Resident Evil: Manuela Hidalgo

The next Resident Evil character up is a cute latina named Manuela from Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles. In contrast with a lot of the Resident Evil girls who hide their feet beneath their footwear for entire games, Manuela is barefoot all the time. :-D

(Special thanks to Breakthewalls for recommending this character.)

It's difficult to go into Manuela's bio without giving away key story elements so I'm afraid this bio is going to be pretty spoiler heavy. 😅 One of the protagonists of Resident Evil Leon Kennedy encounters Manuela on a mission in the forests of South America. She has the unique ability to calm the monsters around her by singing a Lullaby that her mother taught her. Leon was searching for a Black Market dealer named Javier and asks Manuela to guide him through the forest. It is later revealed that Manuela is the daughter of Javier and she has been infected with the Veronica virus in order to cure her from a mysterious disease that infects the people in the area. If you read the Alexia post then you might remember that the Veronica virus is typically too powerful for a subject to handle. Javier had to replace Manuela's organs regularly to keep his daughter from succumbing to the negative effects of the virus.  Manuela doesn't like that her life comes at the expense of others and helps Leon to stop her father. Like Alexia, the Veronica virus gives Manuela the ability to generate flames at will. Doing so seems to damage her health though so she has to use it sparingly

Manuela is such a sweet girl that you really can't help loving the character and her being barefoot definitely makes her section of the game an enjoyable experience to go through. Players take note... this character has two endings in the game based on how fast the final boss of her mission is defeated. If the boss is defeated in less than 10 minutes Manuela survives the encounter otherwise her powers cause her to burn out (literally). The best view of her soles in the game is given in the bad ending but its hard not to want to save this character. Luckily both ending are available online for players to view. :-D

Ok everyone that's all for now but as always more to come soon!

-KSC