Saturday, January 1st, 2022
	Street Fighter III - What Happened?

  

Content creator and popular YouTuber Matt McMuscles is back with another fabulous "What Happened" video on a classic fighting game series, Street Fighter III. Before the series reached its pinnacle with SFIII: 3rd Strike — a game that took the competitive FGC to new heights and made way for the iconic EVO Moment #37, the early incarnations of Street Fighter III actually experienced some troubled development. The series as a whole, including SFIII: 3rd Strike, was actually a financial failure in sales according to Capcom. However, SFIII's polished gameplay, unforgettable sprites, and ultra-polished 2D animation make it a widely-respected classic beloved by fighting game fans. Matt's latest "What Happened" video (below) takes a look back at the history and troubled past of Capcom's defining CPS3 2D fighting game series, Street Fighter III.     In related news... Last month, Matt also released an ultra-informative 50-minute video documentary on SNK's highly-influential Fatal Fury series. Be sure to check out more great fighting game content over at Matt McMuscles' YouTube channel. Thanks for reading! ~TFG Webmaster, Frank Joseph | @Fighters_Gen
Source:  Matt McMuscles (YouTube),  Matt McMuscles (Twitter)           Related Tweet:  @Fighters_Gen       Related News  |   April 2022 SFIII: 3rd Strike Used Voice Sample from 1966 Batman Throughout the decades, fighting game historians have discovered the original source material for iconic character designs, illustrations, and even audio. The latest discovery, pointed out by Fairly Frequent FG Facts on Twitter, reveals the Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike sound... Related News  |   January 2022 Capcom Unveils Street Fighter 35th Anniversary Logo In January 2022, Capcom unveiled the official logo for Street Fighter's 35th Anniversary. In August of this year, the Street Fighter franchise will officially be 35 years old. With every major milestone for the Street Fighter series, Capcom has released a new anniversary logo design... Related News  |   December 2021 Fatal Fury Retrospective (Video) YouTuber and fighting game historian Matt McMuscles recently put together an excellent 50-minute documentary all about SNK's influential Fatal Fury series. Kicking off in 1991, Fatal Fury introduced some very innovative ideas to the fighting game universe. Matt's retrospective... Related News  |   January 2022 EVO Moment #37 Recreated EVO Moment #37 is one of the most famous moments in competitive fighting game history. At EVO 2004, Daigo "The Beast" Umehara parried all 15 hits of Justin Wong's Chun-Li's lightning kicks in SFIII: 3rd Strike to win the set. This week, the parry sequence was recreated for Justin Wong... Related News  |   December 2021 EVO Appoints Rick "TheHadou" Thiher as New GM Evolution Championship Series (EVO) announced today the appointment of Combo Breaker organizer, Rick "TheHadou" Thiher, as its new General Manager going forward. In his new role, Rick will be responsible for overseeing the strategic vision and direction for EVO... Related News  |   December 2021 Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Fan Animation 3rd Strike is an immortal and timelessly influential title in fighting game history. Some consider it the peak of 2D fighting games. Not only for its deep technical gameplay and memorable characters, but its brilliant and refined animation quality. A 2D animator who goes by "Kathan" just posted a gorgeous animation tribute to SFIII: 3rd Strike and... it's a MUST WATCH. Related News  |   August 2021 UDON Announces New Volumes of Daigo Umehara Manga in English UDON recently announced Volume 2 of Daigo The Beast: Umehara Fighting Gamers — the manga based on legendary fighting game player and multi-time world champion, Daigo Umehara. The story focuses in on real-life events of Daigo's life and competitive fighting game history, noting high-level strategies and play-styles developed by Daigo. Related News  |   June 2021 SFIII: 3rd Strike Early Character Portraits by Daigo Ikeno It's amazing that after 3 decades of studying fighting game artwork, we can still come across rare early renditions and rough sketches of the final illustrations that we know and love from countless games. Today, Street Fighter series Art Director and Designer, Takayuki Nakayama, shared some early portraits of the Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike cast that predate the original launch of the game in 1999.   Related TFG Links:  Street Fighter III,  SFIII: 2nd Impact,  SFIII: 3rd Strike  | TFG NEWS
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