By contrast, Ryu, Ken and Chun-Li (the franchise's three most prominent characters, all of whom were initially never supposed to appear in the series at all) have more presence in both. To demonstrate, both the cover art and the E3 trailer for 3rd Strike: Online Edition show very little of him. Despite Alex's status as the "true main character" of the Street Fighter III series, his promotion as such by Capcom has been surprisingly thin from the get-go.
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Badass in Distress: Shadaloo kidnaps him so that F.A.N.G can test out their combat simulator with a living test subject.Power Drop in V (works after a Hard Flash Chop and the clothesline he can do with V-Trigger I activated).Hyper Bomb SA → Rolling German Suplexes SA.Back Stab: A lot of his special moves can play off his Flash Chop (QCF+P), which turns standing targets around on impact, such as:.Head Crush works the same way, but it comes out slightly faster and has better range, making it better in this regard (even if it doesn't automatically stun the opponent). Awesome, but Impractical: Stun Gun Headbutt only really works best against CPU-controlled opponents (especially Gill), as human-controlled opponents can react much quicker to the attack, leaving Alex wide open to counterattacks.Alex only escapes by destroying the simulation room, causing F.A.N.G to kick him out and put him back where Shadaloo found him. In V, he is kidnapped by Shadaloo's latest enforcer, F.A.N.G, who has him fight holographic projections of other fighters, in order to test his potential as a replacement body for Bison. A rare departure for Capcom as Alex is the true main character of SFIII, not Ryu.Īfter many years, Alex finally returned in Street Fighter V, as the first DLC fighter. After the tournament, he travels the world in search of strong opponents. A grappler who seeks to avenge his friend and mentor Tom by defeating Gill.