Talk:The House of the Dead III

Addition
Whether Sophie dies or not is one of three alternative "endings" displayed after the Credits in the First game. These endings are triggered by the scoring and the Ammount of continues.

i.e. if continues are = 0 (the number of continues is displayed as the last digit of the score, it adds 1 point for every continue) low score gives the Sophie-Zombie ending. A high score with a number of continues different from 0 gives you an ending with Sophie thanking you. A low score with cotinues different from 0 displays just a pic of the mansion.

It isn't really clear wich one is canonical (and anyway both games had different development teams working on them).

~ g_z

Can you elaborate on this a little, because the only two endings I ever got were the mansion shot and the zombie Sophie shot. How exactly do you get the sophie thank-you ending? TomStar81 03:36, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Taken from Gamewinners: Normal ending: Just complete the game.

Sophie is a zombie: Complete the game where the total number of continues remaining ends in a zero. If two players are playing, add the remaining continues of each player.

Sophie is alive: Complete the game with a score of at least 62,000 points.

This is a picture from the good ending:

http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/house-of-the-dead/screenshots/gameShotId,6348/ (Galvy 12:02, 24 May 2006 (UTC))

This is House of the Dead 1...not 3...?

The?
The other three arcades are titled simply "House of the Dead." Does the arcade cabinet really say "The House of the Dead"? - Hbdragon88 07:03, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
 * The screenshots and box cover shown on the Mobygames site show "The" in the title. -- MisterHand 16:16, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I just checked GameFAQs. It seems that "The" is in the title of all four games.  I think we should move "House of the Dead 2" and "House of the Dead 4" to their correct titles.  Does anybody disagree? - Hbdragon88 19:11, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
 * While we're retitling articles, we should probably make the numerals consistant. Some articles have arabic numerals, some have roman numerals. -- MisterHand 20:09, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, that's because that was how it weas titled on the arcade cabinet. It's House of the Dead III.  It's the official game title. - Hbdragon88 20:42, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
 * What I'm saying is that we should be consistant. Unless some of the games were in fact labeled with arabic numerals. -- MisterHand 20:53, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

James Taylor-Dan Taylor?
Who the hell put this in? At best, it's fan speculation. Plus, the last part is also purely opinionistic. The zombie commando Miniboss was the guy who was killed at the beginning, the last commando was the nameless one aside from Rogan and Dan, presumably. This mini boss only appears in the final stage. 220.237.16.234 11:07, 20 October 2006 (UTC) Why is it back?220.237.16.234 11:07, 20 October 2006 (UTC) ---

Alright, I've stopped just deleting it. Now SOMEBODY give me a reason why it should stay there. Someone deleted my request for a Citation.220.237.16.234 09:45, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Zombies Names
I noticed after I gave the zombies "proper" names, it has been changed. Is there evidence that the new names such as "Mark" are correct? Sega never gave zombies (not bosses) names expect for those of HOTD2 (toy collections). Droideka88 01:08, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, if you get HOTDIII on Xbox, some of them have names, such as Azteca (iron girder carrier), Charles (fatso) Ebitan (Slime), Kageo (bone zombie), raymond (chainsaw), frederick (knife throwers) etc... 220.237.16.234 10:57, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

I suppose although the names I came up with were those that related to their appearances or dictionary words that would perfectly describe these zombies even more. I have to purcahse HOTDIII for the PC to see if they have names too. Personally I don't like some of the names mentioned above because they sound more like the names of the developers. What's up with Charles? The name is too proper to be used for a hugh zombie. I would call it a "Blob" since that word describes everything about the fat zombie itself. How about this? Why don't we accept our views of each zombie and name zombies like Ebitan/Grudge together. Would that be better?Droideka88 00:49, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Ok Benten since you feel that we shouldn't have a Zombie section, would you at least mind if there was another article specifically meant for Zombies? Also, would you mind if I ever purchase HOTD3, can I unofficially name these zombies in a way I feel is "accurate"?68.190.209.93 22:31, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

There wouldn't be a point, there isn't enough enemies to make a substanial article. It's not like each one has a specific weakpoint, and most of them have no special abilities anyway. And why do we care what you call the zombies? 220.237.16.234 08:34, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Actually there is a point. Most zombies appear different and show different skills in order to kill their foes. Most have little specific weakpoints but throughout all HOTD games, most zombies have been used over while others have been no longer used or revised differently. Furthermore, I would not see a problem if there was a new article about the HOTD zombies. The reason I have them some "awkward" names was that it sounded more appropriate for zombies than English names. Think about it. What if some fans didn't like Sega calling their zombies with proper names?? Droideka88 08:33, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

As Benten has put before, Wikipedia isn't a games resource. Unless they're "plot relevant" or have some significance, the article will be short and almost useless. You could try if you wanted to, but it'll be nominated for deletion pretty fast. 219.78.223.214 11:41, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Personally, I think that putting in the alternative endings of all the games is plot relevent, seeing as any of them could be canon (except Sophie as a zombie). The site used to have the endings, but they've been deleted. I personally thought they belonged here. I'm also beginning to believe that G is becoming HOTD's version of Time Crisis' Wild Dog, seeing as he's been in every game even if it is just a cameo. I have a feeling he'll end up being a main character in HOTD5, especially considering how he has an unclear background.Silver Fang 09:18, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Speak up a bit,sonny?
What was that zombie miniboss saying as he got up after bieng shot?sounded like "That was for my brothers"   ATROCITY1313     (Contact me)

I honestly thought he said "that was for my face" which was really random. But then, I don't think we're supposed to know what he says. Just leave it out.

211.30.212.36 14:26, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Questionable gameplay

 * A new concept of the series comes in the form of a "Cancel" bar. In previous installments, players would shoot the bosses' weak point once to stun the attack. In this game, players must repeatedly shoot the weak point to stop the attack.

As I recall, all HOTD games have had this concept. Once you shot them enough, they would retreat, otherwise they'd sling you. Isn't this game just different in the fact they explicitly show you the weak point while battling? hbdragon88 00:18, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Not entirely. With the majority of the bosses in HOTD1&2, shooting their weak point once would completely cancel out their attack or stun them (Chariot, Hermit, Magician's 2nd attack where he teleports left and right then strikes, Judgment, Heirophant, Tower, Strength). But there are some bosses who have to be shot several times to stun them and cancel out their attacks (Hangedman flying around then swiping you, the Emperor's final attack). Other times, namely with the Magician and Emperor's other patterns, shooting them doesn't cancel out their attacks but effectively weakens them. Sestren NK 04:33, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

But while we're on the subject, I strongly believe the inclusion of the "cancel" bar was burrowed from the 2000 Sega/Namco arcade shooter "Vampire Night". All of the bosses in that game were fought similarly to those in HOTD3, even sharing a similar if not exact interface. Weak point, cancel bar and all. Sestren NK 04:32, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Theory
This is a theory I've heard on who the limping man at the end of the game (one of 4 endings) is. Some fans say that if he isn't a new character, than he is likely Harry from the second game, based on the fact they dressed similar and that he was wounded, which may explain the limp. Should this be mentioned in any wa? DarkLordofSith (talk) 00:20, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

In short, no. --86.164.34.48 (talk) 22:47, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

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