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Wong may be any of the following:

Name[link]

• Wong (surname), a Cantonese and Hakka surname

Businesses[link]

• WONG (AM), a radio station (1150 AM) licensed to serve Canton, Mississippi
• Wong (supermarket), a supermarket chain in Peru, founded by Chinese-Peruvians
• Wong Fu Productions, Asian American filmmaking group
• Wong Kei, London Chinatown restaurant
• Wong Lo Gat herbal tea, a Chinese herbal tea
• Long Wong's, Arizona club
• Mister Wong, social bookmarking site

Music[link]

• Won-G Bruny (born 1978), Haitian rapper

Fictional characters[link]

• Wong (comics), Marvel Comics character and manservant to Doctor Strange
• Wong Leung, a character from the PlayStation 2 game The Bouncer
• Ada Wong, female character in the Resident Evil video game series
• Amy Wong, Futurama series character
• Brad Wong, character in Dead or Alive
• Maria Wong, character from the show Braceface
• Mr. Wong (James Lee Wong), fictional Chinese detective in a series of short stories published in Collier's and later in a series of films in the late 1930s and early '40s
• Mr. Wong, character in Coronation Street
• Mr. Wong (cartoon character), icebox.com character
• Nikki Wong, character from the show 6teen
• Stanford Wong, lead character in Lisa Yee's book Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time
• Characters from the Beyblade series:
  • Lee Wong
  • Mariah Wong
• Characters from the Digimon series:
  • Henry Wong or Lee Jiang-Liang
  • Suzie Wong (Digimon)

Places[link]

• Wong Chuk Hang, an area to the east of Aberdeen on Hong Kong Island
• Wong Chuk Hang Estate, a public housing estate in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong
• Wong Chuk Hang Road, a major thoroughfare in southern Hong Kong
• Wong Chuk Hang Station, a proposed South Island Line rail station on Hong Kong
• Wong Chuk Kok Tsui, a cape in north east New Territories, Hong Kong
• Wong Chuk Yeung (Tai Po), a village in the Tai Po District of Hong Kong
• Wong Leng, section 9 of the Wilson trail in Pat Sin Leng Country Park, Hong Kong
• Wong Nai Chung Gap, a geographic gap in the middle of Hong Kong Island
• Wong Nai Chung Reservoir Park, a park in Wong Nai Chung Gap
• Wong Nai Chung Road, a major road in Happy Valley, Hong Kong
• Wong Nai Deun Tsuen, a village in the New Territories, Hong Kong
• Wong River, a river of Thailand
• Wong Shek, an area in the northern part of the Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong
• Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School, a school in Tai Po, Hong Kong
• Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong, an area in Wong Tai Sin District, Hong Kong
• Wong Tai Sin District, a district of Hong Kong
• Wong Tai Sin Temple, a famous shrine in Hong Kong
• Wong Uk Village, a village in the New Territories, Hong Kong

Other[link]

• Wong cilik, the general populace in the Javanese social hierarchy
• Wong, et al. vs. San Francisco Board of Education, et al., a lawsuit in the U.S. state of California
• Wong Fei Hung – Master of Kung Fu, a martial arts television series
• Wong Sun v. United States, a United States Supreme Court decision
• Wong Tai Sin, Chinese deity popular in Hong Kong associated with the power of healing
• "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium", an episode of the New Twilight Zone
• Jan Wong controversy, a 2006 Canadian media controversy
• The World of Suzie Wong, a 1957 novel, later adapted into a film of the same name
• To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, a 1995 American comedy film

See also[link]

• All pages beginning with "Wong"
• Huang (disambiguation)
• Wang (disambiguation)

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Ada Wong (エイダ・ウォン, Eida Won^?) is a game character in the Resident Evil series.^[1] Ada is a mysterious and ambiguous antihero figure, working for the series' villains but also helping the hero Leon. She debuted in Resident Evil 2 in 1998 and since then became one of the most popular female characters in the series, alongside Jill.^[2][3] The film version of Ada is set to appear in Resident Evil: Retribution, played by Li Bingbing.

Character design[link]

When Resident Evil 2 was still in development, Ada was known as a researcher named Linda who aided Leon across the game, but was changed for the game's final form.^[4]

Ada is voiced by Sally Cahill in Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 4 and The Darkside Chronicles,^[5] and by an uncredited actress in The Umbrella Chronicles.^[6] Cahill said that getting the part of Ada came from doing other voices for the company.^[7] Ada's costumes are her iconic red dress (including appearing with a Tommy gun^[2] in a homage reference to the 1979 gangster film The Lady in Red) and a black combat suit.

Producers of the Resident Evil live-action film series reportedly "chose her as a foundation for Alice."^[2]

In video games[link]

An American woman of Chinese descent,^[8] Ada is first mentioned in the original Resident Evil, in a letter written by a dying Umbrella Corporation researcher named John. She makes her first appearance in Resident Evil 2 (revisited in Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles), secretly working as a spy for the mysterious "organization", sent to recover a sample of the deadly G-virus from the Umbrella's lab in Raccoon City.^[9] Ada poses as a bystander who is searching for her missing boyfriend, John, when she meets Leon S. Kennedy, a rookie police officer trapped in the city.^[10] Her secret agenda is exposed, but (depending on which scenario is played) she is seriously wounded by either Annette Birkin or the Tyrant T-103.^[11] An epilogue in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis as well as a fictional documentary in Code: Veronica confirm that Ada survived the ordeal.

Ada's role in Resident Evil 2 is also explored in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. She also appears as a playable character in another RE2 spin-off game, Operation Raccoon City, in its multiplayer Heroes Mode.^[12]

Her next appearance was in Resident Evil 4, where she assists Leon in his mission to rescue the U.S. President's daughter Ashley Graham, although her true objective is to obtain a sample of the Las Plagas parasites for Albert Wesker.^[13][14] Ada appears in the game's sub-scenario "Assignment: Ada", as well as in the "Mercenaries" mode. A new scenario starring Ada, titled "Separate Ways", which depicts the events of the main game from Ada's perspective, as well as a fictional documentary titled "Ada's Report", where she describes her involvement with other characters in the story, were added to the PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii ports.^[15]

It is confirmed that she will become playable in Resident Evil 6, after the player finishes the storylines for its main characters Leon, Chris Redfield and Jake Muller.^[16]

In other media[link]

This section requires expansion.

In 2011, Li Bingbing was cast as Ada for the upcoming live-action film Resident Evil: Retribution.^[17] In the film, Ada will be held captive by Jill Valentine.^[18]

In merchandise[link]

Action figures of Ada were included in the figure sets Resident Evil 2 Platinum Edition 2 by Toy Biz (in 2002)^[19][20] and Resident Evil 4: Series 1 by NECA (in 2005).^[21][22] Hot Toys announced a 1/6 scale figure of Ada in 2011.^[23][24] A few more Ada statuettes were also released in Japan only.^[25][26] In 2011, Ada Wong was added to Bandai's Resident Evil Deck Building Game in the expansion Nightmare, described as "the card everyone has been waiting to see."^[27]

Reception[link]

Ada was generally very well received by critics. In 2007, Ada was featured by Tom's Games among the 50 greatest female characters in video game history (with a suggestion that she should be played by Kelly Hu in a live-action Resident Evil film)^[28] was ranked second on the list of top "video game chicks" by ActionTrip,^[29] and, together with Leon, she was also included in The Inquirer's list of the most memorable video game love teams.^[30] GameDaily featured her as their Babe of the Week in 2007 (described as a "gun-toting hottie" with capabilities to star in her own video game),^[31] also including her in the 2009 galleries Babe of the Week: Asian Beauties^[32] and the Girl Power (listed along with Claire Redfield, Jill and Sheva Alomar).^[33] In 2011, Complex ranked her as 19th on the list of "most diabolical video game she-villains", noting her "dragon-lady qualities."^[34] The Escapist found Ada to be an admirable feminist icon in light of the philosophies of French existentialist Simone de Beauvoir.^[35] According to Rely on Horror, "Basically, Ada could be seen as the female version of Wesker. She's a true femme fatale."^[3]

Ada has been often regarded as one of the most sexy female characters in all of video gaming. In 2008, UGO ranked Ada as fourth on their list of "videogame hotties", describing her as "drop dead gorgeous" and stating that they anticipate what the series has in store for her in the future,^[36] while GameDaily ranked her as 12th on their list of "hottest game babes".^[37] In 2009, MSN featured her in the list of "gaming's hottest babes", calling her "the kinda babe guys dream about!",^[38] Manolith listed her as one of the 25 "hottest" video game female protagonists, stating "Loyalists to Jill Valentine may cry foul, but Ada Wong is the true queen of the Resident Evil series",^[39] while IGN included her on the list of characters they would like to see returning for Resident Evil 6.^[40] In 2010, Complex ranked her as 28th of the "hottest" women in video games,^[41] The Times of India listed her among the nine "sexiest babes" of action games,^[42] and PopCrunch ranked her as tenth on the list of "hottest video game babes ever".^[43] Complex also ranked her as 24th on the 2011 list of "best looking sideline chicks in games", commenting on Ada's resemblance to Nikita from La Femme Nikita,^[44] while PSU.com featured her among the sexiest PlayStation characters, summing up: "Super hot Chinese lady killing zombies, what is not to love?"^[2]

On the other hand, there was also some criticism of the character. Play editor Gavin Mackenzie criticized her perceived "bitch" personality in Resident Evil 4 in retrospective from the events of Resident Evil 2,^[45] while GamesRadar found Ada's outfit from Resident Evil 4 to be unsuitable for the game's theme, ranking her iconic "out-of-our-price-bracket Shanghai hooker" look as the most impractical of all main outfits of the series' stars, and commenting that anyone dressing like she does to fight zombies "would have to be certifiably mental."^[46]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Ada Wong – The Resident Evil Wiki
• Ada Wong – Capcom Database Wiki