“Pales in comparison to Toshinden”?! That’s an absolute joke even back then, and all the more hilarious now that Toshinden is all but forgotten.

@joaopereira5168

4 жыл бұрын

I remember someone saying that Tohshinden was the future, everything would be different from that day one. No way. Actually, the only two 3D fighting games I witnessed strive were Soul Edge/Calibur and Tekken.

@gr8gmr

4 жыл бұрын

People who had a PlayStation back then likely knew what Battle Arena Toshinden was, so I don't see what's the problem with that.

@khaimk4r4su

4 жыл бұрын

@Nighthawk the character designs are more memorable than the game itself.

@gizaha

4 жыл бұрын

15 years later, nobody cares about Toshinden anymore. Also, Darkstalkers aged well and the graphics are impressive even at 2019. Where are your "3d monsters" now? Where are your nostalgic fans? Where is the "future", 3d fighting games? 2d fighting games still exist, 3d don't.

@gizaha

4 жыл бұрын

@DejaVoodooDoll I didn't say poloygons, i said 3d fighting. I've never saw or played darkstalkers, so i didn't have nostalgic love for it and that makes me judge subjective. History talked about 3d fighting games. "The future" my ass.

I not only want you to cover Nightwarriors: Darkstalkers Revenge, but also Vampire Savior/Darkstalkers 3! Heck, I want so much more Darkstalkers content, I’ll take coverage of their “sequels” and the various collections. Thank you for giving much deserved love and exposure to this series!

@KasumiKenshirou

4 жыл бұрын

Anita from this series was a hidden character in Marvel Super Heroes (at least in the Japanese Saturn port, not sure about other versions).

@SAPProd

4 жыл бұрын

Jeff Jacobson they included her in the Marvel Origins rerelease.

@alternaterealitygamejerk7311

4 жыл бұрын

If you have a ps2 you can find the japanese collection m8

I remember how some people thought 3d fighters made 2d fighters obsolete.

@capcom23

4 жыл бұрын

those are the people who always wants the latest of the latest... if it's been used before it's not important for them so they hate. To me 2D captures a lot more magic than the 3D fighting games. It doesn't capture the art and soul as it was drawn.. while 3D is a different story. Well.. each his own. I still prefer 2D (not from indie) fighting games and not the SF2 HD garbage Capcom made. that's like flash player made game. Quality was totally lost

@armyofninjas9055

4 жыл бұрын

No serious fighting game enthusiast thought that. Just casuals and games "journalists."

@swampdonkey4919

4 жыл бұрын

lol yup. Mid to late 90's, when 3D animation was all the rage. I never much cared for Tekken, Toshinden, and games of that ilk.

@slash6814

4 жыл бұрын

@@capcom23 wrong

@MrEllipsis423

3 жыл бұрын

Hilarious

I'm a Huge fan of Darkstalkers. Love this series.

@netsenshi5913

4 жыл бұрын

@kaneninjutsu I want them to do two things. 1: Adapt Udon's Street Fighter vs. Darkstalkers comic into a video game so they get some new eyes on this series and Darkstalkers can get some Street Fighter $$$. Then add Amingo and Son Son into the series from Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 as official Darkstalkers. Maybe Ruby Heart too, but she's the sister of the dude from the arcade Higemaru so that might be weird.

Capcom absolutely would NOT have used that name for Sasquatch. "Yaoi" has VERY different meaning in Japan.

@wastelander138

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't know what it was so I googled it... I didn't need to know that was a thing.

@jeremiaas15

4 жыл бұрын

'Yaoi' and 'Yowie' are pronounced complately differently though.

@zerobyte802

4 жыл бұрын

Now I’m scared. Curiosity vs “cannot unsee!” ...

@marcelgardner8497

4 жыл бұрын

@@zerobyte802 it's a style of anime/manga that focuses on homosexuality.

@SolitaireZeta

4 жыл бұрын

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darkstalkers needs more love on the internet

@danielramsey6141

4 жыл бұрын

THIS!

@heynae2016

4 жыл бұрын

YES

@beefiestsurprise269

4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure some certain characters are getting lots of love on certain places in the internet.

@ThePokefreak98

2 жыл бұрын

Its needs more love in Capcom’s fighting game division 💀

@Transubstantiate

Жыл бұрын

​@ThePokefreak98 According to Matt McMuscles, the reason we haven't gotten an actually new Darkstalkers game since Darkstalkers 3 is that Capcom does random, "is this series popular" checks by releasing compilations that offer nothing new but collect the games in the series. The last time they did this for Darkstalkers, the game didn't sell to their expectations. This was after releasing two previous collections that were identical to it, and people just didn't buy it. In other words, Capcom sabotaged their own game series' future and blames the fans.

SF and Darkstalkers is basically like the simpsons and futurama.

@juiceala

4 жыл бұрын

Dante but the Simpsons suck, Family Guy and American Dad for me 👌

@aztecwhistle9122

4 жыл бұрын

That was good lol

@taylorbee4010

4 жыл бұрын

Then what is Marvel?

@geardog24

4 жыл бұрын

@@taylorbee4010 Disenchantment

@danielramsey6141

4 жыл бұрын

@@geardog24 This I agree with. But Darkstalkers has a WAY better story.

Please continue the history of Darkstalkers, and Primal Rage could be cool to so a overview of in the future.

@Invidente7

4 жыл бұрын

Along with it's "unreleased" sequel

@phantommeister7504

4 жыл бұрын

@@Invidente7 I remember seeing nothing but concept art and models for primal rage 2 in a game pro back in the mid to late 90s

Rival Schools would make an interesting video.

Hm, Rikuo is strangely attractive for a fishman. Anakaris is probably my favorite character to play and watch because of how bizarre his moveset is.

@sabin1981

4 жыл бұрын

Rikuo triggered my nausea something FIERCE when I was a kid, during his move where his gills open up and he fires gas out. I've got a "thing" about holes in bodies/objects, like wasp nests and gills :| *shudder*

@Gamersgoinblind

4 жыл бұрын

@@sabin1981 Trypophobia I believe. I never really thought of those as holes opening, but more as like an ink sac on a squid

@sabin1981

4 жыл бұрын

@@Gamersgoinblind Aye, that's the actual phobia itself. I don't suffer from it medically but I am deeply nauseated and uncomfortable in similar scenarios ----- sadly including anything to do with fish gills, like Rikuo's constantly opening/closing breathing :D

What an underrated Capcom game. Darkstalkers will always hold a special niche place in my heart.

@armyofninjas9055

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty much play fba/mame for these titles.

Darkstalkers was my favorite 2d fighting series ever. And I'm a MASSIVE sfa3 fan.

Sad that Capcom has basically abandoned this franchise. It is my favorite fighting game because of its story world and lore. They could do so much with it.

@armyofninjas9055

4 жыл бұрын

Yep. They needed to include all the "archetypal" monsters and build out a huge roster. Like mvc2 huge. That would have been AMAZING.

@58jharris

3 жыл бұрын

There should have been a Street Fighter vs. Darkstalkers game.

@Ravenna_Black

3 жыл бұрын

@@58jharris would of been awesome

I was amazed at the Darkstalkers games. And I gotta be honest, out of all the characters, I always liked Jon Talbain, even if he is underrated.

@Gamersgoinblind

4 жыл бұрын

I'd say that the other male characters apart from Jon, Jedah and Demitri are underrated. They don't get quite the love that Morrigan, Felicia, Bulleta/B.B. Hood, Hsien-ko get. Especially ones like Victor, Huitzel, and Anakaris need more love.

@khaimk4r4su

4 жыл бұрын

Once people get the grasp that Jon is not just a werewolf but a MARTIAL ARTIST werewolf it gets truly fascinating

@sabin1981

4 жыл бұрын

Jon Tolbain, Felicia, and Lord Raptor were my jam! :D

@danielramsey6141

4 жыл бұрын

Would love for Jon Talbain to be in more Fighting games.

@danielramsey6141

4 жыл бұрын

@@khaimk4r4su I know right, sadly people aren't even willing to go that far into uncovering that.

Just wonderful! Got some thrills here. I was there at the arcades when this game came out, and what we saw was a revolution. We would look down upon the SF series and see it as no longer attractive and fun. We'd learn how to play with each and every character. That bloody machine would drain us out of our pocket money day after day. Thank you for this beautiful, detailed video about one of my favourite games of all time, a landmark for my teen days.

I wrote to Capcom when I was 8, asking when a new Street Fighter game will come out. They sent me back a postcard saying there are no plans for future Street Fighter games, but that I should head to my arcade and check out Darkstalkers. My local bowling alley didnt have it. But they did soon have Children of the Atom....

I’m a simple man , I see Morrigan I click

@Ginga

4 жыл бұрын

Had a huge crush on her as a kid. Was too young and naive to recognize her for the supernatural thot she was.

@ibblue0710

4 жыл бұрын

@Ginga I know, I do too, but I had realized that she was a succubus.

@GeoNeilUK

4 жыл бұрын

I'm also a simple man, I see Darkstalkers and am shocked and appalled that Hsien-Ko didn't even feature!

@mbii7667

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ginga who cares, she's still hot

@HEHEHE_I_AM_A_MASKED_WARRIA

4 жыл бұрын

@@GeoNeilUK Because she didn't debut until Night Warriors/Vampire Hunter.

Still my favorite Capcom fighting series. That sprite work is just stunning. So much personality in every little pixel drawing! I really wish they'd add Dmitry and Jon Talbain to a modern VS game. Nothing against Morrigan and Felicia; they're just overrepresented. Heck Capcom, port the Vita Darkstalkers to Switch and PS4/Xbone! I really want to play this series on a modern console!

@danielramsey6141

4 жыл бұрын

Oh My God, Yes!!! There isn't enough exposure for the other Darkstalkers characters in not only their own games, but other fighting games in general.

Something to note, this is where the button sequence LP,LP,->,LK,HP originated as Morrigan's super move Darkness Illusion. Akuma didn't start using the sequence until SF Alpha.

@RuhabDabeer

4 жыл бұрын

Well Um sF two turbo he could do that

@plasticbutler

4 жыл бұрын

@@RuhabDabeer Nope. In the original arcade version of SSF2 Turbo, Akuma did not have a Super meter. You can even see that in 21:20. It was only added much, much later in the HD version.

@RuhabDabeer

4 жыл бұрын

@@plasticbutler Well but I swear I saw it

This is one of my favorites capcom fighter games. It was simliar to Red Earth. People overlooked this game at time just like they did Street Fighter 3. It was really unappreciated. Thanks for looking back on this game and hopefully you have time to cover the sequels. Its doubtful capcom will remake or revisit this game or add most them to future fighters.

Visually, this blew me away at the time and made me drop SSF2T in a heartbeat.

They had this in my local Laser Quest as a kid for years and it was really beautiful in the arcade next to a 4 seater Daytona cab and another game that slips my mind... 🤔 That's what happens when you hit 40!

@GeoNeilUK

4 жыл бұрын

i'm 42, I know that feel...

I love how the gaming magazines were holding up Toshinden as the standard for fighting games at the time when playing it now on the PS Classic most gamers would say that it's an ugly, dated, unbalanced, barely playable mess of a game. LOL!!! 😆

@trinidadmetroid

4 жыл бұрын

OMG yes....it is HORRIBLE. However battle arena toshinden for the gameboy is an EXCELLENT game and rivals any capcom 2d game.

@sabin1981

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, even at launch Battle Arena was a terrible game :\ Soul Edge and Tekken came out so soon after to wipe the bad taste of the Toshinden games out of our mouths :D In fact, the only thing I ever enjoyed about Toshinden was the - at the time - revolutionary "mirror display" in some stages, that showed off the fight in progress. I loved that tech at the time.

@JohnnyProctor9

4 жыл бұрын

@@sabin1981 - Toshinden was playable, and I enjoyed it at the time more for the quirky, original characters...but I'll admit that Soul Edge and DoA were better once they came out, in fact the Gameboy port is actually the better version of Toshinden in my opinion.

@trinidadmetroid

4 жыл бұрын

@referral madness in my opinion, it is the BEST fighting game for the original gameboy! It is worth playing and even owning.

@JohnnyProctor9

4 жыл бұрын

@referral madness - I think so...it's a whole different game really with those chibi SD graphics like the Samurai Shodown Gameboy games and the fighting games on the Neo Geo Pocket Color. You can also play 2 players on one cart/system with the Super Gameboy from what I hear...

I always called DS SF: Halloween edition Interesting how well thia game has aged. Unlike the lauded polygon games of the era...this game is still a joy to behold

20:00 there is a PS2 Japanese only Vampire Collection that has all the arcade versions of the DarkStalkers series, a Hyper version(able to choose any version of the character, also versions of characters in games they weren't in e.g. a DS1 Lilith), and an updated version(it may be the Hyper version) with and alternate Donovan called Dee.

@Loader2K1

4 жыл бұрын

There was also a re-release of Vampire Savior on the Dreamcast only released in Japan that was awesome, too.

I hope that Capcom puts out a complete Darkstalkers collection on current platforms, namely Switch for me. (Felicia for life, btw!)

@danielramsey6141

4 жыл бұрын

I swear, it's fucking bad when we haven't received a Sequal since 1997. Almost 30 years now.

Really wish these games would get a collection

@neildarr

4 жыл бұрын

Also there was a collection on Xbox and PlayStation

@recoildisruptor3217

4 жыл бұрын

Fightcade exists... And the newly released Capcom arcade board/stick hybrid (from Capcom) has the first game included, along with around 15 other classics.

Please cover the other two Darkstalkers games! I really appreciate these videos. I think you're probably already planning on covering SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos, but if not, I think that'd make for an extremely interesting video. Especially, if you cover its secrets to midbosses, bosses, endings, and the three types of transformations that can happen to the characters. Thanks for all you do. :)

Darkstalkers was such an exciting and imaginative game franchise full of great combat, visual design and art. A true masterpiece and worthy successor to Street Fighter!

I remember in 2000, being 16 and playing Marvel vs Capcom at 7-11 every weekend coming home from a McDonald's shift, wondering who the hell these weird characters were. I just got the street fighter table top arcade and was pleasantly surprised to find Darkstalkers, hence why I clicked on this video. What a gem this game is, all the better that I get to explore it for the first time after all these years.

I remember playing the arcade version at my local lazer tag place, and it was there I experience the beauitful animated sprites and fell in love with the series and years after got it as a Christmas present in 1996 here in Australia. Fun game that I still play to this day and would love to see more Darkstalkers content and also would love to see more of this awesome franchise to grow. As always mate grear video

I fell in love with the animation style used in these game series.

@hermis2008

3 жыл бұрын

I truly miss the days when this game style ruled.

Every Darkstalkers Entry PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!

Theres a rumor that a darkstalkers 4 in development by the skullgirls team

@violetthebat8810

4 жыл бұрын

I would LOVE that!!~😄😄😄 In a way, Skullgirls is the spiritual successor to Darkstalkers!~ :D

@alternaterealitygamejerk7311

4 жыл бұрын

There IS a 4

@armyofninjas9055

4 жыл бұрын

@@alternaterealitygamejerk7311 No there isn't.

I remember when DS hit arcades where I lived. Once I played, I completely dropped Street Fighter (still love SF though) and all I did was play DS when I had the chance. Glad we are getting Capcom Fighting Collection in June!

Kinda cool how some of the monsters' nationalities are where they're commonly from. Werewolves from England, Frankenstein from Germany, Sasquatch from the Americas, Mummies from Egypt, Vampires from Romania. it's all very neat

I first got to know about Dark Stalkers thanks to the many cameo appearances of Succubus (Morrigan and Lilith) and the Cat Girl (Felicia) characters. Cross Edge on the PS3 was one of those games that I was able to know about these characters.

They should make all of the Darkstalkers part of the Street Fighter cast.

How amazing is it that these 2D fighters are still appreciated today, and you don't see too many people going this nuts over Tekken 2 or Soul Blade. I can't wait to see the next game in the Darkstalkers series covered. Night Warriors is my favorite of the series and was the reason I bought a Saturn. My love for this series, Capcom 2D fighters, and the Saturn all started because of Night Warriors.

@nginroom8108

4 жыл бұрын

To be fair, 3d fighters were still in their infancy and a lot less polished than their sprite based counterpart. The earliest versions of Tekken and Soul Blade that aged well and still worth revisiting are Tekken 3 and Soul Calibur on Dreamcast.

The games aged so well I absolutely love playing Vampire savior, I personally like the DArk stalker franchise more than street fighter.

One of the main inspirations for this game was the looney tunes!

14:31 That design which looks like a very buff Starfire cosplaying Batman really got me lol

I would be more interested in you covering the third game in the series - Vampire Savior than Night Warriors. Vampire Savior has more of a cult following than Night Warriors.

@sakitoshi

4 жыл бұрын

both games have a cult following since vampire savior removed some characters in favor of the new ones. so both games are played today. also he can't just skip vampire hunter.

@silvbolt

4 жыл бұрын

You are spot on with that. In the states, Night Warriors was not as big. Even with the changes in the game, Night Warriors was overlooked since the only port of the arcade game was only own Sega Saturn which failed here. However, there seem to be more controversy in the US dealing with Vampire Savior. From the PlayStation renaming the game to DarkStalkers 3 to exclusive licensing to which console could release their first. Even now in the tournament scene where only arcade jamma boards are used instead of console for majors here in the states. I'm not saying that Night Warriors is bad. It just that on this side of the world there really wasn't fanfare for it. That games was pretty much a footnote despite being good.

Apreciate the review! Looking for the next series analysis! Thank you Top Hat! You rock!

Top hat gaming man, I love this fighting game history series!! Please continue with Dark Stalkers!

My first exposure to Darkstalkers was Morrigan when I was playing Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars on the Nintendo Wii.

It's finally getting another home release on the Capcom Fighting Collection this year.

A great video! Darkstalkers/Vampires was one of my favorite series. Saturn title was my first import purchased. I would love to see coverage on the other titles.

Any chance, that you’ll talk about Primal Rage

I loved seeing that intro scene! I hadn’t seen that in years!!! Brings back memories.

Fun Fact: There was a darkstalkers collection that only got to japan. Features: All games Secret characters (Hold Select+The Game) New darkstalker, Dee (only for darkstalkers 3-5) Teen Anita (as a npc) Option to make the night warriors roster 10 to 12 (with npcs) Music Quality Video Quality English (Almost all is English) Autosave Save Load A secret option (R1+Game Option) Fast Command List Display adjust Sound adjust Gallery

I love your content man. Very informative and entertaining. I'd love to see a part 2.

Finally someone talks about this series. Thank you. Of course I want to know more about Darkstalker-series

If Darkstalkers was made a movie back in the 90s, my suggested cast would be, Arnold Schwarzenegger - Dimitri Keanu Reeves - Donovan Alicia Silverstone - Felicia Elizabeth Hurley - Morrigan

Darkstalkers is one of my favorite fighting games ever! Can't wait for the video on Vampire Savior. Undeniably the best one in the series!!

So wonderful you covering this series! Can't wait for the next one! I played the ps version back then. Played several characters, got kind of frustrated. Until I picked the werewolf. Then I straight up combo'd every opponent. So fast and brutal it made me dizzy. So for beginners, pick that character and learn the moves and try to combo everything.

Love this series, thgm. Keep up the great work.

I look forward to these fighting game overspectives every Thursday!!!

You could make an entire vid on just Morrigan's appearances. Wait a minute...

Brilliant video! Please cover the rest of the series in future uploads!

Thank you for creating this channel

Please make more of this content???? I LOVE Darkstalkers!

I really love your style on these videos mate. Well done Sir!

Well done video mate keep them coming!

Darkstalkers is one of my absolute favorite game series of all time and I did learn a bit of new stuff from your video. One of my top 5 fave games of all time is Darkstalkers 3 on the PSOne and I'd love to see you cover

Awesome video dude! i love this game..btw..cool for u in Romania

Would love to see the subsequent entries in the Darkstalkers seriers covered, as well as Toshinden since it has largely been forgotten outside of its diehard cult following.

Please make more dark stalkers content! Love it!

Darkstalkers was also the first game where Daigo won a tourney playing

Thanks for doing a video darkstalkers is my all time favorite video game series

Top quality as always, eagerly await the next entry vampire savior

Great video :) love the shoots of the castle

Welcome in my contry broooo Huge like and stay awesome never stop this is entertaining much love to you

I love these videos, I would definitely like to know about the sequel

Been waiting for this one.

Other Capcom-related fighting games are okay, but Street Fighter will always be the number one Capcom fighting game series that started the fighting game genre.

@danielramsey6141

4 жыл бұрын

Even so, it isn't the END-ALL, BE-ALL of fighting games. Much better fighting games came out afterwards and have proven to be much more interesting than Street Fighter.

It would be fantastic if you can cover the other darkstalkers games. Especially, with the Capcom Fighting Collection out. This is my first time playing these games. Really enjoy your content. Keep up the fantastic work.

Yeah!!! 😎🎮

Okay... but Sasquatch is the most adorable Bigfoot I’ve ever seen. We always think of Bigfoot as this hairy bulking giant. But what if he’s just a little cute creature with MASSIVE feet?

i loved these games as a kid! they were great!

I've always liked this Capcom series and further coverage of Darkstalkers/Night Warriors games would be great. Cool video :)

Awesome and educational video. There were good chunk of things I didn't know about the franchise. How about the history of Capcom vs SNK 2?

Top you are the man! Shout out from California bro. I would love for you to cover the last blade series! That is all.

More Darkstalkers please! Can't wait until you get to the third game and my main monster, Jedah!

Darkstalkers is still one of my favorite games to this day. i loved the anime as well, i wish they would physically re release it for the PS4 and the Switch

Oh how i wish they would bring this series back using current tech. I mean they revived RE2 and rumors say RE3 is coming with the same engine but here we have this gem still in the dark.

Yes I’d like videos on the other Darkstalker games in the series. Well done! I’ve owned the psp and Xbox day 360 is a compilations as well as night warriors and vampire savior (Darkstalkers 3) on the Sega Saturn.

In some instances Sasquach is a Bigfoot whose race is Yeti according to his bio and Game Fan magazine.

I got the arcade roms to all three games and play them from time to time.It was a very unique idea for it's time.I would a game like skull girls was inspired by this.

I don't know much about Darkstalkers so I want to see more. Also, I'd love a look at Rival Schools too!

Please continue with this franchise!

Excellent ! Good show old boy

Keep going with this series

Yes, please, do more Darkstalkers reviews ^^

Time for a Darkstalkers revival!

Great job man!

Could probably do an entire video this length just covering the game, and character name changes alone from this series alone.

First time I played Darkstalkers was on the arcade in 94. Wow...... man the memories

Dude , capcom fighter's are my favorite style of games. Thanx for all the capcom videos, top notch content brother.