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Metal Max 3 is 3rd of the Metal Max role-playing video game series developed by Creea-Tech and published by Kadokawa Games. Originally released for the Nintendo DS in 2010 in Japan.[1] It is developed by Cattle Call and published by Kadokawa Games, Enterbrain, and Crea-Tech.[2] It is a sequel to Metal Max 2, and Metal Saga: Hagane no Kisetsu, are both published in the years of 1993 and 2006 respectively.
This game has a guide in GameFAQs,[3] and in Metalmaniax.[4]
This article mainly utilizes references to the fan-translated English patch by Metal Dreamers.[5]
Synopsis[]
Bladetooth, a superhuman hunter of the Coldblood Gang's bosses, lost his memory after battling a hunter above the Wara Waterfall. Bladetooth tries to reclaim his memories, encountering the Coldblood Gang Leader (Gratonos)'s love interest, Cola, in a bid to be free from Gratonos's influence and power over the wasteland.
Gameplay[]
Metal Max 3 is one of the RPGs to incorporate vehicles in their side view battle system. In addition to the previous entries in the Metal Max Series, Metal Max 3 uses improved graphics to 18-Bit RGB, allowing for increased visual detail compared to Metal Max Returns 15-Bit RGB. A new class of vehicles, the bikes, are introduced to be faster than the only car in-game, and the tanks present in it. A new modding system is also added, despite being irreversible, this allows modifying the chassis of vehicles from Metal Max 3, to include fixed weapon systems. It is also the first in the series to introduce limited, yet with the option for customization, party members (with the classic classes of Hunter, Mechanic, and Soldier, plus new classes like Nurse, Artist, and Wrestler.) New minigames include Doggy Tanks plus Blackjack and Slot Machines. The iGoggles key item replaces Metal Max Returns's BS-Con, and Metal Saga's Satcom in function as well.
Controls[]
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Characters[]
- Bladetooth - The amnesiac protagonist, starts off revived in a town called Crying Mama, he's driven to recover his lost memories, and his relation to Gratonos' Coldblood gang drives the plot of Metal Max 3.
- Cola Ginsky - A family member of the Ginsky household, Cola has desires to be free against the wishes of her father, King Ginsky, and the individual-of-obsession to Gratonos. She's also a potential love interest to Bladetooth that also triggers the credit sequence of Metal Max 3.
- King Ginsky - The patriarch of the Ginsky household and tyrant of Shelter, King Ginsky is at odds with both Gratonos and the Coldblood Gang. Sees his daughter, Cola, as an individual to enrich his position in the wastleland, marrying her to the leader of the settlement named Rusty Maiden.
- Shise - Belmont's daughter, offers to give Bladetooth a place to rest, after Bladetooth avenges her deceased hunter brother, Daniel.
- Belmont - Shise's mechanic father, residing in the first cave east of Wara's entrance. After Bladetooth avenges his deceased hunter son, Daniel, he provides free vehicle parts repair, as well as the retirement option to marry his daughter, Shise.
- Nukka - The sole proprietor of his namesake bar, Nukka's Bar, Nukka provides the option to allow Bladetooth to recruit and provide shelter to the various party members that Bladetooth recruits, from new human party members to friendly dogs.
- Gratonos - The main antagonist and one of the final boss of the game, Gratonos is a mad scientist who uses biomechanical enhancements to create the bosses of the Coldblood Gang.
Plot[]
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References[]
External links[]
- Metal Max 3 at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Metal Max 3 at GameFAQs
- Metal Max Wiki
| Metal Max series | |
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| Main series | Metal Max • Metal Max 2 • Metal Max 3 • Metal Max 4 • Metal Max Xeno: Reborn |
| Related | Metal Saga: Hagane no Kisetsu • Metal Dogs • Data East • Crea-Tech • Kadokawa Games • Cygames |
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