Fans Think Nintendo Made Leon S. Kennedy Miss Every Shot to Keep the Latest Resident Evil Requiem Trailer Family Friendly

The latest trailer for Resident Evil Requiem shows experienced cause Leon S. Kennedy whiffing each 1 of his shots — and fans deliberation Nintendo is to blame.

Yesterday's Nintendo Partner Direct featured a caller look astatine the highly-anticipated endurance fearfulness title, which features newbie cause Grace Ashcroft alongside seasoned zombie combatant Leon S. Kennedy. But ticker yesterday's trailer and you'd deliberation Leon was caller retired of the academy, arsenic helium is incapable to onshore a azygous bullet.

The Nintendo showcase included caller footage of Leon kicking zombies to the ground, but past firing implicit their shoulder. At 1 constituent helium picks up a rifle, past fires astatine a tree. Leon's adjacent capable to miss with a chainsaw, spinning astatine a zombie lone to graze immoderate furniture.

Nintendo making Leon miss each changeable and onslaught to support the amusement PG is truthful comic pic.twitter.com/fknXycULvQ

Online, Leon's abrupt deficiency of warring prowess has not gone unnoticed, with Nintendo itself believed arsenic being to blame.

"Nintendo making Leon miss each changeable and onslaught to support the amusement PG is truthful funny," wrote nin10doland successful a agelong thread connected societal media. "I tin consciousness the vexation from the feline who was signaling this crippled footage," replied NikTek. "How galore years of work does Leon person exactly?" added HuhShalien.

The Partner Direct broadcast was rated arsenic being for an 18+/Mature audience, though immoderate fans person suggested the footage utilized present was apt the aforesaid seen successful the stream's abstracted Japanese version. In Japan, Resident Evil games are often censored, and Nintendo whitethorn consciousness a peculiar request to support gore and unit unseen.

Others, meanwhile, noted that this was thing caller for a Nintendo Direct.

"They did the aforesaid happening with The Great Circle during the vessel enactment shot, wherever they were shooting the h2o successful beforehand of the force vessel alternatively of the existent boat," wrote Donnyboi.

"Reminds maine of the Hitman trailer erstwhile they'd chopped close earlier he'd termination anyone," added RileyEatsGood.

"This is besides wherefore the archetypal uncover for The Duskbloods from FromSoftware looked ace underwhelming," concluded VBandit47. "They couldn't amusement virtually ANYTHING that is halfway to the Soulsborne acquisition origin they couldn't amusement immoderate blood. Watch it back, you'll spot what I mean lmao."

Leon S. Kennedy: the amiibo. Image credit: Nintendo.

But it wasn't conscionable Leon's purpose that came nether occurrence during the Nintendo Direct. The beloved character's caller amiibo figurine besides took flak for its facial plan — "hot uncle" it is not.

"Honestly, they look similar the blistery cocoa chocolates you enactment successful a cupful of blistery beverage to dissolve," wrote Iv0ry_Falcon connected reddit successful a thread dissecting the look of some Leon and Grace's amiibo.

"This 20$ Leon is connected 20$ shrooms judging by his look," claimed PhysicalKick3812. "Grace looks good."

Added High_Flyin_Bird: "Fake Temu Amiibo."

Last month, Resident Evil Requiem's manager said that the game's pistillate unit members successful peculiar had worked hard to guarantee leader Leon S. Kennedy "would marque anyone's bosom throb." Resident Evil Requiem launches connected February 27 connected PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch 2.

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