Rugby League 3

Rugby League 3
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Developer(s)	Sidhe Interactive
Publisher(s)	Tru Blu Entertainment
Platform(s)	Nintendo Wii
Release date(s)	AUS March 18, 2010 EU April 16, 2010
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ACB: G
Media/distribution	DVD

Rugby League 3 is a sports game for the Nintendo Wii, which was released on 18 March 2010 in Australia, France and New Zealand. It was released in United Kingdom on 16 April 2010.^[1][2] Commentary is provided by Andrew Voss.

Features

• 38 stadiums from Australia, France, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
• Team level gameplay features including defensive line controls, attacking strategy selection, team confidence, and AI support play.
• Build a champion team in the Multi-year Franchise Mode including advanced player management, Dally M Player of the Year and Man of Steel, club records and optional manual rep selection.
• Create and customise players, teams, and competitions

Leagues

There are 8 confirmed domestic leagues to date and over 80 teams in the game, as well as an unconfirmed amount of national teams. New to Rugby League 3 are the Toyota Cup, Co-operative Championship and Championship One; none of which are featured in prior versions.^[1]

Teams

So far the following clubs have been confirmed (Toyota Cup teams are currently known but are not in teams list):^[1][3]

Brisbane Broncos Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Canberra Raiders City Country Cronulla Sharks Gold Coast Titans Manly Sea Eagles Melbourne Storm New South Wales Blues Newcastle Knights North Queensland Cowboys Parramatta Eels Penrith Panthers Queensland Maroons South Sydney Rabbitohs St. George Illawarra Dragons Sydney Roosters Wests Tigers Barrow Raiders Batley Bulldogs Blackpool Panthers Bradford Bulls Castleford Tigers Dewsbury Rams Doncaster Featherstone Rovers Gateshead Thunder

Halifax Harlequins Huddersfield Giants Hull FC Hull Kingston Rovers Hunslet Hawks Keighley Cougars Leeds Rhinos Leigh Centurions London Skolars Oldham Roughyeds Rochdale Hornets Salford City Reds Sheffield Eagles St. Helens Swinton Lions Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Warrington Wolves Whitehaven Widnes Vikings Wigan Warriors Workington Town York City Knights Catalans Dragons Toulouse Olympique New Zealand Warriors Celtic Crusaders

International Teams^[1]

• Australia
• New Zealand
• England
• Ireland
• Scotland
• France
• Papua New Guinea
• Fiji
• Tonga
• Samoa
• Great Britain (unlockable)

Stadiums

The list of stadia appearing in Rugby League 3 include^[1]

ANZ Stadium Bluetongue Stadium Brookvale Oval Campbelltown Stadium Canberra Stadium Centrebet Stadium Dairy Farmers Stadium Ausgrid Stadium Leichhardt Oval Olympic Park Stadium Parramatta Stadium Skilled Park Suncorp Stadium Sydney Football Stadium Endeavour Field WIN Stadium WIN Jubilee Oval Mt Smart Stadium

Belle Vue New Craven Park Galpharm Stadium Grattan Stadium Halliwell Jones Stadium Headingley Stadium DW Stadium Kingston Communications Stadium The Jungle GPW Recruitment Stadium Twickenham Stoop The Willows, Salford Old Trafford Brewery Field Stade Gilbert Brutus

Reception

Rugby League 3 received mixed to poor reviews, with a GameRankings average of 57%.

The Australian video game talk show Good Game's two reviewers gave the game a 6/10 and 8/10.^[4]

IT Reviews commented that the "full-on management mode... is a boon, given that rugby management games are an even rarer breed. In fact, there's an argument that it's in the franchise segment that the game is at its strongest." However, the site also noted that "on the field of play, though, problems do start to kick in, primarily with the control system. It's a fiddly beast to learn, and we came nowhere near to mastering how best to work the Wiimote and Nunchuk in sufficient uniformity to guarantee that our intentions were reflected on the screen."^[5]

GameSpot gave it 6.5/10, and concluded that: "Rugby League 3's expanded team roster and fast-paced multiplayer may breathe new life into the series, but its lousy motion controls and outdated player stats leave it sitting on the bench."^[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} http://forums.sidheinteractive.com/showthread.phpt=38190
2. ^ http://wii.nintendolife.com/news/2009/08/rugby_league_3_announced_for_wii
3. ^ http://www.rugbyleague3.com/features.php
4. ^ "Good Game stories - Rugby League 3". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2010-04-12. http://www.abc.net.au/tv/goodgame/stories/s2870499.htm. 
5. ^ http://www.itreviews.co.uk/games/g693.htm IT Reviews
6. ^ http://uk.gamespot.com/wii/sports/rugbyleague3/review.html GameSpot

External links

• Official site