Street Fighter Alpha, not only a prequel to the highly acclaimed Street Fighter II games, but also a game changer for fighting games.
This compilation comes with the entire Street Fighter Alpha series (Street Fighter Zero in Japan) all on one disc, which is very helpful. Alpha 2 and 3 are considered sequels and yet updates to the first one, which kind of confuses and makes it hard for people to choose which one is the right one to get, especially for those who aren't avid followers of the series and is trying to really get into it. Each game takes place between the infamous first Street Fighter (released as Fighting Street on consoles) and the highly acclaimed Street Fighter II games, so all characters are younger and just starting their careers as warriors. However, despite this, these games introduced elements of the series that would not be present until Street Fighter III.
Street Fighter Alpha 1 introduces grab/throw escapes and counter attack follow-ups to escapes. Not only that, but the super combo system of Super Street Fighter II Turbo has been upgraded. In addition to more than one super combo in a character's moveset, each one has three different levels of damage. Doing a Shinku Hadoken with two punches pressed rather than a single punch button press results in a stronger version of the attack, at the cost of more energy from the super meter. Street Fighter Alpha 2 adds more fighters to the roster, as for what else is added to this game is a mystery to me at the moment. As for Alpha 3, the super combos have been simplified slightly, requiring presses of a punch and kick of the same level in order to perform stronger super combos, which works better with the fingers on the Playstation 2 controller.
This game has the original Alpha 2 as well as the Alpha 2 Gold update, which was originally released on Street Fighter Collection on the Playstation in the U.S. Not only that, but as an added bonus they added in Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix, known as Pocket Fighter in Japan and on the Playstation, to the collection. This game is so good, it's much simpler a 2D fighter and much more light hearted, as well as very fun. It implements the super deformed chibi artstyle used in Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo and uses a pickup upgrade system, gems get knocked out when you hit an opponent or open a treasure chest knocked from your opponent, which can contain gems or food items that restore health. There is a sub meter with 3 colors corresponding to a specific combo attack, nabbing a gem of that color upgrades the combo attack and makes it stronger when it gains a level up, gems also fill the super meter which is referred to as the mighty combo meter in here.Punches and kicks aren't restricted to individual buttons for different attack strengths, there is only a punch and kick button. Kicks are only individual on their own, but punches can land multiple hits, up to 4, and with the punch button hit first you can even kick multiple times, and these include costume changes for all character for each hit, except for Ryu who looks the same the whole time. The is also a special button that uses charged attacks to knock down your opponent as well as get bigger gems, this special attack is unable to be blocked by normal blocks, but the special button includes a block that is impervious to special attacks and even counters special attacks. Super combos, referred to as mighty combos in this game, are performed by doing the control stick movements for regular combo attacks with the special button. The roster includes characters from Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, and a character from an arcade exclusive fighting game "Red Earth" all in super deformed chibi designs.
All in all, despite the difficulty of all Alpha games compared to Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix, I am really happy to have bought this, I regret not buying it when it first released back in 2006. I do recommend getting this, especially if you're a fan of fighting games.
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About the product: This one seems to be a reprint, since has no manual but a 2-pages pamphlet, to be honest it was a surprise to me when I opened the case and found no manual (considering is a PS2 game). Other that that, this is the real deal.About the game: Includes SF Alpha 1, Alpha 2, Alpha 2 Gold, Alpha 3 aaaand: Pocket Fighter (this one is pretty fun). A solid compilation IMO.
