Resident Evil

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Summary

Resident Evil is a media franchise[1]. It ranks in the top 0.52% of media franchise entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (177,085 views/month, #2 of 382).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Shinji Mikami[3], Tokuro Fujiwara[4]
  • Country: Japan[5]
  • Publisher: Capcom[6]
  • Owned by: Capcom[7]
  • Genre: survival horror[8], third-person shooter[9], first-person shooter[10], biopunk[11]
  • Developer: Capcom[12]
  • Designed by: Shinji Mikami[13], Tokuro Fujiwara[14]
  • Commons category: Resident Evil[15]
  • Platform: Android[16], Dreamcast[17], Game Boy Color[18], Nintendo GameCube[19], Game.com[20], iOS[21], Microsoft Windows[22], Nintendo 3DS[23], Nintendo 64[24], Nintendo DS[25], PlayStation (console)[26], PlayStation 2[27], PlayStation 3[28], PlayStation 4[29]
  • Software engine: MT Framework[30], RE Engine[31]
  • Country of origin: Japan[32]
  • Has part(s): Resident Evil[33]
  • Characters: Sheva Alomar[34], Chris Redfield[35], Jill Valentine[36], Leon S. Kennedy[37], Ada Wong[38], Albert Wesker[39], Claire Redfield[40], Rebecca Chambers[41], Sherry Birkin[42], Ethan Winters[43], Alcina Dimitrescu[44]
  • Distributed by: Microsoft Store[45]
  • Official website: https://www.residentevil.com[46]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Resident Evil[47]
  • Topic has template: Template:Resident Evil[48]
  • Takes place in fictional universe: Resident Evil universe[49]
  • Title: バイオハザード[50]
  • List of characters: list of Resident Evil characters[51]
  • Different from: Resident Evil[52]

Why It Matters

Resident Evil has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Franchises/Resident_Evil
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Franchises/Resident_Evil, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
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