Ada Wong (Japanese: エイダ・ウォン, Hepburn: Eida Won) is a
fictional character in the Resident Evil horror franchise by Capcom.
She is a mysterious and ambiguous antihero figure, working for the
series' villains but also helping the protagonist Leon S. Kennedy.
Introduced as a supporting character in the video game Resident Evil 2
in 1998, Ada (/ˈeɪdə/) later appeared as a player character or in
supporting roles in the video games Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil:
The Umbrella Chronicles, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles,
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City and Resident Evil 6, as well as
in the animated film Resident Evil: Damnation. Ada has been well
received and became one of the most popular characters in the series.
The live-action film series' version of Ada appeared in Resident Evil:
Retribution, portrayed by Li Bingbing.An American woman of Asian
descent, Ada is first mentioned in the original Resident Evil (1996)
set in the year 1998. A letter written by dying Umbrella Corporation
researcher John was addressed to a woman named Ada. There was an
Umbrella researcher named Linda during the early development stages of
the sequel (a version popularly known as "Resident Evil 1.5"). The
character was eventually given the full name Ada Wong in order to
provide a connection to the first game. John was infected with the
deadly T-virus during an outbreak in the Arklay Laboratory facility;
he asks Ada (who had manipulated him to steal Umbrella's secrets for a
rival company) to destroy the Spencer Mansion (the first game's
setting) and to reveal the incident to the public.Ada 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 a 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. Ada poses as
a bystander who is searching for her missing boyfriend John when she
meets Leon S. Kennedy, a rookie police officer trapped in the city.
Her secret agenda is exposed, and (depending on which scenario is
played, although the second outcome where Ada kisses Leon is canon)
she is seriously wounded by either Annette Birkin or the monster
Tyrant T-103 in an attempt to save Leon. She later drops him a rocket
launcher to defeat the T-103. An epilogue in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
as well as a fictional documentary in Code: Veronica confirm that Ada
survived the ordeal. Her role in Resident Evil 2 is explored in more
detail in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles (2007) and Resident
Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (2009). The Umbrella Chronicles shows
Ada's escape from Raccoon City, as she fights her way out and grapples
onto an Umbrella helicopter as it passes overhead. Ada 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 also a
playable character in its multiplayer "Heroes" mode. She returns in
the remake, also titled Resident Evil 2 (2019).Her next starring role
is in Resident Evil 4 (2005) set in the year 2004. Ada assists Leon in
his mission to rescue the U.S. president's daughter Ashley Graham from
the sinister cult Los Illuminados 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. 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. Ada appears in the game's sub-scenario
"Assignment: Ada", as well as in the "Mercenaries" mode. In the
PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii ports of Resident
Evil 4, a new scenario starring Ada 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. In her report, it is revealed that
she works for a different organization than Wesker's, sending him an
inferior strain and stealing the parasite sample for herself instead.
fictional character in the Resident Evil horror franchise by Capcom.
She is a mysterious and ambiguous antihero figure, working for the
series' villains but also helping the protagonist Leon S. Kennedy.
Introduced as a supporting character in the video game Resident Evil 2
in 1998, Ada (/ˈeɪdə/) later appeared as a player character or in
supporting roles in the video games Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil:
The Umbrella Chronicles, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles,
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City and Resident Evil 6, as well as
in the animated film Resident Evil: Damnation. Ada has been well
received and became one of the most popular characters in the series.
The live-action film series' version of Ada appeared in Resident Evil:
Retribution, portrayed by Li Bingbing.An American woman of Asian
descent, Ada is first mentioned in the original Resident Evil (1996)
set in the year 1998. A letter written by dying Umbrella Corporation
researcher John was addressed to a woman named Ada. There was an
Umbrella researcher named Linda during the early development stages of
the sequel (a version popularly known as "Resident Evil 1.5"). The
character was eventually given the full name Ada Wong in order to
provide a connection to the first game. John was infected with the
deadly T-virus during an outbreak in the Arklay Laboratory facility;
he asks Ada (who had manipulated him to steal Umbrella's secrets for a
rival company) to destroy the Spencer Mansion (the first game's
setting) and to reveal the incident to the public.Ada 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 a 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. Ada poses as
a bystander who is searching for her missing boyfriend John when she
meets Leon S. Kennedy, a rookie police officer trapped in the city.
Her secret agenda is exposed, and (depending on which scenario is
played, although the second outcome where Ada kisses Leon is canon)
she is seriously wounded by either Annette Birkin or the monster
Tyrant T-103 in an attempt to save Leon. She later drops him a rocket
launcher to defeat the T-103. An epilogue in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
as well as a fictional documentary in Code: Veronica confirm that Ada
survived the ordeal. Her role in Resident Evil 2 is explored in more
detail in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles (2007) and Resident
Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (2009). The Umbrella Chronicles shows
Ada's escape from Raccoon City, as she fights her way out and grapples
onto an Umbrella helicopter as it passes overhead. Ada 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 also a
playable character in its multiplayer "Heroes" mode. She returns in
the remake, also titled Resident Evil 2 (2019).Her next starring role
is in Resident Evil 4 (2005) set in the year 2004. Ada assists Leon in
his mission to rescue the U.S. president's daughter Ashley Graham from
the sinister cult Los Illuminados 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. 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. Ada appears in the game's sub-scenario
"Assignment: Ada", as well as in the "Mercenaries" mode. In the
PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii ports of Resident
Evil 4, a new scenario starring Ada 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. In her report, it is revealed that
she works for a different organization than Wesker's, sending him an
inferior strain and stealing the parasite sample for herself instead.
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