This is a guide on using items in combat to heal in No More Heroes 3 (NMH3) for the Nintendo Switch. Read on to learn how to eat sushi during fights to replenish your health and buff your stats!

How to Eat Sushi and Heal

Use D-Pad to Select Sushi

Controls	Action
	Eat Sushi
/	Cycle Through Sushi Selection

To heal or acquire stat buffs during fights, eat your take-out sushi by pressing the Up button on the directional pad. The type of sushi you have in your inventory will be shown as an icon at the bottom, center of your screen. Cycle through the sushi icons using the Left or Right button on the directional pad.

Sushi Inventory Limit

In Berry Sweet and Bitter difficulties, players may take-out up to 5 of each Sushi type. However, on Spicy and Carolina Reaper Difficulties, players will be limited to one type of sushi at a time. Be sure to visit DonMai Sushi frequently to restock.
Difficulty Differences Explained

Sushi Icons and Effects

When cycling through the sushi, the take-out sushi have different icon representations. When not cycling through them, they will be represented by colored 2x2 pixels. You can press up to eat the sushi on either the icon or the 2x2 pixel.

Sushi Icon	Sushi Pixels	Sushi Effect
Maguro		Replenishes health.
Kappa-maki		Replenishes power.
Tamago		Increases tension.
Ikura		Temporarily increases attack power.
Ebi		Restores Death Skill cooldown time.
Futomaki		Increases Slash Reel chances.

Take-out sushi from DonMai Sushi shops

In order to have sushi to eat during fights, you first have to purchase take-out sushi at DonMai Sushi shops, located before every boss fight and at various stalls in every major area. Below are the list of take-out sushi and their effects when eaten during fights.

DonMai Sushi Guide

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