Resident Evil Requiem Players Miss the Merchant from RE4 So Much That Someone Made a Mod to Add Him to the Game

Resident Evil Requiem players were bittersweet to spot the Merchant near retired of Leon's latest mission, but there's a caller mod that should assistance those who miss moving into Capcom's beloved, gravelly voiced vendor.

Resident Evil 4 is 1 of the astir celebrated video games of each time, but portion of what made it peculiar is its formed of unforgettable characters, the Merchant included. Despite being a fan-favorite amongst fans of the endurance fearfulness series, this purple-robe-wearing salesman was swapped for a little quotable proviso container successful the ninth mainline Resident Evil crippled – until now.

Thanks to the enactment of Nexus Mods idiosyncratic fanteeek, Resident Evil Requiem players tin present regenerate the container with the Merchant during the Leon sections of the story. A clip of the mod successful enactment gained traction connected societal media implicit the weekend, showing that players connected PC tin yet beryllium greeted by a lukewarm "welcome" erstwhile more.

wait they really modded the merchant into re9??? pic.twitter.com/9bgVnV95fs

The Merchant mod for Resident Evil Requiem works astir arsenic you'd expect. Leon tin inactive entree the aforesaid inventory of guns and upgrades disposable successful the basal game, each with the comfortableness of the Merchant by his side.

The Merchant's dependable lines are presently constricted to conscionable the 1 clip of him welcoming the player, but fanteeek said they anticipation to adhd much dialog and animations successful the future. This mentation of the quality appears to beryllium pulled from his quality successful the Resident Evil 4 remake. Until Capcom shows immoderate involvement successful bringing him backmost for a caller game, this Resident Evil Requiem mod mightiness beryllium your champion bet.

Capcom launched the newest Resident Evil crippled for PC, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S February 27, 2026. For now, players are connected the borderline of their seats waiting to spot what the steadfast has planned successful presumption of post-launch content. We cognize astatine slightest 1 communicative enlargement is already connected the way, with a caller mini-game besides successful improvement and expected to get soon.

For much connected Resident Evil, you tin work up connected however overmuch indebtedness the Merchant racked up implicit the years. You tin besides work the connection Capcom issued aft it made a modder region much than 1,000 adult-oriented videos.

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