Capcom vs. SNK 3 - New Age of Fighters

Capcom vs. SNK 3 - New Age of Fighters (or just CVS3) is tag-team fighting game developed by Capcom and SNK, being their first direct collaboration since SNK vs. Capcom - Chaos, even then the game is more a sequel to Millionare Fighting instead of the aformentionated SVC Chaos. 
==Story==
After 20 years of the events in Osaka a new tournament was hosted reuniting once again loads of the best fighters around the world (and even time) including new faces, familiar faces and other mysterious warriors.
==Gameplay==
The main gameplay remains the same has CVS2, but now it has new Grooves (now called Styles):
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Capcom's Styles=
C-Style: Based on Street Fighter 3rd Strike, makes use of the parry system, Just Defense and Super Arts- 	
U-Style: Based on Ultra Street Fighter IV, includes Focus Attacks and Ultra Combos. 	
V-Style: Based on Street Fighter V, makes use of the V-Triggers, V-Skills and V-Reversals. 	
J-Style: Based on Rival Schools/Project Justice, it has Textbook Combos, Aerial Rave, Tardy Counters, rolls, Team-Up Techniques and Party-Up Techniques. 	
X-Style: Based on Marvel vs Capcom, allows the Assist moves, Team Aerial Combos, gives extra movement options to some characters, brings more aerial combo options and changes the combo system to the Magic Chain.	
|-|SNK's Styles=
S-Style: Based on KOF XV, includes different class of jumps, Rush Combos, Shatter Strikes, rolls, MAX mode, MAX Super Moves and CLIMAXs. 	
A-Style: Based on KOF XIII, includes different class of jumps,the Drive Gauge, Drive Cancels, HD Cancels, Hyperdrives, Max Cancels and Neo MAX moves. 	
K-Style: Based on KOF 2002UM, includes differen class of jumps, rolls and roll cancels, max mode, Dream Cancel, Desesperation Moves, Super Desesperation Moves and Hidden Desesperation Moves.	
R-Style: Based on Samurai Shodown (2019), changes the usual power gauge to the Rage system and includes all his related mechanics. 	
G-Style: Based on Garou: Mark of the Wolves, makes use of the T.O.P. System, T.O.P. Attacks, Breaks, Just Defense and Guard Cancel. 	
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For a more detailed information about the Styles, alongisde the rest of the gameplay you can go here
==Characters==
Unlike previous games, this time we have preexisting "canonical" teams, you can still made your own teams based on your preference but if you use the correct team you would obtain special endings in the Arcade mode.
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Capcom Side=
 	 	
Team World Warriors	Team World Warriors	Team World Warriors
Ken Masters 	Ryu 	Chun-Li
 	 	
Team Alpha / Zero 	Team Alpha / Zero 	Team Alpha / Zero
Sakura Kasugano 	Karin Kanzuki 	Rainbow Mika
 	 	
Team Third Strike 	Team Third Strike 	Team Third Strike
Elena 	Alex 	Makoto
 	 	
Team Special Forces	Team Special Forces	Team Special Forces
Cammy 	Guile 	Nash
 	 	
Team Ninjutsu 	Team Ninjutsu 	Team Ninjutsu
Ibuki 	Zeku 	Kenji
 	 	
Team China 	Team China 	Team China
Gen 	Fei Long 	Yun
 	 	
Team Night Warriors	Team Night Warriors	Team Night Warriors
Jon Talbain 	Felicia 	Victor
 	 	
Team Taiyo Academy 	Team Taiyo Academy 	Team Taiyo Academy
Kyosuke Kagami 	Batsu Ichimoji 	Hinata Wakame
 	 	
Team Fatale 	Team Fatale 	Team Fatale
Juri Han 	Morrigan Aensland 	Trish
 	 	
Team Earth Power 	Team Earth Power 	Team Earth Power
Menat 	Rashid 	G
 	 	
Team Special 	Team Special 	Team Special
Jill Valentine 	Dante 	Zero
 	 	
Team Shadaloo 	Team Shadaloo 	Team Shadaloo
Vega 	M.Bison 	Balrog
 	 	
Solo 	Solo 	Solo
 	Akuma 	
|-|SNK Side=
 	 	
Team Sacred Treasures 	Team Sacred Treasures 	Team Sacred Treasures
Iori Yagami 	Kyo Kusanagi 	Chizuru Kagura
 	 	
Team Fatal Fury 	Team Fatal Fury 	Team Fatal Fury
Kim Kaphwan 	Terry Bogard 	Joe Higashi
 	 	
Team Art of Fighting 	Team Art of Fighting 	Team Art of Fighting
Robert Garcia 	Ryo Sakazaki 	Yuri Sakazaki
 	 	
Team Women Fighters 	Team Women Fighters 	Team Women Fighters
Athena Asamiya 	Mai Shiranui 	King
 	 	
Team Ikari Warriors 	Team Ikari Warriors 	Team Ikari Warriors
Ralf Jones 	Leona Heidern 	Clark Still
 	 	
Team Mexico 	Team Mexico 	Team Mexico
Pepe Rodríguez 	Ángel 	Ramón
 	 	
Team K' 	Team K' 	Team K'
Kula Diamond 	K' 	Maxima
 	 	
Team Mark of the Wolves	Team Mark of the Wolves	Team Mark of the Wolves
Tizoc 	Rock Howard 	B. Jennet
 	 	
Team New Faces 	Team New Faces 	Team New Faces
Meitenkun 	Shun'ei 	Isla
 	 	
Team Ash 	Team Ash 	Team Ash
Elisabeth Blanctorche 	Ash Crimson 	Kukri
 	 	
Team Samurai Shodown 	Team Samurai Shodown 	Team Samurai Shodown
Nakoruru 	Haohmaru 	Galford
 	 	
Team South Town 	Team South Town 	Team South Town
Billy Kane 	Geese Howard 	Ryuji Yamazaki
 	 	
Solo 	Solo 	Solo
 	Rugal Bernstein 	
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You can look the moveset for each character here, and if you want to know their position in the tier list go here
===Exclusive Characters===
Note: The exclusive teams can be purchased via DLC in the other platforms.
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Nintendo Switch Exclusive=
 	 	
Team Metro City	Team Metro City	Team Metro City
Cody 	Mike Haggar 	Guy
 	 	
Team Orochi 	Team Orochi 	Team Orochi
Orochi Yashiro 	Goenitz 	Orochi Shermie
|-|PS4/5 Exclusive=
 	 	
Team Timeshift	Team Timeshift	Team Timeshift
Hayato 	Strider Hiryu 	Jin Saotome
 	 	
Team Anti-Hero	Team Anti-Hero	Team Anti-Hero
Oswald 	Shen Woo 	Duo Lon
|-|Steam Exclusive=
 	 	
Team Classic Challengers	Team Classic Challengers	Team Classic Challengers
Edmond Honda 	Sagat 	Zangief
 	 	
Team Apprentices 	Team Apprentices 	Team Apprentices
May Lee 	Shingo Yabuki 	Marco Rodriguez
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===DLC===
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Season One=
 	 	
Team Bosses 	Team Bosses 	Team Bosses
Sigma 	Albert Wesker 	Jedah Dohma
 	 	
Team Dan 	Team Dan 	Team Dan
Blanka 	Dan Hibiki 	Sodom
 	 	
Team Another World	Team Another World	Team Another World
Rouge 	Ruby Heart 	Tessa
 	 	
Team Last Blade 	Team Last Blade 	Team Last Blade
Hibiki Takane 	Kaede 	Moriya Minakata
 	 	
Team Anti-Rugal 	Team Anti-Rugal 	Team Anti-Rugal
Vice 	Adelheid Bernstein	Mature
 	 	
Team Agents 	Team Agents 	Team Agents
Blue Mary 	Whip 	Marco Rossi
|-|Season Two=
 	 	
Team Secret Society	Team Secret Society	Team Secret Society
Kolin 	Urien 	Twelve
 	 	
Team Action 	Team Action 	Team Action
Frank West 	Captain Commando 	Nathan Spencer
 	 	
Team Elder 	Team Elder 	Team Elder
Oro 	Gouken 	Dhalsim
 	 	
Team Masters 	Team Masters 	Team Masters
Heidern 	Mr. Karate 	Saisyu Kusanagi
 	 	
Team Warriors Rage 	Team Warriors Rage 	Team Warriors Rage
Mikoto 	Asura 	Shiki
 	 	
Team NESTS' 	Team NESTS' 	Team NESTS'
Nameless 	Igniz 	Krizalid
 	 	
Team Dream Match 	Team Dream Match 	Team Dream Match
Ai 	Ingrid 	Yuki
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===Bosses===
The game has the incredible count of 18 bosses (6 of them are Sub-Bosses thought), all of them can be used in offline modes with certain methods (most of them are only avalaible has EX-Styles of other characters, the other playable bosses can't use styles using their own EX by default).
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Capcom Bosses=
 	 	
Shadow Lady	Evil Ryu 	Violent Ken
 	 	
Hyo Imawano	Final Bison 	Vergil
 	 	
Gill 	Oni 	Pyron
 	 	
 	Asura (Hidden)	
|-|SNK Bosses=
 	 	
Orochi Iori 	KUSANAGI 	Orochi Leona
 	 	
Wolfgang Krauser	Nightmare Geese	Amakusa
 	 	
Orochi 	God Rugal 	Neo Dio
 	 	
 	Athena (Hidden)	
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=== Edit Teams ===
There is also special secret Teams that are performed between different combination of characters within both Capcom and SNK characters.
* Team Heroes: Ryu, Kyo Kusanagi, Terry Bogard
* Team Rivals: Ken, Robert Garcia, Iori Yagami
* Team Neo Ikari: Leona Heidern, Cammy White, Jill Valentine
* Team Teenage Girls: Sakura Kasugano, Hinata Wakame, Athena Asamiya
* Team Giants: Maxima, Victor, Tizoc
* Team Wild Wolfs: Terry Bogard, Rock Howard, Jon Talbain
* Team Another Women Fighters: Chun-Li, Mai Shiranui, Morrigan Aesland
* Team Blondies: Ken, Terry Bogard and Ryo Sakazaki
* Team Kunoichis: Ibuki, Shiki and Mai Shiranui
* Team Wrestling: Rainbow Mika, Ramón, Tizoc
* Team Muscles: Zangief, Ralf Jones, Alex
* Team Cool Shades: K', Albert Wesker, Clark Still
* Team Proud Martial Artists: Kim Kaphawn, Makoto, Guy
==Stages==
Currently working on a better presentation, under construction
* Suzaku Castle (Festival): The stage of the team World Warriors, the original Suzaku Castle is now the center of the New Year Festival where fireworks illuminate the night sky alongside the farols.
* Esaka Station (Party): The stage of the team Sacred Treasures, the station is now the home of a street rock concert performed by Yashiro, Shermie and Chris, in the case that they where fighting at the moment the band is replaced with generic NPCs.
* Kanzuki State: The stage of the team Zero, in the middle of a party between different friends of the Kanzuki family the main spectacle is a fight between the guest teams, the guests will react to Karin if she is in the battle giving a different celebration when she wins and reactiing with shame if she losses.
* Sound Beach Resort: The stage of the team Fatal Fury, you will find various fighters that aren't fighting at the moment enjoying the beach.
* Brooklyn Intersection: The stage of the team Third Strike, an interception at the streets of Brooklyn, the traffic is paralyzaded by the fight so you can find some people angry for that meanwhile the rest are enjoying the fight.
* Pao Pao Café (East Coast): The stage of the team Art of Fighting, the third local of the Pao Pao franchise is celebrating is opening with a friendly fight has the main attraction.
* Air Force Base (Sunset): The stage of the team Special Forces, sometimes you will find Heidern and his Ikari Warriors at the background analyzing the fight.
* Provence Main Street: The stage of the team Women Fighters, during the celebration of St. Patrick where French and Irish flags decorates the place within other decoration alluding the day.
* Secret Town: The stage of the team Ninjutsu, the residence of the old Ibuki's clan, they gladly offers their home ahas an arena for the new tournament with the condition of not reveal the actual location.
* Rainy Forest: The stage of the team Ikari Warriors, a temporal base made by the Ikari Squad for a secret operation, sometimes you will also find members of the Special Forces team collaborating with them.
* Great Wall of China: The stage of the team China, fighting at the top of the wall meanwhile some monks are expectating the combat in silence.
* Palacio Nacional: The stage of the team Mexico, the battle takes place at the entrance of the palace with several locals around supporting their favorites, it is even possible to spot some other Mexican fighters like T.Hawk, El Fuerte, Tizoc or Ramon.
* Baroque Castle: The stage of the team Night Warriors, an abandoned castle that the members of the team took has their temporal home during the battle, another Darkstalkers will appear during the combat for see the fight.
* Abandoned Theme Park: The stage of the team K', the place was provided by Heidern and his team for a temporal base during the tournament, if Kula Diamond is fighting Diana and Foxy will appear for support her.
* Taiyo High School's Entrance: The stage of the team Taiyo Academy, the stundents and master will be reunited around the field to see the combat, specially if their local team is in the fight.
* 4-Stars Motel: The stage of the team Mark of the Wolves, one of the most famous motels in South Town, but like most part of the city is common to see vandalism around.
* V.I.P. Night Club: The stage of the team Femme Fatale, a night club where they have a street fight has their main attraction of the day, this is with the Sound Beach Resort stage one of the scenarios with most cameos.
* Subway Tracks: The stage of the team New Faces, an abandoned train station that is now one of the main places for host (sometimes illegal) street fights, the actual boss of the ring is Mr. Big.
* Skies of Honor: The stage of the team Earth Power, the fight takes places at the top of an airplane during is flight in the sky of Dubai.
* Freezing Forest: The stage of the team Ash, a frozen lake and a snowy forest, seems like magical...
* Devil May Cry: The stage of the team Special, for while the tournament continues Dante has allowed his teammates to stay in his place, even though everything is dirty and there has been no running water for two weeks..., you would see Lady, Nero and Morrison sometimes in the background.
* Gairyu Isle (Today): The stage of the team Samurai Shodown, even if the time was passed Haohmaru and his team recognize the place and use it has their own arena, the Torii is broken but the sea still looks precious.
* Lair of the Four (Three) Kings: The stage of the team Shadaloo, during a previous fight the face of F.A.N.G. was destroyed.
* Geese Tower: The stage of the team South Town, Geese ordened a special reconstruction of his room so the stage also resembles the Howard Estate from Tekken 7.
* Abandoned Temple (Rain): The stage of Akuma, he has a special intro in this stage where he jumps from the ruins of the temple.
* Black Noah II: The stage of Rugal Bernstein, alongside his resurrection he ordened to construct a secon Black Noah similar to the original one but with more modern technology.
==Game Modes==
The game includes a big variety of modes, especially offline ones. Under construction.
===Versus===
Not much too say here, select your characters, your style, the arena and the music, make the duel a match to remember! 
===Millonaire Fighting===
The Arcade Mode, fight against 8 teams of strong warriors and fight against a final challenger at the end of the run depending of your score, you will gain a special ending in the case that you complete the mode with a especific team. You need to defeat some fighters in this mode to unlock them.
===Time Attack===
Try to complete a special arcade mode with a time limit, you will gain extra time depending of your score in each match.
===Endless===
A Survival-like mode, you will obtain points depending of your ability, in each milestone you will fight against a special oponnent with a gimmick (for example a Ralf Jones with all his attacks enhanced with fire), each time you defeat one of those special opponents you will have the option to get a bonus (heal, physical attack +, projectiles +, defense +, speed + or special abilities like the previous mencioned fire-enhaced attacks or passive healing).
===Final Shodown===
Fight against all the bosses in a row, there is no continues nor power ups, try to complete the final challenge and coronate you has the mightiest!
===Dojo===
Learn the game's basics, test yourself in each character's challenges and practice in the Training Stage.
===Activities===
A series of bonus minigames where you can participate, includes classic ones like destroying a car, break wood barrels in movement, test your strenght breaking tables, destroying statues and new ones like hitting targets in movement, blocking the Ryuhaku's attacks alongisde others. There a two special minigames that can be unlocked after clearing all the previous minigames in rank A or above, this ones are based on Card Fighters and Puzzle Fighters.
===Online===
Acess to differen online features such has Quick Matches, Lobbies and Ranked Matches. The game counts with a Rollback-based netcode maked by Code Mystic, having the option for edit the number of delay based and rollback frames.
===Museum===
Learn more about the story of both companies, their franchises and the characters including their appreances in other games and comments of the employers about them.
===Sound Test===
Listen the music selection og the game including extra themes from previous works from Capcom and SNK even having themes of games not related with the playable characters like World Heroes, Monster Hunter and Ace Attorney. You can also listen the voice clips of each character in both english and japanese and the announcers' quotes.
===Gallery===
Look the art of the game, it has promotional art, concept art and special guest ilustrations of famous Capcom and SNK artists such has Eisuke Ogura, Falcoon, Nona, Shinkiro, Bengus, Kinu Nishimura, Akiman and Daigo Ikeno
==Critics==
During the announcement of the game everyone was really hyped about how the long awaited sequel of this crossover between both companies was finally here, but months after the game's release the crtics will becomed mixed. Sure the game was beloved for the big base roster with fan-favorites and some unexpected characters alongside the huge amount of single-player content avalaible; for the other hand the game was very unbalanced in both characters and styles (mostly a consecuence of having a huge cast), the DLCs where also quite crtized, especially the ones promoted has Console Exclusives even if was aclared at the moment that the exclusive characters can be purchased in the rest of platforms with money or Fighter Points (the currency in-game that can be obtainable with playing, all the DLC content can be purchased in this way), the main reason for this criticism was the encounter of code belonging to DLC fighters in the base game (more especific Jedah Dohma, Albert Wesker, Dan Hibiki, Kaede, Blue Mary and Marco Rossi, some of them even have very rough artworks of the characters) acussating the game of selling cutted content has DLC. But after all both the critics and the general public gived the game a promedium of 7.5, some even point that some characteristic of older games like the unlockable characters and the palette creator are the strongest point at favor.
==Trivia==
*The game (at least the idea of the canon teams) is based on the video "Build the Roster - Capcom vs. SNK 3" of the channel Thorgi's Arcade, you can see the video here.
*There was some scrapped ideas for the roster:
**Instead of Shadow Lady the original idea was using Dark Sakura, but the author felled that it was too much characters with more or less the same moves and instead included Shadow Lady.
**Originally Jedah Dohma was supossed to be the secret boss representing "Hell" but the author reminded the game Asura's Wrath and thinked that it was a better idea, Jedah was instead included in the Team Bosses has DLC.
**The Team Special wasn't planned at first because the characters for said team even if are of the like of the author were very contrastant with the rest of more "normal" fighters, he finally included them for filling.
**It was planned the inclution of two teams based on other companies, a Team Tekken compossed of Heihachi Mishima, Jin Kazama and Kazuya Mishima and a Team Guilty Gear with Sol Badguy, Ky Kiske and Millia Rage, but the author thinked that it would lose the meaning of the title and instead considered the idea for a future game.
**Another bunch of scrapped characters: Vanessa, Amingo, Necalli, Lord Raptor, Akira Kazama, Krohnen McDougall, Grant, Kain, Yuki (The Last Blade), Fuuma Kotarou, Hanzo Hasashi, Yoshitora Tokugawa, Silber, Mr. Big, Laura, Zero (Original), Roll Caskett, Nero, and Arthur.
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