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Resident Evil Gaiden

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    Resident Evil Gaiden
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    Platforms: Game Boy Color
    Ratings:
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    Reviews:
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    5/10
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    4
    Release date(s)
    PAL: December 14, 2001
    JP: March 29, 2002
    NA: June 3, 2002
    Production
    Directors: -
    Writers: Hiroki Kato
    Producers: -
    Designers: Tim Hull
    Hiroki Kato
    Programmers: Kieron Wheeler
    Composers: Shahid Ahmad
    Resident Evil Gaiden is a top-down perspective action RPG with first-person J-RPG style battle system featuring Leon S. Kennedy and Barry Burton as the protagonists. The entire game takes place on a cruise liner where a t-Virus outbreak has occurred and turned most of it's passengers into zombies. The heroes were both present on the cruise as Umbrella were thought to be carrying experimental B.O.W.s (Bio-Organic Weapons) on board. The game also features a new character named Lucia who has the ability to 'sense' powerful B.O.W.s.

    The ultimate goal of the game is to defeat the B.O.W. thereby stalling Umbrellas research and then escape the cruise liner.

    Compared to other Resident Evil titles, the game is completely different mainly due to the lack of power of the Game Boy Color. Before Gaiden was developed, a version of Resident Evil was developed for the platform at some stage but was later cancelled as it was far too ambitious.

    The gameplay consists of exploring areas, collecting items such as keys for unlocking the path forward and entering battles where a pip bounces along a bar across the screen and pressing fire in a certain spot counts as a hit - more difficult enemies have a smaller area where a hit would land.

    It received mixed to low review scores and has since been designated as non-canon (i.e. a completely separate story that does not tie in to Resident Evil lore). Proof of this is by the end of the game it is revealed that Leon had become infected - a fact which was completely sidestepped in his later appearances. The next time a Resident Evil game was produced for mobile platforms was Resident Evil Deadly Silence, an enhanced remake of the original Resident Evil specifically for the Nintendo DS.


    Characters


    Creatures


    Locations


    The Starlight
    Luxurious cruiser, deadly secret...
    Umbrella Submarine
    Docked to Starlight like a parasite

    Weapons


    Knife
    Handgun
    Shotgun
    Assault Rifle
    Gas Gun
    Rocket Launcher
    Grenade Gun

    Key Items


    Lock Pick


    Lock Pick
    Rope


    Rope
    Fire Extinguisher


    Fire Extinguisher
    Blow Torch


    Blow Torch
    Bar Room Key


    Bar Room Key
    Boiler Room Key


    Boiler Room Key
    Cabin C-34 Key


    Cabin C-34 Key
    Cabin F-50 Key


    Cabin F-50 Key
    Computer Card


    Computer Card
    Control Pass


    Control Pass
    Coolant Fuse


    Coolant Fuse
    Crew Area Key


    Crew Area Key
    Crowbar


    Crowbar
    Data Disk


    Data Disk
    Elevator Key


    Elevator Key
    Elevator Key #2


    Elevator Key #2
    Elevator Pass


    Elevator Pass
    First Class Key


    First Class Key
    Kitchen Key


    Kitchen Key
    Lounge Key


    Lounge Key
    Medical Key


    Medical Key
    Operator's Pass


    Operator's Pass
    PDA


    PDA
    Second Class Key


    Second Class Key
    Security Room Card


    Security Room Card
    Semtex


    Semtex

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