>>716279368>>716279560Code Veronica came about due to a fuck up on Capcom's part when they cancelled the Saturn RE2 port as part of the deal with Sega.
Sega was legitimately pissed off as losing RE2 means tons of potential Saturn sales down the drain given that RE2 was extremely popular
So Capcom tried to calm Sega down by developing an original RE title on the Dreamcast, which was Code Veronica.
Sega was also heavily involved with CV's development, as Nextech was a Sega subsidiary. A lot of the team worked on the RE1 Saturn port and the cancelled RE2 port
The actual real RE3 (Hunk on a boat) got scrapped due to the PS2 announcement, then eventually became Project Devil (DMC), so they literally took RE 1.9(aka Jill game) and named it RE3 so Capcom could have a big success for the beginning of their financial year.