Nike celebrates one of the most iconic games, highlighting Street Fighter III with its latest iteration of the iconic Air Force 2 silhouette. The shoe nods to key elements of the game including the moves that are used by Daigo Umehara specifically during his comeback against Justin Wong.
He used a combination of 15 hits constantly that can be seen detailing the inside of the shoe's tongue label the shoe with a Blue Void color mirror at the heel tab, the rubber outsole unit, and the insert sections. The rest of the shoe is detailed with a White Fossil shade that is then layered with Swoosh branding on the late5ral side to round it all out.
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Nike's Air Force 1 Gets a Street Fighter III Design Makeover
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