Teitoku no Ketsudan III

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Teitoku no Ketsudan III
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Koei
Developer: Koei
Sound driver: SCSP (1Track)
Genre: Simulation
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1997-06-27 ¥9,8009,800 T-7640G JP (Premium Pack) 1997-11-20 ¥9,8009,800 T-7654G
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Teitoku no Ketsudan III (提督の決断Ⅲ) is the sequel to Teitoku no Ketsudan II (aka Pacific Theater of Operations II), and was released for the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation in 1997.

Teitoku no Ketsudan III is, just like it's predecessors, a grand strategy game. Players will take control of either Imperial Japanese Navy or United States Navy and attempt to achieve supremacy in the Pacific.

Controversy

PTO series always had somewhat a negative reputation due to developers' refusal to depict any of the atrocities committed by the Japanese Empire during the World War II. Even though games acknowledge and mention atrocities committed by other nations, such as Nazi Germany and Soviet Union, none of the war crimes committed by Japan were never mentioned. This double standard has resulted in accusations by others, especially Chinese media, accusing the developers to whitewash the Japan's conduct in the World War II as a "noble but lost cause".

Koei never adressed to these accusations publicly and this controversy is believed to be reason for lack of any new games in the series after PTO4.

None other game in the series than Teitoku no Ketsudan III caused more controversy in this certain topic.

(Following article is taken from Koei.fandom.com)

Teitoku no Ketsudan III's finishing touches for development and distribution were initially sent to Koei's Tianjin based subsidiary company. At the same time disapproval for Japan in China was at a high due to renewed Senkaku Islands dispute and the Prime Minister's visit to Yasukuni Shrine, issues which stem from Japan's hectic WWII occupation. Four Tianjin subsidiary employees (Liang Guangming, Gao Yuan, Guo Jing, and Qi Wei) cited their protest to the glorified "misrepresentations" of Japanese armed forces and politicians in the game to the Chinese mass media. An investigation began July 1996, and the Tianjin branch violated the Electronic Publications Management Act by allegedly failing to file a legal license to develop the title. The confiscation of 11,500 copiesand a 479,000 yuan fine was conducted by local authorities in December. Chinese mass media heralded the four Tianjin employees as heroes and dubbed them "the four gentleman of Koei", a pun of "four honorable gentleman".

Koei responded with a public apology for offending the Chinese public and the cancellation of overseas distribution.

History

Sequels and re-releases

An upgrade, Teitoku no Ketsudan III with Power-Up Kit was released the following year.

Strangely, no version of the game was released outside Japan. The game's sequel, Teitoku no Ketsudan IV on the PlayStation 2, was released outside Japan as P.T.O.: Pacific Theater of Operations IV.

Magazine articles

Main article: Teitoku no Ketsudan III/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1997-12: "1997-12 (1997-04-18)" (1997-04-04)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1997-18: "1997-18 (1997-06-06)" (1997-05-23)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source Famitsu (JP) 60 №446, p32 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) 67 Sega Saturn Magazine (readers) (JP) 85

	71
Based on 3 reviews

Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 60 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 64 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 66 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 67 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 85

	68
Based on 5 reviews

Teitoku no Ketsudan III

Saturn, JP
Cover
Disc

Saturn, JP (Premium Pack)
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	268,203,264	1997-05-21	CD-ROM (JP)	T-7640G V1.001

References

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