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In contrast, Consoles Plus Marc Menier and Jean-Loup Jovanovic praised the presentation, visuals, sprite animations, sound design, playability and two-player mode.
However, GameFans four reviewers commended the graphical presentation but criticized the limited sprite animation, controls and gameplay mechanics, with Sgt.
GamePros Scary Larry praised the visuals for being up to standards on Neo Geo and sound design but criticized the controls for being stiff and difficult opponent AI.
Hobby Consolas Manuel del Campo highly commended the film-like presentation, music and sound effects but criticized one aspect of its playability and noted the high difficulty level on the easiest setting.
Likewise, Joypads Nourdine Nini and Jean-François Morisse gave positive remarks to the number of moves for each character, graphics, animations controls and sound design but criticized the gameplay for being repetitive.
In a similar manner as Larry, Mega Funs Philipp Noak and Ulf Schneider criticized the AI opponent for being unfair but gave positive comments to the technical presentation, number of moves and two-player mode.
Player Ones Christophe Delpierre praised the animated visuals, sound, difficulty and longevity but felt mixed in regards to the gameplay.
Computer+Videogiochis Paolo Cardillo and Consolemanias Piemarco Rosa also praised the animated graphics, audio, gameplay and number of moves but Cardillo criticized the game's originality, while Rosa criticized certain gameplay aspects and longevity.
VideoGames Chris Bieniek criticized the method of executing special moves.
GamePros Scary Larry praised the visuals for being up to standards on Neo Geo and sound design but criticized the controls for being stiff and difficult opponent AI.
Hobby Consolas Manuel del Campo highly commended the film-like presentation, music and sound effects but criticized one aspect of its playability and noted the high difficulty level on the easiest setting.
In a similar manner as Larry, Mega Funs Philipp Noak and Ulf Schneider criticized the AI opponent for being unfair but gave positive comments to the technical presentation, number of moves and two-player mode.
Player Ones Christophe Delpierre praised the animated visuals, sound, difficulty and longevity but felt mixed in regards to the gameplay.
It has been distributed since 2018-10-11 for the PlayStation 4 and the Nintendo Switch as the 1st title in ACA NEOGEO, since 10-16 of the same year for Xbox One, since 2019-8-2 for Windows 10, and since 2023-7-27 for iOS and Android.
In Japan, Game Machine listed 3 Count Bout on their May 1, 1993 issue as being the tenth most-popular arcade game at the time.
AllGames Paul Biondich noted its attempt at mixing of fighting styles from game such as WWF WrestleFest and Street Fighter II, however, Kyle Knight stated that 3 Count Bout has an "identity crisis" due to this and regarded the controls as decent during fighting mode but poorly implemented during wrestling mode.
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