Arcana Heart 3

Arcana Heart 3
European cover art
Developer(s)Team Arcana
Examu (AH3 - LMSS)
exA-Arcadia (Arcade Xtend)
Bandai Namco Studios (Arcade LMSS)
Publisher(s)Examu (Arcade)
exA-Arcadia (Arcade)
Arc System Works (console, PC)
Director(s)Kazuma Hayashi
Producer(s)Koji Takaya
Artist(s)Hirotaka Akaga
Writer(s)Tohru Sakurai (AH3 - LMSS)[1]
Composer(s)Motoharu Yoshihira
SeriesArcana Heart
Platform(s)Arcade
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
ReleaseArcade
  • JP: December 22, 2009
exA-Arcadia
  • WW: December 15, 2023
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
  • JP: January 13, 2011
  • NA: April 19, 2011
(PSN-only)
  • EU: August 7, 2011
(PS3)
  • EU: August 19, 2011
(Xbox 360)
Genre(s)2D Versus fighting
Mode(s)Up to 2 players simultaneously
Arcade systemeX-Board
Taito Type X2 (Love Max!!!!! - Six Stars)
exA-Arcadia (Xtend)

Arcana Heart 3 (Japanese: アルカナハート3, Hepburn: Arukana Hāto Surī) is a 2011 2D arcade fighting game developed by Team Arcana (the first three updates co-developed with Examu (formerly Yuki Enterprise)) and published by Arc System Works. It is the third entry in the Arcana Heart series, following the events of Arcana Heart 2.

The game went through location tests in Japan starting in late 2009, and was officially released on console on January 13, 2011. PQube released an English version in Europe on August 19, 2011, for both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. An American (PlayStation Network only) version was released on April 19, 2011, by Aksys Games.[2]

An update for the game, called Arcana Heart 3: Love Max!!!!! (Japanese: アルカナハート3 LOVE MAX!!!!!, Hepburn: Arukana Hāto Surī Love Max!!!!!, written with multiple exclamation marks), with rebalanced gameplay and new game modes was released in Japan on May 8, 2013, for Arcades, and later released for PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows.[3][4] This was followed by Arcana Heart 3: Love Max Six Stars!!!!! (Japanese: アルカナハート3 LOVE MAX SIX STARS!!!!!, Hepburn: Arukana Hāto Surī Love Max Six Stars!!!!!, written with multiple exclamation marks), which was released in arcades on December 4, 2014, and later released on Microsoft Windows on December 13, 2017.[5] The latest update version known as Arcana Heart 3: Love Max Six Stars Xtend!!!!! (Japanese: アルカナハート3 LOVE MAX SIX STARS XTEND!!!!!, Hepburn: Arukana Hāto Surī Love Max Six Stars Xtend!!!!!, written with multiple exclamation marks) was announced on April 24, 2019, and released on April 30, 2021 for Microsoft Windows and December 15, 2023 for arcades on exA-Arcadia, adding three more characters who were originally meant to be DLC characters in original Love Max Six Stars update, despite Team Arcana no longer with Examu, after the team's former parent company dismissed from video game business as of the end of February 2020.[6]

  1. ^ "Arcana Heart Writer Tohru Sakurai Passes Away". 21 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Arcana Heart 3 - PlayStation 3". Gamespot. 2011-01-13. Archived from the original on 2019-02-03. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  3. ^ "ｱﾙｶﾅﾊｰﾄ3 LOVE MAX!!!!!". Examu.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2014-06-21. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
  4. ^ "Arcana Heart 3 Love Max Adds New Moves Like The Arcana Eclipse". Siliconera. 2013-05-08. Archived from the original on 2014-06-22. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
  5. ^ James, Thomas (October 16, 2014). "Arcana Heart 3: Love Max Six Stars announced – Gematsu". Gematsu.com. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  6. ^ @examu_PR (24 April 2019). "サメ娘ちゃんが遊べる新バージョンの名称が「アルカナハート3 LOVE MAX SIX STARS!!!!!! XTEND」に決定しました！#アルカナハート#ArcanaHeart #AH3LMSSS" (Tweet) – via Twitter.