Resident Evil Reveals Bizarre Reason Why Its Female Characters Don't Age

Resident Evil fans react to the weird reason the series' female leads haven't aged in the years between their original games and the upcoming movie.

[masterfox]

because not everyone likes MIL.. ok Im out of here!

[Old McGroin]

Because sex.

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

I like that Jill looks like she does in the Resident Evil 3 Remake, I wish Claire looked more like she does in the Resident Evil 2 Remake, that would of made more sense.

[-Foxtrot]

I suppose the excuse is Claire was infected when she was older

[Snookies12]

It's a Japanese franchise... We all know females don't age in Japan, lol.

[Levii_92]

and if you're 28 that means you are middle aged

[BandarHub]

Sometimes we have to suspend believability for the sake of entertainment. In this case the age of the character do not matter, similar to how these characters are able to escape death-defying situations that would normally kill a regular person.
The Western mindset is very fixated on realism this is why concepts are done differently from Japanese. This is why many time the character design that comes from Japanese artist are really imaginative. They do not get bogged down of how realistically things function.

Ageing the character to her actually real age in looks would subliminally mean that she is getting old and we have to move on.
Old snake means an end of an era.
Older Dante means giving the reins to another character

An older Jill, Claire and Rebbeca would mean the same here. It would give that audience a timeline.

Nowadays I feel that Japanese designs are moving towards a more realistic Westernised style.
Maybe it got to do with the motion capture and having the same actor for both acting and voting.
If AI tech get more advance we could see both be separated where the actor just voices and the motion is of a different person.

[TricksterArrow]

Resident Evil has a somewhat realistic approach to it's universe, so this is a glaring flaw. It's not an anime.

[Crows90]

Wouldn't say glaring since nobody actually cares

[TricksterArrow]

You clearly have no contact with the RE fan community if you think no one cares about how these characters look.

[lucian229]

resident evil is immensely anime, have you not played it? lmao

[TricksterArrow]

Depends on which RE you are talking about. RE1 is not anime-y at all. Neither is 2. They both are very by-the-book B horror zombie flicks. They even sprinkle things in like Terminator references and Alien. Very westernized. RE Zero, RE6 and Code Veronica things start to get a bit anime-y indeed, despite still having some western references.

RE4 (original) is a cringe-y B action movie from the 80's that just happens to have monsters in it as well. You have the president's daughter, the action hero, the sexy spy, the international terrorists, etc. RE7 is basically Evil Dead, so not sure if you can call that anime-y either. RE5 takes itself too seriously to be anime-y as well, maybe Wesker and his megalomania could be considered that.

All animated movies, are basically CGI animes though.
And yes, RE fans are VERY vocal regarding the characters' appeareance, and this includes their age. If you missed the Claire in Revelations, Jill in Revelations, Claire's RE2 face reveal and Chris' RE7 debacles, you are a lucky bastard.

[TricksterArrow]

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[OhReginald]

That's actually pretty funny

[Stanjara]

Games wouldn't sell duhhh

[dmonee]

Its like the simpsons

[Hypertension140]

It's all about cuteness, believe it or not most people in Japan won't buy a game unless it has attractive characters in it.

[CrimsonWing69]

Why does it matter? It’s a video game…

[Aelderbrand]

Pretty much and it's their IP so they can do what they want with it. Twitter just has to get up in arms when there are pretty women in games because they've got nothing better to do, then 'game journalists' follow suit.

[CrimsonWing69]

It’s so annoying. I’ve never once asked myself why a character doesn’t age in a sequel. How did we get to this point in game’s media?

[iNcRiMiNaTi]

Claire looks noticeably older in revelations 2 and sherry was an adult in re6. Those are the only times I've really seen the female characters age

[FallenAngel1984]

And Rose in RE8

[VariantAEC]

Nothing at all weird about this especially since the movie ads focused on the T-Viruses use as some kind of anti-aging serum.

[TricksterArrow]

Yes, but then what happens?

[VariantAEC]

To women who are "immune" apparently they don't age.

[gleepot]

I'd also like to know why they haven't changed their clothes in years

[TheColbertinator]

Inflation

[rambot89]

Does the average gamer demographic want to play as a 50 year old woman? No.

[TricksterArrow]

Talk about yourself, I would love to play as and with Charlize Theron.

[DeathTouch]

50 year old doesn't mean ugly. Don't deny me my hot MILFers, Capcom, ffs.

[mastershredder]

That's the reveal? Only try so hard huh? This was like Hideo explaining how Quiet was designed for cosplayers rather than spankdom.

[GoodGuy09]

What's odd is Jill looks exactly like her re3 look...which was in 1998 lol. Claire looks maybe only a couple years older than her RE2 counterpart. I think her Degenration look looked the best and most accurate to her age in that film. Death Island takes place in 2015. The RE universe is weird and all over the place...

[hard joe]

young girl is more liked than old woman

[HeliosHex]

That's odd...come to think of it...Lara croft doesn't age either...in fact she recently got younger...how strange.