Leon Scott Kennedy in Resident Evil Gaiden

I never finished playing Resident Evil Gaiden, the gameboy color resident evil game. My copy vanished, so I never actually saw much of Leon Scott Kennedy in the video game. I'll get around to playing it eventually. (And by eventually, I mean "probably-never-because-I-don't-have-the-time.") If you want some portable Resident Evil goodness, get Resident Evil: Deadly Silence for the DS. Persue Resident Evil Gaiden if you have a healthy sense of humor.

Leon's role in Resident Evil Gaiden

According to Wikipedia, Leon Scott Kennedy is now part of an anti-Umbrella group. He is sent in first to investigate the mysterious ocean liner Starlight. This mission turns out to be more than he can handle, and Resident Evil 1's famously inept Barry Burton is sent in to cover for him. Although Barry is the main character, Leon Scott Kennedy's concept art is featured on the American cover for the video game. Perhaps because Leon is far more "photogenic" than Barry Burton, to put it nicely...

The Story, According to Wikipedia.org

After the events in Raccoon City, an underground anti-Umbrella organization forms to put an end to Umbrella. Leon is sent to investigate the ocean liner Starlight which is rumored to be carrying a new Bio-Organic Weapon (BOW) developed by Umbrella, but eventually contact is lost with him.

The player takes the role of Barry, who is sent to complete Leon's mission. After discovering that everyone on the ship is a zombie, he finds a girl named Lucia. Barry runs to the deck which Lucia is on after hearing her screams and finds her being chased by a BOW which is the cause of the infection. After fighting and escaping the BOW, Lucia is kidnapped by the BOW.

Barry then finds Leon unconscious and wakes him up. Barry and Leon cooperate to find Lucia. They find her being held by the BOW. They fight the BOW and save her before hearing an explosion. The ship starts sinking and fire is spreading throughout the ship. Barry runs to communicate with their headquarters to send them a helicopter while Leon and Lucia activate the sprinkler system.

After they activate it they hear Barry trying to sell the girl to Umbrella. Leon and Lucia find Barry. Barry threatens Leon with a gun to give him Lucia. Lucia goes with Barry and they both escape on an Umbrella submarine and leave Leon on the sinking Starlight. Leon goes to the engine room and damages the BOW before he destroys the ship and evidence of the outbreak.

In the submarine, the captain asks Barry to give him Lucia. He then finds that she has a parasite which will mature in 10 days and create a new BOW. Barry threatens the Captain and asks them to remove the parasite. The captain agrees and they remove the parasite.

The parasite manages to escape the jar which it is held and infects everyone on the submarine. They discover the BOW inside the submarine and they escape from it sealing it in the bay. Barry takes the submarine and heads to the near-sunk Starlight to find Leon. There they find Leon but it soon turns out that it is the BOW and it attacks them. After the fight they find the real Leon and they run over the deck where the helicopter is. There they fight the BOW before leaving the Starlight.

The game ends with Leon's neck bleeding green from a small wound.

Reception and Legacy

A joke of a game. By the way "Gaiden" means "Side Story" in Japanese. Despite the title, this is a non-cannon video game, and not a "side story" the series at all. The game was developed by the now defunct company M4 Ltd.