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In the original Resident Evil 4, the Plagas are arthropods thought to have existed on Earth for hundreds of years, and were worshipped in isolated parts of their native Spain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. (This is also one of the reasons some feel Resident Evil 4 is the odd one out of the series, story wise.) That's quite the revelation, and certainly amounts to a retcon given in the original Resident Evil 4, the Plagas was completely unrelated to the series and Umbrella was thought to be out of commission. As a result, the project was inevitably put on ice."
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However, the reality was no host could contain the power of NE-α, nor was there any means of regulating it. The idea was to find an appropriate live host that could contain NE-α, which in turn would physically change and transform its host into a bioweapon. "The Nemesis project was to artificially create the Plagas parasite (first introduced in Resident Evil 4), thus giving birth to NE-α. The European branch handled project Nemesis, while the American branch handled T-virus research in tandem. Intriguing! So, where does Nemesis now fit into evil corporation Umbrella's overall plans at the time of Resident Evil 3?Īccording to Capcom, Umbrella's bioweapon research was split between Europe and America.