3S's learning curve will be a bit steep, I think. It's a little different from other games in the series from a technical standpoint, but it's still Street Fighter through and through.
Heck, half of the new characters from SF3 are already in SF4 anyway! And some of the 3S characters are similar to old SF2 characters in play styles in a lot of ways anyhow.
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