Darkstalkers 3edit

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Intro and Demo Mode

Darkstalkers 3 (Vampire Savior: World of Darkness in Japan) is the third and final proper installment in the Darkstalkers series, not counting compilations. The 1997 release retained the character roster of Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge, initially omitting Donovan, Huitzil and Pyron from the lineup in the arcade version. Taking their place were four new characters: Jedah, Lilith, Q-Bee and B. B. Hood. Darkstalkers 3 eschews the traditional round-based system in favor of what is dubbed the Damage Gauge System, with each fighter having two "life markers" which diminish after one's own life bar is completely emptied. The player can also regain a portion of their life during battle, if they manage to avoid taking further hits. The game also introduces the Dark Force System, which allows players to perform special abilities unique to each character for a limited period.

This game was ported to the Sega Saturn (Japan-only) and to the Sony PlayStation. Unlike the arcade version, the console versions contain Donovan, Huitzil and Pyron without losing any other characters. Artwork was handled by Akiman.

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Jedah, one of the high nobles of Makai, is resurrected after a premature death long ago. Seeing the state of the demon world, he decides that the only way to save the world is to recreate it. To this end, he conjures a dimension known as Majigen, to which he summons worthy souls to feed his new world. As luck would have it, those souls belong to the characters from the first two games, in addition to three newcomers.

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In addition to Shadow and Marionette from Night Warriors, a variant Jon Talbain resembling his shadow form in his final boss fight, and a character that appears to be Lilith after rejoining with Morrigan, Darkstalkers 3 boasts an actual secret character in Oboro Bishamon.

Oboro Bishamon can be accessed from the Short Cut mode as a Select button variant playable character (as can all of the above with the exception of Shadow and Marionette) or fought in the Arcade Mode under set conditions. His sprite is essentially the same as Bishamon, although the color is different and some moves have been changed. It is revealed in his ending that he is, in fact, the ghost of the samurai once possessed by Hannya who has returned to prevent the evil armor from causing yet more harm.