Street Fighter III: New Generation Arcade Facts
Street Fighter III: New Generation introduced a largely new cast on Capcom’s third arcade platform. These are the key facts.
Arcade facts
- Released: February 1997.
- Board: CP System III (CPS-3), board number 2.
- Hardware: a Hitachi SuperH-2 processor and a custom CPS-3 audio chip.
- Playable fighters (11): Ibuki, Necro, Sean, Oro, Elena, Ryu, Dudley, Alex, Yun, Ken, and the hidden Yang.
- Non-playable: Gill, the final opponent.
- Colour options: six per character, chosen with the three punch and three kick buttons. Yun and Yang have three each.
- Bonus rounds: none.
Stages
Ten settings: Kyoto, Japan (Ibuki); Moscow, Russia (Necro); New York, U.S.A. (Sean); the Amazon in South America (Oro); Nairobi, Kenya (Elena); Tokyo, Japan (Ryu and Ken); London, England (Dudley); a second New York location (Alex); Hong Kong, China (Yun and Yang); and the Mediterranean Sea (Gill).
Credits
Original artwork is by Akiman (Akira Yasuda) and Kinu Nishimura. Yoji Mikami, nicknamed “X68k”, is credited as the CP System III programmer. Tomoshi Sadamoto produced, while Noritaka Funamizu (Poo) and Yoshiki Okamoto served as general producers. The translators were Matt Taylor, Erik Suzuki, Jesus Rodriguez Bueno and Harumi Yamashita, and the thanks include Takuya Shiraiwa, Naoki Fukushima, Sayuri Shintani and others.
Contemporary ports
The only console release of the era was the Sega Dreamcast, within the compilation Street Fighter III: Double Impact.
