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Capcom Almost Made ‘Resident Evil’ Amiibos for ‘Revelations’
Some people are nuts about Nintendo’s Amiibo figures. I don’t see the big deal about them, honestly. True, they’re sculpted and painted nicely, and it’s neat how they can be used to unlock stuff in games for Nintendo’s consoles. And I guess they look neat on the shelf. But you know what would be really neat? Amiibos from Resident Evil. And according to a recent interview, we almost got them.
According to a NintendoEverything article, in an interview with Japanese video game magazine Famitsu, Capcom’s Ryota Niitsuma revealed that they almost went ahead with Amiibos for their recent ports of the Resident Evil: Revelations for the Switch. Surprisingly, the characters for the Amiibos were not going to be Chris and Jill, but rather HUNK and Lady HUNK, as they’re both part of the Raid Mode in Revelations.
So what happened? Niitsuma stated that the team got as far as creating the 3D models for the Amiibos, but “various circumstances” caused Capcom to scrap the idea. However, Revelations director Koushi Nakanishi did indicate that he’s still interested in the idea, so maybe it’s something that could be picked up again in the future.
Interestingly enough, Niitsuma did mention that Revelations does have Amiibo support, where you can obtain ammo or points once per day by scanning your Amiibos. However, if you have a Capcom-based character Amiibo, you’re rewarded with something better. The article doesn’t mention what that “something” will be, so if you have a Mega Man Amiibo lying around, try scanning it.
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply saddened to learn that George A. Romero Foundation Founder and President Suzanne Desrocher-Romero has passed away.
GARF shared in a statement on socials, “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Suzanne Desrocher Romero. Suzanne passed away of natural causes on June 24 at her home in Toronto after a prolonged illness.”
The statement continues, “Suzanne was the fierce leader of the George A. Romero Estate and The George A. Romero Foundation. She worked tirelessly to preserve George’s legacy. Her work at the foundation will continue to inspire and live on for generations to come. The family asks for privacy at this time.”
Desrocher-Romero founded GARF in 2018, after her late husband’s passing in 2017, and has been a fierce advocate for his legacy and the arts. It was her mission to “strengthen horror as a serious field of global study,” and she was a tremendous fighter on behalf of Romero’s works and supporting new filmmakers inspired by his legacy.
It was Desrocher-Romero who spearheaded the recovery and restoration of The Amusement Park, and, as the person in charge of the George A. Romero estate, worked closely with author Daniel Kraus on completing unfinished novels like Pay the Piper and The Living Dead. She most recently celebrated the restoration of her favorite of Romero’s zombie films, Day of the Dead, and was hard at work producing the upcoming film Twilight of the Dead.
That passionate advocacy led to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero becoming family to Bloody Disgusting as well.
2023 marked the start of an ongoing partnership between Bloody FM and GARF on The Dead, a scripted audio series spanning multiple seasons that saw Desrocher-Romero working closely with the Bloody FM team and mentoring the series’s contributing writers with GARF. To say her loss will be felt internally is an understatement.
“Anytime George Romero is mentioned is good, because what we are doing is to provide a healthy legacy. We’re uplifting his legacy, we’re supporting the archive, and we’re also supporting the Horror Study Center. So, all of these three things are what the Foundation is striving to do. As far as I’m concerned, the more we say George Romero’s name, the better it is,” Desrocher-Romero recently told BD.
It’s the perfect encapsulation of her unwavering enthusiasm for supporting Romero’s legacy and the horror genre, and just a glimpse at how much she contributed to preserving it. She is, in short, an inspiration.
We send our deepest condolences to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero’s family, friends, and GARF.
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