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A Hunter is a fictional monster appearing through the Resident Evil video game series.

Hunters are bipedal reptilian-like creatures with large claws and teeth, and are noted for their loud shriek. They are actually B.O.Ws (Bio Organic Weapons) designed by the Umbrella Corporation by combining a fertilized human ovum with reptilian DNA and then implanting the T-Virus into the resulting creature.

The original Hunters (or the Alpha models, as they've been retroactively coined) appeared in the original Resident Evil, when the player returns to the main mansion after exploring the Guesthouse thoroughly, replacing many of the zombies in the mansion. First-time players are normally taken surprise by the Hunters, with their agility and resistance to regular firearms (in contrast to the slow zombies). Moreover, a Hunter is capable of killing the player's character by decapitation. As a result, the Hunters have become one of the best-known creatures in the series.

Several kinds of Hunters have appeared in virtually every Resident Evil game (with Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 4 being two of the few, if not only, exceptions), although they're considerably easier to defeat in later game due to the player being better-equipped in those titles. The Resident Evil 2 exception may be denounced completely due to a deceased Hunter 121 in the Nintendo 64 port of the game.

Types of Hunters

MA-121 Hunter Alpha

Hunter model featured in Resident Evil 0 and Resident Evil, as well as in Resident Evil: Survivor. The first successful Hunter model, the Alpha model was developed by Albert Wesker and William Birkin within the Arklay Research Facility in the Arklay Mountains. During the T-Virus outbreak in Raccoon Forest, the Hunters were released by the ressurected James Marcus to eliminate Rebecca Chambers and Billy Coen when they were in the facility. Due to their large numbers, they eventually escaped the manor and later found their way into the Arklay Mansion, where they went after the surviving members of S.T.A.R.S.

MA-121 Hunter Alpha Sweeper

Sometimes encountered in the Resident Evil Code Veronica, these creatures are identical in every way to Alphas except their purple skin, increased resistance, and their poisonous attack.

MA-121 Hunter Beta

A variation of the standard Hunter (featured in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis) based on battle data collected from the Alpha model in the Arklay mansion. These were being transported to Raccoon City, via truck, in order to obtain their final combat data before they were mass-produced. With the viral outbreak taking over town, the truck never left Raccon City, and eventualy the Hunters escaped to several city areas. One of the most notable aspects of the Beta model were their large left arm, making them left-handed. Though they are significantly quicker than the Alpha model and had an improved nervous system that helped them to evade bullets, they lack the same fighting prowess.

MA-124 Hunter Gamma

An amphibian version of the Hunter (featured in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis and Resident Evil Outbreak). Nicknamed Frogger/Blocker due to its frog-like appearance. The Gamma model has no eyes or teeth. Instead, it has a large mouth that allows it to swallow its prey whole. They were secretly being harvested in tubes within a small lab in the Raccoon General Hospital, and make their home in the watery areas of the basement of the hospital. Due to their amphibious nature, they are exceedingly difficult to transport and mantain. Therefore, the only existing Gamma models were experimental ones,as they were not mass-produced.

MA-125 Hunter R

A faster variation of the Alpha model (appearing in Resident Evil Outbreak). Similar to the Alpha mode in terms of appearances. Some of its distinguishing characteristics includes smaller claws and spikes on its back. It is thought that this Hunter variation was developed under the orders of William Birkin himself, and that the mutations come from increasing the amount of human material in their systems. Though, it is dubious this model will ever be mass-produced, as the test combat data on it was not recorded and all related data was consumed in the laboratories of William Birkin.

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