Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
Japanese arcade flyer
Developer(s)Capcom
Iron Galaxy Studios (Online Edition)
Publisher(s)Capcom
Dreamcast
Producer(s)Yoshiki Okamoto
Noritaka Funamizu
Kouji Nakajima
Designer(s)Toshiba Ishizawa
Haruo Murata
Tomonori Ohnuma
Composer(s)Hideki Okugawa
SeriesStreet Fighter
Platform(s)Arcade, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One
Release
May 12, 1999
  • Arcade
    Dreamcast
    PlayStation 2
    • JP: July 22, 2004
    • NA: August 31, 2004
    Xbox
    • JP: October 28, 2004
    • EU: October 29, 2004
    • NA: February 22, 2005
    PlayStation Network & Xbox Live Arcade
    (Online Edition)
    • JP: August 23, 2011
    • NA: August 23, 2011
    • EU: August 24, 2011
    Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, & Xbox One
    (Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection)
    • WW: 29 May 2018
    • JP: 25 October 2018
Genre(s)Fighting game
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemCP System III

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - Fight for the Future (ストリートファイターIII サードストライク ファイト・フォー・ザ・フューチャー) is a 1999 fighting game developed and published by Capcom for arcades and ported to the Dreamcast in 2000. In 2004 it was released on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. A downloadable online version titled Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition was released on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade in 2011.

Street Fighter III 3rd Strike is the second and final follow-up to Street Fighter III, following Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact. Like its predecessors, it runs on the CP System III hardware. 3rd Strike increased the character roster by adding five new characters, notably including Chun-Li. It also added further refinements to the previous game's play mechanics and rules, including improvements to the parry system.

The game was critically well-received, but not very popular upon release. It eventually gained a large cult following years after release, and has since been regarded as the best game in the Street Fighter series, as well as one of the greatest fighting games of all time. The game had a significant competitive gaming scene, which included Evo Moment 37 (also known as the "Daigo Parry"), often considered the most iconic moment in competitive gaming history. On 29 May 2018, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike was released as a part of the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Steam, and Xbox One.

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