When Street Fighter II came out, it set the world on fire, as it redefined how fighting games are done, even going as far as to release revisions that would add more characters and moves while improving gameplay. Street Fighter III: New Generation is the third entry to the Street Fighter franchise, and it takes a big risk by making the roster mostly new fighters, with series staples Ryu and Ken being the only returning fighters for this version of the game (as the game would receive two revisions, 2nd Impact - Giant Attack and 3rd Strike).
So, for the roster, other than Ken and Ryu, we have mostly new fighters, ranging from Alex, a professional wrestler, Ibuki, a female ninja, Oro, a hermit who fights with one arm (the other arm binded, with his bio stating it's to avoid accidentally killing his opponent), and Elena, a jungle princess. One of the main positives about this game is that the characters have a lot of animation (Elena's idle animation has her dancing, which is fluid), making each character feel life-like, and each character has his or her own set of moves, which include special moves and even Super Moves. When you select your fighter, you select from one of three Super Arts, which act like the Super Combos in past games, as you need to fill a bar before using them.
For gameplay, it's the same as Super Street Fighter II Turbo, but now characters can dash or retreat and even parry moves, which when a block is timed right as the opponent's attack hits, will evade without taking damage, and leave the opponent open to be attacked. However, this game will not easy like Street Fighter II. As fights will get harder as you progress, and the final boss, Gill, basically makes M. Bison looks tame, as he has two projectiles that cannot be canceled out by other projectiles, and to add insult to injury, if you are unlucky enough to knock him out when he was a full Super Art meter, he will trigger his only Super Art, Resurrection, which revives him at full health. This is not the best version of Street Fighter III, as it is not as good as Street Fighter II was, only bringing back two veterans from that game and the final boss is cheap as usual, but the animation and gameplay is still good. And it does have two revisions which improve upon this (which I recommend 3rd Strike, as it is hailed as the best fighting games of all time, and it had more charaters and improved gameplay mechanics).
So, for the roster, other than Ken and Ryu, we have mostly new fighters, ranging from Alex, a professional wrestler, Ibuki, a female ninja, Oro, a hermit who fights with one arm (the other arm binded, with his bio stating it's to avoid accidentally killing his opponent), and Elena, a jungle princess. One of the main positives about this game is that the characters have a lot of animation (Elena's idle animation has her dancing, which is fluid), making each character feel life-like, and each character has his or her own set of moves, which include special moves and even Super Moves. When you select your fighter, you select from one of three Super Arts, which act like the Super Combos in past games, as you need to fill a bar before using them.
For gameplay, it's the same as Super Street Fighter II Turbo, but now characters can dash or retreat and even parry moves, which when a block is timed right as the opponent's attack hits, will evade without taking damage, and leave the opponent open to be attacked. However, this game will not easy like Street Fighter II. As fights will get harder as you progress, and the final boss, Gill, basically makes M. Bison looks tame, as he has two projectiles that cannot be canceled out by other projectiles, and to add insult to injury, if you are unlucky enough to knock him out when he was a full Super Art meter, he will trigger his only Super Art, Resurrection, which revives him at full health. This is not the best version of Street Fighter III, as it is not as good as Street Fighter II was, only bringing back two veterans from that game and the final boss is cheap as usual, but the animation and gameplay is still good. And it does have two revisions which improve upon this (which I recommend 3rd Strike, as it is hailed as the best fighting games of all time, and it had more charaters and improved gameplay mechanics).
