Resident Evil 4 (GameCube)

Resident Evil 4
Also known as: Biohazard 4 (JP) Developer: Capcom Production Studio 4 Publishers: Capcom (US/JP), Nintendo (EU) Platform: GameCube Released in JP: January 27, 2005 Released in US: January 11, 2005 Released in EU: March 18, 2005 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused cinematics. This game has regional differences. This game has a prototype article This game has a prerelease article

To do: * Check out everything in the videos by Boundary Break and Slippy Slides. For example, who's the guy watching the final battle? Check out this video that shows how to clip through the boundaries in the farming section of the game. It also features how some free items that are out of boundaries, including the Homing Mine-Darts that went unused in the final game. Document the Gamecube Preview Disc Playable Demo version of this game (ex. different sound effect, an item called onyx stone not appearing in final game) Check out E3 2004 Trailer Footage. Discuss the E3 Prototype (Trial Version). Document the liberated THIA prototypes more regional differences. source Data related to REmake, specifically the tyrant's AI and data, which can be restored with hacking. Document port issues Downgraded graphical effects A possible oversight exists in the HD ports where if the game is set to 60 FPS QTE events are significantly harder, possibly even twice as hard as the original games' 30 FPS. Ports of the HD version where the framerate cannot be adjusted (ex. Nintendo Switch) especially suffer from this issue.

I'm sure you boys didn't just tag along so we could sing "Kumbaya" together at some Boy Scout bonfire.

Then again, maybe you did.

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Prototype Info

Prerelease Info

Early Pre-rendered Graphics

Present in the Cmn folder are early versions of the pre-rendered graphics. Some of these are just sketches.

Early	Final
※ファイルのアップ画像のみ - *File Upload Image Only
湖の写真 - Picture of the Lake
猟師の地図 - Hunter’s Map
r11d / ルート分岐の地図 - Route Fork Map / r11e

Additionally, there are two concept sketches that don't correspond to any pre-rendered graphics in the final game. These are not present in the Cmn folder and can only be found in the Eng folder.

f15b・8代目城主のメモ２ - 8th Castellan's Memo 2

Resident Evil 4 includes only a single memo from the castellan.

Preservation of Earlier Translations

The pre-rendered backgrounds of some of the game's various notes feature earlier versions of their translations, occasionally with wonky English.

In each instance, the line breaks in the final translation have been altered to match the text in the pre-rendered image for easier comparison.

Chief's Note

Image Transcription

Final Translation

As instructed by Lord Saddler, I have the agent in confinement, alive. Why keep him alive. I have not a clue as to his intentions. However, I would think he’d keep them away together, not confine them together in the same room like he has. I don’t expect Luis would trust a stranger but if perchance they cooperated together, the situation could get a bit complicated. If for some reason, an unknown third party is involved, I don’t think they’d let a chance like this slip by. But maybe it’s all Lord Saddler’s ploy - leaving us vulnerable so that this third party to surface if they even exist that is… It’s an unlikely possibility, but if the prowler is already amongst us, then our plans could be foiled. I guess the Lord thinks it’s worth the risk, if we stop whatever conspiracy is at work. At any rate, it’s the Lord’s call, we have no choice but to trust his judgment on this.

As instructed by Lord Saddler, I have the agent in confinement, alive. Why keep him alive? I do not fully understand what the Lord's intentions are. I would, however, think he'd keep them separate; not confine them together as has been ordered. I don't expect Luis would trust a stranger, but if by chance they did cooperate, the situation could get a bit more complicated. If for some reason, an unknown third party is involved, I don't think they'd let a chance like this slip by. But maybe it's all Lord Saddler's ploy — leaving us vulnerable so that this third party will surface, if they even exist that is... It's an unlikely possibility, but if a prowler is already amongst us, then our plans could be ruined. I guess the Lord thinks it's worth the risk, if we're able to stop whatever conspiracy is at work. At any rate, it's the Lord's call. We will trust his judgement as always.

Castellan's Memo

Image Transcription	Final Translation
Save those that have sinned with the power of the Las Plagas and cleanses their souls creating a world without sinners. The way it was meant to be. Los Illuminados	To save those that have sinned with the power of the Las Plagas and to cleanse the their souls creating a world without sinners. The way it was meant to be.

Letter from Ada

Image Transcription

Final Translation

Dear Leon Once a Plaga egg hatches, it's nearly impossible to remove from the body. But if it's before it hatches, then it can be removed by medication. If all fails you might be able to get it out by surgery before it turns to an adult. But it won't be an easy one. There's a high chance you won't survive the operation. As far as I know the girl has been injected with the egg before you. Her time is ticking. You should prepare yourself for the worst case scenario. From Ada

Once a Plaga egg hatches, it's nearly impossible to remove it from the body. But if it's before it hatches, then it can be neutralized by medication. If it does hatch you might be able to get it out by surgery before it turns to an adult. But it won't be easy. There's a high chance you won't survive the operation. As far as I know the girl was injected with the egg before you. Her time is ticking. You should prepare yourself for the worst case scenario.

The Mercenaries placeholder images

Inside the omk_r0.dat file there are some placeholder textures for the Mercenaries mode. All of them, with the exception of the Matilda, contain text which translates to "A new character has joined the Mercenaries!"

Image	Notes
	Unlock screen for Albert Wesker. Uses a screenshot of Resident Evil's intro.
	Unlock screen for the Matilda. Its unlock text translates to "A new product is available from the Merchant in the main game."
	Unlock screen for Jack Krauser. Features an edited artwork of Rolento from Capcom vs. SNK 2.
	Unlock screen for HUNK. Uses a piece of the cover art from the infamous Famicom game Ikki.
	Unlock screen for Ada Wong. Uses Ada's artwork from Resident Evil 2.

Unused Cinematic

Only present on the GameCube versions during Chapter 3-2, there's a cinematic that never got used that was to be the introductory cutscene for the wingless version of the Novistador enemy in the sewers. For whatever reason, the cinematic's trigger was moved far out of the sewers' play area. It's possible to trigger it through an out of bounds glitch or No-clip code, however. The trigger was removed in all later versions of the game.

Unused Ladder

There is an invisible functional ladder that goes unused in the final version of the game. To get to it you must have an Action Replay and a No-clip code.

US AR Code	PAL AR Code
DCGV-RE41-WEV2Y RQUA-JFE9-2JKGT	UQBF-N0UP-W29MN YHZG-C34Z-ZZUV1

During Chapter 5-3 just before the knife fight with Krauser, Leon would normally have to take the elevator up to him. However beyond the fenced out area below the platform above, there are two steel pillars with an interactable "CLIMB UP" icon between them, though with no visible ladder. This ladder may have been the way you needed to go to get to Krauser in early versions of the game, but later was changed to an elevator. The ladder only takes you to about the height of the second platform that Leon and Krauser fall onto during their QTE fight.

This ladder trigger is present in all regions of the GameCube, PS2 and Steam (UHD) versions of the game. It is not currently confirmed if it is also present in the rest of the many ports of this game, although it’s highly likely to be in the console ports.

Hidden Trigger Lake Skip

In the lake area with the lake monster there is a trigger hidden out of bounds, if you trigger it you will be skipped to the next chapter and also skip the "Save Game" prompt. It is unknown if this trigger is used in the final game or if it was a leftover from a old version of the game.

Shooting Gallery Triggers

In the shooting gallery, behind the door you come from, there are multiple warps that will take you to other parts of the game. These warp are all the triggers for each door that goes to the shooting gallery in the game. The areas they take you to are:

• - Castle Hallway
• - Hallway with the two statues
• - The Caves
• - The Room with the open and close gate
• - The mine before Krauser

Unused Japanese-Only Fixed Camera Angle

There is an unused camera angle in non-Japanese releases that is still accessible via a no-clip cheat code.

In Chapter 4-1 where you play as Ashley, in the area where the Armoured Knights and sliding plate puzzle are, all the way down to the last room and on the right hand side wall of the statue you get the “Salazar Family Insignia” there is a table and chair. Walk right into the table and chair and then the camera angle will change to a more original Resident Evil fixed camera angle that follows your player.

This leftover camera angle is fully present in every Japanese version and port of the game, as the entire Ashley segment is played with traditional Resident Evil camera angles, but was changed to the normal over-the-shoulder view for the rest of the world for unknown reasons.

Unused Cage

A cage door that isn't in use in Ashley's Segment

In Ashley's segment, in the room where you insert the crest to escape, there is an unused cage above the stand that has no function. It is possible it was meant for a trap at some point but was later removed and the cage door was just left there.

Shooting Gallery Oddity

An odd marker with Salazar's face on it.

In the shooting Gallery, underneath the door you enter is a creepy pink marker with Salazar's concept art on it. It's possible this is an older version of the salazar target used in the shooting gallery minigame.

Church Oddity

Plaga machine behind the church.

Behind the door you enter in the church, just out of bounds you can seen a dark room in which there seems to be a Plaga implementing machine. This is most likely for the cutscene just after you rescue Ashley, in when you see her being injected with the Plaga.

Unused Developer Picture in Background

Immediately after Mike's Chopper is shot down during chapter 5-4 and entering the next area, there's a strange 2D texture showing what appears to be a human character just standing out in the distance, viewable in game without cheats by aiming a Rifle with a Scope attached towards the building in the distance. This figure appears to be based on a photograph of someone working on the game, and goes completely unused in the rest of the game

(Source: SlippySlides (YouTube))

Early/Prototype Flag Names

The debug menu included with certain versions contains strings naming all the different global flags used by the game, however it's been noticed that some of these names don't actually match up with what the flag gets used for, and symbol files have revealed that the flags were actually renamed at some point from the names shown in the debug menu.

It's possible the flag name in the code was renamed/repurposed, but the debug menu strings were accidentally left with outdated names (very likely if they had to copy across the flag names manually, which would also explain certain typos in the debug menu strings compared to the flags in the symbols)

Some of these outdated strings could be remnants from the older Hookman version of the game, or other prototype versions, giving us a very tiny glimpse into how those versions worked, along with some of the map IDs used by them:

Final name	Early/prototype name
SCF_NULL	SCF_KEY_ID_A_GET
SCF_R104_EVENT_4	SCF_KEY_ID_B_GET
SCF_R110_FLOOR_MOVE	SCF_KEY_ID_C_GET
SCF_ACTIVATOR_SP_MES	SCF_HOOK_STALKING_R10A
SCF_BLUE_HERB_MES	SCF_R10E_BATTLE_END
SCF_R102_VIRUS_OCCUR	SCF_R104_ACT_STATUE
SCF_R103_CLOSE_COVER	SCF_R103_MANURE_RECEPTACLE
SCF_R103_ITEM_IN_CESSPIT	SCF_R103_ITEM_IN_MANURE_RECEPTACLE
SCF_CONTACT_MERCHANT	SCF_STOCK_ST1_DAY
SCF_R10E_STOCK_DAY	SCF_STOCK_ST1_NIGHT
SCF_R10E_STOCK_NIGHT	SCF_STOCK_ST2
SCF_ST1_SUB_PERFECT	SCF_R119_DOOR_CLOSE
SCF_R104_MERCHANT_MARK	SCF_R10C_TO_R10E
ITF_ITEM_5F	ITF_R101_IDCARD_A
ITF_ITEM_59	ITF_R10D_IDCARD_B
ITF_ITEM_5D	ITF_R10B_IDCARD_C

(Source: re4_tweaks (GitHub))

Regional Differences

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North American version

Shares a lot in common with the EU version, aside from what is listed below. So anything listed here will also apply to the English speaking European versions.

• Various bits of text were altered, most infamously on the bottle caps menu. All the bottle caps were given different names/titles by the localizers. Cultist Ganados became known as "Zealots", Combatant Ganados became "Militia Ganados", and the various villagers were given names that they didn't have originally and were instead supposed to be things like "villager w/ bucket" and etc. The Chainsaw Sisters were renamed "Bella sisters", The Chainsaw Man was named "Doctor Salvador", Gatling Man was renamed "J.J." and The Giant Chainsaw Man from the Mercenaries mode, has no official English equivalent. Interestingly, The official site, RE Portal will opt for the Japanese script and avoid using these localized names as much as possible.

Japanese Version

The Japanese version is heavily censored in general:

• Headshots don't offer any splashing heads anymore. The sound of the explosion is not heard and pieces of the head fly around. This censorship also affects enemies on the ground.
• A headshot animation was completely deleted. With a shotgun or the sniper rifle the head can be shot in pieces in a very swift manner. This does not throw enemies immediately to the ground in the Japanese version; instead, they stumble around for a little while without their head (note that the headless body can still attack Leon).
• Plagas headshots are also censored. The parasite does not explode anymore; instead, it splashes just before the body fades. The “Plopp” sound of the exploding parasite can only be heard when the body hits the floor. The bloody stump can be seen only for some very few seconds in the Japanese version.
• The animation of Leon being decapitated if he is one-hitted by the chainsaw-armed maniac has been removed – the chainsaw cuts through Leon's neck but the head stays there like nothing happened.
• The Japanese version lacks Ashley’s wagging breasts when she is moving.

Other Changes:

• An Easy mode is available.
• The audio in cutscenes in gameplay (that isn't enemy comments) is still in English, so the Japanese version forces subtitles. These subtitles are actually based on the Japanese script before it was touched by localizers and reflects the original intent of the scene by the Japanese writers as is the case with most Biohazard/Resident Evil titles.
• The Japanese version has longer loading times.
• As mentioned above, only the Japanese version uses a fixed-camera angle during gameplay of Ashley's segment.

European Version

• Weapon upgrade stats were changed from the other releases. These changes would be carried over to all versions of the PS2 and later regardless of region.

German Version:

In terms of violent content, the European versions are identical to the North American version. This is with exception to the German version of the game.

• The German version is missing Assignment Ada and The Mercenaries mode. The latter is presumed to be because the mode is just senseless killing, though the reason behind the former's exclusion is unclear. However, the HD re-release on Steam brought the two modes back into the German version.