The World is now called “The Universe” in-game, in order to avoid copyright issues.Ĭompared to its Alternate Universe counterpart, The World focuses on close range combat, having two barrages and a Stand Jump for extra mobility with some slight range capabilities with its knife throw. This Stand is capable of stopping time itself for a limit of 5 seconds (9 when Dio drinks Joseph's blood) This Stand is obtainable from an arrow with a 1.5% chance, making it one of the rarest Stands in-game. The World is the Stand of the main antagonist of Stardust Crusaders, DIO.
Its power far exceeds most Stands and is equal to the previously mentioned Star Platinum. ↑ Interview: The House of the Dead", Sega Saturn Magazine, issue 23, September 1997, pages 58-63.The World is a close-range power type of Stand like Star Platinum.
Archived from the original on April 19, 2020. "Website of the Dead’s Exclusive Interview with Takashi Oda" (English). Archived from the original on March 20, 2020. "How Sega Created Bosses For The House Of The Dead 4". House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn 's International version uses "the" before the boss names, while the Japanese version omits the determiner.However, Magician from The House of the Dead 4 Special lacks the determiner. The weak point diagrams from The House of the Dead 4 use "the" before the names of the Lovers, the Empress, the Star, and the World.The exception is Gary Stewart from The House of the Dead 2, who says "You're the only one who's gonna get defeated, Magician!" The weak point diagrams in the first three games name the bosses without "the", but several characters refer to Magician, Emperor, and Wheel of Fate with it.
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The bosses of the mainline House of the Dead series have been inconsistently referred to either with or without the determiner "the" before their names.Additionally in 4, Temperance's name is referenced (though not fully spoken) by James with the line "Temper this, buddy!".Thornheart also does this in The House of the Dead 4: Special. In III, both Curiens call Wheel of Fate by name.Emperor's name is mentioned numerous times by Magician, Goldman and later by Emperor himself after his awakening.Magician is called by name in 2 when playing alone as Gary Stewart, and by Dr.Magician, Emperor and Wheel of Fate are the only bosses whose names are spoken in-game rather than only shown as text.Bosses fought multiple times in both the main series and spin-offs include Justice, the Empress, the Star, the Lovers, and the World, all of whom appear in 4 and Loving Deads: The House of the Dead EX.Other bosses fought multiple times include Justice from 4 and Special, and Chariot and Hangedman, which both appear in the original game and Scarlet Dawn.Magician has the most appearances in the series: he is fought in the original game, 2, and 4 Special, and is depicted as a bonus item in III and 4.Tower's blue hydra lacks the ability to detach itself once the other four are defeated.Hierophant lacks the ability to summon Mofish.Hangedman's final charge attacks are gone.Some returning in said "boss rushes" often have altered attack patterns:.Hermit and Strength are the only exceptions. The first two House of the Dead games feature "boss rush" segments in the final stages: earlier bosses must be fought again.As of Scarlet Dawn, the Devil is the only major arcana Tarot card that hasn't been used in the series.Believing that players would struggle finding the boss weak points on their own, AM1 chose to show the weak points before each fight. AM1 has also sought making each boss fight unique. The House of the Dead developer Sega AM1 prioritized visual individuality for the bosses they are considered among the "main characters" of the games. Two of his creations - Magician and Wheel of Fate - were to control the forces of life and death the former remained in incubation until AMS agents Thomas Rogan and G confronted Curien in his laboratory. They were the macabre results of his obsessive research to cure his terminally-ill son, Daniel, and were unleashed upon fellow researchers out of insanity. In the original game, all bosses were created by geneticist and DBR Corporation research director Dr. List of bosses Main series The House of the Dead / Remake 1.2.3 Loving Deads: The House of the Dead EX.1.2.1 The House of the Dead: Overkill / Extended Cut.