Street Fighter Anniversary Collection

honru

Yeah, after a long wait, Street Fighter Anniversary Collection will finally be released on Xbox on October 29th.

Best news of all is that this version will contain Street Fighter III: Third Strike aswell as the 1994 anime Street Fighter: The Animated Movie, which is included on the disc.

Add online play for both Hyper Street Fighter II and Third Strike, and you've got something special. Can't wait for this.

jared almasy

sounds nice, bill gates with a finger in another pie. ive only played the ps2 version in hmv during the summer against all comers (13 spaniards and a few locals) and won as well. i still prefer the snes ones, cos i can play them

Retr0gamer

I didn't buy the PS2 version because SF3 wasn't included. I guess i'll be adding this to my collection Go me!

bush

Ps2 version wasnt the may west

Retr0gamer

Does it have xbox live support. If it does it will explain any mysterious disappearances of Kdjacs.

Roller Toaster

I've had this pre-ordered for about 3 months now We're looking at an Arcade PERFECT port of Third Strike here ladies and gentlemen, none of cut frames of animation the dreamcast suffered from. All I need now is to find a decent arcade stick to buy for this and I'll be all set. Hopefully the netcode will be better than Line of Contact as parrying will be impossible with any sort of delay. Also the animated movie isn't up to much, it's funny to watch once but the quality was terrible on the ps2 version.

Does it have xbox live support.

Try reading the original post.

Retr0gamer

Try reading the original post

Ar! Me see's. The excitement got to me.

Pugsley

Is it just me, or is Street Fighter 3 the best fighting game capcom have amde since Alpha2? they really did get the game just right with Third Strike, great game altogether and a good few of the new charecters are actually worth playing, I myself pretty much always play either Alex or Mokato (or is it Makoto?).

Roller Toaster

Pugsley wrote:

Is it just me, or is Street Fighter 3 the best fighting game capcom have amde since Alpha2? they really did get the game just right with Third Strike, great game altogether and a good few of the new charecters are actually worth playing, I myself pretty much always play either Alex or Mokato (or is it Makoto?).

I've played every single Street Fighter/Vs game except for the 3 SF3 games . I've watched loads of videos of it in action though mostly from combovideos.com and it looks amazing. I don't agree with anyone who says the character design isn't up to scratch. All the characters look great and have a really nice look to them except for Remy who lets face it is no replacement for guile. Also its Makoto

Someone told me that this is delayed until January. I really hope thats not true and play is still listing it as this month so I don't really know. Are there any 3S machines in Dublin?

honru

Roller Toaster wrote:

Someone told me that this is delayed until January. I really hope thats not true and play is still listing it as this month so I don't really know.

That's the US version of the game. I see no reason for a PAL delay (for some reason, we're getting this baby first).

Some nice box art here.

Another 2D fighter that's on it's way to PS2 and Xbox is King of Fighters 00/01. While the game doesn't look like it will support Xbox Live, the budget price of £15 (around €22 online) makes up for it. Plus the game will thankfully be unedited. The game's on track for November 5th.

Guilty Gear X2 #Reload for Xbox is also on track for late November in Europe, no other details yet.

Boro

Man i used to love KOF 99. Played it all the time in the arcade. Thank god for mame though! Will have to convince my xbox owning mate to pick up these two when they come out!

super_furry

Any word of a specific Streetfighter type joypad for the Xbox? I've seen the PS2 Streetfighter joypads at Lik-Sang and they look pretty swanky.

My Dreamcast joystick has finally given up the ghost (I used it with a converter), so I'll need something else.

Retr0gamer

http://www.buyritegames.com/product_information.asp?number=PS2-RYUCONT&back=

Heres the PS2 one. Looks gorgeous, like the fantastic japanese Saturn controllers. Hope they do an xbox version as well.

honru

super_furry wrote:

Any word of a specific Streetfighter type joypad for the Xbox? I've seen the PS2 Streetfighter joypads at Lik-Sang and they look pretty swanky.

There is yup, in Guile, Cammy, Sagat, and Akuma variations. No pics yet though, and they won't be released till at least January 2005 in the US with a worldwide release pending. Still, it's great news; the Controller-S doesn't really cut the mustard.

Roller Toaster

Are there any good quality arcade sticks for the xbox (preferrably with a port for Live's headset but thats not essential)? Theres this officially supported stick: http://www.xbox.com/en-us/hardware/reflexarcadestick.htm and it's pretty cheap too but are there any better options out there? Maybe I should get a converter and use the dreamcast's arcade controller?

Creature

Roller Toaster wrote:

I don't agree with anyone who says the character design isn't up to scratch. All the characters look great and have a really nice look to them except for Remy who lets face it is no replacement for guile. Also its Makoto

I agree that they do look good but most of them are fairly bad characters, design wise. How can you possibly argue with that point when concerning Twelve, Sean, Remy, Necro and the old guy with one arm whose name escapes me for the moment? They're all atrociously designed characters, no originality or inventiveness in them whatsoever. Or they're cheap knock-offs of oldies. I would have preferred Dhalsim to Necro, Guile to Remy and no one to sean tbh.

In saying that I do think most of them are great and there are some excellent characters in this game, namely Alex, being one of my favourite SF characters ever.

Meh I'm not getting into this argument again. It's been done to death too many times already.

Roller Toaster

Meh I'm not getting into this argument again. It's been done to death too many times already.

Whatever, I've already said I dislike Remy and yeah Sean is pretty ****ty too. I really like the other three you mentioned though. Anyway, it's landed, it's awesome and online it's lag free.

Placebo

the usa version of Street fighter annivery collection for ps2 has Street fighter 3rd strike and yes its a brilliant game, i cant pary for **** (

pay i suggest once again people check out that video i posted ages ago of SF3 torunament. Amazing

Roller Toaster

Yeah I watched it a few times. I was playing against someone online today and the managed to do a full parry of Yun's SA2 which I thought was pretty impressive, just shows the level of the competition online. I can parry okay on one player at the moment, I have real problems with the lower attacks though because I tend to press forward instead of down. When I'm playing online the opponent is less predictable so I tend to end up playing it safe and parrying less.

evad_lhorg

we got the game in in work and i must say it looks deadly. when i get my xbox(someday) im definitely gettin it.

rainbow kirby

We've had it on the screens in work. I really want to give it a go, maybe the wireless Xbox controllers are gonna have to come out again after hours!

Gonzo

wow this sounds really amazing, I bought the Ps2 verson when it came out and was very dissapointed, now that ive read this thread looks like i may have to buy the the xbox version....but is it really worth it if you already bought it for the ps2?

rainbow kirby

Depends how much value you put on getting Third Strike and the anime really.

evad_lhorg

might i add... the movie is great! i love it!

sound_wave

i too bought the ps2 version when it came out, but with the xbox version being LIVE enabled im going to trade in my ps2 version against the xbox one!


yip evad_lhorg the movie does indeed RAWK!! Ryu's headbutt on the big dude before the fight with Fei Long is class!! oh yeah and the fight with Sagat at the start too!! only problem is that you have to go into the ingame menu to play it!!

Placebo

sweetness.

Roller Toaster

Bug Alert Bug Alert Bug Alert

Taken from Shoryuken.com (I've been having the same problems too, seems everyone is):

Hi everyone.
I just wanted to let you guys know that the online part of Street Fighter III has a bug where you get a black screen when you try to do a rematch, after a while you get the connection error displayed and it'll result in a Loss for you.
My guess is that this is the reason for the recall.
I sure hope they patch that, along with showing drops in the statistics, it's CvS all over again, had my first dropper on the second match.

Ok recently got SFAC for the box, really excited! But one thing i noticed is that on hugo's level with the original music on, it like freezes up. Not the game just the music. It'll just keep skiping until the match is done. Is this just my copy or is it a fault on capcom's part.

The Hugo bug is pretty minor but I prefer the original soundtrack on the whole so it's a bit annoying. The dropping problem is causing a lot of issues online at the moment though and is turning rankings into a bit of a joke. Hopefully this will be patched soon.

Roller Toaster

Recall underway!

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/streetfighteranniversarycollection/news_6112062.html

Retr0gamer

Ah for christs sake! I just bought this yesterday.

Praetorian

I'd just like to say, I'd easily beat Kdjac.

Roller Toaster

Online play for the Hyper Fighting side of things is perfect, no lag or any dropping problems. I don't really see how they could **** up 3S (which is the main attraction for most people) so much. I really hope this doesn't end up like Steel Batallion: Line of Contact

Zico

I got the PS2 version, out of nostalgia and for a bit of fun kicking the crap out of my house mates. As was mentioned earlier, SF3 wasn't included. SF2 isn't anyehere near as much fun as I remembered and it doesn't help when you're the worst player in the room.

evad_lhorg

as far as i know it is not the pal version that the recall is on.



have you lot been having the problem cause we have had no returns in work.

Roller Toaster

Yup, dropping in 3S on the rematch screen and the hugo music bug. I wonder what the eta on a patch is.

evad_lhorg

shag it i wanted to get this on friday


is manhunt any use on xbox?

rainbow kirby

Gamespot: 8.3
Just the concept behind that game is kinda nasty imo... But the PC packaging for it looks cool.

Roller Toaster

I have a spare copy of Street Fighter AC that I might be able to sell you for no mark up. I have someone coming Wednesday who might want it but if he doesn't I'll gladly sell it to you if you'll use paypal.

Retr0gamer

is manhunt any use on xbox?

PC and PS2 versions are terrible. The game plays horrendously, is frustrating and gets boring quickly.

jesus_thats_gre

Placebo wrote:

sweetness.

Got mine in the post today, the box is ****ing awesome!!

super_furry

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

Got mine in the post today, the box is ****ing awesome!!

Any sign of an Xbox version of that pad? It's the only thing that's stopping me from buying the game.

Retr0gamer

Saw in GamesTM the magic box which will allow me to use my two japanese saturn controllers on the xbox

honru

super_furry wrote:

Any sign of an Xbox version of that pad? It's the only thing that's stopping me from buying the game.

Did ya read the first page? Here's a link for proof, hopefully they'll get released bar delays. Now that the Xbox has turned into a fledging console for 2D fighting games, I will really need to move on from the Controller-S.

Got the Anniversary Collection in the post today. Third Strike is great (having never got it on the Dreamcast) yet Hyper Street Fighter II is really nothing new. Online will be a huge draw; I'll be setting that up shortly.

Roller Toaster

Tell me if you suffer from the same stupid problems most people have been having online.

evad_lhorg

how does it play on the s-type pad? hope this online thing is fixed quick!!! ill be settin it up as soon as i get the xbox. how long does it take to actually get xbox live set up?

jesus_thats_gre

super_furry wrote:

Any sign of an Xbox version of that pad? It's the only thing that's stopping me from buying the game.

Get one of the adaptors allowing you to use the ps2 pad on the xbox.

Roller Toaster

evad_lhorg wrote:

how does it play on the s-type pad? hope this online thing is fixed quick!!! ill be settin it up as soon as i get the xbox. how long does it take to actually get xbox live set up?

Fine overall but EX moves can be a little tricky to pull off due to the pad. Not long really, it'll auto install software if you try to go online and you can proceed to make an account from there. Make sure you have your isp details ready so it can connect to the servers. Depending on your isp it could be a doddle or take some messing about with.

Retr0gamer

Get one of the adaptors allowing you to use the ps2 pad on the xbox.

Don't get a PS2 pad. Its worse than the s-type pad for capcom fighting games. I hate using shoulder buttons for fighting games and the buttons are tto spread out.

The s-type pad is also horrible. Using the white and black buttons is impossible so I'm playing without 2 essential buttons and my combos are suffering.

Get a pad that is like the japanese saturn pad. The official SF anniversary edition pad is a good example.

evad_lhorg

Roller Toaster wrote:

Fine overall but EX moves can be a little tricky to pull off due to the pad. Not long really, it'll auto install software if you try to go online and you can proceed to make an account from there. Make sure you have your isp details ready so it can connect to the servers. Depending on your isp it could be a doddle or take some messing about with.

what about the paying for it and what not?

sound_wave

you have to buy a years subscription or else get a two month free trial! They ask for a credit card number but dont actually bill you untill your subscription has expired and you automatically are subscribed again.

evad_lhorg

so hang on. if i get a 2 month trial with halo 2 i put in that code i get and i wont get charged for 14 months then? and what if i dont want to keep it? can i cancel it?

sound_wave

you mean a 2 month trial plus a years subscription? im not too sure. you can cancel when ever you want i think.