Resident Evil 4

Leon Scott Kennedy is a fictional video game character from the Resident Evil survival horror series. He is a protagonist in Resident Evil 2 and the... main protagonist of Resident Evil 4. During the events of Resident Evil 2, Leon is a new police officer who arrives in Raccoon City for his first day on the job, only to confront the T-virus outbreak first-hand. Six years later in Resident Evil 4, Leon returns as a secret agent for the US government, assigned to rescue the President's daughter. Leon was created by Hideki Kamiya as a contrast to the male protagonist of the original Resident Evil game, Chris Redfield, who Kamiya felt was the "blunt, tough-guy type". Though he admitted that while he was a fan of a character like Chris, as it had already been done, he opted to take Leon's development in a different direction. As a result he created Leon to have some degree of weakness, but "ultimately a man who was on the ball". He was surprised at how popular Leon had become, praising his evolution into a "cool looking guy" for Resident Evil 4, adding that he "fell in love all over again.
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Luis Sera is a video game character from the survival horror game Resident Evil 4. He is a Spaniard who befriends Leon during his mission to save... U.S. President daughter, Ashley Graham. Although he refuses to divulge his true objectives to Leon and Ashley at first, he helps them out whenever they're in serious danger. Luis voice was provided by Rino Romano. Claiming to be a former police officer from Madrid, Luis returns to his native village only to discover that his fellow villagers have turned into homicidal sub-humans known as Ganados. Luis is recruited by Osmund Saddler as a researcher to work on a safe way to remove the Las Plagas parasites from their hosts. Unbeknownst to Luis, it was Saddler himself who unleashed the Plagas into the village and instead used Luis' research to make the Plagas harder to remove from their hosts. After learning the truth, Luis was imprisoned by Saddler and implanted with one of the Plagas. While infiltrating the cult, Luis sends an e-mail to a former academic friend from his college days informing him of his predicament. Unbeknownst to Luis, his friend was already dead and the e-mail was intercepted by "The Organization".
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Ada Wong is a recurring fictional video game character appearing in the Resident Evil video game series. A woman of Asian descent, Ada is a cunning... and formidable secret agent. She is voiced by actress Sally Cahill in Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 4, and has also appeared in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. When she was first revealed in Resident Evil 4, her identity was unclear. When asked by IGN editors if Ada would appear in the game, Resident Evil 4 producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi stated that a mystery woman appears in the game. Ada is voiced by Sally Cahill in Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 4 and The Darkside Chronicles, and by an uncredited actress in The Umbrella Chronicles. Cahill said that getting the part of Ada came from doing other voices for the company. I seemed to have the sexy sound they were looking for. The producer and creators were Japanese, and they seemed to respond to the tone of my voice , so they brought me in to read for Ada. I saw them nodding all their heads in the control room through the glass and that was that.
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Ashley Graham is a fictional character in the Resident Evil video game series.

Capcom Co., Ltd. is an Osaka-based Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Resident Evil, Street Fighter, and Mega Man. Originally established in 1983, it has since become an international enterprise with branches and... subsidiaries in North America, Europe, and East Asia. The original companies that spawned Capcom's Japanese branch were I.R.M Corporation founded on May 30, 1979, as well as its subsidiary Japan Capsule Computer Co., Ltd., both of which were devoted to the manufacturing and distribution of electronic game machines. The two companies underwent a name change to Sambi Co., Ltd. in September 1981, while Capcom Co., Ltd. itself was first established on June 11, 1983, for the purpose of taking over the internal sales department. In January 1989, the old affiliate company of the same name merged with Sambi Co., Ltd., resulting in the current Japanese branch.
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Nintendo Australia Pty. Ltd. established in 1994, located in Victoria is Australia's local head office, sales, licensing and distribution centre for products and other Intellectual Properties created by Nintendo Co., Ltd of Kyoto, Japan and is owned by Nintendo Co., Ltd in Japan. Prior distribution... of Nintendo products inside Australia had been handled by Mattel. The company was originally jointly managed by Susumu Tanaka of Nintendo UK and Graham Kerry who worked prior as the general Manager of Mattel.. It is currently managed by Yuji Bando, who succeeded Rose Lappin as Managing Director in March, 2010. . Rose Lappin has been working for Nintendo since the early 90's when Nintendo's products were distributed in Australia by Mattel. Aside from distributing its own products, the company also distributes some games for its systems by developers including Capcom and Atlus. Nintendo Australia distribute Nintendo's products to most of the Oceanic region. Distribution of Nintendo's products in New Zealand was handled by Monaco Corporation Ltd, then Softprint Interactive Ltd, until Softprint went into bankruptcy.
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THQ Inc. is a worldwide international American developer and publisher of video games. Founded in 1989, the company develops products for video game consoles, handheld game systems, as well as for personal computers and wireless devices. The company publishes internally created and externally... licensed content in its product portfolio. THQ's internally created franchises include Saints Row, Frontlines: Fuel of War, Red Faction, MX vx. ATV, Company of Heroes and others. The company also holds exclusive, long-term licensing agreements with leading sports and entertainment content creators including World Wrestling Entertainment , Games Workshop , Ultimate Fighting Championship , Nickelodeon and Disney-Pixar. It has announced net sales of $830.0 million in 2008, down from $1,030.5 million in the year previous. Net losses were $431 million for the 12 months ending March 2009, down from $35.3 million in the year previous. Trinity Acquisition Corporation was founded in 1989. In 1991, it merged with Toy Head-Quarters, a toy manufacturer founded around the same time.
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