Pro Evolution Soccer 3

This was unusual, as football games had come to almost exclusively feature only players and managers on their covers; plus, referees only appear in cutscenes in this game (they would only be integrated to the playing field in the next entry of the series) and Collina didn't feature in the game at all. PES 3 was succeeded by Pro Evolution Soccer 4, which was released in 2004.

• Title — Pro Evolution Soccer 3 • Developer — Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo • Publisher — Konami • Composer — Norikazu Miura • Platforms — PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows • Series — Pro Evolution Soccer • Released — PlayStation 2 Original version August 7, 2003International Microsoft Windows Original version International • Genre — Sports • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer

• New graphics engine. • Improved gameplay, control, ball physics, animation and AI. • New Shop mode, where points can be traded in for hidden items. • Master League expanded to four divisions, with tons of new players. • Support for 1–4 players (multitap required for 3 or 4 players).

The game does not include any full leagues but 64 clubs from various European countries. 6 clubs are fully licensed, which are the five Italian Serie A clubs Milan, Roma, Juventus, Lazio and Parma, as well as Feyenoord from the Dutch Eredivisie. All other clubs have fictional team names, logos and jerseys. Also player names are fictional, but only if the player is part of an unlicensed national team. Noticeable cases are for example Dutch players (e.g. Von Mistelroum instead of Ruud van Nistelrooy) and German players (e.g. Kalm instead of Oliver Kahn). Like other Winning Eleven video games before, the J.League license was limited in Japan.