The KO 31 - unlocking secret games in Street Fighter Alpha Anthology
126In Street Fighter Alpha Anthology on PS2 (North American version), there are two secret games to unlock: you unlock Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper--which is actually the arcade version that most stand-alone console ports were based on--by beating Street Fighter Alpha 3 with any character, even if you get wrecked by the final boss like I did (can't continue at that point ;_;); and you unlock a new, sorta remix game, Hyper Street Fighter Alpha, by beating every other game in the Anthology, including the unlocked SFA3'.
So here I am switching on the cheapest settings and beating all those games to unlock those other games. (I didn't realize 'til fairly late that one of the secret Options menus--eh you hold either R1 or R2 while selecting "Game Options"--lets you set your health and meter to regenerate, although they actually regenerate fairly slowly so I guess it wasn't such a big loss of time that I didn't have those on in the earlier games.) I struggled more than even usual in SFA3', at least partly because I forgot to set up my buttons so eh well that explains why Juli's moves seemed a little weird I guess : P
Oh yeah also I flailed around a bit in that game trying to access secret play style modes that I thought were in it, but they were actually in Hyper--I was reading the wrong part of the FAQ. : P
There are a bewildering number of secrets in the games! Capcom really went all out. : o The FAQ by Servbot001--when I was reading it correctly--was invaluable: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps2/931620-street-fighter-alpha-anthology/faqs/43035
(And it doesn't help that move lists were taken out of the North American version! : P The FAQ postulates that this may have been part of a deal with Bradygames, so they could sell more of the official guide book. Sheez.)
Time stamps:
0:00 - start
0:09 - game select menu
1:05 - setting cheap Street Fighter Alpha options
1:39 - SFA Arcade mode play-through - as Ryu
6:53 - SFA Ryu ending
8:18 - setting cheap Street Fighter Alpha 2 options
8:41 - SFA2 Arcade mode play-through - as Sakura
16:48 - (finally ;_;) SFA2 Sakura ending
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18:51 - setting cheap Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold options
20:30 - (after a false start as Ryu) SFA2G Arcade mode play-through as Cammy; she's really the big difference between Gold and regular Alpha 2--you reveal her on the character select screen by setting the selection on M.Bison (Dictator), then pressing Start twice
25:47 - weird Cammy pin-up panning ending
28:48 - setting cheap Street Fighter Alpha 3 options
29:38 - SFA3 Arcade mode play-through - as Sakura
38:30 - the "bad" ending after being obliterated by the final boss : P, but still...
39:30 - "Secret Game 1" (SFA3') unlocked! As noted in the unlock screen, you select it by holding the Select button while choosing SFA3 from the Anthology main menu
40:37 - in the Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper Secret Option menu (you get there by holding either R1 or R2 (forget which) while choosing Game Options), toggling a couple switches that turn off counter screen flash and turn on red blood
41:39 - setting cheap game options in SFA3' (but forgetting to set up my buttons...)
46:21 - SFA3' Arcade mode play-through as Juli--complicated by having the wrong buttons and being really confused about non-existent secret mode options... :x
1:02:17 - "bad" SFA3' ending after being vaporized by the final boss : P
1:05:54 - setting cheap Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix options
1:06:54 - SGFMM play-through - as Felicia
1:13:33 - SGFMM Felicia ending
1:14:30 - "Secret Game 2" (Hyper Street Fighter Alpha) unlocked! As the screen says, you access it by holding Select while choosing Street Fighter Alpha from the Anthology game menu
1:15:08 - Hyper Street Fighter Alpha options--didn't bother setting Game Options because at the time (more on this in the next video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlAO_xuMzvw ) I thought Hyper was Versus 2P only
1:15:49 - HSFA Versus (2P) mode, with me swapping the stick from P1 to P2 to choose settings for both characters
My Street Fighter Alpha series playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZO3OPzPjIzNifC8xlwMESpUadrVNbToc
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