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| {{nihongo|'''Raccoon City'''|ラクーンシティ|Rakūn Shiti}} is a ] for the '']'' series of ] ]s developed by ]. It was the primary setting for '']'', '']'', and the spin-offs '']'' and '']''. The city appears as the main setting for the ] adaptation and its ]. Raccoon City is one of the mods in '']'' as a playable map.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/19/raccoon-city-recreated-in-left-4-dead-full-re3-campaign-on-the/ |title=Raccoon City recreated in Left 4 Dead, full RE3 campaign on the way |first=Richard |last=Mitchell |author=Richard Mitchell |date=19-06-09 |month=June |year=2009 |publisher=] |accessdate=2010-05-13}}</ref> | |||
| ==Overview== | |||
| Raccoon City is a fictional city in the ] and serves as the ] for many '']'' video games. The city and its outlying areas house several ] laboratories belonging to the ]. These laboratories develop viruses that can mutate humans and animals. One of the laboratories, unnamed throughout the video game series and referred to as "The Hive" in the film adaptations, is located under Raccoon City and is the producer of the T-virus. These viruses are the plot devices driving the story behind the games; sabotage and security failures have unleashed these viruses and infected creatures in Raccoon City, and players have to escape the city. During game play, Raccoon City appears mostly devastated due to the panic and fighting caused by the viral outbreak. Small fires, crashed vehicles and other barricades frequently impede players' progress through the city. Throughout the series, there are various renditions of Raccoon City. With each appearance Raccoon City is destroyed by a ]. As a result, it is declared a restricted area and ].<ref>{{cite book |author=Damien Waples |title=Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles Official Game Guide |publisher=] |location=California, United States |isbn=0-761-55845-4 |pages=pp. 58–73 |year=2007-11-13 }}</ref> | |||
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| Raccoon City is depicted in the films as a 21st-century cosmopolitan city with an infrastructure largely funded by the Umbrella Corporation. The ] features the Hive as a secret laboratory under the city. Housing more than 500 employees, the facility has an ], the ], controlling its security.<ref>{{cite video| people=] (Director) |date=2002-07-30 |title=Resident Evil Special Edition | medium=DVD| publisher=] |time= }}</ref> The theft and deliberate release of the T-virus starts the chain of events depicted in the opening of the first film. Although the Hive is sealed off at the end of the film, it is reopened in '']'', the second film, by the Umbrella Corporation. Infected creatures spread out of the re-opened Hive into Raccoon City and Umbrella places the city under quarantine. In an attempt to stop the spread of the T-virus, Umbrella destroys Raccoon City with a ] near the end of the film. In ]) it is revealed that this does not stop the virus from spreading; within five years the human race is on the verge of extinction, and the vast majority of the ] is a barren wasteland crawling with zombies and mutated animals. | |||
| Instead of ] for Raccoon City and the Hive, the film crew filmed ] at ], ] and ], ]. Due to the fictional city being located in the ], the film's director ] chose Toronto to serve as the fictional city. In the third installment, Extinction, there is a brief shot of Racoon City: the camera zooms out from Raccoon city to a view of the Earth - in this shot, Racoon City is depicted somewhere in either Illinios, Indiana, Michigan, or Ohio. The city was filmed untouched; many of its prominent features, such as its ] and the ], are visible.<ref name="direct">{{cite journal| title=Paul W.S. Anderson reanimates a game group of zombies in Resident Evil |author=Patrick Lee |date=March 18, 2002 |journal=] |issue=256 |url=http://www.scifi.com/sfw/interviews/sfw8235.html |accessdate=2008-07-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| author=Dave Kehr |title=Call to Arms, With Trouble Right Here in Zombie City |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/10/movies/10EVIL.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&position=&oref=slogin |work=] |date=2004-09-10 |accessdate=2008-07-17 }}</ref> For the underground train station in the Hive, Anderson chose to film in the ]. He said the atmosphere of the underground labyrinth structure was conducive to the acting and promoted a sense of realism and mood in the production.<ref name="direct" /> ] features another Hive in ], which is used for the research of a cure to the T-virus and of the ] Program. | |||
| ==The Hive== | |||
| The Hive is a ] underground research facility located beneath Raccoon City and operated by the ]. The Hive is the primary location for the development of the T-virus. In '']'', the Hive is the location of the outbreak, contrary to the video game series where the outbreak began in the mansion facility. Prior to the destruction of Raccoon City and the virus outbreak, the Hive became defunct. | |||
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