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	===Plot===		===Plot===
	[[Christopher Mills]], an informant for the US government, gives [[Garcian Smith]], a man with a silver briefcase, a new assignment for the killer7: infiltrate the abandoned Celtic Building infested by Heaven Smile. They confront the source of the Smiles: [[Kun Lan]] a man ~~who calls~~ himself an old friend of Harman's, wielding a supernatural power known as the "Hand of God". The two discuss the state of the world, Kun Lan declaring that it will "keep getting smaller".		[[Christopher Mills]], an informant for the US government, gives [[Garcian Smith]], a man with a silver briefcase, a new assignment for the killer7: infiltrate the abandoned Celtic Building infested by Heaven Smile. They confront the source of the Smiles: [[Kun Lan]], a man calling himself an old friend of Harman's and wielding a supernatural power known as the "Hand of God". The two discuss the state of the world, Kun Lan declaring that it will "keep getting smaller".

	A few days later, 200 intercontinental ballistic missiles are fired at Japan. Julia Kisugi of the Liberal Party contracts Christopher Mills to have the had of the UN Party, Toru Fukushima, killed in hopes of reclaiming the Yakumo Cabinet Policy for the Liberal Party. Mills, in turn, hires the killer7 to assassinate Fukushima at a restaurant, but the Kisugi kills him first before being killed herself. Meanwhile, the US and Japan plan to hold a crisis meeting about the missile attack, but the former has already decided not to assist them. The killer7 are tasked with taking out Jean de Paul, an assassin for the IEC working under orders to murder the meeting's attendees. After his death, Jean de Paul's ghost reveals to the killer7 that Kenjiro "Matsuken" Matsuoka, a young UN Party leader possessed by Kun Lan, is in possession of the Yakumo. The crisis meeting takes place over a game of Mahjong that ends when all attendees shoot each other to death. Consequently, the nation of Japan is obliterated by the missiles and subsequently colonized by the IEC.		A few days later, 200 intercontinental ballistic missiles are fired at Japan. Julia Kisugi of the Liberal Party contracts Christopher Mills to have the had of the UN Party, Toru Fukushima, killed in hopes of reclaiming the Yakumo Cabinet Policy for the Liberal Party. Mills, in turn, hires the killer7 to assassinate Fukushima at a restaurant, but the Kisugi kills him first before being killed herself. Meanwhile, the US and Japan plan to hold a crisis meeting about the missile attack, but the former has already decided not to assist them. The killer7 are tasked with taking out Jean de Paul, an assassin for the IEC working under orders to murder the meeting's attendees. After his death, Jean de Paul's ghost reveals to the killer7 that Kenjiro "Matsuken" Matsuoka, a young UN Party leader possessed by Kun Lan, is in possession of the Yakumo. The crisis meeting takes place over a game of Mahjong that ends when all attendees shoot each other to death. Consequently, the nation of Japan is obliterated by the missiles and subsequently colonized by the IEC.
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	After discovering that every new issue of the "Handsome Men" comic book seems to predict future events, the killer7 travel to the Dominican Republic to assassinate Trevor Pearlharbor, the comic's artist, under the belief that he has somehow brought his fictional characters to life. However, Pearlarhbor is betrayed and killed by The Handsome Men, who are actually revealed to be a group of cosplaying hackers disgruntled by the internet ban. They are defeated by the killer7 in Times Square.		After discovering that every new issue of the "Handsome Men" comic book seems to predict future events, the killer7 travel to the Dominican Republic to assassinate Trevor Pearlharbor, the comic's artist, under the belief that he has somehow brought his fictional characters to life. However, Pearlarhbor is betrayed and killed by The Handsome Men, who are actually revealed to be a group of cosplaying hackers disgruntled by the internet ban. They are defeated by the killer7 in Times Square.

	As the United States elections draw near, Matsuken, who leads the 10 million UN Party members living in the US, murders Hiro Kasai, a Liberal Party leader, by making him jump off a roof. The US Government is concerned that, if they converge on a single state, the UN members might be able to win a seat in the US Senate. Meanwhile, Garcian enters Harman's room to find him and Kun Lan playing chess and conversing casually. After noticing Garcian, they begin to laugh maniacally. Mills is assassinated at his next briefing with Garcian, with the latter sent to investigate Coburn Elementary School in Seattle, Washington, which he discovers, through a series of tapes at the school, is a front for the UN Party to train children to become assassins, and for Japan to manipulate the results of the US presidential elections. At the school's gymnasium, the killer7 confront Matsuken but are all incapacitated by a group of invincible Smiles made of darkness; only Garcian remains. He travels to the Union Hotel, where he witnesses visions of the other Smith Syndicate members being killed in their rooms and realizes the truth: his true identity is Emir Parkreiner and the one responsible for killing the killer7 at the hotel 50 years before. Garcian reaches the roof where he sees a vision of his younger self and shoots its third eye, causing it to close and prompting the vision to shoot itself. Shocked by this revelation, Garcian exclaims that it's "wasn't him" and that it was "all a misunderstanding" before opening his silver briefcase to reveal the arsenal of all the killer7 personae. He looks down in despair.		As the United States elections draw near, Matsuken, who leads the 10 million UN Party members living in the US, murders Hiro Kasai, a Liberal Party leader, by making him jump off a roof. The US Government is concerned that, if they converge on a single state, the UN members might be able to win a seat in the US Senate. Meanwhile, Garcian enters Harman's room to find him and Kun Lan playing chess and conversing casually. After noticing Garcian, they begin to laugh maniacally. Mills is assassinated at his next briefing with Garcian, with the latter sent to investigate Coburn Elementary School in Seattle, Washington, which he discovers, through a series of tapes at the school, is a front for the UN Party to train children to become assassins, and for Japan to manipulate the results of the US presidential elections.

			At the school's gymnasium, the killer7 confront Matsuken but are all incapacitated by a group of invincible Smiles made of darkness; only Garcian remains. He travels to the Union Hotel, where he witnesses visions of the other Smith Syndicate members being killed in their rooms and realizes the truth: his true identity is Emir Parkreiner and the one responsible for killing the killer7 at the hotel 50 years before. Garcian reaches the roof where he sees a vision of his younger self and shoots its third eye, causing it to close and prompting the vision to shoot itself. Shocked by this revelation, Garcian exclaims that it's "wasn't him" and that it was "all a misunderstanding" before opening his silver briefcase to reveal the arsenal of all the killer7 personae. He looks down in despair.

	Three years later, Garcian, now awake and living as Emir Parkreiner, arrives at Hashima Island to destroy the last Heaven Smile. Deep underground, he encounters Matsuken, who gives Emir and The Player a choice: let him live, which would allow Japan to mount a counterattack against the United States; or kill him, which would lead the US to discover Japan's secret role in their elections and result in the total annihilation of Japan. Regardless of the player's choice, Garcian finds the last Heaven Smile: Iwazaru, one of the 'Remnant Psyches' that has been assisting the killer7 all along, and shoots him to reveal his true identity as Kun Lan.		Three years later, Garcian, now awake and living as Emir Parkreiner, arrives at Hashima Island to destroy the last Heaven Smile. Deep underground, he encounters Matsuken, who gives Emir and The Player a choice: let him live, which would allow Japan to mount a counterattack against the United States; or kill him, which would lead the US to discover Japan's secret role in their elections and result in the total annihilation of Japan. Regardless of the player's choice, Garcian finds the last Heaven Smile: Iwazaru, one of the 'Remnant Psyches' that has been assisting the killer7 all along, and shoots him to reveal his true identity as Kun Lan.

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	==Story==		==Story==
	''killer7'' features characters and concepts originating from previous titles in the [[Kill the Past]] series. However, in the world depicted in ''killer7'', the internet and airplanes are banned, a fact which contradicts the events of ''[[The Silver Case]]'' and ''[[Flower, Sun, and Rain]]'', meaning the game takes place in an alternate timeline. Nevertheless, the story's themes of confronting personal trauma as a necessity to overcome existential struggle firmly establishes it as a 'Kill the Past' title. Furthermore, some characters in ''killer7'' would go on to make cameo appearances in ''[[Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes]]''.

	~~===Possible explanations for the alternate timeline===~~
	In an interview featured in ''[[Hand in killer7]]'', Suda said he writes his stories with one big world in mind, but that the settings are different due to incompatible timelines. It is suggested by [[Jaco's Report]] that the timeline may have been deliberately split in-universe, referring to a point in time where "history became maligned". Glimpses of the ''killer7'' characters in the normal Kill the Past timeline are shown in ''[[Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes]]''.

	===Setting===		===Setting===
	In an alternate version of the early 21st century, the United Nations (UN) intervened in all international conflicts and ultimately formed a treaty that brought about world peace. All UN member states signed a formal agreement to commence the total abolition and disarmament of all weapons of mass destruction around the world. This culminated in an event known as "Fireworks" where all nuclear missiles were launched and detonated outside Earth's atmosphere. Fearing a lack of control over the international market and hoping to combat pandemic disease and cybercrime, the International Ethics Committee (IEC), a "peace-keeping organization", shuts down all air travel and bans private use of the internet. As a result of this, air transporation is replaced by intercontinental expressways, the construction of which is still ongoing for most of the events of ''killer7''.		In an alternate version of the early 21st century, the United Nations (UN) intervened in all international conflicts and ultimately formed a treaty that brought about world peace. All UN member states signed a formal agreement to commence the total abolition and disarmament of all weapons of mass destruction around the world. This culminated in an event known as "Fireworks" where all nuclear missiles were launched and detonated outside Earth's atmosphere. Fearing a lack of control over the international market and hoping to combat pandemic disease and cybercrime, the International Ethics Committee (IEC), a "peace-keeping organization", shuts down all air travel and bans private use of the internet. As a result of this, air transporation is replaced by intercontinental expressways, the construction of which is still ongoing for most of the events of ''killer7''.

	~~In this Earth, Japanese politics is dominated by two parties:~~ the ~~Liberal Party~~ and the ~~leading United Nations Party~~. ~~The latter was founded by former members of~~ the ~~Liberal Party after~~ the ~~end of World War II~~ and ~~became the leading political party in Japan after seizing control of the Yakumo Cabinet Policy~~, a ~~secret document containing~~ the ~~secrets to leading the "ideal nation" whose whereabouts became unknown.~~ The ~~UN Party is plotting to abolish the US-Japan Security Treaty~~ and ~~sever relations with~~ the ~~United States~~. ~~Meanwhile~~, the ~~United States is also looking~~ to ~~sever ties with Japan~~, ~~attempting~~ to ~~secretly assess what benefit the country would recieve from Japan~~'~~s destruction~~.		===Timeline and connections to Kill the Past===
			''killer7'' features characters and concepts originating from previous titles in the [[Kill the Past]] series. However, in the world depicted in ''killer7'', the internet and airplanes are banned, a fact which contradicts the events of ''[[The Silver Case]]'' and ''[[Flower, Sun, and Rain]]'', meaning the game takes place in an alternate timeline. Nevertheless, the story's themes of confronting personal trauma as a necessity to overcome existential struggle firmly establishes it as a 'Kill the Past' title. Furthermore, some characters in ''killer7'' would go on to make cameo appearances in ''[[Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes]]''.

	~~A new terrorist group known as "Heaven Smile" coordinates several attacks against~~ the ~~UN and the IEC~~. ~~Heaven Smile were once humans who became infected~~ by ~~a virus~~ that ~~transformed them into beings of pure ecstasy (hence their constant maniacal laughter) and they operate with a single~~-~~order consciousness~~, ~~meaning the only purpose they know is~~ to ~~kill another human, which they do through~~ a "~~bomb-organ~~" ~~that allows them to explode at will~~.		In an interview featured in ''[[Hand in killer7]]'', Suda said he writes his stories with one big world in mind, but that the settings are different due to incompatible timelines. It is suggested by [[Jaco's Report]] that the timeline may have been deliberately split in-universe, referring to a point in time where "history became maligned".

	===Plot===		===Plot===

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	==Plot==		==Plot==

			==Development==
			''killer7'' was one of the titles in the Capcom 5, a planned set of five Capcom releases as Gamecube exclusives, overseen by Resident Evil producer [[Shinji Mikami]]. Killer7 was the last game to release out of the set, on June 9th, 2005. A censored release for the Playstation 2 was also released due to the struggling sales of the Capcom 5.
	===Targets===		===Targets===
	* [[Target00: Angel]]		* [[Target00: Angel]]

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	==Cast==		==Cast==
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	* Dwight Schultz – voice of [[Harman Smith]]		* Dwight Schultz – voice of [[Harman Smith]]
	* Greg Eagles – voice of Garcian Smith		* Greg Eagles – voice of Garcian Smith
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	* Bart Flynn - voice of Christopher Mills		* Bart Flynn - voice of Christopher Mills
	* Jennifer Hale - voice of [[Linda Vermillion]]		* Jennifer Hale - voice of [[Linda Vermillion]]
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	==Development==		==Development==

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	* Masayo Hosono - voice of [[AYAME Blackburn]]		* Masayo Hosono - voice of [[AYAME Blackburn]]
	* Cam Clarke - voice of Andrei Ulmeyda		* Cam Clarke - voice of Andrei Ulmeyda
			* Debi Derryberry - voice of [[LOVE Wilcox]]
	* Bart Flynn - voice of Christopher Mills		* Bart Flynn - voice of Christopher Mills
	* Jennifer Hale - voice of [[Linda Vermillion]]		* Jennifer Hale - voice of [[Linda Vermillion]]

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	==Cast==		==Cast==
	* Dwight Schultz – voice of Harman Smith		* Dwight Schultz – voice of [[Harman Smith]]
	* Greg Eagles – voice of Garcian Smith		* Greg Eagles – voice of Garcian Smith
	* Michael Gough – voice of Dan Smith		* Michael Gough – voice of [[Dan Smith]]
	* Tara Strong – voice of KAEDE Smith		* Tara Strong – voice of [[KAEDE Smith]]
	* Jun Hee Lee – voice of Con Smith		* Jun Hee Lee – voice of Con Smith
	* Miguel Cabellero – voice of MASK de Smith		* Miguel Cabellero – voice of [[MASK de Smith]]
	* Benito Martinez – voice of Coyote Smith		* Benito Martinez – voice of [[Coyote Smith]]
	* Heidi Anderson – voice of Samantha Sitbon		* Heidi Anderson – voice of Samantha Sitbon
	* Bart Flynn – voice of Christopher Mills		* Bart Flynn – voice of Christopher Mills
	* Joe Lala – voice of Kun Lan		* Joe Lala – voice of [[Kun Lan]]
	* Steve Blum – voice of Kenjiro Matsuoka, Benjamin Keane, and Trevor Pearlharbor		* Steve Blum – voice of Kenjiro Matsuoka, Benjamin Keane, and Trevor Pearlharbor
			* Jack Angel - voice of Narrator
			* Jim Ward - voice of Toru Fukushima
			* Robin Atkin Downes - voice of [[Hiro Kasai]]
			* James Horan - voice of Jean DePaul
			* Alastair Duncan - voice of Curtis Blackburn
			* Masayo Hosono - voice of [[AYAME Blackburn]]
			* Cam Clarke - voice of Andrei Ulmeyda
			* Bart Flynn - voice of Christopher Mills
			* Jennifer Hale - voice of [[Linda Vermillion]]

	==Development==		==Development==

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{{Game
|title=killer7
|image=[[File:Killer7_gcn.jpg|300px]]
|developer=[[Grasshopper Manufacture]] [[Engine Software]] (PC)
|publisher=Capcom Nippon Ichi Software (PC)
|director=[[Goichi Suda]]
|writer=Goichi Suda
|producer=Shinji Mikami Hiroyuki Kobayashi
|artist=
|composer=[[Masafumi Takada]] [[Jun Fukuda]]
|engine=
|platform=GameCube PlayStation 2 PC
|released='''GameCube/PS2''' JP June 9, 2005 NA July 7, 2005 PAL July 15, 2005 '''PC''' WW November 15, 2018
|genre=Action-adventure shooter
|ratings=CERO: 18 ESRB: M PEGI: 18+
}}:''This page is for the game. For the group known as the killer7, see [[Smith Syndicate]].''
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''killer7''}}'''''killer7''''' is an action-adventure game originally designed for the Nintendo GameCube, written and directed by [[Goichi Suda]] and developed by [[Grasshopper Manufacture]]. It was released in 2005 on GameCube and PlayStation 2, and later received an HD PC port in 2018. ''killer7'' was created as part of a project to develop original GameCube games called the Capcom Five; of the five games in the project, ''killer7'' was the only one not to be developed by Capcom.

==Gameplay==
''killer7'' has very unique action-adventure gameplay that combines first-person shooting, on-rails adventure exploration, and rudimentary puzzle solving. Designed specifically for the unique layout of the GameCube controller, most movement in ''killer7'' can be accomplished only by holding the A button (different buttons may apply for other controllers on other platforms), which causes your player character to move forward on a set path until they reach a junction. At a junction, various options to select appear on the screen, such as paths, objects to examine, or characters to talk to. Pressing the B button will cause your character to turn around instead, letting you go back the way you came. These various paths and junctions make up the layout of the game's various areas. This method of moving from set point to set point to interact with points of interest is reminiscent of the gameplay of ''[[The Silver Case]]''.

When the player has to engage with enemies (almost always the [[Heaven Smile]]), holding the R trigger will enter aiming mode, causing your character to pull out their weapon and enter a first-person viewpoint. The reticle at the center of the screen can be moved around with the control stick and fired with the A button, similar to other first-person shooter gameplay, except you are not able to move your position while aiming. Additionally, Heaven Smile are typically invisible by default, and must also be scanned using the L trigger before they become vulnerable.

The player has access to the various personae of the [[Smith Syndicate]], who they can switch between at whim, as long as the persona in question has been awakened in the current stage. Each character has a different weapon and other statistics, meaning they are each best suited to different situations. They all also have their own special moves, which can for the most part be activated with the Y button; these special moves are key to solving various environmental puzzles that the player comes across. However, most special moves can't be used without the use of thin [[blood]], which must be gathered (along with thick blood) by killing the Heaven Smiles. Different methods of killing them (such as hitting them in their glowing weak spots) will reward the player with different quantities of the types of blood. Thin blood can also be used to heal the player's health, which is represented by an eye; a more open eye indicates more health remaining.

Thick blood can be turned into [[serum]] by the [[Mad Doctor]] in [[Harman's Room]], a recurring area that the player uses to save their game, awaken personae and view tips from [[Iwazaru]]. Serum is a form of experience points that can level up the personae's statistics, causing them to perform better and unlocking new abilities. The persona of [[Garcian Smith]] is special, and cannot be switched to in normal gameplay, only in Harman's Room. When one of the other personae is killed in combat, their severed head will be left at the scene of their death and the player will be taken back to the last Harman's Room visited. If Garcian is brought to this scene, he retrieves the head and returns to the Room, where the persona can be revived. However, if Garcian himself is killed in combat, the game is over and the player must load a saved game.

==Plot==
===Targets===
* [[Target00: Angel]]
* [[Target01: Sunset]]
* [[Target02: Cloudman]]
* [[Target03: Encounter]]
* [[Target04: Alter Ego]]
* [[Target05: Smile]]
* [[Target06: Lion]]
===Summary===
''killer7'' takes place in an alternate history where world peace was said to be achieved in 1998 through the banning of nuclear materials, airplanes and the internet. The world entered an era free of terrorism and constructed intercontinental expressways bridging the various continents of the world. However, in 2003, a United Nations treaty signing was attacked by a terrorist organization of zombie-like suicide bombers known as [[Heaven Smile]]. Called in to combat this threat was a group of incredibly powerful assassins known as the [[Smith Syndicate]], a.k.a. the killer7, who appear to be the alternate personalities of the wheelchair-bound [[Harman Smith]].

The game opens in the year 2010, deep into the Heaven Smile threat, and follows the killer7 as they take on various missions that are related to the war against Heaven Smile and their leader, [[Kun Lan]], an old friend and enemy of Harman's. Heavily linked to this conflict is the relationship between the United States of America and Japan, which has been exacerbated by Japan's ruling political organization, the nationalist [[United Nations Party]].
===Relation to Kill the Past===
''killer7'' has some characters and plot points that originate in the games known as "[[Kill the Past]]", seemingly placing it as a Kill the Past game. However, in its backstory, the internet and airplanes were banned shortly before the events of ''[[The Silver Case]]'' and ''[[Flower, Sun, and Rain]]'', games which rely on the internet and airplanes, respectively, as major parts of their stories. Because of this, it seems that ''killer7'' takes place in an alternate timeline; this is confirmed by Suda himself in an interview in ''[[Hand in killer7]]'', where he says that he writes the stories with one big world in mind, but that the settings are different due to incompatible timelines. It is suggested by [[Jaco's Report]] that the timeline may have been deliberately split in-universe, referring to a point in time where "history became maligned". Glimpses of the ''killer7'' characters in the normal Kill the Past timeline are shown in ''[[Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes]]''.

==Cast==
* Dwight Schultz – voice of Harman Smith
* Greg Eagles – voice of Garcian Smith
* Michael Gough – voice of Dan Smith
* Tara Strong – voice of KAEDE Smith
* Jun Hee Lee – voice of Con Smith
* Miguel Cabellero – voice of MASK de Smith
* Benito Martinez – voice of Coyote Smith
* Heidi Anderson – voice of Samantha Sitbon
* Bart Flynn – voice of Christopher Mills
* Joe Lala – voice of Kun Lan
* Steve Blum – voice of Kenjiro Matsuoka, Benjamin Keane, and Trevor Pearlharbor

==Development==

===Further works===
Two works connected to ''killer7'' were released shortly after the game was released: a companion book called ''[[Hand in killer7]]'', which contained numerous plot details that go beyond what is seen in-game, as well as developer interviews and various other bits of content, and ''[[killer is dead]]'', a serial novel published in a magazine that stars cut character [[Shigeki Birkin]]. ''killer is dead'''s final chapter was never written, but the character's story did get a continuation of sorts in ''[[Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes]]''.

Suda has gone back and forth on whether he would want to develop a direct sequel to ''killer7''. However, he has expressed interest in making a "complete edition" of ''killer7'' in which various scenes that were cut at the storyboarding stage would be developed and put back into the game.

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