Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max hits stores
Almost 20 years after the original Street
Fighter landed on arcade machines, Capcom’s most recognized franchise
has finally made its way to the PSP. Along with your usual favorites
fighters, Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max adds four new characters to the mix: Yun, Maki, Eagle and Ingrid from Capcom Fighting Evolution. Retailing at $39.99, this is a no brainer for Capcom and consumers alike. Here’s what Capcom had to say about today’s launch:
Utilizing
the PSP system's superior performance and technology, Street Fighter
Alpha 3 Max features new content specifically designed for the system.
A gameplay mode new to the Street Fighter Alpha series, Variable Battle
Mode, has been implemented to allow real-time tag team brawls. Tag out
and the second fighter enters performing a jump attack, a move useful
for escaping tight situations. Yun, Maki and Eagle, from Capcom vs. SNK
2, as well as Ingrid from Capcom Fighting Evolution, enter the arena
and are perfectly reproduced with all new original storylines. Versus
battles heat up with the Wi-Fi League Battle Mode that allow a maximum
of eight players to duke it out in round-robin mini tournaments.
Street
Fighter Alpha 3 Max delivers the same compelling experience that
players have come to expect from the series. Gamers can choose an ‘ism’
to govern a characters ability to perform powerful combo moves and
select from a host of different gameplay modes which offer endless
replay value. Arcade Mode pits the player in a series of matches
against CPU controlled opponents. In Survival Mode, battle against a
series of enemies until getting KO’d. Dramatic Battle Mode lets players
team up with a CPU controlled character to fight an enemy. Fight the
final boss in Final Battle Mode. Play alone or with friends in four
network modes: Go mano-a-mano with any playable character in Versus
Mode. Select a team of three characters and engage in a series of team
battles with Team Battle Mode. In Versus Dramatic Battle Mode, mix and
match the combinations of brawlers as gamers can stack the deck against
an opponent with 2 characters-on-1 character matches. Participate in
infinite tag team competitions with Verses Variable Battle Mode.
Source: PSPUpdates