Alpha Anthology *Capcom for the motherfucking WIN*

[SlaughterX]

Looks like people in this thread are very confused.

Alpha 2 on this disc looks arcade perfect to me. I couldn’t find any differences, at least. It is certainly NOT the PS1 version. That version of A2 is horrible, and it would be insane to think the game on this disc is that version. Play it for like 5 seconds and you can figure out that much. Perhaps it’s the Saturn port of A2, which would make sense. That is one of the best ports Capcom ever did. It was like 99.9% perfect and had training and versus modes.

Next, Alpha 3. I didn’t actually play the A3 on this disc, but it has the same character select screen as the arcade and only Balrog, Juni, and Juli as secret characters. It does have all sorts of mode like survival and dramatic battle, so whoever said it doesn’t is wrong. Also, there are two Alpha 3 games on the disc, not 1. The second one is called Alpha 3 Arrange, so maybe check that out before going off.

Finally, the game titles. Capcom uses different titles for US and Japanese games, such as Alpha here and Zero there, or Pocket Fighter here and Gem Fighter there. It has nothing to do with which actual version of the game is on the disc, so you can draw no conclusions from name. For example, whether it’s Alpha 2 CPS2, Alpha 2 PS1, or Zero 2 CPS2, they will call the game “Alpha 2” and make a title screen that says “Alpha 2.”

Anyway, Alpha 3 is a bad game, so whatever. This disc has a terrific version of Alpha 2 and a bunch of secret codes to mess around with game features like alpha counters on/off, special properties for Sodom’s jitte handstand, and so on. Also, if you want Capcom to care about making more SF games, the best way to do that is to buy things that have SF on them. I know this first hand, that they judge the SF fan base size by how many people buy SF stuff. More players bought SF AE than they expected, so they are getting more and more interested in SF. I’m telling you that both as a game developer and member of Evolution staff.

And p.s., buy Capcom Classics Collection Volume 2 when it comes out. I’m trying very hard make it even better than CCC1 and CCC:Remixed. I’m seniior producer on those three collections, btw.

–Sirlin

Well can you make the Xbox version (if there is one) Live, because there is little need to buy these games if you can’t play them online.

[System_1]

Gah, I cant tell if hyper SFA1 Akuma is nerfed or works differently due to the lack of hit-pause. He just feels different and alot of his fireball combos dont seem to work anymore. ;(

Fei Long really stands to gain from the new isms.

[Ultima]

Demon Dash:

I think he’s referring to the 2 on 1 (i.e. two HUMAN players vs. one HUMAN player) Dramatic Battle mode in the DC version. A mode which was utter shit, BTW, since even with all the handicaps on, it was impossible for the one player to win. Reverse Dramatic Battle (which is also not present, I don’t think) >>> 3 player dramatic battle .

[System_1]

I really wasn’t expecting much from this collection after initial reports, but after reading all 35 pages of this thread - what the hell - curiousity has got the better of me and i’ve ordered the Japanese PS2 version.

[NiteWalker]

Isn’t that the point of Dramatic Battle?

Sorry for not being more clear dude. 3 human players isn’t possible on any of the dramatic battle modes.

[Tigard_s_Own_Dr.Evil]

Remember when they brought Rival Schools to America? There was a bitchin’ second disk in Japan with, among other things, a fighter creation mode. Guess what happened when it came time to release it here? Yup… sayonara, second disk.

But even though they left out the Edit Mode, they still included the second disk in the US release.

Shoot, I even wrote a FAQ for the Evolution disk. :\

[player2]

A few Zangief (& other miscellaneous) questions…

[LIST]
[]Can Zangief air-chain a d.mk into a d.hp in Marvel-/DS-ism?
[]Does he have his Mech-Zangief flame?
[]Are his ‘Marvel’ moves intact (like his elbow move, mp throw, air lariat, air SPD, lvl 3 super, and/or autoguard)?
[]Is his FAB like his Marvel incarnation?
[/LIST]

MISCELLANEOUS Qs…
[LIST]
[]In Marvel-ism, do they play any of the “vs.” music for the characters?
[]Do any characters retain their airdash?
[*]Are the super inputs the same as in the “vs.” series?
[/LIST]

[System_1]

In case no one has seen it yet, IGN’s Playtest of SFZ Fighter’s Generation:

Street Fighter Zero: Fighters Generation Playtest - IGN

[System_1]

wow, Capcom FTW.

[SF4LIFE]

I translated one of the pages for the japanese version and they made no mention of the arrange modes or hyper sfz anywhere even though we all know they are included.

[Neo_DX90]

[LIST]
[]Can Zangief air-chain a d.mk into a d.hp in Marvel-/DS-ism?
[]Does he have his Mech-Zangief flame?
[]Are his ‘Marvel’ moves intact (like his elbow move, mp throw, air lariat, air SPD, lvl 3 super, and/or autoguard)?
[]Is his FAB like his Marvel incarnation?
[/LIST]

MISCELLANEOUS Qs…
[LIST]
[]In Marvel-ism, do they play any of the “vs.” music for the characters?
[]Do any characters retain their airdash?
[*]Are the super inputs the same as in the “vs.” series?
[/LIST]

no
no
no
no
no
no
and no
(gotta double check on one or two of those, but I’m pretty sure it’s a no all across the board)

[System_1]

but have you all seen the stick they’re releasing for this game?

Nice find. I would really like to see that stick in person. Looks good. I think it is kinda funny that it is called the Royds Stick.

[Superking]

But even though they left out the Edit Mode, they still included the second disk in the US release.

Shoot, I even wrote a FAQ for the Evolution disk. :\

Holy shit, a TODE sighting and repping his OG RCR avatar too. Though bear reading, how can this be will forever be god tier. XD

[DarkDragon]

anyone know how to do an alpha counter in darkstalker-ism?
Ive done it few times but i dunno wth i did

[SNkNuT]

does anybody have gameplay vids yet?

[FullMetalRoss]

anyone know how to do an alpha counter in darkstalker-ism?
Ive done it few times but i dunno wth i did

To alpha counter in a ds game you generally have to do a specfic move while blacking that is your alpah counter move, for instance I would assume the shotos is DP while blocking.

[Superking]

anyone know how to do an alpha counter in darkstalker-ism?
Ive done it few times but i dunno wth i did

Well if Vampire-ism has Guard Cancels, if this is Vampire Savior styles GCs, you do a dp + P or K (depending on the character) off a guard. If it’s Vampire Hunter style GCs, it’s not standardized as they are specific moves that vary per character done off a guard.

This is what I remembered from all the Vampire games, so hope that helps.

[TheGlow]

So what the hell good is Marvelism?
Advance Guarding or whatever the hell it was called?

As for swap magics, I got mine from a joint something along the lines of go cybershop. Google it, canada based. Sent it to me in NYC in 2-3 days right during xmas rush so I say they did damn fine.

Shame this game wont lemme run it off the hdd, but load times are nice n small as is.

[Superking]

So what the hell good is Marvelism?
Advance Guarding or whatever the hell it was called?

As for swap magics, I got mine from a joint something along the lines of go cybershop. Google it, canada based. Sent it to me in NYC in 2-3 days right during xmas rush so I say they did damn fine.

Shame this game wont lemme run it off the hdd, but load times are nice n small as is.

Advancing Guard is from Vampire Savior, basically you can tech any attack off a guard.

Unless you’re referring to Marvel’s Push Block.

[hubcapsignstop]

I think that the wiki is way too underutilized…

indeed