Bloody Roar 3
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Bloody Roar 3 | |
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Developer(s) | Hudson Soft, Eighting |
Publisher(s) |
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Director(s) | Kenji Fukuya |
Producer(s) | Masato Toyoshima |
Programmer(s) | Yūichi Ochiai |
Artist(s) | Shinichi Ōnishi Naochika Morishita |
Composer(s) | Takayuki Negishi |
Series | Bloody Roar |
Platform(s) | Arcade, PlayStation 2 |
Release | Arcade
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Genre(s) | Fighting |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Bloody Roar 3[1] is a 2000 fighting arcade video game developed by Eighting and Hudson Soft. It is the first of the Bloody Roar series to appear on the Sony PlayStation 2.
Gameplay
The main feature of Bloody Roar 3 is the ability to transform into beasts, which is involved in all of the Bloody Roar games. Once the character transforms, they regain part of the health they have lost and become much stronger and more powerful than before.
Characters
- Returning characters
- Yugo the Wolf - W.O.C. leader determined to stop the XGC.
- Alice the Rabbit - a W.O.C. activist who follows Yugo on his search for the XGC mark's origin.
- Long the Tiger - a vagrant on a journey to stop the harmful XGC.
- Gado the Lion - a Commissioner willing to create coexistence between humanity and Zoanthropes.
- Kenji/Bakuryu the Mole - a student with the desire to protect his burdened brother.
- Uriko the Half Beast - a student who goes to find the XGC to cure her boredom.
- Stun the Insect - a solitary former researcher for Tylon encouraged by Jenny to look for the XGC.
- Shina the Leopard - a mercenary sent to find the source of the XGC.
- Jenny the Bat - a top spy tasked with looking into the chaos of the XGC.
- Busuzima the Chameleon - a former head researcher for Tylon setting out to harness the power of the XGC code.
- Shenlong the Tiger - a bouncer who will kill anyone he does not like.
- New characters
- Xion the Unborn - a cold and reserved man who plots to exterminate all other Zoanthropes. His Zoanthrope is the Unborn.
- Kōryū - a relentless machine modeled after the first Bakuryu. His Zoanthrope is the Iron Mole. (Unlockable)
- Uranus - a perfected clone of Uriko known as the strongest Zoanthrope. Her Zoanthrope is the Chimera. (Unlockable)
Audio
The music was composed by Takayuki Negishi and was recorded at MIT Studio with Jun Kajiwara at the guitar, Michio Nagaoka at the bass, Atsuo Okamoto at the drums and Negishi at the synthesizer. The Japanese voice cast includes Hideo Ishikawa as Yugo, Mika Kanai as Alice, Ryōtarō Okiayu as Long, Kazumi Tanaka as Busuzima, Junko Noda as Bakuryu, Marina Ōno as Uriko, Takeshi Aono as Koryu and Eriko Fujimaki as Uranus. The English voice cast features Barry Gjerde as Yugo and a system voice, Kimberly Forsythe as Alice, Dario Toda as Long, Lenne Hardt as Shina, Paul Lucas as Busuzima, Greg Dale as Stun, Samantha Vega as Jenny, Chris Wells as Gado, Bill Sullivan as Shenlong, Michael Naishtut as Bakuryu, Bianca Allen as Uriko and John Nuzzo as Xion.
Reception
Aggregator | Score |
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GameRankings | 71.60% (PS2)[3] |
Metacritic | 71% (PS2)[4] |
Publication | Score |
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Next Generation | [2] |
In Japan, Game Machine listed Bloody Roar 3 on their February 15, 2001 issue as being the fifth most-successful arcade game of the year.[5]
Eric Bratcher reviewed the PlayStation 2 version of the game for Next Generation, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "Hunting for the next king of the jungle in 3D fighters? You won't want to mount this one's head on your wall, but it'll keep you warm and well fed until your next big game hunt."[2]
References
- ^ Bloody Roar 3 (ブラッディロア3, Buraddi Roa Surī)
- ^ a b Bratcher, Eric (June 2001). "Finals". Next Generation. Vol. 4, no. 6. Imagine Media. p. 82.
- ^ "Bloody Roar 3 for PlayStation 2". Game Rankings. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
- ^ "Bloody Roar 3 for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
- ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 628. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 February 2001. p. 17.
External links
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 March 2016) (in Japanese)
- Bloody Roar 3 at MobyGames