Piglet’s creepy ‘Resident Evil’ game is going viral on social media

Did you know that Piglet, Winnie the Pooh’s cowardly pig friend, starred in a kid-friendly version of Resident Evil? Several Twitter/X users are finding out about the existence of 2003’s Piglet’s Big Game, a surprisingly disturbing kids’ game released for the PlayStation 2 and the GameCube.

It all started when @jaxonloid shared one of its songs, ominously titled “Foreboding 1”, asking why this kids’ game has 11 different tracks that sound like they come from a mature horror title, like Resident Evil or Silent Hill. In a hilarious coincidence, another Twitter/X user pointed out that Akira Yamaoka sampled the same sound for a song in the recent Silent Hill 2 Remake, which prompted a flurry of memes about how Yamaoka also did the score for Piglet’s Big Game.

@jaxonloid’s post became viral, and naturally, a lot of people began trying out the game by themselves, only to find out that none of this weirdly foreboding music was accidental. In reality, Piglet’s Big Game is basically a kid-friendly version of Resident Evil, complete with fixed camera angles, empty locations and a dark atmosphere that includes elements that feel completely out of place in a Winnie the Pooh adventure. Some of the reactions to this game on Twitter/X have been equally hilarious and fascinating.

Piglet’s Big Game’s Resident Evil inspiration may be 100% intentional

French developer Doki Denki Studio made Piglet’s Big Game, and while there’s not much information about it, Philippe Codecco and Guillaume Saurel composed the soundtrack, according to MobyGames. Codecco and Saurel worked on other similar Disney games. Now we know who most likely made all this weirdly creepy music, but the only question is: Why did they do it?

Piglet’s Big Game is actually a loose adaptation of the animated film Piglet’s Big Movie, which focuses entirely on Piglet, a character who is famous for being shy and cowardly. Disney often uses him in Winnie the Pooh stories to try and teach kids how to overcome their fears, and Piglet’s Big Game was no exception.

The idea of using Resident Evil-like gameplay and dark ambiance to partially scare children in order to eventually teach them a lesson is actually quite brilliant, but, truth be told, Doki Denki Studio may have gone too far in a few places. This has resulted in an unexpectedly disturbing game that is baffling adult players, even to this day.