Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX (PlayStation Portable)

Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX
Also known as: Street Fighter Zero 3 Double Upper (JP) Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Platform: PlayStation Portable Released in JP: January 19, 2006 Released in US: February 7, 2006 Released in EU: March 10, 2006 Released in AU: February 24, 2006 This game has regional differences.

Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX, the last updated version of Alpha 3 brings back the additional characters from the GBA version of the game and includes Ingrid from Capcom Fighting Evolution into the roster, complete with their own in-game storylines and endings. New modes have been added too, like Reverse Dramatic Battle from the Saturn version, an exclusive tag mode called Variable Battle, and the VS 100 Kumite mode.

Also in Dramatic Battle, both the player and partner characters can be selected individually (allowing for any character pairing), unlike the other versions of Alpha 3.

To do: More regional differences to uncover. Does this version of SFA3 have any unused content?

Regional Differences

PlayStation Portable Menu

XMB Icon

Japan	US	Europe

XMB Banner

Japan	US	Europe

Title Screen

Japan	US	Europe

The logo is different for each region on the title screen due to the name change, the registered trademark symbol was changed to the TM symbol in Europe, and the "Press Start Button" text's color was changed from green to orange in the US and European versions.

Main Menu

Japan	International

The logo and names in the background of the Main Menu is different for each region.

Character Select

Japan	International

The gauge "Z-Ism" (Zero) became "A-Ism" (Alpha) in the International version.

Pre-Battle

Japan	International

The segue screen that appears before the beginning of each fight was changed to better match the game-appropriate regional title.

Oddities

Evil Ryu's Bad Ending

If the player loses the Final Battle mode match with Evil Ryu, the bad ending will be displayed with Birdie's ending text.