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Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max
Feb 12th
Just to give you an idea of ridiculously packed this is, here’s the list of choices on the main menu -
Arcade Mode
Variable Battle
Training Mode
Free Battle
Option Mode
World Tour
Edit Mode
Entry Mode
Vs 100 Kumite
Network
Survival Mode
Dramatic Battle
R. Dramatic Battle
Final Battle
Score Ranking
Arcade has a million different options you can tweak, Survival Mode has eight different types of Survival on its sub-menu, World Tour is pretty huge on its own, etc. etc. etc. etc.
It’s just huge a Street Fighter sandbox.
Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max
Feb 12th
Hooray, round four!
I’m getting better.
My dragon punches aren’t coming as easily as there were last night.
Also noticed a Street Fighter Alpha 3 strategy guide on a bookshelf earlier. It won’t cover everything, but it might be worth looking through. I’ve got an odd collection of strategy guides, actually. Starcraft, Xenogears, Suikoden II, even Crazy Taxi of all things. (I seem to remember that last one was being sold off for 1c in Toys ‘R’ Us.)
Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max
Feb 12th
Ohhhhhhhh, I think I see.
Each character can only appear in the high score table once. I wondered why it seemed to be letting me enter my intials after some games and not others.
I nearly got to the fourth round of Arcade mode just now. Nearly. But not quite. Fucking Cammy.
I’m wondering if I should learn to use a character who’s not Ryu. His basic moves are nice and simple and part of my gaming hardware after all these years.
Manual lists all the specials for all the characters, though, rather than telling you to go buy the strategy guide, which is nice. Good Capcom.
I remember buying UFC for the Dreamcast and the manual for that had biographical detail for all the fighters (height, weight, birthplace, etc.) and told you to buy the strategy guide to find out how to actually control them in game. I was, and remain, disgusted.
Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max
Feb 12th
So, I put it on for a quick go and choose random on the Arcade mode select screen.
The game gave me a V-ism Guile.
Gee, thanks.
I started it up and Blanka kicked my face off in the first round.
Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max
Feb 11th
I can get up to the third battle of Arcade mode when the speed’s normal using Ryu. Second using anyone else.
This is really, really good stuff. A reason to own the PSP again! Hooray!
Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max
Feb 10th
So I found the option to turn the speed down to normal. Tried Arcade mode again. Won my first fight and then got my face beaten off in the second. I can’t even remember who by.
Then I, foolishly really, tried a Reverse Dramatic Battle. My Ryu took on Ryu and Ken and I beat them both. Then I had to face Guy and Maki, who beat my face off in double quick time.
Ah well. I’m losing and I’m rubbish and my fun hurts, but this is great. And the PSP screen makes the graphics look beautiful. (I have, of course, turned widescreen mode off so the fighters don’t look like they’ve been hitting the pies.)
Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max
Feb 10th
Possibly the greatest thing ever to appear on this earth.
Except I’m awful at it. I can’t even get past the first round at the default Turbo 2 speed. (Not using continues.)
I’ve spent some time in training mode and I’m much better there, though I can’t even pull off Dragon Punches and Fireballs with any degree of real precision. And super specials are very, very hit or miss.
And that PSP d-pad has hurt my thumb horribly.
