Bleach: Heat the Soul 3
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| Developer(s) | 8ing |
| Publisher(s) | SCEI |
| Release date(s) |  July 20, 2006 |
| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | CERO: All Ages |
| Platform(s) | Playstation Portable |
| Media | UMD |
| System requirements | Firmware 2.60 or higher |
Bleach: Heat the Soul 3 (BLEACH: ヒート・ザ・ソウル３) is a cel-shaded 3D fighting video game for the PlayStation Portable based on the Bleach manga. It is the third Bleach game for the PSP, and has been released in Japan. Famitsu gave it an 8, 7, 7, and a 5. Dengeki PlayStation gave the game a C.
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[edit] List of playable characters
An * denotes a character that was absent from the previous game.
- Ichigo Kurosaki
- Rukia Kuchiki
- Orihime Inoue
- Yasutora Sado
- Uryū Ishida
- Renji Abarai
- Kisuke Urahara
- Yoruichi Shihōin
- Byakuya Kuchiki
- Gin Ichimaru
- Tōshirō Hitsugaya
- Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai *
- Soifon *
- Kira Izuru *
- Sōsuke Aizen *
- Hinamori Momo *
- Sajin Komamura *
- Shunsui Kyōraku *
- Nanao Ise *
- Shūhei Hisagi *
- Rangiku Matsumoto *
- Zaraki Kenpachi *
- Yachiru Kusajishi
- Mayuri Kurotsuchi
- Nemu Kurotsuchi *
- Jūshirō Ukitake *
- "Bankai" Ichigo Kurosaki *
- "Bankai" Renji Abarai *
- "Bankai" Tōshirō Hitsugaya *
- "Final Form" Uryū Ishida *
- "Shinigami" Rukia Kuchiki *
- "Bankai" Byakuya Kuchiki *
- Ulquiorra *
[edit] List of support characters
All 33 playable characters are support characters.
- Retsu Unohana
- Isane Kotetsu
- Hanatarō Yamada
- Tetsuzaemon Iba
- Kaname Tōsen
- Ikkaku Madarame
- Ayasegawa Yumichika
- Keigo Asano
- Mizuiro Kōjima
- Isshin Kurosaki
- Karin Kurosaki
- Yuzu Kurosaki
- Hollow Ichigo Kurosaki
- Zangetsu
- Arrancar leader Aizen
- Ururu Tsumugiya
- Kūkaku Shiba
- Don Kanonji
- Kon
[edit] Game modes
[edit] Soul Road mode
Soul Road is a special game mode where you pass through many boxes, fighting enemies, to level up your Partner to unlock bonus items such as Special Costumes and new Partners. There are five types of boxes: White boxes are neutral and may be passed through unhindered; Red boxes are battlefields where you must defeat an opponent to advance; Flashing boxes are special battles where you must defeat an opponent under abnormal circumstances (i.e., you must use at least a 3-Hit combo to inflict damage, or you must use a special attack to inflict damage, etc.); Blue boxes are checkpoints where you exchange your accumulated victory points for Partner Trust percentage points; Blue Character boxes are checkpoints where you encounter your Partner and he or she asks you a multiple-choice question before allowing you to proceed.
There are Normal and Hard modes in Soul Road. Normal mode awards you fewer Partner Trust points for victories, and fewer Partner Trust points when turning in victory points at the blue checkpoint boxes. Hard mode awards you more Partner Trust points per battle, but your health does not get fully replenished when you win. Instead, after each battle in Hard mode, your health is only regenerated by 10%.
[edit] Mission Battle mode
This mode is for reliving some of the battles that occur within the main storyline.
[edit] Karakura Heroes mode
This mode puts the player into a humorous side story, with some extra anime scenes added. Don Kanonji leads Byakuya Kuchiki and Tōshirō Hitsugaya on some sort of wacky adventure, which involves battling other characters. Don exaggerates these battles, making it seem like he's hosting a huge televised event. Those added to this party include Renji Abarai and Soifon. The end scene involves the gang relaxing at an expensive hotel, doing activities that somehow fit their personalities and/or abilities (ex. Hitsugaya snowboarding, Soifon playing darts).
[edit] VS CPU Mode
VS CPU is split into SINGLE and GROUP modes. SINGLE mode is the standard one-on-one versus battles. GROUP mode allows you to choose one of the playable characters and up to three Partner characters that grant you special abilities during the battle, such as extra attacks, buffs, or debuffs.
After choosing SINGLE or GROUP mode, VS CPU branches off again into four other game types:
- Time Attack - Defeat a series of 8 opponents as quickly as possible.
- Survival - Defeat as many opponents in a row as you can.
- Free Battle - Choose your opponent and a stage to fight on. Statistics are displayed at the end of each battle.
- Ex Survival - Choose your opponent and a stage to fight on; knockout your opponent 100 times in a row to win. This mode is unlocked when you achieve 10 wins in Survival with any character.
[edit] Trivia
- The Spirit Gauge has been moved to the bottom of the screen.
- Where the gauge used to be is now 3 boxes with characters' pictures in them, now named "Partners". This allows you to get a brief power from your partner until the box runs out.
- All 11 characters from Bleach: Heat the Soul 2 have returned, and some of them have new attacks.
- Characters, new and old, can now dash across the screen.
- Bleach: Heat the Soul 3 is the first trilogy on the PSP.
- It is the first in the series to feature an Arrancar, in this case Ulquiorra.
- According to V-Jump magazine, this, and every other Bleach: Heat the Soul game, are based on the manga. This is very rare in video games.
- Though Arrancar leader Aizen (no glasses and hair slicked back) is a support character, Sōsuke Aizen has a special costume where he takes on that look that can be unlocked in the game.
- This is the only Heat The Soul game without a theme song. But the commercials promoting this game used 'Tonight, Tonight, Tonight' by BEAT CRUSADERS, the fourth opening theme for the anime.
[edit] Bleach: Heat the Soul Series
- Bleach: Heat the Soul (2005)
- Bleach: Heat the Soul 2 (2005)
- Bleach: Heat the Soul 3 (2006)
- Bleach: Heat the Soul 4 (2007)
