Last 23 February 2015, Tokyo Marui put up a "Special Archives" Page at their website. This "Special Archives" page is  about the untold story of the birth of the Samurai Edge Barry Burton Model Ver.II pistol, it's background story which also influenced the development of the limited edition airsoft gas blowback model. The development of the story is cooperation with CAPCOM and not shown in Biohazard/Resident Evil Revelations 2.

Having survived the Mansion Incident, Barry Burton is back in Revelations 2 as an advisor to the bioterrorism troops of the BSAA or the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance and his Samurai Edge Model Version I was badly damaged from the incident This is where the story starts on how the Version II model was made.

In the "Special Archives" the reader is led to two sections. The important one is the first section, which is about the story the BSAA and the development of the Samurai Edge Models, a comparison of the first and second versions of the Samurai Edge Barry Burton Model, and something that will be revealed in the near future, which for now is "Under Construction."

The story about the BSAA starts with Quint Cetcham, who is an early member of the BSAA and known for the callsign "Jackass". He is the biggest nerd in the organisation and the recognisable with the headset. In the inception of the BSAA, Cetham preached about the need to develop a dedicated equipment that can be used in both special and normal combat which bioterrorism does. The development of the Samurai Edge A1 is based on a customised M92F pistol whilst Jill Valentine's model is based on the M9A1. The M92F is a standard issue in the Raccoon City Police Department, with the STARS group having their customised "Samurai Edge" M92Fs that reflect their personalities .

Before the Mansion Incident, Barry Burton felt the 9mm lacks power and asked his friend, Robert Kendo, to make him his own custom Samurai Edge. The base gun was the M96F which fires the .40SW round. This gives the Samurai Edge Barry Burton Version 1 model more stopping power than the Samurai Edge A1.  It has a long magazine and a large compensator to reduce recoil.

Now, as Barry Burton was sent back to the U.S. as advisor for the BSAA (and hence the start of the Revelations 2 in which Claire Redfield is the main protagonist with Barry Burton's daughter, Moira, in a supporting role, Barry Burton is also the other major character in the game) he communicated with Cetcham on the need for a new Samurai Edge. Together with Cetcham, they worked on a new Samurai Edge Model in the laboratory of Cetcham from which the new Samurai Barry Burton Model Version II emerged.

For a full comparison of Samurai Edge Barry Burton Model Versions 1 and 2 click here.

The second section is the downloads section is for those who want the artwork of the Tokyo Marui Samurai Edge Barry Burton Model Version II to use on their desktop computers, laptops and smartphones. But we are indeed curious about another subsection which is "Under Construction."

The Limited Edition Tokyo Marui Samurai Barry Burton Model Version II Gas Blowback Pistol is still under pre-order, but there is pent-up demand from airsofters who are also fans of the Biohazard/Resident Evil franchise. Just a little bit more of waiting from them as its release will be in March 2015.