{"id":26007,"date":"2026-01-05T19:17:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T11:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=26007"},"modified":"2026-01-05T19:17:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T11:17:36","slug":"resident-evil-4-remake-originally-began-with-a-new-introduction-where-you-played-as-ashley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=26007","title":{"rendered":"Resident Evil 4 Remake Originally Began With a New Introduction Where You Played as Ashley"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Resident Evil 4’s helpless companion character Ashley was once planned to star in a newly-designed intro made for Capcom’s acclaimed remake.<\/p>\n

Everyone knows by now how Resident Evil 4 opens: with fan-favorite character Leon S. Kennedy thrown into the action as he investigates the abduction of Ashley Graham, the U.S. president’s daughter. And in the final version of the brilliant Resident Evil 4 Remake, this is again how the game begins.<\/p>\n

But Capcom planned \u2014 and at least partially built \u2014 a new introduction sequence dubbed Chapter 0 which would have seen players sneak around as Ashley, before she’s finally dragged off by brainwashed ganados. And now, a fresh video showing some of the mission has been put together.<\/p>\n

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Ashley’s Chapter 0 would have taken place in an expanded version of the forested area outside the game’s main village, close to where Leon is ultimately seen creeping along at the beginning of the remake. A snippet of this survived in a trailer for the remake, where Ashley witnesses a grisly ritual sacrifice prior to getting captured. <\/p>\n

The non-combat mission sees Ashley sneak along, hiding from a patrolling ganado, and spotting another who is carrying Luis \u2014 presumably to the basement where Leon finds him later. But, ultimately, we all know Ashley is going to get captured \u2014 something that, after a brief chase sequence, we then see play out.<\/p>\n

If you’re keen to see the remains of this mission in action, modder Michael “Thekempy” Kemp has a video of its surviving elements \u2014 though it seems like much of the mission was unfinished, or removed from the game’s final version.<\/p>\n