Even though Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike is often hailed as one of the best fighting games of all time, it has one very noticable flaw if you actually play it after New Generation and 2nd Impact.

Most notably, the stages. In an attempt to save perhaps both memory and time, 3rd Strike stages were often a lot less detailed and far less animated than ones from previous games. While some of them still look great, it makes for a bit of a drab selection by comparison.

However, there's a cool new ROM hack that essentially just puts all of them in one game.

The more "hardcore" parts of the audience might not care for this too much, but I think most of us can agree that part of the 3rd Strike appeal is that it has a strong aesthetic, especially with the sprites. Throwing in the fantastic looking stages just amplifies that and makes the whole thing better.

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