History VideoGame / ResidentEvil0

** Rebecca gives Billy one of her walkie talkies, which is how they communicate when separated, shown in use when one finds the cable car, and multiple times in-game amidst cries of "BILLY, HELP!" [[GameplayStorySegregation It could be implied that they relay information to each other off-screen whenever one character learns about something that the other needs to know.]]

** Rebecca gives Billy one of her walkie talkies, which is how they communicate when separated, shown in use when one finds the cable car, and multiple times in-game amidst cries of "BILLY, HELP!" It could be implied that they relay information to each other whenever one character learns about something that the other needs to know.

*** Rebecca gives Billy one of her walkie talkies, which is how they communicate when separated, shown in use when one finds the cable car, and multiple times in-game amidst cries of "BILLY, HELP!"

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[SamuelLJackson I'm tired of these motherfucking Zombies]] [[SnakesOnAPlane on this motherfucking train]]!]]

'''''Resident Evil Zero''''' is the fifth main game in the ResidentEvil franchise, released for the {{GameCube}} in 2002. It serves as a prequel to the original ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''. Initially slated for the {{Nintendo 64}} as a follow-up to its port of ''ResidentEvil2'', the original version of ''Zero'' was scrapped halfway through development when Nintendo unveiled their next home console, the [=GameCube=]. Rather than the release the game on a dying hardware, Capcom decided to bring it to a next generation platform instead. At the same time, ShinjiMikami's team began development of a remake of the first ''Resident Evil'' (otherwise known as the ''[=REmake=]'') exclusively for the [=GameCube=]. The development of ''Zero'' overlapped with that of the ''[=REmake=]'' and the two projects ended up sharing many of the same assets, specifically the same character model for heroine Rebecca Chambers. As a result, ''Zero'' ended up finishing its development only a few months after ''[=REmake=]'' was released. Like ''[=REmake=]'', ''Zero'' has also remained a Nintendo-exclusive game in the series, with the only other version of the game being the {{Wii}} port released in 2008.

'''''Resident Evil Zero''''' is the fifth main game in the ResidentEvil franchise, released for the {{GameCube}} in 2002. It serves as a prequel to the original ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''. Initially slated for the {{Nintendo 64}} as a follow-up to the its port of ''ResidentEvil2'', the original version of ''Zero'' was scrapped halfway through development when Nintendo unveiled their next home console, the [=GameCube=]. Rather than the release the game on a dying hardware, Capcom decided to bring it to a next generation platform instead. At the same time, ShinjiMikami's team began development of a remake of the first ''Resident Evil'' (otherwise known as the ''[=REmake=]'') exclusively for the [=GameCube=]. The development of ''Zero'' overlapped with that of the ''[=REmake=]'' and the two projects ended up sharing many of the same assets, specifically the same character model for heroine Rebecca Chambers. As a result, ''Zero'' ended up finishing its development only a few months after ''[=REmake=]'' was released. Like ''[=REmake=]'', ''Zero'' has also remained a Nintendo-exclusive game in the series, with the only other version of the game being the {{Wii}} port released in 2008.

'''''Resident Evil Zero''''' is the fifth main game in the ResidentEvil franchise, released for the {{GameCube}} in 2002. It serves as a prequel to the original ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''. Initially slated for the {{Nintendo 64}} as a follow-up to the [=N64=] port of ''ResidentEvil2'', the original version of ''Zero'' was scrapped halfway through development when Nintendo unveiled their next home console, the [=GameCube=]. Rather than the release the game on a dying hardware, Capcom decided to bring it to a next generation platform. At the same time, ShinjiMikami's team began development of a remake of the first ''Resident Evil'' (better known as the ''[=REmake=]'') exclusively for the [=GameCube=]. The development of ''Zero'' overlapped with that of the ''[=REmake=]'' and the two projects ended up reusing many of the same assets, specifically the same character model for Rebecca. As a result, ''Zero'' ended up finishing development only a few months after ''[=REmake=]'' was released. Like ''[=REmake=]'', ''Zero'' has also remained a Nintendo-exclusive game in the series, with the only other version of the game being the {{Wii}} port released in 2008.

'''''Resident Evil Zero''''' is the fifth main game in the ResidentEvil franchise, released for the {{GameCube}} in 2002. It serves as a prequel to the original ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''. Initially slated for the {{Nintendo 64}} as a follow-up to the [=N64=] port of ''ResidentEvil2'', the original version of ''Zero'' was scrapped halfway through development when Nintendo unveiled their next home console, the [=GameCube=] and rather than the release the game on a dying hardware, Capcom decided to bring it to a next generation hardware. At the same time, ShinjiMikami's team began development of a remake of the first ''Resident Evil'' (also known as the ''[=REmake=]'') exclusively for the [=GameCube=]. The development of ''Zero'' overlapped with the ''[=REmake=]'' and ended up reusing many of the same assets, particularly the same character model for Rebecca, resulting in the game being completed only a few months after ''[=REmake=]''. Like ''[=REmake=]'', ''Zero'' has also remained a Nintendo-exclusive game in the series, with the only other version of the game being the {{Wii}} port released in 2008.

'''''Resident Evil Zero''''' is a prequel to the original ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' released for the {{GameCube}} in 2002. Initially planned for the {{Nintendo 64}} as a follow-up to the [=N64=] port of ''ResidentEvil2'', the game was publicly unveiled in 2000, only to be scrapped halfway during development after Nintendo announced their next home console, the [=GameCube=]. Instead of releasing the game on a dying platform, Capcom decided to bring ''Zero'' to the new console generation. Coincidentally, series producer ShinjiMikami himself also decided to bring the entire ResidentEvil series exclusively to the [=GameCube=], starting with a completely new version of the first game. As a result, the development of ''Zero'' overlapped with that of the [=REmake=] and ''Zero'' ended up being released only a few months after [=REmake=]. Much like the [=REmake=], ''Zero'' has remained a Nintendo-exclusive title, with the only other version of the game being the {{Wii}} port.

'''''Resident Evil 0''''' is a prequel to ''ResidentEvil1'' and the first ''ResidentEvil'' game produced exclusively for Nintendo (as it was released on the {{Gamecube}} in 2002).

Bravo Team, one half of Raccoon City Police Department's elite [=STARS=] unit, is heading into the Arklay Mountains to investigate recent "cannibal murders" before a mechanical failure brings their helicopter down. Bravo Team searches the nearby area and discovers a crashed military police van; it contains the van's murdered drivers and a transport log for former Marine Lieutenant Billy Coen, scheduled to be executed for twenty-three murders. When Bravo Team [[LetsSplitUpGang separates to search for Coen]], new team member Rebecca Chambers finds her way to a broken-down train -- the Ecliptic Express -- in the middle of a forest.

* PapaWolf: Billy becomes a "big brother" version of this to Rebecca over the course of the game.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[SamuelLJackson I'm]] [[AscendedMeme tired of these]] [[PrecisionFStrike motherfucking]] [[ZombieApocalypse Zombies]] [[SnakesOnAPlane on this]] [[PrecisionFStrike motherfucking]] [[ShoutOut train]]!]]

** Rebecca at one point visits the turntable and the entrance to Birkin's lab from ''ResidentEvil2''. Of course, this makes literally no geographical sense with the rest of the game.

* LetsSplitUpGang: Can be done by the player as part of the partner system.

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Rebbecca gets her cowgirl ensemble from [=REmake=], plus a new leather outfit, Billy gets a suit. Since the closet is located only in the train at the beginning, it becomes impossible to change back outfits after reaching the research facility.

* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: The only witnesses to the events of ''Resident Evil 0'' besides Rebecca are [[spoiler:the [[DeathFakedForYou officially dead]]]] Billy Coen and Wesker, who was watching the training facility's security feed for at least part of the game. There's no indication that Rebecca told Chris or Jill what happened.

** The vast majority of male/female partnerships in the series are either nonreciprocal (Carlos and Jill, Steve and Claire) or flat-out {{Not Love Interest}}s (the rest). The only pairing with a bilateral romantic element is Leon and Ada.
* VaginaDentata: The opening shot of the leeches certainly looks like it.

* ScareChord: Whenever a leech zombie shows up.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The developers explained that the reason why Crimson Heads were not included in ''Zero'' (after being retroactively introduced in the "[=REmake=]") is because Rebecca and Billy don't spent much around the same place as Alpha Team in [=REmake=].

* AuthorSavingThrow: The developers explained that the reason why Crimson Heads were not included in ''Zero'' (after being retroactively introduced in the "[=REmake=]") is because Rebecca and Billy don't spent much around the same place as Alpha Team in [=REmake=].