Leon Scott Kennedy/notes

Resident Evil Deck Building Game
Leon is a character in the base set of the Resident Evil DBG. He specializes in handguns, and his abilities are appropriately similar to Krauser's. Leon's level one effect allows him to decrease the amount of ammo needed to use handgun type weapons. His Level 2 effect allows him to use any handgun he has twice, easily doubling whatever damage he was set to deal to a target. In addition, weapons that have effects that can only be triggered following an Explore action can also have their effects used twice. The Silver Ghost and the Punisher for example, can be easily exploited in this manner.

A second Leon character card has been revealed for the expansion set Alliance. and seems to be based on the Darkside Chronicles rendition of his Resident Evil 2 self. This Leon card does not specialize in handguns, or any weapon for that matter. His Level 1 effect allows the player to move one card from his or her Discard Pile to the bottom of their Inventory. To aid this, his Level 2 effect allows the player to move the card at the bottom of their Inventory to the top, ensuring that they will draw the designated card next turn or through another card's effect. Both of the above Leon cards have 80 Health.

A third Leon card was added in the third expansion set Outbreak, is based on his RE4 appearance, and has new abilities. His Level 1 ability allows the player to put a card from their Hand on top of their Inventory during their turn. This has uses such as saving the Rocket Launcher from the Base set (if owned) until you predict a powerful card, such as Albert Wesker from the first expansion set Alliance. His Level 2 effect state that during a player's turn, they can exchange card in their Hand for an Action card in their Discard Pile. This version of Leon has 70 Health.

A fourth Leon card is one of the ten characters in the Nightmare set. He mimics the effect of the Parting Ways action card, by allowing the player to Trash a card from their hand to gain one worth up to 20 Gold more.

Trivia

 * Leon's story was different in Resident Evil 1.5, the prototype version of Resident Evil 2. Still the unlucky rookie cop, instead of coming into town upon Raccoon City's destruction as he did in the final version, in the original draft, Leon and a small group of cops are holed up in the Police Station, having battled fiercely since the beginning of the incident. Leon had entered service a few days prior. The Precinct would be compromised shortly before the start of the game, and Leon would declare to the surviving morale-drained cops that they have to brave the gauntlet of horrors outside and escape or be doomed to wait for their death as the game starts. Leon's scenario originally had two supporting characters: Marvin Branagh and Ada Wong (who instead wore a researcher's outfit, and was known as "Linda").
 * A casual portrait of Leon with a bloodhound was featured in Resident Evil 1.5's promotional artwork.
 * In the conceptual designs for Leon, there are numerous illustrations of him and Elza Walker (the early version of Claire) wearing an armored vest with Umbrella's logo and the acronym U.S.S. (suggesting that it belonged to the Umbrella Security Service, HUNK's unit). This was part of a proposed armor system for Resident Evil 1.5.
 * Leon had two different character designs, but Capcom eventually settled for the way he looked in the final version of Resident Evil 2. When Ayumi Saito interviewed producer Shinji Mikami, he claimed that Leon's original design looked too much like Chris Redfield.
 * The U.S. Army blockaded Raccoon City so the infected could not escape the city and spread the virus but they apparently forgot to block one of the highways allowing Leon to enter Raccoon City unaware of the outbreak.
 * Following Leon's escape from Raccoon City, his position in the government helped him uncover Umbrella's dealings on Sheena Island. Leon requested that Ark Thompson go there to investigate. Ark's mission is playable in Resident Evil Survivor.
 * Leon seems to have a passing familiarity with Kevin Ryman, as evidenced by Kevin's ad-libs in the "Desperate Times" scenario of Resident Evil Outbreak File 2. Kevin was a member of the same unit as Leon. The two had met only once before the outbreak occurred. While they aren't friends, Kevin does have a fond opinion of Leon, mentioning whilst reading Leon's resume that: "The new guy? He seems pretty cool."
 * Leon along with Carlos Oliveira, and Billy Coen were the only playable characters in the Resident Evil series that did not directly meet Albert Wesker, the series' main antagonist, though Leon is the only one of the three who knows about him.
 * He became a temporary guardian for Sherry Birkin before they were rescued by the government. Claire Redfield had left after Leon urged her to continue looking for her brother.
 * Jack Krauser worked alongside Leon in Operation Javier.
 * In Resident Evil 4, if Leon checks a table full of rations while on the island, he will reminisce of his training days in the O.R.E. (Operational Readiness Evaluation/Exercises).
 * In September 2006, it was rumored that Leon was to be in the third Resident Evil Film. However, this did not turn out to be true and bringing Leon as a character in the film would contradict released information from Resident Evil: Apocalypse. Screen Gems created a promotional faux newspaper, "The Raccoon City Times", that detailed the background of Jill Valentine, and also included that she was dismissed from the S.T.A.R.S. after the death of her partner, Leon Kennedy.

The following is an excerpt from "The Raccoon City Times" that is accessible through a link above.


 * During yesterday's press conference, Captain Hendersen
 * noted that Officer Valentine had been suffering from post-traumatic
 * stress disorder due to the recent death of her partner, Leon
 * Kennedy. "Jill Valentine is one of our most gifted and intelligent
 * police officers, but she just needs a good rest right now," said
 * Captain Henderson. "She made wild accusations of monsters
 * living in the Arklay Mountains. I think this leave of absence will
 * give her time to clear her head," Captain Henderson continued.


 * Leon will appear in the new movie "Resident Evil Retribution".


 * Leon, and the events he underwent in Resident Evil 4, are referenced by Chris Redfield in Resident Evil 5, when he refers to the Majini by saying "The whole town's gone to hell. The people here, they're acting like those Ganado detailed in the Kennedy report!"


 * Leon is pictured on the cards in both SNK vs Capcom Card Fighter's Clash and SNK vs Capcom: Card Fighters Expand Edition.


 * Leon is one of the playable characters in Capcom's Trick'N Snowboarder.
 * Resident Evil 6 will mark the first time Leon meets Chris Redfield on screen.
 * Due to the ability to Dual Wield weapons in Resident Evil 6, Leon has two drop leg holsters.