{{short description|1996 video game}} {{Infobox video game |title = Langrisser III |image = Langrisser III Coverart.png |developer = [[Career Soft]] <br> X-Nauts (PS2) |publisher = Masaya Games <br> [[Taito]] (PS2) |designer = |engine = |series = ''[[Langrisser]]'' |released = '''Saturn'''<br />{{vgrelease|JP|October 18, 1996}}'''PlayStation 2'''<br />{{vgrelease|JP|October 27, 2005}} |genre = [[Tactical role-playing game|Tactical role-playing]] |modes = [[Single-player]] |platforms = [[Sega Saturn|Saturn]]<br>[[PlayStation 2]] }}
'''''Langrisser III''''' is the sequel to ''[[Langrisser II]]'', released in a number of Asian countries but not in the West. It is the first 32-bit installment in the series.
''Langrisser III'' introduced a [[Nonlinear gameplay|non-linear]] relationship system similar to [[dating sim]]s. Depending on the player's choices and actions, the feelings of the female allies will change towards the player character, who will end up with the female ally he is closest with.<ref>Kurt Kalata, [http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/langrisser/langrisser2.htm Langrisser (Page 2)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202152035/http://hardcoregaming101.net/langrisser/langrisser2.htm|date=2011-02-02}}, Hardcore Gaming 101</ref>
==Plot== ''Langrisser III'' is a prequel to the first two games in the series and deals with the creation of the sword Langrisser.<ref name="hg101">{{cite web | author=Kalata, Kurt | title=Hardcore Gaming 101: Langrisser | url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/langrisser/langrisser2.htm | work=Hardcore Gaming 101 | access-date=2010-02-02 | archive-date=2011-02-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202152035/http://hardcoregaming101.net/langrisser/langrisser2.htm | url-status=dead}}</ref> Consequentially, it is also set before the prequel series ''Elthlead'', and lays the foundation for the wars which take place in that strategy series. The game also introduces the genealogies which dominate most of the ''Langrisser'' series, with the exception of ''[[Langrisser IV]]'', which is set on the Western continent Yeless.
==Release== A limited edition of ''Langrisser III'' includes an [[Coffee_table_book#As_media_tie-in_publications|artbook]] and a [[holographic]] cover.<ref name="segagg">{{cite web | title=Saturn - Langrisser III | url=http://www.segagagadomain.com/saturn7/langrisser3.htm | work=Segagaga Domain | access-date=2010-02-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210095014/http://www.segagagadomain.com/saturn7/langrisser3.htm | archive-date=2010-02-10 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Langrisser series}} {{Masaya Games}}
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