All these comments asking Capcom to stop pushing Chris on us or to have Leon punch Chris make me smile. Not because I don't agree with them, I too much prefer Leon as a character. It's just that it wasn't always this way. When RE2 first came out, people were all like; who the fuck's this male protagonist who isn't Chris? Then the N64 version rolled out with Chris guest starring in the mercenaries minigame, and people were overjoyed. When Code Veronica announced Chris was returning as a major character, people flipped with excitement - check reviews from the time, several of them make a point of celebrating that Chris, rather than Leon, had returned.
And now here we are, not all that much later when you think about it, shaking our fists at Capcom for daring to include Chris in a Resident Evil game, consoling ourselves with the fact that Leon, at least, co-stars.