunglasses. Maybe Wesker didn't have his shades since the beginning. Who knows ?

Spencer couldn't know at all (there was no successful adaptation with Progenitor at the time) and the "property of Umbrella" thing was just cheesy symbolism to reference the fact that Wesker's no longer with Umbrella from that moment. "Standard issue shades" is even goofier than Wesker's wearing them in the first place and it cheapens his character to the point where it sounds like he can't think for himself.

I guess I stand corrected but in what context were they referenced? Was it just the ex-file again or was there new information? I guess I just have a hard time accepting Christine as anything more than just left over material added to the games to promote the Drama Albums. Isn't it possible that they just kept her around because her existance includes some of the little background information on HUNK, who had become pretty popular?

DC doesn't have EX Files. Neither does Archives II. I don't see why they'd go out of their way to promote the drama albums when they're not really sold anymore and it's not like someone can know they exist just by seeing Christine's name. That said, I strongly believe it's Alex Wesker. But Christine is still a possibility, however remote.

[Grem]

News Bot : I don't know, I sort of like the idea that Wesker wearing sunglasses was not just for coolness.

[News Bot]

News Bot : I don't know, I sort of like the idea that Wesker wearing sunglasses was not just for coolness.

But the in-universe reason was already given: he wore them to mask his thoughts and emotions.

[Kei_M]

DC doesn't have EX Files. Neither does Archives II. I don't see why they'd go out of their way to promote the drama albums when they're not really sold anymore and it's not like someone can know they exist just by seeing Christine's name. That said, I strongly believe it's Alex Wesker. But Christine is still a possibility, however remote.

Sorry, let me rephrase. Is her mention in DC and Archives 2 the ExFile from RE2? It seems to me that the EX-Files added in RE2 64 were meant to tie to other aspects of the series; the upcoming RE0 and RE3 which had been released at this point. The drama CD's came out AFTER the American release of RE2 64, but before the release of the Japanese version, so their releases coincide with their mentions in the game too closely to have not been intentional. Anyway, the point I've been making is that I agree it's probably Alex over Christine. I'd be pretty impressed if they chose to bring Christine back up into the plot considering the albums have been disregarded. (though Leon isnt too shocked to see Ada in 4, and she mentions a night they spent together. Maybe Ada did go back to Leon for a bit?) It's cool of Capcom to really hold on to the characters they create, regardless of their original intentions.

[News Bot]

The stories in the albums were intended as "what-if" sequels to BIO2. They haven't been disregarded, in canon terms. They just never were, like Gaiden, Confidential Report and Operation Raccoon City. Yes their elements were inserted into the EX Files to promote them, but it was also to show that their elements have a place in the canon. The events of the albums themselves spin-off after BIO2, but things like Christine, her facility, it being William's original workplace, it being the architectural basis of the BIO2 laboratory, and Umbrella's collusion with the French military are all part of the canon. Basically anything pre-BIO2 in the albums is canon.

They brought back Benford, Simmons and Moira for less so the reappearance of Christine is not impossible, Alex is just a lot more likely given the hints so far.

[Kei_M]

They brought back Benford, Simmons and Moira for less so the reappearance of Christine is not impossible, Alex is just a lot more likely given the hints so far.

True say.

[RaccoonSurvivor]

Hmm.. by the sound of the voice, I'd like to think its perhaps Annette back from the dead (unlikely since they retconned her scene for Darkside, meaning William killed her, instead of just being hit by pipes and falling unconscious)
Carla could be another, although that isn't going back very far, and they did say they wanted fans to recognize someone from earlier games..

I also remember this Christine person, although that was only because of RE2 N64 and DC.. not all fans would know this, so would they risk that in terms of storyline?

[TheBatMan]

Hmm.. by the sound of the voice, I'd like to think its perhaps Annette back from the dead (unlikely since they retconned her scene for Darkside, meaning William killed her, instead of just being hit by pipes and falling unconscious)
Carla could be another, although that isn't going back very far, and they did say they wanted fans to recognize someone from earlier games..

I also remember this Christine person, although that was only because of RE2 N64 and DC.. not all fans would know this, so would they risk that in terms of storyline?

They didn't retcon anything, that was always the canonical way she died. The fact she was gutted, then completely bled out in front of you before being vaporised in the lab explosion would suggest it's not going to be her.

[News Bot]

Hmm.. by the sound of the voice, I'd like to think its perhaps Annette back from the dead (unlikely since they retconned her scene for Darkside, meaning William killed her, instead of just being hit by pipes and falling unconscious)
Carla could be another, although that isn't going back very far, and they did say they wanted fans to recognize someone from earlier games..

I also remember this Christine person, although that was only because of RE2 N64 and DC.. not all fans would know this, so would they risk that in terms of storyline?

That'd easily be the worst thing to happen in the series. There was no retcon about Annette. She dies from a brain hemorrhage in Leon A. She dies from being stabbed by Birkin in Claire A. The latter is the canon outcome.

Not all fans knew Benford, Simmons or Moira either. Even less would know Alex because he/she is only explicitly mentioned in DLC and Gold Edition. That's meaningless. Okabe did say that you'd need to be a hardcore fan to know who they are.

[comicbooknerd]

Only just noticed the Jills sandwiches reference in the teaser trailer. Anyone have any idea if Jill is involved in the game in any way at all?

[atlier00]

Only just noticed the Jills sandwiches reference in the teaser trailer. Anyone have any idea if Jill is involved in the game in any way at all?

I think that is more a reference of Barry than anything. He is pretty much all but confirmed to be the third playable character.

[comicbooknerd]

I think that is more a reference of Barry than anything. He is pretty much all but confirmed to be the third playable character.

Yeah that would make sense. It was his line anyway I guess.