Resident Evil Canon Universe - Timeline

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IT ENDED WITH RE9 REQUIEM! It seems to be a return to Raccoon City!

And also Grace Ashcroft being the daughter of RE Outbreak protagonist Alyssa Ashcroft (RIP to her ).

 

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Some missed stuff I found through the wiki:

Remembering Resident Evil 7

Remembering Resident Evil 7, known in Japan as The Memory of BIOHAZARD7 is a video meant to promote Resident Evil Village. The video includes a review of the story seen in Resident Evil 7: Biohazard for those who had not played it leading up to Resident Evil Village or to those who simply need...

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The Baker Incident Report

The Baker Incident Report is a bonus item in Resident Evil Village included with its Trauma Pack DLC. It is a collection of text and pictures transcribed and collected by Zoe Baker for her own personal use in organizing the events that have transpired and the subsequent aftermath.

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Maiden Demo

Maiden is a 2021 survival horror game released exclusively on the PlayStation 5 that acts as a demo for Resident Evil Village. Set in the same location as Village but at a different time compared to the main game, Maiden is designed as a "visual demo" to show Castle Dimistrescu as a location and...

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Also, a bit of a silly thought, but thoughts on in-game files potentially being added to the timeline?

 

[Pro Bot]

I know no one likes it, but isn't the Netflix series part of the same timeline as the games? That's what they said, that's the official word. Was it ever disputed?

 

[JudgeDreddpool]

I know no one likes it, but isn't the Netflix series part of the same timeline as the games? That's what they said, that's the official word. Was it ever disputed?

If you mean the live-action series where Wesker was a black man with two daughters and "Zootopia rule34" is canon to the series, then no. It's absolutely not in the same universe as the games at all.

 

[Pro Bot]

I do mean that series, and it sets itself in the game universe. Is there a source discrediting the statements that it's canon or is this a case of fans not liking something? Because every single source online I can find specifically notes it as canon.

Wesker is weird, yeah. I think we're meant to see it like Tommy Lee Jones' Harvey Dent being a continuation of Billy Dee Williams though. They picked him because he wanted the role and he was the best guy they were going to get.

 

[Megatron]

I know no one likes it, but isn't the Netflix series part of the same timeline as the games? That's what they said, that's the official word. Was it ever disputed?

you have to be more precise hahaha.

 

[Megatron]

I do mean that series, and it sets itself in the game universe. Is there a source discrediting the statements that it's canon or is this a case of fans not liking something? Because every single source online I can find specifically notes it as canon.

Wesker is weird, yeah. I think we're meant to see it like Tommy Lee Jones' Harvey Dent being a continuation of Billy Dee Williams though. They picked him because he wanted the role and he was the best guy they were going to get.

Wesker is anhilated in Resident Evil 6.

 

[Pro Bot]

you have to be more precise hahaha.

Everyone knows the animated series is canon, lol.

 

[Pro Bot]

Wesker is anhilated in Resident Evil 6.

The main Weskers in the show are clones. The original one is only seen in flashbacks.

 

[JudgeDreddpool]

Everyone knows the animated series is canon, lol.

... anime, not animated.

The main Weskers in the show are clones. The original one is only seen in flashbacks.

And does it line up with events of the games? If not, then it's not canon.

 

[Megatron]

... anime, not animated.

Which series? It isn't infinite darkness, right?

 

[JudgeDreddpool]

Which series? It isn't infinite darkness, right?

Infinite Darkness IS anime!

And yes @Pro Bot, I know the games are technically broad-strokes canon to the show, but still... the show has a global outbreak occur in 2022 that deverstates the world by 2036, and yet the upcoming RE Requiem shows none of that, despite being set in 2028.

Not to mention the fact that Umbrella SOMEHOW still exists by 2022, DESPITE collapsing in the early-2000s after the Raccoon City Incident in the games.

 

[Pro Bot]

... anime, not animated.

All anime is animation, not all animation is anime.

And does it line up with events of the games? If not, then it's not canon.

Does Netflix's Resident Evil Exist in the Same Canon as the Games?

Exclusive: showrunner Andrew Dabb reveals whether Netflix's Resident Evil series exists in the same continuity as the video games from Capcom.

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"You have 25-30 years of lore from the games to look at," he says. "I'm a big fan of the games, but not everyone who watches the show will have played one of the games or any of the games. Probably not all of the games. So it's like, how do you parse things out so that people can understand that story [in the context of the show] but also build on the lore so that longtime fans find it interesting?"

"Albert and Bert are his children, literally his genetic copies," Dabb explains. "And he's not a great guy, so if you were the clone of Hitler or Genghis Khan, does that make you evil? I think that's something they struggle with. As the series goes on, Albert realizes that there's a little bit of the original Wesker in there. Maybe more than he would like to acknowledge."

There are other ties to the games in the show as well. The original Raccoon City catastrophe and its subsequent media coverup is a pillar of the main narrative; Albert's boss Evelyn Marcus (Paola Nuñez) is the daughter of scientist and Umbrella co-founder James Marcus from the games; and in the final moments of the show, Jade opens a letter given to her by her dad before his untimely death that reads "Ada Wong" along with a Japanese address. In other words, Netflix's Resident Evil is definitely canon, and looks to delve even deeper into its video game roots should the series continue for season 2.

Netflix's Resident Evil series is carving its own path without leaving the games behind

"The games are our backstory," says Netflix's Resident Evil showrunner and writer, Andrew Dabb

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"The games are our backstory. Everything that happened in the games exists in this world," says Dabb. "So the village is there. We might not get there until season 5, but it's in our world… The movies are a different story, but everything in the games is a backstory for the show. But we're doling it out in pieces. It's not: episode three, 'Meet the Redfields', episode 4 'Here's Leon.' And you could do that version! There's a part of the fan base that I'm sure would be like, 'please do that version.' But for us it was more important to take you on this journey."

Netflix's New Resident Evil Show Is Happening Concurrently With Village--But Don't Expect To See Lady Dimitrescu (Yet)

The Resident Evil franchise has a very long and far reaching timeline that spans decades. Here's where the new live-action show fits in.

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In speaking with a group of journalists at Netflix's Hollywood office, showrunner Andrew Dabb explained that, while the Resident Evil show is not a direct adaptation to any one of the games, it does exist within the chronology and timeline of the video game universe. This means, in his words, "everything that happened in the games happened in our show, when it happened in the games." So, Racoon City being blown up in 1998? That happened here. All the various outbreaks and incidents throughout the early 2000s? They're all canon. Albert Wesker being killed in 2009? Yep, that too.

"Here's what I'll say about that," Dabb said, "we're very aware that Albert Wesker was blown up in a volcano by a rocket launcher. We've all been there. There is a very good reason that Wesker is back and it does not come down to the fact that he was wearing lava-and-rocket proof clothes. We're very aware of that and it will be dealt with."

This, of course, doesn't mean that everything will be dealt with in Resident Evil's long and deep timeline. "These events inform our backstory," Dabb said. The events of the series, he explained, are "characters starting to realize [via these past events] that Umbrella is more than just a low-rent Pffizer."

This meshing of timelines even extends into the present day, Dabb said. The latest main game in the franchise, Resident Evil Village, is set in 2021, less than a year before the events of the show--the events of which are "essentially happening concurrently with our show," according to Dabb. "They don't cross-over, obviously, because they're happening so far apart. But certainly now, Village is part of our lore. If we wanted to now put a giant vampire woman in Season 2, we can."

 

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reads all that news stuff

I mean, the fact that Wesker's literal biological son Jake Muller isn't brought up...