Snake, because my dad played the _SHIT_ out of Twin Snakes on the GameCube way back then, on top of playing a lot of MGS2 on the Original XBOX. I even watched gameplay, and fell in love with the whole idea of avoiding enemies and whatnot, and how much of a Badass Snake is. It's why he's one of my favorite guest characters. And then there was Mega Man's announcement in Smash 4. When I saw that, I had a hard time picking my jaw up off the floor. And of course, who can forget the BELMONTS in Ultimate, as well as Ridley and Joker? Ridley for the fact that the Meme about Ridley being "too big" for smash finally became a reality, and less of a meme. The Belmonts because I fell in love with the Castlevania Franchise, and seemed like very unique characters. And Joker? well... I guess you can say that you never saw it coming. I could go on and on, but I'll just list my examples there.
Probably Hellboy in Injustice 2 In college I got really into the Hellboy comics and movies so when he was announced my roommates and I lost it Still tied for my main with Green Lantern Fantastic video btw! I can’t wait to see that Little Mac in the corner of my dark bedroom tonight...the horror...
@Mesut Bektaş Well, he can't remake Metal Gear Solid 2, since he isn't working for Konami anymore and the rights for Metal Gear Solid belong to Konami and not to Hideo Kojima.
Haha for RPG titles its like Project X Zone was Avengers infinity war while Project X Zone 2 was Endgame. Project X Zone 2 was the fifth game in that crossover series and an interesting way to end that saga.
@OTK_Swabbie_PvZ not really... Tekken 7 does it better than any other fighting game out there... Akuma,Geese, Negan and Noctis are all done so good... In MK you can hardly distinguish them from other MK character... The gameplay and feel is exactly that of an MK character but try the guest characters in Tekken 7 and you immediately notice they play as someone from their original game would... Akuma feels and play like a SF Akuma Geese is very much a faral fury character same for Noctis and Negan... Although Negan is not a fighting game character yet he feels like how he is in the TV Series....
Until I saw the thumbnail, I forgot Michael Jackson was in Ready to Rumble: Round 2. I remember it having Shaq and the Clinton's. Kinda wish I didn't scratch the disc as a kid.
Amingo is such a fascinatingly bizarre character. My guess is that he was originally designed for a more comedic fighting game, think Waku Waku 7 or something like Darkstalkers Jr, and the decline of arcade fighters at the time led to its cancellation.
I love that Mortal Kombat started adding in horror movie characters like Jason and Leatherface. I'm a huge horror movie fan and they just gel so well with that universe
Aside from the obvious targets of Soul Calibur, Killer Instinct, and Mortal Kombat in the next video, I'd like to see mention of the Spartan from Halo in Dead or Alive, who's time-traveling storyline is basically canon to Halo itself. The King of Fighters series was actually among the first games to feature guest fighters, but all of them have been pretty obscure by American standards. It's worth mentioning that Yoshimitsu from Soul Calibur is the Tekken Yoshimitsu's canonical ancestor. Cloud, Tifa, Sephiroth, and Red XIII from Final Fantasy 7 were included as guest fighters to help sell the NA release of Ergheiz, but Squaresoft made no efforts to effectively balance them.
@@rayciannello2268 Same here, I'm a big TMNT fan and I was super hyped for them. In fact, that was the hypest I ever was for a fighting character since the reveal of Reptile from Mortal Kombat (my all time favorite fighting character) for MKX.
I really appreciated the section you did on Rubyheart, I’ve always been a huge fan of this character. Her ship is where I pulled my screen name from! Lol this really made my day. Keep up the amazing work.
While guest characters in fighting games existed prior to these two, I feel that Super Smash Bros Brawl and Soul Calibur IV are the games that really laid the groundwork for this trend in modern fighting games. The reveal of Snake in Brawl and Star Wars in SC4 plus the advent of TH-cam really helped generate hype.
I'm not into fighting games so idk if SC2 was bad or something... But Link being on the cover of a 3rd party fighting game is a damn good reason to pick it up. If Mario or Sonic were on the cover of a fighting game I know i'd get into that game lol
@@gamejitzu I'd be very interested in a 3rd party game with a Nintendo character on the cover. Hell, I'd love to see Ridley eventually get into a Mortal Kombat game. He'd be perfect for it.
When Snake was revealed in smash, man did me and my brothers lost our mind back then. I knew about Amingo and Ruby Heart only being from MvC2, but i didn't know about Horimaru (he seems cool, thought.) I only played once Ready to Rumble 2, but couldn't remember about Mickael Jackson there. This video was awesome with the editing, and the story. Cover the RWBY girls, the includion and the creator wish is a cool story.
To my knowledge, the first crossover fighter was SNK's The King of Fighters '94. It not only featured characters from other fighting games of the SNK stable, like Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting, but from older, non-fighting arcade games by SNK, such as Ikari Warriors and Psycho Soldier. as well.
By Capcom side is 1993 Saturday Night Slam Master and the 1994 sequel Ring Of Destruction:Slam Master 2 featuring Haggar from Final Fight as playable character later started with street fighter with final fight character. Slam Master is also a part of street fighter universe too like rival school and captain commando.
Amazing topic to talk about!! A lot of people are not a fan of guest characters in fighting games... Yeah, i understand that the fans will get one less slot for a character of that own franchise...But in return we usually get amazing characters with unique move sets and dialogues from franchises that usually never had a good fighting game before... And there is also great in the long run, because it brings different kind of fans into the game!! For a fact I even know some friends that gave a chance for Injustice just because Sub-Zero and Hellboy where in it...and nowadays they are fans of the franchise!!
Thank you! I think Netherrealm does guest characters really really well. Probably the best in the entire genre. They always seem to pick the right guests for their game.
@@Stumblebee To be honest with you...even if my friends loved, I'm not a fan of Netherealm putting MK characters on the Injustice franchise, yes it is kinda Kool...but is not as cool as seeing proper comic book guest characters in there you know?If I want to play MK characters I can just go play go just play MK... But the rest is amazing!! They do a really good job picking the characters and making them fit!!
@Shaman X oh trust me...there are plent of people like that...just go to the comment section of any guest character annauciment and you will problaby find some of them...
...Or not. Tyler Lansdown deconfirmed any possibility of him being added to the game, stating, "Shaggy will not be in the game. At all. Ever. Sorry, dead meme." R.I.P.
There are many guest characters from games that I like. Instead I'll just give a shoutout to the first game I played that had a guest character. That being an obscure game on the N64 called ClayFighter 63 1/3 which featured both Earthworm Jim (who would also guest in the PC version of Battle Arena Toshinden) and Boogerman.
Ima still subscribe but DAMN you for making that "whatever Red Steel was" comment. Take my like and subscription but I dare, nay, I IMPLORE you to give Red Steel another playthrough, and do a video or mention it in one. Red Steel was a great game with great splitscreen that still holds up and I will die on this hill.
Yeah, i thought it was Michael Buffer, on Monday Nitro. Hunter Hearst Helmsley had the perfect parody. Probably Jeremy Borash is a more famous ring announcer than the Luigi of ring ammouncing.
Uhh...Netherrealm Studios with their cameos? Starting off with Freddy Kruger and Kratos then moving on X with Jason and Predator was pretty cool. Letherface, Alien, Hellboy, and the TMNT were also amazing introductions to their respective games.
I think I've said it before, but I really love your content dude! I appreciate fighting games so much, and seeing other people talk about specific things in fighting games is great! Have you thought about making a video where you talk about different / creative fighting game mechanics? Some examples could be how Phoenix Wright works in MVC3, or the GRD system in UNIST?
I cant believe no one in the comments mentioned that Scorpion isn't the main character in MK. He became a mascot in MK9 alongside Sub Zero, but NRS ditched Sub and now everyone believes Scorpion is the ''main character'' when in in fact its actually Liu Kang. 4 games in a row in the old games, one spin off game and in MK11.
Thank you I did not know that, just shows you how poorly researched this video is, he COMPLETELY ignored SNK Crossovers, the inventor of it in Fighting Games and the direct inspiration for Capcom Vs. series and Super Smash Brothers.
I just subbed to your channel after watching JMcroft's new video yesterday... Dude, your videos are just amazing. I'm glad I learned about this channel. Keep up the great work!!
@Strider Xanthos for the 5th fate we got: Neptunia, Arcana Heart, Melty Blood, Fate Stay Night, And Jojo. But remember the 5th fate is pink and it matches the protagonist of the series that have pink in their Main color.
One of my favourite guest characters were Hellboy and the Ninja Turtles I’m Injustice. I was really happy they decided to keep the guest characters in Injustice exclusively comic book characters instead of using film or tv characters.
Oh gawd Stumblerzz I've been lurkin' for a few weeks thinkin 'oh man, another video game nostalgist' but you are the first one in a minute who gave a Def Jam Shoutout so here's a like and a sub and a comment hope you make a billion bucks off this video
4:18 i'd argue that snakes moveset is not at all based on snake. For one, he doesn't even use guns in smash. Just explosives. Snake is from a stealth series, not a michael bay film. His knife and tranq gun should have been the focus of his moveset, rather than explosives.
Including Akuma in Tekken 7 took YEARS of planning to work out. Meanwhile, in smash brothers: "Hey can you put in Solid Snake?" 'Yea sure we'll give him his own signature easter egg too."
Considering that the idea for including Snake in Smash happened late in Melee's development, while Brawl didn't come out until over 6 years later, I'd say the planning in this case also took several years.
The first fighting video game to get a guest appearence was fatal fury 2 and after that art of fighting 2 back in the early 90's. Then the first cross over game to have multiple game characters from different games in one game was the king if fighters 1994.
This was a great episode and a great idea for a series. Finally, TH-cam recommendations actually recommending something I'd like... except I'm sure this was just a coincidence and it's right back to recommending me stuff I don't care about. Regardless, great work on and I look forward to more. However, I would be lying if I said that this confused me. The title suggest you would go through a brief summary of guest characters in video games but then went into 4 different topics unrelated to the subject. I felt this episode should've just introduced what you were planning on doing and give a brief overview of guest characters and split up these 4 topics into their own episodes. I know it's a pilot and maybe you have plans to actually cover specific topics, but it took me off guard and, even though it was a great video, I was confused because I was expecting a more linear history lesson. Hopefully this was just a fluke and next episode you can just take it easy and just cover one topic at a time. Well, regardless, I do look forward to seeing what you have next.
Thanks for the help! This was a bit of an exploratory thing with a few one-off crossovers I thought were significant. Definitely going to stick to a series-per-episode in the future. And hey, feel free to subscribe to see when I upload another!
19:29 since when was Scorpion ever the main character of Mortal Kombat? It's almost always been Liu Kang or maybe even Raiden. Scorpion is important, but he was never THE main character of an MK game. He's only on all of the box art because he's Ed Boons personal favorite character
Met J well yeah but Pikachu isn’t the main character of the Pokémon franchise. And Ryu isn’t the main protagonist in every SF either. Alex was in SF3, but Ryu is still on the box. And in SFV, Ryu is legit only in like 2 scenes of the story mode, despite being the only character on the box. You never at any point play as Cayde in Destiny either. It’s not that rare of a thing to do. Most iconic doesn’t always mean main character.
All I know is that I flipped my shiet when I saw that RWBY characters would appear in Blazblue Crosstag Battle, even if the devs were super greedy when it came to the roster. Also, I definitely can’t wait to seen what guest characters we’ll get in Smash Ultimate’s DLC. If we got Persona 5’s Joker as our *very* first choice, then imagine how crazy the other choices must be! Also, including Donkey Kong in Punch-Out for the Wii was pretty cool. A funny story is that originally Little Mac was supposed to duke it out against Peach rather than DK, but Nintendo thought that they’d get into controversy with woman who thought her getting decked in the face would be offensive. So they decided to use the King of Kongs instead. Which’s the better option imo, since Peach would’ve felt pretty out of place due to how non-combative she is, whereas DK is a huge, powerful, 8-foot tall hulking gorilla. But hey, at least all three of them get to square off nowadays in Smash Bros!
Amingo is originally from a Dreamcast game called Samba De Amigo. It was a rhythm game develop by Capcom in which you used maracas kind of like you would in Guitar Hero.
I'm surprised you didn't talk more about Soul Calibur 2. I know that wasn't the first fighting game with guest characters, but I feel like it was the one that started the trend of using guest characters as a major selling point, not just a fun bonus. I know I'm not the only one who bought it because of Link.
Scorpion has never been the main character in MK, he's just the poster boy with my man Sub-Zero. The main character is and always has been(until X that is) Liu Kang....
Special Shoutout to Urban Reigns. Basically Def Jam from Namco. It even features 3 special guest characters which are Paul Phoenix and Marshall Law from Tekken and they're very well implemented. I wish that they would've make it a full Tekken featured cast and balance it well so every character is viable. Same thing for Def Jam FFNY. The stats ruin those games for fair vs gaming.
mike Tyson in punchout was a celebrity cameo as well. also amingo was dope! i mained that cuate in mv2 and Mugen and besides him being a Mexican stereotype and i being a Mexican i don't see it offensive at all somehow. i even wished mexicans wore colorful charros and ponchos more often. this post was made by the amingo gang (never forget)
“The history of Fighting game guest characters” doesn’t mention SNK at ALL. No Ryo sakazaki in Fatal Fury Special, the first Fighting game guest character and crossover, no KOF which was the first crossover Fighting game and inspired all of Capcom’s Vs. series and was the direct inspiration for Super Smash Brothers, once again Americans bias towards Capcom and /or Nintendo showing their lack of FGC knowledge. Very disappointing, I hope your next video is more well researched.
loved the video, but i feel you went on a tangent at the end, because the video was a guest characters in fighting games, and it somehow ended about originals characters in mvc2. Which is fine, i really hope you do talk about the grand daddy of all guest characters series, King of Fighters.
I just realized I only main guest characters I main akuma in tekken 7, 2b in sc6, joker in mk11, jason in mkx, sub zero in injustice 2, and bayoneta in ssb4/ultimate
Bruce Lee appearing in UFC might not be a big deal to most fighting game fans but, to us Martial Artists who grew up being inspired by Bruce Lee, it was something interesting.
@Mesut Bektaş That would have been cool though. Instead they resorted to making the almost exactly the same game as MGS1 but with purty graphics, bullet-time, kung-fu and MGS2 mechanics that practically break the game design.
Scorpion is a iconic character for Mortal Kombat but he was hardly the protagonist for that series. It was usually Liu Kang but from Deadly Alliance onwards, it became a game series with a rotating Protagonist (different one for each game)
I fall under the umbrella of smash being a hybrid 'party/platform fighting game'. Imagine Cricket and Baseball. Both bat and ball sports, but fundamentally different types of game played by almost completely separate communities.
Oh, and I'm definitely going to touch on KOF in the next one of these I do. The fact that they threw the dudes from Ikari Warriors in a fighting game is hilarious.
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Who's your favorite guest character to show up in a fighting game? Why were they your favorite?
I personally loved the TMNT on Injustice 2! They are so fun and well made...
Snake, because my dad played the _SHIT_ out of Twin Snakes on the GameCube way back then, on top of playing a lot of MGS2 on the Original XBOX.
I even watched gameplay, and fell in love with the whole idea of avoiding enemies and whatnot, and how much of a Badass Snake is.
It's why he's one of my favorite guest characters.
And then there was Mega Man's announcement in Smash 4.
When I saw that, I had a hard time picking my jaw up off the floor.
And of course, who can forget the BELMONTS in Ultimate, as well as Ridley and Joker?
Ridley for the fact that the Meme about Ridley being "too big" for smash finally became a reality, and less of a meme.
The Belmonts because I fell in love with the Castlevania Franchise, and seemed like very unique characters.
And Joker? well... I guess you can say that you never saw it coming.
I could go on and on, but I'll just list my examples there.
To me it's Solid Snake and Sonic Smash Bros. Love them since Brawl announced them
Probably Hellboy in Injustice 2
In college I got really into the Hellboy comics and movies so when he was announced my roommates and I lost it
Still tied for my main with Green Lantern
Fantastic video btw! I can’t wait to see that Little Mac in the corner of my dark bedroom tonight...the horror...
Top 3 for me were Freddy Krueger in MK9, Hellboy in Injustice 2, and Sonic in Super Smash Bros Brawl
Masahiro “The Most Exhausted Man in Gaming” Sakurai.
Alonzo Tompkins That is actually accurate
@@NobuRiona no it's shigeru Miyamoto
Matt Gales That is also accurate
@Mesut Bektaş Well, he can't remake Metal Gear Solid 2, since he isn't working for Konami anymore and the rights for Metal Gear Solid belong to Konami and not to Hideo Kojima.
"Never ask me for anything ever again."
People: "Marvel Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover."
Sakurai: *"Am I a joke to you?"*
endgame?
Ultimate?
@@Xx_STRHMN_xX Ultimate Endgame !
Haha for RPG titles its like Project X Zone was Avengers infinity war while Project X Zone 2 was Endgame. Project X Zone 2 was the fifth game in that crossover series and an interesting way to end that saga.
@OTK_Swabbie_PvZ not really... Tekken 7 does it better than any other fighting game out there... Akuma,Geese, Negan and Noctis are all done so good... In MK you can hardly distinguish them from other MK character... The gameplay and feel is exactly that of an MK character but try the guest characters in Tekken 7 and you immediately notice they play as someone from their original game would... Akuma feels and play like a SF Akuma Geese is very much a faral fury character same for Noctis and Negan... Although Negan is not a fighting game character yet he feels like how he is in the TV Series....
I'm guessing SoulCalibur will get a dedicated episode.
I heard kilo ren would be in mk11
@@vibezzz7211 Yeah, I'm sure Disney would be fine with one of their characters being sliced and torn apart.
@@The4thSnake I mean they've already torn apart the star wars franchise sooooo
@@vibezzz7211 Touche. But I also can't see Disney letting WB play with their toys.
I mean Vader was in soul caliber 4
In this age of 80-character Smash rosters, there's an increasingly rare delight in asking yourself, "where were YOU when Snake was revealed in Brawl?"
I was in a kindergarden i think
Getting chewed out by my mom for making my teacher mad lmao
Until I saw the thumbnail, I forgot Michael Jackson was in Ready to Rumble: Round 2. I remember it having Shaq and the Clinton's. Kinda wish I didn't scratch the disc as a kid.
I was the opposite. I thought of Ready To Rumble right away. I loved him in that game. That lean taunt was good for dodging.
with Shaq, Clinton, and MJ all making cameos, I think that’s gotta be a record for Most Rapists in a fighting game roster.
I can't believe I never knew Michael Jackson was in a fighting game. Where has this been all my life.
I bought the game just because of this, and he was in Space Channel 5 part 2
Amingo is such a fascinatingly bizarre character. My guess is that he was originally designed for a more comedic fighting game, think Waku Waku 7 or something like Darkstalkers Jr, and the decline of arcade fighters at the time led to its cancellation.
"Well thought out movesets"
>Sonic
>Snake
All his moveset is essentially explosives when he uses so much more, and nothing stealth based.
@@Rad-Dude63andathird Stealth wouldn't make sense in Smash. Snake is perfectly represented, without maybe missing sleeping darts.
@@JoelGarcia-lu3tw That's what Project M is for, lol
@@Rad-Dude63andathird you cant use stealth when the enemy has already discovered you
@@Rad-Dude63andathird you can't really stealth when you are having eye contact with your opponent from the first frame
The game "Xenophage: Alien Bloodsport" Had "Barney the Dinosaur"
Hahahaha, that's amazing. Totally making a note of this for next time.
How.... do you know that?
Hi shadow
Hey Shadow, hows Silver?
I recall that Barney was totally useless, too!
I love that Mortal Kombat started adding in horror movie characters like Jason and Leatherface. I'm a huge horror movie fan and they just gel so well with that universe
Just Put Terry Bogard in everything... please!
Yes!!! Geese is great but give us Terry!!
He's in Fighting ex layer
Amazigh Gamer yeah but he should be in EVERYTHING
*Oh Kay!!*
King of Fighters was all crossover at first.
Aside from the obvious targets of Soul Calibur, Killer Instinct, and Mortal Kombat in the next video, I'd like to see mention of the Spartan from Halo in Dead or Alive, who's time-traveling storyline is basically canon to Halo itself.
The King of Fighters series was actually among the first games to feature guest fighters, but all of them have been pretty obscure by American standards.
It's worth mentioning that Yoshimitsu from Soul Calibur is the Tekken Yoshimitsu's canonical ancestor.
Cloud, Tifa, Sephiroth, and Red XIII from Final Fantasy 7 were included as guest fighters to help sell the NA release of Ergheiz, but Squaresoft made no efforts to effectively balance them.
that Yoshimitsu in Soul Calibur is Right Handed, while the Tekken one is a Leftie.
Please talk about the guest characters in Mortal Kombat and Injustice, that will be awesome.
Roy Arkon that Tmnt reveal trailer blew my mind... I can still get hype even watching it now lol
@@rayciannello2268 Same here, I'm a big TMNT fan and I was super hyped for them. In fact, that was the hypest I ever was for a fighting character since the reveal of Reptile from Mortal Kombat (my all time favorite fighting character) for MKX.
Roy Arkon Agreed! I am as well, and I’m glad Mr. Boon did them justice. They haven’t looked that good since the 1990 movie.
*Freddy kugar Vs scorpian Lets go!*
Too bad Injustice 2 is the shittiest fighting game ever shat out in the last few years. DBFZ,GGXrd2,T7,SSBU are so much better.
I really appreciated the section you did on Rubyheart, I’ve always been a huge fan of this character. Her ship is where I pulled my screen name from! Lol this really made my day. Keep up the amazing work.
While guest characters in fighting games existed prior to these two, I feel that Super Smash Bros Brawl and Soul Calibur IV are the games that really laid the groundwork for this trend in modern fighting games. The reveal of Snake in Brawl and Star Wars in SC4 plus the advent of TH-cam really helped generate hype.
I got into fighting games when i bought soul calibur 2 because it had link on the cover. Good times
@Poison Hey, chill the fuck out. It was her first fighter.
I'm not into fighting games so idk if SC2 was bad or something... But Link being on the cover of a 3rd party fighting game is a damn good reason to pick it up. If Mario or Sonic were on the cover of a fighting game I know i'd get into that game lol
@@gamejitzu I'd be very interested in a 3rd party game with a Nintendo character on the cover. Hell, I'd love to see Ridley eventually get into a Mortal Kombat game. He'd be perfect for it.
@@TheAbsol7448 Now that I think about it, Captain Falcon could also make a pretty cool fit for street fighter
Oh, that'd be cool!
Brooo that MvC2 soundtrack almost made me cry of nostalgia
*I WANNA TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE~!*
I STILL NEED TO KNOW THAT SONG AT 14:16
@@JuanRodriguez-cb4hb In case anyone wants to know, it's the Clock Tower Stage BGM from MvC2
When Snake was revealed in smash, man did me and my brothers lost our mind back then.
I knew about Amingo and Ruby Heart only being from MvC2, but i didn't know about Horimaru (he seems cool, thought.)
I only played once Ready to Rumble 2, but couldn't remember about Mickael Jackson there.
This video was awesome with the editing, and the story.
Cover the RWBY girls, the includion and the creator wish is a cool story.
I approve of this.
Hope you did well on your job interview!
Haha! Thanks. :)
Comment Crossover?
The first thing I thought of when I heard ‘Crossover’
To my knowledge, the first crossover fighter was SNK's The King of Fighters '94. It not only featured characters from other fighting games of the SNK stable, like Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting, but from older, non-fighting arcade games by SNK, such as Ikari Warriors and Psycho Soldier. as well.
it all Started with Fatal Fury Special, with Art of Fighting's Ryo appeared.
By Capcom side is 1993 Saturday Night Slam Master and the 1994 sequel Ring Of Destruction:Slam Master 2 featuring Haggar from Final Fight as playable character later started with street fighter with final fight character.
Slam Master is also a part of street fighter universe too like rival school and captain commando.
+PHANTOM GAMER Speaking of Rival School, that explains are Sakura Kasugano is in the roster.
@@conradojavier7547 two of rival school characters appear on SFV
I'm fond of Ruby Heart. She's one of the few things i still like from MvC2. I'm glad Capcom hasn't forgotten her at least.
"Gave these characters unique movesets."
Sonic: Mr. Spindash
Amazing topic to talk about!!
A lot of people are not a fan of guest characters in fighting games...
Yeah, i understand that the fans will get one less slot for a character of that own franchise...But in return we usually get amazing characters with unique move sets and dialogues from franchises that usually never had a good fighting game before...
And there is also great in the long run, because it brings different kind of fans into the game!! For a fact I even know some friends that gave a chance for Injustice just because Sub-Zero and Hellboy where in it...and nowadays they are fans of the franchise!!
Thank you! I think Netherrealm does guest characters really really well. Probably the best in the entire genre. They always seem to pick the right guests for their game.
@@Stumblebee To be honest with you...even if my friends loved, I'm not a fan of Netherealm putting MK characters on the Injustice franchise, yes it is kinda Kool...but is not as cool as seeing proper comic book guest characters in there you know?If I want to play MK characters I can just go play go just play MK...
But the rest is amazing!! They do a really good job picking the characters and making them fit!!
@Shaman X oh trust me...there are plent of people like that...just go to the comment section of any guest character annauciment and you will problaby find some of them...
Kind of a moot subject, theres always a character that we don't play in fighting games, guest character or not
Gonna need you to talk about the Daytona car and Pepsiman
Liked just because the bojack intro
Edit: Well thanks for the heart
Always like anyone who likes bojack.
Get ready to add Shaggy to your list
...Or not. Tyler Lansdown deconfirmed any possibility of him being added to the game, stating, "Shaggy will not be in the game. At all. Ever. Sorry, dead meme."
R.I.P.
@@tylerlaunius7396 cartoon network punch time explosion 2
I mean, if you play mugan.
I would totally watch this as a continued series talking about more examples.
Amazing video. You did Akuma's inclusion in Tekken 7 justice!
Actually Gon was the first tekken guest character.
Dammit!!! I sound dumb.
Except akuma in t7 wasnt a guest character as much as it was an attemp to make TEKKENXSF canon so it really isnt a guest charscter at that stage
It sucks that he didn't mention Akuma was the very first guest character in any fighting game, ever.
_(X-Men: Children of the Atom)._
0:17 *pauses video*
HOLD UP THIS WAS A THING??
*googles video*
OMFG IT WAS
You think that was unexpected, The Punisher also faced off against Slim Shady
For some reason
And Archie vs. Predator was also a thing
@Failingpepper 11 Well, in that story, Em did kill The Punisher while saying something like " I am Slim Shady, bitch. "
2:49 I like how in the montage you just skiped Sm4sh.
Hahaha I noticed that too!
Game never happened.
There are many guest characters from games that I like. Instead I'll just give a shoutout to the first game I played that had a guest character. That being an obscure game on the N64 called ClayFighter 63 1/3 which featured both Earthworm Jim (who would also guest in the PC version of Battle Arena Toshinden) and Boogerman.
"well thought out movesets"
sonic has his side b and down b as the same move
Shovel knight being an assist trophy and master chief not making it are 2 things I'll never forgive
Snake is the best guest character reveal in smash bros history. Change my mind
Ima still subscribe but DAMN you for making that "whatever Red Steel was" comment. Take my like and subscription but I dare, nay, I IMPLORE you to give Red Steel another playthrough, and do a video or mention it in one. Red Steel was a great game with great splitscreen that still holds up and I will die on this hill.
Michael Jackson, Shaq and the Clintons as guest characters: I sleep
Bruce Buffer as final boss: R E A L S H I T
Also Sakurai pls take a vacation :)
Isn't it Michael Buffer?
Yeah, i thought it was Michael Buffer, on Monday Nitro. Hunter Hearst Helmsley had the perfect parody. Probably Jeremy Borash is a more famous ring announcer than the Luigi of ring ammouncing.
Uhh...Netherrealm Studios with their cameos? Starting off with Freddy Kruger and Kratos then moving on X with Jason and Predator was pretty cool. Letherface, Alien, Hellboy, and the TMNT were also amazing introductions to their respective games.
"Snake REALLY likes guns..." he doesn't use one gun in smash...
I think I've said it before, but I really love your content dude! I appreciate fighting games so much, and seeing other people talk about specific things in fighting games is great! Have you thought about making a video where you talk about different / creative fighting game mechanics? Some examples could be how Phoenix Wright works in MVC3, or the GRD system in UNIST?
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I had an idea for this exact video! I think it'll be the next thing I seriously take a look at doing.
Snake reveal was honestly the very first time I felt real excitement from a videogame as a kid.
Nintendo is too powerful.
I cant believe no one in the comments mentioned that Scorpion isn't the main character in MK. He became a mascot in MK9 alongside Sub Zero, but NRS ditched Sub and now everyone believes Scorpion is the ''main character'' when in in fact its actually Liu Kang. 4 games in a row in the old games, one spin off game and in MK11.
Thank you I did not know that, just shows you how poorly researched this video is, he COMPLETELY ignored SNK Crossovers, the inventor of it in Fighting Games and the direct inspiration for Capcom Vs. series and Super Smash Brothers.
I actually consider Son Son III as her own character, she has a lot of uniqueness’ to make her different from the character she was inspired by.
I just subbed to your channel after watching JMcroft's new video yesterday...
Dude, your videos are just amazing. I'm glad I learned about this channel. Keep up the great work!!
"Snake really loves guns, explosives, and weapons"
You mean explosives.
Any chance you could do a vid on BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle at some point?
I've been wanting to get into an anime AF game for a while now, and I think BBCTB is it, so I'll think of an angle to attack that video on!
@Strider Xanthos for the 5th fate we got: Neptunia, Arcana Heart, Melty Blood, Fate Stay Night, And Jojo.
But remember the 5th fate is pink and it matches the protagonist of the series that have pink in their Main color.
wow I'm amazed MJ was actually involved in Ready 2 rumble
I’m still shook to this day about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in Injustice 2. It was like the best thing ever
Wish that SonSon, Ruby Heart and Amingo got more chances to shine
Amingo would have been fun in SSBU.
One of my favourite guest characters were Hellboy and the Ninja Turtles I’m Injustice. I was really happy they decided to keep the guest characters in Injustice exclusively comic book characters instead of using film or tv characters.
Featuring Dante From The Devil May Cry™ Series
Oh gawd Stumblerzz I've been lurkin' for a few weeks thinkin 'oh man, another video game nostalgist' but you are the first one in a minute who gave a Def Jam Shoutout so here's a like and a sub and a comment hope you make a billion bucks off this video
Great video man 👌👌👌
Thanks! It's my personal favorite one I've done so far. :)
4:18 i'd argue that snakes moveset is not at all based on snake. For one, he doesn't even use guns in smash. Just explosives. Snake is from a stealth series, not a michael bay film. His knife and tranq gun should have been the focus of his moveset, rather than explosives.
Including Akuma in Tekken 7 took YEARS of planning to work out. Meanwhile, in smash brothers: "Hey can you put in Solid Snake?" 'Yea sure we'll give him his own signature easter egg too."
Considering that the idea for including Snake in Smash happened late in Melee's development, while Brawl didn't come out until over 6 years later, I'd say the planning in this case also took several years.
Once again, Hideo Kojima was the man who revolutionized gaming. If Snake hadn't been in Brawl, newer Smash titles could have looked very different.
I can't wait for the Mortal Kombat episode. There are so many guest characters and r they are all unique!
Now Terry Bogard is in the Smash Bros Ultimate
Kinda hoped you'd mention Cloud being added to Smash. That sent the whole world on fire! Maybe even more than Snake!
It's all about who was the first
The first fighting video game to get a guest appearence was fatal fury 2 and after that art of fighting 2 back in the early 90's. Then the first cross over game to have multiple game characters from different games in one game was the king if fighters 1994.
This was a great episode and a great idea for a series. Finally, TH-cam recommendations actually recommending something I'd like... except I'm sure this was just a coincidence and it's right back to recommending me stuff I don't care about. Regardless, great work on and I look forward to more.
However, I would be lying if I said that this confused me. The title suggest you would go through a brief summary of guest characters in video games but then went into 4 different topics unrelated to the subject. I felt this episode should've just introduced what you were planning on doing and give a brief overview of guest characters and split up these 4 topics into their own episodes. I know it's a pilot and maybe you have plans to actually cover specific topics, but it took me off guard and, even though it was a great video, I was confused because I was expecting a more linear history lesson.
Hopefully this was just a fluke and next episode you can just take it easy and just cover one topic at a time. Well, regardless, I do look forward to seeing what you have next.
Thanks for the help! This was a bit of an exploratory thing with a few one-off crossovers I thought were significant. Definitely going to stick to a series-per-episode in the future. And hey, feel free to subscribe to see when I upload another!
I can’t believe that KoF (or at least Fatal Fury Special and Art of Fighting 2) wasn’t mentioned.
I know, typical American biased towards Capcom/Nintendo
19:29 since when was Scorpion ever the main character of Mortal Kombat? It's almost always been Liu Kang or maybe even Raiden. Scorpion is important, but he was never THE main character of an MK game. He's only on all of the box art because he's Ed Boons personal favorite character
Not to mention he's the one that's a part of the NetherRealm studios logo
Him and sub zero are the most recognizable characters from mk by the general public that’s why
Met J well yeah but Pikachu isn’t the main character of the Pokémon franchise. And Ryu isn’t the main protagonist in every SF either. Alex was in SF3, but Ryu is still on the box. And in SFV, Ryu is legit only in like 2 scenes of the story mode, despite being the only character on the box. You never at any point play as Cayde in Destiny either. It’s not that rare of a thing to do. Most iconic doesn’t always mean main character.
Another quality vid thanks for your hard work
All I know is that I flipped my shiet when I saw that RWBY characters would appear in Blazblue Crosstag Battle, even if the devs were super greedy when it came to the roster.
Also, I definitely can’t wait to seen what guest characters we’ll get in Smash Ultimate’s DLC. If we got Persona 5’s Joker as our *very* first choice, then imagine how crazy the other choices must be!
Also, including Donkey Kong in Punch-Out for the Wii was pretty cool. A funny story is that originally Little Mac was supposed to duke it out against Peach rather than DK, but Nintendo thought that they’d get into controversy with woman who thought her getting decked in the face would be offensive. So they decided to use the King of Kongs instead.
Which’s the better option imo, since Peach would’ve felt pretty out of place due to how non-combative she is, whereas DK is a huge, powerful, 8-foot tall hulking gorilla. But hey, at least all three of them get to square off nowadays in Smash Bros!
Raider 2747 Disagree, but to each their own.
Another good channel TH-cam random selected for me and I subscribed. Nice!
The most intricate crossover of all time: Thats so sweet life, of Hannah Montana.
Amingo is originally from a Dreamcast game called Samba De Amigo. It was a rhythm game develop by Capcom in which you used maracas kind of like you would in Guitar Hero.
Akuma being revealed for Tekken 7 blew my mind
simplemandude being part of Tekken lore was the real mind blower
This is a quality video and I approve!
on a side note I did forget about ready to rumble boxing wow that's a nostalgic throwback
We need Ultra Instinct Shaggy in Tekken pls
He might be in mortal kombat
Nah he has to be in dbzf
Warner Bros owns Mortal Kombat
Scooby Doo is a property of Warner Bros
Checkmate
@@christophercerritos9582 or if u rlly wanna be crazy, injustice 3
Shaggy is a DEAD MEME. ⚰️
This video was great
I'm surprised you didn't talk more about Soul Calibur 2. I know that wasn't the first fighting game with guest characters, but I feel like it was the one that started the trend of using guest characters as a major selling point, not just a fun bonus. I know I'm not the only one who bought it because of Link.
Next time! :)
to be honest akuma waiting for kazuya to get stronger is totally what he would do if you know the lore you know akuma hated one sided battles
Scorpion has never been the main character in MK, he's just the poster boy with my man Sub-Zero. The main character is and always has been(until X that is) Liu Kang....
Jofrid aarsvold folkedal not really
He was... until Deadly Alliance (I think it was) and the end of MK9.
Great video, very thorough. You've earned yourself a subscriber.
Little Mac isn’t the main character in super punch out
3:34 mgs twin snakeswas released on gamecube in 2004. 4 years before brawl also the mgs games were on 1987 for the nes
Special Shoutout to Urban Reigns. Basically Def Jam from Namco. It even features 3 special guest characters which are Paul Phoenix and Marshall Law from Tekken and they're very well implemented. I wish that they would've make it a full Tekken featured cast and balance it well so every character is viable. Same thing for Def Jam FFNY. The stats ruin those games for fair vs gaming.
Stumbled across that during the making of this video! Seems unique. Will check it out for future installments of this series.
mike Tyson in punchout was a celebrity cameo as well.
also amingo was dope! i mained that cuate in mv2 and Mugen and besides him being a Mexican stereotype and i being a Mexican i don't see it offensive at all somehow. i even wished mexicans wore colorful charros and ponchos more often. this post was made by the amingo gang (never forget)
I miss Amingo and Ruby Heart man
Insta subbed, guest characters are what got me and probably a ton of other people into fighting games
PLEASE PLEASE TALK ABOUT DEF JAM! it's one of the best fighting games of all time and doesn't get enough recognition or love.
Where the hell have you been dude!! You were on a roll pumping out content! Now I've been dying because it's Been over a month!!
Gotta update this video when Shaggy is in MK11
Shaggy is a DEAD MEME. ⚰️
So hyped you mentioned Ready 2 Rumble. I loved that game as a kid!
“The history of Fighting game guest characters” doesn’t mention SNK at ALL. No Ryo sakazaki in Fatal Fury Special, the first Fighting game guest character and crossover, no KOF which was the first crossover Fighting game and inspired all of Capcom’s Vs. series and was the direct inspiration for Super Smash Brothers, once again Americans bias towards Capcom and /or Nintendo showing their lack of FGC knowledge.
Very disappointing, I hope your next video is more well researched.
This is true.
loved the video, but i feel you went on a tangent at the end, because the video was a guest characters in fighting games, and it somehow ended about originals characters in mvc2. Which is fine, i really hope you do talk about the grand daddy of all guest characters series, King of Fighters.
Can you do a video on MK vs. DC Universe?
Noted!
Stumblebee yay
I just realized I only main guest characters I main akuma in tekken 7, 2b in sc6, joker in mk11, jason in mkx, sub zero in injustice 2, and bayoneta in ssb4/ultimate
Looking forward to see that Def Jam For NY video
I REALLY recommend you checking Aris (avoiding the puddle) playthrough of def jam.
Bruce Lee appearing in UFC might not be a big deal to most fighting game fans but, to us Martial Artists who grew up being inspired by Bruce Lee, it was something interesting.
A shame Ruby Heart doesn't get any love these days. If only Sakurai-san considered her for SSBU, even for just a support trophy.
Great Channel. Keep up the great work
MGS2 was on GameCube bud.
Link? Are you sure you're not thinking of the MGS1 remake?
Stumblebee Oh you’re right I’m wrong lol. I was thinking of Twin Snakes lol.
In a disguise of MGS1 remake. But with bad Matrix like anime cutscenes.
Womp Womp Wooooomp
@Mesut Bektaş That would have been cool though. Instead they resorted to making the almost exactly the same game as MGS1 but with purty graphics, bullet-time, kung-fu and MGS2 mechanics that practically break the game design.
Scorpion is a iconic character for Mortal Kombat but he was hardly the protagonist for that series. It was usually Liu Kang but from Deadly Alliance onwards, it became a game series with a rotating Protagonist (different one for each game)
But Smash is a Party Game not a Fighting game
It's a fighting game.
It’s still a fighting game. Just not a traditional one
Master Hero Soccer guy stated that it's a party game, it just has a competitive fanbase
gr8 b8 m8
Bites The Dust that doesn’t mean it’s not a fighting game.
I just liked this. Thank you for it.
No king of fighters? That game was practically the first one back in 1994.
To much time wasted in smash that isnt even a fighting game.
I fall under the umbrella of smash being a hybrid 'party/platform fighting game'. Imagine Cricket and Baseball. Both bat and ball sports, but fundamentally different types of game played by almost completely separate communities.
@@Stumblebee no king of fighters 😢
Oh, and I'm definitely going to touch on KOF in the next one of these I do. The fact that they threw the dudes from Ikari Warriors in a fighting game is hilarious.
@ALongLeggedPissedOffPuertoRican it's a pushing game.
Saerch up the best selling fighting game then we'll talk.
Ahhh Ruby. How I miss you!