Lost In Translation/Art of Fighting 3 - The Path of the Warrior
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| Manufacturer | SNK |
| Released | 1996 |
| Control Method |
8-way Joystick 4 Button(s) |
| Main CPU | Neo-Geo 68000 (@ 12.000 MHz) Z80 (@ 4.000 MHz) |
| Sound CPU | Stereo YM2610 (@ 8.000 MHz) |
| Video Details |
Raster (Horizontal) 320 x 224 pixels 59.19 Hz 4,096 Palette colours |
| Screens | 1 |
| ROM Info | 26 ROMs 40,435,712 bytes (38.56 MiB) |
| MAME ID | aof3 · aof3k |
About The Game
10 selectable characters battle each other in various locations in Mexico. Extremely beautiful and fluid animation courtesy of motion capture technology brings a whole new style of game-play to this popular fighting game.
Additional Technical Information
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 4
=> [A] Punch [B] Kick [C] Hard brow [D] Raz
Trivia
Released in March 1996.
This game is known in Japan as "Ryuuko no Ken Gaiden" (translates from Japanese as 'Dragon and Tiger Fist Side Story').
In each character endings, you receive a nice hand-draw of the character on the 'Thank you for Playing' screen.
The drawing Hoeh-Hoeh selects for Wang Koh San in the ending is random, there are 7 different ones.
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Ryuuko no Ken Gaiden - PCCB-00212) on 03/04/1996.
Tips and tricks
- All Characters Have 2 Colors - One is selected with the A button an the other one is chosen with the D button.
- Play As Sinclair - Highlight Robert and press Left (or highlight Jin and press Right(x2)).
- Play As Wyler - Highlight Robert and press Left(x2) (or highlight Jin and press Right).
- Special Day (Birthday Gift) - Definitely one of the strangest tricks in fighting games, each character will be powered up on his birthday (able to perform Super Desperation Moves at any moment during the fight!).
| Character | Birthday |
|---|---|
| Kasumi Todo | March, 29 |
| Wang Koh-San | April, 17 |
| Lenny Criston | May, 20 |
| Karman Cole | June, 13 |
| Rody Births | July, 24 |
| Ryo Sakazaki | August, 2 |
| Jin-Fuha | September, 4 |
| Wyler | October, 22 |
| Sinclair | November, 14 |
| Robert Garcia | December, 25 |
- Ultimate K.O. - Defeat an opponent in the first round by using your character's Super Desperation Move when the enemy's lifebar is 5% of less. If done correctly, you'll win the whole match in just a single round!
- Finish the game without losing a round to get a comical hand drawn picture of the character after the credits.
Series
- Art of Fighting (1992)
- Art of Fighting 2 (1994)
- Art of Fighting 3 - The Path of the Warrior (1996)
Staff
- Object Designers
- Heitarou
- Black Tree
- Futatsu!!
- Higetoboin
- UG
- Ponda
- Tohru
- Pinkey-EX
- Hori-pu~?
- Terarin
- Kattsun
- Sumiccho
- Nana
- Ashizawan
- Satopyon
- Tani Tani
- Koara
- Rave Man
- Sasa
- K.Miya
- Rolly(r)
- Tony Oki
- ??....!
- Back Designers
- Muramama Eiko
- Daisuke
- Wa-Da-Mo
- J K
- Sho-Chan
- Take-Pyon
- Programmers
- MA2++
- Yuritaro
- Hiropon
- CG Creators
- K-Asa
- Aki.Yama
- Demao.Sat
- Seri
- Music Composers
- Yamapy-1
- Masahiko Hataya (Papaya)
- Shibakichi
- Capture Assisted By
- Masa
- Shin.T
- Jeffrey Zoern
- Raymond Ho
- Producers
- Takashi Nishiyama
- Finish Hiroshi
- Directors
- Go
- Shigeri #3
- Kim-Ken
- Moai-Nao
- Voice Actors
- Ryo - Masaki Usui
- Robert - Mantaro Koichi
- Rody - Eiji Yano
- Lenny - Kumi Ishida
- Wang - Monster Maetsuka
- Karman - Mantaro Koichi
- Jin - Jai
- Sinclair - Harumi Ikoma
- Wyler - Monster Maetsuka
Cabinet and Artwork
Neo-Geo arcade cabinet.
Art of Fighting 3 marquee.
Art of Fighting 3 flyer.
Back of the Art of Fighting 3 flyer.
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Ports
- Consoles
- SNK Neo-Geo CD (1996)
- Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, "NeoGeo Online Collection Vol.4 : Art of Fighting")
Soundtrack Releases
| Album Name | Catalogue No. | Released | Publisher | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art of Fighting - Ryuuko no Ken Gaiden | PCCB-00212[1] | 1996-04-03 | Pony Canyon/Scitron | CD version. |
| ART OF FIGHTING Ryuuko no Ken Gaiden Arrange Sound Trax | PCCB-00213[2] | 1996-05-02 | Pony Canyon/Scitron | CD version. |
