Streets of Rage 3/Playable characters

From Sega Retro

At the beginning of the game, 4 playable characters are available:

  • Axel Stone,
  • Blaze Fielding,
  • Eddie "Skate" Hunter,
  • Dr. Gilbert Zan.

Following certains conditions to satisfy during a run and by inputting some cheat codes, 3 enemies can become playable characters:

  • Roo, the kangaroo coming along the mini-boss of the second stage, Bruce the clown,
  • Shiva, the boss of the first stage,
  • Ash, the mini-boss of the first stage in the Japanese version of the game.

Those additional characters are quite rough and are in an unfinished state, particularly Ash as most of his attacks look quite similar.

Axel Stone

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Axel Stone
Move list
Type Name Description
Blitz Ground Upper
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1-Star Blitz Extra Ground Upper X Right Right
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2-Star Blitz Ground Hook X Down Right
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3-Star Blitz Ground Hurricane X Left Down Right
SoR3-Axel-3StarBlitz.png
Special Dragon Wing
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Forward Special Dragon Smash
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Blitz with katana Rising Slash
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Forward Special with katana Sword Blast
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Blitz with timber, pipe or bat Power Strike
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Special (cheat mode) Quadruple Ground Hurricane + Dragon Wing combo
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Blaze Fielding

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Blaze Fielding
Move list
Type Name Description
Blitz Hishou Souzan 飛翔双斬
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1-Star Blitz Chou Hishou Souzan 超飛翔双斬 X Right Right
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2-Star Blitz Shouka Souzan 昇華双斬 X Right Up
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3-Star Blitz Shouka Souzan Ha 昇華双斬破 X Down Right Up
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Special Embukyaku 円舞脚
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Forward Special Kikou Shou 気功掌
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Blitz with knife Suisei Shouzan 慧星昇斬
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Forward Special with knife Hyakka Retsuzan 百華烈斬
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Blitz with katana Kikou Ken 気功剣
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Eddie "Skate" Hunter

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Eddie "Skate" Hunter (EN) / Sammy Hunter (JP)
Move list
Type Name Description
Blitz Dynamite Head Butt
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1-Star Blitz Super Dynamite Head Butt X Right Right
SoR3-Skate-1StarBlitz.png
2-Star Blitz Rolling Head Butt X Right Down
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3-Star Blitz Rolling Head Butt Thunder X Up Right Left
SoR3-Skate-3StarBlitz.png
Special Double Spin Kick
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Forward Special Nakijyakuri Punch 泣きじゃくりパンチ
SoR3-Skate-OffensiveSpecial.png
Blitz with timber, pipe or bat Home Run Upper
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Forward Special with timber, pipe or bat Spinning Blaster
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Blitz with knife Ningen Missile 人間ミサイル
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Dr. Gilbert Zan

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Dr. Gilbert Zan
Move list
Type Name Description
Blitz Vernier Tackle
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1-Star Blitz Mach Tackle X Right Right
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2-Star Blitz Mach Booster X Left Up
SoR3-Zan-2StarBlitz.png
3-Star Blitz Hyper Booster X Up Left Right
SoR3-Zan-3StarBlitz.png
Special Power Spark
SoR3-Zan-DefensiveSpecial.png
Forward Special Thunder Bolt
SoR3-Zan-OffensiveSpecial.png
Blitz with any weapons
Forward Special with any weapons
Energy Shot (some weapons provide enough energy to toss several balls)
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Roo

Roo being a hidden playable character, no official sources from the game disclosed the names of the moves performed by Roo. So, this section uses the move names specified in Streets of Rage 4.


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Roo (EN) / Victy (JP)
Move list
Type Name Description
Blitz Handbrake
Special Somersault Tail Whip
Forward Special Hurricane Kick

Shiva

Shiva is another hidden playable character. He's quite unfinished and some his moves feel quite uncomplete or out of place, like his blitz.


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Shiva
Move list
Type Name Description
Blitz
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Special
Forward Special
Final Crash
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Ash

Ash as a playable character could have been a failed attempt or a joke that the developers still included in the game as a bonus. Nearly all his moves use similar animations and are not really well developed.


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Ash
Move list
Type Name Description
Blitz
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Special
Forward Special
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