Street Fighter EX is a 1996 fighting game originally released as a coin-operated arcade game for the Sony ZN hardware. It is a spin-off of the Street Fighter series co-produced by Capcom with Arika and was the first game in the series to feature 3D polygon graphics, although it retains the 2D plane gameplay. An updated arcade version was released subtitled Plus, as well as a PlayStation-exclusive home console version titled Street Fighter EX Plus α, both released in 1997. The game received a sequel, Street Fighter EX2, in 1998.