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Nemesis

Also called: Nemesis-T Type, Pursuer
GamesOtherRunsScience gone wrong1968 to 1999

The pursuer of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. It is an engineered Tyrant with a parasite brain, able to follow orders, use weapons and track one target across a city. Nemesis established the unkillable stalker enemy and is widely regarded as one of the most popular and frightening villains of the franchise.12

⚔️ Battle it
First appeared
1999
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (1999)
Source work
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (1999)
Capcom
Age rating
ESRB M
Made in
Japan
What causes it
Science gone wrong
A Tyrant bio-weapon (model T-103) implanted with the NE-alpha parasite, which grows its own brain and takes over the nervous system.
How you become one
Built by Umbrella's European branch; it is a manufactured weapon, not a victim of the outbreak.
How it moves
Runs
Stalks the player through the whole game; smaller and more agile than other Tyrants, with a four-legged form later.
Intelligence
Clever
Weak spots
  • heavy damage (which also makes it mutate)

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
1999

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (1999)

field notes

What the sources say

1

Classed in the lore as a bio-organic weapon rather than an ordinary zombie12

2

Programmed to hunt the surviving S.T.A.R.S. members and calls out its targets12

3

Carries a rocket launcher in the 1999 game and a flamethrower in the 2020 remake12

4

Inspired by the T-1000 of Terminator 2; an early slime-creature concept was scrapped12

5

Named after the Greek goddess of vengeance12

6

Its regenerating tissue makes it almost impossible to put down12

Could you outrun it?

Speed class from how the sources describe it (runs), not a measurement.

You, walking about 5 km/h
You, jogging about 10 km/h
A fit adult sprinting about 24 km/h
Nemesis about 24 km/h
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h

Sources

  1. Nemesis (Resident Evil) - Wikipedia
  2. Resident Evil 3: Nemesis - RAWG

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