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Resident Evil Original and Remake Verse Pages Merging (STAFF NEEDED PLEASE)

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So to make things clear, this CRT is not intended to merge the Original and Remake timelines, but to merge their Verse Pages.

There's no point in separating these continuities into two different verse pages; they're not different or distant enough for that. Even Dragon Ball doesn't do that and just explains how continuity works; we should do the same.

The two timelines should look like this:

Original​

RE0 > RE1 (1996/2002) > RE2 (1998) = RE3 (1999) > Code Veronica > RE4 (2005) > RE5 > RE6 > RE7 > Village > Requiem

Remake​

RE0 > RE1 (2002) > RE2 (2019) = RE3 (2020) > Code Veronica> RE4 (2023) > RE5 > RE6 > RE7 > Village > Requiem

Some games in the Remake Timeline don't yet have remakes, but the broad outlines of their events still took place within the Remake Timeline; we just don't have the details since their remakes haven't been made yet. The only exception is RE9, which takes into account the events of both the original game and the remake timelines, so even without a remake, it remains canon to both continuities (this might also be the case for RE7 and 8).

Edit: The RE1 Remake is also canon in the OG timeline since its events are mentioned in Umbrella Chronicles.

What about the side games (Chronicles, Revelations, Outbreak, Gun Survivor), manga, CGI films, etc?​

Everything that is canon to the original games should also be treated as canon to the remakes, because there's no reason why it shouldn't be (unless there are huge differences of course, but to my knowledge there aren't). The only exception is Darkside Chronicles, because the Operation Javier recounted in the game seems different from what we know in the Remake Timeline.

Agree: @LephyrTheRevanchist, @AbaddonTheDisappointment, @Firestorm808
Disagree:
Neutral:
 
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They should've just been in one verse page in the first place so I agree.

I believe Capcom itself has a very loose and lackadaisal treatment of canonicity between the originals and the REmakes, for their own marketing and creative benefits. But this isn't without its own problems.
These aren't exclusive to powerscaling. Leon's characterization between the OG and the REmake have as much important differences as there are key similarities. REmake Leon is distinct from the OG Proto-Dante May Cry Leon who is the character model being adapted by the CGI films.
 
Very straightforward and agreed. The verse page shouldn't have been separated like that to begin with since that implies the remake games are not tied whatsoever to any non-remake game, which is factually wrong and baffling to any fan of Resident Evil.
 
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I feel like they should be in one page, we don’t need a whole verse page for a different continuity with so few profiles.
 
I'm not up to date on the remakes business, but OP looks reasonable at least
 
I agree with merging the verse pages, but I’m still not fully convinced about some of the classic games being part of the Remake Timeline. For example, wasn’t Oswell Spencer basically portrayed as a complete villain in RE5, while Requiem treats him in a much more sympathetic way?

In Resident Evil 5, Spencer came across as a guy obsessed with evolution and becoming a god. Meanwhile, Requiem portrays him as far more regretful and almost redeemable through the Elpis storyline and his connection to Grace.
 
In RE5 Spencer was just explaining his motivations. IIRC he invited Wesker in his estate fully knowing that he's probably gonna get slimed. He fired his loyal subordinates in order to spare them from getting locally saturated and had mercs protecting him instead.

But like I said before, the timeline and canonicity of RE games are kinda ****** up. Capcom treats all the games as canon to each other when it suits them.
What OP proposes is technically correct but if the og games like CV get a REmake then they should be replaced in the REmake timeline.
 
Apex_Predator_GX said:
but I’m still not fully convinced about some of the classic games being part of the Remake Timeline.
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These are just placeholders until their Remake versions are released, because we know that the main events of the original games are still canon to the Remake timeline.

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In RE5 Spencer was just explaining his motivations. IIRC he invited Wesker in his estate fully knowing that he's probably gonna get slimed. He fired his loyal subordinates in order to spare them from getting locally saturated and had mercs protecting him instead.
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That's what I was going to say, well said. It's crazy that almost nobody noticed that one of the RE5 DLCs showed that Spencer wasn't completely evil.
 
Ser_Hakim_Dayne said:
That's what I was going to say, well said. It's crazy that almost nobody noticed that one of the RE5 DLCs showed that Spencer wasn't completely evil.
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A lot of people in the RE5 discourse might not have even played RE5 itself, so they wouldn't know about the DLCs either.
 
Metalballrun said:
A lot of people in the RE5 discourse might not have even played RE5 itself, so they wouldn't know about the DLCs either.
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Ser_Hakim_Dayne said:
These are just placeholders until their Remake versions are released, because we know that the main events of the original games are still canon to the Remake timeline.


That's what I was going to say, well said. It's crazy that almost nobody noticed that one of the RE5 DLCs showed that Spencer wasn't completely evil.
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I think people need to understand that not everyone played those DLCs, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t played RE5.
 
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