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''"Let's PARTY! Go for broke!"''

''"Hey, c'mon! Stand up! Face it straight!"''

''"Beat 'em up, guys! TRIUMPH OR DIE!"''~~|'''Announcer''', ''Alpha 3''}}~~

''"Beat 'em up, guys! TRIUMPH OR DIE!"''

|'''Announcer''', ''Alpha 3''}}

In 1995, Capcom released a long-awaited real sequel -- or rather, a ''[[prequel]]'' to ''[[Street Fighter II]]'', '''''Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams''''' ('''''Street Fighter Zero''''' in Japan). With a distinctive anime-styled look based on ''[[Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie]]'', ''Alpha'' takes place between the first two ''Street Fighter'' games, and expands the [[Backstory]] of many of the major characters. The game also features returning characters from the original ''[[Street Fighter (video game)|Street Fighter]]'' (who were merely computer-controlled opponents, namely Thai-kickboxer Adon and British punk Birdie), as well as characters from Capcom's beat 'em up ''[[Final Fight]]'' (ninja loner hero ''Guy'' and criminal samurai wannabe ''Sodom'') and also introduced a few new characters, namely Dan Hibiki, (the quintessential [[Joke Character]] and [[Take That]] to ''Street Fighter'' copycat ''[[Art of Fighting]]''); American soldier Charlie (who was introduced as Guile's missing friend, and was called Nash in Japan); and Italian fortune teller Rose. All of them joined to Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Sagat, M. Bison and Akuma.

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** The stormy battle scene from Ryu and Sagat's opening battle from the film is used as the stage for Sagat's final boss battle with Ryu in ''Alpha 2''.

* [[Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You]]: Ryu and Ken throw their Hadōkens simultaneously towards the screen in the opening sequence of ''Alpha 2''.

* [[Smurfette Principle]]: The first ''Alpha'' only had two female fighters (Chun-Li and Rose) among the game's roster of thirteen. This gradually increased with the addition of Sakura among the five new fighters in ''Alpha 2'', followed by the return of Cammy in ''Alpha 2 Gold'' and then by the addition of Karin, R. Mika, Juni and Juli among the nine new fighters (thirteen in the console ports) in ''Alpha 3'', a total of 8 women among 32 fighters (literally 25% of the roster). That's not even including the addition of ''Final Fight 2'''s Maki and ''Capcom Fighting Evolution'''s Ingrid in the portable versions.

* [[Smurfette Principle]]: The first ''Alpha'' only had two female fighters (Chun-Li and Rose) among the game's roster of thirteen. This gradually increased with the addition of Sakura among the five new fighters in ''Alpha 2'', followed by the return of Cammy in ''Alpha 2 Gold'' and then by the addition of Karin, R. Mika, Juni and Juli among the nine new fighters (thirteen in the console ports) in ''Alpha 3'', a total of 8 women among 32 fighters (literally 25% of the roster). That's not even including the addition of ''Final Fight 2''{{'}}s Maki and ''Capcom Fighting Evolution''{{'}}s Ingrid in the portable versions.

* [[Slipped the Ropes]]: Cody in ''Alpha 3'' is a prisoner who makes a habit of breaking out of jail. He's handcuffed. In his taunt, he slips out of the cuffs, makes fun of his enemy and then puts them back on.

* [[Tag Team]]: A 2-on-1 tag-team system, known as "Variable Battle" was introduced in the PSP version.