Street Fighter Alpha: Difference between revisions

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* [[Achey Scars]]: The scar on Sagat's chest glows whenever he is confronted by Ryu. In ''Alpha 2 Gold'' and ''Alpha 3'', he gains a super which allows him to draw upon the feelings of anger and hatred invoked by his scar and buff the damage output of his next Tiger Blow.

** When ''Alpha 3'' was ported to home consoles, not only did the home versions feature four extra characters (Fei-Long, T. Hawk, Dee Jay and Guile), but the sub-bosses (Balrog, Juni and Juli) were given proper storylines and endings that they didn't get in the original arcade release.

** The GBA version of ''Alpha 3'' feature three characters not in the prior arcade and console versions: [[Final Fight|Maki]], [[Street Fighter (video game)|Eagle]] and [[Street Fighter III|Yun]], all based on their ''Capcom vs. SNK 2'' incarnations. Unfortunately, the GBA version is simplified and watered-down in other areas, including the lack of storyline. When the game was ported to the PSP later, the same extra characters were added, along with Ingrid from ''Capcom Fighting Evolution'', and all four were given storylines and endings.

* [[Continuity Cameo]]

** The Mad Gear gang from ''Final Fight'' can be seen in Sodom's ending in the first game, as well as spectators in the Metro City stage of ''Alpha 2'' and ''3''.

** Ken's stage in ''Alpha 2'' is a set on a cruise ship filled with other Capcom characters (or at least very convincing cosplayers) attending Eliza's birthday party.

* [[Counter Attack]]: The Alpha Counters. A few other characters, like Karin and Dan, have attack reversals as well.

* [[Clear My Name]]: In ''Alpha 3'' Fei-long is mistakenly accused of being involved in Shadaloo's drug trades, and he joins the tournament to learn what's going on. Yun's story mode has him actually believing the accusations and setting off with Yang to capture Fei-Long himself. {{spoiler|After the Yun vs. Fei-Long mid-boss fight, Fei-Long explains what happened to Yun, so they decide to team up and protect Hong Kong from the real culprit: Bison. Then, Bison himself shows up: Fei-Long stays behind to fight him and Yun goes against Juni and Juli, then after Bison when Fei-Long loses.}}

* [[Crossover]]: The series can be seen as a crossover in a technical sense, since it was the first time in the franchise the ''Street Fighter II'' roster was pitted against characters from the first ''Street Fighter'' and ''Final Fight''.

* [[Doomed by Canon]]: Charlie always dies at the end of each ''Alpha'' game. Because otherwise, what else will inspire Guile to pursue his revenge on M. Bison? This was almost averted in ''Alpha 3'', where Charlie actually survived his ending, but the console version "fixed" this by adding Guile to roster and having Charlie die in his ending instead.

* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: A few of the characters made background and ending cameos before becoming proper playable characters in the series.

** E. Honda appears in Sodom's ending in ''Alpha 2''.

** Cody (and his girlfriend Jessica) appears in Guy's stage in ''Alpha 2''. When a female fighter (Chun-Li, Sakura, Rose or Cammy) is in the stage, Cody will shift his attention away from Jessica and into the fighter, causing Jessica to get jealous and slap his face to get back his attention.

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: The Buddha statue from ''Alpha 3''.

* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: By the time ''Alpha 3'' hit the home versions, the cast included the entire ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo'' roster, a good chunk of characters from the first ''Street Fighter'' and ''Final Fight'', and a handful of original characters. The GBA version even snuck in Eagle, Maki and Yun from ''Capcom vs. SNK 2'', while the later PSP version added Ingrid from ''Capcom Fighting Evolution'' as well.

 

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