In contrast to the original, Ashley cannot be left alone and will always follow Leon, though she can be told to stay close or maintain distance. In the remake of Resident Evil 4, the team aimed to expand Ashley's characterization and relationship with Leon. Ashley is predominantly controlled by artificial intelligence, but can be directed to wait or hide, and there are certain narrative segments of the game that are played from her perspective. She is written as a "very weak, fragile" companion that the player must lead and help through obstacles and protect from enemies. "Girl" was reworked as the daughter of the American President, who player character Leon S. ĭevelopment was restarted with a version of the "Castle" build script supplied by Sugimura when Shinji Mikami took over as director of the project in late 2003 the original version of Resident Evil 4 which was undergoing development was abandoned. Following the 2002 edition of the Tokyo Game Show expo, the "Castle" game script by Kawamura and Noboru Sugimura was discarded, though Kawamura went on a new script based on the same story. dog taught to follow her orders, she manages to escape. In the "Castle" scenario, she was supposed to be a test subject held against her will within an underground lab beneath a castle. Scenarios featuring the character were written for the "Castle", "Hallucination", and "Zombie" builds. "Girl" was intended to be the second playable character of the initial version of Resident Evil 4. In the 2023 remake, she was greatly praised after being redesigned to have a more pleasant experience escorting her.Īshley was originally created as an unnamed character simply referred to as "Girl" by the game designer, Yasuhisa Kawamura. Her characterization has received a largely negative reception from video game publications, with many questioning her relevance as a stereotypical damsel in distress or usefulness as a sidekick character. Her role was changed into that of companion character who is defenseless following a major structural change in the development team which led to the cancellation of the original version of Resident Evil 4. Kennedy.Īshley was originally designed by game designer Yasuhisa Kawamura as an important player character in the original version of Resident Evil 4. She is briefly held captive by the Spanish cult Los Iluminados as a means of gaining influence over the United States President before being rescued by the game's protagonist, Leon S.
She was introduced in the 2005 video game Resident Evil 4, in which she is presented as the daughter of the sitting President of the United States.
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