Seemingly aware of our penchant for writing headlines like this one, MTV's Stephen Totilo recently asked Resident Evil producer Jun Takeuchi whether or not Capcom would ever consider a Resident Evil / Dead Rising crossover project. Takeuchi's response: "No!" It makes sense, given that both series have rather disparate plotlines, different design philosophies and ... wait, what reason did he give?"We can't have a Resident Evil character running around in just pants." Considering Chris Redfield is just barely able to squeeze his pythons through his shirt sleeves as it is, we're not sure how solid that reasoning is. Regardless, it looks like our dream of donning a Mega Man costume and then running over Albert Wesker with a lawnmower has been crushed.

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