Resident Evil 4 was not merely a part of this initiative; it was the crown jewel. Shinji Mikami, the creator of the series, took the reigns to redefine what a Resident Evil game could be. The decision to make it a GameCube exclusive (or "Codex Exclusive" as sometimes referenced in early development parlance) meant the game was designed specifically for the console’s architecture, pushing it to its absolute limits. Why the GameCube?
: Lore hunters often compare the game's cult documents to the real-world Codex Gigas (The Devil's Bible), analyzing how the Los Illuminados faith is modeled after medieval occultism. resident evil 4 codex exclusive