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===Other appearances===
===Other appearances===
Ada was featured in the 1998–1999 [[manhua]] ''Shēnghuà Wēijī 2'' ("Biohazard 2").<ref>{{citation|title=生化危機2 |language=zh |issue=1–60 |date=February 1998 – April 1999 |publisher=King's Fountain Ltd}}</ref> A romantic comedy retelling the story of ''Resident Evil 2'' centering on Leon, Claire and Ada was released in the Taiwanese two-issue comic ''Èlíng Gǔbǎo II'' by [[Chingwin Publishing Group|Ching Win Publishing]] in 1999.<ref>{{citation|title=惡靈古堡II |language=zh |issue=1–2 |date=January 11, 1999 |publisher=Ching Win Publishing}}</ref> Capcom screenwriters created two [[Resident Evil 2#Adaptations and sequels|''Resident Evil 2'' radio dramas]] broadcast on [[Radio Osaka]] in early 1999 and later released by publisher [[Suleputer]] as two separate CDs with the common title ''Biohazard 2 Drama Album'',<ref name="adaalbumbooklet">{{cite AV media notes |title=Biohazard 2 Drama Album: Ikiteita Onna Spy Ada |year=1999 |language=ja |publisher=Suleputer |id=CPCA-1025}}</ref><ref name="adasummary">{{cite web |url=http://suleputer.capcom.co.jp/sulehome/lineup/cpca1025.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021214171920/http://suleputer.capcom.co.jp/sulehome/lineup/cpca1025.htm |archive-date=December 14, 2002 |script-title=ja:バイオハザード2 ドラマアルバム – 生きていた女スパイ・エイダ |date=April 1999 |language=ja |publisher=Capcom}}</ref> including ''Ikiteita Onna Spy Ada'' (lit. "Ada, the Female Spy, is Alive"). Set a few days after the events of the game, it deals with Ada's mission to retrieve [[Sherry Birkin]]'s pendant with the G-virus sample from Umbrella enforcer [[List of Resident Evil characters|HUNK]]. Ada intercepts the delivery of the locket in the village of Loire in France, eliminating HUNK and his men. She survives an accidental T-virus leak, escapes and realizes her feelings for Leon, deciding to quit the spy business and return to him.<ref name="adaalbumbooklet"/> Canonically, the characters' story arcs are continued differently, as Ada keeps the pendant with the G-virus and resumes her activities as a spy.<ref>{{cite video game |title=[[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis]] |developer=Capcom |publisher=Capcom Entertainment |date=November 11, 1999 |scene=Epilogue Files}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Resident Evil Archives |date=November 9, 2005 |publisher=BradyGames Publishing |isbn=0-7440-0655-4 |pages=120, 129}}</ref> In printed trading card media, she appears as a card in the [[Bandai]] produced game ''Resident Evil: The Deck Building Game''.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916200445/http://www.bandaicg.com/residentevil/ |title=Resident Evil [Deck Building Game] |url=http://www.bandaicg.com/residentevil/ |website=Bandai Card Games |accessdate=2023-05-14 |archivedate=2011-09-16}}</ref> Merchandise featuring Ada includes action figures, statues, and figurines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/668/668035p4.html|title=Resident Evil 4: Premium Edition|last=Mirabella III|first=Fran|website=[[IGN]] |date=November 18, 2005|access-date=January 28, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bleedingcool.com/collectibles/resident-evil-4-statue-darkside-collectibles/|title=Resident Evil 4 Ada Wong Returns with Darkside Collectibles|access-date=May 23, 2022|first=Tyler|last=Roberts|date=July 7, 2020|website=Bleeding Cool}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.siliconera.com/pre-orders-for-360-ada-wong-figure-open/|title=Pre-Orders for $360 Ada Wong Figure Open|first=Josh|last=Tolentino|date=November 27, 2022|website=Siliconera|access-date =May 3, 2023}}</ref>
Ada was featured in the 1998–1999 [[manhua]] ''Shēnghuà Wēijī 2'' ("Biohazard 2").<ref>{{citation|title=生化危機2 |language=zh |issue=1–60 |date=February 1998 – April 1999 |publisher=King's Fountain Ltd}}</ref> A romantic comedy retelling the story of ''Resident Evil 2'' centering on Leon, Claire and Ada was released in the Taiwanese two-issue comic ''Èlíng Gǔbǎo II'' by [[Chingwin Publishing Group|Ching Win Publishing]] in 1999.<ref>{{citation|title=惡靈古堡II |language=zh |issue=1–2 |date=January 11, 1999 |publisher=Ching Win Publishing}}</ref> Capcom screenwriters created two [[Resident Evil 2#Adaptations and sequels|''Resident Evil 2'' radio dramas]] broadcast on [[Radio Osaka]] in early 1999 and later released by publisher [[Suleputer]] as two separate CDs with the common title ''Biohazard 2 Drama Album''.<ref name="adaalbumbooklet">{{cite AV media notes |title=Biohazard 2 Drama Album: Ikiteita Onna Spy Ada |year=1999 |language=ja |publisher=Suleputer |id=CPCA-1025}}</ref><ref name="adasummary">{{cite web |url=http://suleputer.capcom.co.jp/sulehome/lineup/cpca1025.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021214171920/http://suleputer.capcom.co.jp/sulehome/lineup/cpca1025.htm |archive-date=December 14, 2002 |script-title=ja:バイオハザード2 ドラマアルバム – 生きていた女スパイ・エイダ |date=April 1999 |language=ja |publisher=Capcom}}</ref> Set a few days after the events of the game, it deals with Ada's mission to retrieve [[Sherry Birkin]]'s pendant with the G-virus sample from Umbrella enforcer [[List of Resident Evil characters|HUNK]]. Ada intercepts the delivery of the locket in the village of Loire in France, eliminating HUNK and his men. She survives an accidental T-virus leak, escapes and realizes her feelings for Leon, deciding to quit the spy business and return to him.<ref name="adaalbumbooklet"/> Canonically, the characters' story arcs are continued differently, as Ada keeps the pendant with the G-virus and resumes her activities as a spy.<ref>{{cite video game |title=[[Resident Evil 3: Nemesis]] |developer=Capcom |publisher=Capcom Entertainment |date=November 11, 1999 |scene=Epilogue Files}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Resident Evil Archives |date=November 9, 2005 |publisher=BradyGames Publishing |isbn=0-7440-0655-4 |pages=120, 129}}</ref> In printed trading card media, she appears as a card in the [[Bandai]] produced game ''Resident Evil: The Deck Building Game''.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916200445/http://www.bandaicg.com/residentevil/ |title=Resident Evil [Deck Building Game] |url=http://www.bandaicg.com/residentevil/ |website=Bandai Card Games |accessdate=2023-05-14 |archivedate=2011-09-16}}</ref> Merchandise featuring Ada includes action figures, statues, and figurines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/668/668035p4.html|title=Resident Evil 4: Premium Edition|last=Mirabella III|first=Fran|website=[[IGN]] |date=November 18, 2005|access-date=January 28, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bleedingcool.com/collectibles/resident-evil-4-statue-darkside-collectibles/|title=Resident Evil 4 Ada Wong Returns with Darkside Collectibles|access-date=May 23, 2022|first=Tyler|last=Roberts|date=July 7, 2020|website=Bleeding Cool}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.siliconera.com/pre-orders-for-360-ada-wong-figure-open/|title=Pre-Orders for $360 Ada Wong Figure Open|first=Josh|last=Tolentino|date=November 27, 2022|website=Siliconera|access-date =May 3, 2023}}</ref>


Outside the ''Resident Evil'' franchise. Ada made her first guest appearance in the browser-based social game ''[[Onimusha|Onimusha Soul]]'' (2013), where she was re-designed to fit a [[feudal Japan]] theme.<ref>{{cite web|author=Siliconera staff|title=Capcom Heroines Have Their Biggest Crossover in Onimusha Soul|url=https://www.siliconera.com/capcom-heroines-have-their-biggest-crossover-in-onimusha-soul/amp/|date=March 24, 2013|access-date=May 23, 2022|website=Siliconera}}</ref> Ada also appears as a non-playable character in the tactical role-playing game ''[[Project X Zone 2]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Sal|last=Romano|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2015/10/first-look-ingrid-ryo-estelle-more-project-x-zone-2|title=First look at Ingrid, Ryo, Estelle, more in Project X Zone 2|date=October 7, 2015|website=Gematsu|access-date =May 14, 2023}}</ref> In ''[[Street Fighter V]]'', Kolin can be dressed in Ada's costume from ''Resident Evil 6''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://appvs.famitsu.com/20181121_16232/|title=【ストV AE】ジル、エイダ、ウェスカー『バイオハザード』シリーズコラボコスチュームが11月末に配信|work=ファミ通AppVS|access-date=November 24, 2018|language=ja}}</ref> On March 1, 2021, Ada was added as a playable character in ''[[Teppen]]''; before this, she was already featured in multiple cards within the game.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Joshua|last=Henry|url=https://www.thegamer.com/teppen-resident-evil-ada-wong/|title=Teppen Adding Resident Evil's Ada Wong to Its Lineup|date=February 20, 2021|website=TheGamer}}</ref> Ada also appeared in an online multiplayer [[battle royale game]] ''Knives Out'' as a costume at July 29 to August 12, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Kazuma|last=Hashimoto|url=https://www.siliconera.com/knives-out-resident-evil-collaboration-to-feature-leon-s-kennedy/|title=Knives Out Resident Evil Collaboration to Feature Leon S. Kennedy|date=July 29, 2021|website=Siliconera|access-date =May 14, 2023}}</ref> In 2022, she appears as a playable character in [[Multiplayer video game#Asymmetrical gameplay|asymmetrical survival horror game]], ''Dead by Daylight''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Blake |first=Vikki |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/dead-by-daylight-is-getting-another-resident-evil-crossover-with-wesker-wong-and-chambers/ |title=Dead by Daylight is getting another Resident Evil crossover with Wesker, Wong, and Chambers |website=[[GamesRadar+]] |date=July 31, 2022 |access-date=October 8, 2022 }}</ref> In April 2023, she appears in ''Puzzle & Survival''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/videos/puzzles-survival-resident-evil-collaboration-trailer|website=[[IGN]] |title=Puzzles & Survival - Resident Evil Collaboration|date=March 30, 2023|access-date=April 1, 2023}}</ref>
Outside the ''Resident Evil'' franchise. Ada made her first guest appearance in the browser-based social game ''[[Onimusha|Onimusha Soul]]'' (2013), where she was re-designed to fit a [[feudal Japan]] theme.<ref>{{cite web|author=Siliconera staff|title=Capcom Heroines Have Their Biggest Crossover in Onimusha Soul|url=https://www.siliconera.com/capcom-heroines-have-their-biggest-crossover-in-onimusha-soul/amp/|date=March 24, 2013|access-date=May 23, 2022|website=Siliconera}}</ref> Ada also appears as a non-playable character in the tactical role-playing game ''[[Project X Zone 2]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Sal|last=Romano|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2015/10/first-look-ingrid-ryo-estelle-more-project-x-zone-2|title=First look at Ingrid, Ryo, Estelle, more in Project X Zone 2|date=October 7, 2015|website=Gematsu|access-date =May 14, 2023}}</ref> In ''[[Street Fighter V]]'', Kolin can be dressed in Ada's costume from ''Resident Evil 6''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://appvs.famitsu.com/20181121_16232/|title=【ストV AE】ジル、エイダ、ウェスカー『バイオハザード』シリーズコラボコスチュームが11月末に配信|work=ファミ通AppVS|access-date=November 24, 2018|language=ja}}</ref> On March 1, 2021, Ada was added as a playable character in ''[[Teppen]]''; before this, she was already featured in multiple cards within the game.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Joshua|last=Henry|url=https://www.thegamer.com/teppen-resident-evil-ada-wong/|title=Teppen Adding Resident Evil's Ada Wong to Its Lineup|date=February 20, 2021|website=TheGamer}}</ref> Ada also appeared in an online multiplayer [[battle royale game]] ''Knives Out'' as a costume at July 29 to August 12, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Kazuma|last=Hashimoto|url=https://www.siliconera.com/knives-out-resident-evil-collaboration-to-feature-leon-s-kennedy/|title=Knives Out Resident Evil Collaboration to Feature Leon S. Kennedy|date=July 29, 2021|website=Siliconera|access-date =May 14, 2023}}</ref> In 2022, she appears as a playable character in [[Multiplayer video game#Asymmetrical gameplay|asymmetrical survival horror game]], ''Dead by Daylight''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Blake |first=Vikki |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/dead-by-daylight-is-getting-another-resident-evil-crossover-with-wesker-wong-and-chambers/ |title=Dead by Daylight is getting another Resident Evil crossover with Wesker, Wong, and Chambers |website=[[GamesRadar+]] |date=July 31, 2022 |access-date=October 8, 2022 }}</ref> In April 2023, she appears in ''Puzzle & Survival''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/videos/puzzles-survival-resident-evil-collaboration-trailer|website=[[IGN]] |title=Puzzles & Survival - Resident Evil Collaboration|date=March 30, 2023|access-date=April 1, 2023}}</ref>

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Ada Wong
Resident Evil character
Ada Wong in Resident Evil 2 (2019)
First appearanceResident Evil 2 (1998)
Created byNoboru Sugimura
Portrayed byLi Bingbing (Retribution)
Lily Gao (Welcome to Raccoon City)
Voiced by
Various
Motion capture
Various

Ada Wong (Japanese: エイダ・ウォン, Hepburn: Eida Won) is a character in Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by Japanese company Capcom. She was created by Noboru Sugimura as a spy who infiltrate the Umbrella Corporation. She was first introduced as a supporting character in Resident Evil 2 (1998), and became a playable character in Resident Evil 4 (2005). She is a mysterious and ambiguous spy, working for the series' villains but also constantly bailing out Leon S. Kennedy from dire situations.

Ada appears in several Resident Evil games, novelizations, films and other game franchises, including Project X Zone, Teppen and Dead by Daylight. She has been voiced by several actresses, and in the live-action films, she has been portrayed by Li Bingbing and Lily Gao. Ada has been well received from video game publications for fulfilling the femme fatale archetype, but has also been criticized as a product of the male gaze.

Concept and design

Ada was originally conceived for Resident Evil 2 as a white-coat-clad researcher named Linda who aided the player throughout the game.[7] She is an American woman of Chinese descent.[8] Game director Hideki Kamiya and other staff expressed interest to developer her into a full character, and during a staff meeting when the question arose as to what sort of character she was, developer Kazunori Kadoi randomly wrote "Ada" without much thought and it stuck as her name. Story writer Noboru Sugimura fleshed her character out meanwhile, giving her a backstory as a spy sent to infiltrate the company responsible for the zombie outbreak, Umbrella Corporation.[9] However, Ada's cutscene model was not completed on time and she was the one main character omitted from the game's cinematics.[10] She and main protagonist Leon S. Kennedy meet for the first time in the series and gradually develop a relationship as they save each other's lives over the course of the game's events, but in the 2019 remake of RE2, their relationship is more intimate. In a 2019 interview with Siliconera, Kamiya believed that the timing of their kiss was made to be earlier in the in the game "works out because it makes Ada feel more manipulative of Leon".[11] In Resident Evil 6, Ada could be unlocked by players after completing three individual character scenarios, which executive producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi believed made her storyline "more enjoyable" and enhanced her ambiguity, as "one of the themes of Ada's story is a lone spy working in secret."[12]

For the 2019 Resident Evil 2 remake, Ada's original costume of a revealing slit red dress was changed to a beige trenchcoat and large sunglasses that she wears throughout the game, as co-director Kazunori Kadoi felt that "wandering around in that dress just getting on with your job as a spy probably doesn't look as realistic and believable as we want in this new game."[13] In the 2023 remake of Resident Evil 4, Ada was redesigned with a red woolly jumper and leather holster[14] to remove her "shady" and sexualized persona.[6]

Portrayal

Li Bingbing portrayed Ada Wong in Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)

Ada is voiced by English actress Sally Cahill in Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 4, and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles.[15] Cahill described the character as "a totally hip, modern, kick-ass femme fatale who could handle weapons awesomely" and stated that she loved Ada's "resilience, her strength with still being sexy and very female".[15] In Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, she was voiced by Megan Hollingshead.[1] In Resident Evil 6, and films such as Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City and Resident Evil: Damnation, she was voiced by Courtenay Taylor.[1] Courtenay Taylor said that she felt pressure when voicing her character since it was her major debut as Operation Raccoon City was not popular within the media unlike Damnation and Resident Evil 6 and had more knowledge instead about the live-action films. However, Taylor was comforted by the staff and Matthew Mercer in regards to playing her role properly.[16] She was voiced by Shannon Chan-Kent in Puzzle Fighter[1] while Vicky Psarakis voiced her in Dead by Daylight.[2] In the remake of Resident Evil 2 (2019) Ada was voiced by Jolene Andersen.[17] Lily Gao, who had previously played Ada in the reboot film Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021),[18] voiced Ada in the 2023 Resident Evil 4 remake,[19] she became the first Asian actress in the series to both voice and portray Ada.[6] In Japanese, she was voiced by Junko Minagawa in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, Resident Evil 6, Project X Zone 2, Teppen, Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 4 remake,[1] while Rie Tanaka voiced her in Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City.[3]

Jolene Andersen provided a motion capture for Ada in Resident Evil: Damnation and Resident Evil 2 remake.[4] In Resident Evil 6, Michelle Lee provided a motion capture and said that the process was "definitely a challenge and with the amazing team they were very specific on how she moved, her specific characteristics and even how she stood still."[5] In Resident Evil 4 remake, she was portrayed by Lily Gao.[6]

Chinese actress Li Bingbing played Ada in Resident Evil: Retribution (2012), the fifth installment of the Resident Evil live-action film series. She was unfamiliar with the games beforehand but after researching them, she considered Ada's personality "very much" like her own.[20] In 2012, Li said that the character has "a big fan base" in China.[20] Producer Jeremy Bolt said fans were "very, very pleased with all of our choices [in the film], particularly Li Bingbing, who plays Ada Wong. They visited us on set last week, and they were really blown away by her."[21] The film's producer Robert Kulzer also described her as "perfectly cast", saying: "In addition to being an extremely talented actor, she's sharp, sexy and smart—all qualities that the Ada Wong character had to have."[22] During the filming, she received firearms training.[23] She complained about being cold in Ada's revealing "qipao with a high slit that flapped when the wind blew", but added, "I wanted the slit to be that high after I saw the images of Ada Wong from the game... Not that I wanted it to be that high but that was where the opening would be the most beautiful and cool."[24]

Appearances

In the Resident Evil series

Ada was an Umbrella Corporation researcher named Linda during the early development stages of the canceled sequel (popularly known as Resident Evil 1.5).[7] She makes her first on-screen appearance in Resident Evil 2 (1998), set two months after the events of the first game. In the game, she is an spy for an unnamed rival company who is sent to recover a sample of the deadly G-virus from Umbrella's lab in the zombie-infested Raccoon City. Her secret agenda is exposed, and she is seriously wounded by Annette Birkin in an attempt to save Leon.[25][26] She reprises her role in the 2019 remake of Resident Evil 2.[13]

Her next starring role is in Resident Evil 4 (2005). She assists Leon in his mission to rescue the U.S. president's daughter Ashley Graham from the cult Los Iluminados that is based in a remote area of Spain. However, her true objective is to obtain a sample of the dominant species Plaga parasite developed by the cult. She reports to the villain Albert Wesker who is now in a high position within the rival company.[27] Ada is dispatched for this mission alongside Jack Krauser who distrusts her and believes she is a threat to Wesker. She enlists the help of the researcher Luis Sera who manages to steal a sample but is then killed by the cult's leader Osmund Saddler. Ada is briefly captured and planned to be sacrificed but manages to escape. After meeting Leon, she saves him from Krauser who was ordered by Wesker to eliminate Leon. Ada destroys the cult's battleship and the Plagas-mutated Krauser and aids Leon in various ways. Eventually, she is taken hostage by Saddler, who uses her as bait to trap Leon. Leon, however, is able to free her, and Ada provides him with a special rocket launcher to destroy a mutated Saddler before escaping with a sample via helicopter.[28] In later ports of Resident Evil 4, a new scenario starring Ada as a playable character was included. Titled "Separate Ways", it depicts the events of the main game from her perspective. The fictional documentary "Ada's Report" describes her involvement with other characters in the story.[29] She also a playable character in the sub-scenario "Mercenaries" mode and "Assignment: Ada".[30] She reprises her role in the 2023 remake of Resident Evil 4.[31]

She appears as a playable character in Resident Evil 6 (2012), where she is a lone spy working in secret. Her campaign, designed to bring the answer to some of the game's mysteries, becomes available after the player finishes the stories for the main characters Leon S. Kennedy, Chris Redfield, and Jake Muller. During the course of the game, it is revealed that Ada is a former associate of the rogue National Security Advisor Derek C. Simmons, who becomes dangerously obsessed with her. Though she originally worked on her own agenda, she gets caught up in the game's events and is forced to help Leon in his mission to stop Simmons' plans.[32]

Ada also appears in other games series. Her role in Resident Evil 2 is explored in more detail in Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (2009).[33] She appears as an enemy in another Resident Evil 2 spin-off game, the non-canonical Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (2012), in which she is a playable character in its multiplayer "Heroes" mode.[34] She is also a playable character in Resident Evil Re:Verse (2022).[35]

Ada was originally intended to appear in Resident Evil Village as a "mysterious masked person" who saves Ethan Winters from the trial, but was cut from the game due to "conflicting scenarios".[36]

In films

In the live-action film Resident Evil: Retribution (2012), Ada Wong is held captive by the Umbrella-controlled Jill Valentine and teamed up with Alice to fight against Jill and Bad Rain.[37] To contrast Claire Redfield's role from Resident Evil: Degeneration, Ada Wong was picked as the returning heroine in the second computer-animated Resident Evil: Damnation (2012).[38] Kamiya initially wanted to follow the dysfunctional romance between Leon and Ada, but the idea was scrapped.[39] In Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, she only appeared in a mid-credit-scene. She was intended to appear earlier, but the director found it difficult to fit many main characters into the story.[26]

Other appearances

Ada was featured in the 1998–1999 manhua Shēnghuà Wēijī 2 ("Biohazard 2").[40] A romantic comedy retelling the story of Resident Evil 2 centering on Leon, Claire and Ada was released in the Taiwanese two-issue comic Èlíng Gǔbǎo II by Ching Win Publishing in 1999.[41] Capcom screenwriters created two Resident Evil 2 radio dramas broadcast on Radio Osaka in early 1999 and later released by publisher Suleputer as two separate CDs with the common title Biohazard 2 Drama Album.[42][43] Set a few days after the events of the game, it deals with Ada's mission to retrieve Sherry Birkin's pendant with the G-virus sample from Umbrella enforcer HUNK. Ada intercepts the delivery of the locket in the village of Loire in France, eliminating HUNK and his men. She survives an accidental T-virus leak, escapes and realizes her feelings for Leon, deciding to quit the spy business and return to him.[42] Canonically, the characters' story arcs are continued differently, as Ada keeps the pendant with the G-virus and resumes her activities as a spy.[44][45] In printed trading card media, she appears as a card in the Bandai produced game Resident Evil: The Deck Building Game.[46] Merchandise featuring Ada includes action figures, statues, and figurines.[47][48][49]

Outside the Resident Evil franchise. Ada made her first guest appearance in the browser-based social game Onimusha Soul (2013), where she was re-designed to fit a feudal Japan theme.[50] Ada also appears as a non-playable character in the tactical role-playing game Project X Zone 2.[51] In Street Fighter V, Kolin can be dressed in Ada's costume from Resident Evil 6.[52] On March 1, 2021, Ada was added as a playable character in Teppen; before this, she was already featured in multiple cards within the game.[53] Ada also appeared in an online multiplayer battle royale game Knives Out as a costume at July 29 to August 12, 2021.[54] In 2022, she appears as a playable character in asymmetrical survival horror game, Dead by Daylight.[55] In April 2023, she appears in Puzzle & Survival.[56]

Reception

File:Ada Wong in 2023 Resident Evil 4 remake.jpg
Ada's original design such as her red dress was replaced in the remake of Resident Evil 4 to avoid sexualizing its character.[6] However, she was subjected to stereotypes and received negative criticism, especially for her voice, which led to negative review bombing of the game itself.[57]

Ada has been rated by various gaming media outlets among the best female video game characters,[58][59] and best Asian game characters.[60][61] Larry Hester of Complex described Ada as the best-looking "sideline chick" in games, commenting on her resemblance to the title character of La Femme Nikita.[62] The Guardian commented that she was "extremely intelligent and often numerous steps ahead of everyone else, [and] she is never short of a sarcastic comment at the expense of slower characters."[63] Jessica Famularo of Inverse rated Ada as the third-best Resident Evil character, commenting that “her complicated story is one of the most compelling in the series, and her moral ambiguity keeps us guessing. She enters battle with an unparalleled grace, too, and kicks some butt while she's at it."[64] While Stacey Henley of TheGamer felt Ada deserved to be the focus of the then-unreleased remake of Resident Evil 4 while deeming her "the coolest character" in the series' history,[65] Play editor Gavin Mackenzie criticized her perceived "bitch" personality from the 2005 original in comparison to her characterization in Resident Evil 2.[66]

Critics commented that Ada was not oversexualized in her initial appearances and cited her as an example of the series' female characters not judged solely by gender,[67][6][68] while her relationship with Leon Kennedy has been noted as a memorable video-game romance.[6][69][70] Lara Crigger of The Escapist considered Ada "the femme fatale archetype given pixilated form", yet "a strong, feminist role model" that is "beautiful and sexual" in the mold of the existentialist philosophies of Simone de Beauvoir.[68] However, Harri Chan of Polygon wrote that Ada's ethnicity and portrayal in Resident Evil 4 relegated her to the "Dragon Lady" stereotype with "her sexualized and shady persona — along with her famous red dress".[6] In the book Unraveling Resident Evil: Essays on the Complex Universe of the Games and Films, Jenny Platz considered Ada "positively genderfluid" as "she has attributes typically associated with males, such as physical strength and intelligence, and traits typically associated with females, such as beauty and poise", in contrast to "typically 'sexless object'" characters such as Resident Evil's Claire Redfield and Rebecca Chambers, or Heather Mason from the Silent Hill series.[67] Andrei Nae, author of Immersion, Narrative, and Gender Crisis in Survival Horror Video Games, felt that Ada and fellow series character Ashley Graham in Resident Evil 4 "correspond to the submissive woman-femme fatale character couple", while the game attempted to "reinscribe Ada Wong within patriarchy" in order to "compensate for the male protagonist's incomplete hypermasculinity".[71]

The topic of the male gaze in video games has been explored in critiques of Ada.[72][73][74][75] Université de Montréal professor of cinema Bernard Perron commented that Ada's first appearance in Resident Evil 4 featured the "traditional male gaze montage" as in-game cinematics focused on her body parts and her slit dress while her identity was not revealed.[73] Matt Cundy of GamesRadar+ considered Ada's outfit unsuitable for the game's theme, calling it the "out-of-our-price-bracket Shanghai hooker" look and adding that "anyone dressing for World War Zombie in an elegant side-split evening gown, choker and high heels would have to be certifiably mental."[76] Tropes vs. Women in Video Games feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian criticized it as too revealing.[72]

Lily Gao's voicework as Ada was the center of strong fan criticism of the 2023 remake of Resident Evil 4, which resulted in the game being review bombed.[77][57][14] Gao deleted her Instagram posts after suffering online harassment,[78] then later posted a statement that read, "It is time we stop only capitalizing on the sexualized, eroticized, and mysterious Asian woman and make space to honor every kind of Asian woman. ... Ada is a survivor. She is unpredictable, resilient, and absolutely not a stereotype."[79] Conversely, Robert Zak of DualShockers thought that Ada needed more screen time.[80] Fans were also disappointed that Ada was not playable in the game's downloadable "Mercenaries" mode.[81]

Ada's appearance in Resident Evil: Retribution was negatively received. Jim Vejvoda of IGN considered her a "cipher, but haven’t we come to expect thin characterizations from this franchise by now?"[82] Chinese audiences were critical of Li's performance.[83] Xiao Mei of People's Daily claimed that "the role didn't give actress Li any chance to 'act'; all she's doing is being pretty on screen, just filling in space."[83]

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