History VideoGame / ResidentEvilTheDarksideChronicles

* ForegoneConclusion: This game takes place before ''Resident Evil 4''. It has [[spoiler: Krauser]] in it, in a heroic capacity. 'Nuff said.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Alexia lacks the sympathetic and redeeming qualities (such as her love for her brother) she had in ''Code Veronica'', and her evil is noticeably worse.

Fans have more trouble placing ''The Darkside Chronicles'' on the [[{{Canon}} canon]] scale than they have with its predecessor, since ''Darkside's'' adaptations change things more than ''Umbrella's'' adaptations.

** Imagine being a resident of the South American village in the Operation Javier scenario in the game, when a lot of girls are going missing [[spoiler:and becoming unwilling organ donors for the dying daughter of the drug lord that governs over the village.]]

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Alexia Ashford (the real one, not [[spoiler:Alfred]]) in her [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica debut game]], was a more classical high-class villainess who enjoyed a good dose of EvilLaughter and spoke fairly maturely. In ''The Darkside Chronicles'', she's still got the evil laughter but she's now more along the lines of a psychopathic little girl who refers to the T-Veronica virus as a separate person (calling it "Veronica" and referencing how its "angry") and even kills Alfred outright, a stark contrast to how she cradled his body gently and attacked Claire and Steve in the original game as ''revenge'' for his death.

* {{Determinator}}: The T-078 in Game of Oblivion gets caught in the waist by an activated missile. It ''wrestles'' with the rocket-propelled explosive, almost succeeding in holding it at bay until its ignition sequence stops but loses its footing and is carried out of the cargo bay. This is after being shot to death once, left behind on an exploding island, and then it somehow clung onto the escape plane's ''exterior'' until it was halfway over the ocean.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Some of the final bosses are ridiculously huge and powerful. The player may need a special storyline weapon for some of them, but most will go down to the player and their pistol. Specifically, the player needs to use a rocket launcher to defeat Combat Mode Mr. X (a.k.a. "The Super Tyrant"), the Linear Launcher to defeat Alexia, and a missile to defeat the T-078 Tyrant. [[spoiler: The biggest and nastiest of them all, Javier's T-virus forum, goes down quickly to Manuela's flammable blood, but could theoretically be taken down by the player alone.]]

* FakeDifficulty: The creatures, particularly in Operation Javier, keep having their health boosted as the chapters go by. A maximum damage handgun will take out a Gamma Hunter with one shot in the first chapter, but half a maximized clip is needed in the fourth chapter. Couple this with the increasing amount of helmeted zombies who need two shots to remove their helmets and the fact that they seem to get even ''tougher'' in the special Krauser missions. The Hard difficulty reducing the headshot zone to the same level as ''The Umbrella Chronicles'' or worse does ''not'' make things any easier.

* FreakyIsCool: The secret chapters, a retelling from Krauser's perspective after finally reaching Javier's mansion, reveal he has begun to admire the Umbrella viruses and the power they can bring, particularly after seeing what Maneula can do with her T-Veronica infection.

* GiantSpider: This game has the most variety of any ''Resident Evil'' game to date. Giant jumping spiders called Jumping Maneaters in Operation Javier, the tarantula-like Web Spinners in Memory of a Lost City, and giant Black Widows in Game of Oblivion. Did we mention you encounter these all in first person? [[NightmareFuel Meeeeeep.]]

** In the case of the Super Tyrant near the end of Memory of a Lost City, the player needs to time the rocket shot so that it hits when it leaps and lands. Shooting it at any other time causes it to swat away the rocket or catch and return it at the player.
** Third Form Alexia needs to be shot with the Linear Launcher to end the battle, but she moves too fast for the player to get a proper shot. She can be stunned with any other weapon when she launches her needles, giving the player a brief opportunity to switch to the Linear Launcher and hit her.

---> '''Steve:''' Well that's a complicated way to open a door.

* MaleGaze: Steve gets a nice [=POV=] of Claire's butt in the first chapter of Game of Oblivion.
* ManEatingPlant: The Ivy B.O.W. returns in the ''Resident Evil 2'' chapters. Operation Javier has the Ivy XY, a tropical variant, as well as the V Complex.

** The ending cutscene of Memory of a Lost City shows why Leon joined the government to become their agent prior to this game, and where Sherry is. While Claire somehow wandered off after Raccoon City was destroyed, Leon and Sherry were captured by the government and Leon was given the choice; work for them, or be imprisoned while Sherry is taken off for experimentation, due to being the last source of the Devil Vaccine.

* ShoutOut: In the ending of Game of Oblivion, Wesker is seen looking up from the flames of the island facility that Alexia was inside as he watches Chris's helicopter flying away, similar to [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]].

* WasOnceAMan: The unidentifiable amphibious B.O.W. that the player fights in the first and second to last chapters of Operation Javier? That's [[spoiler:Manuela's mother, Hilda, transformed into her present state with a severe overdose of the T-Veronica virus by her husband]].

** Being forced into very dangerous combat service or else risk having a little girl be killed/vivisected/experimented on/etc. by ''your'' government. The epilogue to "Memory of a Lost City" reveals that this is ''why'' Leon is working for the U.S. Government. Making things worse? [[spoiler: As ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' reveals, the government secretly went and experimented upon Sherry ''anyway''.]]

* GenreSavvy: At the beginning, Leon tells Krauser to aim for the head to kill the zombies. Later on, Claire tells Steve to aim for the bosses' heads.

* BloodKnight: Krauser's reason for joining SOCOM is because he doesn't think he could actually function in normal society, and this work actually gives his life meaning.

'''''Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles''''' is a sequel to earlier ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' rail shooter ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles The Umbrella Chronicles]]''.

** ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: That very high stopping power is all but necessary to survive some bosses, who need to be stunned during very short windows of opportunity in order to avoid damage. The wide spread also helps with the tricky aiming on those very important shots.

* AntiVillain: Javier Hidalgo counts as Type III. He is a drug lord and knows what he's doing is wrong, but he genuinely loves his daughter Manuela, [[spoiler: and after suffering the death of his wife Hilda and learning his daughter contracted the same disease, desperately turned to whatever means he could to keep her alive. Of course, that meant he was willing to use the T-Veronica virus and abduct girls about Manuela's age to transplant their organs.]]

* WasOnceAMan: The unidentifiable amphibious B.O.W. that the player fights in the first and second to last chapters of Operation Javier? That's [[spoiler:Manuela's mother Hilda, transformed into her present state with a severe overdose of the T-Veronica virus by her husband]].

** To a lesser extent, Third Form Alexia needs to be shot with the Linear Launcher to end the battle, but she moves too fast for the player to get a proper shot. She can be stunned with any other weapon when she launches her needles, giving the player a brief opportunity to switch to the Linear Launcher and hit her.

* {{Determinator}}: The T-078 in Game of Oblivion gets caught in the waist by an activated missile. It ''wrestles'' with the rocket-propelled explosive, almost succeeding in holding it at bay until its ignition sequence stops but loses its footing and is carried out of the cargo bay.
** Mind, this is after being shot to death once, left behind on an exploding island, and then it somehow clung onto the escape plane's ''exterior'' until it was halfway over the ocean.

** Being forced into very dangerous combat service or else risk having a little girl be killed/vivisected/experimented on/etc. by ''your'' government. The epilogue to "Memory of a Lost City" reveals that this is ''why'' Leon is working for the U.S. Government as an anti-[=B.O.W=] agent. Making things worse? [[spoiler: As ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' reveals, the government secretly went and experimented upon Sherry ''anyway''.]]

* FollowTheLeader: The Titles are imitations of [[CosmeticAward Xbox 360's achievements/PlayStation 3's trophies.]]

* AdultFear: Imagine being a resident of the South American village in the Operation Javier scenario in the game, when a lot of girls are going missing [[spoiler:and becoming unwilling organ donors for the dying daughter of the drug lord that governs over the village.]]
** Also, being forced into very dangerous combat service or else risk having a little girl be killed/vivisected/experimented on/etc by ''your'' government. ' The epilogue to "Memory of a Lost City" reveals that this is ''why'' Leon is working for the US Government as an Anti-[=B.O.W=] agent. Making things worse? [[spoiler: As ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' reveals, the government secretly went and experimented upon Sherry ''anyway''.]]

** Also, being forced into very dangerous combat service or else risk having a little girl be killed/vivisected/experimented on/etc by ''your'' government.

* FramingDevice: Operation Javier provides the frame for the two other levels.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Mutated Alexia.

* WasOnceAMan: The unidentifiable amphibious B.O.W. that the player fights in the first and second to last chapters of Operation Javier? That's [[spoiler:Manuela's mother Hilda, transformed into her present state with a severe overdose of the T-Veronica virus by her husband]].

* HeyItsThatVoice: HUNK is Johan!
** With Chief Irons as Roberto.

* ShoutOut: In the ending of Game of Oblivion, Wesker is seen looking up from the flames of the island facility that Alexia was inside as he watches Chris's helicopter flying away, similar to [[FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]].

* ShoutOut: In the ending of Game of Oblivion, Wesker is seen looking up from the flames of the island facility that Alexis was inside as he watches Chris's helicopter flying away, similar to [[FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]].

* ActorAllusion: This isn't the only time Jim Ward played [[MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater a character]] who ends up [[spoiler:being fired by his own government for certain reasons.]]

Set in 2002, ''The Darkside Chronicles'' covers Leon Kennedy's backstory with Jack Krauser (which ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' hinted at) as they search through South American jungles to investigate infamous drug lord Javier Hidalgo, who made contact with an underground Umbrella researcher. The duo discovers that Javier bought a considerable number of B.O.W.s to use as weapons against his enemies -- as well as samples of the T-Veronica virus, which he used to unleash a plague of zombies upon the countryside. With the help of a mysterious girl named Manuela, the two men work to discover why a drug lord has begun to dabble in bio-weaponry.

Set in 2002, ''Darkside Chronicles'' covers Leon Kennedy's backstory with Jack Krauser (which ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' hinted at) as they search through South American jungles to investigate infamous drug lord Javier Hidalgo, who made contact with an underground Umbrella researcher. The duo discovers that Javier bought a considerable number of B.O.W.s to use as weapons against his enemies -- as well as samples of the T-Veronica virus, which he used to unleash a plague of zombies upon the countryside. With the help of a mysterious girl named Manuela, the two men work to discover why a drug lord has begun to dabble in bio-weaponry.

'''''Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles''''' is a sequel to earlier ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' rail shooter ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles]]''. Set in 2002, it covers Leon S. Kennedy's backstory with Jack Krauser, hinted at in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', as the two are deployed deep into the South American jungles to investigate rumors of an infamous drug lord, Javier Hidalgo, having contact with an underground Umbrella researcher. They discover that the rumors are true and Javier has bought a considerable number of B.O.W.s to use as terror-weapons against his enemies, as well as samples of the T-Veronica virus, which he has used to unleash a plague of zombies upon the countryside. Meeting a mysterious girl named Manuela, the two men must find out why a drug lord has begun to dabble in bio-weaponry.

''The Darkside Chronicles'' is divided into three levels, each of which is subdivided into a number of chapters. Operation Javier is the main level, covering Leon and Krauser's efforts to battle Javier. Memory of a Lost City is an adaptation of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'', framed as Leon recounting his previous experience with biohazard outbreaks to Krauser. Game of Oblivion is implied to be Leon's recollections/near-drowning induced fever dream of the story of the T-Veronica virus, as told to him by Claire Redfield after the events of ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Code: Veronica]]''. In the game, Memory of a Lost City occurs after the first chapter of Operation Javier and Game of Oblivion likewise occurs in between the second and third chapters of Operation Javier. Chapters 6 and 7 of Operation Javier, sometimes referred to as Darkness Falls or Krauser's Hidden Story, are a retelling of Chapters 4 and 5 from Krauser's point of view.

It's harder to place ''The Darkside Chronicles'' on the [[{{Canon}} canon]] scale than its predecessor, as its adaptations change things more than ''The Umbrella Chronicles'' did.

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* WasOnceAMan: The unidentifiable amphibious B.O.W. the player fights in the first and second to last chapters of Operation Javier? That's [[spoiler:Manuela's mother Hilda, transformed into her present state with a severe overdose of the T-Veronica virus by her husband]].
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* InferredHolocaust: There are T-Virus infected piranha loose in the Amazon river system. South America is ''boned''.

** WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: That very high stopping power is all but necessary to survive some bosses, who need to be stunned during very short windows of opportunity in order to avoid damage. The wide spread also helps with the tricky aiming on those very important shots.

* UnreliableNarrator: A possible explanation for the differences between how ''Resident Evil 2'' and ''Code: Veronica'' originally happened, and how they're depicted here. Leon is telling the story secondhand (in the second game, he never even met Chief Irons, let alone witnessed his death), and is getting some of his facts mixed up. Justified in that he and Krauser are in a life-or-death scenario of the worst kind, and Leon is recalling similar experiences Claire had: babysitting first a little girl and then a teenaged male who acts like a little boy at times. It's likely Leon's letting his own experiences bleed into the retellings. Leon's memory can't and shouldn't be expected to be sharp when he's retelling a traumatic experience in a small break during a traumatic experience.

It's harder to place ''The Darkside Chronicles'' on the [[{{Canon}} canon]] scale then its predecessor, as its adaptations change things more than ''The Umbrella Chronicles'' did.

* AntiVillain: Javier Hidalgo counts as Type III. He is a drug lord and knows what he's doing is wrong, but he genuinely loves his daughter Manuela, [[spoiler: and after suffering the monstrous transformation of his wife Hilda and learning his daughter contracted the same disease, desperately turned to whatever means he could to keep her alive. Of course, that meant he was willing to use the T-Veronica virus and abduct girls about Manuela's age to transplant their organs.]]