SF4: 3D Edition, Super SF4: Arcade Edition, Ultra However, the visual presentation was completely changed for SFIII: 3rd Strike.įighter, Street Fighter 2, SF2 Champion Edition, The sequel, SFIII: 2nd Impact, kept the same gorgeous visual style of New Generation and updated a few of the

artwork by Kinu Nishimura work together to create an unmatched 2D fighting game presentation. Character select illustrations drawn by the legendary Akiman and victory / K.O. The beautiful hand-drawn environments like poetry in motion. On top of that, the background-specific music is incredibly moody, catchy, and perfectly suits SFIII presents some of the best voice acting of the series and sounds more natural than past installments. Simply overflowing with personality thanks to the superb voice acting. The 'balance' and human-like movement of each fighter can be appreciated by real world martial artists (and is something that other fighting games fail to pull off with such finesse). and look nothing short of spectacular as they battle it out towards a K.O.įor the record, many of the fighters' offensive and defensive techniques are loosely based in authentic martial arts, which are represented spot on. Characters seem to move effortlessly across the screen whether they're walking, dashing, or attacking. Visually, New Generation vibrantly stands outĪbove all other 2D fighters before it, easily showing off the smoothest 2D animationĮver seen in a fighting game (or video game) to date.

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