Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max (PlayStation Portable, 2006)

The number one fighting game has now made it's appearance on the PlayStation Portable!

Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX (Also known as Street Fighter ZERO 3 - Double Upper, in Japan) is an enhanced version of the critically acclaimed 2D arcade fighter that has taken players by storm with the largest roster for a Street Fighter game to date, it's amazing and unique fighting styles known as ISMs, and much more.

Using a character and fighting style of your choice, representing different countries of the world, you and your opponent battle it out until one of you collapses from the beatdown. The game features 8 different modes to play, along with the customizable World Tour mode, which allows you to choose your favorite fighter and work your way through challenging missions while building up your strength.

New to this PSP version are four new characters: Eagle of Street Fighter, Maki from Final Fight 2, Yun from Street Fighter III and a totally new character, Ingrid!

Along with the two-on-two battle mode, Ad-hoc play, and much more, you'll be hooked to this fighter for many years to come.

This game looks great. The colors are brilliant on the psp screen. It delivers with content, sound effects, graphics and a very large cast of characters. However, I can't recommend buying this game. The controls suck! How bad are the controls? HORRIBLE, to the point of psp breaking frustration. Forget about executing your moves effectively or at all, while the computer tears you apart. It kills me when a game looks this great and have the controls ruin it. For example, anti air moves that use the dragon punch motion are problematic. Also, double fireball motion for most of the supers cannot be done effectively. Oh, and forget about using the Control pad (D-pad). You must have noticed the psp does not have diagonals, so moves that require them are awkard at best. You cant even jump forward properly using this control pad.

You can assign special moves to different button to help, but 1. it feels like you are cheating, 2. it ruins the gameplay. It reduces the gameplay to mere one button pushing specials until you get a KO. It does not compensate for the controls.


***Do not change your control stick to a larger one for this game. It will likely damage the joystick mechanism, rendering it useless. Something about the extra torque!

As a true fan of the fighting genre, I could honestly say I loved this game. Yes it's kind of hard to control without the PS2 controller that I'm used to playing with, but as far as the game goes it is flawless. There are more modes than you could count on both hands and maybe a foot or two. And fans of the Alpha series will be waiting to level up their favorite characters in World Tour mode. This mode really gives the game so much replay value.
I bought it for by brother in Iraq who's the biggest SF fan around. He recommends it for any soldiers with PSP's and says "it helps kill time on those long plane rides home."

An improved version of the furious third entry in the Street Fighter Alpha series. A gameplay mode new to the Street Fighter Alpha series, Variable BattleMode, has been implemented to allow real-time tag team brawls. Tag out and the second fighter enters performing a jump attack, a move useful for escaping tight situations. Yun, Maki and Eagle, from Capcom vs. SNK 2, as well as Ingrid from Capcom Fighting Evolution, enter the arena exclusively in this PSP edition, with all new original storylines. Versus battles heat up with the Wi-Fi League Battle Mode that allow a maximum of eight players to duke it out in round-robin mini tournaments.

Excellent game, I ve been able to play it with my Japanese PSP and it is compatible. However, Spanish memory card does not work for this game.

Very entertaining and fun to play, it is highly recommended for that nostagic fans of STREET FIGTHER!

This game can be found at really good prices via ebay!