Back in 2009, I played Resident Evil 5 – it’s my first ever horror game, and to be honest, I only bought this game because there’s co-op! I’m sure I won’t have the guts to even play this game alone.. T_T. I’m that timid! I have been following the news of the Resident Evil 5 additional content. A couple of weeks back it was announced that Josh and Excella who will be making their appearance in The Mercenaries Reunion.

Now you can watch both characters in action. Excella keeps repeating “You’re just not ready for me” with a sigh, then she starts stomping her way through all the Majinis. Josh on the other hand looks pretty strong. I see a rocket launcher on his back!

On a related note, director Yasuhiro Anpo revealed some interesting trivia of RE5.

Did you know that Josh was originally set to die in the oil field area? He was saved from death when the game was switched to co-op play.

Josh originally served as Sheva’s guide. He’d driver her boat for her. When they switched to co-op play, Josh accompanied Sheva for the fight against Ricardo Irving, and his character was revived in order to have him transport Sheva and Chris afterwords.

When the development staff was discussing Jill’s escape scenario and they decided to have Jill play co-op with someone to escape, they decided upon Josh. After taking Chris and Sheva to the ruins, he returns to the BSAA home base. He gets the request for help, boards the helicopter and heads off to help Sheva. Along the way, he encounters Jill.

Anpo notes that Josh not only helped Jill and Sheva, but came to the aid of the development staff when they were in a pinch.

Now we all know why didn’t Josh die. I was beginning to wonder whether he was infected or something XD.

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