Street Fighter Alpha 3 continued Capcom's traditional 2-D fighting game style but added a few more options over its predecessor. The game uses the standard Street Fighter control scheme featuring three kicks and three punches of varying strength and a joystick for movement and blocking. Special and super moves are performed by inputing specific combinations of attack buttons and joystick motions. The game also includes some basic recovery moves and some counters performed by precisely timed button presses and joystick motions. Street Fighter Alpha 3 introduced multiple fighting styles for the player to choose from named A-ism, V-ism, and X-ism. Each style affects which super moves a character can use, which special actions a character can perform, and in some cases which attacks the characters has available.