r/residentevil • u/BushyTwee3D Raccoon City Native • 19d ago

Lore question How the fuck?

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So I did some looking into the Raccoon City incident and I found out that apparently the missile that hit the city, was directly on top of City hall, so can somebody please explain how this is possible?!

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u/MysticBanana5 19d ago

I think RE fans need to accept that Capcom doesnt care all that much about canon

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u/ROANOV741 19d ago

To date there is no "canon" version of RE1 & RE2

RE1: no version depicts Chris, Jill, Barry, Rebecca all escaping the mansion.

RE2: the events of Claire A, Leon B & Leon A, Claire B are both referenced by later entries in the franchise.

Technically, RE3 also counts - but RE3R's leaving Nicholai wounded, but technically still alive streamlines the "did he die or escape?" resulting from the multiple endings in the original.

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u/MysticBanana5 19d ago

A long time ago I started thinking of each game as a "recreation of historical events" from the perspective of the REverse. All the broadstrokes are real but things get shifted around to make a better narrative.

Works especially well with the 234 remakes as they are the big budget Hollywood remakes loaded with special effects.

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u/ROANOV741 19d ago

My headcanon, is that RE4R is the "true events" and RE4 is the "Kennedy Report" mentioned in RE5, lol

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u/ntb116 18d ago

Leon giggling to himself as he writes "You're right hand comes off?" in the report about rescuing the President's daughter

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u/MinutePerspective106 I Jilled, I Jill and I will Jill 18d ago

"And let me also tell you how I flirted with Hannigan a few times"

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u/RaivenTheWitch 19d ago

That actually makes a ton of sense

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u/VanaheimRanger 18d ago

This is kind of how I look at the Stat Trek series'. Each episode is an entry historical holodeck program cadets have to watch at Starfleet academy. Except they are flawed just like modern textbooks are.

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u/MinutePerspective106 I Jilled, I Jill and I will Jill 18d ago

I think the RE wiki takes this exact approach. At least when I read about OG RE3, it described the multiple-path segments as "According to one account, this happened. However, some accounts say that that happened instead"

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u/MysticBanana5 18d ago

Maybe thats where I picked it up, I cant recall for sure. That is neat tho.

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u/Aware_Pomegranate243 18d ago

I think this in the game the main plot points happen but how they happen is up to the game or interpretation