Capcom’s latest survival horror entry, Resident Evil Requiem, has arrived with no shortage of fanfare — and the publisher’s Japanese marketing team has been pulling out all the stops to make sure everyone knows it. In a brilliantly absurd promotional campaign, the official Resident Evil X account announced that the fictional Umbrella Corporation was suing real-life instant noodle giant Nissin Foods, claiming the company’s iconic Cup Noodles infringed on Umbrella Corp.’s in-game product, Umbrella Noodles. The gag plays on a long-running Easter egg in the franchise, where Umbrella-branded noodle packaging — designed as a clear parody of Nissin’s branding — has appeared in titles like Resident Evil Outbreak and the Resident Evil 3 remake. As IGN reported, Nissin played along perfectly, firing back on social media with the retort: “However you look at it, you’re the ones doing the copying!”
The fake legal feud quickly escalated into a full-blown comedy sketch. Umbrella Corp. released a mock video featuring a lab-coated scientist apologizing to consumers who had mistakenly bought Nissin’s “impostor” noodles, going so far as to claim they could recreate Umbrella Noodles from Cup Noodles with 99.9% accuracy — by simply adding entrails and a basil-based sauce. Japanese shoppertainment company Yume Group then joined the spectacle with a campy infomercial showing Requiem protagonist Grace Ashcroft stumbling upon a pair of hosts cheerfully promoting the fictional product. The whole campaign has given the game’s launch a distinctly playful Japanese flavor that fans have eaten up.
Beyond the marketing antics, Requiem is already captivating players with a deeply complex in-game secret known as “The Final Puzzle.” Tucked away at the bottom of the game’s challenge list, this multi-layered enigma tasks players with deciphering codes hidden across various in-game objects — including a severed hand that reveals a secret RNA sequence when scanned in a blood analysis machine. According to IGN’s ongoing coverage, the community has made meaningful headway through the puzzle’s early stages, but the trail has gone cold after a safe requiring Star, Sun, and Moon button inputs. The final reward remains a complete mystery, and the race to crack it is shaping up to be a major community event.
Meanwhile, players weighing their platform options now have a clear picture of what to expect from the Nintendo Switch 2 version. GameSpot’s analysis found that Capcom has delivered a remarkably competent handheld port that preserves the game’s oppressive atmosphere and unsettling visual design. While textures, hair rendering, and background detail take a noticeable hit compared to the PlayStation 5 version — particularly when examining collectible objects up close — the overall experience holds together impressively well thanks to strong art direction and limited but effective use of the Switch 2’s ray tracing capabilities.
Performance on Nintendo’s new handheld targets 60 frames per second and largely delivers, though occasional dips occur during room transitions and in larger explorable areas. These fluctuations become slightly more pronounced in docked mode, and one late-game section featuring indoor-outdoor transitions appears to push the hardware harder than most. Still, the consensus is that none of these issues are severe enough to meaningfully detract from the experience, making the Switch 2 a viable option for anyone who values portability or lacks access to more powerful hardware.
With a 9/10 score from IGN’s review praising the game as a successful fusion of two survival horror strains, a community puzzle hunt already in full swing, and one of the most entertaining marketing campaigns in recent memory, Resident Evil Requiem appears to be hitting on all cylinders across every platform it touches.