<s>
X-Men	B-Application
:	I-Application
Next	I-Application
Dimension	I-Application
(	O
alternatively	O
titled	O
X-Men	B-Application
:	I-Application
Mutant	I-Application
Academy	I-Application
3	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
fighting	O
game	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
2002	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
GameCube	B-Application
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
consoles	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
third	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
X-Men	B-Application
:	I-Application
Mutant	I-Application
Academy	I-Application
fighting	O
game	O
series	O
,	O
following	O
X-Men	B-Application
:	I-Application
Mutant	I-Application
Academy	I-Application
and	O
X-Men	B-Application
:	I-Application
Mutant	I-Application
Academy	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
attacks	O
and	O
motions	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
are	O
influenced	O
by	O
those	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
in	O
the	O
Marvel	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
Capcom	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GameCube	B-Application
version	O
includes	O
exclusive	O
modes	O
:	O
Team	O
and	O
Practice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Xbox	B-Application
version	O
features	O
an	O
extra	O
stage	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
play	O
as	O
Pyro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Narrated	O
by	O
Patrick	O
Stewart	O
(	O
reprising	O
his	O
role	O
as	O
Professor	O
Charles	O
Xavier	O
from	O
the	O
X-Men	B-Device
movies	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
plot	O
is	O
built	O
around	O
the	O
Prime	O
Sentinels	O
retrieving	O
the	O
head	O
of	O
Bastion	O
,	O
and	O
Bastion	O
's	O
subsequent	O
attempt	O
to	O
wipe	O
out	O
mutant-kind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
imprisonment	O
,	O
then	O
disguising	O
themselves	O
and	O
selling	O
the	O
defense	O
plans	O
of	O
Professor	O
Xavier	O
's	O
School	O
for	O
Gifted	O
Youngsters	O
-the	O
X-Men	B-Device
'	O
s	O
home	O
and	O
training	O
grounds	O
-	O
to	O
the	O
Brotherhood	O
of	O
Mutants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graves	O
of	O
Anthony	B-Application
Stark	I-Application
,	O
Warren	O
Worthington	O
III	O
,	O
Peter	B-Device
Parker	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Benjamin	O
Grimm	O
can	O
be	O
seen	O
in	O
the	O
background	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
revealed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
Danger	O
Room	O
simulation	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
X-Men	B-Device
begin	O
training	O
their	O
adaptivity	O
by	O
fighting	O
opponents	O
who	O
have	O
a	O
tactical	O
advantage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
throw	O
the	O
X-Men	B-Device
off	O
his	O
scent	O
,	O
He	O
sends	O
the	O
Brotherhood	O
to	O
different	O
locations	O
across	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
X-Men	B-Device
split	O
up	O
and	O
engage	O
each	O
member	O
in	O
a	O
bid	O
to	O
find	O
Forge	O
and	O
stop	O
the	O
Prime	O
Sentinel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
X-Men	B-Device
,	O
having	O
followed	O
the	O
Brotherhood	O
,	O
also	O
arrive	O
and	O
Magneto	O
charges	O
the	O
Brotherhood	O
to	O
fight	O
them	O
off	O
long	O
enough	O
to	O
convince	O
them	O
to	O
join	O
forces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
X-Men	B-Device
and	O
the	O
Brotherhood	O
forming	O
a	O
temporary	O
alliance	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
fights	O
their	O
way	O
through	O
a	O
legion	O
of	O
Sentinels	O
,	O
though	O
not	O
without	O
losses	O
of	O
their	O
own	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Prime	O
Sentinels	O
are	O
disbanded	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
X-Men	B-Device
and	O
the	O
Brotherhood	O
agree	O
to	O
a	O
temporary	O
cease-fire	O
while	O
the	O
wounded	O
are	O
restored	O
to	O
health	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Bastion	O
returned	O
to	O
S.H.I.E.L.D.	O
,	O
the	O
X-Men	B-Device
are	O
free	O
to	O
continue	O
training	O
to	O
fight	O
for	O
a	O
better	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X-Men	B-Application
:	I-Application
Next	I-Application
Dimension	I-Application
features	O
twenty-four	O
playable	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
costumes	O
for	O
each	O
character	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
two	O
main	O
X-Men	B-Device
comics	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
New	O
X-Men	B-Device
and	O
X-Treme	O
X-Men	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
Betsy	O
and	O
Psylocke	O
are	O
essentially	O
the	O
same	O
character	O
,	O
save	O
that	O
"	O
Psylocke	O
"	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Betsy	O
Braddock	O
's	O
telepathic	O
incarnation	O
and	O
employs	O
a	O
"	O
psi-blade	O
"	O
emerging	O
from	O
her	O
fist	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
Betsy	O
"	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
more	O
recent	O
telekinetically	O
powered	O
version	O
and	O
manifests	O
a	O
fully	O
formed	O
psionic	O
katana	B-Operating_System
in	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xbox	B-Application
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
like	O
X-Men	B-Application
:	I-Application
Mutant	I-Application
Academy	I-Application
and	O
unlike	O
X-Men	B-Application
:	I-Application
Mutant	I-Application
Academy	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
X-Men	B-Application
:	I-Application
Next	I-Application
Dimension	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameRankings	O
and	O
Metacritic	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
61.79	O
%	O
and	O
61	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
;	O
59.30	O
%	O
and	O
56	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
version	O
;	O
and	O
62.62	O
%	O
and	O
63	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
for	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Others	O
criticized	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
versions	O
for	O
its	O
inspiration	O
from	O
Dead	B-Application
or	I-Application
Alive	I-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
