Nemesis becomes playable character in Resident Evil Resistance!

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Per the Playstation Blog, starting today you can now play as the fan favorite Nemesis in the asymmetrical multiplayer game RESIDENT EVIL RESISTANCE, where one player plays as an evil mastermind who creates a death trap for the other players to try to survive and escape from, including placing monsters in said death trap that the mastermind player can then take direct direct control of. Here's the official announcement:

[Capcom] is pleased to announce that, starting today, you’ll be able to play as Nemesis in Resident Evil Resistance via today’s update that introduces Nicholai Ginovaef as a Mastermind! Alongside Nicholai’s powerful skills, he’ll also be able to summon Nemesis, complete with its own suite of deadly tools to unleash upon hapless Survivors – the first time Nemesis has been playable in a Resident Evil game.

The announcement also dropped some tidbits about the Nemesis redesign in the RE 3 remake as well, which was apparently done to tie the origin of Nemesis closer to the lore of RE 4 (which was decidedly less interested in zombies and the machinations of the Umbrella Corporation). Here's what the developers at Capcom had to say about the changes:

The Nemesis project was to artificially create the Plagas parasite (first introduced in Resident Evil 4), thus giving birth to NE-α. The idea was to find an appropriate live host that could contain NE-α, which in turn would physically change and transform its host into a bioweapon. However, the reality was no host could contain the power of NE-α, nor was there any means of regulating it. As a result, the project was inevitably put on ice.

We inevitably decided on this final ability due to the presence of Ganado in Resident Evil 4. Ganado are humanoid enemies that are created through being infected with the Plagas parasite, the original basis for NE-α. When the Plagas activates, it spawns from the neck of its host in the form of a tentacle. NE-α was created to imitate this parasitic quality. We wanted NE-α infected enemies to be visually similar to the Plagas-infected Ganados as a means for fans to piece together how Nemesis fits within the whole Resident Evil franchise.

Meanwhile, as said at the top of the article, Nemesis (alongside Nicholai Ginovaef as a "Mastermind" character) are now playable characters in RESIDENT EVIL RESISTANCE right now.

So what do you guys think? Any fans of RESIDENT EVIL RESISTANCE? If not, will the inclusion of Nemesis change your mind? Either way, sound off below!