Dead or Alive 3
Dead or Alive 3 is the third installment in the popular fighting series Dead or Alive. Dead or Alive 3 offers a host of new features, including new characters, lighting effects, muscle and clothing movement…
Dead or Alive 3 is an arcade developed by Team NINJA, released 15 November 2001 on Xbox.
What Dead or Alive 3 is
Dead or Alive 3 is an arcade game developed by Team NINJA and released in 2001. It was published by Koei Tecmo Games. It is available on Xbox only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The hero ninja Ryu Hayabusa put a stop to the evil doings of Tengu, but it was too late to stop him from triggering a massive worldwide collapse. A dense cloud covered the entire planet in a shroud of darkness and fear. DOATEC has gone astray, turning into the hunting grounds for power-hungry scam artists. This is when DOATEC's development department (a fortress for state-of-the-art military technology) witnesses the success of a genius. Following Project Alpha and Project Epsilon, the ever ambitious scientist, Dr. Victor Donovan completes the Omega Project, producing a new superhuman: Genra. The man, who was once leader of the Hajin Mon ninja of the Mugen Tenshin clan, is no longer human…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Dead or Alive series
Dead or Alive 3 is the seventh of 39 entries we hold in the Dead or Alive series. It arrived a year after Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore. The next entry was Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball in 2003. Its critic score of 80 is 14 points above the series average of 66. The highest-rated entry is Dead or Alive: Dimensions at 90.
How it was received
Dead or Alive 3 holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 8 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Dead or Alive 3 launched on 15 November 2001, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved and Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dead or Alive 3 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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