Som en af de mest legendariske spilserier i dag har Resident Evil masser af historie at trække på, når et nyt kapitel skal lanceres. Det giver ofte anledning til spekulation blandt fans om, hvilke figurer der kunne vende tilbage fra tidligere spil, og hvilke nik til fortiden der gemmer sig i fremtiden. Men producer Masata Kumazawa vil gerne have, at folk dæmper forventningerne en smule, når det gælder rygter, der hurtigt bliver taget som fakta.
"Sometimes I talk to people and they act as if various speculation and rumours are just already a confirmed thing, and then they start talking on that basis," fortalte han til The Gamer. "I would like everyone to remember, let's calm down a bit - what we've shown you so far is everything we can say. People get frustrated with us, because even though we didn't promise things, the rumours and theories were such that they were widely believed."
Kumazawa og instruktør Koshi Nakanishi talte også om den hætteklædte figur fra de seneste trailere, som mange fans håber er en gammel favorit, der vender tilbage. "Everyone is convinced it [the hooded figure] has to be a reveal of a returning cast member, and there is speculation that it must be this person or must be that person. But we don't always want to just lean on surprise comebacks like these," forklarede de.
"The hooded person is a new character, we will confirm that much. In this case, it's a newly created character for this storyline, so it's a bit of a previously undisclosed detail, but hopefully it contextualises how we're approaching the game's story."
Den endelige afsløring af den hætteklædtes identitet får vi først til februar, når Resident Evil Requiem udkommer. Indtil da er det dog svært at forestille sig, at fansene stopper med at spekulere - også selvom de skulle være helt galt på den.