Bloody Roar 3

Did You Know?

• Once a character transforms, they regain part of the health they have lost and become much stronger.
• Bloody Roar 3 was followed up by Bloody Roar Extreme on other platforms and Bloody Roar 4 on PlayStation 2.

Characters

New characters include Xion the Unborn, a cold and reserved man who plots to exterminate all other Zoanthropes; his Zoanthrope is the Unborn. Kōryū, an unlockable character, is a relentless machine modeled after the first Bakuryu, Ryūzō Katō, with the Iron Mole as his Zoanthrope. Uranus, also unlockable, is a perfected clone of Uriko known as the strongest Zoanthrope, with the Chimera as her Zoanthrope. Returning characters are Yugo the Wolf, Alice the Rabbit, Long the Tiger, Gado the Lion, Kenji/Bakuryu the Mole, Uriko the Half-Beast, Stun the Insect, Shina the Leopard, Jenny the Bat, Busuzima the Chameleon, and Shenlong the Tiger. Shenlong is Long's clone who lives a different life as a bouncer who will kill anyone he does not like, to differentiate himself from Long.

Reception

The PlayStation 2 version received mixed or average reviews according to Metacritic. Michael 'Major Mike' Weigrand noted that while the PS2 had lacked top-tier fighting games since launch, Bloody Roar 3 offered nothing new from its predecessors, pleasing newcomers but not rabid fans. Eric Bratcher of NextGen, reviewing the Japanese import, said the game would keep players occupied until their next big game hunt. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 29 out of 40. Game Machine listed the arcade version as the fifth most-successful arcade game of the past year in their February 15, 2001 issue.