[The Author]

As for Umbrella, that was pretty much explained in the prolugue, Umbrella was wiped out financially thanks to the actions of the US government. Remember Umbrella is a corporation, not an army. And what happened to the devious people within Umbrella is unknown, but that's why more RE games are being made, to explain that fact. Remember what I said earlier, by themselves these games are pretty shallow, but together they make up a greater whole.

The storyline of RE4 introduces the Plaga parasites. Remember that by this time Wesker already has quite a collection of viruses from previous RE episodes. We know that officially Umbrella is gone, but there are still nefarious people from that company still around. Not to mention the fact that the company which was in competition with Umbrella has something going on which none of us know about at this point. RE4 was a stepping stone, it was the beginning of a new chapter for Resident Evil. No longer is it just about Umbrella and the outbreak, it's grown far beyond that.

Aren't Umbrella mentioned during that Ada mission though, where you have to collect some specimens for Umbrella?

And yeah, I heard about the rumour that Leon would return for another round on Wii. I hope so, Leon rocked And it sucks that RE5 is for PS3 (and Xbox360?) only, but as long as Wii get's a good RE game with Leon or someone who's just as kickass then I'll be happy.

I heard it was a 360 only game... Which is class 'cos I have a 360. And with Dead Rising coming out in August, we're Zombie Quids in... lmffo!
And there's still no word on who the mystery man is in the trailer... I'm hoping its a pre-lim version of Billy Coen... To find out what he did after he left Rebbecca would be awsome.

I myself am trying to play through Resi 4... I say trying because Guitar Hero keeps getting in the way. I'm playing it on the GameCube and NOT the PS2 'cos I like the GC controller better... the analog stick is... smoother.

I have just got to the chainsaw women part... only one of them decided to be nice and decapitate me...