SUMMON NIGHT 3 [PLAYSTATION 2 THE BEST]
OFFICIAL TITLE  Summon Night 3 [PlayStation 2 the Best]
COMMON TITLE  Summon Night 3 [PlayStation 2 the Best]
SERIAL NUMBER(S)  SLPS-73211
REGION  NTSC-J
GENRE / STYLE  Tactical RPG.

DEVELOPER  Flight-Plan.
PUBLISHER  Banpresto.
DATE RELEASED  24 February 2005
DISC NUMBER &
PRINTED SERIAL NUMBER
DISC 1

SLPS-73211
SERIAL NUMBER IN DISC SLPS-73211
MEDIA DVD-5
NUMBER OF TRACKS 1
( 1 Data Track )
BARCODE NUMBER(S)
( UPC / EAN )

From the back cover.
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Japanese
Menus and gameplay are in Japanese.

The third installment in the Summon Night series (Summon Night and Summon Night 2 appeared on PlayStation), the game casts players in the role of boy or a girl (Rexx or Aty) who is mentored by a military hero, hones his/her skill with the blade, and sets out on a big adventure. The game's quest is driven forward by anime-style (mostly still) cutscenes with full voice-over narration, while battles use the Quest/Square-style isometric strategy map setup. The PlayStation 2 release improves over its predecessor with more elaborate magic animations, voice content and an overall better looking graphic presentation.

The plot has a "teacher/student" theme. The protagonist is a private tutor that goes in a trip with a new student in a ship that suddenly gets attacked by pirates. The two end up in a mysterious Island where many summon beasts live freely. They are unable to leave at first, but eventually become friends with the inhabitants. However, this doesn’t last long as they have to fight against the army and the secret organization behind the Island creation. During this battle, the protagonist find a mysterious sword that gives him many powers and change his appearance dramatically, but at a great cost. The story is set about 20 year before the original game, but there is a playable epilogue that happens after Summon Night 2.

Third game in the strategy RPG series Summon Night. You take the role of either a male or female summoner assigned to protect one of four selectable characters in a trip to a foreign land. Falling under a pirate attack you end up stranded in an unknown island, and now you, your ward and the pirates must fight their way to freedom and uncover a few secrets in the way.

The game uses a 2D isometric engine to portray the main characters in the world map as they explore each location chatting with NPCs for clues and items, and switches to a tile-based map for combat in which you arrange your party and battle against the many creatures and enemies you run into using spells, attacks and summon abilities. The game now allows you to turn yourself into a your guardian creature, which augments your abilities considerably. But using this morphed form too much has an effect on which ending you receive (as does which characters you select at the beginning of the game).

GAMEPLAY:
The game changed how summon units raise their level once again, this time the player has to give different can food to beast. Their personal preference and the food quality change how much they raise their level.

The player now has to act as a tutor to a child, the player chooses between four different character, which one with a distinct personality and a big role at the story. Player can choose what to teach their student, each option has an effect in the students abilities during battle.

Now the player can choose with type of summon he has most affinity right at the beginning, and this attribute still the same regardless of with student you choose.

The main character can unleash the power of the magic sword, getting many abilities, but this greatly affect future events as makes the value of Karma go up. The sword also activates by itself once the protagonist heath bar get completely drained.



  MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:

Popular simulation RPG 3rd that further evolved the "new summons legend surrounding the sword of mystery" theme. It becomes a tutor who lives in a different world "Ryinbaumu", while raising the student to be a companion, both to wage a adventure. Student abilities and story is changed by the course content, to adopt a multi-ending. Let's enjoy the story of humanity full of excitement.

  FEATURES:
  • First & Third person perspectives.
  • 2D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • Medieval Fantasy & Anime themes.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS  1 Player
NUMBER OF MEMORY CARD BLOCKS  92 KB Minimum
COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS TESTED
( OFFICIAL GAMEPADS ONLY )
 Standard Controller / Analog Controller ( Dual Shock Controller compatible )
COMPATIBLE LIGHT GUNS
( OFFICIAL LIGHT GUNS ONLY )
 None
OTHER COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS
( OFFICIAL CONTROLLERS ONLY )
 None
SPECIAL CONTROLLERS INCLUDED OR
SUPPORTED ( OFFICIAL ONLY )
 None
VIBRATION FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  Yes
VIDEO MODES  50 Hz = No / 60 Hz = Yes / Progressive Scan = No / 16:9 Option = No
AUDIO MODES  Stereo = Yes / Mono = Yes / Dolby Surround = No / Dolby Digital = No; Dolby Pro logic II = No
MULTI-TAP FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  No
LANGUAGE SELECTOR  No
NETWORK ADAPTOR (ETHERNET) COMPATIBLE  No
EMULATOR  PCSX 2 v.0.1.4.0
SPEED HACKS USED  EE Cyclerate = 0; VU Cycle Stealing = 0; Enable INTC Spin detection = Yes; Enable Wait Loop Detection = Yes; Enable fast CDVD = No; mVU Flag Hack = Yes; MTVU (Multi-Threaded Micro VU1) = No
SPECIAL GAME FIXES USED  None
VIDEO PLUGIN  GSDX v.1.0.0 ( Allow 8-bit textures = Yes; Alpha Hack = No; Offset Hack = No; Skipdraw Hack = 0 )
AUDIO PLUGIN  SPU2-X v.2.0.0 ( Interpolation = 4; Disable Effects Processing = No; Use the de-alias filter = No; Enable Dubug options = No; Module = 1; Synchronizing Mode = TimeStretch Mix; Audio Expansion Mode = Stereo )
CD-ROM PLUGIN  CDVDolio Cdrom plugin v.0.1.0
GAME PAD PLUGIN  LilyPad svn (r3993) 0.10.0
VIBRATION COMPATIBLE  Yes.

  NOTE:   This is not the only possible combination of plugins. There are others that will work (better or worse) for your particular hardware. We provide you with one working set-up so that you may get the game up and running, hassle-free. Testing other emulators/plugins is up to you.
 

 BASIC CONTROLS:

Move between actions or answers / Move cursor in battles: D-Pad or Left Analog Stick
Select action or answer: Circle Button
Skip dialogues / Menu in battles: X Button
Hide text / Character status in battles: Triangle Button (Hold)
Move character to different positions: Square Button
Rotate camera left or right: L1 or R1 Button
Change camera zoom: L2 Button
Next player unit: R2 Button
End turn: Start Button



 

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 NTSC-J:
  • Summon Night 3 [SLPS-25267]   
     
 ASIA:
  • Summon Night 3 [SCAJ-20034]   
     

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