SSFIV 3D Edition: Viable?

I’m planning on picking up a 3DS pretty soon, and was considering grabbing SSFIV for it to take on the go with me. My question is would this version of the game be useful at all for helping my main console game? I know it’s based on pre-AE, so that already is a strike against it, and handheld controls are very different from using stick, but does the basic gameplay emulate the main game enough to at least help?

The main reason I ask is because I’m on a train nearly 3 hours a day, and am usually way too tired when I get home to practice. If I can at least get something in while on the train, I imagine that’d be better than nothing.

What are the thoughts from those of you who have played enough of it to chime in?

The game is good in and of itself, but you’ll find a lot of things work differently when you start picking through it with a fine-tooth comb. The transfer of understanding how other players think is universal though and you’ll still get the benefit of learning reads and such - but the way you react to such reads might not transfer.

Sounds more promising than I was expecting. Obviously the frames are much different, so the footsies and combos won’t necessarily transfer over, but it sounds like it’s good enough to keep me from getting rusty, and maybe keep my reads in shape? Also, is there a way to not fight people who use the shortcut mode? I won’t use it, myself, because it would probably cause my game to hurt in the long run, but can you set matches up to not allow people using it?

You can I think but after trying it on a friend’s 3ds, it is really really awkward trying to play without it

You can search only for “Professional” Lobbies but you won’t find opponents
Playing against Lite (even if you don’t use it yourself) makes the game fucked up because it’s raw cheating (execute charge moves without charging etc)
3DS online is terrible in general due to forced wireless and the netcode (it WILL lag, and badly as that)
It’s Super not Arcade2012 so it has to be taken with several grains of salt
Playing without Lite is nigh impossible if alone because there are no Triplebuttons (=Ultras aren’t reliable), but also because the DPad/Circlepad aren’t made for fighters (=executing moves proper is hard). In general the whole thing feels horribly clunky even when compared to the standard PS3 pad
Seeing how even the PS3 version is plagued with noticeable input lag, the 3DS one probably has that … on top of frameskip or someshit

It’s decently fun to play, but it doesn’t have much to do with the ‘real’ versions
The most you’ll be able to pull out of it would be learning range of your normals, how to block, how to AA, etc (no real combos, no real gameplay - just the most basic stuff)
And online is dogshit

So if you’re above the level where you think playing against CPU will ever help you with anything, I doubt it’ll help much

Actually, I really enjoy playing the iPhone version of Sf4 (Volt, the one with online.) WHen I actually sit down and play console SF4, it’s close enough that I can hold my own. I don’t really play SF4 seriously though so your mileage may vary if you do.

Alright then. Well I appreciate the opinions. I decided to go ahead and get it, since it’s pretty cheap now anyway. And I’m someone who HAS to have a fighter for every console I own. If any of you guys have a friend code for it, might as well post it up. And I guess if anyone else wants to chime in on their thoughts about my first post, please do.

This is a super bump I advise anyone against getting this. It is cool in concept and at first it was fun but as I play online more I find it to be the most toxic online environment, and that’s saying a lot for a Fighting game, especially one without any real form of communication

Everyone just puts Auto-block and spams LITE moves with charge characters, mostly Guile, Blanka, and Honda, all of which are off the charts broken, especially Honda. It’s just mindless and they think they’re good, taunting you and rage quitting when they finally lose, it’s enraging. They make you wait at the menu every time, so never pick “Rematch” or “Change Character” instead of “Quit” because these spiteful shits will all sit there for 30 seconds until time runs out and you’re frozen in place waiting.

Stay far away unless you’re playing with friends or single player. Plus controls suck for 3DS (maybe N3DS or 2DS is better, I dunno).