In one of Dusk's recent rumour strees, did he say RE9 was gonna be another self-contained storyline? I mean, I will support the game either way. I love RE.
The thing is, I would appreciate the revisitation of the plot of previous games. Specifically Revelations 2 or RE6. It just seems like they kind of bounce around too much, introducing a new bad guy or virus, mould, or whatever, then overlooking a few things that have yet to be cleared up. It leaves little room for existing stuff to be expanded upon when Capcom enjoys shifting the focus on to other regions, which is still interesting.
But I guess this is what happens when too many franchise players come into play. Like, I was sad to see a news report on Revelations 3 being canned. That isn't to say it's a forever decision. But I think Alex Wesker was supposed to be the main villain in that title, and I would have definitely loved to play as Rebecca again.