Susanoo easily clears this list as the easiest “level up” character

@bugged-outmario1753

2 күн бұрын

Who tf is that? You mean Susan???

@teqhchaser

2 күн бұрын

gohan takes it

@z1u512

2 күн бұрын

Stylish susan, spam B, profit

@AziDoesQuestionableThings

Күн бұрын

Susan my boy

@Ramsey276one

Күн бұрын

"Nonsense, your name is Susan." XD

"The Devil Inside" is seriously one of the coolest names for an level up mechanic ever, but it's funny that it's referring to Jamie getting drunk. Also something about Gohan was that his Potential Unleashed used to be a lot worse. The only boost beyond level 1 was reverse beat at level 7. It was a cool bonus that enabled cool combos but it was not worth the effort at all. Later patches adding it in made the whole mechanic so much more interesting since there's real incentive to go beyond just grabbing level 1.

@shishioh

Күн бұрын

I thought it was referring to something else 🤣🤣🤣🤣

29:22 That's not just a chainsaw, but two chainsaws duct-taped to a kayak paddle (the Paddlesaw). It's a Dead Rising 2 combo weapon, and another, the Defiler (two fire axes duct-taped to a sledgehammer), acts as the fully upgraded version of Frank's bat normals (Launcher, Jump Special, and H Tools of Survival) it's a nice little Dead Rising 2 reference since Chuck got cut from the game

I feel like Manon is interesting as a "power up character" because the medals tie in so well with her grappler gameplan. The more medals you have the more your opponent fears taking a grab, and your pressure gets that much scarier as the match goes on.

I know this mf didnt use the dokkan attack up icon😭

@Hazkal-ep3zs

Күн бұрын

Redzone kid buu ptsd

@keizzerrhexx8274

Күн бұрын

Shit had me tweaking too😭

@literallythegoatfrfr

Күн бұрын

@@Hazkal-ep3zsthey tryn powercreep my boy ssj3ku

4 minutes without video, sad that the author abandoned the channel😔

@joebin3106

2 күн бұрын

Fatherless behavior 👆

@adamswing6115

2 күн бұрын

I enjoy this twist on the meme

@marin9412

Күн бұрын

No please don’t let this become the new 0 likes in 0 minutes bro fell off

@doodoo2065

Күн бұрын

Npc moment

God I love Yoshitora, it's great because the seventh sword isn't like something to actively work towards in every game, he's a well rounded character that just *also* has a stupid wincon if you're not careful. As a yoshi player, I would say that the two most difficult swords to land are 421 B/C, the command hop, and 214S, the spinny blade. The former is very slow, and quite unsafe on block, while the latter has essentially zero use outside of closer combos. The other specials have safer neutral uses, but those two aren't great. A relatively minor thing is that after a round ends, if you finished it with a normal, you can special cancel the normal, and it's possible to get a flower in that post-round special cancel if you're really itching to get one of the faster specials crossed off.

@sharkattack153

Күн бұрын

thanks jetstream sam- that's cool. makes me wanna pick up samurai showdown now

@Ramsey276one

Күн бұрын

One of the reasons why I am collecting SNK games in my Switch! XD

Arakune and Zappa take the cake for most nightmarish power up characters if you count them, arguably some of the scariest characters visually and to play against in any anime fighter, or arcsys game at least.

@Rhannmah

12 сағат бұрын

Don't forget about Shishigami Bang's original gameplay design that had you unlock his 4 seals for getting access to Furinkazan for the rest of the round!

@bencrandall-malcolm8303

5 сағат бұрын

Arakune definitely counts, I feel like Zappa doesn't really because you don't actually want to summon Raoh most of the time

I call them Snowball characters.

Damm bro used the Dokkan Attack Up icon and the Teq Gohan theme. He was so real for that

@eieneidnf

2 күн бұрын

Why does the music for dokkan go so hard it's a gacha game

@Hazkal-ep3zs

Күн бұрын

​@@eieneidnfYou should listen to some of them. They go so hard.

@infamoussoul2346

8 сағат бұрын

Absolutely

Really enjoyed the video. The only thing I'd add is that Jamie being at Lvl 4 also let's him get extra drive gauge from continuing to drink, with 22P giving half a block and lvl 2 super giving 3 full blocks. It has niche uses but it's notable as a non-damaging powerup move that continues to have use after reaching max power.

@ListlessWither

Күн бұрын

Using 4D on Susano'o has the use of annoying your opponent

Shun Di is probably the progenitor of this archetype

@Lenoh

2 күн бұрын

IIRC his only gave him a defense buff but it could go up to 40, and you unlocked moves at certain drink levels

@catisreckless4647

2 күн бұрын

Someone who puts respect on Virtua Fighter. I like.

@Wnunyuie

2 күн бұрын

Oops made another comment about this before seeing your comment.

@lighthadoqdawg

Күн бұрын

really surprised he wasn't brought up. I mean yeah, Jamie's more relevant and is also a drink character. but it would have been nice to talk about the how shunis allowed to keep his drinks between rounds and , the various options he gets from them and how he literally gets different frame data AND damage based on his drinks lol

@lighthadoqdawg

Күн бұрын

@@Lenoh uhhh, no? his drinks altered his damage, gave him access to new moves and string enders and even sped up the frame data on his moves changing how they behaved in juggles and making him safer . Shun Di become a different character the move and more drinks he got.

Even as someone who doesn't play a lot of fighting games, I find your videos to be really cool and informative, You've introduced me to a lot of cool fighting games and play styles. your vids rock, keep up the awesome work

I like that you take the time to properly explore the characters you cover. I appreciate a longer video runtime more than a 15 minute overview video that would leave me thirsty for more

The weirdest example I can think of for this archetype is Junpei from Persona 4 Arena Ultimax. I might get some specific details wrong here since it's been a while. Junpei has a baseball meter. It's shown as a baseball diamond by his super meter, with indicators for each base, as well as Balls, Strikes, and Outs. Landing any of his normals (and some specials) that use his baseball bat will put a runner on base, and they will continuously move base by base until they make it to home, where Junpei will score a run. A blocked bat move will give Junpei a ball, 4 balls will put a runner on base. Getting hit or thrown, or whiffing a bat move, will give Junpei a strike, and 3 strikes gives an out. 3 outs will cause Junpei to lose all current runners on base. Junpei also has a super that will cause a home run, causing all of his current runners to score. After getting 10 runs Junpei will get a massive buff called Victory Cry, which increases his damage dealt and causes all of his bat moves to gain a unique property called Clean Hits. Landing a bat move with a specific part of the hitbox, usually in the center of the bat, will land a Clean Hit which causes the move to gain new properties (and make the most satisfying ping sound.) Anything from more hitstun to being special cancellable to causing a wallbounce. Every 10 runs after the first 10 will further increase the Victory Cry damage buff. Runs persist between rounds It's so cool but so janky.

@MusicoftheDamned

Күн бұрын

Yeah, I think the only reason he didn't get mentioned is because MrMixtape already covered Junpei in another video. Granted, the same could be said for Mariah, but I imagine he wanted an example of a level-up character who unfortunately stays bad at max power, which Junpei doesn't even with as complex as his level-up system is, along with more familiarity. (He also could have used other characters from the _Persona_ fighting games I imagine like Yukiko though.)

Lucilius in GBVSR would count as one of these. He starts each round with 0 levels of his Evangelist's Blades and fills the meter by using specials or his Unique Stance. The Powerup only raises the damage and lowers the cooldown of his specials but they get lowered to an absolutely ridiculous degree if he maxes it out and while that game is dominated by the top tiers currently he's definitely not a bad character.

@Skallva

2 күн бұрын

Also worth noting that at the start, all his specials, including light and medium variants, have the longest cooldowns in the game, which is why building up the blade levels is integral to his gameplan.

@arobin3266

Күн бұрын

Yeah his cooldowns start at an insane 12 seconds at level 0. It takes 2 specials to raise his Blade Level up by 1 and his levels either only lower his cooldowns or raise damage. Levels 1 3 and 5 lower his cooldowns (down to 10, 7, and 3 seconds respectively) while levels 2 and 4 raise his damage (by 10% and 20%).

@cheeseistaken

21 сағат бұрын

comparing to the characters in this video, that sound so fucking lame lmao, thank god he didn't waste video time on that boring ass ""power up character"" lmao

The most messed up part about ultimate gohan is that he has SOLO touch of deaths when level 7 with just 4 and a half meter, which again is really easy to build up esp if you're a base goku enjoyer. They're easy to do too/don't even require sparking

Mariah is my favorite fighting game character she's so fun

Najd in KOFXV seems like she could be a good power-up character if only her charges stayed through rounds. KOFXV is a pretty high-damage game and unless the pros are playing her with full use of the level-ups i never really saw a good reason to store up. i think she has the same issue as jamie and honestly if rock can keep his install between rounds i don't see why najd can't keep her charges

11:24 are you telling me this move is *not* called God press? my entire life was a lie

@mid9bliss

Күн бұрын

It's exactly the same as one of Rugal's moves which is called God Press in the KoF series, same with stuff like Z Broly's 236X. Weirdly enough, Rugal doesn't have this move in KoF XV.

@ListlessWither

Күн бұрын

Or hedgehog, or ground crocodile, black sword, thunder ball etc. lmao

Shun Di from virtua fighter has a very strong drink mechanic that gives him access to new moves. He's effectively the only character with 'meter' in the series. Additionally, each character in virtua fighter games has moves that can reduce his meter; characters can 'sober' him up. If you aren't familiar with the series I understand his lack of inclusion here. I'd love to see an analysis of his mechanics in this type of video.

@CrossfacePanda

Күн бұрын

While it’s understandable given how the series hasn’t had a truly new entry in 14 years, I also feel like any fighting game video that talks about them from a historical perspective isn’t complete if it hasn’t researched VF. It’s so incredibly influential on not just 3D fighters, but 2D fighters as well. Granted this video didn’t attempt to be comprehensive, but I do still find that VF tends to be glossed over for things like this, which is wrong given how innovative it was.

Hell yeah, more BlazBlue talk from MrMixtape!

really happy to see you talk about sc, and even more about amy, dope video

You’re right that Soulcalibur doesn’t usually have power up characters. Soulcalibur VI introduced lots of unique mechanics like this to series.

It was really cool seeing Soulcaliber covered, id love to see you talk about it more!

I see Susanno my beloved, I click. Also glad to see that there’s quite a few different examples of “power up” characters as they’re a little on the uncommon side.

6:49 one small little detail as a Jamie season 1 main. Using lvl 2 with 4 drinks lets you recover half the entire drive gauge, even in burnout. It was good for spending a lot of cash, or healing burnout in a clutch.

My favourite power up character is Reisen in Touhou 12.3, where she can scale her attack and defence up by 25% each. It’s simple, but very fun

good timing, needed something to watch while eating

I had literally no idea that warden my main in for honor is in a fighting game until I saw him in a clip in this video. Thank you for enlightening me.

hell yeah shinobi 3 music great video as always!

Didnt see it mentioned, but you can combo off of Splintering thrust meterlessly with Inevitable Calamity cancel into something like 2A. Great video btw!

The goat is back

i heard terry hintz in the credits and immediately went yooooooo in real life

If we don't seperate platform fighters then Steve in ultimate works like this cause he's the only one who's buffs carry over enough to act as nearly permanent

One of the best memories I have about fighting games is me and a friend doing hours of Susanoo vs Azrael in blazblue. It felt like an anime where we were having back to back matches with each of us going “Damn man, that was nice”.

Great video as always! But as a Jamie player I gotta say lvl 2 is still good at max drinks because you can cancel ex moves into level two meaning if you mess up an ex bakkai you can cancel into level 2 to get more free pressure. And level 2 while in burnout will reduce the burnout timer by about half

@obviouslysubtl3332

17 сағат бұрын

Also just combo extensions in general

Spesificly on Jamie, the best part about his design imo is just the naming of his drink moves. He gets more drunk, he gets more powerful, and he gets more loose. He goes from hermit palm to swagger palm, he starts breakdancing, and he overall just gets so much more loose and cooler. It's great.

Crzy I was just thinking about this Topic 😂

You forgot about 6MK~6MK and 2HK~3HK which are also command normals that give Jamie drinks.

This guy is so underrated! Please KZread recommendations show this guy some love!

at level 7 gohan can cancel his specials into other specials which leads to insane pressure and combos

"Hey babe wake up, another 30+ minutes fighting game essay has been uploaded" and I absolutely love it :D

babe wake up, new mrmixtape fg vid just dropped.

Love the Gohan beast pun

Sick!

I don't play fighting games, but this video was well made and enjoyable to watch from start to finish

I literally clicked on the video because of the dokkan attack up icon on Gohan, that's such a tiny detail but it's neat

There's this game, Touhou Hisoutensoku, where leveling up is actually a universal mechanic There's not only "system cards" that any character can bring and use, some of which are buffs that can stack up to 4 times, but every character can also bring special cards, which can upgrade and even change their special moves. Every character has 3 options for their specials so I'm just going to bring up my Suwako's 623 since that's my main, and all her 623s are very different. The default 623 is probably the worst, as it's a surrounding hitbox that's only good as a combo ender, however when leveled up it gets quite big and thus gains some merit as an anti-air or cross up move after dashing under the opponent The second 623, rings, is a helicopter spin that is the character's bread and butter for offense, it does good damage, knocks down from just about any height, and also allows for pressure by being ground cancellable, making her + on block and making for basically the most consistent midscreen pressure in the game. Upgrading it increases damage, and at level 3 the grounded version becomes strike invul, but in short, it just hits too high to be more than an anti-air. Then the last 623 is a set of lasers, which spread out then shoot towards the opponent, the projectiles are dense and fast, which can be important in some matchups, though it lacks the offensive presence that rings have, it's good in MUs where you can't get in well and are forced to play neutral. Upgrading this one increases the amount of lasers from 4 up to 8 which can make it deal a good chunk of damage but it's main use is forcing the enemy to dodge it to give you room to do your own set-play, which suwako also excels at. All that, though not always to the same extent, applies to every special in the game, so there's a lot of variety in how even the same character is played by different people. But the most interesting part in my opinion, is that the cards serve as meter, and the super moves, spell cards, consume mutiple cards on use, so I could upgrade my special to make my combos stronger or make the move more useful, or I could use a spell to extend a combo or pressure and maybe close a round because of it. To that end, using four level 5s, for example, will take your entire 20 card deck. There's just a lot that goes into it even before the character is selected, and I think that's cool.

Hi, susano'o player here (kinda), sundering claws without level dont do anything special other than a lunge, but on lv2 it has a second hit that allows a juggle into 5B, megalith at lv3 becomes slower than the other two levels, but makes it a guard crush and blade of judgement seal also unlocking a full screen super in liberating dagger. Details aside, great video

Jamie might need to power up his moves, but he starts the battle at max swag.

A coeple details you missed and i would've liked you to include is how for Susano'o he has to hit the opponent with most of his D attacks for them to unlock a seal, except for 4D because that one put him in a pose that doesn't hit, which in combination with 6A which is a fast fullscreen projectile gives him a way to enact pressure from afar and a decently safe way to unlock a seal

6:53 fun fact When using Jamie's level 2 or you have all 4 drink meters and you have no Drive meter you can actually regain your drive meter by drinking

I've always loved these kinds of characters, I'm an amy main (im not like... Good but i have a circle of friends that adores sc6) and a jamie main (yes, i suffer, how can you tell?) and i have tons of fun playing both, been trying to pick up susan too and while i struggle with him a bit he's still really fun

Yoshitora is so goddamn cool I love him and SamSho so much

@Ramsey276one

Күн бұрын

SAME

DOKKAN ASSET IN THUMBNAIL 🔥🔥

Yo Mixtape love the channel, you should add some more Melty Blood top tiers in your vids, CRoa is cool but there are some sick characters in that game.

It would be interesting to go over power up mechanics in fighting games like sparking in fighterz or heat in tekken 8 for example

The funniest thing about Mariah to me is that when an entirely different dev team made Jojo All Star Battle R, they made her a level up character again. A rose by any other name is still a low tier.

Small note homie. Jamie and Level 2 has a few interesting things. you can make some things safe iirc you recover a huge amount of drive guage. iirc if burned out you get about 50% of it recovered. this applies to normal drinks which also recover drive guage or helps recover from burnout when at max drink level

yet another mrmixtape fighting game character archetype video that could debatably include Johnny from guilty gear xrd rev 2

4:35 Small correction: As of s2, Bakai's projectile invul lasts until the end of the animation

Susanoo is so fun!

I feel like calling Susano’o a power-up character is a bit inaccurate. I feel like UNLOCKING HIS SPECIAL MOVES is different than a temporary power-up. Characters can live without installs and power-ups, Susano’o cannot live without his specials.

@authorjp

2 күн бұрын

Sure, he CAN level up his specials, but that’s secondary and not necessary for most of his combos, and quite suboptimal. Truly only worth it for the troll 5k DMG super, because the opponent will either die before getting everything maxed or you’re wasting valuable damage.

Love that you had to make up an icon for Gohan in the thumbnail because the game won't f*cking give you one for some reason.

The Dokkan atk up in the thumbnail hurts my soul

I like to call them snowball characters.

0:36 or maybe, you know, Sol Badguy with his Dragon INSTALL?

I find it funny that the VA’s of Luke and Jamie actually fought against each other in sf6 😂

Something you missed with SC6 Amy's Purple rose perception is that she has two Critical Edges, White and Red, white being the fastest in the game, but red doing more damage. Getting purple makes it that her CE is always both forms - Fast and Damaging, actually improving damage over the red by itself as well.

@ewaep

Күн бұрын

Oh Also Susan's Super. Does increased damage based on what seals (and levels) you have unlocked, making it the 2nd highest minimum damage super in the game with full unlocks.

I fucking LOVE STACKING MECHANICS

in ggac+r Robo-Ky, Order-Sol, and Johnny would count, although for Johnny, he only levels up one move, whereas the other two level up all of their specials.

My favorite BlazBlue character: SUSAN. Pronunciation is Suh-sah-nó-oh. Great video BTW

Tbh, I’ll always wonder why Adult Gohan was chosen to be a level up character. His whole potential unleashed shtick was having his full power availible at any moment, not needing to transform. Goku Black would’ve been more fitting thematically, but regardless its still sick. Great video.

@MusicoftheDamned

Күн бұрын

Maybe it's to represent Gohan's tendency to become "rusty" compared to the other Saiyans given he doesn't really like fighting, in addition to being basically the only Saiyan who doesn't--and can't?--turn Super Saiyan to become stronger anymore. Shrug.

Correction! Gohan's LIGHT DP is what starts ToD's. His light DP, however, is not a true DP. it is an anti-air. His medium DP is a heavily scaled move, but is truly invulnerable.

Glad you mentioned amy she is a demon do not let her power up

Sussano mentioned 💥💥💥💥💥

as another comment pointed out Frank West in MVCI can get max level when lands his lv3

holy shit already

I wanna see a character whose entire special move list is just various buff effects they can apply to themself

@azechase6597

Күн бұрын

That's basically rogue in marvel 2 and debatably also android 21

Jamie Some consider him Luke's rival, some consider him Luke's lover😂

Huh, they just straight up made a Kazuma Kiryu costume for Frank West

So i gotta adk, does Mariah get better in jjba all star battle R?

Can you do a video on Hakumen

at 0:04 i saw that username and considered calling it a day

Just came here to point out... "DOKKAN BATTLE ASSET SPOTTED" Aight that's it have a good one.

My favorite power up is playing Ash because he powers my will to win

I actively shouted "WHAT!?" when I saw the damage on Yoshitora's Seventh Sword. That's an INSANE win move!

@azechase6597

Күн бұрын

Samurai shodown is a game more like the first gen of fighting games where combos are never more than like 5 moves at most and they put more into making each move do damage. It makes samsho a game almost completely centered around baits and punished over anything and the whole match is spent mostly in neutral.

@Chaos_Vergil

Күн бұрын

@azechase6597 I remembered someone describing Samsho as that, but I wasn't expecting a move existing that could NEARLY T.O.D. ANYONE!!

Dokkan Battle is a fighting game confirmed

21:33 SKUGS mention

27:19 Is that a funger reference?

I heard TEQ Goathan's theme and I started hyperventilating. LOVE THAT MAN

Is that a fucking fear and hunger reference at 27:19 lmao

Would a good fix for Jamie be retaining up to 2 levels into the next round? Like, having level 1 or 2 drink gives him level 1 at the start of the next round, and 3 or 4 starts him at 2?

@luigiwiiUU

10 сағат бұрын

he should only start at 2 if he has 4, otherwise every round should reset him back to 1, which isnt so bad since he'll only have to drink 3 times

Frank West or as IFC Yipes calls him Frank Whack at level 1 and FRANK WEST at 5

Great video as always, but the way you only offhandedly mention the fact that lv4+ Frank can chip with multi-hitting lockdown normals in UMvC3 made me chuckle a bit. That's a ridiculous property for that game IMO.

I wonder if SF3 3rd Strike's Q can be considered a power up character?

Rubbish recently released a video that’s kinda of related to this topic , which I think is worth checking out. Video name is “The fighters who turn time against you”

Small nitpick, but Jamie's 5HP doesn't give a combo on hit without drive rush or Punish Counter

Not the suburban demigod samurai mom ...Suzanne