>>11872875
>The game was part of an exclusivity agreement between Capcom and Nintendo to bring previous and new Resident Evil games to the GameCube.
>Who asked for this
Nintendo did. It was a cool idea and pre rendering capabilities had improved an incredible amount in the 6 years since the original. It was probably cheaper to make and it was great for marketing purposes for the gamecube, not only to get away from the "kiddy" rep Nintendo had but graphically it was very impressive.