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Wii House of the Dead lives...cheaply! photo

Hamza recently told us that the poopy-looking House of the Dead 2 & 3 combo is coming to the Nintendo Wii, and now we see that this remake will be sold at a fair asking price.

Sega knows that you can only ask so much for an old game, and if it happens to be a poopy-looking Wii port, then full price is out of the question. According to EB Games, this title, called House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return, will sell for a non-poopy $30. 

A mere $30 isn't bad for two classic 2-player arcade games, and perhaps it will make you feel a bit better abour your Wii Zapper purchases. Hell, I've dropped more than $10 in quarters into a House of the Dead 3 arcade cabinet on several occasions, so this could actually be looked at as a money-saving opportunity for those who do the same. 








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Das Inchworm's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 09:47
Das Inchworm
30$ still seems kind of steep. I would buy this if my wii starts to collect dust but, after brawl comes out, it won't.
catsithx's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 09:51
catsithx
It seems like good price since there are no other real games for the zapper now
cannedpasta's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 09:53
cannedpasta
$30 is an awesome price for HotD 2 & 3
Excel-2011's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 10:02
Excel-2011
Now they need to get the Virtua Cop series and Confidential Mission Force to follow and I'll never have to buy another game for months.
baphomet_irl's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 10:12
baphomet_irl
I would say that the Wii would easily be able to do a decent job of both of these House Of The Dead's graphics. Much as I love the Dreamcast, the Gamecuebe and Wii are graphically superior, so House Of The Dead II shouldnt be hard to match. The Wii is also more than capable of matching the XboX (Chihiro board) for House Of The Dead III.

(IMO ;) )
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 10:24
Aaron Mxy Yost
I agree with this price. I also agree with The-Excel.
Riser Glen's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 10:38
Riser Glen
I know that the Wii is getting called out for being a port dumping ground, but I was actually hoping for something like this. Simple arcade fun = more fun with friends.
gorramscott's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 10:41
gorramscott
I can't really argue with the price and HOTD is a good arcade series and if it's zapper fodder then it's fine by me.
Turtule Soup's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 10:43
Turtule Soup
Now all we need is area 51. Or that awsome jurassic park game.
flabzilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 10:49
flabzilla
Hopefully £20 in the UK.
crackity jones's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 10:54
crackity jones
I think this is way awesome. I still am wanting to get a zapper and Ghost Squad and RE: Umbrella Chronicles. Now if we could just get Time Crisis games!
Terror Player's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 10:58
Terror Player
Yeah, Lost World would be definitely turn the Wii into the smallest arcade monster in the house... of the DEAD!!

$30 bucks is a steal for two great games, more so considering Sega will most surely include N number of special modes for tacked on but welcome replay value. Can´t wait for this game...
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 11:04
Aaron Mxy Yost
Woo! Can we have some Zombie Bikini Island?
KamikazeTutor's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 11:39
KamikazeTutor
This is a fun game to play with your friends and laugh out loud at the lousy cut scenes and voice acting.
Amayirot Akago's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 11:56
Amayirot Akago
Awesome, now I can finally do some serious co-op zombie blasting with my buddy.
Maurice Tan's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 12:12
Maurice Tan
$30 bucks aka 30 pounds and 50 euros :(
ShadowXOR's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 15:14
ShadowXOR
How are there no games for the Zapper? Umbrella Chronicles is fantastic and a long ass game. Ghost Squad is short but has online leaderboards and is fun as hell. The thing JUST came out and we already have two good games for it. I didn't like Crossbow Training but a lot of people do.
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 16:22
Bob Muir
I still don't understand why House of the Dead 1 isn't included on here.
F Whipple's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 16:28
F Whipple
Hmmm...I may have to pick this one up
Gavin's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 16:31
Gavin
The Wii is the perfect console for suckers...uh, I mean people who are really into overpaying for old games that they probably already paid for sometime in the past.
Lord The Night Knight's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 16:55
Lord The Night Knight
I wonder if a uwe boll zombie will be a bonus in the game.
Gamechamp's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 17:29
Gamechamp
If it's the Dreamcast version of House of the Dead 2, it's totally worth it. Original Mode pwns all.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 18:57
Kyousuke Nanbu
2 arcade ports with no improvements?

$20 would be the right price but Wii owners will probably buy it since they don't much to choose from on the little shit machine.
Hexen525's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2007 19:58
Hexen525
Poopy-looking, I love it. The original Xbox was still prolly more powerful than the Wii. Both games looked good when they were released, and still better than most all Mario games to date.
Burnt Meatloaf's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2007 04:21
Burnt Meatloaf
Well, shucks! Let's all celebrate that they didn't completely redesign the game to actually take full advantage of the system! At least we get a half-assed game for, uh, more than half price!

Gee, maybe PSOne games should cost $30 instead of $6. Maybe the whole world should stop developing new games altogether, especially for those newfangled, totally revolutionary systems.

Ah, who am I kidding? There's no such thing as standards, anymore.
Terror Player's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2007 12:14
Terror Player
Let us hope that the succeed of this game encourages Sega to release at least HotD 4 on the Wii. It lends itself perfectly
moeman's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2007 14:12
moeman
Why is everyone complaining about the price point of these games? At least they're not pulling a Square Enix and charging $30 for a handheld port of the same game they released 10 years ago. And $30 is totally worth it for the hilarious voice acting. Who can forget "G's bloodstains...." and "Suffer like G did?" Good times.
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