Bloody Roar 3

Bloody Roar 3

North American PlayStation 2 cover art
Developer(s) Hudson Soft, Eighting
Publisher(s)
  • EU Activision (Primal Fury)
Series Bloody Roar
Platform(s) Arcade, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox
Release date(s) Arcade
  • JP December, 2000
PlayStation 2
  • JP March 1, 2001
  • NA June 25, 2001
  • PAL August 24, 2001
GameCube
  • NA March 19, 2002
  • JP April 25, 2002
  • PAL May 3, 2002
Xbox
  • NA May 27, 2003
  • JP July 17, 2003
  • PAL November 28, 2003
Genre(s) Fighting
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Distribution Optical disc

Bloody Roar 3 is a 2000 fighting arcade video game developed by Eighting and Hudson Soft. It is the first of the series to appear on the Sony PlayStation 2. The game was ported to the Nintendo GameCube in 2002. Western releases of the Nintendo GameCube port are called Bloody Roar: Primal Fury and the Japanese release is called Bloody Roar Extreme. In 2003 the game was released on the Xbox in all territories as Bloody Roar Extreme.

Gameplay

The gameplay (the controls) had six different buttons and the commands would be; punch, kick, throw, beast form, and side-step left and right with L2 and R2, which can also be done by double tap down or up to side-step. The main feature is still the ability to transform into beasts, which is involved in all of the Bloody Roar games. Once the character transforms, they regain all the health they have lost and become much stronger and more powerful than before.

Characters

Returning characters
New characters

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. The English voices of Primal Fury were recorded at Screenmusic Studios; the cast this version consists of Dee Bradley Baker (as "Dee Baker"), Michael Bell, Earl Boen, Cam Clarke, Lara Cody, Paul Eiding, Quinton Flynn, Michael Gough, Jennifer Hale, Lex Lang, Vanessa Marshall and Tasia Valenza.[1]

Ports

Primal Fury adds two new characters, improved graphics and faster loading times.[2]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings76.0% [3] (GC)
Metacritic75% [4] (GC)
Review scores
PublicationScore
Famitsu32/40[5] (GC)
GameSpot7.2/10[2] (GC)
IGN7.7/10[6] (GC)

References

  1. ↑ Instruction Booklet, p. 28-29.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kasavin, Greg (22 March 2002). "Bloody Roar: Primal Fury Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Bloody Roar: Primal Fury (GCN) at Game Rankings". Game Rankings. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  4. ↑ "Bloody Roar: Primal Fury (GCN) at Metacritic". Metacritic.com. 2002. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
  5. ↑ ニンテンドーゲームキューブ - ブラッディロア エクストリーム. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.99. 30 June 2006.
  6. ↑ Matt Casamassina (2002-03-14). "Bloody Roar: Primal Fury (GCN) review at IGN". IGN. Retrieved 2008-08-28.

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