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Street Fighter Alpha 3
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 17 critic reviews
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Based on 9 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: Capcom Entertainment
Developer: Crawfish Interactive
Genre(s): Fighting, Action
Players: 2
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Release Date: December 3, 2002
Summary
Street Fighter Alpha 3 stars 33 characters and is loaded with multiple modes of play, seamless animation and 3 different fighting styles for every character. Street Fighter Alpha 3 puts arcade perfection in the palm of your hand! [Capcom]
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What The Critics Said
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Game Informer
Capcom has reproduced nearly every component that made Alpha 3 the best Street Fighter, despite the GBA's obvious deficiencies. [Sept 2002, p.94]
TotalGames.net
In a nutshell this can be described as the best GBA fighting game on the shelves.
Read Full Review >GameNow
Slightly busted control aside, this is an exceptional port. [Nov 2002, p.74]
IGN
An excellent conversion of an already outstanding fighting game. The only real downsides are on a physical level, most notably the system's button layout.
Read Full Review >GamePro
Wow! Steet Fighter Alpha 3 looks and plays great on the GBA with very few compromises made for the handheld. [Oct 2002, p.76]
Read Full Review >Cheat Code Central
Almost unbelievable. It looks like the darn arcade version.
GameSpy
A masterpiece in almost every aspect, even if it is a conversion of a game from an increasingly long-in-the-tooth fighting series.
Read Full Review >eToychest
It really is impressive seeing Street Fighter Alpha 3 running on the GBA hardware.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
While Street Fighter Alpha 3 for the GBA does cut a few corners here and there, it takes a discerning fan to notice any real difference between this version and the arcade original--and that's pretty amazing.
Read Full Review >G4 TV
Such a vast amount of data has been squeezed into this tiny cartridge that it is nothing short of technical wizardry.
Read Full Review >Pocket Games
An excellent translation of its arcade classic. A true pleasure to play. [Winter 2002, p.45]
All Game Guide
The four-button (as opposed to six-button) control scheme takes some getting used to, but the game captures the spirit, the fun, the intensity, the depth, and the overall look and sound of the original remarkably well.
Read Full Review >Game Over Online
The audio effects and soundtrack have been pared down, but this is as close as Nintendo's handheld will get in recreating the arcade experience.
Read Full Review >Eurogamer
The audio doesn’t live up to the visuals. Digitised audio has been a standard fixture of SF titles for years, but the infamous “Hadoken!” and “Shoryuken!” are both scratchily rendered for SFA3, and the music isn’t much better.
Read Full Review >Nintendo Power
It's perfect fighting fun for fighting game afficioniados but could be confusing for players who are new to the genre. [Nov 2002, p.228]
Electronic Gaming Monthly
Anyone expecting to reliably pull off a 20-hitter with Adon: Forget it. [Oct 2002, p.204]
Gaming Age
A fantastic port on the GBA, but the controls hold it back from being a great title on the system.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Alex M. gave it a 6:
It's good, but there are way to many moves where you have to hold a button for two seconds or so, It has no pick-up-and-play-ability, and even on the lowest difficulty, from stage 7 upwards, the fighters (especialy Vega) WILL tear you a new mouth in your stomach. Capcom should make EX plus A for GBA.
Time2SaiL gave it a 9:
This game is not a port from any SNES title, SNES never could run a game like this. Superior in many aspects even de PSX version, and has even more characters. Music is not good, but is not too bad as people is sying it is. Gameplay, the most important thing on the evaluation, is Superb. Anyone who likes Capcom games shold buy this cardrigde. I've sayd.
Shawn T. gave it a 10:
Great carry on from the snes versions. Good job capcom.
Willie D. gave it an 8:
Practice makes perfect. and sore thumbs. you'll need a stick for this one.
J. Palm gave it a 9:
Just like the old one... which is a good thing.
