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BoxTrick: Ep 103 - Street Fighter III 3rd Strike/Super Smash Bros Melee With StrayHousePet

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Third Strike was a total flop on release, yet it's probably more popular now than when it came out.

1. BoxTrick Ep 103 pairs Street Fighter III 3rd Strike with Super Smash Bros. Melee, and the conversation opens with Switch 2 ownership debates before moving to Capcom fighting games. 2. Host Matt, known online as SuperGainsBros, talks with guest StrayHousePet, a TikTok creator with about 37,000 followers who owns a CPS2 cabinet and still attends Melee tournaments. 3. StrayHousePet's running joke is "there's only three real fighting games": Super Smash Bros. Melee, Street Fighter III 3rd Strike and Marvel vs. Capcom 2. 4. Matt argues Switch 2 criticism repeats complaints that applied to Steam "over a decade ago," and he discloses that he is both a Capcom and a Nintendo shareholder. 5. StrayHousePet started 3rd Strike on Fightcade when COVID began, then joined Blazblue and Skullgirls tournaments before settling on Marvel vs. Capcom 2, and he plays Oro for unblockable loops and DJ in Super Turbo. 6. Matt's history runs from Champions Edition on Sega Genesis and Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers on Super Nintendo to the 3DO version he bought without owning a 3DO, and he says he can reach silver rank. 7. The pair call 3rd Strike a financial failure on the CPS3 line with a cult following, and they discuss Remy, Necro and Remy's club Metro cameo in the Paris stage of Street Fighter 6. 8. Matt recalls spending years unable to perform a Sonic Boom, and being stuck on Chun-Li's "charge" commands in Street Fighter 4, where he mainly played Akuma, before settling on Ken in Street Fighter 5 and 6. 9. They recommend the anime Street Fighter II V, discuss the 90s Malibu comic in which Sagat scalps Ken, and talk about 90s movies such as the Super Mario Bros. film and The Phantom with Billy Zane. 10. Fans of Capcom fighters and retro Street Fighter will enjoy this.

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