Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Revealed

With all the talk about Street Fighter X Namco and Namco X Street Fighter, almost lost in the shuffle was news about Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online.

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike is regarded by many fighting purists as the best 2D fighting game,is getting a new lease of life thanks to Super Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono deciding it’s time for, somewhat the most overlooked (at least to casual players), Street Fighter game to be re-introduced.

While it must be good news for fans of 3rd Strike to hear about being able to take their skills online, they will be fustrated with anxiousness due to the lack of details that Ono has announced. We don’t know what platform it will be on, when it will likely to be released or anything else. With that said, it’s most likely heading to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 via their digital stores and that Ono is suggesting fans to “go to Capcom Unity and tell Seth Killian” what they would like to see in the game. Personally I would like to see a ‘World Tour’ mode that was present in Street Fighter Alpha 3 and more characters.

In the meantime, if you’re able to access 3rd Strike anywhere, I’d advise to do so and brush up on your skills Unless you plan on being mere cannon fodder to guys like Justin Wong and Diego “the Beast” Umehara.