Sentoki 3

戦闘機 Sentoki 3 (戦闘機; fighter) is a 3D fighting game developed by Orange Soft and published by ACS Softworks. It is the sequel to Sentoki 2 and the third part of the Sentoki series. Released in 2003 for Arcades (ACS System 201) PlayStation 2, XBox and Nintendo Gamecube.

The game later received an update in 2005 in the form of 戦闘機 Sentoki 3 XE (Xtra Edition), which added new characters and stages, as well as rebalanced some characters and gave them new unlockable outfits for customization. Released for Arcades (ACS System 201), PlayStation 2, XBox, Nintendo Gamecube and PlayStation Portable (under the name "戦闘機 Sentoki 3: Portable). A final update named 戦闘機 Sentoki 3: Final Tuned was released exclusively for Arcades (ACS System 201) in 2007, which added a balanced version of final boss K-1, as well as allowing the use of stages from vanilla Sentoki 3.

In 2013, the game was re-released for the Samsung Zeo as a downloadable title for its LIVEPLAY Store.

Gameplay
The game introduces a ranking system, where each player can level up their characters to a certain rank, from Novice (lowest) to Lord of Sentoki (highest). The higher the rank, the tougher the enemy AI can be, while in multiplayer, ranks can determine a player's skill level. In the console version, character ranks can be used in modes such as Arcade and the newly-added Conquest mode, while in the arcade version, one must use a specialized data card to access ranking mode and character customization (as mentioned below).

The game also features character customization, where one can unlock various costumes and items in gameplay and equip them to their character. Customization items can be bought with in-game currency, called Battle Points or BP, which are earned during battles. With the inclusion of customization mode, the costume slot system has also been revamped, with the first two slots used for the character's default costumes, while the latter two now serve as slots for players' custom-made outfits.

The game also adds new stage hazards such as breakable floors and ledges, as well as new gameplay mechanics such as "Sabaki" moves, which are moves that double as reversals when the attack collides against certain moves.

Ranks

 * Novice


 * 10th kyu


 * 9th kyu


 * 8th kyu


 * 7th kyu


 * 6th kyu


 * 5th kyu


 * 4th kyu


 * 3rd kyu


 * 2nd kyu


 * 1st kyu


 * 1st dan


 * 2nd dan


 * 3rd dan


 * 4th dan


 * 5th dan


 * 6th dan


 * 7th dan


 * 8th dan


 * 9th dan


 * 10th dan


 * Contestant


 * Fighter


 * Icon


 * Virtuoso


 * Hero


 * Champion


 * Legend


 * Master


 * Brawler


 * Crusher


 * Berserker


 * Destroyer


 * Warrior


 * Innovator


 * Dominator


 * Emperor


 * Deity


 * Greater


 * Deity


 * Lord of Fighting


 * Lord of Sentoki

Story
Near the end of the second tournament, Kei Ikushima, after defeating Regulus, discovers that the underground laboratory's self-destruct mechanism has been activated. As she was about to escape, she encounters Eileen Shore once again.

Kei tried to take Eileen out of the lab with her, but she hesitated. Eileen instead told Kei the answer that she was looking for all along: Kei was actually the daughter of none other than the CEO of Orion Corporation, Ranzou Kihara.

Eileen then gives Kei a letter and then tells Kei to go on without her and escape the lab now "before he gets you". Kei hesitates at first but then escapes as the lab explodes, leaving Eileen behind. It is unknown what happened to Eileen after the explosion.

Three years after the explosion at the Orion labs, Kei finds out more of her past from the letter Eileen gave her before the incident. She also found out that her DNA was taken for use in several mass-produced clones, which were then infused with Orion's fight data to create the "perfect fighter". It was also said in the letter that come her 20th birthday, Orion will unleash the so-called "perfect fighter" to the masses.

As Kei reaches her 20th birthday, Orion announces the third Sentoki: Global Martial Arts tournament. Kei joins the tournament in order to search for Eileen and discover the "perfect fighter" that she was referring to.

Returning

 * Shin Ikushima

Birthplace: Japan

Fighting Style: Karate

Voice Actors: Tomokazu Seki (JP), Mark Atherlay (EN)


 * Ralph Rollins

Birthplace: USA

Fighting Style: Street Fighting

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Voice Actors: Keiji Fujiwara (JP), Doug Boyd (EN)


 * Huang Long

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Birthplace: Hong Kong

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Fighting Style: Jeet Kune Do

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Voice Actors: Nobutoshi Canna (JP), Scott Reyns (EN)


 * Joanna Spencer

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Birthplace: Wales

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Fighting Style: Assassination arts based on Koppo-jutsu and Wing Chun

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Voice Actresses: Yuko Mizutani (JP), Renee Hewitt (EN)


 * Bru Bronson

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Birthplace: England

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Fighting Style: Pro Wrestling

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Voice Actors: Daisuke Gori (JP), J.S Gilbert (EN)


 * Akechi

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Birthplace: Japan

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Fighting Style: Sumo

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Voice Actors: Ryuzaburo Otomo (JP), Peter Kepler (EN)


 * Douglas Freeman

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Birthplace: USA

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Fighting Style: Boxing

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Voice Actors: Hisao Egawa (JP), Paul Jennings (EN)


 * Sonchai Khun

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Birthplace: Thailand

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Fighting Style: Muay Thai

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Voice Actors: Kosuke Toriumi (JP), Casey Robertson (EN)


 * Chen Zhixin

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Birthplace: China

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Fighting Style: Drunken Fist

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Voice Actors: Takeshi Aono (JP), Michael Bennett (EN)


 * M.A.C.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Birthplace: Japan

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Fighting Style: Mimicry (switches through other characters' styles per round)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Voice Actors: None


 * Kei Ikushima

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Birthplace: Japan

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Fighting Style: Karate

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Voice Actresses: Rica Fukami (JP), Melissa Hutchison (EN)


 * Kwon Eun-Soo

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Birthplace: South Korea

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Fighting Style: Taekwondo

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Voice Actors: Akira Ishida (JP), Jim Singer (EN)


 * Shannon Meltzer

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Birthplace: USA

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Fighting Style: Greco-Roman Wrestling

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Voice Actresses: Akiko Hiramatsu (JP), Christiane Crawford (EN)


 * Zakuro

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Birthplace: Japan

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Fighting Style: Ninjutsu

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Voice Actors: Ryotaro Okiayu (JP), Scott Zeck (EN)


 * Liang Meilin

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Birthplace: China

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Fighting Style: Baguazhang

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Voice Actresses: Motoko Kumai (JP), Melissa Hutchison (EN)

New

 * Brandon Donovan

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Birthplace: Ireland

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Fighting Style: Kickboxing

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Voice Actors: Kazuya Nakai (JP), Andrew Chaikin (EN)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Brandon Donovan is an kickboxer from Belfast, Northern Ireland. One of the most well-known kickboxers of his generation, Brandon cares less about his skill and more about his popularity amongst fans and the thrill of a fight. Brandon decides to enter the Sentoki tournament to boost his popularity.


 * Ariana Melendez

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Birthplace: Brazil

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Fighting Style: Capoeira

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Voice Actresses: Mami Koyama (JP), Desiree Goyette (EN)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Ariana Melendez is an actress and capoeira fighter from Sao Paolo, Brazil. Aside from her work as an actress, Ariana also takes care of her younger brother, who was also taught capoeira by their late grandfather, until one day, her brother was kidnapped by a group of soldiers. As she learns that Orion was responsible for the kidnapping, Ariana flies to Japan to participate in the Sentoki tournament to rescue him.


 * Ruslanovich

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Birthplace: Russia

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Fighting Style: Command Sambo

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Voice Actors: Takaya Kuroda (JP), Abie Hadjitarkhani (EN)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Nikolai Ruslanovich is a mercenary from Russia. Originally serving for the military, Ruslanovich found his love of destruction in the battlefield and tore through enemies one by one, not caring about his allies. Growing tired of the same battles, Ruslanovich enters the Sentoki tournament for more prey.


 * Satomi Sumiregawa

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Birthplace: Japan

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Fighting Style: Aikido

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Voice Actresses: Miyu Matsuki (JP), Julissa Aguirre (EN)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Satomi Sumiregawa is an aikido expert from Kyoto, Japan. Satomi was trained by her father Yujiro up until he was put in comatose by a mysterious entity who also went on to destroy her father's dojo. After hearing rumors that the entity was joining the Sentoki tournament, Satomi decides to enter the tournament in order to seek revenge for her father.


 * K1

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Birthplace: Unknown

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Fighting Style: Combination of all fighter's styles

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Voice Actresses: Rica Fukami (JP), Roberta Kennedy (EN)

<p style="font-weight:normal;">K1 is a clone of Kei Ikushima created by Orion. K1 was created using Kei's DNA during her time in cryo-sleep for the purpose of discovering the "perfect fighter", having been infused with the fight data collected by Orion. K1 was left inside Orion's labs up until the third tournament, where she is planned to be unveiled by Orion come the finals.

XE Additions
<p style="font-weight:normal;">Birthplace: China
 * Lee Longwei

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Fighting Style: Five Form Kung Fu

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Voice Actors: Hozumi Gouda (JP),

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Lee Longwei is a police officer from China. Known back in his hometown for his reputation and mastery of the "five animals" style of kung fu, Longwei has solved many cases and brought down many criminal organizations with him. After being sent to a mission to investigate the dubious activities of Orion, Longwei enters the Sentoki tournament to get to the bottom of things.


 * Mira

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Birthplace: Unknown

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Fighting Style: Kuk Sool Won

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Voice Actors: Yukana Nogami (JP),

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Mira is a mysterious assassin coming from an unknown country. Not much is known about Mira, other than her serving for Orion Corporation, although certain rumors dictate that she was once a high-level practitioner of kuk sool won, who was kidnapped and subject in to various experiments, turning her into what she is right now. Mira has been announced to be entering the Sentoki tournament, though her motives remain a mystery.

Game Modes

 * Arcade


 * Quick Match


 * Conquest


 * Versus


 * Survival


 * Time Attack


 * Tournament


 * Team Battle


 * Story


 * Practice


 * Gallery


 * Options

Sequel
<p style="font-weight:normal;">A sequel to the game, Sentoki 4, was released in 2010 for the PlayStation 3 and XBox 360. It featured new characters as well as new gameplay mechanics and stages.

Trivia

 * This is the first ACS game to gain an English dub.
 * It also marks the first and only time that ACS utilized a San Francisco dub cast, as the next ACS game to be dubbed, Code Chronos: Eve of Destruction, utilized a Los Angeles dub cast.