Robot Summoner Kite 3

Robot Summoner Kite 3 (ロボットサモナーカイト3) is an action-platform video game developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation 2. It is the fifth installment of the Robot Summoner Kite series, as well as the first installment of the series to use the official Japanese title.

Gameplay
Robot Summoner Kite 3 uses the same gameplay from the other Kite games, in which players control Kite as he uses his Summon abilities and Matter Vacuum to absorb the Planet Matter spread across each level. New to the game is the female robot Wanda, who accompanies Kite through most of the game. At any time during play, Kite can summon Wanda, but doing so costs him two hit points. When controlled by the computer or also a second human player, Wanda's abilities are similar to Kite's: She can conjure Summons (different from Kite's) using the enemies' Vermilion energy, a counterpart to the Azure energy, and use her variant of the Matter Vacuum to absorb Planet Matter out of enemies. Also, similar to Robot Summoner Kite 2, along with the returning three Robomals (Clint, Stick, Berg), Robot Summoner Kite 3 introduces three new Robomal partners; Rudy, a kangaroo with extraordinary jumping abilities, Arch, a butterfly that can shrink Kite to fly through small areas, and Anchor, a shark with the strength to break through undersea boulders.

Numerous puzzles in the game make use of the Robomals' different gameplay styles, and usually require the player to master them in order to be completed. For example, one mission that has Kite escort Clint to the end of the level features numerous high walls to scale and large gaps bridged by enemies to stomp on, and another mission makes Kite use the Maid summon Lucy with Arch to water some flowers. In many other cases, however, the Robomals' serve as a supplement to the gameplay with the purpose of aiding the player. Additionally, each world features one Energy Ball mission requiring that Kite escort a Robomal to an acquaintance of theirs at the end of the level.

Story
The game takes place after the events of Robot Summoner Kite DX, where Kite stopped Rexx from fulfilling his wish of world domination. It is a few years later, and Tomas and Cassidy left for a vacation leaving their daughter Valli to watch over the laboratory. Elsewhere, Kite and Mr. Panda are on a fishing trip while Wanda, a robot girl visiting Techno City prior to this story, gets to meet Millie and the rest of Kite's friends. Tomas has left Valli with one task: scan the galaxy in search of an incoming energy source. But because she, Kite, and their friends were doing their business, a massive amount of Planet Matter invaded Neo-Earth again, this time wrecking the laboratory in the process. This is a sign of Specter, as he makes an army of monsters bent on destroying the world. Under Valli's orders, Kite aims to capture all the Planet Matter and stop Specter while Wanda, on her own terms, has the same goal, unaware of the encounter the two robots will have. However, Specter has supplied five inhabitants of Neo-Earth with Energy Balls, making them stronger and more intelligent than the average monsters.