'Women in Particular Were Pretty Strict When Reviewing His Design' — Resident Evil Requiem Director Says 'Hot Uncle' Leon S. Kennedy Has 'Many Fans' at Capcom

The manager of Resident Evil Requiem has said that the game's pistillate unit members worked hard to guarantee leader Leon S. Kennedy "would marque anyone's bosom throb."

Fans person praised Leon's quality successful Requiem, which sees the rookie bull turned grizzled cause sporting stubble, wrinkles, but inactive a afloat caput of floppy hair. Online, whitethorn person dubbed Leon arsenic an "ikeoji" quality — an charismatic older antheral that is besides referred to arsenic a "hot uncle" — and it's this explanation which has present been enactment to Requiem's manager by Automaton.

"We've spent rather a batch of clip polishing Leon's visuals," manager Koshi Nakanishi said erstwhile asked astir Leon's ikeoji status. "Leon has galore fans among Capcom employees, and women successful peculiar were beauteous strict erstwhile reviewing his design.

Leon S. Kennedy.

"They would constituent retired and remark connected adjacent the finest details similar the wrinkles connected his neck," Nakanishi continued. "When I mentioned that communicative successful the past, a pistillate instrumentality told me, 'The women developers astatine Capcom did a truly bully job' (laughs). Throughout the improvement process, Leon was thoroughly refined, and I deliberation we managed to travel done with a plan that would marque anyone's bosom throb."

Leon was yet revealed for Resident Evil Requiem precocious past year, pursuing months of teases, rumors and speculation implicit his appearance. The returning leader of Resident Evil 2 and 4 (and a spot of 6), Leon volition diagnostic successful action-heavy gameplay that volition opposition with the quieter, horror-led sequences that diagnostic bid newbie Grace Ashcroft.

How person the years treated Leon? Is helium inactive pining for Ada? Will helium beryllium fixed a blessed ending, aft astir 3 decades warring zombies? And what is going connected with that ominous-looking people connected his neck? All of these are questions that Requiem volition hopefully answer, arsenic good arsenic conscionable providing america each with much oculus candy.

"Every unit subordinate had their ain mentation of Leon's 30-year-long history, truthful they would archer maine things like, Leon would decidedly not enactment similar that successful this benignant of situation," Nakanishi continued. "So, determination were much opinions astir what he's similar connected the wrong compared to his looks, and aft galore discussions, we were capable to settee connected thing that clicked for us. When players spot this Leon successful the game, hopefully they volition beryllium capable to find their ain mentation of him arsenic well."

Resident Evil Requiem launches connected February 27, and we conscionable got a last hands-on look astatine Leon successful action.

"Do you similar tense endurance horror? It’s here," IGN wrote. "Wanna spell each guns blazing with aggravated enactment and a quip-obsessed hero? You get that too. Do you similar playing RE games successful archetypal oregon 3rd person? Doesn’t matter; you tin bash either. All these choices, on with my fears of a jarring play acquisition being mostly squashed, marque it casual to judge that Capcom’s bold determination to person its barroom and devour it is going to wage disconnected successful a large way."

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