Q - A mysterious figure wearing a mask and an overcoat who is being pursued by the CIA.Since her father's death, Makoto's dojo, Rindoukan, has been floundering, so she seeks to challenge other fighters around the world to restore her school to a flourishing state. Makoto - A young Japanese girl, trained in karate.Chun-Li - She is looking for a young orphan under her care who was kidnapped under mysterious circumstances.The following five characters were added to the roster. All of the returning characters, with a few exceptions, had new voice actors for 3rd Strike. The "Parry the Ball" minigame from 2nd Impact returns as well as a new version of the "Crush the Car" minigame from Street Fighter II.Īll the characters from 2nd Impact returned, with the exception of Shin Akuma, a computer-controlled version of Akuma with more powerful techniques (although the character still exists in the game's code). Despite his status as a regularly selectable character, the CPU version of Q can only be fought in the single-player mode as a secret challenger. The single-player mode consists of fighting ten regular opponents, which includes a character-specific rival as the penultimate opponent and Gill as the final boss for each of the characters except for Gill himself, whose final boss is Alex. Special points are also awarded after fulfilling specific requirements. The game also introduces a grade-based "Judgement System", in which the winning player in a single or two-player match is graded after the match based on offense, defense, techniques, and extra points. A "Guard Parry" is also known as a "Red Parry" because the character turns red when performing it. Additionally, the player can perform a "Guard Parry" or a parry during a guard stun if the timing is right. The commands for air parries, throws/holds, and leap attacks were changed from 2nd Impact. All of the returning characters from the previous Street Fighter III games were given new stages, endings, and voice actors for certain characters, continuing the overall storyline from where the first two games left off. Released in May 1999, the third and final installment of Street Fighter III brought back the classic Street Fighter II character Chun-Li, along with four new characters (Makoto, Remy, Q, and Twelve), extending the selectable roster to 20 characters, with Akuma now being a regular character. It also added further refinements to the previous game's play mechanics and rules. 3rd Strike increased the character roster by adding five new characters, including Chun-Li. Like its predecessors, it runs on the CP System III hardware. It is the second follow-up to Street Fighter III, following Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact. A downloadable online version titled Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition was released on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade in August 2011. It was ported to the Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. 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 FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE ?) is a 2D competitive fighting game produced by Capcom originally released for the arcade in 1999.