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00:00Welcome to Mojo Plays, and today we're theorizing, speculating, hypothesizing, proposing, and
00:14guessing what the next mainline Resident Evil game could include story-wise as well as new
00:19gameplay features and mechanics.
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00:36First or Third?
00:44Besides a couple oddities, shout-out to Resident Evil Survivor, prior to Resident Evil 7, the
00:50Resident Evil series had primarily been a third-person shooter staple, with the series
00:54adopting an over-the-shoulder perspective ever since Resident Evil 4.
00:58However, since 2017, the series has been split into two perspectives, with the mainline games
01:04continuing in first-person and the remakes adopting the more traditional third-person.
01:09This has led many fans to speculate whether the series will continue with the first-person
01:13shooter aspect or in return to the more traditional over-the-shoulder viewpoint.
01:18The recent Shadows of Rose update and DLC furthered this speculation by giving players
01:23the option to play RE Village in third-person as well as Rose's DLC also being in third-person.
01:30Given the rumors of the fan-favorite main characters of the series finally re-teaming
01:34up, it's most likely the game will return to the traditional third-person perspective
01:39die-hard fans know and love.
01:48The OGs Return Ever since the last entry to feature all the
01:56beloved main characters in the series, RE6 back in 2012, fans have eagerly been awaiting
02:02the OGs to once again team up to take down hordes of mutations, especially Jill Valentine
02:08who has been suspiciously absent besides RE1, 3, and 5 and the first RE Revelations game.
02:15With rumors this could be the final entry for many of the main characters, this would
02:20ideally be the best time for all these beloved characters and even some of the more popular
02:25side characters such as Barry, Rebecca, and Ada could all return in some capacity.
02:30While the last entry to have the mainstays team up was a mixed bag, this new and improved
02:35Capcom has earned a lot of goodwill with the series and has much more potential to deliver
02:41what fans truly want with a team of the OGs.
02:44Resident Evil Survivors, Assemble!
02:54The Connections Connected
02:56I gotta say, I'm surprised you made it this far.
02:58It'd be a shame if something happened to you now.
03:02Capcom's attempts to create a new umbrella corporation with the organization The Connections
03:07so far haven't measured up as little is known about them or their overall goals besides
03:13what has transpired in RE7 and Village despite the organization supposedly being around for
03:20over two decades.
03:21With the Winter's storyline seemingly coming to its conclusion, how deep the Connections
03:26influence goes could be explored in RE9.
03:29Are they the mysterious blue umbrella and are they connected to the BSAA turn briefly
03:34mentioned at the end of Village or will they be completely forgotten and presumed disbanded
03:39by the time RE9 finally releases?
03:42While the Umbrella Corporation was a very constant threat in the early games that players
03:46were able to connect to via the many hidden laboratories and constant advertisement in
03:50the games, The Connections has mostly been relegated to miscible documents and collectibles
03:56barely giving players anything to connect to.
03:59BSAA didn't send soldiers.
04:03This is a bio-weapon.
04:04What the hell were they thinking?
04:08Open World Island
04:09It had a strain of T-Virus in it.
04:12You're kidding.
04:13I found the connection between the folks that were infected.
04:16They all visited Alcatraz recently.
04:19Recent rumors hint to the ninth mainline entry in the series going bigger than ever before
04:24and could give players the biggest area to explore in the series' history.
04:29While Village gave players more freedom to discover the small town at their own leisure,
04:33RE9 might give players an entire island to survive against any number of horrific mutations.
04:39However, giving players unlimited freedom to explore does bring its own challenges as
04:45nailing the true horror aesthetic becomes much more difficult if the player is expected
04:49to find many of the series' iconic terrifying moments at their own discretion.
04:54It's more likely the openness of RE Village will just be expanded upon with much of the
04:58game still guiding the player through the main story beats while allowing them to explore
05:03off the beaten path at specific intervals.
05:16Survivors
05:25Alongside rumors of the main cast returning, many are wondering just how many will survive
05:31until the end.
05:32Given the time jump at the end of RE Village and Rose's mention of Chris, we can safely
05:37assume the badass member of S.T.A.R.S. makes it out alive, but who else is safe?
05:43Most likely Jill, Leon, and Claire will live to fight another day, whereas the most popular
05:47recurring characters could end up on the chopping block such as Barry Burton, Ada Wong, and
05:53Rebecca Chambers.
05:54Given how many times Ada has supposedly died and returned, seeing her death become permanent
06:00would be devastating to fans, and given Barry's age, his days of fighting the undead are already
06:06numbered as it is.
06:07Rebecca would probably be the most likely, although her lack of screen time could also
06:12be what ends up saving her in the end as her death would be the least impactful.
06:26Wesker's Return
06:30The FAB 4 might not be the only recurring character to make a grand return to the series
06:39according to one Tumblr user.
06:42While taking a closer look at Heisenberg's wall, they noticed a rather familiar looking
06:46sunglass fanatic who bears a striking resemblance to the notorious villain Albert Wesker.
06:52Ever since his turncoat in the original Resident Evil, Wesker has been the master manipulator
06:57behind the scenes until Chris finally put a stop to his evil ways at the end of Resident
07:02Evil 5, but this is Albert Wesker we're talking about here.
07:06This would also explain Heisenberg's comment in which he knew about Chris's boulder punching
07:11ways if Wesker was in contact with Mother Miranda.
07:15Seeing as this could be the final outing for the team that started it all, it would make
07:19sense that the antagonist who set them up would also get taken down properly by the
07:24entire former S.T.A.R.S. team.
07:38The End of the Beginning
07:39You!
07:40Freeze!
07:41Get away from him, Jill!
07:42He's insane!
07:43For almost 30 years, Chris, Jill, Leon, and Claire have been fighting against Umbrella
07:55and their many subsidiaries and shell corporations to stop their horrendous experiments and mutations,
08:01but with the 9th mainline entry, all of that could finally be coming to an end.
08:06With RE9 purportedly being the final entry for all the fan favorite characters while
08:11also setting up the future of the franchise, the Fantastic Four could be going out in a
08:16big way before their inevitable retirement.
08:19It would seem that Capcom was testing whether the series could continue without the main
08:23cast with the likes of RE7 and Village, although these titles did still end up tying into the
08:28overall narrative, and even though Ethan Winters ended up being a bit of a blank slate, the
08:33success of these two entries likely gave Capcom the confidence to continue without
08:38the beloved OG characters in the leading roles.
08:45The Timeline
08:50While the timeline of events in the RE universe has long been speculated as well as what is
08:55truly considered canon, the timeline, at least in its current form, might be coming to an
09:00end.
09:01With RE9 and A Village set up several intriguing plot threads, Capcom isn't above abandoning
09:05cliffhangers and telling whatever story they want that fits the characters.
09:10With the possibilities of both the Blue Umbrella and BSAA cliffhangers being left on the cutting
09:14room floor, fans have been speculating on not only the plot of the game, but where it
09:19could fall within the larger timeline.
09:22We know that some form of Chris' agency remains after the time jump at the end of Village,
09:27as well as the Mold being all but eradicated, giving the developers an almost 20 year window
09:32within their timeline to tell their next horrific adventure in sending our heroes off in style.
09:44New Threats
09:58For almost 30 years, the main threat of the Resident Evil series has been the undead zombie
10:03hordes as well as whatever twisted and horrific mutations the numerous viruses managed to
10:08create.
10:09Resident Evil 7 and Village introduced several new threats to the series.
10:13While the Mold wasn't exactly a fan favorite, the werewolves of Village proved to be a significant
10:19new threat, and with Resident Evil 9, there seems to be even more dangerous threats in
10:23the series' future.
10:25Resident rumors point not only to faster and more aggressive zombie types, but also
10:29something more akin to the Wendigos, which in addition to posing a significant danger
10:34just from their speed, size, and gangly arms, will also reportedly be able to mimic character
10:39voices to lure unsuspecting players into traps.
10:43This is in addition to whatever nightmare-inducing mutations Capcom has in store for us.
10:55Release Window
11:04With all of Capcom's recent remakes as well as Resident Evil Village all releasing in
11:09the first half of the year, players had plenty of time to dive in and replay the newest releases
11:14all year long, and this has proved a financially successful strategy.
11:19With fan anticipation through the roof and fans expecting Capcom to continue their release
11:23schedule of remake and then mainline game, many are hoping for a late 2024 reveal and
11:29early 2025 release date to be imminent.
11:32However, Capcom already has a major franchise planned for release in early 2025 with Monster
11:38Hunter Wilds.
11:40Given the marketing push for this new entry in what is another of Capcom's biggest moneymakers,
11:45it's more likely we'll have an RE9 reveal during summer 2025 with a full release in
11:502026.
11:52Given Capcom's recent renaissance with their beloved franchises, we're willing to give
11:56them all the time they need to produce another banger.
12:06What are you most hoping for in Resident Evil 9?
12:09Let us know down in the comments.