Random Groove
Press Start while at the Groove selection screen.

Boss challenge mode
Boss challenge mode becomes available under these two conditions: Both hidden Bosses (God Rugal, Shin Gouki) must already be beaten and available. Then hold Triangle + Square while selecting arcade mode.

Hidden Bosses
Hidden Bosses can be used once they have been conquered. The conditions of the Bosses to appear are to fulfill two out of the three conditions below. If you play with a Capcom groove you will obtain a God Rugal, and if you play with a SNK groove you will obtain a Shin Gouki.

Achieve over 1500 GPS by the end of the game.
Beat the Middle Boss (Geese or Bison/Vega).
Achieve at least one Finest KO.

Custom Grooves
The Custom Groove option appears once a normal Boss has been beaten (normal Gouki or Rugal). Normal Bosses appear by fulfilling two of the four conditions listed below.

Achieve over 1000 GPS by the end of the game.
Achieve four or more special KOs.
Middle Boss has appeared.
Achieve two or more LV3 super combo KOs.

One on three tag team mode
Highlighter any fighter while at the character selection screen and press a button. Allow time to run out and the game will begin in one on three tag team mode. Note: Do not select one on one battle mode.

S Groove gauge recharge
When you are playing in S Groove mode, hold R1 + R2 to quickly recharge your gauge. Note: Your gaage can not be full for this trick to work.

Extra options
Clear Boss challenge mode without using any continues. The "Extra Option" will become available in the game.

Middle Boss conditions
The middle Boss appears when these conditions are all fulfilled:

No time over has occurred.
The CPU has not made over six "first attacks".
The CPU has not made three or more Special KOs.

Victory quotes
Hold Start + FP after winning a stage to make your character say an opponent specific quote. Then hold Start + FK to make the character talk with a team member.

Extra color edit mode options
Press Start while editing the colors for your character to show more options on the left side of the screen.

Infinite custom groove
Beat all characters straight in survival mode. The custom groove option settings will become infinite.

Hints & Tips

Easier points
Set the levels on the easiest level and raise the damage. Fight the first person. He or she is will be easy. Do good damage and make sure you end the first round with the Super Combo. Play the second round. Beat them up, then press Start on controller two to enter a versus fight. The points you have gained just before the second player joins will be the same when you return to fight the first person once again. You will also have to beat them twice. You can keep repeating this until you have acquired the desired amount of points.

Finish survivor mode, with any EX set if needed. Try to create an EX groove greater than 4000 points. Answer "Yes" and the game will allow you to do this.

Getting a Finest KO
Beat up your opponent until his/her life is low enough to finish them off using a special KO. Stand near your opponent and wait for them to taunt you. Then, do the special move and you will obtain a finest KO. You also have to either beat the mini-Boss, or receive 1500 GPS before you finish the final round in Osaka to get to God Rugal.

Easy survival mode
After making the Extra Options available, go to "Option Mode" at the main menu. Go to "Extra Options", select "Player One Life Gauge Type" and switch it to "No Damage". Then, go to "Groove Gauge Type" and change it to "Infinite". After this, start survival mode and beat all 46 characters without receiving damage and your Groove Bar will be full always.

There is an easier way to win when you are playing in "All Survival" mode. Go to the options menu and set the difficulty to the minimum. Next, set the damage level to maximum. Exit the menu and select the "All Survival" mode. Choose the S Groove and go onto to the character selection screen. Then, choose Zangief. Keep getting your opponent in the corner and grab him/her. Notice that this move does more damage than before. The best damaging move is the Russian Aerial Spin when done at its highest level. Your enemy should go down fast. It is possible to finish the game in seventeen minutes by doing this. Note: You will battle Shin Akuma and Ultimate Rugal at the end. After doing this, you will have the infinite edit Groove points available.

Easy Boss challenge mode
Select a good fighter such as Ken or Ryu. When you are facing the final Boss, if you are losing by one round and there is not a lot of power remaining, press Start on controller two and repeat until you are victorious.

Yun: Extra attack
You can add an extra attack to his 3-hit super upper punch attack. When you use the move, after you launch your opponent in the air with the upper punch, wait for roughly half a second and preform his push and stomp attack. You will immediately launch your opponent to the other side of the screen, and the attack calculator on the side will mark it as a 4-hit combo.

Goro Damien cameo
Just have a match featuring Kyo vs. Bermiriu at the Shanghai stage to watch a special cameo by Goro Damien. He will be sitting in the background of the rotating platform watching the fight, making gestures every time someone gets hit.

Street Fighter 3 reference
When you are in any mode, go to the stage in England. At the far right edge of the screen, you can see Dudley in the background reading a newspaper. Dudley was a British boxer from the Street Fighter 3 games.

Character exchanges before fight
Pair these characters together to have an exchange with each other prior to the fight:

Ryu and Ken
Terry and Ken
Ryu and Kyo
Yun and Chun-li
Maki and Yamazaki
Terry and Yamazaki
Iori and Kyo
Iori and Bison
Bison and Geese
Rock and Geese
Rock and Terry
Riadan and Zangeif
Zangeif and Eagle
Geese and Terry
Mai and Joe
Joe and Dan
Ryo and Yuri
Yuri and Skura
Kim and Chang
Hibiki and Haohmaru
Chun-li and Yamazaki
Sagat and Joe
Sagat and King
Sagat and Ryu
Rolento and Hibiki
Haomaru and Akuma
Kyo andBenimaru
Kyosuke and Benimaru
Chang and Eagle

Akuba: Special combo
To preform one of the special combo moves, swiftly press Square(2x's), Toward, X, R1. Note: You must have the C groove on with the default setting.

Kim: Extra attack
Have the the "Extra options" available and change the Groove Gauge to "Infinite". Select Kim as one of your fighters. When you are in battle, use his Phoenix Kick super move. When you hit the opponent, he or she cannot keep themselves in the air after the hit. At the right moment, you can hit them again with the same attack. If timed right, you can do a 3-hit combo/knockout with Kim's Phoenix Kick.

Mai: Chun-Li like appearance
First, choose either Mai or Chin-Li. Then, choose the opposite character. Mai will now look like Chun-Li.

Unlocking Shin Akuma and Ultimate Rugal easily
Just use the character shown on the groove selection screen (in arcade mode) on the left. For example, Ryu for C-groove, Terry for N-groove, etc. The other character(s) can be anyone you like. Doing this takes you to Ultimate Rugal if you picked one of the Capcom grooves and characters, and to Shin Akuma if you picked a SNK groove and character.

Just use Haomaru the samurai. He looks weak and slow, but his slash and jump slash has a wide range and also does a lot of damage. If you jump around with Airguard equipped and slash at the right time, you will not have a problem beating any Boss.

Infinite combo
If you have Ex 1 or Ex 2 groove with infinite groove points, you can create a endless chain of level 2 super combos. If Ex 1 or Ex 2 groove is like the C groove, you can use almost any level 2 super combo if you have unlimited super combo gauge. If you start with a level 2 super combo, you can keep hitting your opponent until you desire to stop. You just have to keep hitting the buttons for the super combo. You can finish by doing any level 3 super combo. This will work well for Ken's Shoryu Reppa or just about any level 2 super combo, then finish with a level three or one combo. This is useful for eliminating Bosses like Ultimate Rugal or Shin Akuma.