“Leon A” is now canonical

[Dead Pixel]

In classic RE2, the canonical story was Claire A/Leon B. But with the remakes of 2 and 4, it seems that the canonical story is now the Leon A playthrough in RE2 remake. Certain minor plot details in RE4 remake suggest this: Leon has the knife that Lieutenant Branagh gave him, for example. Branagh is also shown during the opening cutscene showing Leon’s memories of the Raccoon City incident. In the RE2 remake, Leon only meets Branagh during his “A” playthrough. During Leon’s “2nd Run” scenario, Branagh is already a zombie when he gets to the station.

These two minor details strongly suggest that playing through RE2 remake with Leon is the canonical storyline.

[Unmotivated]

how much you wanna bet Claire is gunna get a similar thing?

RE has always been ♥♥♥♥♥ with the A/B cannon. they did the same thing in the original when it came to who killed the Tyrant in the first RE game. in RE3, they talk about Jill killing the Tyrant, but in Code Veronica, that's Wesker's entire beef with Chris is him killing the Tyrant.

writers always kinda picked and chose what elements were canon and which weren't. for instance, both Rebecca and Barry survive, but one of them always "doesn't make it" to the chopper in either scenario, so it's impossible to get that particular ending with both of them.

paradoxical, really. if Code Veronica continues under a canon "Claire B", great. but the established canon so far seems to be about the same.