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    The Nintendo Wii is a home video game console released on November 19, 2006. The Wii's main selling point was the innovative use of motion controls that its signature Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers allowed for. It became the best selling home console of its respective generation of hardware.

    House of the Dead: Overkill IGN Review

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    #1  Edited By Dark_Link142
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    #2  Edited By ArcBorealis

    Got an Editors Choice, too. Nice.

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    #3  Edited By Al3xand3r

    Eurogamer gave it an 8/10.

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    #4  Edited By ZombieHunterOG

    looks pretty rad and that last scene of the review reminded me of the movie grind house :P

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    #5  Edited By Dark_Link142

    Yeah, it seems like a good game.

    I loved playing House of the Dead 3 back in the arcades with my friends. It was so much fun! Overkill seems like a hilarious and more gruesome version of it.

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    #6  Edited By HandsomeDead

    Looks like I finally have a reason to buy a game for the Wii. And buy some AA batteries for the Wiimote. And take the Wii out of the box. And get my component cable back of my cousin.

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    #7  Edited By Al3xand3r

    I bet you think that was entertaining, or clever. Sad.

    As as sidenote, what will the haters that jumped to make conclusions based on some foreign language rumour do now? Maybe apologise to people they insulted simply because they didn't think it was real, or that if it was, it likely wouldn't represent the game's merits? Oh, no...

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    #8  Edited By ZombieHunterOG

    The scene i was  talking about is in the trailer from 1:11-1:13 :P

      

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    #9  Edited By HandsomeDead
    '5/5 HandsomeDead continues to be a real laugh riot in the Wii topics' Just some of the praise i've been recieving from the critics. You should lighten up, Althreex.
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    #10  Edited By Al3xand3r

    Must have been out of the loop critics who haven't seen the same thing said a million times already. Nothing against jokes, but try to be creative if you really want to be entertaining, and "a real laugh riot" or whatever your goal in life, or death, is.

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    #11  Edited By GobiasIndustries

    Fuuuck that's awesome, House of the Dead 2 was so much fun when I was 11.

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    #12  Edited By Endogene

    Nice to see that it turned out well, looking forward to playing it.

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    #13  Edited By Arkthemaniac

    The Wii is having one hell of a February.

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    #14  Edited By RHCPfan24

    Looks sweet. I want the Wii-magnum that comes with it. You Aussies are lucky.

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    #15  Edited By Al3xand3r

    I'm disappointed with the frame skipping/freezing issues mentioned. House of the Dead 3 doesn't have them and actually seems to have higher quality character models and other major elements, even if it lacks things like ragdoll physics. Then there are other games that look better still and yet aren't on rails and have no issues either. It seems it was rushed out because, considering it's from the developers of Battalion Wars 1 & 2, they should have been able to achieve much better things with the Wii, it's not like they don't know Nintendo hardware. Hopefully it'll get a sequel that improves it all.

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    #16  Edited By Linkyshinks

    Awesome. I will be getting the Bang Box for certain now.

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    #17  Edited By Arkthemaniac
    Al3xand3r said:
    "I'm disappointed with the frame skipping/freezing issues mentioned. House of the Dead 3 doesn't have them and actually seems to have higher quality character models and other major elements, even if it lacks things like ragdoll physics. Then there are other games that look better still and yet aren't on rails and have no issues either. It seems it was rushed out because, considering it's from the developers of Battalion Wars 1 & 2, they should have been able to achieve much better things with the Wii, it's not like they don't know Nintendo hardware. Hopefully it'll get a sequel that improves it all."
    SEGA, I'm sure, didn't want to sink too much money into this thing. It's a very "test the waters" kind of game. f this one sells well, which I'm positive it will, the next one up will probably have amazing production values.
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    #18  Edited By Linkyshinks
    Arkthemaniac said:
    "Al3xand3r said:
    "I'm disappointed with the frame skipping/freezing issues mentioned. House of the Dead 3 doesn't have them and actually seems to have higher quality character models and other major elements, even if it lacks things like ragdoll physics. Then there are other games that look better still and yet aren't on rails and have no issues either. It seems it was rushed out because, considering it's from the developers of Battalion Wars 1 & 2, they should have been able to achieve much better things with the Wii, it's not like they don't know Nintendo hardware. Hopefully it'll get a sequel that improves it all."
    SEGA, I'm sure, didn't want to sink too much money into this thing. It's a very "test the waters" kind of game. f this one sells well, which I'm positive it will, the next one up will probably have amazing production values.
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    I get the same impression also.

    I can see this selling very well.


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    #19  Edited By Claude

    Man, I just want this game... because... I do. 

    HandsomeDead said:

    "Looks like I finally have a reason to buy a game for the Wii. And buy some AA batteries for the Wiimote. And take the Wii out of the box. And get my component cable back of my cousin."
    Welcome to the "Dark Side".
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    #20  Edited By Meowayne

    I wish my retailer would let me order the bang bang box already.

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    #21  Edited By get2sammyb

    I've had this on preorder since October. ;)

    I can't believe it's just one week away.

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    #22  Edited By ThomasP

    Should be a pretty sick game. House of the Dead is a great franchise for the Wii, and the Grind House style is a welcomed change to the series.

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    #23  Edited By SolidSnakeXV

    With the issuse it has it's still a great game for Wii, I'm happy with the game its even better with 2 players a fun ride

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    #24  Edited By Eder

    Sega and a good game in the same sentence? Hell freezes over!

    btw I'm a big Sega fan so... yeah. Really I am. Sega FTW.

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    #25  Edited By Al3xand3r

    So you haven't heard of things like Valkyria Chronicles which were even in-house? Or their other publishing deals like the Total War franchise? SEGA's been doing great, in house productions suffered a little, and several still do, but they're doing many good things.

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    #26  Edited By Eder

    Yeah VC is great, I don't have a PS3 yet but I got the game for my cousin. Sega has been doing Ok. Looking foward to Phantasy Star 0 and Portable, Madworld and Sonic's genesis collection. My point was, Sega has been well... *cough*SonicUnleashed*cough*.

    I add this game as well to my wanted list.

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    #27  Edited By Al3xand3r

    That's only one of their many teams, and one that's been notorious for ages now, and they're not even in SEGA Japan anymore.

    Also, Yakuza.

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