Wha Happun is a quality, bingeable series, would recommend

I remember a long time ago seeing a video on the Two Best Friends channel that mentioned Maximilian Dood, I checked it out and subscribed ever since. I loved Friday Night Fisticuffs and I love watching Max play fighting games. No lie, I probably would not play fighting games outside of Mortal Kombat if it wasn’t for the two of you. Both of y’all really changed the way I play video games! I know it may be weird to say thank you for something like that but seriously, y’all opened up my gaming pallet so much just by talking about and playing games you love. So thank you Max and Matt!!!!!

23:23 Max: "CvS2 is the last one." Capcom Fighting Evolution/Jam: "I exist!" Max: "Last REAL one..."

According to the Street Fighter Wiki, if SF3 had gotten a fourth installment, they would've added Zangief and Sagat. A shame that never happened, I would've loved to see how Zangief and Sagat would've looked with SF3 animations.

Street Fighter III almost felt like a Darkstalkers game at one point.

16:48 I never understood the notion of SF3 being “full of freaks”. Oro’s design looks not much different than Dhalsim, and is Necro any more inhuman and monstrous than Blanka? Every other character featured on screen fits in a fighting game (ninja, boxer, wrestler, Kung-Fu fighter, and three shotos…typical Street Fighter roster). Gill’s look is solely meant to show off how CPS-3 could handle an asymmetrical design, unlike Sagat and Vega in SF2 (but pay no attention to Oro’s tied arm switching sides).

Now we need Matt reacting to Max's reaction of the Wha Happun video

The main 3 reasons I love SF3 - Daddy Gill - The Urban Theme - The Music P.s My Boy Alex

The problem is the fans are afraid of new. Thats why we get less & less new fighters. I like that 4 brought back the additional 4 new characters like SSF2. No matter how much you hate SF5, you cant deny s2 DLC was a great role out for the new characters. Though most werent necesarily "new" they did open the door for growth. & aside from necalli, all new characters made an impact game & story wise.

SFIII is honestly why indie devs are super creative tbh. We need more wild devs for stuff

The 90s era was so interesting and will always be near and dear to my heart especially around the time Tekken 3 was out.

I saw one of those SFIII machines without Ken and Ryu in Valparaíso, Chile in the mid-90s. I thought it was a bootleg game trying to cash in on SFII’s popularity. After seeing the final release with Ken and Ryu, for years I thought I was crazy. Only a few years ago I found out on KZfaq that there was an early version without the characters that was tested in some places.

Was wondering why Max wasn’t in the Wha Happun for this, but still cool to see him react to it. Love watching Max play games, but his commentary and reactions are just as good. Would love to see you and Matt Collab again

Love the commentary Max. But seriously, I also remember this rollercoaster ride with 3. But third strike, that set the bar so high. Still bites that back then 3 did not receive the love it deserved until much later.

A great episode for sure. Another game content producer, Top Hat Gaming Man, was roasted by viewers for saying similar of the game’s financial problems and negative fan reactions, requiring him to produce another video to essentially prove his findings correct. The FGC scene, while providing the game a well-deserved second chance at popularity, sometimes has rose-colored glasses of a game’s true history and reception.

Street Fighter 3 has to have had the worst arcade cabinet ever. I still remember seeing Street Fighter 3 for the first time, didn’t know it had come out, was at an airport with my parents waiting on some people, and from far away I see this cabinet that doesn’t say Street Fighter, and isn’t showing any previous Street Fighter characters. I’m looking at this thing, walking through the airport, and I’m like: Is that a new Street Fighter? But it took a while to tell it was a new Street Fighter became someone got the bright idea to just put 3 on the cabinet...it was in the SF2 font, but then anyone can use that font too. Also, like no place I went to normally had a Street Fighter 3 cabinet. I think the only two place I ever saw it (when it was new) was that airport (and I didn’t get to play it) and the Casa Bonita we almost never went to.

The 90s eras of fighting games can never be replicated. Was a true golden era.

I honestly don’t remember ever seeing a Street Fighter 3 arcade machine and at the time my family was living right in the heart of Dallas. I didn’t see a new Street Fighter machine until Third Strike and by then I moved to console so it was all Marvel Vs Capcom and Xmen for me.

That is so, so weird. I remember when this game was out in arcades when I was in college. The rec room had TWO of these machines and they were the MOST played machines (besides Gauntlet Dark Legacy). There was always a line for it. I thought it was popular as hell but... I guess college kids in Southern California are an anomaly? lol

I must be living in a simulation for this collab to exist. It's been a while

Max and Matt need to do a lets-watch of Face Off.

That’s intro will never get old

This is great to see. I think the reason Max Dood popped up on my algorithm is from watching Wha Happuns? by Matt

Max actually introduced me to Matt McMuscles with a link to one of his Crymetina Critiques episodes years ago. Now, I've watched so much of that man's content, and recommended Wha Happun in particular to several friends. Thanks, dood!

Any reason to rewatch a Capcom Wha' Happend?! Is always awesome! Great to see you supporting ya boy Maxi-dude!

Back in the day in our local game arcades, the most popular games are in the arcade machines with big screens, like 50 to 70 inches screens. SFIII New Generation was in a regular cabinet in the corner of the place. It's like I found a hidden gem. It was only until around 2004 when 3rd Strike arrived in those massive screens beside games such as MvC2.

Max should also react to the “Wha Happun” on the three Canceled Mortal Kombat Trilogy Remakes.

2nd Impact was when Street Fighter 3 improved. More characters, Akuma was in it AND he was a secret boss along with Shin Akuma

Wow crunch in the 90's was even worse than it is now, imagine being overworked and also working at multiple projects at the same time and releasing them in a span of 6 to 8 months, that's fucking insane.

Still remember playing New Generation on the arcade for the 1st time back in 97. I picked Ken and then felt blown away with the gorgeous sprites & artworks, crispy sound effect / animation when got hit / block, and the stage transition. But that day no one playing NG (except me lol 🥲) . They were busy playing Alpha 2, Time Crisis 2, Tekken 3, and VF 2 cabinets.

"Hello,Matthew~" "Stop calling me that!"

Our arcade had sf3 right next to Marvel vs street fighter. It stood no chance and was usually open. I remember seeing people play sf3 while waiting for their turn on mvs and just abandoning the sf3 match to play mvs

Maybe the real Street Fighter 3 were the friends we made along the way

I love it when we get these crossover episodes with uncle mcmuscles ^^

Matt is hilarious! I found out about him when Max watched his Killer Instinct Wha Happun.

I was super into Street Fighter when this launched. First saw a cabinet when I was in Toronto in December 1997. The cabinet was sad and alone, but I was psyched to try it. I walked away very disappointed in the gameplay, but I remember thinking it looked super beautiful. Never played III again and stayed with the Alpha games and SFvX-Men, MvC, etc.

I’ve been watching a bunch of What Happun vids recently. Kinda surprised to see Max randomly reacting to this lol

I remember my first thought when I saw it at the arcade was "Wow, flowy pants. These graphics are amazing."

I wouldn't mind seeing Max react to more things like this (occasionally) and offer his input.

Loved this live reaction max, found out about matt when i saw his KI what happened video and subbed since! he seems like a great dood :)

What happun is one of the pinnacle prime time KZfaq shows - would highly recommend

To be perfectly honest, I've only started learning about how 2D fighters actually work within the last couple of years, however, I remember finding a "Three" machine on the boardwalk in New Jersey way back in 1997 and being completely and utterly engrossed for that entire week of vacation. I didn't bother with any of the new characters; stuck with Ryu and Ken. The "Shin Shoryuken" Super Art absolutely captured my imagination. I just loved everything about it. Looking at Alpha 3 a couple years later, when the arcade machine showed up at my college, I felt like it was a step backwards. I can appreciate that game now, but back then, I was already sick to death of those CPS2 sprites.

The quote at 26:00 is gold. Respect to the team for plugging away at it for so many years.

tbh, I think Daigo parried the whole world's insecurities and doubt on SF3. I wasn't that hyped for SF3 until I saw that moment and went all in.

I had no clue street fighter 3 was a thing until I saw my cousins playing 3rd strike it on the dreamcast

Man that was ... something else. By contrast I feel like SF 4 learnt a LOT from SF3's launch and was downright fucking amazing at launch, and even revived the arcade scene for a while. Would love to hear a deep dive for SF4 in this vein.

Was hoping to find Matthew in the comments.

"Good for you Matt" Love the support

When SFIIII came out I _wanted_ to play it a lot, but none of the local arcades had one. The only time I ever got to touch the game was on a vacation to the beach, and I really liked it. I was far from a "hardcore" player though.

I actually remember playing SF3 New Generation in the arcades back in 97 when it first came out and actually LIKING it. Animations were fantastic and I actually liked the diverse new roster.

It's weird to hear somebody describe what a lot of us went through back in the arcades he must have been another guy in the Arcade looking like us. Thank for your hard work guys

Power stone is still one of my favorites as a kid.

This was a really good episode of Fighterpedia

SFIII would've been a monster hit if the roster were jampacked with classic street fighters from II and Alpha. Capcom later learned from their mistake and gave Alpha 3, IV, and V more satisfying rosters up to 37+ characters each, and mostly involves SFII veterans.

3rd strike is what brought me here all those years ago in 2011.

So weird to me that third strike didn't include all the previous iterations stages and music

matt nails why this game is so good at the end you can't just do the same thing over and over you have to react in real time and learn even to this day it makes the game forever fresh and new and so hype to play and watch

SFV's visuals kinda bled into MVCI, having similar modeling without the shading that made the previous entry look so crisp. The art direction improved with characters like Menat and G, who felt more at home in the backgrounds and the lighting.

@17:20 slow and strategic works well for weapon games like Last Blade and Samurai Shodown

This kind of reminds me of the reception for Tekken 4… Hardly ANYONE played it in Chinatown Fair. I bought it for my birthday, and I finished it so easily.

Something I find funny is kof13 went through something similar. It's one of the most visually stunning games of all time. And it played amazing. But no one in the us played it. I never actually knew it existed until the rereleased it for smart phones. Years later ppl gush over it( deservingly) but snk lost money and went bankrupt. But things are looking up now for snk and kof. Xv could be their most well received game in a long time

love matt and love the wha happen series. good to see him getting some love from maxxy

Two of my favorite channels in one spot. Perfect.

26:05 You could also say that “the answer lies in the heart of BATTLE”

20:34 Urien looks concerned that Akuma is coughing out green blood.

please do more of these! Love Wha Happun

I love the work that goes into each of his videos, I love that there's finally a channel that teaches you the real backstory and history of the development of a video game like others do with film and music, I just wish _anyone else_ made them.

Very true Street fighter five had a long long long journey to get to where it is now

An interesting story regarding SFIII: I was the first to play and introduce the game among my circle of friends! At the time, all my friends were knee deep into Alpha 3, and everyone I knew had a copy except me. So one day I go into one of the old Gamestops I used to frequent and finally found a copy of Street Fighter Alpha 3 on the Dreamcast. Timing was not on my side that day because I was literally out of money to buy the game, and had to wait a couple of days until payday to acquire it. Said payday came around and timing was literally not on my side again, and they sold the game a good FIVE MINUTES before I got there! Insane, right? So, of course I was sorely disappointed that I missed out, but before I was about to leave, I looked back up at the lock case and saw something I'd never seen before. In fact it was something I never even knew existed (because our local arcades never had the cabinets): a fresh, brand new copy of Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike! It just kind of sparked my curiosity something fierce, so I went back up to the counter and said, "you know what? Gimme that one!" Took it home, fired it up, and had a blast playing it! I didn't even care that the roster was vastly different. I spent a good amount of time learning the characters (Elena ended up being my all time favorite) and every nook and cranny I could, then took it to my bestie's house and got the rest of our circle to play it. Even they'd never seen SFIII at that point, and they went out to get copies of the game, which at that time was difficult to find! I just got lucky that day!

I played a "Three" at the Santa Maria mall way back when there was an arcade there. Also yes the Tekken 3 or Tekken Tag machines were always more crowded.

TBFP brought me here many years ago after Max featured in a Friday Night Fisticuffs

At the arcade I used to go to (up until they closed) we had an SF3:2I cab directly across from MvC2. I decided to give 2I a shot while I waited for my turn in MvC2 since nobody was using it. After a few attempts to get used to the much slower gameplay I finally got into it and I've been a fan of it ever since. I still like some parts of 2I over 3S, but Makoto, Q, and a few other changes to the game make it difficult to figure out which I'd take if I could only play one of them. Eventually a few other people started playing 3S, but it NEVER caught on the way that MvC2 or Alpha 3 did. CvS1 came in and it took a bit of attention away as well. I'm still sad that Pocket Fighter never caught on in that place. I asked them to get it and I was one of the few to ever play that too.

what is that song at the end before Max’s youtube outro?

I love "What Happened?" and it's even better when it's paused to have someone with nothing to say that is as interesting as the content of the video being played.

Ryu and Ken were supposedly added to SF3 after people complained about it to Capcom at SF3 arcade location tests. Also you can see Sean stage in Alex stage at the right of his stage down the ally where you see that man with the white coat and briefcase walking passed......makes sense seeing how Alex and Sean are in New York.

I still remember going to the arcade and seeing Tekken 3 get all the attention. Street Fighter III was the red headed stepchild.

I'm now curious about the EX series. Was it liked when it was released? 3D fighters didn't really nail it until Tekken 3.

What a great video for another great video and content creator I subbed to both, I would love for another on any other fighting game max you know off

Thanks. I remember folks lining up and putting quarters on Street Fighter III: Second Impact at the arcade

I still remember the Killer Instinct video they did together and it is crazy that they weren't going to add Ryu and Ken originally

Those 90s capcom games are the best. Love the street fighter art too.

The one local arcade I had near me had New Generation when it came out. For what it was worth, I did enjoy playing it. I didn't mind the new cast, but it did take me awhile to get accustomed to them. Elena would eventually become my main throughout SFIII's run.

I remember when mortal kombat 2 came out in arcade and the day it came out I spent all day long playing it

At 21:45 watch Max's face when the Whuh Happen guy mentions Chun Li's body -ody -ody. Yes, we all approve. Haha

Personally, I love Street Fighter 3 as it's my favorite entry in the Street Fighter series mainly because I just like the more weirder, wilder and more circus freak type of characters I would say. But heck that is just me. Because I love how different Street Fighter 3 was from Street Fighter 2 as that is what makes it all the more memorable for me personally. Plus I just love how SF3: New Generation's fresh, crisp graphics never seem to get dated even all the way 25 years later. In-Fact, I am gonna record a playthrough video of myself playing Street Fighter 3: New Generation to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the game's release this year on February 4th, 2022.

The New Generation has some of the best backgrounds I've ever seen in a fighting game. Just beautiful.

I love Mac mcmuscles, he does such a great job with his what happun videos

I'd love more Max reacts content

Street fighter III New Generation is one of my favorite arcade game played this arcade so many times at the arcades so much memeories

Man I can't believe Matt and SF3 are no longer friends.

This is the second time I watched the street fighter III What Happened, and it’s still enjoyable all the same.

Imagine Street Fighter 6 rendered in the RE Engine

I would love to see Max's reaction to "What Happun" Final Fantasy 7 Remake.

I remember seeing the pics of SF3NG I was so hyped too see the beautiful graphics and seeing it in motion was even better, but the mainstream audience hated it

I remember playing SF3 with no Ryu or Ken but I loved the look and music still. This game still holds its value.

let's not forget the 'development' of the advent of the nonexistent indifferent music

Good for you Matt. He's been big for a while. He plays a certain role very well. Editing type,cadence, all of it unique to him.

The Capcom CEO was there from the beginning, and is going NOWHERE!!! Lol

"CVS2 was the last one." Capcom Fighting Evolution: :D "The last REAL one." Capcom Fighting Evolution: D:

You are right max. No one played street fighter 3 new generation at the arcades....I was there my friend 300 years ago :)