Resident Evil 🧟‍♀️ is so popular that even the translator acknowledges it as Biohazard ☣️ in Japanese. Which is not the legit translation of the two words combined: Resident Evil.

For those who didn't know :

Biohazard is actually the series' original title, and it likely was supposed to be called that in every other country, too.

Capcom was about to start working on marketing in the US back 1996, they realized they would struggle to get the rights for the name Biohazard. There had already been a DOS-based game called Biohazard in the US, and an American rock band also used that name. Therefore, they had to call it something else.

Someone suggested Resident Evil, as the original game took place in a mansion that was filled with evil creatures - or 'residents.' The marketing team loved it, and it beat out all the other ideas they came up with.

Therefore, Resident Evil became the official name for the series in the West, while Japan stuck with the original Biohazard title.