This year will mark the 15th anniversary of the legendary 2004 Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike matchup between Daigo Umehara and Justin Wong – dubbed EVO Moment 37, or the “Daigo Parry” – and just in time, there’s some brand new footage of the legendary matchup, thanks to EVO’s Mark Julio.
In the newly-unearthed footage, you can see the complete fight from a different angle, and more importantly, hear a few people in the crowd talking about the match in real time. Even if you know what’s coming, hearing the spectators process everything is a trip, and helps the dramatic finale you’ve seen hundreds of times before hit with the same giddy rush all over again.
For reference, here’s the original footage:
If you’d like to see even more, check out Kotaku’s documentary catching up with both Umehara and Wong years later, and talking about how their lives have changed since.
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