City Area/Shopping district west

Shopping district west (商店街西) is a street in downtown Raccoon City.

Description
Immediately following the opening scene of the game, Leon and Claire are separated on either side of the wrecked truck. There are police barricades not too far beyond the wreckage. The northern walls of the Raccoon City Police Department sit across the street.

Guide
A number of zombies are gathered in the area and should be dodged in order to reach the next room. No items are found in either area and there are no examinations.

Resident Evil 2
There are no executable examines in the area. However, there is a unique prologue message that appears in both scenarios.

Resident Evil 2 Preview
The demo featured with Resident Evil: Director's Cut features its own prologue as well.

Further notes

 * In Resident Evil 2, a visible street sign at the intersection of the crash shows that the street was originally named "Raccoon St." instead.
 * Japanese versions of the game display the prologues in English.
 * Some versions of the game do not feature the game prologue. On disc versions of the game, the prologue was put in place to mask the room loading time. It is possible that it was removed in non-disc versions due to the advanced loading speed on cartridges and hard drives.