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If they travel together, either one of them can be controlled while the other character is handled by the game's artificial intelligence (AI).

The player may switch between police officer and medic Rebecca Chambers and convicted former Force Reconnaissance Officer Billy Coen. However, unlike controlling one sole character like the previous games, the player controls two protagonists throughout the game. The gameplay remains largely the same as previous entries in the series. Resident Evil Zero is a third-person survival horror video game. Meanwhile, the AI-controlled Billy takes aim at the enemy. The player guides Rebecca by a zombie which has just emerged from a refrigerator. Resident Evil Zero was commercially successful, having sold over 4 million copies across all platforms. These re-releases received mixed reviews due to lack of improvements made to the original. The game was ported to the Wii in 2008, and a high-definition remaster was released in January 2016. The controls were panned as outdated and Capcom was criticized for not evolving the series' tank controls. Some found the changes were an improvement and added new layers of strategy others believed the changes were cumbersome or non-innovative. Opinions on the new partner and item systems were mixed. Critics praised the graphics and audio for building a haunting atmosphere. Resident Evil Zero received generally positive reviews. The game had to be rebuilt, with only the concept and story carried over.

Development slowed when the team encountered memory storage problems, and so production was moved to the newly announced GameCube. Inspired by Sweet Home (1989), the team removed the item storage boxes present in earlier games and introduced a new item-dropping feature. Resident Evil Zero was designed to be more difficult than previous Resident Evil games. The team had to approach the design differently from previous series entries to conserve storage space. The cartridge format also provided limitations, as the storage capacity was significantly less than that of a CD-ROM. The partner system was created to take advantage of the short load times possible with the capabilities of the Nintendo 64 Game Pak. The player controls both Rebecca and Billy, switching control between them to solve puzzles and use their unique abilities.ĭevelopment for Resident Evil Zero began for the Nintendo 64 in 1998. The gameplay is similar to other Resident Evil games, but includes a unique "partner zapping" system. The story follows officer Rebecca Chambers and convicted criminal Billy Coen as they explore an abandoned training facility for employees of the pharmaceutical company Umbrella. It is a prequel to Resident Evil (1996) and its remake (2002), covering the ordeals experienced in the Arklay Mountains by special police force unit, the S.T.A.R.S. Resident Evil Zero (or Resident Evil 0) is a survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom and originally released for the GameCube in 2002.