Koutetsu no Kishi 3: Gekitotsu Europe Sensen
Encyclopedia
is a Super Famicom
strategy
video game about Europe
during World War II
.
The player can play as either Nazi Germany
or the Allied forces. The game is mostly in Japanese, although letters of the Latin alphabet can be used in names. Once in the game mode, the X button is used to confirm orders. Each stage has its own individual background sound that provides additional tension to the atmosphere.
and ammunition
to consider when planning strategy for the perfect offense or an impeccable defense. Once all combatant units are eliminated or once everyone runs out of ammo
and/or fuel, the battle is resolved. The game can end in a draw, however, if fuel or ammunition runs out and there are still a decent amount of combat units on both sides of the conflict
. The actual battle scenes play like a dice
game with the player having the least amount of luck in two different rounds losing his units, similar to Risk
. There are different scenarios from 1939 to 1945. There are no hypothetical scenarios and the game ends the same every time.
or summer
, involve either one or two players, and players can even replace the units and the drivers that are involved in the battle. For example, Poland can have Soviet or German tanks for an equal confrontation with the Nazi forces in the battle for Poland
during the month of September 1939.
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...
strategy
Strategy video game
Strategy video games is a video game genre that emphasizes skillful thinking and planning to achieve victory. They emphasize strategic, tactical, and sometimes logistical challenges. Many games also offer economic challenges and exploration...
video game about Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
The player can play as either Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
or the Allied forces. The game is mostly in Japanese, although letters of the Latin alphabet can be used in names. Once in the game mode, the X button is used to confirm orders. Each stage has its own individual background sound that provides additional tension to the atmosphere.
General gameplay
There are three difficulty levels: easy, medium, and hard. There is also fuelFuel
Fuel is any material that stores energy that can later be extracted to perform mechanical work in a controlled manner. Most fuels used by humans undergo combustion, a redox reaction in which a combustible substance releases energy after it ignites and reacts with the oxygen in the air...
and ammunition
Ammunition
Ammunition is a generic term derived from the French language la munition which embraced all material used for war , but which in time came to refer specifically to gunpowder and artillery. The collective term for all types of ammunition is munitions...
to consider when planning strategy for the perfect offense or an impeccable defense. Once all combatant units are eliminated or once everyone runs out of ammo
Ammunition
Ammunition is a generic term derived from the French language la munition which embraced all material used for war , but which in time came to refer specifically to gunpowder and artillery. The collective term for all types of ammunition is munitions...
and/or fuel, the battle is resolved. The game can end in a draw, however, if fuel or ammunition runs out and there are still a decent amount of combat units on both sides of the conflict
Battle
Generally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, or combatants. In a battle, each combatant will seek to defeat the others, with defeat determined by the conditions of a military campaign...
. The actual battle scenes play like a dice
Dice
A die is a small throwable object with multiple resting positions, used for generating random numbers...
game with the player having the least amount of luck in two different rounds losing his units, similar to Risk
Risk
Risk is the potential that a chosen action or activity will lead to a loss . The notion implies that a choice having an influence on the outcome exists . Potential losses themselves may also be called "risks"...
. There are different scenarios from 1939 to 1945. There are no hypothetical scenarios and the game ends the same every time.
Construction mode
This mode allows the player to take one of the scenarios and customize them. Using the construction mode, a battle can take place using the seasons of winterWinter
Winter is the coldest season of the year in temperate climates, between autumn and spring. At the winter solstice, the days are shortest and the nights are longest, with days lengthening as the season progresses after the solstice.-Meteorology:...
or summer
Summer
Summer is the warmest of the four temperate seasons, between spring and autumn. At the summer solstice, the days are longest and the nights are shortest, with day-length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice...
, involve either one or two players, and players can even replace the units and the drivers that are involved in the battle. For example, Poland can have Soviet or German tanks for an equal confrontation with the Nazi forces in the battle for Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
during the month of September 1939.