One of the eagerly awaited games is Resident Evil 5. But even before the game has been launched, it has been embroiled in controversy especially because of the setting and is being called as racist. However, Jun Takeuchi, who is the producer of RE 5 has come out and said that the game is not racist and the controversy has not prompted and change in the design.
Jun Takeuchi also spoke about the new sidekick. He told Kotaku, “On the subject of Chris Redfield’s new sidekick, one who appears to lean toward ethnically ambiguous. We wanted Chris to have a partner who was familiar with the environment. She’s been in there since pretty much the beginning. In terms of the reaction, we’re in the business of entertainment. We didn’t set out to make a racist game or a political statement. We did feel there was a misunderstanding about the initial trailer.”
Takeuchi mentioned that a team of Capcom employees were sent to Africa for research in the area and pointed out that Arab and Caucasian people were included on the base of what they had seen while they were there. Resident Evil 5 is expected to be out next year on the PS3 and the Xbox 360 and will feature online co-op.