At a tournament in 2004, facing near-certain defeat, Street Fighter player Daigo Umehara turned back a hurricane of an attack from another top player Justin Wong.
What he did, under pressure, in front of a hollering crowd, was incredible. It was one of competitive game’s best moments – perhaps its most thrilling play ever. Now you can try to re-create it.
The game Daigo and Justin Wong were playing in 2004 was Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. The game is being ported and polished this year as an Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 downloadable game dubbed Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition. (We got the latest on it yesterday.)
The new Online Edition has a training mode that challenges you to pull off Daigo’s unbelievable move. Watch the clip above as Capcom’s Seth Killian explains the history of that great gaming moment and shows how it’s been woven into the revitalised game.
Think you can do what Daigo did?
Dave Giboon
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 8:43 AMI still get chills when I see that EVO footage.
hristinho18
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 9:28 AMLeo Messi is kinda the Daigo of Football.
Dominic
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 10:27 AMI can do it,and I haven’t been competitive in 3rd Strike for yonks. Most competitive players can parry that SA pretty convincingly, just takes time to learn correct timing.
wow
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 4:44 PMo rly?
SOX
Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 10:50 AMWithout a doubt my favourite game video ever.
gman
Sunday, July 3, 2011 at 6:36 PMWho here thinks that the Achivement unlocked is going to be named something like “The Beast Unleashed”