Inazuma Eleven 3: Lightning Bolt is a role-playing sports game for the Nintendo 3DS, released in 2010. Set after Inazuma Eleven 2, players follow Mark Evans as he reunites with familiar teammates and new players at Raimon Jr. High, led by Seymour Hillman. The team aims to compete in the Football Frontier International, facing top global football teams under Mark’s leadership.
Several months have passed after saving Earth from Alius Academy’s attack (in Inazuma Eleven 2), Mark Evans and his teammates are summoned by Seymour Hillman to assemble at Raimon Jr. High.
When the team get to the school, they see familiar faces from Japan’s national football players who have once fought along with them, such as Xavier Foster and Jordan Greenway originally from Alius Academy, as well as new faces. Hillman has assembled all these Japan’s best football players for one purpose; to enter the “Football Frontier International (FFI)”.
Welcoming Mark Evans as Japan’s national team captain, they now strive forward to challenge best football teams from all around the world!