3DO Version of Mega Man X3 Confirmed… 16 Years Ago, That Is
It has long been a subject of debate whether Capcom had ever really planned a release of Mega Man X3 for the Panasonic 3DO, a version not unlike that seen on the PC, SEGA Saturn, and Sony PlayStation, or whether people had just imagined it. But then late last year, evidence surfaced that yes, a version of the difficult-to-find Super NES game would indeed be on the way to the ill-fated 32-bit console.
More recently, new evidence has surfaced… video evidence! Let’s watch:
OKeijiDragon sent this our way, noting that it comes from a VHS tape purchased from an eBay seller in Japan called the “CSG TV-Game Collection ’96 Spring/Summer Promotional Tape,” adding that “CSG features lots of old Japanese 1990s games from that era of gaming” and that “you can also hear an alternate version of ‘One More Time,’ the Japanese opening theme for the CD versions of X3.”
The 3DO may be long gone now, and that version of the game never came to fruition, but if you can track down a copy of Capcom’s Mega Man X Collection for either the PlayStation 2 or GameCube, the Mega Man X3 experience provided therein should be about the same.
Tags: 3DO, Capcom, Mega Man X, Mega Man X3
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That background song is cool.
@forpeace
This version of “One More Time” is a combination of the X3 Opening version’s lyrics and the final (CD single) version’s tempo.
Since the PSX/SAT versions came out in late April 1996, this version must be a bridge between the first set of lyrics heard in X3 and the speed of the final version (which, to say, still sounds like it was slowed down from something else).
That being said, the X3 Opening version – with its more natural sounding tempo regardless of lyrics – is still what I consider to be the true version of the song:
~PROMOTION TIME~
-Full CD version at X3 tempo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44j3HtnhQB4
-Game size CD version at X3 tempo [created by yours truly]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZHdmM9Us_o
To be honest, the 3DO had some interesting stuff to offer.
That ****com didn’t decide to release a port of X3 for it is typical for that company, yes.
But considering the poor sells of that system, I’d probably done the same and cancel the port.
It would be interesting to know if there is a pre release version to X3 somewhere though.
Oh and about ‘One More Time”… the upspeed version sounds sooo much better than the original.
No wonder I’m rather listen to that instead to the real version.
I’m not sure, but were the backgrounds in X3 always slightly animated? And the lamp-posts in Neon Tiger’s stage?
…does this count as the long lost X3 commercial that i have been waiting for?