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* [[Playing Against Type]]: A surprising number of characters throughout the series (particularly in ''Resident Evil 2'', ''Resident Evil 3'' and ''Resident Evil 4'') are voiced by actors who previously only appeared in children's entertainment.
* [[What Could Have Been]]:
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** In 2001, Capcom announced that the ''Resident Evil'' franchise was going to be exclusive for the [[Nintendo GameCube]]. In addition to straight ports of ''[[Resident Evil 2]]'', ''[[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis]]'', and ''[[Resident Evil Code: Veronica|Code Veronica X]]'', a total of two new games (one of which was the [[Resident Evil (video game)|''Resident Evil'' remake]]) were released (and remained) exclusive to Nintendo's consoles; ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'' was also anounced as a GameCube exclusive before Capcom decided that due to poor sales of ''[[Resident Evil Zero]]'' and the ''Resident Evil'' remake, they would release the game on the [[PlayStation 2]] as well.
** [[Hilarious in Hindsight|And then Resident Evil 5 wasn't even released on a Nintendo console...]]
** ''[[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis]]'' was originally going to be a [[Gaiden Game]], a side story to ''[[Resident Evil 2|2]]'', while ''[[Resident Evil Code: Veronica|Code: Veronica]]'' was going to be called "Resident Evil 3: Code: Veronica". ''Nemesis'' then proved to have a lot more content than what was typical of gaiden games, so they took away ''CV'''s "3" and slapped it onto ''Nemesis''.
** The title may have changed, but ''CV'' is still the direct sequel to ''Resident Evil 2''.
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