Leon is not very educated when it comes to breaking into the houses of the neighbors in the area, everything is said.

Leon S. Kennedy is the protagonist of this fourth installment of Resident Evil 4

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It continues to amaze today that Capcom chose Spain to set the events of Resident Evil 4 Because, I don’t know, it would seem very exotic to the Japanese, but for us it’s very traditional to go around and, for example, find 1,000 pesetas with Franco’s face still engraved on the coins. After so many years of doubts, a user seems to have found the area of ​​Spain in which the adventure of Leon and Ashley would be set.

The truth is that beyond those national details such as the pesetas, in the original 2005 game, the comments of the “cattle” of the town sounded more Latin American than Spaniards, so there was a kind of culture shock which was confusing. Now, with the launch of Resident Evil 4 Remeka, which already has more than 3 million games sold, those little details have been corrected and a user has proposed find the exact place where the events of this fourth installment of the Resident Evil series take place.

Resident Evil Españita

The truth is that it is not as easy as it seems to find the region in which Resident Evil 4 could be set because there are hardly any visual references of recognizable areas of the place, such as monuments, important cities or any other reference point that helps us triangulate their position. First of all, this Spanish fan of Resident Evil, as we can read through Reddit, discards all the Autonomous Communities that have no coastTherefore, we would first focus on: Catalonia, Galicia, the Basque Country, Cantabria, Asturias, Murcia, Andalusia, and the Valencian Community.

The second point to consider is Ramón Salazar’s last name, one of the villains of the game. “Salazar is a surname that comes from Navarrea region in the north of Spain, so we can assume that the castle of the Salazar family is somewhere in the north. We will also assume that the game takes place in a cold northern region, since both Leon and the policemen wear coats. With that in mind, we will remove Murcia, Andalusia and the Valencian Community from the equation.

“For the next step we will focus on language”, continues the investigation of this Spanish fan. “The cattle only speak Spanishand although they all do so in Spain, it is common for isolated towns to speak mostly the regional language among them. So, since the won only speak Spanish throughout the game, we will remove the places with their own regional language, which are Catalonia, Asturias, Galicia, Basque Country and (again) Valencian Community.

Thus, the conclusion is that Resident Evil 4 would be set in Cantabria. “A cold region in the north with a coast and that only speaks Spanish. Also, close enough to Navarra as for the Salazar family to come from them, and even more so, serra’s name It is common in Catalonia, a region not too far from Cantabria.

Place in Spain where Resident Evil 4 would be set

“Méndez is a name that comes from Galiciawhich I repeat, is quite close to Cantabria”, concludes this user, but they seem to have many more references because, indeed, Cantabria could be the place chosen by Capcom. As we can read in the comments, there would be a similar village and lake to those of Resident Evil 4. Once the mystery has been solved, all that remains is to know Why do the Japanese find Spain so attractive?. Nintendo also looked at our country to devise the region of Paldea, from Pokémon Scarlet and Purple.

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