<s>
is	O
the	O
seventh	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Metal	B-Application
Max	I-Application
series	O
(	O
counting	O
the	O
Metal	B-Application
Saga	I-Application
series	O
and	O
remakes	O
but	O
not	O
counting	O
the	O
mobile	O
game	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
vehicle	O
combat	O
RPG	O
produced	O
by	O
Cattle	O
Call	O
and	O
co-published	O
by	O
Kadokawa	O
Games	O
,	O
Enterbrain	O
,	O
and	O
Crea-Tech	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
,	O
Metal	B-Device
Max	I-Device
2	I-Device
was	O
published	O
by	O
Data	O
East	O
,	O
who	O
retained	O
the	O
trademark	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
series	O
until	O
its	O
closure	O
in	O
2003	O
and	O
the	O
liquidation	O
of	O
its	O
intellectual	O
properties	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2009	O
,	O
Enterbrain	O
(	O
Kadokawa	O
's	O
subsidiary	O
)	O
obtained	O
the	O
rights	O
and	O
published	O
Metal	B-Application
Max	I-Application
3	I-Application
the	O
next	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remade	O
version	O
of	O
Metal	B-Device
Max	I-Device
2	I-Device
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
was	O
published	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
and	O
utilizes	O
Metal	B-Application
Max	I-Application
3s	I-Application
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
of	O
the	O
gameplay	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
its	O
predecessors	O
,	O
Metal	B-Application
Max	I-Application
and	O
Metal	B-Device
Max	I-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Metal	B-Device
Max	I-Device
2	I-Device
was	O
released	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
original	O
publisher	O
Data	O
East	O
planned	O
to	O
release	O
a	O
new	O
entry	O
which	O
underwent	O
a	O
troubled	O
development	O
cycle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
a	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
game	O
named	O
Metal	B-Application
Max	I-Application
:	O
Wild	O
Eyes	O
was	O
planned	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
set	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
by	O
ASCII	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
later	O
cancelled	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
publisher	O
quitting	O
video	O
game	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
also	O
other	O
companies	O
interested	O
in	O
developing	O
a	O
sequel	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
but	O
they	O
given	O
up	O
later	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
series	O
was	O
then	O
published	O
by	O
Success	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Metal	B-Application
Saga	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
Enterbrain	O
invited	O
the	O
producer	O
of	O
Metal	B-Device
Max	I-Device
2	I-Device
to	O
make	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
and	O
obtained	O
the	O
original	O
trademark	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
RPGamer	O
scored	O
Metal	B-Application
Max	I-Application
3	I-Application
4.5/5	O
,	O
Japanese	O
gaming	O
magazine	O
Famitsu	O
awarded	O
the	O
game	O
33/40	O
.	O
</s>
