

When asked in an interview for Official Xbox Magazine, the game's producer commented that "They simply couldn't find a way to fit them into the game.". Resident Evil 5 ditched the typewriter altogether, and replaced it with a more "modernized" automatic checkpoint save system.Resident Evil: Dead Aim and Resident Evil 4's typewriters can be used an unlimited amount of times.

On Normal and above, the player can only use a specific Typewriter a limited number of times.

In Outbreak File 2, Saving is unlimited but only on Easy. Ironically in Resident Evil Outbreak you can find a special item called Empty Ink Ribbon which will state that it is just an ink ribbon without any ink left in it. In the first Outbreak you must quit after you save and your save is deleted when you continue, making saving more similar to pausing as there would have to start the entire level over if you died. Resident Evil Outbreak and Resident Evil Outbreak File #2 as well as Resident Evil 4and Resident Evil: Dead Aim did not include any ink ribbons but still used a typewriter as the save point.In Resident Evil CODE:Veronica, there is always an ink ribbon right of the first typewriter and three ink ribbons per saving point (typewriter).If Resident Evil 3: Nemesis is played on Easy mode, you can get an unlimited amount, and the ink is blue while in Hard mode the ink is white.In Extreme Battle, the ink is green for everyone. If Resident Evil 2 is played on Easy mode the ink is white for both characters, while in Normal the ink is red for Claire and blue for Leon.On Real Survival Mode, the ink is blue, and on the special "Invisible Enemy" mode, it is Orange. On all difficulties the ink is white unless the player is playing on "Once Again." Mode, in which case it is green on Easy mode, white on Normal mode and red on Hard mode. In Resident Evil, if played on original, the ink is white, if played on Training, the ink is Green.If played on Normal the ink is white, and in Hard mode, the ink is red. If Resident Evil 0 is played on Easy mode, the ink is blue.
