In a recent āAsk Capcomā video Q&A, Capcom USAās VP, Christian Svensson, and community manager, Seth Killian, addressed questions from fans about Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition. You can find the relevant quotes below:
Sven: You will be deluged with information in about four weeks.
Seth: I think youāre gonna be very, very happy. If you like 3rd Strike, youāve got nowhere to go but way, way up with this version.
Sven: Iām really excited for it. I hope you guys are half as excited as I am.
Seth: Yeah. Weāre pretty juiced. Itās one of those things you sorta have hopes for and you hope itās gonna turn out a certain way…and then it did.
Sven: Yes, it did.
Seth: I always liken that to that Mad Catz Street Fighter stick. [There was a] vision. āThis is what we want it to be; we want it to be really good.ā And then it was. And everyone liked it! So thatās kinda how I feel, game-wise, about Street Fighter III Online Edition. Itās exactly what we had [???]. i hope everyone agrees.
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Sven: When I look at Street Fighter III, Street Fighter III is currently our highest budget — at least out of this office — the highest budget digital title weāve done. Itās higher than [Super Street Fighter II Turbo] HD Remix.
Weāre trying to raise the bar in a number of ways, no matter what, every time; unless itās a straight opportunistic play, weāre trying to raise the bar not just for Capcom, but for sort of the sector.
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Sven: Somebodyās asking, “A higher budget than HD Remix, even with all the new sprites [for that game]?” yes, Street Fighter IIIās budget is higher than HD Remix, even when we had to make all the new sprites for HD Remix.
No release timeframe has been announced for Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition yet. Four weeks from now is during E3, which is probably where weāll hear more about the game.
Published: May 8, 2011 05:33 pm