The Untold History of Resident Evil

For one of it’s most successful franchises, Capcom sure have been close to killing off Resident Evil a lot of times.

(00:00) Intro
(00:55) A Not-So-Brief History of Capcom
(04:19) How Capcom Nearly Killed Resident Evil (1996)
(10:59) How Capcom Nearly Killed Resident Evil 2 (1998)
(17:07) How Capcom Nearly Killed Resident Evil 4 (2005)

Sources:
Special thanks to George Trevor of http://crimson-head.com for RE1 concepts and an immaculate article on the Resident Evil 4 beta
and Alex Aniel for his excellent "Itchy, Tasty: An Unofficial History of Resident Evil" which details lots of facts directly from Capcom employees

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