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The Umbrella Corporation's Hunters deserve to be respected...and feared.

I've hated these little green shits since Resident Evil on the PlayStation and now, I still hate these bastards.

Hunters are bipedal reptilian-like creatures with large claws and teeth, and are noted for the loud shrieking noises they make when they encounter and pursue prey. They are actually B.O.W.s (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 Guardhouse 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, relatively weaker, zombies). Moreover, a Hunter is capable of killing the player's character by decapitation (or by swallowing whole, by the Gamma Hunters). As a result, the Hunters have become one of the best-known creatures in the series.

Several kinds of Hunters have appeared in almost every Resident Evil game (with Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 4 being the only exceptions), although they're considerably easier to defeat in later games due to the player being better-equipped in those titles along with the ability to shoot leaping Hunters out of the air, something that is not possible in the original game due to technical limitations. The Licker seems to have replaced it in Resident Evil 2 and the Novistador in Resident Evil 4. The Resident Evil 2 exception may be denounced completely due to a deceased Hunter 121 in the Nintendo 64 port of the game.

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MA-121 Hunter α
Appears in: Resident Evil Ų, Resident Evil, Resident Evil Remake, and Resident Evil Survivor

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MA-121 Hunter β
Appears in: Resident Evil 3:Nemesis

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MA-124 Hunter γ
Appears in: Resident Evil 3:Nemesis, Resident Evil Outbreak, Resident Evil: Outbreak File #2

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MA-125 Hunter R
Appears in: Resident Evil: Outbreak, Resident Evil:Outbreak File #2

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Enhanced Hunter (Hunter II)/Sweeper
Appears in: Resident Evil Code:Veronica, and Resident Evil Code: Veronica X

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Hunter Elite
Appears in: Resident Evil: Dead Aim

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