Cut Resident Evil 4 Prologue Discovered: “Chapter 0” Reveals Ashley’s Lost Opening
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Key Points:
- A previously unseen "Chapter 0" level of Resident Evil 4, featuring Ashley as the main character, has been discovered, restored, and shared in video form; it was originally intended as a prologue but removed by Capcom before release.
- The chapter depicted Ashley’s arrival in the village, offering a new perspective on early story events through her eyes, focusing on narrative and cinematic scenes rather than combat.
- Traces of this deleted content remained in the game’s code, enabling fans to partially reconstruct the missing level, which shows Ashley navigating the woods and fleeing infected villagers known as Ganados.
- A brief clip from this removed chapter appeared in the second official Resident Evil 4 trailer but was cut from the final game
