Yup, that’s how it goes.
To unlock Hyper, you simply have to:
beat A1, A2, A2G, A3, and Gem Fighter
when you do that, A3 Arranged Mode (Upper) is available.
Beat that, the A1 Secret Game (HYPER) is unlocked.
Hold “Select” when choosing A1 and you’re all good to go.
I’ve got a legitimate copy of the game and installed it onto the HDD but it doesn’t work. I have a Maxtor drive. Damn, I’m used to loading games of my HDD in order to keep my game discs in the best condition possible. It sucks that you have to have an official Sony HDD to be able to load it.
Thanks PepsimanVsJoe Stupid me didn’t even think about that. However, I do wish there just was a continue feature.
Thanks alot, I’m taking that tip in consideration for when I finally get the game :xeye: …I was making that question because I’m sure I read somewhere that to get Cammy in SFA2G (US compilation) you had to do it in the “not so simple way” but if you’re talking about USA version then I guess I read BS.
I’m glad i got the official ps2 hdd.
wait…so the Sony HDD will load this game using software like HDA 3.0? does it work for the Darkstalkers collection?
on topic: parrying is really hard in this game, but i’m getting the hang of it. Personally i think all parrying (even 3s) should be this hard.
The 1up review was saying that there are a couple of Arranged modes missing as well. What the fuck?
was anyone really gonna play alpha 2 arrange+alpha 2 gold arrange??? I promise you won’t miss it. Buy the American version, at least show Capcom we give a fuck.
Hey guys I got a question; I was playing HSFA I picked Akuma and was using SFIII-ISM and I couldn’t get a single super off with him, not even his kick super from 3rd strike.
What’s the deal?.
IIRC, for Blue S-Ism, your moveset is just taken from X-Ism, so whatever Akuma had for a super in X-Ism is the moveset for Blue S-Ism.
Besides the ability to parry, that’s the only thing from SF3 that you actually get in that Ism.
I don’t have the game yet, so I’m just going by what I’ve read, but doesn’t III-ism limit you to the same super you get in X-ism? If so, then that’s why you can’t pull off supers with Akuma–the only one you’d have access to is the Instant Hell Murder.
Ah I see.
Out-spounded by a mile…
I guess Tiamat is going to have to do another Story FAQ update…
The alpha 2 and alpha 2 gold versions we have ARE the arrange versions…
Here’s my post from CV… Hopefully it clears things up a bit as to what exactly we get:
The earlier japanese versions wouldn’t justify the extra cost for me. That’s all you’re getting over the usa version.
The USA Version: Game–>Arrange mode
Street Fighter Alpha–>Hyper Street Fighter Alpha
Street Fighter Alpha 2–>This is japan’s Zero 2 arrange. It’s the US standard game by default.
Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold–>Again, this is japan’s Zero 2 Alpha arrange.
Street Fighter Alpha 3–>Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper
Gem Fighter–>NONE. There is not an arrange mode for EITHER version (USA or Japan) of this one.
Now for the record, here’s the versions in the USA game, selectable by the secret options menu (hold select and press R2 on a particular game’s game options menu):
Alpha 1:
95/06/05
95/06/27
95/07/27
Alpha 2:
96/03/06
96/04/30
Alpha 2 Gold:
one version, same as japan
Alpha 3:
98/06/29
98/07/27
And now the japan versions:
Zero 1:
95/06/05
95/06/27
95/07/27
Zero 2:
96/02/27
96/03/06
96/04/30
Zero 2 Alpha:
one version, same as USA.
Zero 3:
98/06/29
98/07/27
As you can see, we got most of the versions available in the secret menu. The ONLY one we are missing is the 96/02/27 version of Alpha 2, but according to the alpha anthology FAQ I’m reading it was the initial Japan and Asia release. Also note that we have ALL the secret stars (dip switch settings). Also the color edit mode is in as well as Hyper SFA with all the extra ism’s. The USA did NOT get the shaft this time by Capcom. For that I salute them (now give us our damn Darkstalkers Collection!).
So to sum it up, what’s missing from the USA version?
The following:
-The in game move list.
Honestly, this would be nice if capcom translated and included it, but not essential in any way.
-That ONE version of Alpha 2
Again, no big loss there. I don’t plan on playing early versions of the games anyway.
So in conclusion, what japan gets versus what the USA gets is not worth the extra cost involved in importing the game not to mention having swap magic. If you are absolutely adamant about playing the Japan versions of the games, by all means, go for it.
Here’s the guide I referenced btw:
http://faqs.ign.com/articles/710/710447p1.html
The guide is incorrect in a few places though.
It calls the second version of zero 1 95/05/27. That is incorrect. It’s supposed to be what I listed, 95/06/27.
Also, it says in the changes part for the usa version to play as Cammy you have to beat the game with bison and enter CAM as your initials at the high score. It furthermore says she isn’t selectable in any mode besides versus.
This is all incorrect. To select cammy, just press start twice on bison in alpha 2 gold. And she IS playable in arcade and every other mode. She even has an ending and story.
thx for the clarification. although my point was that I doubted that it was really essential for anyone in America to find it necessary to have two extra a2 variants.
Exactly why I posted that. People are still gonna waste money on the japanese version not knowing we have 98% of what they do.
ya
We didnt get screwed that bad… no move list:wonder: … one thing nitewalker didn’t mention NO colorful instructions book either… somethings never change i guess
but all in all we got the same game so its all good… now lets figure out what the rest of these dips do.
You also have Quick Standing: hold 2 kick buttons when knocked down.
I’m curious about the music in the US version of SFA2 Gold. In the JPN version which I have, SFZ2 Alpha has the original CPS2 arcade music (the same as in SFZ2 and SFA2) but SFZ2’ Alpha (the arrange version) has the awful console Z2/A2 music. How’s the music in SFA2 Gold?