This game was released in 1998, with updated graphics and characters compared to Alpha 2, and a new fighting style system. When selecting a character, the player chooses not only his or her character, but the character's fighting style. The three styles to choose from are X-ISM, A-ISM (Z-ISM in Japan), and V-ISM. The X-ISM style is similar to the system used in Super Street Fighter II Turbo, which was called Super Street Fighter II X in Japan (hence the "X"): each character has only one super combo move and it can only be executed at maximum power, and some newer game features, such as blocking in midair, are unavailable. To compensate, X-ISM fighters deal more damage and take less damage. X-ISM also changed the appearance and move-sets of certain characters. Sodom for example, had two katanas instead of his Jutte sais, and Chun-Li was wearing her Street Fighter II costume and had the Spinning Bird Kick. Some characters had less obvious changes in X-ISM. A-ISM (named after "Alpha", in the Japanese version Z-ISM is named after "Zero") is similar to the system used in the other Street Fighter Alpha games, with each character having multiple super combo moves and with most of them having three intensity levels. Finally, V-ISM is the most flexible system, as players can make their own super combos by chaining attacks together. However, V-ISM fighters deal less damage. There are other, more minor differences among the styles as well. Besides these three, there are other hidden fighting modes. Alpha 3 reintroduced many characters from previous Street Fighter II games. The most notable absence (and indeed, the only one out of the eight World Warriors) was Guile, although he was available for use in the home versions, starting with the PlayStation version. The remaining "New Challengers" (Dee Jay, Fei Long, and T. Hawk) were also reintroduced for the home versions. Shin Akuma and Evil Ryu return from Alpha 2 in the console versions.