History YMMV / StreetFighterIII

* UncannyValley: Q. Not necessarily appearance-wise, but the way he moves and attacks most of the time is most certainly not human.

** According to the polls for ''TekkenXStreetFighter'', Q is the second most requested character.

* EnsembleDarkhorse:
* Ibuki, to the point where she placed 22nd on the aforementioned IGN's List of Top 25 ''Street Fighter'' Characters.

** Makoto. Unlike many of the newcomers in ''III'', she has actually been hailed as a great addition to the cast. Episode 33 of 1up.com's ''[[http://www.1up.com/do/minisite?cId=3156908 Retronauts]]'' podcast actually singled out Makoto as being "pure ''Street Fighter''" in relation to the rest of the cast, whereas she placed 23rd on IGN's List of Top 25 ''Street Fighter'' Characters. Perhaps being savvy enough to realize this, Capcom included her in ''SSFIV''.
*** There's also the fact that she eventually turned out to be one of the best characters as the game developed. Combine this fact (which meant a break from the usual combo of Ken/Yun/Chun) and her exciting high risk playstyle.

** Alex, when compared to the rest of the ''Street Fighter'' characters, that is. He was one of the four ''SFIII'' characters to make IGN's List of Top 25 ''Street Fighter'' Characters ([[http://stars.ign.com/articles/895/895023p4.html Alex placed 17th]]).
** Ibuki, to the point where she placed 22nd on the aforementioned IGN's List of Top 25 ''Street Fighter'' Characters.

* CharacterTiers: Chun-Li is S+ tier in the new ''Arcadia'' list, and Ken is A+, with Akuma not far behind. Especially tragic since this plays into ComplacentGamingSyndrome (see below). Let it be noted that these are not tiers decided at the margins, Chun, Ken, and Akuma all have 7-3 and 8-2 matchups against much of the rest of the cast. Thankfully the high tiers are also populated with new, fun and unique characters like Yun, Makoto, and [[EnsembleDarkhorse Dudley]].

* [[CrowningMusic/StreetFighter Awesome Music - Street Fighter]]

* VindicatedByHistory: As said above, the ''StreetFighterIII'' series was trashed when it was initially released because it was a complete departure from the considerably more user-friendly ''Alpha'' series, and some professional reviewers even went so far as to dock it for looking "[[CriticalResearchFailure like an SNES game.]]" Eventually, about a decade later, tournament-level players latched onto the series as most mainstream fighting games began to resemble ''GuiltyGear'' more and more and they desired something a little more technical, and casual fans discovered the game through emulation and a Playstation2 re-release, and the series is now a mainstay at the EVO tournament.

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: In ''StreetFighterIII'', as a result of removing all of the old cast except Ryu and Ken. As a result, 75% of all players picked Ken, 20% picked Ryu, and 5% picked one of the other characters. It got a little better in ''Second Impact''. But in ''3rd Strike'', not only was Ken a tad bit easier to learn than Ryu in the ''III'' series, but he was ''top tier'' (alongside Chun-Li and Yun) in ''[=3S=]''. In other words, TournamentPlay was filled with Ken, Chun-Li, Yun, and the occasional Akuma. This status followed him into ''StreetFighterIV'', with lukewarm reception. There's a reason the trope [[RenamedTropes used to go by the name of]] "That Damn Ken".

** Yun and Yang. The fact that Yun has had the most out-of-series appearances out of all the ''III'' characters (''[=CvS2=]'', later revisions of ''Street Fighter Alpha 3'', ''CapcomFightingEvolution'') and the [[AndTheFandomRejoiced Fandom Rejoicing]] for the twins' inclusion in the [[UpdatedRerelease Arcade Edition]] of ''SSFIV'' cements them as this.

* CharacterAlignment: Some clear examples.
** LawfulGood: Chun Li, Makoto. This alignment is what Gill plans to be...or wishes he was.
** NeutralGood: Ryu, Elena, Ken, Sean, Dudley.
** ChaoticGood: Alex, Yun, Yang, Necro, Ibuki.
** LawfulNeutral: Twelve.
** TrueNeutral: Oro, Remy, Q.
** ChaoticNeutral: Akuma, Hugo.
** LawfulEvil: Gill. Falls under the WellIntentionedExtremist type.
** NeutralEvil: Urien. The only thing he gives a damn about is surpassing or killing his brother.

** The intro and character select themes from ''3rd. Strike'':

** Elena's awesome ''3rd Strike'' theme. "Beats in my head", indeed!

--> ''You know what they say''
--> ''That Third Strike is what counts''

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: When Third Strike Online Edition was announced at SDCC in 2010.

* EpilepticTrees:
** There's a [[EpilepticTrees fan theory]] that ''Ibuki is his pet Don'', as unlikely as it sounds.
** There were a few fan rumours that [[http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters3/q-screenshot.jpg Q was on the boat in the background of Ken's Street Fighter II stage.]] Notably, the guy thought to be Q is absent in ''HD Remix''.
*** In his ending consists of the CIA team studying him bringing up and then discarding their theories as to who the hell he's supposed to be.

* {{Mondegreen}}:
--> ''"Snap the condom on!"''[[hottip:*:From Yun.]]
** From Gill's "The mark of my dignity shall scar thy DNA." quote, dignity is often misheard as "deity".
* NightmareFuel:
** Yun and Yang are the same age in every game they appear in. Thankfully, their appearances in ''Street Fighter Alpha 3'' and ''Capcom vs. SNK 2'' are non-canon, but even in their ''SFIV'' cameo, they look the same as ever.
** We don't know anything about Q, or if it's even a him, or if it's even human. He is a creepy looking figure in a trenchcoat with a seemingly metal expressionless face, he breaths heavily and grunts without talking in fights. Absolutely everything about him is unknown, and he could be [[ParanoiaFuel anywhere at any time.]]
** Twelve is overall quite creepy on his own, but what really takes the cake is the ''downright chilling voice'' he has while copying an opponent with the X-Copy Super Art... It must be heard to understand...

** Of course, that list has Dudley on it: so it's not as if it has any credibility.