The "source" is a fraud.

We've translated the BIOHAZARD UMBRELLA CHRONICLES ART OF ARTS. A very significant book with info on the series' core lore, characters & creatures along with six developer interviews & large amounts of stage, object, etc concept art.

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The EN ver. of the BIO6 file "Leon & The Raccoon Incident" says Sherry's 10-years-old despite being 12 in all other sources. The JP ver. instead says "just over 10" and Requiem's JP ver. also says 12. She was 10 in BIO2's original script however.

We've translated the BIOHAZARD Pia (ぴあ) 20th Anniversary mook. It has info on the games, films, manga etc. up to that time & info on some of the characters & creatures, plus a series timeline & interviews with producers Kobayashi & Kawata.

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We've translated the BIOHAZARD 15TH ANNIVERSARY BOOK THE ELEMENTS. Celebrating 15 years of the series, it has articles detailing each title's history up to 2011 as well as large developer interviews & survey questions to 150 devs.

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In the BIOHAZARD VENDETTA pamphlet, the strange & complicated relationship between Leon & Ada is compared to the characters Lupin III & Fujiko Mine who have a similar relationship.

The original BIO5 model for Chris Redfield was only shown in the game's debut teaser trailer. It was however used once more by concept director/writer/animator Kenichi Ueda in his message included in the 15th anniversary THE ELEMENTS book.

Raccoon City's lessened destruction isn't the first such retcon. BIOHAZARD UMBRELLA CORPS made the Umbrella Antarctic Base only damaged despite being engulfed in a massive explosion in CODE:Veronica & Darkside Chronicles. The digger used by Claire & Steve's still there.

Grace's Report mentions t-Virus & "Wesker's plan" funding. In JP this more clearly refers to the Wesker Project from BIO5. This is fitting as the t-Virus Project's true goal was to create a weaker Progenitor variant to make superhumans in the Wesker Project.

We've translated the BIOHAZARD CODE:Veronica Complete Edition Kaitai Shinsho. It has info on the characters & creatures as well as timelines, plot dissections, a glossary, director interview, stories by Benny Matsuyama & much concept art.

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It's an approach that fundamentally doesn't make any sense, so confusion's natural.

Yeah. But they've always had newer games revisit old stories. Those at least tried to be consistent or use leeway. Now they don't. As they said, these "remakes" are a reboot, yet now also the base stories going forward for sequels, so it's a new, very inconsistent & contradictory approach.

Yea, but there was no word on whether it took precedence. Now it does.

The prologue of the CODE:Veronica Complete Edition Kaitai Shinsho guide explores the public reaction to Raccoon City's destruction, saying the US President was nearly impeached. Degeneration reveals he resigned, making him second to do so (first being Richard Nixon).

Requiem confirms the remake date for the RPD renovation, 1969, is considered paramount. This retcon contradicts the Marvin's Memo files in Outbreak File 2 & Darkside Chronicles which state it was the late 80s.

In an interview with director Kato & producer Mikami, they say Steve Burnside was initially written to survive. Kato wanted writer Sugimura to make the scenario more interesting & sad, so insisted he kill Steve.

Source: Dengeki Dreamcast Vol.31 (24/3/2000)

An ad for the limited edition 10inch Barrel "Leon Custom" Desert Eagle, released for the 10th anniversary of the CAPCOM X Tokyo Marui partnership. Its manual has a short story with Leon.
Scanned from COMBAT Magazine No.384 (March 2008).

The sad goodbye scene between Ada & Leon, but it's odd bandages are wrapped over his jacket... It was the director's order, please don't make digs. - Shinkiro
As the enigmatic East Asian beauty Ada Wong, she wears a qipao. I think it captures her beauty well. - Shinkiro

"The burning underground lab in the mansion. Wesker's sunglasses, fallen on the floor, bear the Umbrella logo. So they were an issued item." - Shinkiro

"Wesker, resurrected. The t-Virus is truly terrifying. The BIOHAZARD series is also Wesker's story." - Shinkiro

That seems likely! The Ashfords were indeed originally the "von Kruger" family, and in the final game still, the Gold Lugers were a gift from Hermann Goring.

The plant in the central cylinder is considered the primary research subject. This is the African-native Asteraceae plant “Sonnetreppe”. Although this plant was only found in Africa until the 1960s, its ease of cultivation and robust vitality led to it being cultivated worldwide from the 1970s onward. To date, there have been no reports indicating the “Sonnetreppe” contains any toxic or narcotic substances, or substances with special compositions. Developing a bioweapon using this as raw material seems unlikely, but this photograph alone is insufficient for a definitive conclusion.

They also exported the Stairway to the Sun flower under the German name "Sonnentreppe." There's also the CQBZ gear conceived by HUNK which use German names: the Zombie Beil & Zombie Eisen.

Umbrella A huge multinational corporation that uses a pharmaceutical konzern as the parent organization. Established 1968. The head office is in Europe but it has branch offices all over the world and above all it constructed a factory in Raccoon City that promoted the city's development, initially merely a single small-scale local town in the country. In addition, since Umbrella usually offered a large amount of financial aid to Raccoon City used for city welfare, constructing public accommodation and maintaining public order, Umbrella now serves as an indispensable existence for Raccoon City. The company name and logo signify an "umbrella" and express the company's policy "protecting the health of the people."

UMBRELLA A huge multinational corporation with a pharmaceutical konzern as the parent organization. Its headquarters was established in Europe and affiliates/branch offices were set in various places including Raccoon City. Although it widely advocates an image of a bright, healthy top-rated company "protecting the health of the people", its true nature's a merchant of death that develops and supplies bioweapons. As for those involved in its foundation, Oswell E. Spencer, Edward Ashford and James Marcus have been confirmed so far.

Underneath the facade of a pharmaceutical konzern that advocates an illustrious corporate motto of seeking the health and happiness of people along with the company's advancement, the Umbrella Corporation has been committing heinous acts with no regard for bioethics. At its core it's a biological weapons developer with collusive ties to the military. They covertly create bioweapons called Bio Organic Weapons (B.O.W.). An accidental outbreak of the so-called "T-Virus" during the research phase leads to an unprecedented disaster.

KONZERN A monopolistic corporate giant formed by subordinating various industrial sectors to monopolistic financial capital and holding companies.

Umbrella HQ may be in Germany. The BIO1 remake, BIO0 & Outbreak File 2 official guides call it a "konzern", a usually German business group & a term in the Archives glossary. The parent company was Umbrella Pharmaceuticals.

The BIOHAZARD OUTBREAK OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK reveals Jill Valentine did in fact leave the city along with Chris & Barry, but returned secretly to hide out & investigate Birkin's underground lab.

The mansion in BIOHAZARD UMBRELLA CORPS contains faded & scorched paintings incl. one for the clock puzzle from the first game's remake. This seems to indicate Umbrella salvaged them from the original mansion & used them in a similar recreation to the Raccoon & RPD maps.

It's unclear when exactly the Terragigia Panic took place but some timelines put it after BIO4. A REV1 file from that time may give a closer indication as it mentions the Director of National Intelligence, a position created on December 17th 2004 in the real world.

"I must report some enormously sorrowful news. After assessing the survival of the city's inhabitants to be hopeless as a result of lethal viral contamination, the President and Congress moved to execute a military Sterilization Strategy. This operation has wiped Raccoon City off the face of the Earth, with the death toll from the incident expected to reach roughly one hundred thousand..."

In BIO3, the ending reports the incident's cause as "lethal viral contamination", making it public knowledge. The EN script oddly localizes Congress as "the federal council" & the Sterilization Operation as "Bacillus Terminate", mistakenly referring to bacteria instead.

"Throughout the BIOHAZARD series, I want to pursue the ‘fear’ of unsanitary conditions and the ‘fear’ of darkness. The instinctive dread of unsanitary places teeming with germs, viruses, insects, and rats. The fear of being in a place with poor visibility where you don't know what lurks. I want to show that through visuals. There's a recent photo book called "DEATHTOPIA: Ruins Play". These photos precisely capture the concept of BIOHAZARD. It's not just about being visually beautiful, it's about composition, the way space is created, the lighting, it skillfully produces images that are beautiful yet terrifying, creating this contradiction. That's the kind of imagery we're aiming for."

In Umbrella Chronicles, the word DEATHTOPIA's briefly visible. This refers to a photo book, "DEATHTOPIA: Ruins Play", by photographer Shinichiro Kobayashi who spent a decade shooting ruins across Japan. Mikami said this book captured BIO's visual concept.

Q. I keep hearing rumors that there might still be hidden elements in BIO2. Karayan, spill the beans! A. Everything hidden has already been revealed. I've heard some wild rumors, like being able to use a sword. Although the most shocking one was that a game called “Ada The Spy” is hidden inside. There were even screenshots around online that looked like they were composited. For a second I seriously wondered, “Did a little fairy make this while I was asleep?” When they go as far as creating screenshots, it really seems legit, so everyone, please keep your pranks in check, a'ight.

In Famitsu PS No.42 (26/6/98) programmer Karatsuma spoke about a fake rumor & screenshots circulating online after BIO2's release about a bonus mode called "Ada The Spy." This probably inspired the Japanese title for her first bonus mode in BIO4.

“Since this award came from user votes, it feels more moving than previous wins.” When asked about a sequel, he commented, “We have some great ideas and directions emerging, so the third installment should be another solid title.”

On August 24th 1998, BIO2 was awarded the top Grand Prix at the Japan Game of the Year '98 event held at Tokyo Kaikan, decided by user votes (1,958). Hideki Kamiya, pictured in a hat, accepted the award & was joined by Takeuchi, Ueda & Utsumi at the reception party.

Get you someone who looks at you like BIO producer Jun Takeuchi looks at the series airsoft guns he's in charge of & makes canon.