Resident Evil: The Mercenaries/Revelations producer comments making the Resident Evil experience portable

The following information comes from producer, Masachika Kawata…

“This time might have been an unusual example, but since we were making two games at once, we divided it up, taking care of the final action bits in Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D and making graphics and other aspects of presentation in Resident Evil: Revelations. The plan for Resident Evil: Revelations was moving along first, but we were putting a lot of work into the scenario and other aspects of the game, so it was going to take a long time to complete. However, we wanted to release something soon after the Nintendo 3DS system hit the market, so we started making and testing Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D — the game system of which was already pretty much in place.”

- Resident Evil: Revelations is being treated as a console game
- will contain certain elements specific to portable gaming

“Since we were making Resident Evil for a handheld, we were careful about adding elements specific to handheld gaming. It’s hard to talk about anything we haven’t disclosed yet, though. Some who have played the series on a home console may be worried. But I think you can experience the horror and enjoyment in a way unique to handheld.”

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