Yeah, that seems about right. The ring itself is the exact same one that all the NPCs wear, while Victor, Sherry, and Nathan all have unique designs. Which I find really strange, since Leon is the second main character in the game and basically Capcom’s favorite, yet they didn’t even give him a personally designed ring to reflect his character. And Claire had a ring that looks very similar on the same finger in the original RE2 with zero explanation or plot relevance it just exists. So it just goes to show Capcom is perfectly willing to put rings on their characters without it meaning anything serious.
I couldn’t agree more. The Eurogamer article itself is pure clickbait it frames the question as if it was about marriage, but if you actually read the director’s response, he clearly wasn’t asked a marriage question at all. He was asked about the meaning of the ring. They straight up lied in their own article for engagement.
@masa_novelist Yeah, I think there is a lot of misinformation and bad translations. people are getting the wrong idea and believing them. This may lead to a lot of confusion and disappointment.
I get what you mean. Japanese is a very high context language a lot of the meaning comes from what’s implied, the cultural setting, and shared understanding rather than everything being spelled out clearly. People also do mix in English words sometimes when speaking. That said, we still can’t know for sure what Nakanishi originally said, and Capcom isn’t giving us the full picture or any official Japanese version. So while the cultural nuance is real and worth considering, it doesn’t change the fact that everything beyond the published English quote is still just interpretation and speculation until they decide to show or confirm something. But unfortunately capcom isn’t spilling any of the tea.