   street fighter alpha 3, known as  in japan and asia, is a  fighting game by capcom originally released for the cps ii arcade hardware. it is the third game in the street fighter alpha series, following street fighter alpha: warriors' dreams and street fighter alpha 2. the gameplay system from the previous alpha games was given a complete overhaul with the addition of three selectable fighting styles based on street fighter alpha (a-ism), street fighter alpha 2 (v-ism), and super street fighter ii turbo (x-ism), new stages, a much larger roster of characters, and new theme music for all the returning characters. ==gameplay== frame|left|upright=1.2|akuma delivers a hurricane kick to rainbow mika, on her stage. both fighters are using the a-ism style. street fighter alpha 3 discards the "manual" and "auto" modes from the previous alpha games by offering the player three different playing styles known as "isms". the standard playing style, a-ism (or z-ism in japan), is based on the previous alpha games, in which the player has a three-level super combo gauge with access to several super combo moves. x-ism is a simple styl
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