Resident Evil Unveils Duolingo Owl as Its Most Terrifying Bioweapon Yet, Forcing Leon to Learn Spanish

Never caput the zombies, Mr X, oregon Lady D. Resident Evil has a caller eventual adversary — Duolingo's dreaded Owl.

For chartless reasons, Japan's authoritative Resident Evil societal media relationship has begun posting pictures of the Duolingo Owl terrorising Leon S. Kennedy successful a warped mentation of Resident Evil 2 (thanks, Automaton).

Here, the Duolingo Owl — oregon a buff, supersized mentation of it — tin beryllium seen replacing the menacing Mr X successful images that person much than a whiff of AI astir them. "Our caller biologic weapon," the authoritative Resident Evil relationship states, tagging successful the authoritative Duolingo Japan account. "Go. Spread connection learning to the world."

Picking up connected the brandter, Duolingo Japan past replied with an representation of the young Leon S. Kennedy pursued by its mascot, present wearing a Mr X-style hat. "Leon, you haven't done today's lesson, right?" the caption reads. Gulp.

Resident Evil past replied with an representation of Leon utilizing Duolingo to larn Spanish — a motion to the events of Resident Evil 4, which is acceptable successful agrarian Spain. The app adjacent shows a acquisition being acceptable by 1 of the game's infected ganados. "Story of my life," reads the post's accompanying text.

Concluding this bizarre saga, a last station from Duolingo Japan shows its mascot, again wearing Mr X's hat, reaching retired portion lasting successful beforehand of the burning Raccoon City Police Department. "I'll pursuit you anyplace until everyone tin play Resident Evil successful English," the station states.

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Why this is each happening is not wide — and Duolingo decidedly did not beryllium backmost successful 2004, erstwhile the events of Resident Evil 4 took place. But astatine a clip wherever Resident Evil fans person been asking for an update connected Leon, this is not what galore had connected their bingo cards.

Maybe this is wherefore Leon is missing from Resident Evil Requiem? It's not due to the fact that he's present excessively experienced an cause for a creepy fearfulness game, arsenic Capcom has argued — it's due to the fact that he's inactive stuck somewhere, trying to larn Spanish, successful bid to sate Duolingo's Owl.

Capcom precocious claimed that Requiem volition diagnostic a long-awaited instrumentality to Resident Evil's "overarching narrative" begun 30 years ago, pursuing the motorboat of much caller games specified arsenic Resident Evil 7 and Resident Evil Village which focused connected events acceptable elsewhere. Here's hoping the Owl doesn't marque an appearance.

Image credit: Duolingo / Capcom.

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