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Encyclopedia > Nemesis (Resident Evil)
Nemesis
Game series Resident Evil
First game Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

Nemesis is a fictional monster from the Resident Evil series of survival horror games. Nemesis, is a biologically engineered creature created by the Umbrella Corporation and appeared as the title character for Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. It also appeared in the 2004 film, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, where it was portrayed by Matthew G. Taylor. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (480x800, 30 KB)The Nemesis from Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. ... This article is about the video game series. ... FicTioNaL is a Gaming Legend. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the video game series. ... Silent Hill: Origins, a forthcoming survival horror title by Konami. ... Biological engineering (also biosystems engineering and bioengineering) is a broad-based engineering discipline that deals with bio-molecular and molecular processes, product design, sustainability and analysis of biological systems. ... This article or section on a video game-related subject may need to be cleaned up and rewritten because it describes a work of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Resident Evil: Apocalypse is the sequel to the 2002 film Resident Evil from Screen Gems, written by Paul W. S. Anderson and directed by Alexander Witt. ... An actor who played the part of The Nemisis in Resident Evil:Apocalypse. ...

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Background

Origins

Nemesis was developed long before the initial events of Resident Evil. The European Branch of the Umbrella Corporation originally developed the “Nemesis Project", a Tyrant bio-weapon that could follow orders. Later, Umbrella moved the project to the Arklay Mountains, shipping a box containing a prototype Ne-a parasite specimen to Albert Wesker. Resident Evil , Biohazard) is a survival horror video game by Capcom and is the inaugural title in the Resident Evil series. ... This article or section on a video game-related subject may need to be cleaned up and rewritten because it describes a work of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. ... A Tyrant is a fictional creature from the Resident Evil series. ... The Arklay Mountains (or Arclay Mountains) is a fictional region from the Resident Evil series. ... Albert Wesker is a fictional character in Capcoms Resident Evil series. ...


From there, Wesker and William Birkin conducted several experiments on the parasite. In the most notable of these experiments, the scientists injected the parasite into the body of Lisa Trevor, Umbrella’s long-time guinea pig. Additionally, the experiment’s findings allowed William Birkin to develop the G-Virus. This article or section may need to be cleaned up and rewritten because it describes a work of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. ... Lisa Trevor is a fictional character from the Resident Evil series. ... Binomial name Cavia porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758) Guinea pigs (also called cavies) are rodents belonging to the family Caviidae and the genus Cavia, originally indigenous to the Andes. ... This article or section may need to be cleaned up and rewritten because it describes a work of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. ...


Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

Nemesis is the title character and main antagonist in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. The Umbrella Corporation deploys Nemesis to hunt and murder the remaining members of Special Tactics and Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S.). One first encounters the creature outside of Raccoon City’s police department, where it brutally murders Brad Vickers. Nemesis will continue to pursue and confront the player’s character, Jill Valentine, through various parts of the game. An ... The Special Tactics and Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S.), also referred to non-canonically as the Special Tactics and Rescue Squad in the novelizations and movies, is a fictional law-enforcing task force that appears in Capcoms Resident Evil survival horror franchise. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Brad Vickers is a fictional character within the popular Resident Evil series of survival horror videogames. ... Jill Valentine is a video game character in the Resident Evil survival horror series. ...


Nemesis, draped in a trench coat, will attack the player with a five-shot rocket launcher, hands and tentacles throughout the game. A player can injure Nemesis through means of weapons fire and later industrial strength acid. Throughout the course of the game, the detrimental effects of the NE-T virus twist Nemesis’ physical build. After having its trenchcoat burned off, Nemesis's tentacles will grow larger on the right arm. Later, after being decapitated and falling in acid, the player will finally encounter Nemesis as a grotesque digestive organ with disfigured limbs. While lacking the dexterity and attack power it once had, Nemesis is more resilient. A player can defeat Nemesis by utilizing a railgun, rocket launcher and .44 Magnum revolver. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... An RPG-7 captured by the US Army A rocket propelled grenade (RPG) is a loose term describing hand-held, shoulder-launched anti-tank weapons capable of firing an unguided rocket equipped with an explosive warhead. ... Tentacles can refer to the elongated flexible organs that are present in many invertebrates, and sometimes to the hairs of the leaves of insectivorous plants. ... Acidity redirects here. ... A railgun is a form of gun that converts electrical energy (rather than the more conventional chemical energy from an explosive propellant) into projectile kinetic energy. ... Rocket launcher or missile launcher can mean: Multiple rocket launcher Shoulder-launched missile weapon Transporter erector launcher (TEL) for large missiles Rocket propelled grenade launcher This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... .44 Magnum Colt Anaconda The . ... rEVOLVEr (2004) is the fourth studio album release by Swedish thrash metal band The Haunted. ...


In other media

Nemesis' shooting with a gatling gun in the 2004 film Resident Evil Apocalypse

Nemesis was mentioned at the end of the 2002 film Resident Evil, and later appeared in the 2004 film Resident Evil: Apocalypse, where he was portrayed by Matthew G. Taylor. A comical rendition Nemesis appeared in the Christmas edition of VG Cats. Image File history File links Nemisis. ... Image File history File links Nemisis. ... An 1865 Gatling gun. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Resident Evil: Apocalypse Resident Evil: Apocalypse is the sequel to the 2002 movie Resident Evil from Screen Gems, written by Paul W. S. Anderson and directed by Alexander Witt. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Resident Evil is a 2002 science fiction horror film very loosely based on the Resident Evil series of survival horror games developed by Capcom, and the first in a series of film adaptations. ... The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. ... Resident Evil: Apocalypse is the sequel to the 2002 film Resident Evil from Screen Gems, written by Paul W. S. Anderson and directed by Alexander Witt. ... An actor who played the part of The Nemisis in Resident Evil:Apocalypse. ... Comedy is the use of humour in the performing arts. ... Christmas is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. ...


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