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Brandish 3 - Spirit of Balcan#

• Title: Brandish 3: Spirit of Balcan (ブランディッシュ3 スピリット・オブ・バルカン)
• Release Year: 1994
• Original Platform: NEC PC-98
• Developer: Nihon Falcom
• Publisher: Nihon Falcom
• Genre: Action RPG / Dungeon Crawler
• Art Style: Top-down 2D with rotating camera perspective
• Gameplay System: Real-time combat with experience progression, rotating viewpoint navigation, four playable characters (Ares, Dela, Umber, Jinza), jump attacks, charge attacks, backstep maneuvers, and item storage system
• Setting: Kingdom of Fiberia, cursed by an ancient evil awakened when the king discovered a forbidden manuscript
• Themes: Redemption, sacrifice, confronting darkness, unlikely alliances between former enemies
• Legacy: Final entry in the main Brandish trilogy; introduced four-character system and expanded combat mechanics; never ported outside PC-98, limiting international reach compared to predecessors
• Sound Chip (PC-98): Yamaha YM2608 (OPNA)