Well, in that case, I can\'t argue too much because Alpha 2 truly was great. I spent hours upon hours playing that game. It\'s what Capcom Vs SNK is most like, except for the addition of that roll which i thought was brilliant. A poor man\'s parry essentially.
About the parry and your opinion of it liking it to the Alpha counter, I disagree. Mess up an Alpha counter, you\'ll probably still be blocking whereas if you mess up a parry, you\'re going to eat whatever they just threw at you. The only downside to an alpha counter is lacking the super meter to do one. I\'d rather do a damaging super then a single trip, dragon punch, or fireball.