Arcana Heart 3: Love Max Six Stars announced

posted on 10.16.14 at 12:54 AM EDT by Thomas James (@iiotenki)

Third iteration of Examu fighter coming to arcades this winter.

Arcana Heart 3: Love Max Six Stars

Following Arcana Heart 3 and Arcana Heart 3: Love Max, the next iteration of Examu’s all-girls arcade fighting game is Arcana Heart 3: Love Max Six Stars, the company announced.

Due out in Japanese arcades this winter, the game will feature a new character named Minori Amanohara and a new Arcana called Ichor.

Minori is a wannabe hero who goes by the name “Subaru the Exterminating Fairy.” She takes up the mantle of her own accord after feeling frustrated with herself that she can’t do anything while the Misono Academy girls are off protecting the world in secret. In her mind, if she has power of her own, there’s no reason she shouldn’t be able to enter the fray.

Ichor is an Arcana that mimics the blood that symbolizes the origin of all life. It has a hidden ability that can potentially draw out a lot of power.

Arcana Heart 3: Love Max recently launched for PlayStation 3 and PS Vita. Examu has yet to announce whether Six Stars will also come to home platforms.

Visit the game’s teaser site here. View the first images at the gallery.

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PrinceHeir

Ah shit so does this mean it’ll be an update only or completely new game?
- TheDevil
  
  Hopefully will be patched in AH3: Love Max cuz I won’t buy yet another game for just one character.
- http://youtube.com/miyabigaming 武神水樹
  
  Probably a new game, the first didn’t sell too well
David Bond

I’m wondering that myself
gilleh

Hopefully there are more characters added and changes made? Because releasing a new game for one character seems a bit silly to me.
Solomon_Kano

Oh.
Budgiecat

wow even worse than Capcom now?
- Shippoyasha
  
  Hmm. Nah. The Japanese version came out last year. Capcom has released entirely new versions within the year. Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 for example.
  - MetalGarurumon
    
    They had no choice in UMVC3 as the Capcom license was gonna be taken from them soon.
    - Shippoyasha
      
      Yeah. the whole situation was terrible all around. Shame on Marvel/Disney though. They just want to do things their way I guess.
  - Budgiecat
    
    So one whole year and only 1 new character vs seven months and several new characters….hmm
    - https://www.youtube.com/user/GamingHeroTetsuya TetsuyaHikari
      
      Considering one is a tag game consisting of 3 characters, the addition of several new characters shouldn’t be surprising.
    - Shippoyasha
      
      Well, hopefully they revamp the character balance once again. The game series is actually making a name for itself with its character balance. I do hope they add 2 or 3 more characters though. That really can’t be it, I hope.
- https://www.youtube.com/user/GamingHeroTetsuya TetsuyaHikari
  
  Not even close, lol. It would take a bit to reach that level or Arc System Works’ level of rehashing.
- Eder García
  
  just following its steps
りんごタルト＠エスカのアトリエ

Where’s my Arcana Heart 4? Dammit, Examu.
Nhatalya

I like the new character’ design, but I don’t see the point of this game with just one new character and one new Arcana. Better make Arcana Heart 4 with superior graphics, please.
FitzpatrickPhillips

Yikes. They’ll definitely get backlash for this one. As for that character…I can’t refresh pixiv any faster!
- OverlordZetta
  
  No, they won’t. It’s been over a year since the last arcade game released, it’ll be closer to two by the time this one does (Winter is December-February, so chances are it’s dropping early 2015 and Love Max was Spring 2013). Arcade-based fighters release new games pretty often to stay relevant compared to competition, so this is just expected. They shouldn’t get backlash for this, nor should they when brand new console versions follow. It’s just how it works.
- James Reilly
  
  Yeah it only feels late because the west barely got the last version.
Nhatalya

Also, who’s the Character Designer of AH3?
- TheDevil
  
  Hirotaka Akaga.
https://www.youtube.com/user/GamingHeroTetsuya TetsuyaHikari

As much as I’d love to continue the series, I doubt I’ll bother with AH any more. I’ve been playing it since the original on PS2 back in 2007. I even suffered through the terrible port of AH2 for a little while, lol. 3 was my favorite, but Love Max!!!!! hardly had any sales and barely anybody played it, so it was difficult finding opponents (much like Aquapazza, online was dead within a week of release).

The new character also kind of gives a vibe of Heart combined with Weiss to me. Either way, I hope it all the best since it’s actually a pretty sold game since 3, but yeah… I’m throwing in the towel.
artemisthemp

So they already working on a third version of Arcana Heart 3 WoW