P.N.03
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The European box art depicts the protagonist, Vanessa Z. Schneider.
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| Developer(s) | Template:Nowrttrap |
| Publisher(s) | Capcom |
| Director(s) | Shinji Mikami |
| Producer(s) | Hiroyuki Kobayashi |
| Composer(s) | Shusaku Uchiyama Makoto Tomozawa |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo GameCube |
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| Genre(s) | Third-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 64% |
| Metacritic | 63 |
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| Publication | Score |
| EGM | 5/5/4 |
| Game Informer | 5.75 out of 10 |
| GamePro |   |
| GameSpot | 5.1 out of 10 |
| IGN | 5.3 out of 10 |
| GMR | 4 out of 10 |
P.N.03, short for Product Number Zero Three, is a 2003 third-person shooter video game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo GameCube. Set in a science-fictional space colony compound, the game stars Vanessa Z. Schneider, a mercenary controlled by the player to combat berserk robots. The game was directed by Shinji Mikami as part of the Capcom Five. To avoid similarities with Devil May Cry and Resident Evil, the P.N.03 team emphasized defensive and rhythmic maneuvers and a "delicate", "feminine" game world.
P.N.03 was developed on a tight schedule in an attempt to offset Capcom's poor fiscal year. However, the game received mixed reviews and failed commercially. Several critics found the game repetitive and unintuitive. They were divided on its gameplay mechanics: some disliked its controls—specifically the inability to move and shoot simultaneously—while others compared it favorably to golden age arcade games. Mikami repurposed ideas from P.N.03 in his 2010 game Vanquish.
P.N.03 is a science-fiction third-person shooter. In the game, the player controls Vanessa Z. Schneider, a freelance mercenary who works on colonized planets. She is contracted by a mysterious client to destroy Computerized Armament Management System (CAMS) robots that have gone berserk. Robots of this type had been responsible for the deaths of Vanessa's parents. To combat the CAMS, Vanessa wears "Aegis suits", powered exoskeletons that allow her to fire energy beams from her palms and to perform powerful attacks called "energy drives". Energy drives, which deplete the energy meter, grant temporary invulnerability to Vanessa and damage multiple enemies. At checkpoints, the player uses points earned from defeated robots to purchase Aegis suits, suit upgrades and energy drives. The player may play "trial missions" (randomly generated levels) between missions to score extra points.
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