Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Tutorial) - Mechanics Guide

This is a basic how to play tutorial that explains Street Fighter Alpha 3's fighting system. ▽LEGEND and TIPS BELOW!!!▽

* V-ism's original combo can be activated if the gauge bar is at least 50%.
* During V-ism's original combo you can taunt infinitely, you can use charge Specials without having to hold anything and you can quickly link one move after another but you CANNOT Block.

* Only Dan can taunt in X-ism mode.
* Some characters have more Taunts. Press either Forward or Back plus the Taunt Button to perform.

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LEGEND (The moves are done with the character facing right. If the character is facing left, they are done in reverse):

1. Movement Directions

↖ - upback
(Jumping Back)

↑ - up
(Jumping Upwards)

↗ - upforward
(Jumping Forward)

← - back
(Walking Back)

n - neutral
(Standing)

→ - forward
(Walking Forward)

↙ - downback
(Crouching Back*)

↓ - down
(Crouching)

↘ - downforward
(Crouching Forward*)

* - there is no particular animation.

READ: If the Jump Forward or Jump Back attacks of a character have the same animation as the simple straight up Jump, they won't be listed in the character's Move List.

2. Attacks

LP - (Light Punch) * also named (Weak Punch)
MP - (Medium Punch) * also named (Strong Punch)
HP - (Heavy Punch) * also named (Fierce Punch)
LK - (Light Kick) * also named (Short Kick)
MK - (Medium Kick) * also named (Forward Kick)
HK - (Heavy Kick) * also named (Roundhouse Kick)

P - Any Punch Button
K - Any Kick Button
PP - Any two Punch Buttons (pressed at the same time)
KK - Any two Kick Buttons (pressed at the same time)
PPP - All Punch Buttons (pressed at the same time)
KKK - All Kick Buttons (pressed at the same time)

3. Motions

READ: For Special Moves to work you must do the motion first then press the last movement direction plus the attack button at the same time. Example - Hadouken: do this first (↓ ↘) then press at the same time → + P. The same goes for all Special Moves, Super Moves or Alpha Counters.

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This video #Tutorial serves as an educational #Guide on how to play #StreetFighterAlpha3, also known as Street Fighter Zero 3.
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