Street Fighter Alpha 2 is coming to the Playstation Network on June 4, and now I have told you all the news that was relayed to us via Marvel vs. Capcom's Twitter. No price yet, no screens, just a tweet, and as such very little to write about except the fact that it's idiotic to announce games via Twitter. In fact it's idiotic to announce anything via Twitter other than what you had for lunch and where you're going to be partying.
Allow my grumpy old ass to climb up on this soapbox and pontificate a bit, but wouldn't a better way to announce a release for an awesome game that most people are wanting to play be, I don't know, a press release or something with more information? I know the tweet says that more is at PSBlog at some point, but it shouldn't be coming it should be here. That should be the announcement and the tweet should be the thing that follows it up not the other way around. We're just rewarding bad PR that features a complete and total lack of information because it can't be enough words to feature information.
This is the downfall of humanity, people. Read a book! In my day we had to find our press releases or have them emailed to us barefoot, in the snow, up hill both ways! By the way, follow us.
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6:00 PM on 05.31.2009
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Anyway, spiffy news.
My feelings are mixed, but Alpha 2 is good "enough" for me to dig this news.
Seriously...
But a weird choice. That's kinda like releasing Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact instead of 3rd Strike.
Alpha 3 Max would be the best version to release if they're going to release a game from the Alpha series I think.
Chronic: Because SF1 is shit. Even the redone version was complete ass. Pretty much everything after SF1 shits on it.
Still, I do hope that sales of this help Capcom decide to make an Alpha 2 Remix, 3rd Strike Remix, and an actual sequel to the SF series rather than the II.5 remix we were fed.
P.S. Darkstalkers and Saturday Night Slam Masters would be awesome too.
@Fistful
As long as it has the community, I'll play it: I just feel that SFA3 has more of a following, and I really like the insane amount of characters it has for the Gold/Home versions. Capcom rips us off often with a mix and match roster, but Alpha 3 delivers.
Plus, remaking old characters takes away time that could be used for new characters to love (especially with improved graphics liked the ones used in Alpha and III which take even longer to make). I really don't understand all the people who hope for Guy or Rolento or even TS characters (and I love that game) over new characters. The release of IV didn't destroy your copy of the Alpha Anthology or the Anniversary Collection. You can still play them.
You do mention the community element and hell, I understand wanting to use an old favorite in the game that is currently being played. Still, that kind of thinking hurts the series overall. Capcom is making a point right now that they listen to their fans and while that's nice it isn't always the best creative decision (I don't care about their sales. I'm talking about the actual series in terms that matter to me).
A lot of fans aren't thinking toward the future (new characters and systems) and instead are trying to resurrect their past (memories of II and Alpha). If the series doesn't go forward Capcom risks killing it again. Adding old characters is a quick way to make money but in the long run it will bore fans who will start thinking that a few new characters in basically the same game isn't worth their cash.
The best thing Capcom could do is remake Alpha/III and put those on Xbox Live/PSN. Some new, High-res graphics by Udon mixed with a rebalancing allows fans to have the nostalgia they want in an active community thus freeing up the new games to go in a different direction and advance the franchise.
P.S. I'm tired of pointing out that most who have actually given III a fair chance like it and that the game failed because of bad business decisions by Capcom and not because of it's radical changes to cast and gameplay (and not even that radical. I play it and still think "this is SF"). Instead I'll post this address where I already wrote a long ass post that details the real reasons III "failed": https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2518708507539484273&postID=7576538440057035050
But yeah, I prefer Alpha 2 as well.
(Is also a Rolento fan, so I'll deal)
On a side note....SFA2!!!! nice