Street Fighter Alpha Anthology Announced for PS2

[magnifiedplaid]

Street Fighter Alpha 3 is my all time favorite 2-D fighter, so I will definitely be picking this game up...hopefully on the Xbox/360. I'll pass though if its only on the PS2, because I can just play my DC copy of Alpha 3 until it comes out on the Xbox.

[Mzo]

Do counters still kill? Because if that's the case, this game is still a turtle-fest.

lol @ turtles, CC nga

[Gooch]

I'll get this just for 2.

[mollipen]

I haven't played Alpha 2 against other people really since it was out in arcades. There was that Saturn version, but I never had a Saturn controller that I felt could do the game justice, plus load times were for women.

Wait, did you only have the first generation US Saturn pads then? Because, I mean, the real stock Saturn pad was like the best 2D fighting pad ever, and I've never met anybody who didn't think so.

[TobalRox]

Wait, did you only have the first generation US Saturn pads then? Because, I mean, the real stock Saturn pad was like the best 2D fighting pad ever, and I've never met anybody who didn't think so.

I still don't get why we haven't seen 6 face buttons again on a standard controller.

EDIT: and no, Xbox's black and white don't count.

[Cheebs]

I still don't get why we haven't seen 6 face buttons again on a standard controller.

Sega giveth and Sega taketh away.

I died a bit inside when I first saw the Dreamcast controler... The end of an era.

[Jeremy]

It was even more infuriating given how much wasted space was on the pad.

[Cheebs]

I guess our big American hands just aren't knimble enough for 6 face buttons.

[Rooster]

Because, I mean, the real stock Saturn pad was like the best 2D fighting pad ever, and I've never met anybody who didn't think so.

Truth. I just wish they had adaptors so I could still use them for everything; its not like they wear out easy or anything.

Street Fighter Alpha 3 is my all time favorite 2-D fighter, so I will definitely be picking this game up...hopefully on the Xbox/360. I'll pass though if its only on the PS2, because I can just play my DC copy of Alpha 3 until it comes out on the Xbox.

I know a lot of people that really don't mind the standard Dual Shock for fighters, but I can't stand it. Standard 360 pad seems like it might be decent, d-pad wise anyway (still only 4 face buttons) but I'll need some new shit to test that theory with. Still kinda have my eye on that DOA Hori stick too...

[Mzo]

Wait, did you only have the first generation US Saturn pads then? Because, I mean, the real stock Saturn pad was like the best 2D fighting pad ever, and I've never met anybody who didn't think so.

No, I have a japanese Saturn with japanese controllers.

I just don't like any pad when it comes to a fighting game, especially when playing Zangief. I want to use more than one finger when pressing the punch and kick buttons, so I can quickly and easily press three at once or one punch and two kicks to activate a CC, or whatever. One button for level 1, 2 buttons for level 2, and three buttons for level 3 supers. I can use my pointer, middle, and ring fingers in a very easy and deliberate motion. Akuma's Raging Demon is pointer, pointer, thumb, ring finger. I can't adjust to a pad. I've tried, and I suck at it.

I'm sure with practice I can adjust my playstyle to something that will be worthless in the arcades (which are, admittedly, dead) but I don't want to. Just because that kid with no arms in NP learned to play with his feet doesn't mean I want to, too.