From: [email protected] (Kenichiro Tanaka)
Newsgroups: alt.games.sf2
Subject: SFIII move translations
Message-ID: <[email protected]>

Someone asked about the move names so here they are. Yun/Yang's moves are
tough to translate, especially the zesshou hohou. Take those with a grain
of salt. Everything else is pretty accurate, though.

Ryu
---

Hadouken -- wave motion punch
Shouryuuken -- rising dragon punch
Tatsumaki senpuu kyaku -- tornado whirlwind kick
Joudan sokutou geri -- high sidekick

Shinkuu hadouken -- vacuum wave motion punch
Shin shouryuken --the true rising dragon punch
Denjin hadouken -- electric blade wave motion punch

Ken
---

Shouryuu reppa -- rising dragon destroyer
Shinryuuken -- fist of the dragon god
Shipuu jinraikyaku -- lightning storm kick

Yun / Yang
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[Y/Y's moves are a bit hard to translate.]

Kobokushi -- Tiger strike
Zesshou hohou -- stop step (this is really hard to translate...)
Senkyuutai -- piercing bow kick
Zenpou tenshin -- forward roll
Raigekishuu -- thunder strike kick

Tenshin senkyuutai -- rolling piercing bow kick
Sourai rengeki -- thunder spear chain strike
Geneijin -- shadow illusion

Ibuki
-----

Kunai -- kunai (a kunai is a type of throwing knife)
Raida -- thunder strike
Kubiori -- neck breaker
Kazakiri -- wind cutter
Tsumuji -- whirlwind
Hien -- flying swallow

Kasumi suzaku -- mist phoenix
Yoroi doushi -- armor piercer
Hashinshou -- heart destroyer strike

Oro
---

Nichirinshou -- sun palm
Oni yanma -- dragonfly
Niouriki -- power of the Niou (Niou are giant spirits who guard the
entrances to temples and such)
Jinchuu watari -- sacrifice crossup (this is kind of hard to translate)

Kishinriki -- power of the demon god
Yagyoudama -- night spirit
Tengu ishi -- tengu stone (a tengu is a mountain spirit)

Sean
----
Ryuubikyaku -- dragon tail kick


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