Resident Evil Village had to shrink Lady D for her playable debut, says director

polygon.com:

When Resident Evil Village’s Winters’ Expansion launches on Oct. 28, survival horror fans will have a chance to revisit the creepy Eastern European hamlet to experience a coda to Ethan Winters’ story as his daughter Rose. Capcom also plans to release a major update to Village’s replayable The Mercenaries mode, giving players control of baddies like Lady Alcina Dimitrescu and Karl Heisenberg, as well as veteran Resident Evil hero Chris Redfield. That’s much more variety than the current version of The Mercenaries has, which lets players battle the village’s hordes as ol’ whatshisface Ethan.

Polygon recently spoke with Resident EvilVillage Winters’ Expansion game director Kento Kinoshita, who answered some of our most pressing questions about updates to The Mercenaries, and what players can expect when stepping into the heels of Lady D later this month. Read on for our full email Q&A with Kinoshita.

Polygon: Can you discuss your process for adapting characters like Lady Dimitrescu and Karl Heisenberg for The Mercenaries? Both seem quite different from the type of characters players have had control of in previous versions of the mode.

Kento Kinoshita: First off, we thought the new additions should be popular characters that fans would want to play as. We ran into some issues along the way, but our development team’s enthusiasm and problem-solving made it possible to add three incredibly popular characters. When adapting them for The Mercenaries, we made a conscious effort to give each one their own distinct feel. Chris is a hybrid character that combines long-range attacks (firearms) with close-combat (fists). Meanwhile, Heisenberg wields magnetic force to unleash close-range assaults. Finally, Lady Dimitrescu makes use of