Japanese site for PSP Street Fighter Alpha 3 now open

Well, it looks like our Street Fighter 4 rumor didn't quite pan out last week. (Er, a fantasy version of Dynasty Warriors from the makers of Street Fighter, anyone?) While we continue to wait for a proper sequel, we can at least comment with confidence on the pending U.S. release of Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper (uh, working title) for the PSP in November. The Japanese site for Alpha/Zero 3 just went live a few days ago, even if all you get are a few widescreen screenshots superimposed on a PSP and the collage of Ryu, Ken, and Ingrid that you see here.

Yeah, Ingrid… the new star of Capcom's last two lackluster (or not even released) fighting games. A good sign, we're sure. At least you'll be able to play on your portable with Yun, Maki, and Eagle, the characters added to the GameBoy Advance version of SFA3. Now wireless is good, but the real/naive hope is that they'll incorporate a lag-free infrastructure mode to versus gameplay. Can we count on Capcom this time? I guess I shouldn't hold my breath.

[via GameSpot]

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To this day I don't think Capcom has gotten online matches to work well. Then I tried SvC Chaos on Xbox and it still lags. Honestly, I think fighting games need to be extremely responsive in order to work, and that's something that just doesn't bend for online. Even when I had good matches going on SvC Chaos or SF Collection, there was a noticable lag in my moves. I generally had to do my quarter circles at half speed for the game to register it.

Dream on, Choi. As much as I look forward to this and Guilty Gear Judgement, I'm pretty sure I'll be Ad-Hoc'ing it 100% of the time.

As long as they can improve upon the lackluster controls that bogged down Darkstalkers Chronicles, this could get me to use a PSP as a game console again.

"Dream on, Choi." Sigh. I guess I've always been a dreamer. =)

hehe i don't belive i have those pics tattooed on my arm lol : http://images3.deviantart.com/i/2004/11/7/f/My_street_fighter_tatt_shaded.jpg

Holy shit, nice, Steve. I've been workin' out a geek tattoo to show my gaming heritage, once I get enough money, but still not done. gonna be something smaller and RPG'ier. Them be m'roots!

I'd tattoo if not for the disturbing notion that they'll still be there when I'm seventy.

Who lives to be seventy these days? Especially us gamers and lack of sunlight =P

It's "Street Fighter Alpha 3 Double Upper" and no, it isn't a working title. It's seen as a psudo sequel to "Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper" - the GBA port (released minus the 'Upper' in the US, though left in the ingame logos).

So you know... get your info straight.

Hey, Chris. GameSpot listed the "working title" as Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper, so that's what I went by:

http://www.gamespot.com/psp/action/streetfighteralpha3/news_6132531.html

As the GBA port here in America was officially/publicly known simply as Street Fighter Alpha 3, there's a good chance the extra suffixes will be dropped in the American release of the PSP version as well:

http://gameboy.ign.com/objects/016/016476.html

I can't predict the future, but there's some decent precedent that's been set in the past. As I'm primarily concerned with the American release, the American name's what I'll be going with. Hope that clears up any confusion.

That game had the cheesiest audio ever... when I had it for my PS1.

"hahaha - YATA!"
"ROUND - ONE - FIGHT!"

*smacks ken in the mouth and he dies, slow mo kicks in*
"uuuuuuoooooooooohhhhhhhhh" *thud bounce thud*

The sounds are classic man. I played it non-stop on SNES, didn't realize there were PS1 incantations. I guess SF Alpha(those always take place in the past btw)? Still, Capcom has upgraded the sounds, play games like SF Anniverary or Marvel vs Capcom2. Sounds effects and music are great. I get all weepy over hearing Ken's BG music everytime I hear it, or the very quiet "tick - tickticktick" at the begining of the Bath house. "OOO HOY!"

"Oo-wahr! Oo-wahr!" (<--Uh, reference to Blanka...)
"You - win! ...Per-fect!"

Yeah, I used to play all the time on my Genesis, too (Championship Edition all the way, baby), but SFA3 for the PlayStation was one of the best purchases I ever made. (If only I could beat the boss survival mode...) The Anniversary Collection was nice, but I wish they preserved all the stage backgrounds from every SF2 incarnation. I guess I'll be getting my wish with the Capcom Classics Collection (another purchase), but getting Final Fight, Ghosts 'n Goblins, and three 194X games should make it worth it. What's that? No online component?! Maybe it's time to go home and be a family man. =)

Street Fighter alpha 3 kicks butt. Can't wait until it comes out for the PsP.

Japanese site for PSP Street Fighter Alpha 3 now open

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