The Rivals of Aether character select is another one that's great, having the character's portraits grouped by their elemental alignment, as well as having the mod support be built in to the menu itself. Not to mention they allow you to playtest your character ON the select screen itself. Absolutely goated, hope they keep that perfection up in the sequel.

@LukasArailiys

10 ай бұрын

Chances are they won’t since they’re switching to 3D models. RoA’s character selection is so good though

@shadowslashmv

10 ай бұрын

@LukasArailiys Well, I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they retained a similar sort of menu, just using the 3d models once selected (similar to Smash Bros. 64). Obviously, the layout would probably be different, but I'm sure it'll probably remain just as functional, as the entire game is made with the competitive aspect in mind (so they'd probably want menus that are as quick and easy to navigate as possible). But also, yeah, I absolutely agree on the character selection point. It's got an amazing roster, and the only new character showed off so far looks fun as hell. I might honestly be a Fleet main in Rivals 2 lol

@captainphoton1693

10 ай бұрын

And then you download 200 characters.

@LukasArailiys

10 ай бұрын

@@shadowslashmv I hope they bring back Ori, but if that is no longer a possibility… I’m hoping they bring back Clarien and Olympia

@puffmain3276

10 ай бұрын

Dang, you beat me to it lol. Besides all that, the pixel art is gorgeous and the music is just amazing

UMVC3 has a phenomenal select screen with the comic book aesthetic, would love to see a part 2 to this video

@neroitami9318

10 ай бұрын

I won't lie I was getting hype when he got to MvC thinking "oh yeah the banger that is the UMVC3 select screen and then... blue balled

@ChannelIsNotInUse

10 ай бұрын

​@@neroitami9318or perhaps (and hopefully)... Cliffhangered? 👀

@vergil_6707

10 ай бұрын

umvc3 overall is insanely good

@Thegameguy2482

3 ай бұрын

Also how the characters are separated by who owns them

Jet Set Radio had a really cool character selection "menu". It's every character doing their thing in their garage/secret base/turf and it really shows their personality. It's kinda unorganized, but it goes well with the messy and chaotic nature of the game! They even do a little dance after you select your character, I love it :)

@carlosiagnecz

4 ай бұрын

And some secret characters and gangs are just splashed, Spoiler: You can play as the main threat of the game by aelecting the trash can

I always liked how the characters were running or walking in the Sonic Adventure character select, they all looked so determined, and I liked how it was laid out in a circle. I think I kind of just like Sonic Adventure's menus, with the sky and the patterns and the fonts and the clean shapes.

@SuspiciousScout

10 ай бұрын

LETS GET EM!

@BinglesP

9 ай бұрын

Cool pfp

@CringeAnimePFP160

9 ай бұрын

And the music was peak

@dragonick2947

9 ай бұрын

@@BinglesP Hehe, thanks. It's an old bit of pixel art I did :D

@jan_Eten

8 ай бұрын

@@BinglesP oh hi

Diddy Kong Racing always will be to me the best character select screen, love how the instruments changes for every character without restarting the song

@latexu9589

2 ай бұрын

How about in the 1 player mode of Crash Team Racing, where all the characters are doing their own things in their own, little rooms which you can cycle through?

@cevatkokbudak6414

21 күн бұрын

Wow

The character select screen for Capcom vs. SNK’s arcade mode is fantastic. Groove selection changes character portraits to match the art style of the chosen groove (Capcom or SNK).

@leonardocarvalho7306

Ай бұрын

CvS is peak Fighting Game presentation

Need some love for TF2! Being able to see your customized loadout, everyone with their own little animation, and of course that musical stinger when you hover over all the characters. It's just so good!

@screamingcactus1753

10 ай бұрын

I also love the team select screen where each team is represented by a colored door and then there's a TV on the side for spectating. I can understand the appeal of a simple, easy to read UI, but I really wish more games had the bravery to be a little more creative with it

@nikkifish

9 ай бұрын

YEAHHHHHH! Glad I’m not the only one who thought of that!

@cevatkokbudak6414

21 күн бұрын

​@@screamingcactus1753Me too, I like simplicity and blandness (especially in foods) but this is too much for mr

In Ultimate Chicken Horse, the character select screen is also the stage select screen and you play on it like if you’re already in the game. Perfection.

glad to see that the characters like ganondorf and cat are coming back

Melty Blood, anyone? Under Night in-Birth is basically the successor to its screens. Special shoutouts to Actress Again Current Code, that one is CLEAN with the counterparts of each character mirrored on each side.

@alb7466

10 ай бұрын

I was hoping melty would be mentioned

@artboni3446

10 ай бұрын

the thing that defines Melty and Under Night's titles screens for me is the great music and the text that i will never be able to read or understand

One of my other favorite character select screens are from Pokken Tournament, Sonic Riders Zero Gravity, and the original Hyrule Warriors. -Pokken's character select screen can sort of line up with how Smash is with character posing and playstyle and the sound effect of hovering over each Pokemon just feels powerful which makes sense as it was inspired from Tekken -Zero Gravity's while it uses PNGs it also shows character emotions and personality -and Hyrule Warriors is just really nice to look at with the rotated diamond portraits and different weapons

@TheTrueUltimateDX

10 ай бұрын

The zg soundtrack is goated

@cardboardbox4093

10 ай бұрын

@@TheTrueUltimateDXcatch meee if you can there’s no turnin back

@TheTrueUltimateDX

10 ай бұрын

@@cardboardbox4093 reach but never catch

@mangaprofilepicture5820

10 ай бұрын

Sonic riders my beloved

UMVC3's character select screen is one of my favorites: 1- It's very organised with capcom in the left and Marvel on the rigth and and in the capcom side the carachters from the same series are in the same colum 2- the idea of being a comic book is amazing

I think one of the most creative fighting game select screens has to be Capcom vs SNK 1 and that's not because the select screen itself but more so for the transitions in and out of it. I just love how we are going through a network of endless fights and picking a character is almost like turning the channel to the fighter you want to watch. Everything about it feels so exciting! It like the whole world is tuning in which might be the point as Capcom crossing over with SNK was such a massive deal that blew peoples minds. Making character select screens must be beyond fun.

Nonono the melee character select is so real for putting the clones further back on the z axis. Melee is so real for that. It's so real

A Temu ad?! This video was definitely in long development so I can probably excuse how off the pulse this is.

@liamgallups2092

7 ай бұрын

Looks like it’s gone nowadays. Huh. Boy do I feel like I have egg on my face.

Honestly, i would love this to become a semi-regular series. Where perhaps Alex goes over in depth character select screens of a single game franchise. Say like Mario 😉

I really love all Soul Calibur menus, but specially SC6. The music is amazing and the transition between character art and model when you select them is so satisfactory. Also, "welcome to the hall of History retold" never gets old

@SzandorQuinn

10 ай бұрын

Stage of history* but I agree, the transitions between the Art and Model upon selection, the music, and the "Welcome to the Stage of History... Retold!" will never get old for me.

@agustinbatista6496

10 ай бұрын

@@SzandorQuinn right, my b on that one. It's been long since I've actually played lol

@SzandorQuinn

10 ай бұрын

@@agustinbatista6496 all good! It's just nice to meet a fellow Soul Calibur enjoyer!

The primary Character Select that i noticed was missing was the BlazBlue, especially the calamity trigger and Continuum shift ones which were in the shape of a flower

About Blazblue CrossTag, I heard that there were more than 100 characters planned to eventually be available (though I doubt it will happen now), so the character select screen was made to be future-proof in a way that they could add as many characters as they wanted while still fitting in the screen. It still doesn't look good, though. If you're curious about where the "more than 100 characters planned" info comes from, there was a game file listing the announcer's voice clips, and there were more than 100 different character names in that list.

@swordsman09

10 ай бұрын

The “100 characters” was never really confirmed, and most of those voice lines were most likely there for placeholder rather than sure picks. But by the end of the game’s development, the roster did end up exceeding 50 characters so it is a lot to fit.

Mario Hoops 3on3 lives rent free in my head for the creativity, style, and music when it comes to it's character select.

@Doom9494

3 күн бұрын

The game we always forget about but when brought up everyone agrees how great it was!

14:16 bro, shouldve talked about the menus music, thats the true definition of funk

Seeing the Sonic and the secret rings CSS for the party mode was a blast from the past of nostalgia that I was not ready for

I love the Fatal Fury 3 character select screen. Everyone standing together like a group photo with the borders on the top and bottom to frame it, and with the characters posed it can also convey a bit of everyone’s personality as well. It’s really cool and I love when character select screens can be more than just boxes with pictures.

Lethal League Blaze has a really nice character select screen. It's really simple, but the art for the game is really good and it's nice to look at. Also I just really wanted an excuse to talk about LLB because it's super underrated.

Funnily enough, I love Darkest Dungeon's Butcher's Circus character select screen. Before the release of DD2, it was the closest we got to more realistic renditions of the characters, and the whole ensemble together... It just rocks.

@aureliodeprimus8018

9 ай бұрын

Agreed on that. DD2s is also pretty nice.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R has a nice character select screen. Left to right indicates what part each character is from and their outlines are color coded to reinforce this. When you select a character it has massive illustrations for each of them, and has a label to show their fighting style. Also the background is simple but striking. Overall has excellent functionality and decent funk. I've only played the game one time on a friend's switch and yet I still remember it.

On Melee's character select screen, the reason why the clone fighters are offset is because originally they were going to slide out from underneath their respective counterpart characters.

9:48 I remember this select screen, brought back a lot of memories when at my friends house during the summer Wait WHAT THE FUC-

That ending made me chuckle. Keep up the great work Alax!

Darkstalkers's character select screen maybe old as time but its so nostalgic to me

13:45 Thanks for telling me where that's from, 2 years from when I was curious.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl was my childhood. Everytime I see it, I just get a massive amount of nostalgia.

@DingDongDood

10 ай бұрын

Yerp

@Aserl

10 ай бұрын

Same

@guhbruhmaste4557

10 ай бұрын

Recently got the game on ebay after a decade and grinded tf outta subspace emissary. The data on my wii was still there too. It was a wave of different emotions seeing the stages,photos, replays, and stats of the things I did as a kid. Brawl rules!

@Aserl

10 ай бұрын

@@guhbruhmaste4557 it does! Brawl best Smash unless I can count PM

@lorenzoniccoli99ln

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, but the css still sucks ass and balls

SSX Tricky had a super stylish character select menu. It's like the characters were on a giant rotating lazy susan, and they all had distinct animations and catch phrases for after you picked them.

@RatKillCat

Ай бұрын

I was about to comment about SSX Tricky as well. Happy to see someone else mentioning it!

PLEASE Don’t promote TEMU

@quail5094

24 күн бұрын

did he ever??!

@cheeki420

17 күн бұрын

But hey Its Easy money

@katwhiskers8

13 күн бұрын

but is the money real? ​@@cheeki420

@thefirebeanie5481

10 күн бұрын

@@cheeki420understandable

@pemanilnoob587

6 күн бұрын

Huh?

Absolutely my favorite recent video from you, I haven't been so excited to click on a video in my life, loved every second of it!

I personally realy love the diddy kong racing menu, so fun and upbeat, i love how the select number thing is being hold by the characters and the little things they say. Also nice video

Very cool Alax great to see you taking about more menus For character select screens I like, Rivals of Aether has a really cool character select screen. All the characters are facing each other, ready for battle and in the corresponding element they reside in. It also help that the theme for it goes hard. Cool DK Sounds at 12:19

Mario Slam Basketball for the Nintendo DS has an amazing Character Select screen and I'm sad it's not in this Video

We need a part 2 of this video, such a good topic

I love Marvel Super Heroes’ character select screen. Seeing the characters burst out of the tv and fall down to the stage is really cool to see.

i love the look of these new thumbnails. by far my favorite

Glad to see this man back! The next video I know will be super exciting!

@Sgt-Wolf

10 ай бұрын

You'll have to wait six months though.

okay- i found gather’s under night like a few weeks back, and it was instantly skyrocketed to my top ten songs of all time; i was so hyped when i heard it come on

Honestly love these ui videos

He actually did the sponsorship like he said he would on stream

0:39 Remember when Cream was one of the most prominent Sonic characters?

SF Alpha 2 is just a bop of CS screens

The screen may only have two characters on it, but I love how Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 does it's character select. Seeing the silhouette of the other rival in the background and seeing the colour swap outright is stylish, and I love how selecting them narrows it down to their eyes.

Gundam Battle Assault 2 has a really unique menu layout. Character model previews on top of the character's tiles as you hover over them. And then the stage being picked right after takes up the most space on screen. Neat stuff.

Mortal combat 1(2) looks amazing. Especially because you select the character, they do a little face off without any cut. And then the camera unzooms and you are in the stage, again without any cut.

Soulcalibur II. The music, the animations, the transitions. God tier.

Damn loving these latest videos you’ve been making alax, thanks man lov I

Would've been cool if you covered Them's Fightin' Herds Character Select, thanks to the music also changing depending on who's hovered over, high-lighting their personalities (Though that's mostly a result of the dynamic music within the game), it's simple, but pretty nice

9:29 Top 10 griddy

The Kirby star Allies guest star and ultimate choice character selection screens are honestly REALLY GOOD.

Sonic Adventure 1 also had the wheel selection screen and the characters' models being animated when selected or not is also a nice one.

2:46 Genius multi-layered joke.

A key feature Smash ultimate removed was having your selection coin remain on your previous pick. In Wii U, if I wanted to keep a character, all I had to do was press A, and alternatively I would press B and pick a new one. In ultimate, you have to reselect your character. Every. Time.

I really love your editing in this video i think it was perfect!

When I here about Character Select Screens the first game that comes to my mind is Mario Hoops 3-on-3. The design there is beautiful, the music is awesome and the fact you throw the characters of your team in the nest is just the ice on the cake. My favorite Character Select Screens by far

12:28 My favourite ongoing joke returns

Honestly shocked you didn’t touch on the guilty gear games. Just seeing that split second of the xrd css makes me wish you talked about my favorite way to look at potemkin.

Great video! Character selection screens have so much personality

love how yukiko was in mario kart double dash. yoshi is my favorite social link in persona 4 also thanks for putting my persona 4s together in the top right i love this now :3

Noooo bro fell to temu

Would've loved this video to be like 30 minutes long honestly. Really fun and interesting video.

@relaxalax

10 ай бұрын

I would have loved to kind of just taken more time. That's the big thing I'd change, just going into more depth. But perhaps I can do that another time.

@HotlineMok

10 ай бұрын

@@relaxalax and we’ll be here waiting with snacks in hand for whenever that time comes🫡

Exactly who I want covering this topic, great video

Heritage was my pick for favorite screen, thank you for covering it.

Bro, didnt you get the memo. Temu is the Established Titles of 2023: Shady as fun.

Tekken 6 character select goes crazy

I love this video, and I feel like you're the only creator I know who would make it (and things like it).

Glad to see you cover way more games then usual, a pretty cool video if i do say so myself

It is a bit cheating, but...the head collection screen from Puppeteer is on point. I just love how it shares the game artstyle; it's really nice and satisfying to navigate through and all the heads are displayed on the springs, so they make a funny jiglles from time to time. Not to mention the music & the description of the heads itself. Splendido.

I wish they came out with a marvel vs Capcom collection for consoles that would be so 🔥 just like how kof13 is coming to switch and definitely putting alot of hour's into that game would do the same if a mvc collection came out especially for switch

This made me realize something. My holiday fighting game concept... The character select screen could look like a calendar!

wow! your comedic timing is so good

i'm a big fan of the guilty gear strive's character select screen, the intense music gearing you up for the fight, the characters full bodies being visible on the screen, doing their idle animations, they taunt if you select them, the background is interactive when you start a match, how it shows the eagle taking off when it leads you to the vs screen, it's simplistic, but also has a lot going for it

@hitoshura7

10 ай бұрын

its a nice menu but compared to other games in series it kinda sucks

@giz1006

10 ай бұрын

It’s the worst guilty gear one though, the music is literally just instrumental smell of the game and there’s no style at all

@woodman_is_nice_mid

10 ай бұрын

@@giz1006 kinda true, i've played a fair amount of xrd and strive, been meaning to check the other games out, but i think strive's good, it does what it needs to do

@bassbusterx

10 ай бұрын

Xrd has the best character select in the series, from the music to the aesthetic

@hitoshura7

10 ай бұрын

@@bassbusterx nah its og xx

I love BBTAG so underrated imo, I was hoping it's God awful character select screen would be mentioned. What a treat lol

14:03 Also a neat detail that all the character cards have same numbers and titles as the actual Tarot cards, including the infamous number 13, "Death".😉

When I saw the title, I needed for you to talk about Under Night and I was not disappointed.

Older iterations of Guilty Gear and BlazBlue have their character select screens shaped like a wheel

1:48 this is a real “Nermal” moment

I love your videos, and im glad you are back!

Can’t believe temu stopped me from getting a xenoblade video

1:01 bro why they nerf bill in ultimate

Hell yeah new video you always pick some cool topics and it’s always interesting

I always loved the screen for skull girls with the smooth jazz

11:33 why was yukiko there 😂

Honestly I’d like to see alax, do a video on split screens, so many of them are awful, but sometimes you’ll get some weird one.

10:02 That Solstice (for the NES) intro music hits so hard.

Got to bring attention to a classic Raging Blast. Has a simple select screen with all characters on the screen all transformations are condensed into each respective character. And while hovering over each character their full model apears on the side and does a pose with a line upon selection.

The worst CSS screen I’ve ever seen is Blazblue Crosstag Battle. No other game has so much happening yet gives you so much less information than any other game LMAO CALLED IT

NOT THE TEMU SPONSOR 😭😭🙏🙏

god i love your editing

To me, the bloody roar Xtreme select screen is one of the best ones. Specially with the background music, simply perfect.

Konami Krazy Racers is another instance of all the characters all being put together in a group photo, which is always great - though you have to press left and right to cycle your selection between the roster, and unlockable characters, when unlocked, are hidden behind other characters in the character select (or they just straight up don't appear though they seem like they're meant to when visible) and only pop up when you select them, which can be an issue

Yikes temu sponsored. We all make mistakes

A recent one is Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, while not really a character select _screen_ in the same sense as these, it's a beautiful and dynamic way to switch to other characters, they even do their intro dances they do when you switch to them if they're still around on their own!

hey alax, i just finished a launch and recieved the biggest W of my life today afternoon, it was an incredible moment. i was sleepless and tired and my head hurts and at the end of the day all alone i opened youtube and saw this reccomendation and i m not exagarating when i say that it's an easy close second. thanks, i have missed you.

Guess temu is leeching into everyone now