But nitpicking is pointless when you've been given so many quality games for so small a price. Of course, these ageing games aren't without their faults - Alpha's lack of characters, Alpha 2's chronically overpowered counters and Alpha 3's comparative lack of balance due to its huge roster and different play modes are the key points to mention here.
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What's more, there's a certain purity and charm to the arcade originals and you will find yourself drifting back to them from time to time. For versus play at least, as there's no single-player options to be found in this new mode. With so many characters and so many variations, this mode alone will never fail to present interesting match-ups - once you unlock it, Hyper Street Fighter Alpha becomes pretty much the only thing you need on the disc.
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Also, on top of the three regular Isms for Alpha 3 characters, there are four entirely new options tucked away that draw upon other games such as the Versus series for chain combos and even 3rd Strike with a parrying option for the more technically-minded among you.
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Prefer your Isms? Take an Alpha 3 character and you're all set. Hyper Street Fighter Alpha, like Hyper Street Fighter 2, allows you to pick any character from the huge Alpha 3 Upper roster and use them in whatever guise you'd like. Luckily, Capcom has had the grace to include Alpha 3 Upper as an unlockable when you beat Alpha 3 (extra character ahoy) and if you finish each of the games once, you're given a brand new remix known as Hyper Street Fighter Alpha.
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That they're derived from the coin-op versions seems somewhat double-edged to begin with, in that while it does mean you get the optimum version of each game technically, additions made over the last few years - characters added to Alpha 3 for the PSP and GBA versions, for example - are sadly omitted.
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(And what with some very reasonable conversion rates for odd-quid and quid-a-pop at the moment, all the better.)Īlpha Anthology brings together arcade conversions of all three Street Fighter Alpha titles (as well as Alpha 2 Gold for the completists) and offers Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix as a bonus. Kudos to Capcom, then, for collecting five games which are all worth playing, and charging us just four quid a pop for the privilege. Because once the excitement's died down, you're only going to be playing a couple of them, and bargain status is revoked. Twenty-odd games for twenty-odd quid? Bargain! Except it isn't always, is it. Compilations are ten a penny these day, but it's rare to find one with more than two or three games worth playing.