North America
Y’all are pretty familiar with this key art by now, huh? Yes, here we see Leon Kennedy front and centre, with a bunch of villagers and Bitores “The Big Cheese” Méndez surrounding him. It’s an atmospheric piece that does a good job at conveying the sinister circumstances of the game, though logically, Leon striking a pose like that while in such immediate danger doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.
Europe
Europe’s design is pretty cool, taking direct inspiration from the original GameCube release in the region back in 2005. We can see Dr. Salvador, A.K.A The Chainsaw Man, standing in the bottom left and surrounding by tree trunks. There are some cool shadow effects here, but we reckon it’s not quite as impactful as the red GameCube original.
Japan
Japan decided to use the same image as North America, but zoomed into Leon and cut out the enemies in the background (apart from a random villager’s arm over on the right), all the while making the colours a little bit cooler. The keen focus on Leon is nice and it makes for an eye-catching design, but we’d like to see more.
Naturally, it also utilises the Japanese ‘biohazard’ title in place of Resident Evil, and despite being unlucky over in Japan, the stylised number 4 is also pretty prominent.
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