Resident Evil 4 Mercenaries Is Available in Some Areas, But It's Missing Two Major Characters

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Planned for release tomorrow, April 7, some players in Korea are reporting that they're able to access the remake of Resident Evil 4's Mercenary Mode early. Unfortunately, some are also saying that the mode is missing key content at the moment.

A staple of the Resident Evil games, Mercenary Mode is an arcade-style horde mode where players fight against waves of infected to compete for high scores. The original Resident Evil 4 allowed players to unlock Mercenary Mode upon completion of its campaign, but the remake has taken a different strategy, as Capcom announced the mode would be making its debut tomorrow, April 7, instead.

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Players have noted that the version available to those in the previously mentioned regions is missing Ada Wong and Albert Wesker as playable characters, both of whom were in previous versions of the mode and were datamined as being in the remake as well. This has led some to speculate that perhaps Capcom intends to offer the characters as paid downloadable content in the future.

This would seem to confirm reports of microtransactions entering the mode, which players have begun spotting on online stores in the form of "upgrade tickets" that would grant players faster progress with their Mercenary Mode runs.

A screenshot from the New Zealand PlayStation store shows players will be able to pay for faster progress.

The item description for these Upgrade Tickets reads: "here's your ticket to the gun show! Specifically a ticket to be redeemed at the