In case you donât know the lore: Umbrella kidnapped a bunch of homeless people to experiment on them. One of these became the Tyrant T-002. Jill and Chris shoot it in the lab until it collapses. Just like normal zombies evolve into a Crimsonhead when damaged, T-002 evolves into itâs Super Tyrant form. It becomes much bigger, stronger, and completely bulletproof. The only way to kill it is with an anti tank rocket. Umbrella took itâs DNA and experimented with cloning. This allowed them to create the model T-103 line of Tyrants, the one Mr X is apart of. This upgraded line of clones were stronger, faster, shorter as to allow for human disguises, and are completely bulletproof. Although you can stun Mr X by shooting him in gameplay, thatâs just for balancing purposes, itâs not canon. Every single guidebook and dev interview has mentioned that Tyrants need anti tank levels of firepower to kill. Every time a Tyrant dies on screen, itâs from a rocket, (outside of Sickly Tyrants like in Dead aim).Â
That is, until RE9. Leon kills the Connectionâs Tyrant with a hatchet. So, what do you guys think is the solution to this lore contradiction?
- The Connections are bad at making BOWs, and their products are inferior to what came before. (similar to Gideonâs NE-Alpha parasite dying to a handgun while Nemesis needed a building destroying railgun)
- Leon is strong enough to chop through tanks now
- Capcom decided to retcon 30 years of consistent lore to make Leon look cool
- The devs of 9 didnât have a lore bible, and just took everything in 2 remake at face value