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* [[Actor Allusion]]: This isn't the first time [[Jesse Corti]] voiced [[Beauty and the Beast|a villager in Europe]] (although it's certainly the first time he plays a village chief).
* [[Development Hell]]: Counting the early proposal that became ''[[Devil May Cry]]'', ''Resident Evil 4'' was in development for at least half a decade.
* [[Doing It for the Art]]:
** Watch Ramon Salazar's detailed finger movements when he says "I have...absolute control."
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** When Leon examines the pills given to him by the dying Luis Sera, the pills roll individually in the bottle.
** This game is one of the few to model natural human hip sway. It's most obvious on Ada in her tight red cheongsam, but Ashley's is also noticeable. Even Luis has it in one cutscene. Leon's is a bit concealed by the objects hanging from his belt, but even they sway naturally.
*** Some of this is likely due to the game engine originally being designed for ''[[PN03]]'', which featured lots of hip swaying created with no motion capture.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: The Merchant of Menace.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]:
** Luis is voiced by <s>[[Star Trek Elite Force|Ensign Munrooooooo!]]</s> <s>[[The Batman]]</s> <s> [[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]] Revan</s> Rino Romano.
** Leon is <s>[[Léon: The Professional|Leon]]</s> [[Onimusha|Jacques Blanc]].
** Ashley is [[SpongeBob SquarePants|Sandy Cheeks]].
** Saddler is Gopher from [[Winnie the Pooh]].
** Bitorez Mendez is LeFou from [[Beauty and The Beast]].
* [[Name's the Same]]: Ramon Salazar; the psychopathic terrorist dabbling in bioweapons, is even crazier than...[[Shaped Like Itself|Ramon Salazar]]; the psychopathic terrorist dabbling in bioweapons in [[24]].
** Given there is a soldier type called Jack Krauser, it can't be a coincidence.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Before the developers settled on what would become ''RE4'', they went through several prototype versions of the game, which are collectively known as ''Resident Evil 3.5''.
** Development on the first iteration of the game overlapped with that of ''[[Resident Evil 3 Nemesis]]'' (back when that game was still considered to be ''"Resident Evil 2.1"''), predating Mikami's decision to switch to the [[Nintendo GameCube]]. According to an interview with 1up.com, Hideki Kamiya claims that, initially, this was to be the third ''RE'' game instead of the one that came out. It featured a private investigator named Dante as the protagonist, and its development included several trips to Spain to study castles as inspiration for the environments. This game was deemed to be too great a departure from the [[Survival Horror]] genre, and would be [[Retool|retooled]] into ''[[Devil May Cry]]''.
** Following this was the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG_AAkg-lJc "Fog Version,"] whose premise involved Leon infiltrating Umbrella's European headquarters, getting infected with the Progenitor Virus and fighting fog-like creatures that may or may not have been [[Through the Eyes of Madness|the creations of his collapsing, virus-corrupted sanity]]. One of the levels was to take place on [[Cool Airship|an airship]], and the game would've ended with Leon getting [[Killed Off for Real]] by the virus, a move that was unpopular with the developers and one of the reasons why it was scrapped.
** After that version was scrapped, Capcom made the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_326592&src_vid=kWpEE_5pDzQ&feature=iv&v=k8nKcMwmt3I "Hooked Man Version,"] which was set in a seemingly haunted mansion and had Leon fighting what appeared to be paranormal enemies, such as medieval suits of armor (which would make it into the final game), living dolls, and the titular, ghost-like "Hooked Man," a possessed-looking chap who wielded a giant hook on a chain. The [[Press X to Not Die|quick-time events]] and over-the-shoulder camera angles used in ''RE'' games from ''4'' onward first appeared here -- it alternated between the "classic" fixed cameras when exploring and the OTS camera when aiming. The game was reportedly so scary that, when the trailer debuted at E3, Shinji Mikami told the audience, "Don't pee your pants." However, the game would be scrapped for being too paranormal.
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