Based on the same-titled shooter modes featured in earlier Resident Evil games, 2011's Mercenaries for
nintendo 3DS swaps the series' survival-horror pacing for action-driven, seek-and-kill missions. The game is composed of stages taken from Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil 5, revamped for the Mercenaries style of play. The main objective in each stage is to destroy as many zombie-like enemies as
possible, before a time limit expires.The Mercenaries may be played from an up-close, over-the-shoulder view, as in the standard Resident Evil console games, but a first-person shooter perspective is also available. Players' characters can shoot