<s>
is	O
a	O
1990	B-Application
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em-up	I-Application
game	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
arcades	O
by	O
Technos	O
Japan	O
Corp	O
(	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
Renegade	B-Application
and	O
Double	B-Application
Dragon	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
home	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
was	O
also	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
centers	O
on	O
three	O
vigilantes	O
(	O
identified	O
as	O
cyborgs	O
in	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
port	O
)	O
who	O
must	O
fight	O
against	O
numerous	O
street	O
gangs	O
in	O
futuristic	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
November	O
30	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
three	O
heroic	O
strongmen	O
that	O
are	O
playable	O
are	O
identified	O
as	O
the	O
titular	O
Combatribes	B-Application
,	O
here	O
are	O
their	O
profiles	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
short	O
for	O
"	O
blitzkrieg	B-Language
"	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
third	O
vigilante	O
with	O
a	O
brown	O
,	O
long	O
ponytail-hairdo	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
red	O
outfit	O
;	O
he	O
has	O
the	O
most	O
agile	O
attacks	O
,	O
but	O
lacks	O
the	O
strength	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
two	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
stages	O
are	O
composed	O
of	O
a	O
single	O
playing	O
field	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
take	O
on	O
a	O
set	O
number	O
of	O
underlings	O
before	O
facing	O
the	O
gang	O
's	O
leader	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
Renegade	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
version	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Combatribes	I-Application
makes	O
a	O
few	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
no	O
weapons	O
to	O
be	O
picked	O
up	O
and	O
thrown	O
in	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
,	O
the	O
stages	O
are	O
simpler	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
enemy	O
characters	O
are	O
missing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
flame-eating	O
boss	O
of	O
Act	O
Two	O
(	O
"	O
Salamander	O
"	O
)	O
normally	O
loses	O
range	O
on	O
his	O
torch	O
attack	O
the	O
more	O
damage	O
he	O
takes	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
keeps	O
him	O
at	O
full	O
strength	O
until	O
he	O
drops	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
crime	O
boss	O
from	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
is	O
missing	O
in	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
port	O
,	O
which	O
establishes	O
Martha	O
as	O
the	O
leader	O
of	O
the	O
gangs	O
early	O
on	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
main	O
game	O
,	O
there	O
's	O
a	O
one-on-one	O
versus	O
mode	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
one	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
NES	B-Language
version	O
of	O
Double	B-Application
Dragon	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
re-release	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
was	O
furthered	O
censored	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
enemy	O
organization	O
"	O
Ground	O
Zero	O
"	O
being	O
renamed	O
"	O
Guilty	O
Zero	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
album	O
containing	O
the	O
original	O
soundtrack	O
for	O
the	O
arcade	O
versions	O
of	O
Double	B-Application
Dragon	I-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Rosetta	I-Application
Stone	I-Application
and	O
this	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Pony	O
Canyon	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
titled	O
Double	O
Dragon	O
3/The	O
Combatribes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tracks	O
13	O
to	O
21	O
are	O
taken	O
from	O
The	B-Application
Combatribes	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
The	B-Application
Combatribes	I-Application
on	O
their	O
August	O
1	O
,	O
1990	B-Application
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
second	O
most-successful	O
table	O
arcade	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
it	O
had	O
a	O
high-earning	O
test	O
market	O
performance	O
around	O
May	B-Application
1990	I-Application
.	O
</s>
