Resident Evil Village’s Shadows of Rose aims to “conclude” the Winters family saga

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Resident Evil Village left us off on a wild note, with so much room to speculate about the near and long-term future of the series. In between releases, it’s always been fun for me to put the pieces together, theorize, and then ultimately see Capcom take a different direction than the clues might’ve suggested. A new quote out of Tokyo Game Show 2022 has rekindled the conversation, specifically with respect to the upcoming Shadows of Rose DLC for Resident Evil Village and where the series could go with the next mainline entry.

As reported by IGN out of Tokyo Game Show, director Kento Kinoshita says that Capcom is “creating the Shadows of Rose story to conclude the Winters family saga.”

A short and open-ended but very thought-provoking quote, to be sure.

Without spoiling anything, this remark changes my expectations for what kind of story Resident Evil 9 (reminder: we don’t have an actual name yet so that’s just shorthand) might tell. (That closing Village scene was a head-turner at the time.) Now I’m even less sure about what to expect — just unresolved bits and pieces that were seeded in Village.

Is it time for old favorites to shine again? To bury Umbrella once and for all? Once we know the core playable cast and setting, we’ll have a much better picture.

For more context (Village plot spoilers), here’s how Capcom originally framed the Shadows of Rose DLC when it was announced: “Set 16 years after the events of Resident Evil Village, this new tale follows Rose Winters, the daughter of main protagonist Ethan, as she struggles with her terrifying powers. Players must explore and survive a warped and mysterious realm inside the consciousness of the Megamycete in search of a cure.”

Some fans, who have had enough of Ethan’s