It’s time for another exclusive batch of guest screenshots – this time highlighting SF3:3S, courtesy of onReload. His “Fun With Symmetry Hour” features Q, Makoto, and Oro; along with a special apperance from Sean, who may or may not be aware of his own involvement.
A bit rushed but I figure most of this hasn’t been seen
#1 – Both Qs activate Total Destruction at the same time; in every superfreeze in 3S, the character will flash blue every some-odd amount of frames. It’s an interesting contrast against the now-activated “DANGER” orange Q; and neither players are in their original costume.
#2 – Both Qs go for the QCF+P version of the Total Destruction super art, but at too close a range (closer than arm’s length), the punch attack will completely whiff.
#3 – Speaking of whiffs, If both Qs are flush against one another, j.HK will whiff at any height. Some other mirror matches have interesting effects when characters are right against one another – two Chun Lis using Fierce will travel through one another, unharmed. Chun and Makoto can also dash through one another as well…
#4 – …aaand speaking of Makotos, her Hayate (QCF+P) dash punch leaves an after image that flickers while disintegrating, while the “real” Makotos are accompanied by motion blur Alpha 3 would be jealous of.
#5 – During the trade (since both Hayates were of the same strength), the afterimage left will, for some reason, be completely eye-less. Tanden Renki (SAIII) is activated to highlight this effect during a Double K.O.
#6 – As you may well know, Oro can “EX” all three of his super arts; one of the hardest to land (and also the least rewarding) of which is Yagyou-Dama (SAII), in which Oro jumps up and throws a huge energy orb at the opponent; if the opponent is K.O.d in the final round by this attack, Oro will strike the same pose from his “EX” Tengu Stone super art (SAIII) activation, summoning the orb again…
#7 – …which he then chills in, looking bored, as it floats up the screen.
Hopefully I’ll get more variety going in the future (and less symmetry-based stuff). Hope everyone enjoyed these.
Haha it’s pretty cool to look at the Q mirror superfreeze side-by-side with the SFA2 Sagat mirror while that’s still in the sidebar. They even have matching colors.
Man, gotta love those smear frames… Good stuff!
Cool stuff. I appreciate the explanations.
No problem. I love 3S to the point where I can write about the tiniest of oddities – this doesn’t mean that I know everything about it, but a “Did You Know…?” corner with me would probably end up with your ears/eyes falling off.