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Killer is Dead (Video Game)
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Killer Is Dead is a Hack and Slash Action Game by Grasshopper Manufacture, blending the modern action gameplay of games like Lollipop Chainsaw with a surreal world more reminiscent of Suda51's classics Killer7 and No More Heroes, although the game was actually directed by Hideyuki Shin. The game was released in Japan by Kadokawa Games on August 1, 2013 while XSEED Games released an English version in North America on August 27, 2013.Set 20 Minutes into the Future, the game follows 35-year-old Badass in a Nice Suit Mondo Zappa: a professional "executioner" commissioned to kill supernatural criminals with his trusty katana and cybernetic swiss-army-arm. As the lead operative of the Bryan Execution Firm, Mondo embarks on a psychedelic story of seduction, revenge and lunacy. | |
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Retired Badass | |
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Retired Badass: Bryan has retired from carrying out executions in the field, but still runs the agency (and will occasionally help Mondo out). | |
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Supernatural Gold Eyes | |
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Supernatural Gold Eyes: David's gold eyes, in contrast to Mondo's red eyes. | |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed | |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed: One of your clients looks suspiciously like Colonel Sanders and turns out to be an alien in the end. | |
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Gatling Good | |
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Bryan uses his Bryan Turret, which links up to his mechanical arm for a Gatling Good turret. | |
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Unreadably Fast Text | |
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Unreadably Fast Text: Each mission begins with a title sequence that includes three paragraphs of text (different for each mission,) each of which is on-screen for a second at best. | |
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Cel Shading | |
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Cel Shading: Much like killer7. | |
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Title Drop | |
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Title Drop: Whenever completing a mission, Mondo says "Killer is dead," as the goal of every mission is, well, making various killers dead. | |
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The Cameo | |
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The Cameo: Juliet Starling from Lollipop Chainsaw can be found trapped in a barrel during a mission from the DLC. | |
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Alice Allusion | |
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Alice Allusion: The first "real" execution mission is to eliminate a girl named Alice, who is dressed like the character and whose house is full of allusions to Wonderland. | |
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CharacterTic | |
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Character Tic: Mondo slicking back his hair, even though it doesn't seem to do much with his hair at all. | |
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Power Limiter | |
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Power Limiter: The upgrades for Mondo's katana, Gekkou, involve removing these: the more limiters are removed, the higher the katana's power will increase with higher combos and the less hits it takes to reach lower power levels. In gameplay terms, this translates to more damage and more elaborate combos, with lv4 adding glowing blue Sword Lines to all of Mondo's strikes and lv5 changing most of his attacks to elaborate flips. | |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall | |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: Characters casually talk about the game itself, especially in David and Mondo's first encounter. | |
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Scary Shiny Glasses | |
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Scary Shiny Glasses: When he's wearing them, Mondo's glasses are almost always reflective to the point of looking opaque. | |
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Artificial Limbs | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_1f137e42 | comment |
Artificial Limbs: Mondo's Musselback is the first and most obvious, but befitting his role as a Retired Badass, Bryan's got both an arm and a leg. | |
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With Great Power Comes Great Insanity | |
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With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: Becoming a Wire makes you pretty powerful, ditto if you were pretty strong before you got turned into one. However, the evil energy will corrupt you, robbing you of almost all sense and empathy. | |
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Aborted Arc | |
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Aborted Arc: How Mondo knew Moon River when he was a child or why Moon River denied having known him is dropped right after the reveal that those memories were real. | |
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Multi-Armed and Dangerous | |
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Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Vivian sprouts 7 pairs of additional, natural looking, arms, each holding a handgun. | |
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More Dakka | |
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More Dakka: Both Bryan and Vivienne can occasionally provide support for Mondo, and both of them provide it using this trope in different ways: Bryan uses his Bryan Turret, which links up to his mechanical arm for a Gatling Good turret. Vivienne provides cover fire with her pistols. 16 of them. | |
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Handsome Lech | |
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Handsome Lech: Mondo during Gigolo Mode. | |
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Recurring Riff | |
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Recurring Riff: Snippets of Dvorak's New World Symphony appear often throughout the game's soundtrack, including (but not limited to) the music box in Alice's house, the BGM for Episode 8, and most obviously the final battle with David. Very apt, considering a recording of New World Symphony was one of the items taken to the moon by Neil Armstrong during the first moon landing. | |
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Unicorn | |
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Unicorn: One appears throughout the game. Its name is Takeru. He claims Mondo is his master. | |
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Serial-Killer Killer | |
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Serial-Killer Killer: An assassination agency (state-sponsored, mind you) that only targets killers, hence the name of the game. | |
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Sealed Evil in a Can | |
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Sealed Evil in a Can: The Moon is a giant repository of the Earth's evil energy that is only kept in check by several massive blood gems. | |
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Heroism Won't Pay the Bills | |
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Heroism Won't Pay the Bills: State-sponsored execution (read: government-approved assassination) isn't exactly a paragon of heroism, but the protagonists save a lot of bystanders. And they never get paid enough; even though you earn millions by billing the state, in this economy, $10K isn't enough to buy two packs of gum. Episode 1: The reason why Mondo didn't get paid a fortune to save news-phenomenon Mika from a cowardly (but smart) Wire? This was David that the player was controlling, not Mondo. Episode 2: Mondo needs to kill off a former employee who has gone insane and is summoning Wires. Not much payment for executing their own. Episode 3: A painter wants his homicidally-insane neighbor executed. He can't pay the main fees because he's dead. Episode 4: Mondo fails to kill the target, though it was an obvious tie. Not bad for a rookie. So his client decides to stay at his place. Rawr. Episode 5: Dream episode. Episode 6: A talented pianist was subjected to experimentation by a corporate executive turned musician. But it turns out that her best friend was the one who requested the execution, because the shock killed said pianist. And she can't pay the bills because she's literally a bluejay. Episode 7: Bryan decides to put his former partner out of his misery. Even though the guy had manifested a fuzzy killing machine, there wasn't any real reward for killing him. Episode 8: Dream episode. Episode 9: A scientist at Area 151 accidentally activates an alien artifact, mutating him into a rampaging giant baby monster. The alien turns out to be the scientist who commissioned the job. He pays them, but the team can't pick up a miniature sun, and they consider this sun worthless anyway. Episode 10: David augments an old locomotive with excessive amounts of dark matter, turning it sentient and angry. The team FINALLY gets paid for saving the streets of Moscow from 20 tons of roaring dark-matter augmented death. Aaaand then it all goes towards buying Bryan golden robotic parts after he was injured during the mission. Episode 11: Dream episode. Episode 12: This is personal. Episode 51: A pureblooded vampire requests a hit on a halfblooded vampire who decided to get some Wire upgrades. They had a lover's spat. Mondo's spat goes off better, but Betty decides to renege on the payment for shits and giggles. | |
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Downer Ending | |
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Downer Ending: After spending the entire game fighting off the corruption within his arm, Mondo is corrupted at the last second by David's blood. The ending shows what seems to be his profile from the back repairing David's wrecked mansion with immense dark powers, both arms restored. | |
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If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him! | |
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If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him!: A major plot point is how killing Wires and Execution Targets releases varying quantities of Dark Matter. Most of it is sent to the Moon but a good quantity of it engulfs the general area, possibly infecting everyone therein if they aren't adequately shielded. Large levels of infection result in the afflicted gradually turning into Wires, gaining vast physical enhancements, but ultimately robbing them of their humanity. Ultimately, this is enforced after the Final Boss, as killing David results in Mondo getting corrupted by Dark Matter and taking his place. | |
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CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable | |
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CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable: Redeeming a Mika Ticket summons Mika to pound on Mondo's chest, kickstarting his heart. | |
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Bragging Rights Reward | |
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Bragging Rights Reward: The "Legendary Executioner" costume. It's just Mondo's suit, minus his artificial left arm, and a slightly different haircut. No powers, no hidden bonuses, no score multipliers, nothing. Just a snappy looking costume for a whopping $100,000,000! (For perspective, the average rewards for each mission range from about $30,000-$2,000,000 depending on the mission and final score, not to mention how you may end up spending much of that money on gifts and upgrades. | |
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Wounded Gazelle Gambit | |
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Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Downed Samurai Wires will immediately strike you if you attack them. | |
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Charged Attack | |
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Charged Attack: A few: With no upgrades, holding down the attack button will make Mondo charge up for a Spin Attack. Upgrades will increase the number and speed of spins and add a finisher where Mondo leaps into the air and slams the ground with his katana, causing a huge shockwave that greatly damages any enemy near him. One of the Musselback's optional alternate modes is the Charge Cannon, which is a much more powerful, chargeable blaster. An optional upgrade for the Musselback is a charge punch, which will break a guard in one hit. | |
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Bribing Your Way to Victory | |
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Bribing Your Way to Victory: You can buy XP items and moon crystals for upgrading your skills with in-game cash, but it's prohibitively expensive ($1 million each) and gets more expensive with each one you buy. | |
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Drunk on the Dark Side | |
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Drunk on the Dark Side: Most of the Execution Targets that have been "gifted" with Dark Matter. Mondo too, by the end. | |
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Armor Is Useless | |
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Armor Is Useless: Played straight with Mondo and some of the bosses but averted with the Wires as their armor actually helps protect them from Mondo's lethal Adrenaline Bursts. | |
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Author Appeal | |
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Author Appeal: An oddly shaded assassin using a katana with heavy emphasis on the moon as a symbol? That's Suda51, alright. Technically, he was only one member of the writing team, but the point is that his obsessions still remain intact. | |
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Continue Your Mission, Dammit! | |
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Continue Your Mission, Dammit!: Inverted. Throughout the game, the various beauties that Mondo has Gigolo Missions available for will call him in the middle of the main story missions to remind him to go see them. | |
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Serious Business | |
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Serious Business: Trains are a man's passion! | |
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Meaningful Name | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_6bda9a30 | comment |
Meaningful Name: Mondo means "world", and he represents the Earth in the game's cosmology. His last name is a Shout-Out to Frank Zappa, as Suda confirms here. Mondo is also the name of the protagonist of Flower, Sun and Rain, and they also resemble each other a bit. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_6c00ba30 | type |
Musical Assassin | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_6c00ba30 | comment |
Musical Assassin: Victor desires to accumulate enough of the world's sound to destroy the Earth itself and battles you using weaponized static. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_6ec03ba1 | type |
Mook Maker | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_6ec03ba1 | comment |
Mook Maker: Alice and the Dark Eyes. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8 | type |
Guide Dang It! | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8 | comment |
Guide Dang It!: Some of the additional mission bonuses required for high ranks are extremely vague in their description, and their name is the only form of ingame help you'll get. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_779009b5 | type |
Beware the Quiet Ones | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_779009b5 | comment |
Beware the Quiet Ones: Suda says that Mondo's appearance is designed to look "so frail you question whether he can actually kill anyone." | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_77a5657 | type |
Lovecraftian Superpower | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_77a5657 | comment |
Lovecraftian Superpower: What Dark Matter does to you. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_78268acb | type |
Finger-Snap Lighter | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_78268acb | comment |
Fingersnap Lighter: One of the many uses of Mondo's artificial arm. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_7885de85 | type |
MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_7885de85 | comment |
My Death Is Only The Beginning: Before he's killed, Victor tries to nail Mondo with a powerful beam of evil energy only to hit the moon instead, corrupting the satellite. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_7962aeec | type |
Relax-o-Vision | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_7962aeec | comment |
Relax-o-Vision: This happens when Bryan gets hit by the TM-551 train. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_80d875bd | type |
Naughty Nurse Outfit | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_80d875bd | comment |
Naughty Nurse Outfit: Scarlett, who also rides a giant syringe | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_82accf22 | type |
Gainax Ending | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_82accf22 | comment |
Gainax Ending: Individual episodes have them (e.g. the client was actually a bird!), and the ending cutscene of the game, although literally describable, is presented quite indirectly. After killing David, Mondo cuts his arm off. Back in Mondo's yacht on Earth, Mika cries. Moon River gives the firm a new target. Mondo is shown putting David's mansion back together, with his left arm restored. The implication is that Mondo has become corrupted by darkness, which makes more or less sense, but the boss fight he has with David beforehand is bizarre as well, confounding things further. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_8ba9512b | type |
Our Zombies Are Different | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_8ba9512b | comment |
Our Zombies Are Different: The Wires are mindless beasts that either come from or were infected by the Moon. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_8f6f3188 | type |
Swiss-Army Appendage | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_8f6f3188 | comment |
Swiss-Army Appendage: Mondo's left arm is cybernetically enhanced, and can be changed and upgraded to suit your fighting style. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_9203bf6 | type |
Arc Number | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_9203bf6 | comment |
Arc Number: Guess which? The number "51" makes its obligatory appearances: one stage takes Mondo to "Area 151", another has him fighting Tommy the TM-551 locomotive, and the DLC level is labeled "Episode 51". | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_9dd2329c | type |
Camera Abuse | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_9dd2329c | comment |
Camera Abuse: Blood splatters on the camera twice in the trailer. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_9edbda07 | type |
Elite Mooks | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_9edbda07 | comment |
Elite Mooks: First, you have your basic, unarmored Wires. Next, you have your gold-armored ones that can take more damage. Afterwards, there are the hardier and more vicious enemies that wear headdresses. Finally, there are the Wires that are protected by a high-class alloy who can only be killed via Adrenaline Burst decapitations. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_a43a691b | type |
Finishing Move | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_a43a691b | comment |
Finishing Move: Lots of them. The aforementioned Counter Shot always kills any Wire in a single hit as it's an automatic head shot and Adrenaline Burst can be use to instantly kill any non-protected enemy and is often used to finish off stronger ones when you damage them enough. There's also Judgement, which becomes available when you kill an enemy with maximum sword level and allows you to pick which type of Power-Up they drop afterwards, with a different animation for each one that also varies depending on enemy size. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_a4c37cbe | type |
Mood Whiplash | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_a4c37cbe | comment |
Mood Whiplash: The second trailer features a dying assassin having one last drink with Bryan before cutting to the Execution Agency having to contend with a grotesque and goofy alien invasion. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_a6cda066 | type |
Rule of Three | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_a6cda066 | comment |
Episode 11: Dream episode. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_ad4a45be | type |
Final Boss | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_ad4a45be | comment |
Ultimately, this is enforced after the Final Boss, as killing David results in Mondo getting corrupted by Dark Matter and taking his place. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_ad730f1d | type |
Hot Coffee Minigame | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_ad730f1d | comment |
Hot Coffee Minigame: The Gigolo Missions. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_b6e75430 | type |
Bald of Authority | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_b6e75430 | comment |
Bald of Authority: Bryan Roses, head of the Bryan Execution Firm. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_c26fae5e | type |
Casual Interplanetary Travel | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_c26fae5e | comment |
Casual Interplanetary Travel: Lunar tourism is a reality in this game. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: When confronting Hamada-Yama, Mondo tells him that he became an executioner because he woke up one day with a mechanical arm. Hamada responds that it's a good thing he didn't become a poisonous insect. The vampire Sebastian from the DLC mission turns into a demon that greatly resembles Dracula's final form from Castlevania: Bloodlines, with the main difference being that his torso consists of an entire face instead of just the crotch-mouth and he has an additional pair of wings. One of Scarlett's hiding spots in Mission 7 which takes place in Japan is inside a glowing stalk of bamboo admidst a field of them, much like Princess Kaguya in the old Japanese story The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. In Episode 11, the Russian Ministry of Defense requests that the crew execute a dark matter-tainted steam engine nicknamed "Tommy". Mondo has an epic one on one duel with David on the moon, with Dvorak's 9th blaring in the background. Y'know, that sounds awfully familiar.. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_c83a589c | type |
Luke, I Am Your Father | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_c83a589c | comment |
Luke, I Am Your Father: David turns out to be Mondo's brother. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_c83a589c | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_cb42ed9f | type |
Counter-Attack | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_cb42ed9f | comment |
Counter-Attack: Dodge Burst, Counter Smash, and Counter Shot. Counter Smash works after doing a Just Guard (pressing block when a Wire flashes red) and pressing the button prompt that appears (Y on 360/Triangle on PS3). The Counter Shot works by doing a Dodge Burst on gun wielding Wires. The last two counters you have to buy with your upgrade points. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_cf168867 | type |
The Corruption | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_cf168867 | comment |
The Corruption: Dark Matter is an energy stemming from the Moon, negatively affecting humans and creating monsters. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_d34590cf | type |
Spin Attack | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_d34590cf | comment |
With no upgrades, holding down the attack button will make Mondo charge up for a Spin Attack. Upgrades will increase the number and speed of spins and add a finisher where Mondo leaps into the air and slams the ground with his katana, causing a huge shockwave that greatly damages any enemy near him. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_dae3999d | type |
Action Bomb | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_dae3999d | comment |
Action Bomb: The Red Eyes if damaged enough with melee attacks. One of Scarlett's challenges involves killing a number of enemies using only exploding Red Eyes. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_e3b0cd87 | type |
Morality Pet | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_e3b0cd87 | comment |
Morality Pet: In the second trailer, it's said that due to all the darkness an executioner encounters in his profession, this is a must if one is not to be consumed by it. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_e7b0229a | type |
Laser-Guided Amnesia | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_e7b0229a | comment |
Laser-Guided Amnesia: Mondo doesn't actually remember getting his cybernetic arm. He also doesn't remember Takeru the unicorn that well. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_e8804a1d | type |
Bishōnen Line | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_e8804a1d | comment |
Bishōnen Line: David, in the last boss fight. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_eff83d77 | type |
Mundane Utility | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_eff83d77 | comment |
Mundane Utility: Bryan lights a cigar with his cybernetic arm. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_f711f899 | type |
Rank Inflation | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_f711f899 | comment |
Rank Inflation: Mission ranks go from C to A, and then AAA. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_f910567 | type |
This Is a Drill | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_f910567 | comment |
This Is a Drill: One of the weapons Mondo's left arm can be transformed into. | |
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Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_fc33ff16 | type |
One-Winged Angel | |
Killer is Dead (Video Game) / int_fc33ff16 | comment |
One-Winged Angel: Both David and Mondo undergo transformations during their final battle. After beating this form of David, both he and Mondo assume their human forms. | |
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