Shoutout to Max’s editor(s) for the amazing intros

@HazzardousEco

27 күн бұрын

I have no prove, but the intro of Akuma doing a Raging Demon on all those fighting games would likely be Brunty =)

Love the subtle Boondocks reference the moment Max says "kumite" *HO-WHAAAAAAA*

@SpikeTheWolf

13 күн бұрын

It was? I thought it was the movie reference?

9:20 Akuma: Y'all got a fine blend between tradition and thuggery

Who ever put the Kumite sound effect at 9:38 ... I love you.

Ayo the Fist of the North Star reference?? GOATed editor 2:01

9:38 the editor is cultured 😤✊🏾

@Teacat24

27 күн бұрын

Can someone explain that to me?

@AliceStargamerUsagi

26 күн бұрын

@@Teacat24It’s a reference to a show called The Boondocks

@SpikeTheWolf

13 күн бұрын

I thought it was from the movie?

9:38 Max's Editor knows ball

@Rapidity856

27 күн бұрын

I legitimately stopped the video and said "Oh... my God." lol.

@Sonicfalcon16

27 күн бұрын

I wish he was credited I want hire his editor

@tebatso984

27 күн бұрын

who or what is ball, because that made me think about the boondocks, unless I missed something. I'm really confussed by the ball comment

@bazzfromthebackground3696

26 күн бұрын

"Knowing ball" is a colloquialism for understanding the premise of something.

@marche800

20 күн бұрын

@@bazzfromthebackground3696 Thank you for putting it in laymans for him

6:47-7:03 Max is Input reading the AI lol. Pretty sure the AI now knows how we feel each time we get input read.

7:09 Max....you made an entire play through of it on the PSP, take your pills man

@ChiefMedicPururu

27 күн бұрын

Old man Max, lol.

@CyclonSilver

27 күн бұрын

Yeah, he saw it right after that on stream, but the thing was already recorded. Plus the Saturn one is considerably expanded (it's nine fights on the PSP vs seventeen on the Saturn, and as he said the final boss is different), so when he realized that, he probably just elected to keep it as is. There was new content to him, ultimately, that wasn't wrong.

When you're a kid, Akuma is probably one of the coolest characters you'll see in a fighting game. So many good memories with Alpha 2 in particular.

There is a code to get Shin Akuma in the PS1 version of Alpha 2 and I remember it to this day. Highlight Akuma, hold select the press D, R, R, D, L, D, L, D, R, R, R then hit and attack button to select Akuma. Christ knows why I remember that of all the codes from my childhood but there it is 20 plus years later.

@Ronin03

26 күн бұрын

True Akuma stans here

@TonyTheTGR

24 күн бұрын

It makes the "Z" for Zero Which almost makes me wish Zero was the hidden character, but whatever

@benlevett2354

24 күн бұрын

@@TonyTheTGR Yeah, never made that connection as a kid. Was years later it was pointed out to me.

@SpikeTheWolf

13 күн бұрын

Akuma has gold hair?

(A long but good read) Max i honestly feel like this is some of your best work. Not even kidding. Just as this video is taking Akuma back to his roots, it is also taking me back to my roots with fighting games. I am 39 years old which im sure is pretty darn close to where you are at. Growing up in the 90s and experiencing all of this first hand and in real time is a special kind of feeling that these Akuma Legacy videos is giving me right now. I started with SF2 and from then on never really quit. Sure i would take breaks for extended periods, but I would always come back to fighting games one way or another, even if it wasnt street fighter. Mortal Kombat, Killer Instinct and Soul Calibur would persuade some of my time but they were never quite the same. Streetfighter had a unique pull and through the years I played almost every version of it at some point. But I sure remember the mystery of Akuma and how it was before the internet took off. If you didnt have access to Street Fighter cabs (as it was for me growing up), You would get a glimpse of a strange character youve never seen on a box and wonder who it could be. Maybe you would get a screenshot in a magazine of "Akuma", with a vague odd backstory (Ryu and Ken combined into one essence), along with the code to select him, for an arcade cab that you do not have (and never had) the access to, so can never know for sure (and in fact the whole thing could be fake). Then maybe the next week a video shown on the weekly videogames show on TV, good thing I usually tape it using a VHS. Now I can (and will) watch it back again multiple times and also press the pause button (on the unit because theres no remotes for this one) to try and catch a good look at him and look at his animations. If its real then he looks super strong. He is definitely Ryu and Ken mixed together. Then years later being on vacation abroad and seeing an X-men vs Street fighter cab for the very first time and seeing that Akuma is playable in this game. So you eagerly stuff some quarters in to play and get destroyed on the first opponent because the arcade has jacked the difficulty up. You still finally got to play as Akuma though, and he was just as cool as you always imagined. As time goes on and the world evolves, things that were once a mystery to you for years with only breadcrumbs to sustain you, are now pretty common knowledge. Word begins to travel faster and on a global scale like never before. You can still remember the times though growing up, where sometimes you would read a review of a game over and over in a magazine, even though you could never play it, simply because the artwork or the style or theme of the game was so damn cool, you just couldnt get enough of it (Darkstalkers 3 for me). Mysteries would take literally years to unfold as you slowly broadened your experiences and got that little bit more information month by month, year by year. But that time back in the 90s was an incredible time for fighting games (and video games as a whole), and it holds a lot of fond memories for me. Large parts of my personality that were formed back in those times are still with me 30 years later. Street Fighter is just one of them. I can tell that you have the same passion and fond memories of these times as I do. It shows in your enthusiasm and care for your subject matter. It is wildly evident in this series of videos. This series has really been like a time capsule for me. Thank you Max for sharing your passion as you do. These thoughts and feelings are exactly what I needed tonight. Once all of this is done (Akuma Legacy), you should really put these videos into one long supercut. It could easily become the definitive video history of Akuma, and his impact on Fighting Games in general. I will end with a little part of my history, as a lifelong fighting game player (and mostly not good, until this last year). When I started playing fighting games. I could only really play as Shotos. Every other archetype felt kind of off to me and It didnt feel natural, so I stuck with Ryu, Ken and occasionally Sagat. On the release of SF4, I vowed I would main a character who wasnt a shoto (and definitely no fireballs), for the first time ever. Ive kept my "No Shotos" rule until today, some 17 years later. Now with SF6 Akuma just days away now, I decided now was the time to go back to my roots and main a Shoto character, and obviously it had to be Akuma. That mysterious character that would pop into my life only sporadically, but at the same time has left a lasting impression and has in part defined a significant portion of my life. We have come full circle and Im headed back to my roots as a fighting game player. I think that Akuma is the perfect representation of what that time was like, and he is one of the central pillars that make the story so wonderful to talk about, and a true pleasure to have experienced. Thanks again Max! We are lucky to have you!!

9:38 HOLY SHIT THEY DID THE KUMITE THING! EDITOR IS ON POINT

@emperormegaman3856

26 күн бұрын

Everytime I'm watching a video and someone say "Kumite" I wish the sound effect was in there. Props to that editor.

@RigbyIsTheMan

25 күн бұрын

The Boondocks reference was on point

Fantastic editing, fantastic thumbnails, fantastic streams, the content has been on point lately Max. Thank you and your team for all your hard work!

8:15 The editors were cooking HARD with that internal thought cut.

Street Fighter Alpha 3 was so much fun, I remember finally getting to play it for the first time in the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary game collection in 2018/2019. I actually replayed in recent years with Akuma climbing up the arcade mode until I reached Bison and landed that Raging demon defeating him after several attempts which felt so satisfying. Everything about that game was so charming, the sprites, the presentation, art style, etc. Is it the best Street Fighter game? Not even close, but still a great game. If you have not played it for whatever reason I highly recommend it you do so.

@tropixx_xlr1549

27 күн бұрын

Give the PSP version a try, it's arguably the best version of alpha 3!

@leithaziz2716

27 күн бұрын

I freaking love the style of Alpha 3. The flashing sentences that blast throughout the corners of the screen. The announcer's also got a charm to him that I can't hate. "GO FOR IT MAN!!"

@PrecludeLP

27 күн бұрын

Still my favorite.

@ShinUltima

25 күн бұрын

Wonkiness aside, Street Fight Alpha 3 is still one of the best SFs. If you want to see how _Street Fighter_ it can be, play A-Ryu vs. A-Ryu. I still much MUCH prefer SFA3 to SFA2. The latter is a slow, boring turtle fest where you lost 40-60% life for standig up. SFA3 has its own bullshit, but at least it's faster paced (though CC infinites are death), has a much larger/better cast, and IMO is simply more fun to play, especially by one's self. Also, shoutout to the Saturn version for being the best version. It doesn't have _quite_ as many modes as the PSP version nor the CvS2 ports, but it's the most expansive while also being the closest to the arcade, last i checked.

These thumbnail artworks are incredible. Absolutely incredible.

Shout out to the boondocks kumite reference 😂

I played Alpha 2 so much with my brothers, we had to flip our PS1 upside down just to play it.

Akuma hunting old masters makes me think of “the Legend Killer” era of Randy Orton

Was fortunate enough to catch these on Max's stream that night. The Alpha 3 one especially was an epic JOURNEY. By the end if it, Max, and dare I say us too, were drained, but also hyped by the entire experience. It was definitely all worth it. 👍

Would have been funnier if the thumbnail show Ryu getting jumped by two Akumas

Still annoys me that Alpha 3 MAX its forgotten in PSP

@TuLokotron2010

13 күн бұрын

Yup. Sad its stuck in psp.

@SpikeTheWolf

13 күн бұрын

I miss Ingrid

2:01Props for using the Hokuto no Ken reference and its uncanny accuracy.

Anyone remember playing Alpha 2 on the SNES and Alpha 3 on the PS1? I never liked how the 30th Anniversary Collection doesn't include all the versions of Alpha 3. It would've been great if it included Ultra Street Fighter II (which is still stuck on the Switch) and Alpha 3 MAX (which is still stuck on the PSP). Then there's also Hyper Street Fighter Alpha that's on the PS2 Alpha Anthology.

@spoonimefan

27 күн бұрын

✋ Those are the only ways I ever got to play them. Broke the "R" button on a SNES controller with how much I played Alpha 2. Trying to figure out either how to hold the controller or which supers I would just never be able to do at full strength was interesting b/c of the Level 1/2/3 = 1/2/3 buttons pressed for a super thing.

@goranisacson2502

26 күн бұрын

Would have been great indeed to have ALL the games, but alas- Capcom chose not to pay the license that would've been required to emulate Sony's hardware and stuck to the arcade games which are made on Capcom's own hardware, no extra cost involved there. Sad that they cheapend out, but them's the breaks.

I was never able to play the Alpha series (only got it recently in a bundle sale on PSN), but man I remember seeing the ads in GamePro when it was releasing. The Alpha movie was awesome, wondering if Ryu had a brother and if both were related to Akuma (who was amazing for how little he was in the film), and then watching an Evil Ryu campaign in Max 3 recently really put a smile on my face. Thanks for doing this Legacy series, Max. It's so much fun watching and learning the history of the character and games.

9:02 - That one episode of Street Fighter the cartoon

could you imagine how much of a menace prime gen was bro was worthy of death from akuma for a reason

@Brandonweifu

27 күн бұрын

I wonder if gen knew Jamie's grandma,since according to him,she is strong AF as well

05:58 That’s walking down the wrong part of the Bronx.

The Dramatic Battle stuff at the end reminded me of my time playing World Tour on the PSP version many moons ago, and while I had my own Akuma jacked up with stats due to how World Tour works, I still remember getting scrambled so many times with the back-to-back reverse dramatic battles in that very last stage which ended in a fight against **TWO** Shin Akumas. Man, how time flies by.

I remember getting Zero 3 for Saturn from NCSX way back in the day. Didn’t need to buy the ram cart because I already had XMvSF. Saturn was the console to own if you were into 2d fighting games.

I love Alpha 2 so much. The fighting stages are some of the best in the business 😍😎

Best of the Street Fighter Alpha series 2&3, Let’s Go! What’s interesting about alpha 2 & 3 is that the kind of incorporated the entire storyline of the alpha series for the udon comics of Street fighter

It is amazing how very little dramatic battles show up in videogames

9:26 "Your boy friends dead, so are you"! 😂😂

Alpha 3 still my all time favorite Street Fighter. It's so good.

Someone needs to mod UMvC3 so that the Taco Bell noise plays everytime magneto takes damage.

Whatsup Max? 😊👍 Youre viewer from Malaysia here

@jakegray5564

27 күн бұрын

Boost this man, IMMEDIATELY

@Khann_2102

27 күн бұрын

Eyy, fellow SEA brother, I'm from Indonesia

@1300zw

27 күн бұрын

fellow sea people (jakarta here)

@Marzimus

27 күн бұрын

Saigon (temporary) representative - I affirm.

@James-dc6ft

27 күн бұрын

No you're a viewer from Malaysia.

Demon Flip Powerbomb is such a dope move, I wonder why it's only in the Alpha games.

3:37 Max Said: FUGG IT, ⏹️⏹️▶️❌🔼

The old alpha 3 akuma dramatic battle video was the first video I saw on this channel, which I happily follow to this day.

10:26 I noticed this also during the steaming, that the CPU Shin Akuma's AI is bugged out somehow: he only does jump mid punches which clearly should have been air fireballs instead (AI didn't use the double air fireball even for a single time). It could have been a more TRAUMATIC, if without this bug! xD

Awesome content, as always. Thanks, Max and team!

9:38 if you know you know i had to replay this part just to make sure i heard it right lol

6:57 Yo, that was RAW!

The Saturn version of SF Zero 3 is just incredible

Maaaan I get too hyped seeing that intro. Videos have been coming out right at the start of work. Good way to pass the time. 🔥

7:45 Actually Max, that 720 was buffered. True Grappler tactics.

Alpha 3 Max on PSP has even ANOTHER secret Reverse Dramatic Battle mode. I *think* you unlock it by finishing World Tour then hold L while selecting R. Dramatic. The difference ? Enemies have infinite supers, and a brand new nightmarish set of duos to fight (not gonna spoil it but the last two or three matches are plain unfair). Surprised nobody mentions it, but it's probably for the best. Good luck.

"You possess the same power as I...When the 'Evil Intent' awakens within you, then you will know...all these past battles will seem like Child's play." *-Akuma*

@look-awaytv5975

27 күн бұрын

You mean Gouki ❤

Surprisingly I know every version of Akuma. I can imagine how much I have played and loved all these fighting games.

11:57 Someone said Violent Ken and Cyber Akuma was next 😂

Don't forget Street Fighter: The Movie = The Game - The Game Of The Movie and their version of Akuma.

Awesome Max. That 2 vs AI Mode and 1 vs 2 AI Mode needs too make a comeback asap, it's a Special Mode for sure.

Alpha 2 is my favourite out of all the Alpha games. And also one of my favorite SF games in general. Funnily enough, Akuma is my go to guy when playing through arcade mode in Alpha 2, and 3.

2:01 HOKUTO!! 😂 love the reference.

Editor, you got me with the Zankai ken. God bless you.

Alpha 2 was my first Street Fighter game, that I played. Akuma made me a huge fan of the franchise. He went from being from a mystery man to becoming a playable character.

The artwork on the thumbnail is godlike.

Reverse dramatic is my favourite ever Max gameplay. Would love the vod of that uploaded here if he did it for this legacy

These transitions are fire!!

This is my favorite type of content. Akuma is my favorite character ever

Enjoyed this! the I heard the Saturn version of alpha 3 played the best alongside the dreamcast version apparently

The alpha games have always been my favorite street fighter games, i still have the alpha anthology do this day

1:48 Akuma: You must be Gen... The man who walks into the path of Shura...? Gen: If you think I am, what will you do? Akuma: ........ Gen: Not much of a talker, are you? Very well, let us fight until death!

I remember going through this PlayStation when I work on doing the raging demon at will

30 years later the debate rages on! was 2 better than 3?

10:30 what a cool stage, these stages are great

I really love the dramatic battle.

Man. Gen stage music takes me back. Classic

I used to love doing Akumas combo finisher . If you do it just right , his very last hit will happen same time as the Super effects animation

Rolento and Vega on the same team... That's true evil shit.

Dramatic battle clear holy shit haha you're a sf legend

I played so much alpha 3. Still my favorite SF game

This reminds me of a weird detail that's present in I think Alpha 2 and/or 3 where the Raging Demon has different damage values based on who you use it on? Where the more 'sin' the victim has committed the more it hurts them? So Sakura gets off easy while Dictator gets ruined by it, and Gen uniquely has a bonus damage value of zero because he canonically survived the Demon once by 'emptying his soul' before it struck.

So that's what Dramatic Battle looks like. Never played it myself, but it looks cool as hell.

I hope the 3S episode comes out on May 12, the 25th anniversary

I appreciate the Kumite sound effect being thrown in.

9:45 Right when you think you beaten dramatic battle mode because you defeated Bison, Evil Ryu & Shin Akuma appear

6:56 Goes hard ngl Straight up denied

@Someguyonline24

27 күн бұрын

Get the FU-

I loved doing Reverse Dramatic Battle/Survival with Shin Akuma after completing World Tour Mode.

0:05 Alpha 2 5:21 Alpha 3

Akuma as a hidden boss here is unbeatable. i mean Ryu canonically fights Akuma in his route but the bonus Akuma secret boss battle is broken as heck

Man I gotta get on twitch and check out this legacy

That kind of fight would be pretty tough in any game, let alone old-school fighting games like this.

Yes max it is in the psp version of alpha 3. I had that version and I still have it on my ps vita

Man, I remember going on a non-match defeat arcade mode run with Evil Ryu on the highest difficulty fighting Shin Akuma. It wasn't easy and when I succeeded, I felt ACOMPLISHED.

Had alpha 2 on the saturn. There was a code to pick shin akuma. I also fought him accidentally in arcade mode one time.

The Alpha and EX series are the G.O.A.T🔥🥋

Alpha 3 Max was my first SF game. Played it back on the PSP, fell in love with the series ever since. BUT LIKE GOD, when are we getting Yun back as playable lol.

Editing really good yo

*Translator's note: "Shin" means "New". (Often translated into English as "Neo" because it sounds cooler and means the same thing in context)

Anyone else catch that Boondocks reference the editor made when Max said Kumite

10:03 EXCUSE ME? 🤯😨

In street fighter collection there's a mode called Gouki aka Akuma mode, and he's is a beast

50 char Survival Mode feels fantastic too My other favorite is Dramatic Survival on Alpha Anthology, even though for whatever reason you need another hold-the-buttons-and-press-start crap to access.

Yo that intro is genious.

9:38 Someone has been watching Boondocks

I remember when Soul Caliber 3 has exclusive Spawn for Xbox and he played like Akuma. Was a glass cannon with giant fire ball and could kill you in like 3 moves but die in 3 moves...

First street fighter i played was alpha 3, i enjoy playing both as Cody and Cammy