Why does Resident Evil 5's Sheva have a Little Red Riding Hood costume in the upcoming DLC? What's up with Chris' leather-studded bondage gear? And who came up with Sheva's Tribal outfit? Capcom answer all these questions in their latest blog.
So if you were wondering what thinking went behind the game's...interesting character costumes, wonder no more.

The blog post is all about costumes, focused mostly on Sheva.

Producer Yasuhiro Anpo explains in the latest entry at the RE5 Gold Edition development blog that the Red Riding Hood outfit was chosen because of the tastes and interests of the game's assistant producer, Mie Suzuki. He notes that Suzuki is a girl. From a female's perspective, it's a cute costume, says Anpo.

Gold Edition gives Sheva an office lady costume as well. This, says Anpo, came as a natural course of Sheva's sexiness.

In the main RE5, they offered an "Amazoness" costume for the character. This, according to Anpo, was the ultimate in fan service from the development staff; if they'd gone any further, the CERO ratings board may not have allowed it.

The office lady costume was decided on when the development staff was working on the PC version and asked what they'd like to see next for the character. Anpo notes, however, that Capcom's development staff dresses casually, so there may be a bit of fantasy in the costume.

As for Chris's costumes, Anpo admitted that in coming up with cool costumes that matched the character's "macho" physique, they went through many tests and had even more trouble than they had with Sheva's costumes.

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