{"id":136566,"date":"2026-03-23T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-198739"},"modified":"2026-03-23T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:00:00","slug":"feature-where-the-heck-do-you-start-if-youve-never-played-resident-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/03\/23\/feature-where-the-heck-do-you-start-if-youve-never-played-resident-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature: Where The Heck Do You Start If You’ve Never Played Resident Evil?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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22nd March 2026 marked the 30th anniversary of the Japanese launch of Resident Evil<\/strong> \u2014 or Biohazard<\/strong> \u2014 on PlayStation. To celebrate, we’ll be publishing various articles this week focused on Capcom’s quintessential survival horror series.<\/em><\/p>\n

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30 years is a pretty long time for any game series. But while many \u2014 including the likes of Mario<\/strong>, Zelda<\/strong>, and Final Fantasy<\/strong> \u2014 make the onboarding process easy with largely self-contained entries, Resident Evil<\/strong> is a different beast altogether.<\/p>\n

Putting aside some of the more obscure spin-off entries, Resident Evil has managed to maintain a pretty extensive overarching narrative throughout its history; one in which story threads told in 2026’s Requiem<\/a> can be traced all the way back to the 1996 original.<\/p>\n

For newcomers, it might be difficult to figure out where the hell to start. Sure, mainline entries are mostly numbered for convenience, but spin-offs muddy the water somewhat. So here, we’ll go through a handful of entries that we think would serve as a solid starting point into the world of Resident Evil.<\/p>\n

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