Silloin joskus ensimmäisellä Playstationilla Resident Evil 3: Nemesis oli tarkoitus julkaista ilman järjestysnumeroa. Sony kuitenkin halusi suoran jatko-osan menestyneelle Resident Evil 2 -pelille, joten numero tarvittiin. Tämän seurauksena se järjestysnumero otettiin pois oikealta jatko-osalta Resident Evil - Code: Veronica.
Resident Evil -sarjan isää Shinji Mikamia pääsi haastattelemaan Archipel, jonka mukaan Resident Evil 3 ei ole laadultaan sitä parasta mahdollista.
"The company asked us to make it a numbered title. So we had to change it so it could satisfy more players, that was tough. In the end, it is a numbered title of the Resident Evil series, but the quality is a bit on the lower end.
On the other hand, Resident Evil - Code: Veronica, which isn't a numbered title, that game is a title that deserved more to be a numbered one. It didn't end up becoming one for political reasons between Capcom and the console manufactoring company."