Our yearlong celebration of the Resident Evil series 20 ^th anniversary continues with a video featuring Resident Evil 0 mastermind, Koji Oda. Although his work on the series began with the 1996 original, Oda-san is most known as director of the 2002 GameCube prequel, Resident Evil 0. In this anniversary video, Oda-san remembers his time developing the last entry to follow RE’s classic formula, comparing the foreboding fixed-camera angles to film. Oda-san also discusses the philosophy behind writing Rebecca and Billy’s prequel story into the existing storyline and the team ’ s original plans for adding Wesker Mode into the recently released Resident Evil 0.

As the director of Resident Evil 0, Oda-san offers interesting insight into how Capcom’s Japan-only NES horror game, Sweet Home, influenced t his title and the rest of the series. Oda-san also dives into Capcom’s goal to make fugitive Billy Coen a dark, mysterious character that didn’t have previous connections to the series storyline.

For more videos featuring Oda-san discussing his time working on Resident Evil 0, including the original prototype build, watch our Developer video series. To watch the first RE 20 ^th anniversary video from producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi, click here . Stay tuned for more macabre mementos celebrating Resident Evil’s 20 ^th Anniversary.