The Fighting Game That Just Can't Catch A Break - Skullgirls

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  • Skullgirls is a 2D fighting game initially developed by Reverge Labs and published by Autumn Games in 2012 for the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade.
    Featuring tag team-based combat and a unique art style, the game quickly developed a passionate community with grassroots efforts building up its esports scene. However, as a competitive title, Skullgirls has seen its fair share of ups and downs, never quite having the big break its player base had hoped for.
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  • @Akshonesports
    @Akshonesports  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2359

    Hey guys, we hope you liked this piece on Skullgirls! What other games/esports scenes do you want to see us cover in future videos?

  • @zyonhenderson67
    @zyonhenderson67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10525

    I'll say this about Skullgirls. The characters have the most personality Ive seen with their combos.

    • @LucarioredLR
      @LucarioredLR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +783

      I love Big Band making quick talk about his instruments as he whacks you with them, and Filia and Squigly calling their parasite's names too

    • @zyonhenderson67
      @zyonhenderson67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +484

      @@LucarioredLR That wresleter dude is my favorite really. Him using his chair for combos is hillarious

    • @harkaran6355
      @harkaran6355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +433

      Yeah I really like looking at there “Personalities”

    • @yocelestia
      @yocelestia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Why the first sentence.. It's completely redundant

    • @MintyPolaroid
      @MintyPolaroid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +223

      @@yocelestia people usually say "I'll say this" about things they want to keep brief, or aren't comfortable talking about

  • @always_serpico
    @always_serpico 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6831

    Skullgirls is the most talked about fighting game no one plays.

    • @Mintcar923
      @Mintcar923 3 ปีที่แล้ว +276

      I played it like two weeks ago.. Just like Marvel vs Capcom 3 I forgot how good it was..

    • @therealestmannyt1029
      @therealestmannyt1029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +331

      It’s great but you can’t really recommend it that often

    • @AnonymousGentooman
      @AnonymousGentooman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      i only really play it if a friend comes over, which is not often, specially with the current situation

    • @dakewllicher3522
      @dakewllicher3522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +203

      Fighting game require alot of stuff to keep on playing time dedication practice a good ping opponent etc so yeah... ;/ people dont play it often cuz they get destroyed

    • @PsychicLoser
      @PsychicLoser 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Melty Blood
      Fixed that for you.

  • @joshawottva
    @joshawottva 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2796

    The fact that every single frame of the characters’ animations were hand drawn is amazing. I can’t believe it was all done without pay

    • @xmarksthespot1372
      @xmarksthespot1372 3 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      Your dealing with TRUE game designers here. We need more like this.

    • @MrMarinus18
      @MrMarinus18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +237

      Another thing is that the developers are not greedy. They actually gave their game engine to another Indie studio for free. That Indie studio was Mane 6 who used it to makes Them's fighting Herds.

    • @EdmacZ
      @EdmacZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Sometimes, people just want to do things for fun.

    • @freshlymemed5680
      @freshlymemed5680 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      As of today anyone who owned skullgirls but none of its dlc gets their game upgraded free of charge. Thats 4 characters, voiced cutscenes and more free of charge. If thats not passion for the craft I dont know what is.

    • @RameoMTL
      @RameoMTL 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Those were the days. When all of the fighting games were hand drawn. I'm still at awe everytime I look at KOF 13

  • @c.l.6957
    @c.l.6957 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1020

    I like how every character in Skullgirls has at least 2 big design traits to pull from so the jokes/animations/tropes don't get old. If Squigly was JUST a cute zombie, it'd get old cuz we've seen it before, but she's also a singer and has a dragon that can attack with her, so she has suprisingly amazing variety. Ms. Fortune isn't JUST Frankenstein's monster, she's a pun-loving cat Frankenstein monster. Cerebella has a muscle hat AND is a trapeze artist, etc. etc.
    I think it's smart design to combine tropes together in order to create something unique with them

    • @memorableman3709
      @memorableman3709 2 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      Big band is a tank kind of person that is a detective. But hes not just ANY detective, hes a big detective that is literally a breathing, walking instrument.

    • @tolvajtamas8567
      @tolvajtamas8567 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ms Fortune is definitely my favourite. She is an undead, a catgirl, Schrödinger's cat, a thief, a gang member, she has good puns and her body is mutated. Purrfect!

    • @detritus3676
      @detritus3676 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @Memorable Man
      To quote Skullgirl Marie herself, he is a “giant tuba man”

    • @Micha-Hil
      @Micha-Hil 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      And big band is big and a ba- oh

    • @ikarainijirai4285
      @ikarainijirai4285 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Ms Fortune is literally a walking pun herself, as not only does her name sound like "Misfortune", but she's also (to my knowledge) based on the idea of Schrödinger's cat

  • @remratsuken
    @remratsuken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3065

    yeah, disemboweling your opponents in a fighting game is cool, but what about playing as a 5000 lb jazz master pure-brass musician or 287 lb wolf made of folded steel and raw sex appeal?

    • @DoomRater
      @DoomRater 3 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      And have said wolf dude PICK UP SAID BRASS MAN WITH ONE HAND AND JUST WALK AROUND LIKE IT'S NO BIG DEAL!

    • @remratsuken
      @remratsuken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      @@DoomRater *"WHAT'CHA GONNA DO?"*
      [A HIGH RISK MANEUVER!]

    • @Lkjhgfvf
      @Lkjhgfvf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      WULFAMANIA RUNNING WILD!

    • @acehealer4212
      @acehealer4212 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Gotta love The Boys of Skullgirls

    • @thesupremenecroticdakimakura
      @thesupremenecroticdakimakura 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      I still can't get over the fact that Big Band uses kick pedals for his kicks. It's so gloriously dumb.

  • @alexanderstilianov
    @alexanderstilianov 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3624

    It's funny how the investors just noped out when they heard the name Konami. Can't blame them at all.

    • @ThePokefreak98
      @ThePokefreak98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +357

      Its almost as if Konami has a history of bullshit 🙄

    • @chromosaur2560
      @chromosaur2560 3 ปีที่แล้ว +247

      ThePokefreak98 Looks at Silent Hills P.T.
      ᵍᵒᵈᵈᵃᵐⁿ ʸᵒᵘ ᴷᵒⁿᵃᵐᶦ

    • @oneangryboi408
      @oneangryboi408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      It doesn't help either that they yeeted Kojima's engine that is extremely beloved out the window for Unity Engine 5. Oh yeah, they're just making leaks out of their own boats.

    • @justjoking5252
      @justjoking5252 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      *mEtAl GeAr SuRvIvE iS sTiLl ReLeVaNt, RiGhT?*

    • @korhol2065
      @korhol2065 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      NO WAY
      We ain’t gonna get sued for something stupid

  • @kotoroxi4278
    @kotoroxi4278 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3986

    "skullgirls is great for beginners"
    Me joining online for 4 seconds: **obliterated**
    edit after two years: Yeah, the matchmaking for online versus sucks because you could be placed against someone with a higher skill level than you. And one thing about Skullgirls is that surely, it's a good first step for a fighting game, but it's also one of the most technical and most difficult to learn because of it's combo system and playstyles

    • @littlemissyoungblood3823
      @littlemissyoungblood3823 3 ปีที่แล้ว +183

      The matchmaking in the VS mode kinda sucks. ( I meant in the mobile one. )

    • @letsrank9349
      @letsrank9349 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      @@littlemissyoungblood3823 That is why I only play Competitive. All base stats and no marquees.

    • @killeraimgaming3468
      @killeraimgaming3468 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      On god 50 hit combos

    • @The4stro
      @The4stro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      skullgirls is actually what got me into fighting games in the first place. but... skullgirls is not great for begginers i'd have to say. it's not a bad introduction into fighting games, but it's a brutal one

    • @zacktheth1ng374
      @zacktheth1ng374 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I think Shadow fight 2 is a good beginner friendly game

  • @nezumiku6641
    @nezumiku6641 3 ปีที่แล้ว +641

    If you're watching now, Skullgirls has gotten a new dev team comprised of the old team minus Mike Z, and they are releasing a season pass with the first character, Annie, being available in Beta now.

    • @Hondunu
      @Hondunu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Plus, Skullgirls has finally reached the EVO stage, albeit online.

    • @sachizumi2177
      @sachizumi2177 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes very pog

    • @Crawver
      @Crawver 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      I like to look at skullgirls as the game that refuses to die. It has been dealt such a truly awful hand, and should have fallen apart on numerous occasions. But seemingly through sheer force of will, the people behind it just keep it barely afloat. This isn't like Melee, that just seems incapable of dying, and it's honestly pretty admirable how much passion has gone into this game.

    • @BknMoonStudios
      @BknMoonStudios 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@Crawver Agreed.
      If Melee had the support of Nintendo, it would soar to the skies. But as we all know, Nintendo would kill it and everyone playing if they could. Melee's biggest threat is its creator.
      For Skullgirls, it's more a case of TERRIBLE luck and controversy. Yet it still keeps kicking thanks to its devs.

    • @bluegamer07
      @bluegamer07 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is this the mobile or PC version?

  • @SeaSloth095
    @SeaSloth095 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3984

    I remember playing the mobile version and wanted to play the actual version and i never knew this is a game where the developers didn’t get paid for a year, imagine how much more popular this game would’ve been if they we’re paid

    • @juanrodriguez9971
      @juanrodriguez9971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +272

      Imagine how much popularity it could have won if if was released last year, just like Cuphead, a really good game with passionate and talented people working on it spending as much as they need to spend just for finish their beloved game, and then winning the love of the fans making it way more popular with that lovely development story.

    • @davidgn40
      @davidgn40 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      You can easily get skullgirls for around $1 on sites like Fanatical on a good sale.

    • @GaaraUzumakiGaara
      @GaaraUzumakiGaara 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      What is interesting is that there was 2 mobile versions, one was really shitty and the other is the fighting gacha we actually have. Even so the game is balanced af and the only fighting game that is playable on mobile as even dropping tons of cash you can't whale.

    • @myass1547
      @myass1547 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@GaaraUzumakiGaara whats whale

    • @clockhanded
      @clockhanded 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Funny thing is, that mobile game is DOPE. They easily could have changed the mechanics to make it a popular online RPG rather than the gacha/mobile style. As someone who sucks at fighting games, the mobile game is my actual preference. Hands down, the best mobile game I ever played.

  • @sonofbattra1081
    @sonofbattra1081 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4390

    With all the people saying they love this game it makes me wonder why nobody's ever in a lobby 😔

    • @loafofbread9400
      @loafofbread9400 3 ปีที่แล้ว +299

      @Jamel P. Burgess i have 300 hours playing only LAN
      Edit: just playing with small group of friends never really online play

    • @Professor_Utonium_
      @Professor_Utonium_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      fr dude, SG is a poser game

    • @Kilesfactor
      @Kilesfactor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +299

      Because I’m trash at it lopl
      I get fucked so hard online.

    • @loafofbread9400
      @loafofbread9400 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      @@Professor_Utonium_ similar situation with persona 5 lol

    • @saaah707
      @saaah707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +202

      fighting games just aren't that popular. only the major franchises can barely maintain a sufficient player base for online matchmaking. the rest take about 3 weeks to become completely dead games. they have automatic matchmaking and ranking ladders but there's no point because you can't find a match without arranging it on a community discord.

  • @senorcarlito-6119
    @senorcarlito-6119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +517

    Skullgirls is the literal Team Fortress 2 of fighting games

    • @mikethegoo
      @mikethegoo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I thought about TF2 too! I guess I just love the underdog games!

    • @thenumber24
      @thenumber24 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      honestly even more fitting, considering TF2 almost had Skullgirls cosmetics

    • @kayagorzan
      @kayagorzan 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@thenumber24 From what I’ve seen, I like them, but not as all-class cosmetics

  • @Hectotane
    @Hectotane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1549

    I wanted to say, "Lab-0 should really add more characters."
    But wow! The people behind Skullgirls had NO MONEY?! That's harsh. But that's slightly above Rooster Teeth's status as a slave labor camp.

    • @catrielmarignaclionti4518
      @catrielmarignaclionti4518 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      morally Lab 0 is heaven while Rosster teeth is hell

    • @Rkay2day
      @Rkay2day 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Wait what happened in rooster teeth?

    • @miclonolds6394
      @miclonolds6394 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      Rooster teeth: its over, lab-0, I have the high ground!
      Lab-0: you may have the high ground, but I have a terraformer.

    • @SicklySeraph
      @SicklySeraph 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Even for the DLC characters, they were incredibly underpayed for it but still did it it anyways. One character costed around $240k

    • @delsind7187
      @delsind7187 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Welp Annie of the stars for 2021

  • @iliakatster
    @iliakatster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6820

    The one thing no one talks about is that the narrator collabed with a hentai artist to advertise the game.

    • @hobbitrash7815
      @hobbitrash7815 3 ปีที่แล้ว +955

      Oh right zone, that parody is really well done lmao

    • @jellyjojojamz
      @jellyjojojamz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +335

      Squigly Zone skin nyes

    • @shadowjmg2
      @shadowjmg2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1037

      I mean said hentai artist was one of the animators for the game.

    • @consumerjtc5835
      @consumerjtc5835 3 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      Fillia was it?

    • @RandmAnimal
      @RandmAnimal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +583

      Ngl collabing with zone is a power move

  • @popinsock8091
    @popinsock8091 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4427

    The devs are just so talented. The mobile version doesn't lose its charm or Polish. It Able to take the basic of the original and add things to make it fit the mobile app. Any Time I have lil extra money I donate to them

    • @Ninja-The-Red-Shinobi
      @Ninja-The-Red-Shinobi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      It was very nice of Autumn Games to allow LabZero to overlook and help Hidden Variable Studio when it came to work on the mobile game. because of all that a new character for the mobile game is being made and if it sells really well that character MIGHT make it over to the main game.

    • @stanleychen2584
      @stanleychen2584 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      yeah but the gacha aspect is kinda annoying

    • @khongbiettuc7445
      @khongbiettuc7445 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@stanleychen2584 if you are a collected , it would be true . But if you play to win , there are plenty of good variant that are easily to obtain just by playing to game

    • @BreadKrumb
      @BreadKrumb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Not too sure about the mobile version...
      *Cough*
      Microtransactions
      *Cough*

    • @xan.xet.
      @xan.xet. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Honestly mobile version ain't that bad I have'nt paid for anything yet I'm doing absolutely well.

  • @lucystarlight8887
    @lucystarlight8887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +310

    Skullgirls is the kind of game that I absolutely love watching, even though I could probably never learn to play it myself

    • @Naiobia
      @Naiobia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Lol I have these exact feelings for smash. Can't rlly strive to be a pro

    • @alexanderlora6850
      @alexanderlora6850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      When you have 200 hours playing as and only as Beowulf, and all other Beowulfs still kick your ass, you kind of give up.

    • @Fallen-Saint
      @Fallen-Saint 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      From when I played years back. It was pretty easy. I know there is a tutorial.

  • @myboy_
    @myboy_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +764

    I've seen a bunch of people in the comments saying "I would play but there's never anyone online." That wouldn't be a problem if everyone making that comment just played with eachother lmao

    • @Amsel_616
      @Amsel_616 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      "Be the change you want to see in the world."

    • @MrMarinus18
      @MrMarinus18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      That is kind of an issue though. A fighting game kind of needs a critical mass of players. Enough so that you can reliably find someone to fight in under a minute.

    • @valentinpranno5636
      @valentinpranno5636 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Its not that dead tho, i recently bought the game and i find person to play in a lapse of 1 minute :/

    • @narutosayan9925
      @narutosayan9925 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@valentinpranno5636 Do you live on USA or Europe? Because in Europe there aren't many players

    • @radioactivedragonite2420
      @radioactivedragonite2420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don't limit urself to Ur own region!!!! The rollback netcode is godly and its insane this game has it!!!! Legit regularly play games with 200+ms and fees fine!!!

  • @HolyHadou
    @HolyHadou 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1861

    I completely forgot that Konami published this thing first go around. Why does Konami have to be a donkey to developers?

    • @neonoah3353
      @neonoah3353 3 ปีที่แล้ว +173

      Komoney only cares about one thing.

    • @ToaKoran
      @ToaKoran 3 ปีที่แล้ว +206

      @@neonoah3353
      Pachinko?

    • @lennywright5655
      @lennywright5655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      Because Konami is Konami and Konami is the worst.

    • @Celestialbeing21
      @Celestialbeing21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Save bloody roar.
      Sniff* look how they massacred my boy.

    • @Biouke
      @Biouke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@ToaKoran And gyms. Not kidding, video games have never been their main activity. They really cared for it as long as it made them easy money.

  • @blecnes3980
    @blecnes3980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2777

    Skullgirs fans: the game is dying.
    Tf2 fans: first time?

    • @BarakaTheGreat
      @BarakaTheGreat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      TF2 Classic my friend, check it out. It’s gaining popularity fast

    • @23UAS
      @23UAS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      @@BarakaTheGreat I bought it on steam recently as I heard there was an increase in online activity. And it's worth every cent I spent on it. Not only there is a campaign with ones of the most astonishing levels I've seen, but online multiplayer is such more energetic and less frustrating then in Apex/other session FPS/battleroyals.
      And the movement deserves it's own mentioning: it's so satisfying and so deep for mastering. Such shame this game did not get recognition it deserves.

    • @kennygallagher4700
      @kennygallagher4700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      League of Legends: I've died once a year for the last decade, you'll be fine.

    • @nunothedude
      @nunothedude 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yeah :(

    • @MrCornholio1812
      @MrCornholio1812 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Geometry dash players e.e

  • @anajohnson3188
    @anajohnson3188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +272

    12:04 "Although we may not know what is in store for Skullgirls' future-"
    *laughs in Annie: Child of the Stars*

  • @247MrNiceguy
    @247MrNiceguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1162

    0:24 Hmmm that gameplay looks familiar. That ganon player has a nice name though

  • @Awxxrd
    @Awxxrd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1481

    started playing skullgirls because the combos looked super cool, was not disappointed, it is a pretty fun game

    • @catherineg.2052
      @catherineg.2052 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Cool! Who's your main?

    • @bedivere8474
      @bedivere8474 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@catherineg.2052 ms fortune

    • @minhquannguyen6192
      @minhquannguyen6192 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I started playing Skullgirls when I watched that "i main big band" video. The sound was terrible and loud, but the combo system and the art style were absolutely perfect. I've played a couple fighting games before, but none have come to that combo level of Skullgirls. I was really impressed that you actually perform combo, not pushing guard all the time, wait for an open opportunity and hit hard with a few kicks / punches > repeat. 10/10 my heart belongs to Marie that poor girl.

    • @kimera2450
      @kimera2450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@catherineg.2052 Look at my profile pic

    • @ansrfururactions
      @ansrfururactions 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@catherineg.2052 Filia

  • @silverstarofsootclan7507
    @silverstarofsootclan7507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +818

    I've never played skullgirls, but I would constantly get it recommended to me. I think I'll finally get it, always looked fun

    • @FloatingShorts
      @FloatingShorts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Its worth the money

    • @slushie.2332
      @slushie.2332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      FloatingShorts yep it’s really worth it

    • @NotEvenSquidward
      @NotEvenSquidward 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      You should! It needs a little love right now. Recently, since Sonicfox does so well, they added him to the game as a background character to show up in one of the maps sometimes. Since hes a furry, people review bombed the whole game! It's ridiculous! Im no furry but its a fucking background character. Just pick another stage ffs

    • @protocetid
      @protocetid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@NotEvenSquidward gamers: "Cancel culture is the worst! And it's always those spooky SJWs doing it."
      also gamers: "Game has a furry in the background?? Cancel it!"

    • @redacted5092
      @redacted5092 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@NotEvenSquidward you seem like a rather reliable person to receive information from. How about you give me a run down on what to expect since I too have bought the game recently and don't really know what to expect.

  • @duchi882
    @duchi882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +501

    Skullgirls' Hand-drawn Aesthetic together with its visually appealing moves and combos oozing of personality from each character
    add to that its catchy music, gives the player one of the best Fighting Game experience.

  • @TigerKirby215
    @TigerKirby215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +928

    Mike Z: *Threatens to tank the entirety of Lab Zero games due to his personality.*
    Skullgirls community: "Augh shit; here we go again."

    • @royce536
      @royce536 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      What did he do? I haven't followed in a long while like since its first launch to second encore.

    • @beaty_orange9728
      @beaty_orange9728 3 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      @@royce536 mike Z was being shitty to the employees of Lab Zero so most of the employees left since mike Z wouldn't retire

    • @queazy03
      @queazy03 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      SJW's infested the place, got to Peter who suddenly turned gay despite fawning over women before. They tried to mutiny but couldn't overtake the captain, hence left in a mass exodus

    • @frogg4711
      @frogg4711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +238

      @@queazy03 imagine unironically complaining about SJWs in 2020

    • @KhaoticFrosty
      @KhaoticFrosty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +198

      @@queazy03 You know what's more annoying than SJWs? Anti-SJWs who constantly complain about them when they aren't even involved.

  • @jimbofalling9887
    @jimbofalling9887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +829

    The music in Skullgirls is fire ngl

  • @admiraldesto2170
    @admiraldesto2170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +598

    I don’t know why, but this made me want a good, 3D Godzilla fighting game like unleashed, but balanced for competitive

    • @nohrianscum9791
      @nohrianscum9791 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      I have no idea why Skullgirls would make you think of that but I agree.

    • @stevencisneros9306
      @stevencisneros9306 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah, and Akshon Esports, please make a video as to why a Godzilla vs Kong fighting game needs to happen

    • @lnecbaal
      @lnecbaal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      also. need a new Warpath-Jurassic park. why is there no good dinosaur fighting games?

    • @Joseph_Lambert
      @Joseph_Lambert 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      shut up, godzilla fanboy

    • @bastionunitb7388
      @bastionunitb7388 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I've wanted a new great Godzilla game since godzilla unleashed

  • @shybaka2892
    @shybaka2892 3 ปีที่แล้ว +260

    I had a crush on Filia when I was 16. I
    Remember I used to just play her because She was THICC 🥰 Teenage emotions 😂

    • @danialyousaf6456
      @danialyousaf6456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      Everyone is thicc. Especially big band ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @myass1547
      @myass1547 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@danialyousaf6456 oh hell ye big band best waifu

    • @Undertaker93
      @Undertaker93 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You sure it wasn't because of Zone tan?

    • @tomtheconqerur
      @tomtheconqerur 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      For me its parasoul and cerabella

    • @GameMaster-gt1mn
      @GameMaster-gt1mn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      You sir have lost your ways and thus are no longer a man of culture. Thou shalt be shamed! SHAME TO THEE! Although, as to why you never had a crush on big band... That's the real shame. 😔

  • @telvigaming2140
    @telvigaming2140 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    This title still hold water still this very day. Skull girls really can’t a break huh

  • @WhiteKnuckleRide512
    @WhiteKnuckleRide512 3 ปีที่แล้ว +371

    I love the animation and character design in this game, absolutely top teir

  • @xdonovan7031
    @xdonovan7031 3 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    I LOVE playing Skullgirls, I don't know how it isn't that popular but for a while it was popular in my school and i was going to host a school tournament for skullgirls but then covid came and we couldn't do it

  • @exaIgnus
    @exaIgnus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    The Skullgirls Curse is real.
    Also, when the game was still scheduled to Evo Online 2020, Mike Z improved the netcode. The netcode went from great to excellent. He also added a WiFi detector, and started to fix lots of bugs, some very old. Each week, Mike patched the game not once, but twice. Sometimes we had more than 3 patches a week.
    Then the drama happened (The I can't breath joke, that girl DMs). After that we only got one patch and nothing more, some new bugs were introduced with the newer patches. Now we don't know when they'll be fixed.

    • @myass1547
      @myass1547 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wait wut what drama

    • @SnazzJaz
      @SnazzJaz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@myass1547 He made an "I can't breathe" joke (George Floyd) and got ROASTED, and then his DMs with a female cosplayer (bunnygif) just got weird and sexual at one point. He's the main reason why I'm avoiding this game now, although I would love to go and download the mobile version again at some point 😔

    • @candidklutz5056
      @candidklutz5056 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      @@SnazzJaz dont let that stop you from playing this game. its not his game in any way, it's alex ahad's. mike just works on it.

    • @Athalwolf13
      @Athalwolf13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@SnazzJaz Granted, she apparently approached him and begun the dms in a rather strange way anyhow. He specifically asked her if he can ask possibly inappropiate questions and she eventually withdrew consent and put everything online

    • @Stroggoii
      @Stroggoii 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@Athalwolf13 Almost like it was a trap and cancel culture is how evil egocentric people continue to torment the socially inept after high school.

  • @gokigenyou9524
    @gokigenyou9524 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    A video from 2 years ago still relevant today.

  • @isthatajojoreference
    @isthatajojoreference 3 ปีที่แล้ว +693

    Hopefully with the port on switch, the game would gain a bit more popularity. Because honestly, skullgirls might be the best possible fighting game out there, or for at least beginners. I love this game, watching myself improve each year is amazing, knowing that I actually learned and not mashing the same combos in street fighter.

    • @santanam.1477
      @santanam.1477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I actually am doubting in buying it because of the community and long term life of the game...

    • @TurboNemesis
      @TurboNemesis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      @@santanam.1477 I wouldn't worry about the longevity of it. Skullgirls was released over 8 years ago and I can still hop online and find matches. The community discord is more active than ever and you can find players of nearly any skill level to play with.
      The launch party never ends

    • @popo237
      @popo237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Skullgirls is the LEAST beginner friendly game out there. MK11 I recommend over it

    • @terryrorie6633
      @terryrorie6633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@popo237 i absolutely suck at fighting games and the skullgirls tutorial making me git gud saved my interest in the genre

    • @Dmanbradley
      @Dmanbradley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      It's beginner friendly if you don't play online. It has *the* best tutorials that I've seen in a fighting game and they got rid of infinites; however, people can still kill you in two combos while you're trying to figure out how to play the neutral online. The skill gap between new players and long-time fans is enormous, and there's not really rank-based matchmaking.
      If you don't mind a month or so of completely one-sided ass-whoopings while you try to catch up, you can consider it beginner friendly as well... I guess. I didn't have the commitment to break through that skill floor.

  • @cloudzintheskyz467
    @cloudzintheskyz467 3 ปีที่แล้ว +573

    I’m so sad with how the community has been recently. I really hope Skullgirls gets another break. Skullgirls deserves so much better.

    • @popo237
      @popo237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No it don't

    • @IAm-zo1bo
      @IAm-zo1bo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@popo237 why not

    • @cloudzintheskyz467
      @cloudzintheskyz467 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      popo237 why do you feel that way

    • @popo237
      @popo237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@IAm-zo1bo Sonic Fox

    • @Kirby950
      @Kirby950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      popo237 a somewhat valid arguement

  • @MILDMONSTER1234
    @MILDMONSTER1234 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    This video aged well NOW there’s censorship drama over skullgirls…..

    • @woshsbs
      @woshsbs 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Damn I really don't like the censorship

    • @nathanael9159
      @nathanael9159 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@woshsbsSame here.

    • @woshsbs
      @woshsbs 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@nathanael9159 also why do they care it's like 11 Years old now

  • @margarinoslav
    @margarinoslav 2 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    This game was a masterpiece cursed with so many issues, working for free for a couple months is already a death sentence, but a couple years!? Lab zero are the heroes of fighting games

    • @cloudchaser8650
      @cloudchaser8650 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah no they arent. Their first season pass litterally costs more money than the base game for way less characters, the moment things started to get better as far as popularity goes, the company turned hyper greedy. Hell the mobile game litterally is not just a gatcha fighter, but actively replaces bad systems with worse systems (the pvp system that acts similarly to the attack defence style of starwars heroes went from giving you multiple chances with a larger board making it more likely to actually earn some points to a one loss and your out system) at this point it feels like dead by daylight. A good game cursed with one of the most apathetic and refusing to listen to criticism dev teams. I honestly hope that skull girls dies out as the devs dont deserve the recognition they are getting.

    • @lojika1majik
      @lojika1majik 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@cloudchaser8650 might I remind you of a little something called financial trouble?

    • @goldikeys3477
      @goldikeys3477 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@cloudchaser8650 laughs in season pass on sale

    • @Paulxl
      @Paulxl ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lojika1majik And working without pay for 2 years.

    • @druinsgm
      @druinsgm ปีที่แล้ว

      Damn this man really never properly got into the game lol

  • @C4_Shaf
    @C4_Shaf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +459

    2:22 "The games takes a lot of inspiration from Marvel VS Capcom 2"
    *Shows footage of Marvel VS Capcom 1*

    • @adamneylan23
      @adamneylan23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      You know what man, we’re just out here having a good time, and now I can’t unsee that. Thanks

    • @jonsampson3030
      @jonsampson3030 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I thought the same thing lmao

    • @artstrange3230
      @artstrange3230 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Beat me to it. Have a like, good sir.

    • @Papabandana
      @Papabandana 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They're basically the same game: Both still golden to play physically [if you ever find a cabinet]
      Both have some top notch music
      Character design looks beautiful.
      They're just beautiful.
      I'm glad my first ever arcade game was MVC1 in 2009 [when I was 6], sure, I sucked ass at it but I still loved the ever loving hell out of that game when I am finally 17.

    • @xdjrunner
      @xdjrunner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nah Marvel 2 is an entirely different monster mah friend.

  • @sparxtheknight
    @sparxtheknight 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Funny that this video is popping up now after recent shenanigans with the current "devs" of this game.

  • @DistortionStudio
    @DistortionStudio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    It breaks my heart to hear about all the shit Lab0 had to go through. For a developer to work UNPAID on their passion project for a year is kind of unprecedented in AAA, and I've honestly never seen a project with that level of commitment and love in it save for maybe Witcher III.
    Skullgirls was made by actual players. You can see it in the games features and as a fighting games enthusiast, the training mode is honestly exemplary. The only thing I have to go to wikis for is combos, which basically no other fighting game can claim.
    The moves are visceral and satisfying, the characters are flawed and sympathetic, the gameplay is deep and layered while also being accessible and friendly to learn, and the community is pretty good.
    Honestly, I think the thing that cements my love for this game is the fact that MikeZ, one of the people on the SG team, is a regular at tournaments. That and the fact that they added SonicFox, arguably the best player in the world, as a background NPC in the classroom map. This isn't a gesture made out of some sort of dlc pandering or a desire for money from the community, it's out of respect for their best players and the supportive people who kept the game alive through trial and tribulation.
    God bless, Lab Zero. It pains me to see such a passionate developer suffer from harsh circumstances, but you've made a game that will remain in the favourites of tons of people regardless of the new titles coming out with better graphics or more fighters simply because this game outdoes them with heart.
    Finally, if this video gets anyone interested, the games community is STILL alive through a bunch of discord servers and matchmaking. If you want to start playing, the game is definitely alive.

  • @spitfyre8688
    @spitfyre8688 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    Skullgirls is just a lovely game, it got me into fighting games and when on sale is literally 2 and a half bucks.
    Theres no reason not to get it.

  • @FinnKid1
    @FinnKid1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +718

    *fighting game players:* The technical depth and complexity of Skullgirls has a lot going for it. For one, you need to learn 14 different characters, each with their own personality, motives, moveset and appearance, and pick which ones you'd like to practice. Secondly, all characters with their own moveset have unique combos that not only feel great to execute but pack a big punch when taking on your enemy. Finally, all animations are completely hand-drawn and look and feel great.
    *non-fighting game players:* okay so who's got the biggest tits

    • @egonszutner9154
      @egonszutner9154 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      I think Valentine has the biggest personality

    • @Jake7105
      @Jake7105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Filia best girl

    • @elijahr4848
      @elijahr4848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      squig

    • @myass1547
      @myass1547 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Clearly big band

    • @thesupremenecroticdakimakura
      @thesupremenecroticdakimakura 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Beowulf, also really fucking annoying to fight a good one

  • @rustysoupcan935
    @rustysoupcan935 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

    How history repeats itself……

    • @nathanael9159
      @nathanael9159 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Unfortunatly...

  • @lrgogo1517
    @lrgogo1517 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    4:13 "The team proceeded to create the game at _breakneck speed"_
    Filia: *does a Spindash*

    • @draco4569
      @draco4569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      More like a *Hairball*

  • @gedster
    @gedster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    Skullgirls is awesome. Bought it during the steam summer sale for $2.49 and I love it.

    • @Adraverse
      @Adraverse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me too. It's awesome but really difficult for me. I'm still pretty bad, would you like to play a match though?

    • @tstsdrtsdrtstststsdrtsdrts2726
      @tstsdrtsdrtstststsdrtsdrts2726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ha, looks like we’re all in the same boat. I bought the game with my friends not too long ago and they all quit already, so I looked to online and immediately got my ass handed to me over and over.

    • @Adraverse
      @Adraverse 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tstsdrtsdrtstststsdrtsdrts2726 I feel you. Except that I don't have any friends ;(. At least none that play Skullgirls. Want to play?

    • @tstsdrtsdrtstststsdrtsdrts2726
      @tstsdrtsdrtstststsdrtsdrts2726 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Adraverse oh my b man, didn't see this at all. maybe sometime i'm off work? i'm also really bad, so don't go expecting a challenge.

    • @Adraverse
      @Adraverse 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tstsdrtsdrtstststsdrtsdrts2726 No worries, sure. That's totally fine with me, I'm really bad xD.
      My Steam username is Adraverse.

  • @Cosmic_Coffee_Creamer
    @Cosmic_Coffee_Creamer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    I personally could not care less about skullgirls competitively or online. Im in it for Alex Ahads artstyle, characters like Peacock and Big Band, and the story.

    • @amoronwhomlivesontheintern9847
      @amoronwhomlivesontheintern9847 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Let's hope ya play it also..cause alot of people like it like you do but also don't play it they just like the art styles, music, story and all that and do a ton with it yet it's not.. popular as a game game..sure internet wise it's well known but it's not well known play wise.

    • @pp3k3jamail
      @pp3k3jamail 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@amoronwhomlivesontheintern9847 ain't nobody playing this shit, everybody's playing cod mobile.

    • @VanillaVod
      @VanillaVod 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@pp3k3jamail but at least we have waifu..

    • @joannelee5574
      @joannelee5574 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same, mostly bc I can't play competitively for my life lmao, I'll stick to story mode lol

    • @NurseAmamiya
      @NurseAmamiya 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@pp3k3jamail I don't get what's so fun about playing as a bunch of expendable grunts. I once tried cod mobile, and it was okay, but after 2 days, I got bored playing it. It's basically just fortnite, but for adults with hard-on for military cliches.

  • @francoblu9498
    @francoblu9498 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Whoa. I remember testing this game concept for Mike Z, at his pad, when it was in it's beginning stages. I'm talking so early in it's development that it literally only had Filia.
    It's crazy to see how far it's come since then.

  • @StasisFlower
    @StasisFlower 3 ปีที่แล้ว +532

    They’re adding a new character still after all this time.
    Goddamn man

    • @vell1745
      @vell1745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      And it’s crazy because I’m getting the game for the first time ever because I love Annie 💀

    • @runningoncylinders3829
      @runningoncylinders3829 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I found through the mobile app, started playing it quite a lot.
      I like most of the characters for very different reasons.

    • @nicario625gaming3
      @nicario625gaming3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The stars are set!

    • @nitrofighter58
      @nitrofighter58 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah, Annie's already fun to play on the mobile game, can't wait for how insane she's gonna be on console

    • @_beex6
      @_beex6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What i like about Annie so far from the mobile version is that it is friendly for beginners to play with and actually learn (me myself had never played Skullgirls before the mobile version and Annie was one of the first fighters I got from a relic and tbh she's helped me cope with most Story Mode idk she's my most valuable character ilhsm)

  • @EveryGamerLife
    @EveryGamerLife 3 ปีที่แล้ว +499

    For years Mike said he'd never get a twitter account. If only he'd stay off twitter. Everyone should get off twitter.

    • @Ilinca6
      @Ilinca6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Never a truer word has been spoken, brother

    • @adhennakbar4516
      @adhennakbar4516 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Never had twitter acc. Just the amount of toxic is enough to smell from the next galaxy

    • @steel5897
      @steel5897 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      I remember when back in 2008 people were panicking over 4chan making people microwave their iphones for fun, among other things.
      Now you have Twitter literally ending people's careers and lives and people are fine with it?

    • @r15835
      @r15835 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      If only he wasn't being toxic on Twitter and within his workplace, yeah.

    • @ssj458goku
      @ssj458goku 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Unfortunately twitter is home to some of the most disgustingly bitter and vengeful people you'll never meet.

  • @thjgby
    @thjgby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I love watching the history of esports, most have cool little stories I had no clue about

    • @Akshonesports
      @Akshonesports  3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Glad you've been liking them and thanks for subbing!

  • @recreationeer53
    @recreationeer53 3 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    “7 months without and update”
    *Laughs in TF2*

    • @Wolvenworks
      @Wolvenworks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I wheezed at TF2's current 5 years (and counting) major update drought. it's like a very slow burn, death by indigestion. i only hope that when Valve decided that making and releasing TF3 is more preferable than maintaining TF2, that I could at least keep my strange weps. you'll never take my Strange Huntsman from my cold dead hands.

    • @celvinardenwu5382
      @celvinardenwu5382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Insert all class laughing taunt soundtrack

    • @celvinardenwu5382
      @celvinardenwu5382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      th-cam.com/video/p5CjmHLUQQI/w-d-xo.html

    • @alanrivas1615
      @alanrivas1615 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As a team fortress fan and titanfall fan this hurt

    • @skeleboom6752
      @skeleboom6752 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      boy do we have some news

  • @AziDoesQuestionableThings
    @AziDoesQuestionableThings 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    small update: still aint catching a break

  • @MapleMilk
    @MapleMilk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    I really do think that Skullgirls is in my top 3 fighting games ever made.
    Seeing dealt this rough hand has been heartbreaking

    • @idontcheckmynotifications
      @idontcheckmynotifications 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What are the other two?
      Nice avatar too d:

    • @MapleMilk
      @MapleMilk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@idontcheckmynotifications Probably like one of the Smashes (I couldn't choose 1 I think), the second Blazblue, and like MVC 2
      But I'm heavily biased towards games I played when I was younger

  • @carlosmercado4139
    @carlosmercado4139 3 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    Imagine a world we're Skullgirls got in instead of Melee

    • @xXRagingInfernoXx
      @xXRagingInfernoXx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Yeah that would have been cool to see. Melee has been out for such a long time when skullgirls should have got the attention it needed

    • @smithwimm1575
      @smithwimm1575 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Not only that, we already know
      The overplayed matchups and it's gotten repetitive.
      LITERALLY SO FEW CHARACTERS ARE VIABLE AND WE'VE SEEN THEM FIGHT SO MANY TIMES, FOX, PEACH, C.FALCON, FALCO, ICE CLIMBERS AND A FEW OTHERS. WE'VE SEEN THE SAME MATCHUPS FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES NOW.

    • @AlzoPlayer
      @AlzoPlayer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@smithwimm1575 This isnt true lol I bet you dont even know how the melee meta evolved, 2 decades lmao like puff was only pretty much recently getting used same as peach

    • @_zyphis_2281
      @_zyphis_2281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Smith Will the game has just seen two new characters win big majors for the first time. It’s far from a solved game.

    • @EWOODJ
      @EWOODJ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Even still, Melee became boring to watch.

  • @froliciouspanda
    @froliciouspanda 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The fact that the community is still alive is a testament to how good of a game is. This was a project of passion and love, and it is what has made it such an amazing game, even 8 years later

  • @unofficialmeme5972
    @unofficialmeme5972 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    As a long time fan of this game, it was real heart warming when the community came together and practically saved this game.

  • @-salsa-8219
    @-salsa-8219 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I got this game a few days ago, and so far I'm loving it.

  • @zhafifshabi9382
    @zhafifshabi9382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +575

    Skullgirls fan : 7 months without an update?
    WTF
    TF2 haven't gotten a major update in years :first time?

    • @akidamasu3128
      @akidamasu3128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Half Life 2 fans: sup

    • @SoulBoundSagaDX
      @SoulBoundSagaDX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Today is 1,000 days since the last major update

    • @Fizz-Q
      @Fizz-Q 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SoulBoundSagaDX dope

    • @doorknobeater2499
      @doorknobeater2499 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SoulBoundSagaDX YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY

    • @GabrielShitposting
      @GabrielShitposting 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      1000 days have passed
      I just want volume 7 at this point

  • @ajshiro3957
    @ajshiro3957 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I didn't know Skullgirls was so old. I remember hearing about it 4 or so years ago. It seems like a cool game with nice art

  • @mingus3124
    @mingus3124 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    7:04
    Tell me you didn't think he looked like he was sitting in the other guy's lap.

  • @PesterJester3
    @PesterJester3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I remember seeing and playing a bit of skullgirls back then at someone's house and really liking it when i was younger. Then about 2 years ago someone was doing a give away for 2 copies of skullgirls and my best friend won. The second person who won never claimed it so he gave it to me since i was the next one. Me and my best friend love playing skullgirls and she is really good at it despite not playing much fighting games before. I'm proud of how far they have gotten and know they will get even better. This game deserves the recognition it deserves

  • @chinii_eej
    @chinii_eej 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I love skullgirls and their scene. Glad you guys made a video about such a nice game!

  • @dayglass
    @dayglass 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I love Skullgirls with a passion, it's been going on for nearly a decade in concept designs and it's starting era, the amount of effort put into each girl is amazing, as someone with like 700 hours on it, I wish it had more people playing in lobbies and not online matches

  • @gokigenyou9524
    @gokigenyou9524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    You forgot to mention the Juju drama and the red cross censorship.

    • @SnazzJaz
      @SnazzJaz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wait, when did that stuff happen?!

    • @gokigenyou9524
      @gokigenyou9524 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SnazzJaz th-cam.com/video/IDj-xSr-shs/w-d-xo.html This video explain it in details.

    • @gokigenyou9524
      @gokigenyou9524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@SnazzJaz The Juju drama was a real shame cuz Juju sketch looks pretty good. Plus, I believe the devs will never add fan stuff in the game again. due to the greed of a particular fan.

    • @gokigenyou9524
      @gokigenyou9524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@SnazzJaz As for the red cross censorship, I have more details than the video. Big evil company Johnson & Johnson sued the Red Cross of America due the red cross emblem. Imagine suing a charitable humanitarian organization for profitable gains. It just shows that big corporations would kill for profit. Back to Skull Girls, They changed as a precaution (as mentioned in the video). I know that the game "60 seconds" also change the red cross in the aid kit to a green cross. I guess more games were affected by it. It's not a big deal changing a color, but it's a shame that devs have to do it just because a greedy CEO wants easy cash.

    • @GinKiraz
      @GinKiraz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gokigenyou9524 they did it purple not green

  • @cyurle3940
    @cyurle3940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    I LOVE everything about Skullgirls. The characters, the art direction, the music, the "characters". Too bad I'm only good at platform fighters

    • @-salsa-8219
      @-salsa-8219 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Lol same, anything that's not smash, I'm mediocre at best

    • @Professor_Utonium_
      @Professor_Utonium_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Join a Discord, find some tutorials. You can get better with practice, man, people love helping each other out.

    • @zanyskeleton5291
      @zanyskeleton5291 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@-salsa-8219 same

  • @a_creatorsstuff17
    @a_creatorsstuff17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    This is the one game everyone says can be played online with the same feel as offline, heck, a few days ago they patched the netcode for improvements when it already feels perfect

  • @thecrazyzehbra
    @thecrazyzehbra 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    "7 months without an update made it fall"
    Tf2: what is an update?

    • @NilakshMalpotra
      @NilakshMalpotra 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      tf2: what is an update, but a miserable pile of bug fixes. But enough talk, have the entire leaked code!

  • @seanmartinez6908
    @seanmartinez6908 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Dont worry man. Its had its final big break now

    • @ikennasmash1030
      @ikennasmash1030 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Sadly. Darn the new team

    • @nathanael9159
      @nathanael9159 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes...

  • @jupeykrusho
    @jupeykrusho 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I've met and tabled next to Alex at a few comic/toy conventions and remember him telling me he was greatly inspired by Darkstalkers/Nightwarriors which has a much more cartoony feel than the Marvel vs Capcom series. They really combined the MvC system and top Capcom animation beautifully into their own magnificent creation. Great video!

    • @sabbatik
      @sabbatik 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They even offered themselves to develop a Darkstalkers sequel, dude. But you know... Capcom...

  • @samuelwilliams663
    @samuelwilliams663 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    *Akshon Esports:* Although we may not know what is in store for Skullgirls future....
    *Annie of the stars:* WE DO NOW!

  • @twiddlenem8174
    @twiddlenem8174 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The amount of love the developers put into SG is astonishing, theh even worked on it without being paid. They knew they'd get somewhere.

  • @kyperactive
    @kyperactive 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Its scary how this title still rings true even now...

  • @mightyarbokking7197
    @mightyarbokking7197 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    As someone who has played Skullgirls for 5 years now and has remained the only fighting game i've played consistently for years and even being one of my top 5 favorite games of all time. i'm happy to see people spreading the word about it wherever and whenever, this game deserves love, and you sir did a great thing by making this video

  • @Boopry
    @Boopry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I've been playing Skullgirls for years now and it's by far my favorite fighting game

  • @felphero
    @felphero 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    **2020 happens**
    Game companies: Oh no we have to improve online now.
    **2020 happens again**
    Game companies: Nevermind.

  • @SMXanathar
    @SMXanathar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wait... Mariel Cartwright (5:57) is the girl that fixes the stage during Beowulf's entrance! That's cool that those little personal nods are in there.

  • @MrAlquimista666
    @MrAlquimista666 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Man, with recent events this video hits differently. Just puts into perspective how much the community backed this game and fought tooth and nail to get a glimmer of well-deserved recognition in the fighting scene, in the middle of a global crisis. And now, those same backers have been stolen from and betrayed by a new team of "devs". A modern tragedy.

    • @mikethegoo
      @mikethegoo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What happened recently then?

    • @thonato295
      @thonato295 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@mikethegooCensorship

    • @mikethegoo
      @mikethegoo 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thonato295 What? Really? Why? What kind of censorship? What gets/got censored?

    • @That_Lady_Charlie
      @That_Lady_Charlie 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@mikethegoothe devs removed Nazi imagrey.
      really makes you think about the people upset by this "censorship."

    • @mikethegoo
      @mikethegoo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@That_Lady_Charlie I mean... The egret armband does somewhat resemble the nazi one. But I'm not gonna jump to conclusions like that

  • @cake6851
    @cake6851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Now more than ever especially today.
    Edit: We just got another break. This game will never die.

    • @lindthechaoticheretic8708
      @lindthechaoticheretic8708 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What happened?

    • @ashtongiertz8728
      @ashtongiertz8728 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@lindthechaoticheretic8708 Annie happened.

    • @draco4569
      @draco4569 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ashtongiertz8728 Only in mobile, from what I've heard. I really hope someone will correct me on that.

    • @snipsnipb1tch
      @snipsnipb1tch 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@draco4569 nope, coming to 2nd encore too from what ive seen.

    • @mr.pockets8523
      @mr.pockets8523 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Free?

  • @MoyosoreOgunbiyi
    @MoyosoreOgunbiyi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I'm a sucker for hand drawn stylistic animation and cel-shaded graphics, so Skullgirls caught my eye the first time it was introduced.
    Shame I never got to play it, but I'm glad it's still alive even now.
    A passion Project needs more oomph than a regular funded one.
    Looking forward to playing it as soon as I can get my hands on it.

  • @gokillyourselfgoogle
    @gokillyourselfgoogle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Doesn't help that one of the guys in evo pretty openly hates games like this.
    Also Konami because of course Konami.

    • @petarpoljak6918
      @petarpoljak6918 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      What guy?

    • @jethropalillo1746
      @jethropalillo1746 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dude you might wanna reconsider Konami because they were already in a lawsuit at the time and it is arguably for the better for that

  • @VWES-jk3gw
    @VWES-jk3gw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    My brother loves the game, not because of the girls, because it's finally another combat game he gets to play and experience.

    • @NurseAmamiya
      @NurseAmamiya 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And... I'm going to assume, your 'brother' is the CIA?

  • @imvanila3773
    @imvanila3773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    This game is kinda like league
    "Started as a mess, now a global phenomenon"

    • @EverydayYounglife
      @EverydayYounglife 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      SG is amazing but Global phenomenon is sort of an overestimation.

    • @THEONE-kh8iw
      @THEONE-kh8iw 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its not a "Global phenomenon"

  • @FyreLol
    @FyreLol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    “We may not now whats in store for the future of Skullgirls.” Annie gets announced

  • @LeonOcto
    @LeonOcto 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    and recently it finally was on EVO after DLC being confirmed

  • @hilotakenaka
    @hilotakenaka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Another interesting thing to add is how esports player SonicFox was added into the game to replace one of the NPCs (though she does also appear in his place on occasions)
    The problem being is that he's a very divisive figure, especially since he was caught rooting for someone assaulting a woman.

    • @kaiser5731
      @kaiser5731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      people also think he does not deserve the spot,those spots were mostly for people who donated a fuckton of money to their crowdfunding campaigns, where was he then? and why does he deserve a spot just because hes famous and plays it? if he supported the game initially it would be fine and nobody would care, but coming with an update after years just to add this guy....

  • @Aflay1
    @Aflay1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love the characters in skullgirls so damn much.
    It’s a treat watching the battles. Just the animations alone, Beowulf’s backpedal animation, Peacock’s references, Cerabella’s HUMONGOUS _arms..._

  • @7ropz
    @7ropz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Skullgirls is one of the most creative design in the characters I've seen for a while now.

  • @otaking3582
    @otaking3582 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    How could people hate the game's visuals?!

  • @jiynn4655
    @jiynn4655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love how annie was announced a few months after this

  • @verkkuserkku6008
    @verkkuserkku6008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Big band is my favorite

  • @robobot2805
    @robobot2805 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    When I saw skull girls the style reminded me of Shante

  • @thiccratkween
    @thiccratkween 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Honestly, I got skullgirls for thicc gorlees and büff bois
    I stayed for the amazing game play, animation, music, (literally everything tbh)

  • @LittleDinoDaniel.
    @LittleDinoDaniel. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Also just wanted to say, Skullgirls Mobile is great! c:
    I’m pretty bad at fighting games and even if I love them, I’m still bad. So the mobile game which is more RPG based, is really fun!

  • @chaffXgrenade
    @chaffXgrenade 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    One of these days, I really need to get into this game proper. A friend of mine gifted it to me on Steam several years ago and it just sat in my library for a long time, until I decided to just give it a shot at one point. Going through its tutorials was probably the very first time I made a genuine attempt at learning the basics of a fighting game--I actually felt kinda proud of myself at the time. Unfortunately, I just never kept that pace up afterward and kinda fell off. But that's just me--I get discouraged easily and I often move on to something else when that happens.
    I admit I'm really intimidated by fighting games in general. They seem like they require way more concentration and ongoing commitment than any other genre I've encountered. I admire people who are truly passionate about them.

  • @daniellemurnett2534
    @daniellemurnett2534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I like how it's 2 months later and the company that made the game just shut down. Lab Zero truly has a curse on it... And even then, Skullgirls has it easy. Autumn Games is there to pick up the baton and keep this project alive, hopefully free of the dreadful "cure of the Z". Indivisible is now in the hands of 505, who cut off support basically at release. I don't think we're getting any of the DLC...

  • @thetruestar6348
    @thetruestar6348 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It really does suck what happened with EVO but I was so hyped for skullgirls to be on that stage and for more people to see just why we love this game.

  • @muffinxcancer
    @muffinxcancer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I picked up skull girls recently and was blown away by how GOOD it was. Great looking game with extremely fun gameplay and full of personality.

  • @pultofcat8615
    @pultofcat8615 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    After the latest news, RIP Lab Zero

    • @SupergamerX
      @SupergamerX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Mr Boba oh, she is. However, Lab Zero and Mike Z is no longer involved with Skullgirls as Autumn Games and Hidden Variable broke ties with them and took the rights themselves with intent on continuing development of the game. So while Lab Zero will most likely die, Skullgirls will not.
      Can't say the same (or anything for that matter) about Indivisible, as I don't know whether Lab Zero owns the rights to it or 505 Games.

    • @pastyIe
      @pastyIe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Zerukin 505 Games owns Indivisible, not that it matters. The game was and will always be neglected even though it’s a really cool game.

    • @SupergamerX
      @SupergamerX 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pastyIe And word's now out from 505 Games. Indivisible is officially dead... such a shame. At least they are giving refunds to people who didn't get copy they wanted, and at least Skullgirls is still going.

  • @nicklarocco4178
    @nicklarocco4178 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Legends say the release party is still going.

  • @jeannesgm7564
    @jeannesgm7564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I remember finding out about this game in 2016, and here we are with Annie dropping soon, more dlc Characters on the way. Glad to see this game still making it by