Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Leon S. Kennedy/archive2

ZooBlazer

• "Division of Security Operations (DSO) agents Leon and Sherry investigates" — should be investigate

Done

• "When United Nations' Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA) from the Wolf Hound Squad arrive" — should be arrives

Done

• "how they has been influenced" — should be they have

Done

• There are inconsistencies with tense in appearances section such as using past tense for "Leon would be dispatched" and "He would follow", while you have present tense throughout, which is correct for plots

Reworded

• "Grace decided to release "Elpis", which turns out to be a vaccine for bioweapon" — probably should be either the bioweapon or a bioweapon

Done

• "resulted to thousands of fans" should be "in" instead of "to"

Done

• "Leon was designed as an ikeoji figure; a cool/attractive older guy" — a colon or a dash would be better than a semicolon to introduce a definition

Done

• "According to Nakanashi" — should be Nakanishi

Done

• "Leon would run upon Grace" — maybe change to "runs into" or "encounters"

Done

MSincccc

• Comments to follow. MSincccc (talk) 08:25, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Lead

• I would suggest adding the relevant language template {{Use... English}} .

Done

Concept and design

• You could link "an American of Italian descent" to Italian Americans.

Done

• You could link to creative director at your discretion.

Done

• Noboru Sugimura, who was brought in to rewrite the story,
  • How about "Noboru Sugimura, who was hired to rewrite the story,"?

Done

• "matured guy" → "mature guy"
  • In the image alt text.

Done

Appearances

• "Division of Security Operations (DSO) agents Leon and Sherry investigates" → "Division of Security Operations (DSO) agents Leon and Sherry investigate"
  • Subject-verb agreement.

Done

• Grace decided to release "Elpis", which turns out to be a vaccine
  • The tense does not match. turns out is present tense but decided is in the past.

Replaced to "Decide"

• Leon returns in Resident Evil Requiem (2026), which is set in 2026.
  • Why mention "2026" twice?

hi. Because the game Requiem was released the same year where the plot takes place. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 10:03, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Critical reception

• You could link to Video game journalism.

Done

• "most-popular and most-iconic" → "most popular and most iconic"

Removed per below

• Also, do both words not convey the same meaning?

Seems so I removed "most popular"

• "most-likable" → "most likable"

Done

Bottom line

• That's all from me. Boneless Pizza! I look forward to your response. MSincccc (talk) 09:08, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi. I already fixed your concerns. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 10:04, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

I have never played the video game, but the article's prose and its images look good. I've made a minor revision, which I hope you don't mind.

Hence, I will support the nomination. Good luck with it. MSincccc (talk) 10:57, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Support from LastJabberwocky

To my eyes, prose is high-quality, concise, clear. Will check ref format, links, other boring stuff. —LastJabberwocky (Rrarr) 09:03, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

• refs 11, 39, 40 can have access dates

Done

• FA people sometimes require consistent letter case in ref titles (e.g. refs 26, 28)

Done

• Can we add ISBN to refs 89 and 90?

I decided to remove two Chinese sources about comics. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 10:16, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

• "Knives Out Resident Evil Collaboration to Feature Leon S. Kennedy" ref has an author

Done

Hi LastJabberwocky! I already fixed your concern except the ISBN which is hard to find but I just decided to remove two Chinese sources after having thoughts about its reliability at the article. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 13:15, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

I don't have further suggestions for ref format. I will do a spotcheck of 'concept and design' before supporting.

LastJabberwocky No worries and thank you! Done answering each of your concerns now =) 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 13:44, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

• his American-italian heritage is verified by a reliable source but this source doesn't make a concrete conclusion and provides only one convincing argument by referencing Capcom Design Works. Should we cite it directly, find more quality sources or add a explanation note behind the 'american-italian' conclusion?

Changed to Capcom DESIGN Works.

• believing the existing character lacked depth and coherence. Sugimura said it in relation to the story in general not about Leon (according to ref 16)

Polygon supports IGN source that Sugimura was the one who rewrote the story when Resident Evil 1.5 and then characters lile Leon was included. IGN said "Leon was redesigned as a young rookie, but remained mostly unchanged."

• Leon's design in the remake of Resident Evil 4 (2023) was modified to emphasize his experience and ability, and to show he had changed between games. I verified that Leon became more experienced ("Leon is no longer the rookie cop of his previous game"), but couldn't find how it was reflected in the design

Rephrase and changed source

• the 34th ref (PC gamer) has a different title

Removed the source since it has no place at concept section

• The developers also aimed to expand Leon's characterization and relationship with the president's daughter Ashley Graham. Capcom released a promotional anime titled Resident Evil Masterpiece Theater, which depicts the story of this relationship. doesn't seem to be verified by inline refs

Rephrased

Supporting promotion based on my check of ref layout/ref format and 'concept and design' spotcheck. —LastJabberwocky (Rrarr) 18:18, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

RoySmith

In the first FAC, I asked you about the long lists of games the character appeared in. vis-a-vis MOS:TIMELINE. You did not respond to my query then and the lists still exist in the current revision. Please address this. RoySmith (talk) 15:27, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

@RoySmith My apologies for that. Could you give me an example of article that has a simple list that you're referring or a table so I can address this type of concern for Other appearances section? Perhaps a table that can be seen at Shepherd's pie works? I will admit that I kinda hate this changes since this one will be different unlike other FA VG fictional character articles. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 19:41, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Aaliyah#Filmography RoySmith (talk) 21:30, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

@Boneless Pizza! what other FA VG fictional character articles were you looking at which were counter-examples? RoySmith (talk) 22:05, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

I'm afraid that I'm not going to change this to other list or table because this type of format is a standard in most articles. You can check several FA articles like for ex. Jill Valentine (it went to FAC multiple times), Ada Wong and other FAs. For me personally, changing it to table doesn't really help to understand it. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 23:50, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Source review

• Doing the small source review but the only notable issue I find is that the infobox for some reason uses citations while everything is meant to be sourced in the body instead.
• Game appearances are well done since the nominator used third party sources rather than first party ones, making this article more accessible to nongamers.
• The sources use appear to be approved by the project's guidelines: Eurogamer, Kotaku, TheGamer, IGN, GamesRadar, TheGamer, Shacknews, Anime News Network, Deadline, Dengekionline, well trusted twitter account formated, famitsu, capcom, VG247, Polygon, GameRevolution, Platinum Games, Siliconera, The Mary Sue, PCGamer, 1UP.com, Automaton West, Nintendo World Report, Vice, Windows Central, GamingBolt, Bloody Disgusting, The Escapist, Bandai Card Games, Retrogamer, Nintendo Power,

The novelization is a first party source but it's common to that few aren't online.

• All sources are also archived and nearly every book from Bibliography can be accessed. I would easily pass the source review but I just want to hear why the infobox has those citaitons.

Hi. Per other FA articles, it would be better to cite so that other editor won't assumed that those are uncited. I appreciate the lists you made here. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 19:47, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

@Boneless Pizza!: Good work with the article but don't stress yourself if it fails. Reviews can be really hard.Tintor2 (talk) 18:35, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

No hard feelings for that. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 19:47, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

After seeing a recent discussion regarding using the citations I'll give it pass. There are few nonaccessible sources but it's the best to have good faith. Cheers. Tintor2 (talk) 18:48, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Those are accessible. I sent you an email for that. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 19:58, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

RandomEdits

Placeholder for review later today. As disclosure I'm quite familiar with Leon and the RE series so I'll try to keep that in mind when going through the prose, but it looks like you already have reviewers who are less familiar with him so hopefully that balances things out. RandomEditsForWhenIRemember (talk) 11:13, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi BP, a few quibbles and comments on my end but I think this is still progressing in the right direction. Overall it was an engaging read and was about the length I expected. My main concern as listed below, is that the page doesn't really cover Leon's personality much outside of calling him "cool". I'm mostly thinking of RE4, where his constant quips are a big part of his popularity.

Lede

This looks fine to me, no issues.

Concept and design

• Ada's and Leon's relationship is further explored in Resident Evil 4 (2005) and its minigame "Separate Ways". Writer Yasuhisa Kawamura refined the world through several iterations; Kawamura told Brenna Hillier of VG247: "Leon usually infiltrates Oswell E. Spencer's castle in search of the truth, while a young girl wakes up inside a laboratory deep within. With a Bio Organic Weapon (BOW) dog by their side, the two make their way up the castle." They initially thought it would be costly to develop and the many obstacles would be difficult to overcome. - While I'm following that this paragraph break is so you can focus on RE4, it took a few re-reads to work out what happened here because you start with Ada/Leon in the first sentence and then immediately pivot to RE4's world creation in the second. Is there anything more that can be said on Ada/Leon before you switch topics, or rewrite this to make clearer?

I decided to remove Ada and Leon relationship info since there is no more discussion about them.

• I would a different phrase than refined the world through several iterations and They initially thought it would be costly to develop and the many obstacles would be difficult to overcome as you are paraphrasing the original source.

Rephrased

• Your quote is off here. When visiting the source it for me read Leon infiltrates the castle of Oswell E Spencer seeking the truth, while inside a laboratory located deep within, a young girl wakes up. Accompanied by a BOW dog, the two start to make their way up the castle. Unfortunately, there were many obstacles that needed to be overcome and the cost of development was deemed too expensive. - It's also not a super exciting quote admittedly. You could arguably just remove it and say something like "in the original concept, Leon infiltrated the castle of the founder of Umbrella Corp, Oswell E Spencer, and discovered a girl in the castle's laboratory. Together with a BOW dog the trio would explore the castle together. However, this approach was deemed too costly and the approach was scrapped." It's your call, but if you want to go the quote approach it needs fixing

Reworded

• In the remake of Resident Evil 4 (2023), producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi said they made adjustments that felt natural to players, with the horror parts of the original being retained and Leon's sarcastic charm is still remaining present. Hirabayashi also said they made careful to include situations in which Leon insults his enemies. Furthermore, the developers intended to demonstrate even more about the game's human relationships than the original and focused at the character interactions. "is still remaining" is the wrong tense. Also if I was coming in fresh to this page, I'd also interested to know why Hirabayshi was adamant Leon needed more insults in the remake - So far, your design section has focused on how Leon "looks" cool, but not really mentioned his goofy quips or the like that'd explain why the devs wanted to add more. In general I think more is needed here on design regarding his personality rather than just his "cool" physical design.

I can see sources like but not sure if they are helpful for dev section. so I added it 8nstead at reception.

• Any reason Leon wasn't in RE5?

He didn't appear in Re5

• What is Leon's "Chinese outfit"?

Unfortunately, the book was not specific

• in Resident Evil 6 (2012). Resident Evil 6's producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi liked Leon and decided to include him because "he is central to the story" Was anymore ever said by the devs on Leon's involvement in RE6 after the game's release? I must admit I don't remember him being particularly important to the plot comparing to someone like Ada, so the devs saying this is a surprise.

I think thats the only information we can find about him in re6 sadly

• ikeoji figure — a cool/attractive older guy While this is a quote used to explain the term, I would say it is fine to use your own words here since this reads quite informally, especially with no attribution. Something like "a stylish good-looking mature man" is my understanding of the term.

Reworded

Voice-over and live-action actors

• I don't feel currently this covers what I'd expect to see in a design section for a character. For example the first paragraph is just a long line of blue links for info that's succinctly grouped in the infobox. I'm sure you could combine this the section in "Other appearances" that discuss' Leon's films. If you want to keep this section, I'd hope to learn more about the actual design process for Leon in these media. e.g. Did the films deliberately change Leon's characters in any way? Did the directors find it a challenge to convert Leon's presence or video game origins to a different media?

This section is for voice actors only and unfortunately, reliable sources about this are lacking or there are very few of them only.

Appearances

• It'd be worth mentioning in the first paragraph that the remake of 2 differs in that Leon encounters Mr. X far earlier at the police station.

At re2 remake, there is only one Mr. X.

• You need to give half a sentence to what T-103 Tyrant is, since we can't guarantee a reader will click the wikilink. Something short like "encounters one of Umbrella Corp's most powerful bioweapons, T-103 Tyrant" is fine.

Added

• Likewise, a brief aside to what the G-virus actually is should be included.

Added

• , which is set in 2004 You can remove the "which is"

Removed

• which has taken control of villagers using parasites known as "Las Plagas". Nit-picky, but I'd change that to "the local village's citizens" to make it clearer that the cult is only operating in this one village (I don't think it got named...?) rather than having control of several.

I think "Villagers" would be fine since it has been suggested also by peeps at the article Ada Wong

• whom he had not seen since Raccoon City, change to whom he has not seen

Reworded

• (Full disclosure, I've skipped the Requiem paragraph as I'm hoping to play the game shortly :) )

Lol Gotta be honest, the plot for that game is Crazy.

Other appearances

• In a 2010 interview, the director Paul W. S. Anderson said if Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) succeeds, he would direct a fifth film and would like Leon to appear in it. I would be tempted to remove this line entirely, since the next sentence makes it very clear both that Afterlife did well enough for a fifth film and Leon is in it.

Removed

• I seem to recall Leon's portrayal was despised by fans and critics in his appearance in Retribution, worth including a reference to this somewhere? (https://me.ign.com/en/movies/60419/review/ign-me-reviews-resident-evil-retribution)

I don't believe it is worth it. That's me though

• He appears as a playable character in other games including Project X Zone 2 (2016), Dead by Daylight (2016), Teppen (2019), Puzzles & Survival (2023), and State of Survival (2023). Leon is an alternate skin for characters in other games, such as Rainbow Six Siege (2015), Knives Out (2017), Fortnite Battle Royale (2017), Monster Hunter: World (2018), PUBG Mobile (2018), Tom Clancy's The Division 2 (2019), and Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster (2024). Leon has a non-player character (NPC) cameo in Trick'N Snowboarder (1999), Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (2011), the Nintendo crossover video game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) as a Spirit power-up, Dying Light 2 (2022), and is referenced as a robot dressed as Leon in Astro Bot (2024). This is a rather long list for a "such as" group and is a big sea of blue currently. I think it'd be worth cutting this down to three examples of playable and non-playable each.

I think it would not read well if we cut after 3 examples. In fact, this was suggested at FA Jill Valentine, which it undergo multiple FACs. I'm copying the format at this article due to its FAC's history.

Critical reception

• The prose here is good, I don't really have any comments here except to note I'm glad you included a reference to gender roles here because Resident Evil games attracts a surprising amount of discussion on this. I do wonder if this is a little too glowing? I'm aware at the time of RE4's release, there was the feeling within a good subset of the fandom that the focus on Leon and his quippy approach to the game, rather than the grisly Chris, was a sign the series was going the wrong way, which then got magnified with RE5. However, I am admittedly not able to find any good sources on this that don't just lead to message boards, but was curious if you'd seen anything like that when researching? If there's genuinely nothing from a good source that's fine, but wanted to sanity-check you'd considered this.

I added two sources about its one famous line, and another dialogue. Sadly I cannot see any reliable source of it being described as a internet meme.

• Likewise, I was curious if you'd found anything that showed Japan's fans' thoughts on Leon - this section is currently very Western-centric, and I'd definitely be interested to know if there are any major differences or similarities between the two areas' critics and fans

I wish we can have that but we only see at reliable sources "Japanese Fans have praised this character" or "praised his reveal" but there is no commentary sadly among Japanese. Only western people are thirsty to leon so far I can see.

• And as always, have you considered the reception of Leon's non-game appearances or cameos in other series?

There is no good commentary tbh. Most of them are trivia

• Also an aside, I think it is fine in the context, but a reference to Guinness World Records may get challenged in a source check via WP:GWR!

I did not used Guinness as a source, its Game Informer. It should be fine already.

RandomEditsForWhenIRemember (talk) 22:02, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi @RandomEditsForWhenIRemember. Thanks for reviewing. I answered each of your questions. About quips, you can see my comment right at the question. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 02:51, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

@RandomEditsForWhenIRemember pinging. Just in case if you missed this one. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 23:24, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, I'd missed the response on this - I will go through your comments in full tomorrow : ) RandomEditsForWhenIRemember (talk) 23:27, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi @BP, it's looking good to me now. Just a few more things my end.

• However, this approach was deemed too costly and the approach was scrapped.[27] At first, they believed that developing it would be expensive and that overcoming the numerous challenges would be challenging.[27] You've repeated yourself here.
• Leon kept his "coolnes", Typo
• "Quippiness" was indeed as you guessed, all his lines like "where's everyone going, bingo?" (or my favourite, "No thanks, bro"). Good to see that's now in the reception.
• Bit of a shame there's nothing really on Japan's reaction to him, but ultimately the issue is there's genuinely nothing that can be sourced here rather than a failing on the article's part. I did a look myself today and couldn't find anything useful either.

So overall, happy to support if you tidy up that one bit above. Best of luck with your other reviewers. RandomEditsForWhenIRemember (talk) 23:41, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

I didn't noticed this one. Many thanks for pointing this out! 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 23:48, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

Driveby comment from Crisco

I'm seeing errors on the nested references (example: Harv warning: There is no link pointing to this citation. The anchor is named CITEREFSpencer2011.). Would it be possible to suppress reference generation for 12, 64, 65, and 84? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:58, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi. I think I already did. Let me if I missed something. Thanks! 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 20:14, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

• Yep, looks good.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:47, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Octave

Responding to a request on my talk:

• Starting with the Resident Evil 2 (2019) remake, praise has also been afforded to Leon's characterization in modern Resident Evil games – is this phrasing not redundant? I don't see why we have to give two seperate temporal references.

Reworded

• creative director Hideki Kamiya preferred – SEAOFBLUE, suggest rephrasing to Although Hideki Kamiya, the game's creative director, preferred.

Reworded

• first prototype of Resident Evil 2 – was there another prototype? Otherwise this is superfluous.
  • (Non-nominator comment) Yes, there was another prototype. Resident Evil 1.5 was the original prototype, then it was scrapped and they started a new game entirely. That would have gone through prototyping and other normal development processes. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:50, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
• believing the existing character lacked depth and coherence – I originally read this as a modifier of the information about Leon. I wonder if it's worth phrasing it as as he believed the existing... to avoid any doubt here.

Reworded

• low‑polygon – could be linked to Low poly § In video games

Done

• Executive producer Jun Takeuchi suggested their kiss should occur earlier in the story to make Ada seem more manipulative of Leon. – we are told that their relationship is ambiguous, but I was a bit surprised to read this at the end of the paragraph without any explanation. Is there any broader reason given in the interview for why he suggested this?

Unfortunately, believe it or not, Re2 remake just made this without any reason.

• Writer Yasuhisa Kawamura refined the world through several iterations; Kawamura... – suggest using he in place of the second Kawamura to stop redundancy.

This has been reworded due to the reviewer above.

• They initially thought it would be costly to develop and the many obstacles would be difficult to overcome – suggest and that the

This has been reworded due to the reviewer above.

• The designer Masaki Yamanaka said the change was due to the experience he gained since Resident Evil 2 – suggest he had gained.

Reworded

• Leon kept his "coolness" but Yamanaka did not want him to be "too buffed out" – can this sentence be integrated more tightly into the previous lines?

Reworded

• with the horror parts of the original being retained and Leon's sarcastic charm is still remaining present – grammar needs fixing, as well as the redundancy. with the horror parts of the original and Leon's sarcastic charm being retained: two birds with one stone?

Reworded

• Furthermore – furthermore to what? This sounds like a topic or linking sentence rather than the end of a paragraph.

Removed

• Resident Evil 5's (2009) producer Takeuchi said due to the characters' popularity, fans of the series want a video game featuring both Leon and Chris as protagonists, further explaining that it would be "pretty dramatic" if Leon and Chris never met during the series; they meet in Resident Evil 6 (2012). – I don't understand this construction. If I'm reading it correctly and they met in Resident Evil 6, then it should be fans of the series wanted. Also, further explaining doesn't work here as there's no explanation given, just Takeuchi giving his opinion. The second sentence should thus be reformatted, maybe to something like He opined that it would be "pretty dramatic" if Leon and Chris never met during the series; however, they eventaully meet in Resident Evil 6 (2012).

Reworded

• central to the story – of what? The game, the series...?

Added

• cool/attractive – see MOS:/.

This has been reworded due to the reviewer above.

• His Chinese outfit is blue and is intended to look stylish and to contrast with Chris's military equipment. – avoid repeating and: try His blue, Chinese outfit is intended to look stylish and to contrast with Chris's military equipment.

Reworded

• In contrast to Grace, Leon is much more comfortable with fighting, and the inclusion of more gore in his chapters was done to help showcase that. – would this make more sense just after this allowed the developers to show the differences in experience between Leon and Grace?

Reworded

• a sample of the G-virus – what is the G-virus? Can we explain in-text?

Done

• Leon and Ada find an underground laboratory, where they meet the Umbrella scientist Annette Birkin – not convinced the comma is needed.

Removed

• encounters T-103 Tyrant and destroy T-103 Tyrant – unsure if this is a plural or not.

Reworded

• The game has four player characters – this is entirely redundant to the previous sentence.

Removed

• Before he can begin, the President is attacked by a bioweapon that turns him into a zombie, and Leon is forced to kill him. Leon is accused of orchestrating the attack and assassinating the President. Ada arrives to reveal the culprit is National Security Advisor Derek C. Simmons, who created the new C-virus. To clear his name, Leon teams up with the secret service agent Helena Harper, and they pursue Simmons to China. Ada, Helena, and Leon defeat Simmons. – this section slightly suffers from a "he did this, she did this..." form, which can become a bit plodding. Could this be more tightly integrated for flow?

Reworded

• Leon also appears with Claire in the Netflix series Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness (2021); Leon is ordered – suggest using pronoun in place of the second Leon.

Reworded

• He soon disappears and Barry Burton is sent to rescue Leon – to rescue him?

Reworded

• the academic Andrei Nae described Leon's persona as a hypermasculine and likened Leon to Ethan Thomas from Condemned: Criminal Origins – suggest using pronoun in place of the second Leon.

Reworded

• Nintendo has also acknowledged Leon when promoting Requiem on Nintendo Switch 2. – acknowledged how?

Any suggestion on how to reword this, or should I remove it? Nintendo posted a picture of leon as prmotion of the new game Requiem and stated "A strong sense of justice, ruggedly handsome, AND absolutely jacked".

Some comments on sourcing

• Hyphens should be normalised to dashes per MOS:CONFORM.

Should be done at titles and sourcing

• Ref 36 should be pp..

Done

• Use of publisher parameter for books should either be included or not.

All of them have publisher and it should be as is.

• What makes post-2025 Polygon a high-quality reliable source?

Polygon is still a regarded as a reliable source til now. There is no evidence or discussion yet that it will be treated as a low quality.

Thanks, UpTheOctave! • 8^va? 23:27, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi @UpTheOctave!. Thanks for reviewing. I answered each of your questions. But regarding to Nintendo, do you have suggesting for that? Nintendo posted a picture of leon as promotion of the new game Requiem and stated "A strong sense of justice, ruggedly handsome, AND absolutely jacked". Not sure if its okay to add or we will remove it. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 02:53, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

@BP: I think the reword you gave is fine for the Nintendo line. With regards to Polygon, we have several citations post-2025 when the relevant WP:RSP entry notes that the reliability and quality is uncertain after the Valnet purchase. I don't treat this to mean "still high-quality until otherwise proven", and neither does the entry, stating that "articles should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis until the status of editorial deterioration is confirmed". So, what makes these particular articles (refs 36, 37, 51, and 108) high-quality reliable sources? Also, Jennings (2018) and Nae (2021) are still missing publisher locations (sorry, I originally misspoke).

Give me a ping after these are done and I'll have another look through. Thanks, UpTheOctave! • 8^va? 17:27, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi [[UptheOctave!. I removed source 51 and 108. Leaving the ref 36 and 37 for development information because interviews are typically allowed even with non-RSes. But when it comes to locations at bibliography, I'm not really sure where to find it =(. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 19:49, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Fine with the Polygon sources now. You can find information on Jennings (2018) and Nae (2021) at Worldcat.org. UpTheOctave! • 8^va? 21:19, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

@UpTheOctave! Should be there now. Many thanks! 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 21:52, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Last thing from another read through, we have a complete duplication of the phrase this allowed the developers to show the differences in experience between Leon and Grace. Can we drop one of them? UpTheOctave! • 8^va? 20:20, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

@UpTheOctave! Oof I completely missed that! That should be done. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 23:10, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Should be happy to give a general support for this now, based on my review above. UpTheOctave! • 8^va? 23:12, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Gommeh

I'm interested in doing this; please ping me if I haven't added any comments by Wednesday, March 11. Gommeh ^{(talk! sign!)} 15:34, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

@Gommeh 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 23:14, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

Should say I am unfamiliar with RE having never played any of the games in the series. Hopefully this should provide a clearer picture of how the article may look to an outsider.

Comments from Z1720

• Made some minor copyedits while reviewing. Most were removing what I perceive as redundant phrasing or redundant citations. Feel free to revert if not helpful.
• "Together with a BOW dog, " What is a BOW dog? This should be explained in the article.

It's a bioweapon dog. I reworded it.

• "the creator of the a family viruses called "C-virus"." Is this a grammatical mistake?

I decided to remove "family viruses" because reader wouldn't understand it either since the virus was created by the family.

• "a quip delivered by Leon after the church bells begin to sound, the villagers stop attacking him and make his way to the church." I think this needs to be phrased better. Did the villagers stop attacking because the bells rang?

Yes but i couldnt think what is a better phrasing for this.

• I have rephrased this sentence. Let me know what you think. Z1720 (talk) 00:07, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

I just put the citation at the end of the sentence. Thanks! 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 00:24, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

• "I knew you'd be fine if you landed on your butt." Is there any context for this quote? Any statement on when it was first said?

No statement or quote sadly, and the character also said this at Resident Evil 4.

I hope this helps. Please ping when the above are addressed. Z1720 (talk) 22:48, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi Z1720. Responded to your questions already. Thanks! 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 23:24, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

• Support. Concerns resolved. Z1720 (talk) 00:07, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Drive-by comments

• References:

The hyphenisation of ISBNs needs standardising.

It causes error if i replaced it

Why does cite 16 not have a publisher location?

Done

• An optional point, but in " but writer Noboru Sugimura redesigned him as a young, newly recruited officer", is "redesigned" the best word?

Reworded to "revised"

Gog the Mild (talk) 12:31, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Gog the Mild. Done but about hypenisation at ISBns, it causes error if I changed it. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 12:45, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

You ok with the change I just made? And are you sure you have the correct ISBN for cite 83? Gog the Mild (talk) 13:10, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

Yes but for isbn I tried to find the correct isbn but unsure so i copied at Jill Valentine, an article that went multiple facs. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 13:29, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

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