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.

An improved version of the furious third entry in the Street Fighter Alpha series. A gameplay mode new to the Street Fighter Alpha series, Variable BattleMode, 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 exclusively in this PSP edition, 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.

Capcom has announced a event for Street Fighter Zero 3 Double Upper – users who order this game early might be able to win a “support pad” for your D-pad, to improve the maneuverability of the crappy D-pad of the PSP. The quantity of this item is limited, so move fast if you want one! You can place a pre-order request at e-Capcom [here].

The game is slated for January 19, 2006 in Japan, February of 2006 for US and February 24, 2006 for Europe. This event is now known as Japanese only, hope Capcom could bring this to us too. =/

The official website of Street Fighter Zero 3 ?? has revealed the release date in Japan – January, 19th of 2006. Here is the character list of this title:

The game supports wireless VS battle and Team VS battle. No release plan in North America revealed yet.

 

source: the-magicbox


Some new screenshots have surfaced for Capcom’s upcoming game Street Fighter Zero 3 Double Upper. The game will include 37 playable characters, bundling all the characters from Street Fighter Zero 3, plus additional characters from Capcom vs SNK 2 (Eagle, Yun, Maki and so on) and Capcom Fighting Jam (Ingrid). No release date has been set.

  
  
  
  
 

Source: IGN

The latest issue of Famitsu is home to first details on Capcom's PSP version of Street Fighter Zero 3 (Alpha 3 in America). Fully titled Street Fighter Zero 3: Double Upper, the game promises a number of improvements over the original arcade Zero 3 release. Players will be able to use Ingrid from Capcom Fighting Jam and fight battles over Wireless LAN. As with Darkstalkers, the game will appear on the PSP screen in widescreen mode.

Capcom has yet to announce a release date for Zero 3, but we expect to see something from the title at the Tokyo Game Show.

Source: Computerandvideogames

According to E3 reports, Capcom has announced a Street Fighter Alpha game for the PSP, strongly believed to be number 3 in the series.

 Details are inevitably sketchy at the moment, although some folk are keenly talking of the inevitable network play.