8 Awesome Resident Evil Games That Almost Happened
7. Resident Evil 3: Gaiden
HUNK has long been a fan favourite character, having first appeared in The 4th Survivor mini-game from Resident Evil 2. Despite many - usually non-canon - appearances ever since, hes never been given his own game, though that was the original plan for the third Resident Evil on the PS1. At the time, the game was dubbed Resident Evil: Gaiden and was intended to be a side story. Plot details are sketchy, but it would have found HUNK trying to retrieve a sample of the G-Virus from a cruise ship which was in the midst of an outbreak, and plant monsters would have been a common enemy throughout. The idea was to make a tense, claustrophobic experience but in the end, it was decided the scope was too small, and Capcom wanted a more epic adventure to end the PS1 era. The development team was expanded, and the setting switched to Jill Valentines escape from Raccoon City before its destruction. The cruise ship setting and Gaiden subtitle was recycled for a poorly received Gameboy Colour game, with Barry and Leon become the eventual leads.
