However, during development, the combat system strayed too far from the survival horror concept, and series producer Shinji Mikami convinced Hideki Kamiya and the rest of the development team to make the project into an entirely new game. Game director Hideki Kamiya's goal for this new Resident Evil game was to be on fast, stylish combat.

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