Capcom will be hosting the Resident Evil Showcase later this week, and fans of the horror franchise have only gone and got their knickers in a twist over the prospect of the three classic PlayStation 1 games being ported to modern consoles. This all stems from a countdown over on the franchise's Twitter account, which has begun marking each day in the lead-up to the event with a look back at every mainline title. Well, all except Resident Evil 0. Thanks to some interesting differentiators between the original games and the videos Capcom have posted to Twitter though, some fans reckon we're about to get ports of the original PS1 versions of Resident Evil, Resident Evil 2, and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis.
Every post so far has focused on the inventory screens, and eagle-eyed Twitter users are picking up on changes between the games launched in the 1990s and what Capcom is posting to its social media channel. For example, the video from Resident Evil 3: Nemesis below features a much longer inventory section as well as the 25th-anniversary badge in the bottom-right corner.
Due to the way Capcom had gone about counting down to the upcoming Resident Evil Showcase, supporters thought the developer would maybe announce ports for the three classic games. They encountered a bit of a roadblock yesterday, however, as the countdown continued with Resident Evil 4. The general line of thinking now is simply that Capcom is counting down to the digital event by looking back at every mainline release. It would correctly line up with a Resident Evil Village reveal this Thursday, after all. As cool as such a release would be on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, we very much doubt this will actually come to fruition.
Would you too like to see this happen? Let us know in the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
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Dragon dogma 2 is what i want.word up son
I'm ready for a remake of Resident Evil 2 remake.
@playstation1995 I don’t think the existence of these ports would have any effect on a Dragon’s Dogma 2. 😂
I reckon I’d probably just play the Vita versions if I’m going to play the original trilogy. Plus Code Veronica’s already on PS4!
@LiamCroft. I know i mean its 2 many residents evils.remakes.i already got resident evil collection.so what you saying🤔.resident evil 8.capcom is stuck on resident evil too much.we already got resident evil as a remaster.word up son
@WizzNL The remakes are available, the originals aren't. Resident Evil 2 + 3 on PS1 are different games compared to the PS4 remakes. There's more than enough room for both versions.
@JustMe Not during this Show tho since it can be watched live on the official PS Youtube and Twitch Channels
@Royalblues not crazy, bang on. RE 2 Remake is also the best out of all the modern RE games. I'm playing 3 remake atm and it's completely inferior.
I’d like to see Dino Crisis remake
Honestly how many remakes do you guys want. I understand the games hold some nostalgic value but they really arent THAT good in terms of gameplay?
I have the psone version on the vita, man it will be really cool if we can buy psone games for ps5 like the vita 😃
Remakes yes, but no ports.
@JustMe Yeah probably not. I personally think they will only show RE8 stuff, that new Multiplayer Game and maybe a Teaser for the Netflix Show
@Royalblues Hi there friend.
You are absolutely right. I played all of the original versions of each game and their respective remakes and, in my oppinion, RE2 is the Best classic Resident Evil game, followed by RE1 remake and RE Code Veronica.
Even in the remake departement 2 is better than 3.
Heck, the original version of RE3 on PS1 is better than the remake version on PS4, because of cut content and lack of the Mercenaries mode.
The game looks nice and the gun play is fun, but that´s it.
But if they want to keep doing remakes, then please Capcom, give us RE Code Veronica remake and even better, give us Dino Crisis remake.
And why not bring back other dormant franchises that fans have been wanting for so long.
But NO ports or remasters. That´s just lazy and not exciting at all.
Just my two cents.
Cheers, stay safe and happy gaming to us all
They did say there will be multiple announcements, but I highly doubt they'd bother porting the original games to modern systems/pc. Seems like it'd just be a waste of resources for games that most younger generations would find unplayable because of the tank controls.
Obviously we're getting some RE8 news, hopefully a release date, but all I'm hoping for past that is that maybe the new multiplayer title is a return to Outbreak and if they are doing another remake that it's NOT RE4.
I'd also like to see another Revelations, preferably with a new Raid mode like Rev2 (which was super rad). Regardless, I'm excited to see whatever they have to show.
@WizzNL There's really no difference between adding a game to PS Now and adding it to the PS Store for purchase. Nothing wrong with giving people the option of buying the PS1 originals.
I'd love to see them port the OG Resident Evil 1 for once, I honestly find that version a lot more fun to play than the remake.
It'd be cool to have them ported over to modern consoles with some HD textures thrown in. The AI upscaling fan work is utterly fantastic.
@WizzNL What I'm saying is that there's no real difference between a PS4/PS5 port of a Resident Evil game being put on PS Now and then on PS Store. Why would you restrict the game to just PS Now? That seems like a pretty silly decision when PS Now titles are hosted on the store itself anyway.
There is nothing i want less than ports of ps1 games that have had superior remakes over the last two decades
I'm all for OG 2 and 3 if they hit Switch, but no fret as long as PS Store still has them available for Vita.
I'd love to see the original trilogy available on modern consoles, these are still great games and all quite different from their respective remakes. The original Resident Evil 2 is still a brilliant game and the only negative about its remake is how its various scenarios were stripped down
Oh and give us Dino Crisis whilst they're at it
@WizzNL I'd much rather be able to buy any game than stream it through PS now
why? we got 4 remakes (0-4) this gen and 2 of them are like their old version. We have so much resident evil already. Glad mhw sold super well. Capcom needs to refocus. DMC 5 needs a spin too to grab more players.
Capcom cappin'.
@Royalblues 2 is an actual Resident Evil mainline game and so is Code Veronica. 3 was a side entry that came to PlayStation as if it was the 3rd game in the series. I can't remember why but I remember it having something to do with Capcom being contracted to make 3 games for Playstation, and something along the lines of them not wanting to release Code Veronica (The original 3rd game) on Playstation.
A resident evil classic collection you say ? Ahhhh I'll buy it at a high price
Big RE fan so I would probably pick these up if true. I have enjoyed all the remakes (even 3 which I found really fun) but to have the originals would be great for some quick gaming with their short run times. I agree with the RE Code Veronica remake requests - I find that harder to play as a classic than the original trilogy for some reason
@Boucho11 agree 100%
@LuckSource If I am remembering correctly, Code Veronica was not released on Playstation because Capcom considered it to be better, and instead gave PlayStation RE Nemesis. It was not PlayStation choosing Nemesis because of it being higher quality then Code Veronica. Code Veronica is a much better game then Nemesis, Nemesis is a gimmick.
Dino Crisis we need you back Regina. 🤩
@JoshuaTChandler This is a common misconception. There was never any contractual obligation to release 3 numbered games on the PS1. Additionally, Code Veronica was also considered to be a side entry and not a mainline title (made to make up for the cancelled Saturn port of RE2), contrary to popular belief that it was made to be the "real RE3." The real RE3 in this case was a project led by Hideki Kamiya. Things changed when Capcom was told about the PS2, so they restarted the Kamiya project as a next gen title, and RE Gaiden (as it was then known) was bulked up in scale and content and repositioned as RE3, making Kamiya's game RE4 (but then it later became Devil May Cry of course). The producer just basically felt that it was best to have a trilogy of numbered games on the same console.
It's a weird and kind of complicated story, but not quite the same as the story we've just commonly accepted as truth for all these years.
You can check out more details if you want.
http://projectumbrella.net/articles/BIOHAZARD-3-LAST-ESCAPE#Development
http://projectumbrella.net/articles/BIOHAZARD-CODEVeronica#DevelopmentHistory
@WaveWitch I quite like the doors loading time. Adds to the suspense, I feel. Also gives me a split second to prepare myself after I forgot to burn about 20 bodies 😬
original re2 port? yes please and for the love of god keep the ***** camera the way it was. They should have made it to where once u beat RE2 remake you got access to classic RE2 but that would have made to much sense.
@nessisonett Is it? I've never seen it anywhere.
@WaveWitch I'm pretty sure in the Dreamcast ports of 2 & 3 still showed the door screen but allowed you to skip it!
@TheLightSpirit
Why not have both? They have Village coming out and Capcom has been on fire recently. 2 and 3 remakes were solid and I'd gladly pay for another game redone in that fashion.
A straight port of the original three games though? I might just pass on that seeing as they were made available on PS3, PSP Vita, and in RE1's case, PS4 as well.
@Papasears
I get that the camera threw some people off / took away some of the tension in a way. But as a huge RE fan, if they didn't change the camera and made it just a straight graphical upgrade, there just wouldn't have been enough there to justify remaking it from the ground up. In that scenario, may as well just port RE2 similar to how they did RE1 on PS4.
I like the idea of a toggle between the two though.
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