Lethal Enforcers 3, known in the Asia-Pacific as Seigi No Hero, is a 2004 Rail Shooter/Light Gun Game Arcade Game released by Konami. It is the third and final installment in the Lethal Enforcers trilogy.
The game consists of six levels, where the player assumes the role of Japanese law enforcement personnelnote tackling serious criminal and terrorist threats.
It uses the Dead Heat System, which is previously used in Warzaid and Wartran Troopers, when the player shoots at enemies and hides behind a ballistic shield to take cover. It allows the player to be protected from bullets to knives. Two players can compete to be the best player in each level by taking down as many bad guys as possible. Winning allows the player to get a rank promotion.
Lethal Enforcers 3 contains examples of:
- Art Shift: While all the other scenarios have standard intro sequences, "Justice and Judgment" begins with an anime-style intro.
- Battle in the Rain: The Boss Battle in "Justice and Judgment" takes place in a thunderstorm.
- Bilingual Bonus: The game is entirely in Japanese.
- Buddy Cop Show: The "Rival Heat" stage, which has two rival detectives teaming up to take down the Gokudo-kai.
- Dolled-Up Installment: This was originally Seigi no Hero, a
Spiritual Successor to Police 911. - Dub Name Change: Mission titles. "Justice and Judgement" is actually "Lethal Enforcers 3" in Japanese version.
- Elites Are More Glamorous:
- "Justice & Judgment" has players assume the role of Japanese Special Forces Group (SFGp) operators.
- "Lethal Enforcers" has players asssume the role of Special Assault Team (SAT) operators.
- Far East Asian Terrorists: The villains of "Airport 2004", who are basically ultra right-wing nationalist terrorists.
- Genre Shift: The game doubles as a Racing Game, since you're trying to beat your opponent to the next checkpoint by taking out enemies who are slowing your progress down.
- Hostage Spirit-Link: Averted; shooting innocents won't lose you a life, but it'll cost you your rank.Newspaper headline: "(victim occupation) shot by mistake"
- Market-Based Title: As mentioned above, the original title was Seigi no Hero ("Heroes of Justice"); "Lethal Enforcers 3" was the original name of the "Justice and Judgment" level. "Cops in the City" was also originally labeled as part of The Keisatsukan, the Japanese version of Police 911.
- Middle Eastern Terrorists: The main villains of "Justice and Judgment", who take over a nuclear plant, with their leader resembling Osama bin Laden. The JGSDF is sent in to take the plant back from the terrorists.
- Right-Wing Militia Fanatic: The main villains of "Airport 2004".
- Rogue Soldier: The rogue JGSDF soldiers in "Lethal Enforcers 3" after they raid the Diet building.
- Take Cover!: Point the gun away from the screen to raise your shield.
- Title Drop: The final mission in both versions.
- Timed Mission: The game runs on a strict timer. Once it reaches zero, you lose all lives and continuing will demote you back to the lowest rank.
- The Triads and the Tongs: The main villains of "Coast Intruders" are the Dragonheads.
- Yakuza: Your opponents in "Rival Heat", who are actually Gokudou-kai members.
