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House of the Dead 2 & 3 is officially coming to the Wii -- Looks like poop

10:20 PM on 11.16.2007, Hamza CTZ Aziz 35 comments

House of the Dead 2 & 3 is officially coming to the Wii -- Looks like poop photo
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According to Spanish gaming site, Revogamers, (thank God I learned how to read Spanish with my DS) House of the Dead 2 and 3 is coming out for the Wii early next year. Kotaku backs this up with the official press release they got from Sega too (which is after the jump). The game is officially going to be called House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return, will use the Wii Zapper and you can check out some of the screens at Revogamers.

It's bad enough that the Wii is flooded with PS2 ports but at least those games look somewhat good. I really have a hard time believing that these are the actual graphics that we will be seeing for this game. Then again, there has been worse crap on the system that people seemed to have adored

SEGA ANNOUNCES THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2 & 3 RETURN FOR THE Wii

Horror Arcade Game to Bring Non-Stop Shooting Action

SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (November 15, 2007) - SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced that THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2 & 3 RETURN™ is coming to the Wii™ home video game system from Nintendo. Combining two arcade games, THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2™ and THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD III™, this new compilation gives gamers the full arcade experience of battling hordes of rabid zombies in the comfort of their homes.

In THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2 & 3 RETURN, players will be able to play both versions of the game, battling the relentless attack of the blood thirsty zombies with steady aim and a quick trigger finger. Utilizing the innovative new Wii Zapper™ or the Wii Remote™ and Nunchuk™, players will experience branching storylines with over six game modes including Arcade Mode and Time Attack modes that will test their shooting skills. THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2 & 3 RETURN features an engaging single-player campaign, plus a co-op multiplayer mode for up to two players for countless hours of zombie shooting action.
"THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD franchise has been revitalized for today's gamer looking for non-stop shooting action on the Wii," said Rick Naylor, Director of Marketing, SEGA of America, Inc. "This will take gamers back to experience the celebrated first-person arcade shooter that was so popular in the late '90s."

THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD franchise is famous for its heart-pounding pace, astounding visual details and vast armies of unique enemies. Blasting through legions of grotesque zombies and mutated monsters, players eventually face-off against mammoth boss creatures that will test the accuracy and skill of every Wii gamer.


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AndyCat's Avatar
AndyCat at 11/16/2007 22:22
"Looks like poop"

that it does...


...that it does
ShawnKelfonne's Avatar
ShawnKelfonne at 11/16/2007 22:28
But the graphics for House of the Dead 2 always looked like poop. I'm sure it's just going to be a direct port.
flabzilla's Avatar
flabzilla at 11/16/2007 22:29
If it's anything above £20 then it's a big no buy.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 11/16/2007 22:34
House of the Dead games have always looked like poop. And static screenshots tend to make these games look much worse than they do in motion. Better be a budget title though.
Boolean's Avatar
Boolean at 11/16/2007 22:35
How old is HotD2? Of course it's going to look like poop.
FrankHowley's Avatar
FrankHowley at 11/16/2007 22:39
it looks even worse than it did 6 years ago
DonWii's Avatar
DonWii at 11/16/2007 22:47
Elebits was very good.

Speaking of poop, people are asking for the original HotD. Do they really want worse visuals than these?
Lord The Night Knight's Avatar
Lord The Night Knight at 11/16/2007 23:07
Sorry, but unless the games are enhanced remakes, AND they look like that, this is not a legit complaint about the game.
Some Jerk's Avatar
Some Jerk at 11/16/2007 23:07
Old games look old. Alert the internet.

Also, is it just me or does that post to the direct left of the chainsaw weilding smurf with a shrunken head look oddly well-textured?
kevinski's Avatar
kevinski at 11/16/2007 23:09
God, I was hoping for HotD4. Still, HotD2 and HotD3 will do. As for bitching about the graphics, c'mon...it could've been much, much worse: We could've gotten HotD(1).
BenHaskett's Avatar
BenHaskett at 11/16/2007 23:49
kevinski, hod4 is going to the ps3 instead. it was a little hard for me to believe at first, but hod4 is a little too advanced for wii's hardware.
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madninja at 11/17/2007 00:04
I said it before and I say it again, if they aren't bundled, no sale.
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Gamechamp at 11/17/2007 00:08
Unless this is going to have extra features, then it'll just be a port of the Xbox House of the Dead 3 (in which the main attraction was actually the full Dreamcast version of House of the Dead 2 as an unlockable, House of the Dead 3 was just some random filler, pretty much).

Except it'll be even worse, because if it's on the Wii they won't even bother with a light gun. Light gun > mouse aiming.
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DarkTetsuya at 11/17/2007 00:15
@Gamechamp:

You... do know the wiimote doubles as a lightgun, right? (See also: Ghost Squad -- granted I haven't checked it out yet.) I think it's safe to say it'll play just fine.
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The-Excel at 11/17/2007 00:20
My god...
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SourGr8pes at 11/17/2007 00:47
I just came in from the ceramic throne, and yes, I can verify that it does indeed look like poop.

Maybe I just need to eat better...
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 11/17/2007 01:29
I'm really hoping the controls work well, since I've been meaning to grab them for other consoles and I know that conventional light-guns aren't going to work forever with new HDTVs and stuff. That will be the deciding factor for me. Also, why no House of the Dead 1?
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Spooky Electric at 11/17/2007 01:39
Wow. What is this, a Sega Saturn port?
I have House of the Dead 2 on Dreamcast and I KNOW it looks better than this.
Dyson's Avatar
Dyson at 11/17/2007 02:11
for heaven's sake, that pic is house of the dead 2. of course it looks like ass. house 3 is awesome.
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Dr Milkdad at 11/17/2007 02:15
House of the Dead 2 looks pretty much the same (shitty textures and all). House of the Dead 3 looks like ass.... I think.

Didn't HOTD3 on xbox come with HOTD2 as a unlockable?
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Burnt Meatloaf at 11/17/2007 04:15
Simple solution: stop being cheap and making crappy ports.

No, wait. That doesn't work. People still buy it. It really is the customer's fault in the end.

Anyway, my biggest complaint about Elebits was not that it looked underwhelming, but that it had major framerate issues, too. Come on, regardless of hardware power, there's no excuse for games to run at less than 60 FPS. I wonder if HOTD will fall into that pit, too.
Tron Knotts's Avatar
Tron Knotts at 11/17/2007 05:45
Sega does this but leaves the DS utterly Seaman-less?

Is there a god?
vandamguy's Avatar
vandamguy at 11/17/2007 08:38
proof that you don't have to try hard to impress the casual gamer.
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twentythoughts at 11/17/2007 08:55
HotD2's appeal is not in the graphics. It's in the insane Engrish voice acting.

"Don't come! Don't come!"
Phist's Avatar
Phist at 11/17/2007 09:23
It's still gonna win. Don't poopie hate.
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Terror Player at 11/17/2007 11:33
But they“re ZOMBIES!!! WTF more dou you want. While the obvious zombie shooter is Umbrella Chronicles, the actionof HOTD was always more frantic.

Quite probably it“ll be cheap price, lije Ghost Squad. I am going for this... ah, my high school...
The-Excel's Avatar
The-Excel at 11/17/2007 14:32
@Graphics nitpickers: There was nothing we could do...

Also Typing of the Dead better come back on Wii somehow.
Def JM's Avatar
Def JM at 11/17/2007 15:49
World Famous hahaha!
Terror Player's Avatar
Terror Player at 11/17/2007 16:44
Besides, it looks bad because by porting the game to a system with more lines of resolution makes it look chopped up. In other words, and quite ironicallu, the Wii is so good the game looks bad.
streetmunster's Avatar
streetmunster at 11/17/2007 20:53
doesnt have to look awesome to be fun. if they can match the feel of the arcades then im all for it.
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Holyetheline at 11/18/2007 09:19
stfu i love elebits
hippiepieces's Avatar
hippiepieces at 11/24/2007 13:34
Sega brought this out for their arcade fans. Obviously your not going to get it if you weren't a fan of it in the first place. If Nintendo would just release a hard drive and put arcade games on their VC there wouldn't be this problem...
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