Patrick asked S.D. Perry:

I was just wondering...if Capcom gave you the okay...would you write a novelization, RE4, RE5, and RE6 as well as both Revelation games?

S.D. Perry The way licensing works, Capcom would have to lease the publishing rights out to a book company, and the book company would then have to hire me to write more RE books (that's how it worked the first time)... That said, yeah, I would totally write more. They were fun to work on. :)

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Derek This’ll be a doozy =] As a fan of your work who hopes to be of 1% help (because for a time Resident Evil turned into a hot mess)? If (hopefully “when” This’ll be a doozy =] As a fan of your work who hopes to be of 1% help (because for a time Resident Evil turned into a hot mess)? If (hopefully “when”) that day does come with Capcom? What with the Remakes enriching the character actions and motives (congruent with things you thought up in your novels), and with the lore being enriched and broadened by 7 & 8? Resident Evil 7, then 8 aka Village set up things that we can see and learn in the Remake of Resident Evil 2, Remake of 3, and the Remake of 4. Without spoiling anything for you?

There are small and massive implications alike.

There’s now a huge connection with the “Cadou” which goes all the way back to James Marcus and Ozwell Spencer. Being careful not to spoil the major things, I’ll say that it can be seen in minor things such the presence of gnarled, ropey, black vines somewhere between a vein and a root system taking hold in the sewers as Leon crawls, twists, and slices his way through those dank, fetid interiors. It changes the implications of Lisa Trevor from the Remake of 1 and of Nemesis in the Remake of 3. It brings back the idea of the, “Pale Heads,” (the pale white, naked, sexless zombies) originally presented in Resident Evil Zero in the water treatment plant, evolves them for the Remake of 3, and sets up where the “Regenerators” come from in the Remake of 4.. After all, those, “products,” have a new biological function, and those, “products,” are now found in the shipping department in the Remake of 3.

There is a channel of doctors, biologists, Chem majors, and other professionals called, “Roanoke Gaming,” on YouTube, who’ve done incredible work in the wake of the new releases who would have invaluable information for you on the science theory front ma’am (not quite sci-fi nor is it exactly fantasy).

Breaking down the front of more major elements in play (without spoiling)? Something infinitely more ancient is at hand, and it makes paranormal lore of our natural world at large into something far more supernatural. If (hopefully “when”) the time comes? What I’d recommend is playing (or watching a zero commentary play through.. from someone who takes it slow, reading all documents, such as channel, “Pineapple Express,” on YouTube) in the order of their release (that would mean Resident Evil 7, then Village aka 8, finally on to the Remake of 2, Remake of 3, and LASTLY the Remake of 4) and doing this so that you catch both the little things, and the big things which present themselves slyly and with couth. After and beyond that, you could listen to a recap or analysis of Resident Evils 5, 6, and “Damnation” in order to extrapolate the useful from the congealed and disappointing.

And, I know you will pick up on all the connections and enriched lore given how long I’ve read your work.. Jeeze.. has it been 18 years already? Characters that were once flat now have incredible arcs, and/or serve as strong subplot characters (in a genuine sense: strength through contrast to the protagonist). What you once wrote about Ada and Leon is now on full display. Once Luis is in the mix he serves as a subplot character to Leon along with Ada, yet Ada and Luis are Venn Diagrams of one another. And, they couldn’t occur at a better time in Leon’s arc. Leon begins from a Steve Rogers early in the MCU type of person (clear right and wrong in the world). He’s a person who would trust the police chief, believe that because Ben is locked up then he ought to be in a cell, only trust Ada because she claims FBI.. then have his worldview challenged before the end of Resident Evil 2 Remake. By the time we reach Leon —who was once a bright eyed Golden Retriever— in the Remake of Resident Evil 4? He’s now the old Golden Retriever from, “Homeward Bound.” By, “Damnation,” he’s… well… oh my…

When you last left off from this world of RE it took a SWIFT downward plunge. Since then, Capcom has achieved the unthinkable: they managed to build on all their greatness and flaws to make something deeper, and with characters you actually feel for. Then, they went back in time to recapture lightning in a bottle three times in a row, then turned in their work as a two for one special (old lightning recaptured plus a brand new bottle of lightning), and ALL of it correlates. That’s a feat I’ve never seen anyone achieve.

They know how to do it right: they put together teams composed of those who worked on the originals, some members who worked on newer entries like 7 & 8, and people who are super fans of the originals yet have a firm grasp on their skill sets and modern gaming… Know that if Capcom were to reach out? That’d like be the most optimal order (chronologically as per how they were released in reality, essentially, otherwise what’s brought on by 7 & 8, and the implications it has in the Remakes of 2, 3, and 4 would fly under your radar). You would create a bombshell of a Resident Evil 4 novelisation.

Again, I hope nothing came across the wrong way. All I hoped was maybe I would help make life easier for one of my favourite writers, and hopefully my peace sign and heart emoji come through here: ✌🏼❤️ ...more
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