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Come... You must prove yourself in a test of strength... This was Goldman's parting wish.
The Star to James Taylor and Kate Green.^[src]

Type-0001, codenamed "The Star" (スター, Sutā^?), was a levitating sword-wielding humanoid. He^[1] was created by Caleb Goldman to serve in a posthumous 2003 outbreak. He is the fifth boss in The House of the Dead 4, as well as the second boss in Loving Deads: The House of the Dead EX.

Like Dr. Curien's Magician, the Star is capable of flight and projectile attacks. His primary weak point is the scar on his chest, but at low health his head becomes vulnerable as well.

Bestiary Overview

The Star is a pale, blank-eyed humanoid dressed in a red trench coat. He dual wields butterfly swords and features a large scar on his chest. During the battle, he flies around the foyer of Goldman's headquarters in a purple aura.

His attacks initially involve charging his swords with energy, before either slashing players (in front or from above) or launching a volley of energy projectiles. At low health, he will attempt to spin violently into players like a tornado.

Initially, the Star's sole weak point is his chest scar. As the fight continues, however, his hood is destroyed and exposes his head for damage as well.

Appearances

The House of the Dead 4

The Star was one of several creatures unleashed by the late Caleb Goldman, the financier of Dr. Curien's research, in a posthumous 2003 outbreak. Goldman sought using the creatures to counteract human overpopulation, thus protecting nature.

AMS agents James Taylor and Kate Green investigated the outbreak. Upon learning of Goldman's responsibility -- and his plan to launch nuclear missiles worldwide -- they drove to his headquarters. The Star met them in the foyer of the building, challenging them to a "test of strength", per Goldman's "parting wish" ; upon defeat, it exploded, injuring James in the process.

Loving Deads: The House of the Dead EX

The Star also appears in Loving Deads: The House of the Dead EX, where he is depicted as a theater actor and speaks in French. He was sent by his master, Dr. Curien, to capture Zobio and Zobiko,

In this comical spin-off, the Star is portrayed as a French-speaking, narcissistic stage actor. Dr. Curien sent him to capture Zobio and Zobiko, with whom he was romantically attracted to. He ambushes them in a theater, attacking with bats and mechanical claws. After his defeat, the Star apologized to Zobiko, only to be met with a slap in the face.

He continued following the pair until Dr. Curien's final creation, the World, ambushed them in a trainyard. During their battle, the Star tried to steal Zobiko away, but was foiled by Zobio. As the train cart carrying Zobio and Zobiko fell from the sky having been carried off by the newly-transformed World, the Star rescued them both by holding onto the train while they battled the World.

After the World's defeat, it set itself to self-destruct, destroying everything nearby. The Star once again saved both Zobio and Zobiko from the explosion, only reporting to Dr. Curien about their apparent demise, leaving the two with their newfound freedom.

Gameplay

Overview

As the guardian of the World, Star takes great measures to ensure the successful defeat of his opponents. His attacks are fast and various, making for a very challenging pre-final boss fight. His attacks often emulate the nature of his predecessor, Magician, so those who are familiar with the latter's battle phases may have an easier time successfully defeating Star.

However, unlike Magician, Star can be spontaneous, so there is little room for error.

Phases

Star will rise up towards the ceiling and begin swiftly attacking by flying around the player(s) and swooping in for stabs with his butterfly swords. When the player(s) begin doing damage to Star, the creature will star to launch projectiles of purple energy. Shoot these and Star's chest to bring 1/4 of his health bar down. The signifying of this phase' end is when Star's cloak begins bearing noticeable tears.
Star will summon energy beams to protect himself. He will also start this phase by launching himself into the air before falling swiftly down for a stab attack. He will continue to quickly fly around the player(s) in attempts to perform quick attacks, before flinging more energy projectiles at the player(s). In this phase, he can summon up to eight projectiles. He will perform a combination of these methods of attack before the player brings him down to 1/3 of his health, his cloak torn completely on the bottom and his hood removed from his head, exposing another vulnerable point.
This is Star's fastest and most frantic phase. Along with summoning projectiles and hurling himself at and around the player, he will begin to chaotically spin his arms while launching energy and lightening from his body. He will do this a multitude of times wile utilizing other previous attacks until he can successfully be killed.

Strategies

Star's attacks are prompt: they require the player(s) to always be aware and have correct aim at all times. Star will sometimes leave himself invulnerable after launching projectiles or when flying around to disorient the player, so utilize this time as often as possible to knock out some of his health bar.

Trivia

Comparatively speaking, Star is the most human of the boss characters, with equally human weaknesses.
The Star's appearance, location, type number, and attacks indicate that he is designed as a successor to the Magician.
In 4, the PDA marks his head as "No Damage (?)". He is the only boss in the game that has a question mark on a "no damage" body part.
His type number is 0001, making him very similar to Magician and Wheel of Fate (who are Type-0 and Type-0000, respectively), in that they're all humanoid creatures with unique powers.
Star, along with Judgment, is the only boss to address Goldman by his name.

Gallery

The House of the Dead 4

Official Art

Data

Screenshots

Loving Deads: The House of the Dead EX

Screenshots

References

↑ Loving Deads: The House of the Dead EX confirms the Star's gender as male.

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[identifier-1] Loving Deads: The House of the Dead EX confirms the Star's gender as male.

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+|title1=The Star - <small> Type-0001 </small>
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+|image1= <tabber>
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+|-|HOD4= [[File:Type-0001_STAR.png]]
-|featured = [[The House of the Dead 4]]<br>[[Loving Deads: The House of the Dead EX]]
+|-|LD:HOD EX= [[File:LDTHOTDEX The Star.png]]
-|encounter = HoTD 4:
+</tabber>
-:Chapter 5
+|featured= *''[[The House of the Dead 4]]''<br>
-|weapon = Butterfly swords<br/>Energy beam<br/>Mutated Bats<br/>Mechanic Claws
+*''[[Loving Deads: The House of the Dead EX]]''
-|protect =
+|encounter=*''HOD4''
-|image2 = [[File:Star_weakpoint.gif]]
+**[[Reunion|Chapter 5]]
-|caption2 = The Star's weakpoint is the scar on his chest. Note the head which has a question mark besides the words No Damage.
+|weapon= Butterfly swords<br/>Energy beam<br/>Mutated bats (''EX'' only)<br/>Mechanical claws (''EX'' only)
-|name = The Star - <small>Type 0001</small>}}
+|protect= Bufferly swords
-{{Quote|Source = The House of the Dead 4|Quote = Come... You must prove yourself in a test of strength... This was [[Caleb Goldman|Goldman's]] parting wish.|Attribution = The Star to [[James Taylor]] and [[Kate Green]].}}
+|voice actor=
-Type-0001, codenamed "'''The Star'''," (''スター'') is a competitive, sword-wielding, boss and also the fifth boss character fought in ''[[The House of the Dead 4]]''. He appears at the end of the fifth level, just after the [[AMS]] agents [[James Taylor]] and [[Kate Green]] enter the [[Goldman]] building, confronting them in the main foyer. He tells them that they must prove themselves in a "test of strength", claiming that this was [[Goldman]]'s parting wish.
+|image2= [[File:Star_weakpoint.gif]]
+|caption2=The Star's weakpoint is the scar on his chest. Note the head which has a question mark besides the words No Damage.
+}}
+{{Quote|Source = The House of the Dead 4|Quote = Come... You must prove yourself in a test of strength... This was [[Caleb Goldman|Goldman]]'s parting wish.|Attribution = The Star to [[James Taylor]] and [[Kate Green]].}}
-He is a humanoid monster wearing a red trench coat with a large scar on his chest and wields a pair of twin butterfly swords. He also possesses levitation and the ability to generate purple energy beams from his swords. He has a purple aura. His weakpoint is stated to be the scar on his chest (with his head marked as ''No Damage (?)''); however, later in the battle, together with his coat getting very well destroyed by all the bullets fired at him, his hood falls down, allowing his head to be used as a secondary weakpoint to cancel his spinning tornado attacks. After his defeat, he destroys himself by blowing up near James and Kate, severely injuring James in the process. It is unknown whether this was intentional on his part or whether it was just a coincidence.
+'''Type-0001''', codenamed {{Nihongo|'''"The Star"'''|スター|Sutā}}, was a levitating sword-wielding humanoid. He<ref name="identifier">''Loving Deads: The House of the Dead EX'' confirms the Star's gender as male.</ref> was created by [[Caleb Goldman]] to serve in a posthumous 2003 outbreak. He is the fifth [[Bosses|boss]] in ''[[The House of the Dead 4]]'', as well as the second boss in ''[[Loving Deads: The House of the Dead EX]]''.
-His type number is 0001, making him very similar to [[Magician]] and [[Wheel of Fate]] (who are Type-0 and Type-0000, respectively), in that they're all humanoid creatures with unique powers. However, Type-0001 possesses neither the lightning speed of the Magician nor the immense power of the Wheel of Fate. He is also the only one out of the three that can successfully be scanned for weakpoints, which could perhaps signify his less powerful abilities. The Magician can't be scanned by [[G]]'s PDA in ''The House of The Dead 4'' Special, but he does have a file displaying his weakpoints in ''The House of The Dead 2''.
+Like [[Dr. Curien|Dr. Curien's]] [[Magician]], the Star is capable of flight and projectile attacks. His primary [[List of boss weak points|weak point]] is the scar on his chest, but at low health his head becomes vulnerable as well.
-He also makes an appearance in [[the House of the Dead EX|''The House of the Dead EX'']] where he develops a crush for the second main character, Zobiko, even willing to go as far as giving her an offering of flowers, but as a result, Zobiko doesn't notice him, being turned down. In the final stage, he tries to kidnap Zobiko, but he fails.
+== Bestiary Overview ==
-In the ending, '''the Star''' tells the scientist that he has failed, when after, the scientist pulls out a photo of him and his girlfriend, his girlfriend is actually Zobiko.
+The Star is a pale, blank-eyed humanoid dressed in a red trench coat. He dual wields butterfly swords and features a large scar on his chest. During the battle, he flies around the foyer of [[Goldman Building|Goldman's headquarters]] in a purple aura.
-==Bestiary Overview==
-The figure like any other second to the last boss in almost all HOTD games is a being where his capabilities are beyond human physicality. Clad in a hooded red trench coat, he may have been some human test subject who had been fused with the formula, resulting in levitation and elemental offensive powers. That being said, that could be the reason why the scar engraved on his chest is his weakness and to why he is Type 0001. His choice of weaponry, as stated above, are two butterfly swords.
+His attacks initially involve charging his swords with energy, before either slashing players (in front or from above) or launching a volley of energy projectiles. At low health, he will attempt to spin violently into players like a tornado.
-==<span style="font-size:18px;">Strategy</span>==
-'''THE STAR:''' "Come, you must prove yourself in a test of strength...this was Goldman's parting wish..."
+Initially, the Star's sole weak point is his chest scar. As the fight continues, however, his hood is destroyed and exposes his head for damage as well.
-'''JAMES:''' "Get out of our way!"
+== Appearances ==
-===='''FIRST ATTACK (WEAKPOINT THE SCAR ON THE CHEST) (NO DAMAGE THE SWORD)'''====
-Remember the [[Magician]]'s fireball shower? '''The Star''' can do that too. He amasses a bright purple aura and hurls continuous bolts of light at you, from six to about eighteen (!!!). For two players, both must try to eliminate ALL beams before you take on '''the Star'''.
-===='''SECOND ATTACK'''====
+=== ''[[The House of the Dead 4]]'' ===
+The Star was one of several creatures unleashed by the late [[Caleb Goldman]], the financier of [[Dr. Curien]]'s research, in a posthumous 2003 outbreak. Goldman sought using the creatures to counteract human overpopulation, thus protecting nature.
-'''The Star''' flies swiftly and charges you with a hack of knives on both players. He'll give you time to pound his chest with lead before he attacks. Be quick, since this time it is usually not enough. He also likes to fly to the edge of the screen before he slashes you. You CAN'T shoot him much while he's off-screen! (This is a real pain in arcades, due to the sensors of THoTD4 guns being mistreated at some point, as various machines only allow you to fire in bursts of 1,2 or 3 bullets if you aim too far off screen. Otherwise, not so much of a pain.)
+[[AMS]] agents [[James Taylor]] and [[Kate Green]] investigated the outbreak. Upon learning of Goldman's responsibility -- and his plan to launch nuclear missiles worldwide -- they drove to his headquarters. The Star met them in the foyer of the building, challenging them to a "test of strength", per Goldman's "parting wish" ; upon defeat, it exploded, injuring James in the process.
-===='''THIRD ATTACK'''====
-Tips: Don't ever throw a grenade, When '''the Star''' is flying, the grenade can't reach him. For anyone curious, this doesn't work very well for [[The World]]'s second form either, depleting approx 1/5 of his cancel bar. Due to the grenade taking several seconds to throw, and World's ice dragons being fairly fast, you might as well avoid the trouble.
+=== ''[[Loving Deads: The House of the Dead EX]]'' ===
-Same as Attack 2, but '''the Star''' flies full-speed atop the tower and dives down with a brutal knife slash on both players. Likewise, you have an ample chance to shoot his chest beforehand. Fire bullets at him like there's no tomorrow.
+The Star also appears in [[Loving Deads: The House of the Dead EX]], where he is depicted as a theater actor and speaks in French. He was sent by his master, Dr. Curien, to capture Zobio and Zobiko,
+In this comical spin-off, the Star is portrayed as a French-speaking, narcissistic stage actor. Dr. Curien sent him to capture [[Zobio and Zobiko]], with whom he was romantically attracted to. He ambushes them in a theater, attacking with bats and mechanical claws. After his defeat, the Star apologized to Zobiko, only to be met with a slap in the face.
-==== '''FINAL ATTACK''' ====
-'''The Star''' spins around in a dusty-brown tornado and zips across the screen. Shoot the albino's head to stop him before the tornado devastates you. He'll do this about twice or three times only. This attack is obviously the easiest out of the 4 attacks to avoid, as Star stays in around the same position on the screen while doing this attack. Just shoot in around the same place and you'll be fine.
+He continued following the pair until Dr. Curien's final creation, the [[The World|World]], ambushed them in a trainyard. During their battle, the Star tried to steal Zobiko away, but was foiled by Zobio. As the train cart carrying Zobio and Zobiko fell from the sky having been carried off by the newly-transformed World, the Star rescued them both by holding onto the train while they battled the World.
-'''The Star''' will simply alternate between the first 3 attacks during the battle. After he lost 60% of its total BOSS LIFE, the hood will be removed and the head will be exposed (and be a targetable weakpoint). From then on, '''The Star''' will alternate Attacks 1 and 4 until the end of the battle. Time's running out...
+After the World's defeat, it set itself to self-destruct, destroying everything nearby. The Star once again saved both Zobio and Zobiko from the explosion, only reporting to Dr. Curien about their apparent demise, leaving the two with their newfound freedom.
-'''KATE''': "Looks like you're the one who failed the test!"
+== Gameplay ==
-('''The Star''' explodes into rays of mauve gas. James is hit point blank by a ray. He falls to his knees in pain.)
+=== Overview ===
-'''KATE''': "James!"
+As the guardian of the World, Star takes great measures to ensure the successful defeat of his opponents. His attacks are fast and various, making for a very challenging pre-final boss fight. His attacks often emulate the nature of his predecessor, Magician, so those who are familiar with the latter's battle phases may have an easier time successfully defeating Star.
+However, unlike Magician, Star can be spontaneous, so there is little room for error.
-'''JAMES''': "Don't worry about me... It's an old wound... Ugh..."
-== AUTHOR'S NOTES ==
+=== Phases ===
+# Star will rise up towards the ceiling and begin swiftly attacking by flying around the player(s) and swooping in for stabs with his butterfly swords. When the player(s) begin doing damage to Star, the creature will star to launch projectiles of purple energy. Shoot these and Star's chest to bring 1/4 of his health bar down. The signifying of this phase' end is when Star's cloak begins bearing noticeable tears.
-=== BOSS' MAIN POINT OF VULNERABILITY / HOW TO "OWN" THE STAR ===
+# Star will summon energy beams to protect himself. He will also start this phase by launching himself into the air before falling swiftly down for a stab attack. He will continue to quickly fly around the player(s) in attempts to perform quick attacks, before flinging more energy projectiles at the player(s). In this phase, he can summon up to eight projectiles. He will perform a combination of these methods of attack before the player brings him down to 1/3 of his health, his cloak torn completely on the bottom and his hood removed from his head, exposing another vulnerable point.
-All rounds of the battle has''' the Star's''' main weakpoint openly exposed. Very seldom do his knives deflect gunfire on his chest. Speed and Accuracy are key to simply stun him every round. Keep your aim focused on the chest and keep firing. '''The Star''' moves sadistically, and sometimes he doesn't give ample time to stun him prior he even starts an attack. Grenades prove to be slow against his speed. Constant fire against his chest will deem the best way to prevent his attacks and survive. Against his multitude beams of light, try to rotate your fire around the screen to hit every single beam. Those at the sides are the priority since they are the ones nearer to you. Two players must play cooperatively to stop the multitude-beam attack and to take the least life losses possible.
+# This is Star's fastest and most frantic phase. Along with summoning projectiles and hurling himself at and around the player, he will begin to chaotically spin his arms while launching energy and lightening from his body. He will do this a multitude of times wile utilizing other previous attacks until he can successfully be killed.
-=== BOSS' HIGH ACCURACY TRICK ===
+=== Strategies ===
+* Star's attacks are prompt: they require the player(s) to always be aware and have correct aim at all times. Star will sometimes leave himself invulnerable after launching projectiles or when flying around to disorient the player, so utilize this time as often as possible to knock out some of his health bar.
-<u>'''Shoot the Star'''</u> whenever he's not attacking (you'll see dust-like blood leak through the slit from his chest). Hits deflected by his knives also count in accuracy, so don't worry about that.
-==Loving Deads==
-The Star also appears in [[Loving Deads: The House of the Dead EX]], where he is depicted as a theater actor and speaks in french. He was sent by his master, Dr. Curien, to capture Zobio and Zobiko, with whom he was romantically attracted to. After he was defeated, he apologized to Zobiko, only to be met with a slap in the face. The Star continued to follow the two, until they are cornered in the trainyard by Dr. Curien's final creation, the [[The World|World]].
-During their battle, the Star tried to steal Zobiko away, but was foiled by Zobio. As the train cart carrying Zobio and Zobiko falls from the sky having been carried off by the newly transformed World, the Star rushes to save them both by holding onto the train while they battle their adversary. After the World was defeated, it sets itself to self-destruct, destroying everything nearby. The Star once again saves both Zobio and Zobiko from the explosion, only reporting to Dr. Curien about their apparent demise, leaving the two with their newfound freedom.
 == Trivia ==
+*Comparatively speaking, Star is the most human of the boss characters, with equally human weaknesses.
-*Coincidentally, the Star's appearance resembles that of Dante, the main protagonist of ''Devil May Cry'', as both wear red long coats and wield large swords. The Star's glow also resembles the demonic glow Dante possesses when he transforms into his demon form (known as Devil Trigger in ''Devil May Cry'').
-*The Star's pale appearance and his hooded red trench coat are also evocative of Edgar Allen Poe's ''[[Wikipedia:Masque of the Red Death|Masque of the Red Death]]''.
-*The Star's mask and his portrayal as a theater actor in The House of the Dead EX may be a reference to Erik, the titular phantom from ''[[Wikipedia:The Phantom of the Opera|The Phantom of the Opera]].''
 *The Star's appearance, location, type number, and attacks indicate that he is designed as a successor to the [[Magician]].
+*In ''4'', the PDA marks his head as "''No Damage (?)''". He is the only boss in the game that has a question mark on a "no damage" body part.
+*His type number is 0001, making him very similar to [[Magician]] and [[Wheel of Fate]] (who are Type-0 and Type-0000, respectively), in that they're all humanoid creatures with unique powers.
+*Star, along with [[Judgment]], is the only boss to address Goldman by his name.
 ==Gallery==
+=== ''[[The House of the Dead 4]]'' ===
+==== Official Art ====
+<gallery>
+File:Reunion-ps3-trophy-37744.png
+</gallery>
+==== Data ====
+<gallery>
+File:HoTD4_Star_render.png|The Star's in-game model.
+</gallery>
+==== Screenshots ====
+<gallery>
+HOD4StarStance.png|The Star preparing to battle James and Kate.
+</gallery>
+=== ''[[Loving Deads: The House of the Dead EX]]'' ===
+==== Screenshots ====
 <gallery>
+LDTHOTDEX The Star.png|The Star as he appears in ''[[Loving Deads: The House of the Dead EX]]''.
-File:Reunion-ps3-trophy-37744.png|
-File:HoTD4_Star_render.png|
 </gallery>
+== References ==
+<references />
 {{HotD4}}
 [[Category:Bosses]]
-[[Category:HotD4 Bosses]]
+[[Category:The House of the Dead 4 bosses]]
+[[Category:Male bosses]]