No, you Replace RE1 with the REmake, and RE2 and 3 flow as normal. RE1 is non canon. It's replaced by the now canon REmake.What?
Re 1 and remake completely contradict the whole re story
If you play as jill only Chris and barry get out of the mansion while if you play as Chris only Rebecca and Jill get out alive
But later game confirmed that Chris Jill Barry and rebecca all get out of thr mansion on the same chopper and returned alive in raccon city, but this ending is impossible to do in tje original re game and neither in the remake, so this game contradict everything, they contradict code veronica, re vendetta, revelations 2 ecc but they are canon
How did re 2 remake contradict the rest of the series?
If you play re 2 remake you can safely play the rest of the series nothing is contradicted
Only leon and Claire scenario contradict each other but this contradiction didn't bother because code veronica re 4 ecc will always happen in the same way, Claire always go fo Chris, leon always joyn the us and Sherry get into us custody and the foment g virus inside her will always give the power she have in re 6
In REmake2, Ada's cover story is totally different, making the File detailing her relationship with the Umbrella employee make zero sense. So RE2 screws up REmake's story in that regard.
In REmake2, Leon doesn't meet Sherry until the very end. Has zero bond with her. So their relationship and trust/companionship with one another in RE6 makes much less sense than in the original, where they were together much more by comparison.
In RE2, Claire finds the file Chris leaves detailing that he's going to Europe. In REmake2, she finds the letter that she says "Doesn't sound like him." However, she has ZERO clues that would lead her to Europe. So her ending up in the events that lead to CODE: Veronica make no sense.
You can say all this stuff happened off screen, but without confirmation from an official source, it's just fan speculation. Which isn't exactly a factor for what fits the definition of "canon." I could also say that Leon learned to be a professional dancer off screen, and that's why he's so graceful in the Laser Room in RE4. And since there's nothing to prove otherwise, you'd have to accept that, if you're willing to accept the contradictions I'm making above.
I do "Get it." But I'm saying it's bad writing, and I don't LIKE it. There's a big difference. I play RE specifically for the long form story telling. Which is the same reason I watch things like anime. And with the massive changes and retcons, I'm growing annoyed with Capcom. They're pulling a Marvel/DC, which is why I don't read western comics anymore, and I'm voicing my displeasure with that sort of shoddy storytelling.You can have both. You can't call Umbrella Chronicles a true blue Resident Evil game and then complain about the canon when you accept all the other contradictions that have existed since the very first game. It's poor storytelling for sure, but it's foolish to act like it's hard to comprehend. Everyone else gets it, why don't you?
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