Kemono Friends 3

Kemono Friends 3 is a mobile game developed and originally published by SEGA and released on the 24th of September, 2019. Kemono Friends 3 was first announced by SEGA during their Tokyo Game Show 2018 stage event, and formally unveiled on the 12th of January, 2019 alongside its sibling game, Kemono Friends 3: Planet Tours. It was seemingly named as a sequel to the anime Kemono Friends 2 (2019) but takes place during Japari Park's pre-opening period, long before the two seasons of anime take place and (relatively) shortly after the main story of the Nexon mobile Game published in 2015. Friends including Dhole, Meerkat and Short-Beaked Common Dolphin play as new leads to help JSRT Captain (the player) protect the Park against emerging Cellien threats. The game is free to play with microtransactions and gacha elements. As of the 1st of August, 2021, Appirits took ownership as the current publisher for Kemono Friends 3 with SEGA still continuing work on the development of the game

On September 6th, 2022, a traditional Chinese server of the game was announced on a Taiwanese media site, and launched on March 14, 2023. The server is run by the Taiwanese game company Wayi International Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd., and is available to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. At launch, the game system is close to the latest version of the Japanese server and the main story is unlocked up to the third chapter of the first season.

Plot
The game takes place in a building labeled "Japari Security and Research Team", abbreviated to JSRT. The building is located in the An'in Region during a timeline after original game released by Nexon and before Japari Park is open. The story focused around the Expedition Team whose members are Captain, Dhole, Meerkat, Bald Eagle, Short-Beaked Common Dolphin, and Lion. A English-speaking human character, Calenda, has been shown traveling to Japari Park with a modified Lucky Beast, she also accompanied by chuunibyou group known as Japari Dan whose members are Blackbuck, Tasmanian Devil, and Australian Devil. Both Expedition Team and Japari Dan group worked together to solve many incidents in Japari Park.

Gameplay
Kemono Friends 3 is an RPG with similar gameplay to the original Nexon game. The player commands a team of up to five Friends, choosing their moves and applying skills to defeat enemy Celliens or apposing teams of Friends in combat. Friends can be upgraded with various obtainable items to take on stronger opponents while progressing through the game's main story and other seasonal events. Players obtain more materials and Friends via the in-game store, gacha mechanics, missions, and real-money store.

Quests
Quests are the main component of the game. Players will be able to advance through the main story and other events by completing quests. Most quests have a stamina cost, allowing only a certain number of quests to be completed until the player's stamina will need to be replenished over time. Completed quests provide rewards in the form of consumable items, experience points for participating Friends, and experience points for the player themselves. As the player levels up, their maximum stamina increases, allowing them to participate in more quests.

In addition to clearing the quests, the player can also fulfill three additional objectives called 'flags'. Clearing all three flags for the first time will reward the player with an additional prize. Flags do not all need to be cleared in the same attempt.

The Main Story is released on a chapter-by-chapter basis. Seasons are comprised of several chapters which are broken down further into episodes. Episodes are further divided into battles and stories. Clearing all three flags in story quests reward the player with the game's premium currency.

There are several other types of quests including Growth Quests, Special Quest, Friend Stories, and Arai-san's Captain Diary. Upon completing those quests, players will also be able to clear Missions to obtain various rewards.

There are also recurring event quests including Japari Park Off-limit Area．Blockade Lifted (ジャパリパーク立ち入り禁止区域・解除開始), Cellien Cleanup (セルリアン大掃除), Physical Fitness Test (体力測定), Wild Release Challenge (野生大解放チャレンジ), as well as various limited events to celebrate special occasions or festivals, and collaborations with franchises or characters outside Kemono Friends.

Battle
Battles follow a traditional turn-based combat system. Enemy Celliens will attack in waves, and the player can compose a party of up to 5 Friends to defeat all of the waves without being knocked out. The player starts out being able to take 3 actions per turn, with no restrictions on selecting the same Friend multiple times in a row.

Full details about combat at Beginner's Guide.

Players influence combat by assigning one of three Flags to each Friend: If more than one Friend has the same Flag, a Kemo Chorus will be activated, providing a bonus to each Friend. Additionally, Kemo Choruses can be used to fill the One More (おかわり) meter (indicated by filling up the bowl), which increases the maximum amount of actions that can be taken per turn.
 * Beat - Performs a skill unique to each Friend.
 * Action - Attacks, and increases the Kemono Miracle meter, which can be used to activate signature moves with unique names and animations.
 * Try - Attacks, and boosts the stats of the party on the next turn.

Friends have different skills and different types, and may be strong or weak against different enemies, so players are encouraged to collect a diverse range of Friends and use them wisely. Defeating Celliens will reward the player with items and gold.

Besides battles against Celliens in quests, players can participate daily Shiserval Dojo (シーサーバル道場), a score-attack mode where players have 10 turns to deal as much damage as possible to a Cellian Boss.

PvP
Players can participate in a regular PvP mode, Regular Training (いつものくんれん), and a limited-time auto PvP mode, Special Training (とくべつくんれん), to battle against teams from other players. Both PvP modes feature a ranking system. The game auto-assigns a list of opponent teams for you to choose from. Winning the battles gives you points for rank-up and medals to buy items from the shop. You can still a smaller number of medals even when you lose.

See Beginner's Guide - PvP for more details.

JSRT Building
It is the home screen where the player can see the Friends they've collected interact and live their daily lives in the JSRT headquarters. Players can customize some of the furniture.

Picnic
This is a game mode that rewards you based on the passage of time and allows you to continue the picnic by supplying some foods. In addition to getting the items needed to raise the level limit of Friends, you can also get small amounts of items to help them grow.

See Beginner's Guide - Picnic for full details.

Kemono Friends 3 on PlayStation 4 & PlayStation 5
The game was temporarily available on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 from June 6th, 2022 until August 2nd, 2022 when the service was retired due to technical issues. Players were offered a full refund.

Waiwai Treehouse
The treehouse and solar generator “mantan-san” (it means “Mr.full charge) next to JSRT building. You can customize your own house with furniture and wallpapers, as well as the background music. You can select four Friends to stay in the house. The Friends may have interactions with certain furniture. They also receive buffs that make it easier to increase their friendship level required for increasing Kemono Miracle level. Also, you can get charged battery as time proceeds. Special Quests require these batteries. Players can pay visit to each other's Treehouse and use the selected stickers to give complement to others' Treehouse design.

See Beginner's Guide - Waiwai Treehouse for full details.



KF3 Japan server

 * Official website
 * Official Twitter
 * Official Youtube channel Official channel of Kemono Friends Project. It also uploads or livestreams KF3 related contents.

KF3 traditional Chinese server

 * Official website (traditional Chinese server)
 * Official Facebook page