History Trivia / ResidentEvil4Remake

* NoPortForYou: The game wasn't released for the UsefulNotes/XboxOne.

* FakeAmerican: Averted with [[Creator/NickApostolides Leon]]; but played straight in every other instance, as the new voice cast is otherwise entirely Canadian.

* IKnewIt:
** Leon asking the first villager a question in Spanish confirms what many fans have guessed for years; namely that Leon knows at least ''some Spanish''. It wouldn't make sense that the notes left behind by the Los Iluminados would be written in English given the story takes place in Spain, which would indicate Leon can translate the notes in his head. For what it's worth though, Leon's Spanish pronunciation is not excellent.
** [[spoiler: Glimpses of the footage of Leon and Krauser's fight in the trailers had some fans theorizing that he would be the one to kill Luis in the remake and not Saddler. This was eventully proven to be the case.]]

* RefittedForSequel: An unused concept for ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' would be to have Ada present in the story having infiltrated the region using a local disguise, which in that case would have been a PlagueDoctor suit. This idea would come to fruition with the ''Separate Ways'' DLC which shows in its intro that Ada infiltrated the Los Illuminados village by disguising herself as one of the cult's nuns with their full-face covering white robes.

** Costume changes were originally supposed to be doable during gameplay, rather than only in the main menu. Enabling this feature with mods will show that Leon and Ashley have in-game reactions and dialogue depending on which costume they changed into.

* DummiedOut: [[https://youtu.be/Q56lDXneOY0 A new flamethrower (tentatively named the WP4701)]] is fully modeled and animated, but was ultimately cut and can only be accessed through modding.

* TrollingCreator: In the original game, the dog that helps you fight El Gigante appears caught in a bear trap very early on, almost immediately after the first Ganado encounter. In the same place in the remake, [[spoiler:you instead find a dog's corpse in the bear trap - but it's not the same dog. The dog that you ''can'' save has instead been relocated to the village chief's house]].

** Leon asking the first villager a question in Spanish confirms what many fans have guessed for years; namely that Leon knows at least ''some Spanish''. It wouldn't make sense that the notes left behind by the Los Illuminados would be written in English given the story takes place in Spain, which would indicate Leon can translate the notes in his head. For what it's worth though, Leon's Spanish pronunciation is not excellent.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The developers revealed in various interviews, and later confirmed in the "Chainsaw Demo", that [[PressXToNotDie non-combat quick time events]] would be scrapped in the remake, acknowledging that they were a frequent complaint in the original
''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''.
* Approval of God: Shinji Mikami reportedly enjoyed the remake.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The developers revealed in various interviews, and later confirmed in the "Chainsaw Demo", that [[PressXToNotDie non-combat quick time events]] would be scrapped in the remake, acknowledging that they were a frequent complaint in the original ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''.

** After "Moushley"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Ashley as a [[FunnyAnimal tiny cartoon mouse]][[/labelnote]] caught on massively well with fans, the official Resident Evil twitter [[https://twitter.com/RE_Games/status/1641912037667225602 subtly referenced it with a single post consisting solely of mouse and cheese emoticons.]]
* NoPortForYou: Despite also coming to the [=PS4=], it strangely was not released for the Xbox One nor was it ever planned to be. Capcom never gave an explanation as to why, but it's speculated that a combination of the console's low late life sales in several markets and slightly inferior power to the [=PS4=] made it pointless to put the effort in getting it to run for it.

* MemeAcknowledgement: A very popular glitch in the original game known as the Ditman glitch involves the Striker shotgun, which allowed Leon to run much faster than normal. One of the trinkets that can be obtained is of the Striker. What does it do? It allows Leon to move faster.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[https://youtu.be/Q56lDXneOY0 A new flamethrower (tentatively named the WP4701)]] is fully modeled and animated, but was ultimately cut.

* MemeAcknowledgement: A very popular glitch in the original game involves the Striker shotgun which allowed Leon to run much faster than normal. One of the trinkets that can be obtained is of the Striker Shotgun. What does it do? Allow Leon to move faster, of course.

* TrollingCreator: In the original game, the dog that helps you fight El Gigante appears caught in a bear trap very early on, almost immediately after the first Ganado encounter. In the same place in the remake, [[spoiler:you instead find a dog's corpse in the bear trap - but it's not the same dog. The dog that you *can* save has instead been relocated to the village chief's house]].

** The game's existence was leaked two years prior to its June 2022 reveal by [[https://twitter.com/AestheticGamer1/status/1249474868023676934 Dusk Golem,]] mere days after ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake'' had been released and only two months before ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' had even been revealed, and was also present in the Creator/{{Capcom}} data leaks later that year. Further leaks resulted in it being one of the worst-kept secrets in gaming of the early 2020s.

* MemeAcknowledgement: A very popular glitch in the original game involves the Striker shotgun which allowed Leon to run much faster than normal. One of the trinkets that can be obtained is of the Striker Shotgun. What does it do? Allow Leon to move faster of course.

* RoleReprise: Lily Gao reprises her role as Ada Wong, following her portrayal of the character in ''Film/ResidentEvilWelcomeToRaccoonCity''. In turn, [[TheOtherDarrin she replaces]] Jolene Andersen, who voiced Ada in the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake''.

** The game's existence was leaked two years prior to its June 2022 reveal by [[https://twitter.com/AestheticGamer1/status/1249474868023676934 Dusk Golem]], mere days after ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake'' had been released and only two months before ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' had even been revealed, and was also present in the Creator/{{Capcom}} data leaks later that year. Further leaks resulted in it being one of the worst-kept secrets in gaming of the early 2020s.

* TheOtherDarrin: As with previous remakes of the series, the original cast was completely replaced with new actors.

* RoleReprise: Lily Gao reprises her role as Ada Wong, following her portrayal of the character in ''Film/ResidentEvilWelcomeToRaccoonCity''. In turn, [[TheOtherDarrin she replaces]] Jolene Andersen, who voiced Ada in the ''[=RE2=]'' remake.

* FakeAmerican: Averted with [[Creator/NickApostolides Leon]]; but played straight in every other instance, as the new voice cast is entirely Canadian.