History YMMV / DeadRising3

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: The situation with the "Illegals" is analogous to the illegal immigrant debate in the U.S. If the name isn't an obvious tip-off, Illegals are incorrectly blamed by the more {{Jerkass}} characters for the zombie problem plaguing the Los Angeles stand-in, and are used as a scapegoat by higher ups in the government. Furthermore, Nick Ramos, who is on the Illegals' side is a Central American immigrant.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XjrTV6M84c Jherii's Theme (Blow by Blow)]], a BadassBoast in the form of an agressive heavy metal song.

** Harry "Zhi" Wong, the Psychopath representing the sin of Wrath, is an AxCrazy murderer filled with UnstoppableRage, but also styles himself as an OldMaster WarriorMonk whose fight is an intense struggle against his long BladeOnAStick.

* SpiritualLicensee: An AffectionateParody of an existing work?, wide open, objective-based stages with powerups?, a relatively simple combat system with light attacks, strong attacks, and supers?, the ability to mow down armies of enemies easily?, multiple playable characters?, multiplayer support? Are you sure Super Ultra Dead Rising 3' Arcade Remix Hyper Edition EX + α wasn't originally a VideoGame/DynastyWarriors clone?

* DevelopmentGag: [[https://www.filmsjackets.com/image/catalog/dead-rising-3-chuck-greene-jacket/chuck-greene-jacket.jpg Chuck Greene’s jacket]] in this game is very similar to [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/deadrising/images/f/f9/ChuckFrank.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100502012312 one of his earlier jacket designs]] from the development of ''VideoGame/DeadRising2''.

* {{Retcon}}: According to the first game, the twelth and forty-ninth of Carlito's orphans are Lisa Jackson and Johann Collins. Here, they are [[spoiler:Nick and Diego.]]

* ConflictBall: A large part of the plot could have been avoided if [[spoiler: Chuck]] had introduced himself as Annie's [[spoiler: father]], removing a huge conflict. Annie wouldn't have run. Nick would have cooperated with Gary. Everything would have been better with simple communication that they had no reason to not give this critical piece of information. Verges on CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot.

* Retcon: According to the first game, the twelth and forty-ninth of Carlito's orphans are Lisa Jackson and Johann Collins. Here, they are [[spoiler:Nick and Diego.]]

** [[MadDoctor Albert Contiello]] is a sadistic surgeon who represents the sin of {{Greed}}. [[OpportunisticBastard Contiello sees the outbreak as a chance to harvest peoples organs freely for the sake of profit]] and takes to abducting survivors and performing surgery on them without anesthetic]] to [[OrganTheft harvest their organs for the black market]]. When he captures [[PlayerCharacter Nick Ramos]], Contiello drugs him with a hallucinogenic that makes him hallucinate the other four survivors as clones of Albert, making it difficult for Nick to not injure or kill them accidentally.

** [[MadDoctor Albert Contiello]] is a sadistic surgeon who represents the sin of {{Greed}}. During the outbreak, [[OpportunisticBastard Contiello takes to abducting survivors and begins performing surgery on them without anesthetic]] to [[OrganTheft harvest their organs for the black market]]. When he captures [[PlayerCharacter Nick Ramos]], Contiello drugs him with a hallucinogenic that makes him hallucinate the other four survivors as clones of Albert, making it difficult for Nick to not injure or kill them accidentally.

** [[MadDoctor Albert Contiello]] is a sadistic surgeon who represents the sin of {{Greed}}. During the outbreak, Contiello takes to abducting survivors and begins performing surgery on them without anesthetic to [[OrganTheft harvest their organs for the black market]]. When he captures [[PlayerCharacter Nick Ramos]], Contiello drugs him with a hallucinogenic that makes him hallucinate the other four survivors as clones of Albert, making it difficult for Nick to not injure or kill them accidentally.

** [[MadDoctor Albert Contiello]] is a sadistic surgeon who represents the sin of {{Greed}}. During the outbreak, Contiello takes to abducting survivors and begins performing surgery on them without anesthetic to [[OrganTheft harvest their organs for the black market]]. When he captures [[PlayerCharacter Nick Ramos]], Contiello injects him with a hallucinogen that makes him hallucinate everyone around as Contiello, putting other innocent survivors at risk.

** [[spoiler: Nick being TheImmune orphan makes perfect sense when you realize the symbolism of the number 12]]. In traditional Christianity the number 12 is the perfect number, symbolic of God's authority on Earth. Jesus had 12 apostles, Jacob had 12 sons.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Super Ultra Dead Rising 3 Arcade Remix Hyper Edition EX plus Alpha was meant to be a return to the colorful, arcady feel of the previous two, as well as a SelfParody of VideoGame/DeadRising, and Capcom's own [[CapcomSequelStagnation infamous practice]].

** The ZAR combo gun, made from a shotgun and assault rifle, has more ammunition than both its ingredients put together, randomly sets its targets on fire, and inflicts decent damage even on psychopaths. Since you can find both shotguns and assault rifles on zombie cops or soldiers, you can easily keep [=ZARs=] in your inventory throughout most of the game, and a clean headshot from it will even put down "super" zombies like convicts and firemen.

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: The weapon lockers remove a lot of the need to explore and experiment with new combos and other weapons, since you can just fill your inventory with multiple copies of your preferred weapon.

%%* Crazy Awesome: Some of the Psychopaths are this, such as the WarriorMonk-like Zhi and [[spoiler:Diego using a fully functional astronaut suit to attack Nick]]

* EvilIsSexy: Hilde is a deliberate example, being TheBaroness in General Hemlock's organization.
* FetishRetardant: Dylan, on the other hand, is a deliberate example of this, with his mixed sex gear, freaky demeanor, and sharp teeth. Although, YMMV, considering his EnsembleDarkhorse status mentioned above, he does manage to be appealing to some people.

* The Combo Categories feature also counts as this, given once you've bought all of them you can pretty much make any game-breaker combo weapon you want, with nearly anything you want, and combined with the new ability to make combo weapons with no table, and a fully upgraded Mechanic stat, you won't even need to cheat.

* HarsherInHindsight: Although the story was pretty clearly intended as an allegory critical of the U.S. government's response to illegal immigration, it unintentionally posits a situation in which the U.S. government uses mandatory mass vaccinations as a tool of societal control, which plays into far-right conspiracy theorys in the wake of the 2019 Coronavirus pandemic.

* CrazyAwesome: Some of the Psychopaths are this, such as the WarriorMonk-like Zhi and [[spoiler:Diego using a fully functional astronaut suit to attack Nick]]

** General John [[MeaningfulName Hemlock]], Secretary of Defense, oversees the martial law over the zombie outbreak in Los Peridos, and is [[TheHeavy working alongside]] Marian Mallon, acting President in the absence of Sonya Paddock. In reality, Hemlock had Paddock kidnapped and forcibly infected with the zombie parasite, so that he could take over. Hemlock plans to firebomb the city it in a week if there are no signs of organic life, and he uses his psychotic henchwoman [[DarkActionGirl Sgt. Hilde Schmittendorf]] to kill civilians. His plan is to extract King Zombies from the city and use them to start and control outbreaks all over the Eastern Seaboard to continue imposing martial law and leave him as the de facto dictator. When Mallon disrespects Hemlock, [[TheStarscream he kills her]] by throwing her off a building.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XjrTV6M84c Jherii's Theme (Blow by Blow)]], a BadassBoast in the form of an epic heavy metal song.

%% ComplacentGamingSyndrome: Claimed by most smalltime critics and fans to be the worst case of such a thing in the franchise, as of yet. With the abundance of extremely superior weapons, to say, a wooden 2x4, the game is exceedingly easy, and the "intelligent AI and shared awareness" of its apparent "thousands of zombies" are ultimately moot.