Quick PSA! This video was supposed to be longer and have a segment on the Capoeira Fighter trilogy, but Vegas Pro blew up my source video footage while rendering and seeing as how this was already behind schedule, I cut it for time. It'll likely be in the eventual follow up video to this somewhere down the line.
Fun fact, the announcer for Super Smash Flash is actually Kira Buckland, who would eventually voice the likes of 2B from Nier, Mitsuri from Demon Slayer, and Jolyne from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. She even returns as one of the selectable announcers for Fraymakers, McLeodGaming's indie-based Smash clone.
@@jac_238I love Kira Buckland and when I learned that fact years ago I was blown away. But even weirder might be that Super Smash Flash was my actual introduction to Smash Bros. Only months later I saw a Smash Bros. Melee banner at the mall and I was like "whaaat no way"
shoutouts to Titanic Kungfubot Offensive, an old Cartoon Network "crossover fighter" where the characters were all huge robots with CN characters painted over them. the intro is one of my formative memories and I wish I could track a working copy of the game down again since I've been on a robot kick again lately
I remember a fighting game cartoon network made called TKO, unfortunately you can’t play the game anymore because the game was a online game & the servers shut down for it. If i remember correctly i remember big chill or ultimate big chill being broken in that game because of the freezing that they can do was broken. It was a pretty neat game for what it was, it such a shame that you can’t play it anymore.
Now thinking about it was definitely big chill that was broken. Ice rush was one of the best moves of the entire game, it was fast & pretty unreactable & maybe it was a little safe but im not sure on that
The only way you can still play the game is by you and a friend getting on and creating a server, or loading into a match at the same time. There’s plenty of sites with old games still operating.
You mentioned KoF:Wing at the end there, and I absolutely loved playing that. Started playing it around version 1.3, where it was just the 6 fighters: Kyo, K', Iori, Kula, Ryu, and Moriya. Went with Moriya due to him reminding me of Roy from Smash Melee. I just fumbled around until I somehow learned how to play it on normal control scheme, and it was amazing. It was my first game where I learned how to do quarter circle inputs and Z-motions. Heck, I think it was my first traditional fighting game overall, nothing counting Smash. Funny enough, I liked its in-match song so much that I made a 3DS theme so I can hear it whenever I boot mine's up. For some reason, the actual song keeps getting taken down whenever someone uploads it to TH-cam.
Just a year or so ago my friend and I went back to the Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi fighter on Newgrounds and realized it had some sauce. Dexter has the Doom j.H butter gun but way more active, and the Rowdyruff boys had some nasty corner juggles.
Man oh man... You just unlocked a core memory with many of these... super brawl, street fighter online and the bloody rage series especially gave me a sense of nostalgia since I played those the most out of them all.
I love that you mentioned Teen Titans Battle Blitz and Nick Super Brawl even KOF:Wing at the end ! my absolute favorite browser fighter made me interested in KOF as a whole. I remember a stick game called Combat Tournament that i would play all the time definitely was my entry to browser fighters
Teen Titans Battle Blitz and both Super Smash Flash games basically ruled the computer lab back during my school days. I remember Teen Titans Battle Blitz had multi-player added a little after all of the characters became playable. My friends and I had mini tournaments in all three games constantly. My Robin and Starfire became pretty hated among my friends. Same with my Lloyd in the Smash Flash games, especially in 2. As for other browser fighting games, Dragon Fist 2 was pretty damn fun too. Not played as much as the other 3, but still saw a lot of playtime. And I can't forget KOF Wing. Oh how I wish I had a time machine so I could relive all of that.
There used to be a The King of Fighters 98 recreation on flash and playable on browser, which is insane for the time, specially because it didnt feel like a flash game but instead as a decent port of the original
Lengthy comment incoming! First of all -- fantastic video, this sure was a trip down memory lane! Will never forget when this one school I studied at were actually cool on playing flash games at the computer lab after doing activities -- Y8 was their go-to place! Eventually, I dug down the rabbit hole, and discovered other flash game sites. Next up, thought I bring up additional fun factoids/tidbits on some of the games you featured! • *Bloody Rage* - One cheat code you can input in this allows you to access bonus heads on the game's Construct Mode. These bonus heads are more or less based on real-life personalities. • *Bloody Rage 2* - Despite the amount of "?" slots shown in the select screen, there's only five additional characters you can get (by just completing through Arcade Mode). They are: Hulk Hogan, Chuck Norris, Michael Jackson, Jesus Christ, and Iron Man. The Joker is also present, but he can only be accessed through the use of a cheat code. (P.S: I remember the guys from Retsupurae playing both of these Bloody Rage games, it's hilarious stuff) • *Street Fighter Online* - From what I've heard, this flash game was originally titled as "X-Men vs Stret Fighter Online" (explaining the inclusion of such characters) and it apparently got Marvel's attention. So the flash game devs temporarily had it shut down to avoid a potential lawsuit then came back later with the "Street Fighter Online" moniker when the heat died down (and surprisingly were able to get through even with the Marvel characters still included). Also, another fun fact, some of the edited Ryu and Ken sprites for this flash game were actually lifted straight from the MUGEN Evil Ryu and Evil Ken characters made by the late Reuben Kee. *Smash Flash 1* - Mario, Luigi, and Fox's sprites were edited from Mega Man 8 while all the Zelda characters were edited Mega Man Zero sprites. Last but not the least, here are some other browser fighters that are worth mentioning/checking out! • *Mortal Kombat Karnage* - A fan-made MK flash game consisting of five playable characters and has fatalities! Notably, the game's stage backgrounds are endless (no walls). • *South Park Asskicker* - Used to be playable on the official South Park Studios website, unsure if it's been archived. But anyways, it's basically a whole shout-out to Mortal Kombat given by the UI, stage backgrounds, and the presence of fatalities. • *American Dad vs. Family Guy: Kung-Fu II Turbo! Hyper-Mega Edition* - Another officially-made browser fighting game featuring Fox's animated properties. Ryu makes a guest appearance, using the SFII sprites! • *SpongeBob Reef Rumble* - Before Super Brawl, there was this official SpongeBob flash fighting game! The main highlight here is Squidward, who's geared in karate gi and his clarinet projectile outright screams Hadouken. • *Powerpuff Girls D: Battle in Megaville* - This one is based on a fan-made Powerpuff Girls comic -- having an anime artstyle, some crossover characters, and an OC. Every fight has the "X vs. Zero" theme played at it. • *Kung Fu Fighting* - Title may sound generic, but it's got an original roster and decent gameplay! Interestingly enough, the voice clips and sound effects are all from Capcom fighting games, even the character portraits are traced-over Capcom art! To top it all off, Ryu and Saint Seiya are secret bosses you can face. That's all. Looking forward to the follow-up video!
I thought the Sprites from Smash Flash were MMX4, not MM8. But those styles are a bit similar I guess. I never noticed Link's being so similar to MMZ Zero, but that makes a lot of sense.
I remember Adult Swim had a fighting game called Bible Fight, wherein you fight as iconic biblical characters. There wasn't a massive roster but they included Eve, Mary, Jesus, Moses and Satan. Satan was the final boss. Eve's moves were especially interesting. She could summon Adam to punch the foe from below, lob the Fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and swing the Serpent like a whip. Since the Serpent is actually Satan too, this enables you to whip the devil to death with himself.
I am happy you made a video on this. My younger brother found the first super smash flash and i have been keeping up with super smash flash 2 ever since. I even prefer it over some of the main games. Man the memories. Im a smash player
One game that absolutely needs to be featured if you ever do a follow up to this video is PPGD: Battle in Megaville. It's a pretty old fighting game similar to earlier Dragon Ball fighting games on the SNES based on a webcomic sequel to the Powerpuff Girls (that I didn't even know about when I played it, I just thought the designs were made for the game and that's it). It probably has aged very poorly and I remember the characters all played very similarly to each other, but it's the game that comes to mind when I think "Flash Fighting Games" alongside the Smash Flash duology and the Super Brawl games. Also the game featured the X vs Zero theme from Mega Man X5 and I remember being so hyped when it was added to Smash Ultimate because I got reminded of this game.
I thought PPGD was some official thing I never knew about until you mentioned the game having the X vs Zero theme (unless it is official and Capcom collabed with Cartoon Network)
@@lajenehuen260 It's 100% a fanmade thing. It's a fangame based on a fancomic. You may be thinking of Powerpuff Girls Z, which has a similar premise of turning the classic cartoon into an anime, but it has a completely different tone
You legit covered literally every browser fighting game I had childhood memories of. Seeing Bloody Rage again was especially wild, I remember sneakily playing that during library time, it was so sick. A fighting game where I could make my own character? I don't think I'd get that joy again till Soul Calibur IV (seriously how aren't there more games where I can do that). Great video!
You have no idea the flood of memories you opened with the Teen Titans flash fighter. All the random flash games from Cartoon Network’s website I used to play. Wow
Damn man seeing that old Newrounds page takes me back. There were some flash games I'd play over my entire already massive console library back then, even now a lot of the smaller and indie stuff I play on PC feeks like it is in the spirit of these relatively simple flash games. Speaking of how Alien Hominid made the leap to commercial product, I was always hoping to see the person who made Sinjid and Sonny go that route. The second Sinjid was fantastic and the two Sonny games showed a massive improvement in their overall quality beyond the game design. There was some really impressive stuff on those sites, miss those days
i misread this title while half asleep as "Bowser based fighting games" and was confused when i finished the video and there was not a single game that featured bowser
There was this cartoon network game where they had robots that looked like characters from a bunch of different shows, I used to play that a bunch but I forgot the name of it
Dang, I actually played like 4 of these I think, both of the Smash Flashes, that Street Fighter one, and the Teen Titans one. I also remember some Marvel vs Capcom Browser game that had new characters like Rhino and Sandman from Spider-Man. It was like a Mugen pack you didn't need to download. There was also this one DBZ Shockwave game that was sorta a fighting game. It was based on the Namek saga, but I can't remember it's name. I hope you do go back to this because it's a real fun topic!
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But seriously, everyone needs to try Tough Love Arena. Rollback, an in-depth training mode, goofy characters, and the ability to roll a lemon. It's so good
Like many others I had a blast with Smash Flash, Super Brawl 1& 2 as well as the seasonal Brawls. Some other games I remember playing on computers at school or home were Chaos Faction, Cartoon Network TKO and Godzilla Daikaiju Battle Royale!
I remember clearly how Battle in Megaville was me and my younger brother’s choice of browser fighting game. It was based on a fan comic which is an anime themed cartoon characters like the Power Puff Girls, Rowdy Ruff boys, Dexter from Dexter’s Laboratory, and Zim from Invader Zim. I believe there’s also another character there that’s an original character, but I can’t remember her name exactly. Anyway’s. This game’s fun to play with friends. While combat isn’t fast and most attacks are broken and can be cheesed with enough use, it’s quite a great time to play around.
I've just been pushed back into my childhood, i loved typing in "fighting games online" and just trying out the different ones especially with friends. Thank yu for this. ❤
i wonder if you covered "Capoeira Fighter 3" the game is browser based too and the dev is currently working on a updated version called "Capoeira Fighter 3 Legacy Edition"
I mention it in the pinned post! Long story short, this video was going to cover the trilogy, but I ran into issues with my editing program and it corrupted the video footage I recorded for those games. I do plan on doing a follow up to this video at some point with those games highlighting them. More people need to know about Capoeira Fighter 3, tbh
14:14 That assessment tracks, as in my fuzzy memories of this game, while Cinderblock and Plasmus were both walls for me, I could chip at Cinderblock until I brute-forced a win. Plasmus, however, clearly had no patience for button-mashing chumps like me, because could never beat him.
One game I haven't seen anyone mention that I loved playing is Marvel Tribute. It was basically a Marvel vs Capcom clone, but it didn't have the Capcom characters, nor did it have the assist mechanic, so it was more like a continuation of Marvel Super Heroes. It had every Marvel character from MvC2 besides maybe Marrow, but it ported over two characters from MUGEN, those being Sandman and Rhino. I remember me and my brother would sometimes play and we would always pick Venom and Spider-Man.
Oh my gosh, I remember so much of these! I remember being so blown away by the roster for bloody rage back when I came across it when I was 10 years old. My mom of course wasn’t OK with me playing it, mainly because of the name of it LOL. And how could I forget teen titans battle blitz? That was literally my introduction to the teen titans IP, as well, as one of my first introduction of DC comics in general back when I was 6. And don’t even get me started about super smash flash, that was literally what made me fall in love with the entire smash brothers concept. Are used to play both the first and second games so often on my mom’s computer. back then I wasn’t really too familiar with most of the characters appearing in those games aside from the Mario characters, the Sonic characters, Pikachu and MegaMan, so that was pretty much my introduction to other franchises, primarily Dragon Ball. To tell you the truth, I actually thought the anime characters were actually from other games, and their shows were just simply based off of them! LOL. And I very much enjoyed all three Nickelodeon Brawl games, even though I was more of a Cartoon Network kid back then, but even as I was a fighting game fan all the way back then, I still appreciated it. I can’t say I really remember the street fire one though, had I known they were marvel characters in it I definitely would’ve enjoyed it. On a similar no to that I’m actually surprised you didn’t cover Marvel tribute, because I thought that was pretty good back in the day
I had so many good memories loading up Super Smash Flash 2 after finishing my work earlier than the entire class during the 2010s, I'm pretty sure it's the big reason why I love things such as Mega Man so much nowadays.
I remember playing Bloody Rage and Super Smash Flash back in the day. Didn't know that Kira was the announcer for Smash Flash. Now how funny would it be if 2B showed up in a future Smash Bros. game?
I remember playing this one official American Dad vs Family Guy game back in the day, where Ryu was the final boss. Years later I found out they made a new version of that game with any family members missing before added to the roster.
Bloody rage was my dream game 18 or so years ago. Pleasantly surprised to see it first on the list. Pencak Silat 2, Final Slam 2, Dragon Fist 3 were all amazing fighting games for their time by the standards of the era. Still hold up a bit too
You might not know this but Smash Flash 2 has a deep and historic online competitive scene as well that (citation needed) rivals that of actual Smash games not named Melee or Ultimate, and has been going strong ever since the game got online play ten years ago.
I'll never forget being in 6th grade in the computer lab thinking I was cool playing that one anime based browser fighting game with the chibi artstyle. My crush at the time was sitting next to me, and while poking fun at it she seemed pretty engaged from what I remember lol. Wonder if I talked to her about it more (of course I was nervous as hell) i'd have steered her towards being both a fighting game and anime fan lol. Wish I remember what the game was called too, it was actually pretty damn good for what it was. I also do remember the Teen Titans one, that was a well spent summer afternoon. Man good times.
@@Aardavianboy I managed to look it up again, it's called Anime Fighting Jam. Apparently there have been updates since I was a kid like actual official fgs lol
@@Aardavianboy oh yeah i managed to find the title, it was called Anime Fighting Jam. Though it's apparently gotten a couple updated editions since i last played as a kid lol
Really hyped for an eventual follow-up mentioning Capoeira Fighter! Another great browser fighting game that had a super interesting system was adult swim's Death Vegas, it was rad
My go-to childhood "flash fighters" that I never left to this day: Capoeira Fighter 3, Chaos Faction 2, Dragon Fist 3, Gun Mayhem 2, Newgrounds Rumble, SFO - Street Fighter Online, Super Smash Flash 2 and The King of Fighters: Flashwing.
God this video was a real good trip down memory lane. I spent so many hours on bloody rage and that teen titans game back in the day, it was almost surreal seeing it again in a video. If you ever do a video like this again, check out Fighter’s Rampage, its sequel, and combat tournament legends. They’re all stick figure fighting games
30:49 Fun fact about Super Brawl 3, there was previous version that had the Gold Ranger and Xandred from Power Rangers Samurai but it was removed from nick very shortly after release
Man… I remember the times Cartoon Network had flash (RIP to that 😭) games and I’d play their games, including Teen Titans Battle Blitz and just mash buttons. Good times! I’m surprised this hasn’t been covered-great video!! 🙂
The teen titans one was one of my favorites. I remeber those years when I hit that Cartoon Network site to see if they had new games Edit: super smash flash is goated
No lie, you brought back memories with street fighter online, there was another version of it too i believe. Also there was a cartoon network fighting game was well that was actually fun
good vid man, tho i gotta say one fighting game im sad to see wasn’t mentioned was cartoon networks crossover fighter, tko. i remember playing that game a whole lot as a kid. every character was a robot but they all had their own specials. it was pretty wide reaching, iirc it had ben 10, adventure time, flapjack, generator rex and a ton more
One flash fighting game I remember playing back in the day was this Avatar fighting game where you made your own bender OC and dukes it out in a tournament, I know it eventually means that there was only 4 fighters but it was still fun
Back in 2008-2010 days I use to just go nuts with Flash Games and Grand Chase. Ultimate Flash Sonic, Smash Flash, Newgrounds Rumble, Catscratch and Territory Wars are the first few Flash games I'd play everyday until I found out about Flash 2, SonicVSLF2 (which became the real creepypasta) and OpenBOR games. Smash Flash is also actually my introduction to Smash Series. It all started with just me searching up Sonic Games. Unfortunate that I actually only able to learn about Teen Titans Battle Blitz and KoF Wing after the downfall of Flash. (But one of the first nightmares I got are definitely from Happy Three Friends Valentines and that Mario VS Sonic War. I'm not as scared as I used to but dang seeing Happy Three Friends art will always bring back true horror for me)
8:27 Teen Titans battle blitz I absolutely loved playing that game on conputers in libraries and so did many other kids. That game was like Street Fighter for kids. I remember hearing rumors about a secret level were you could fight Slade or something. This game introduced me to the Teen Titans animated series. Im sure it was many other kids introduction to the Teen Titans show as well😀
I remember back in 8th grade where i would download games to my hardrive at home and play them on the school computer, one of them was a marvel vs capcom mugen game, some of my classmates would actually play the game with me and other people, i still have my hardrive to this day!
I BEEN LOOKING FOR BLOODY RAGE BRO this video was made for mfs like me this shit brought back so many memories nostalgia aside great video man keep up the great work!
My definitive favorite fighting game that was browser based is Capoeira Fighter 3. Literally my childhood and any time i get the chance to on a computer, ill play it to this day
Bloody Rage took me way back, it was so ass but i remember sinking way too much time in it during my summer youth job in 2006. great video as always bro
Teen Titans Battle Blitz and the two Super Smash Flash 2 were always enjoyable in my end. Selecting either the Titans or the H.I.V.E. was pretty fun in the former. It still feels unreal that with the Smash Flash games, some of the characters chosen for fun had eventually transformed into legit Smash Bros. fighters like Meta Knight, Sonic, Mega Man, and Sora.
I'm so glad I watched this, learned of a few games I've never heard of. Speaking of them, man If someone remade SF Online with rollback, it would embarrass the hell out of Capcom. It'd be hilarious Super Brawl is also new to me, and honestly 1 and 2 blew me away with the show-accurate characters. Only wish this was longer so you could've talked about games you mentioned or used as b-roll As for ones I remember. I have to shout-out Aetherena for having peak early 00s aesthetics, being pretty solid even if never completed and being the first (Maybe second) place where I heard Guilty Gear music (The intro to Project: Game Over by Dan-Dark used 'Still in the Dark' from XX)
Bloody Rage sure brings back the memories but there was another game that me and many of my friends jammed out...can't remember the name. You played as circles with hands and feet and could customize pretty well. Game had a map maker too and ton of fun modes (I remember there being a fun plunger match). I think the reason it was so popular at my school was that there was six player multiplayer I think. Anyone remember it? It was a smash-like fighter instead of a proper fighting game.
Thinking about my time as a kid playing flash games and how fighting games are my favorite genre today i'm now connecting the dots as to where it started. There's a few flash games I kind of wanted to mention that I thought were worth talking about. "Street Fighter 2" - I don't know if it had a real title or not but it was a flash game where you're doing a first to 3 wins as Ryu vs Sagat and Round 3 Sagat was genuinely the hardest challenge ever because he could plant multiple tiger shots on screen and had a 3 hit tiger uppercut that he would do frame 1 like an asshole AND he could juggle you with it. But man that game felt so well made it never registered to me that it was something a person just made as opposed to a studio. Kind of funny to think that game gave me the impression that Ryu's tatsu was multihitting and that it was all you needed to do a lot of damage, but it also gave me the impression that Sagat is always an overpowered bully so maybe it wasn't entirely wrong. 12 Fighters 2 - This was some really low quality shakey cam mess of a game that used SF3 3rd Strike assets but as a kid I didn't know what a SF3 even was so figured it was just some crazy talented artist (im stupid). It's not good but I remember thinking Alex looked badass and all the spritework of the characters and the hit effects pulled from 3S looked amazing even if it was all crunched down to a flash game Avatar Arena - It was this official game on the Nick site where you picked one of the 4 nations in Avatar and just made a dude that would go through a tournament. You either threw junk or you tried to block/dodge. Pretty much the more startup it had the better damage or s you would get in return. It's simple and I feel like all the elements were aesthetic choices but I'm sure that game is the reason I can stomach zoning in real games because that's all that was in there
Great video mate. Though there's one game from the flash era that keeps eluding me no matter how much I look for it. It used to be this 2d fighting game that took place in a city, a cliff, a very large area where you could actually punch or kick your opponents through! Characters could shoot energy like in DBZ, and they could charge melee attacks that would just make you go through a building or a wall like it was butter. Lord, I still can't find the name of it. If anyone knows it would be a lifesaver.
Quick PSA! This video was supposed to be longer and have a segment on the Capoeira Fighter trilogy, but Vegas Pro blew up my source video footage while rendering and seeing as how this was already behind schedule, I cut it for time. It'll likely be in the eventual follow up video to this somewhere down the line.
Super mario war was fun.
Mugen is still active today.
Remember a cartoon network one
In which you played all three
Powerpuff girls vs the rowder ruff
Boys.
the entire arf games catalogue would be nice to go through
I am glad to hear those will be in a follow up because those was the online fighters I mainly played in middle school with the occasional bloody rage.
Fun fact, the announcer for Super Smash Flash is actually Kira Buckland, who would eventually voice the likes of 2B from Nier, Mitsuri from Demon Slayer, and Jolyne from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. She even returns as one of the selectable announcers for Fraymakers, McLeodGaming's indie-based Smash clone.
No fucking way the first thing I heard Kira in was that Smash fan game with the tall, skinny Mario sprite I played when I was 7
Yep, I mention it at the end of the Smash Flash section. Wild to think that it was the first thing I'd ever heard her in.
@@jac_238I love Kira Buckland and when I learned that fact years ago I was blown away.
But even weirder might be that Super Smash Flash was my actual introduction to Smash Bros. Only months later I saw a Smash Bros. Melee banner at the mall and I was like "whaaat no way"
i loved capoeira fighters, it was made by a nice mormon who made that viral unicorn game
Everything comes full circle
dude you just unlocked a core memory with the teen titans game
Same here
I popped off when I saw the thumbnail, man
clicked because i saw this on the thumbnail
Omega fax
Fastest subscription of my life honestly
Browser based fighting games implies that there is browser cringe fighting games
this is one of my favorite comments ever
Absolutely based profile pic
@@kakizakichannel you too for the the Macross one 🤝
Application cringe loving video
Yes its called tough love arena
ngl, i want Sheen to be added to Nick All-Star Brawl 2 just to watch the PTSD-induced reactions of Super Brawl veterans.
shoutouts to Titanic Kungfubot Offensive, an old Cartoon Network "crossover fighter" where the characters were all huge robots with CN characters painted over them. the intro is one of my formative memories and I wish I could track a working copy of the game down again since I've been on a robot kick again lately
I remember that game! It was awesome ^^
I remember a fighting game cartoon network made called TKO, unfortunately you can’t play the game anymore because the game was a online game & the servers shut down for it. If i remember correctly i remember big chill or ultimate big chill being broken in that game because of the freezing that they can do was broken. It was a pretty neat game for what it was, it such a shame that you can’t play it anymore.
Now thinking about it was definitely big chill that was broken. Ice rush was one of the best moves of the entire game, it was fast & pretty unreactable & maybe it was a little safe but im not sure on that
I remember being undefeated as Duncan in that game 😂
but sucks you can't play it anymore
@Grovicalsoda Ice Rush was good but it barely did damage. Clockwork had a projectile that froze you and it did good damage. WAY more broken
The only way you can still play the game is by you and a friend getting on and creating a server, or loading into a match at the same time. There’s plenty of sites with old games still operating.
I hated Armadrillo players.
Bowser based fighting games implies mario based fighting games
Dammit you basically had the same joke as me
You mentioned KoF:Wing at the end there, and I absolutely loved playing that. Started playing it around version 1.3, where it was just the 6 fighters: Kyo, K', Iori, Kula, Ryu, and Moriya. Went with Moriya due to him reminding me of Roy from Smash Melee.
I just fumbled around until I somehow learned how to play it on normal control scheme, and it was amazing. It was my first game where I learned how to do quarter circle inputs and Z-motions. Heck, I think it was my first traditional fighting game overall, nothing counting Smash.
Funny enough, I liked its in-match song so much that I made a 3DS theme so I can hear it whenever I boot mine's up. For some reason, the actual song keeps getting taken down whenever someone uploads it to TH-cam.
Video should be renamed to Childhood Fighting Games, 'cause a lot of these games were BANGERS
One browser fighter I used to play a TON as a kid was Chaos Faction 2. A genuinely great smash clone with some S tier character designs.
Ah... a fine taste I see
Fk yes. I played chaos faction religiously. It was so damn fun.
You took me back with that one!
@DeadfishKing Forever a Fancypants Man main
Gotta do this in the follow up I played it so much, it had the best items which I usually hate in smash likes
Just a year or so ago my friend and I went back to the Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi fighter on Newgrounds and realized it had some sauce. Dexter has the Doom j.H butter gun but way more active, and the Rowdyruff boys had some nasty corner juggles.
Man oh man... You just unlocked a core memory with many of these... super brawl, street fighter online and the bloody rage series especially gave me a sense of nostalgia since I played those the most out of them all.
I love that you mentioned Teen Titans Battle Blitz and Nick Super Brawl even KOF:Wing at the end ! my absolute favorite browser fighter made me interested in KOF as a whole. I remember a stick game called Combat Tournament that i would play all the time definitely was my entry to browser fighters
Seeing bloody rage again is insane I completely forgot about it
Teen Titans Battle Blitz and both Super Smash Flash games basically ruled the computer lab back during my school days. I remember Teen Titans Battle Blitz had multi-player added a little after all of the characters became playable. My friends and I had mini tournaments in all three games constantly. My Robin and Starfire became pretty hated among my friends. Same with my Lloyd in the Smash Flash games, especially in 2. As for other browser fighting games, Dragon Fist 2 was pretty damn fun too. Not played as much as the other 3, but still saw a lot of playtime. And I can't forget KOF Wing. Oh how I wish I had a time machine so I could relive all of that.
There used to be a The King of Fighters 98 recreation on flash and playable on browser, which is insane for the time, specially because it didnt feel like a flash game but instead as a decent port of the original
Lengthy comment incoming!
First of all -- fantastic video, this sure was a trip down memory lane! Will never forget when this one school I studied at were actually cool on playing flash games at the computer lab after doing activities -- Y8 was their go-to place! Eventually, I dug down the rabbit hole, and discovered other flash game sites.
Next up, thought I bring up additional fun factoids/tidbits on some of the games you featured!
• *Bloody Rage* - One cheat code you can input in this allows you to access bonus heads on the game's Construct Mode. These bonus heads are more or less based on real-life personalities.
• *Bloody Rage 2* - Despite the amount of "?" slots shown in the select screen, there's only five additional characters you can get (by just completing through Arcade Mode). They are: Hulk Hogan, Chuck Norris, Michael Jackson, Jesus Christ, and Iron Man. The Joker is also present, but he can only be accessed through the use of a cheat code.
(P.S: I remember the guys from Retsupurae playing both of these Bloody Rage games, it's hilarious stuff)
• *Street Fighter Online* - From what I've heard, this flash game was originally titled as "X-Men vs Stret Fighter Online" (explaining the inclusion of such characters) and it apparently got Marvel's attention. So the flash game devs temporarily had it shut down to avoid a potential lawsuit then came back later with the "Street Fighter Online" moniker when the heat died down (and surprisingly were able to get through even with the Marvel characters still included). Also, another fun fact, some of the edited Ryu and Ken sprites for this flash game were actually lifted straight from the MUGEN Evil Ryu and Evil Ken characters made by the late Reuben Kee.
*Smash Flash 1* - Mario, Luigi, and Fox's sprites were edited from Mega Man 8 while all the Zelda characters were edited Mega Man Zero sprites.
Last but not the least, here are some other browser fighters that are worth mentioning/checking out!
• *Mortal Kombat Karnage* - A fan-made MK flash game consisting of five playable characters and has fatalities! Notably, the game's stage backgrounds are endless (no walls).
• *South Park Asskicker* - Used to be playable on the official South Park Studios website, unsure if it's been archived. But anyways, it's basically a whole shout-out to Mortal Kombat given by the UI, stage backgrounds, and the presence of fatalities.
• *American Dad vs. Family Guy: Kung-Fu II Turbo! Hyper-Mega Edition* - Another officially-made browser fighting game featuring Fox's animated properties. Ryu makes a guest appearance, using the SFII sprites!
• *SpongeBob Reef Rumble* - Before Super Brawl, there was this official SpongeBob flash fighting game! The main highlight here is Squidward, who's geared in karate gi and his clarinet projectile outright screams Hadouken.
• *Powerpuff Girls D: Battle in Megaville* - This one is based on a fan-made Powerpuff Girls comic -- having an anime artstyle, some crossover characters, and an OC. Every fight has the "X vs. Zero" theme played at it.
• *Kung Fu Fighting* - Title may sound generic, but it's got an original roster and decent gameplay! Interestingly enough, the voice clips and sound effects are all from Capcom fighting games, even the character portraits are traced-over Capcom art! To top it all off, Ryu and Saint Seiya are secret bosses you can face.
That's all. Looking forward to the follow-up video!
I definitely remember when it was called X-Men Vs. Street Fighter Online! Didn't know the name was changed for legal reasons, though
You forgot Tough Love Arena
I thought the Sprites from Smash Flash were MMX4, not MM8. But those styles are a bit similar I guess. I never noticed Link's being so similar to MMZ Zero, but that makes a lot of sense.
Not having Tough Love Arena in this is criminal.
I remember Adult Swim had a fighting game called Bible Fight, wherein you fight as iconic biblical characters. There wasn't a massive roster but they included Eve, Mary, Jesus, Moses and Satan. Satan was the final boss.
Eve's moves were especially interesting. She could summon Adam to punch the foe from below, lob the Fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and swing the Serpent like a whip. Since the Serpent is actually Satan too, this enables you to whip the devil to death with himself.
4:30 i think that "blanka ball" is there because of wolverine who has used it in some marvel fighting games
I am happy you made a video on this.
My younger brother found the first super smash flash and i have been keeping up with super smash flash 2 ever since. I even prefer it over some of the main games.
Man the memories. Im a smash player
One game that absolutely needs to be featured if you ever do a follow up to this video is PPGD: Battle in Megaville. It's a pretty old fighting game similar to earlier Dragon Ball fighting games on the SNES based on a webcomic sequel to the Powerpuff Girls (that I didn't even know about when I played it, I just thought the designs were made for the game and that's it). It probably has aged very poorly and I remember the characters all played very similarly to each other, but it's the game that comes to mind when I think "Flash Fighting Games" alongside the Smash Flash duology and the Super Brawl games.
Also the game featured the X vs Zero theme from Mega Man X5 and I remember being so hyped when it was added to Smash Ultimate because I got reminded of this game.
I thought PPGD was some official thing I never knew about until you mentioned the game having the X vs Zero theme (unless it is official and Capcom collabed with Cartoon Network)
@@lajenehuen260 It's 100% a fanmade thing. It's a fangame based on a fancomic. You may be thinking of Powerpuff Girls Z, which has a similar premise of turning the classic cartoon into an anime, but it has a completely different tone
@@skapokonroll Yeah, I knew PPGZ and PPGD were two different things. I just never heard of the latter and was kinda confused lmao
You legit covered literally every browser fighting game I had childhood memories of. Seeing Bloody Rage again was especially wild, I remember sneakily playing that during library time, it was so sick. A fighting game where I could make my own character? I don't think I'd get that joy again till Soul Calibur IV (seriously how aren't there more games where I can do that). Great video!
You have no idea the flood of memories you opened with the Teen Titans flash fighter. All the random flash games from Cartoon Network’s website I used to play. Wow
Damn man seeing that old Newrounds page takes me back. There were some flash games I'd play over my entire already massive console library back then, even now a lot of the smaller and indie stuff I play on PC feeks like it is in the spirit of these relatively simple flash games.
Speaking of how Alien Hominid made the leap to commercial product, I was always hoping to see the person who made Sinjid and Sonny go that route. The second Sinjid was fantastic and the two Sonny games showed a massive improvement in their overall quality beyond the game design. There was some really impressive stuff on those sites, miss those days
i misread this title while half asleep as "Bowser based fighting games" and was confused when i finished the video and there was not a single game that featured bowser
There was this cartoon network game where they had robots that looked like characters from a bunch of different shows, I used to play that a bunch but I forgot the name of it
Wow, this sounds... vaguely familiar. Might have to look that one up!
CN TKO
Don't forget the Nickelodeon one.
It had SpongeBob and other nick
Charaters.
@@TheSeventhForce yooo memory unlocked I always play it as ultimate Big chill
@@nehemiahpouncey3607I think that was like an extreme sports type game with slime
I haven’t even watched this video yet, but seeing the Teen Titans fighting game in the thumbnail was a HUGE throwback 😭😭 Jinx mains rise up
Dang, I actually played like 4 of these I think, both of the Smash Flashes, that Street Fighter one, and the Teen Titans one. I also remember some Marvel vs Capcom Browser game that had new characters like Rhino and Sandman from Spider-Man. It was like a Mugen pack you didn't need to download. There was also this one DBZ Shockwave game that was sorta a fighting game. It was based on the Namek saga, but I can't remember it's name.
I hope you do go back to this because it's a real fun topic!
But seriously, everyone needs to try Tough Love Arena. Rollback, an in-depth training mode, goofy characters, and the ability to roll a lemon. It's so good
Like many others I had a blast with Smash Flash, Super Brawl 1& 2 as well as the seasonal Brawls. Some other games I remember playing on computers at school or home were Chaos Faction, Cartoon Network TKO and Godzilla Daikaiju Battle Royale!
I remember clearly how Battle in Megaville was me and my younger brother’s choice of browser fighting game. It was based on a fan comic which is an anime themed cartoon characters like the Power Puff Girls, Rowdy Ruff boys, Dexter from Dexter’s Laboratory, and Zim from Invader Zim. I believe there’s also another character there that’s an original character, but I can’t remember her name exactly.
Anyway’s. This game’s fun to play with friends. While combat isn’t fast and most attacks are broken and can be cheesed with enough use, it’s quite a great time to play around.
I've just been pushed back into my childhood, i loved typing in "fighting games online" and just trying out the different ones especially with friends. Thank yu for this. ❤
God i miss browser based gaming, I miss the whole entire old internet tbh. You was never bored man
Ah browser based games.
They were great time killers.
I miss miniclip etc😢
Oh the fighting games they
Were fun as heck.
The first thing that came to my mind when I read the title was that Teen Titians game.
i wonder if you covered "Capoeira Fighter 3" the game is browser based too and the dev is currently working on a updated version called "Capoeira Fighter 3 Legacy Edition"
I mention it in the pinned post! Long story short, this video was going to cover the trilogy, but I ran into issues with my editing program and it corrupted the video footage I recorded for those games. I do plan on doing a follow up to this video at some point with those games highlighting them. More people need to know about Capoeira Fighter 3, tbh
Forgetting a website back then and never finding it again was devastating back then
I've played so many of these fighting games on the computer when I was a kid. Thank you for this nostalgic trip down memory lane!
My favorite browser fighting game that was the official family guy fighting game that had ryu in it. Family guy x Capcom needs to become a thing
I mean, Fortnite technically made it happen by having skins of SF characters and (Buff) Peter
Teen Titans Battle Ready thumbnail, Neku pfp, AND Sonic Heroes ost. This might be record breaking levels of subscribing
Danny Phantom Urban Jungle Rumble was peak btw.
14:14 That assessment tracks, as in my fuzzy memories of this game, while Cinderblock and Plasmus were both walls for me, I could chip at Cinderblock until I brute-forced a win. Plasmus, however, clearly had no patience for button-mashing chumps like me, because could never beat him.
Watching this unlocked a core memory of these games I would play either at school or at home after school.
One game I haven't seen anyone mention that I loved playing is Marvel Tribute. It was basically a Marvel vs Capcom clone, but it didn't have the Capcom characters, nor did it have the assist mechanic, so it was more like a continuation of Marvel Super Heroes. It had every Marvel character from MvC2 besides maybe Marrow, but it ported over two characters from MUGEN, those being Sandman and Rhino.
I remember me and my brother would sometimes play and we would always pick Venom and Spider-Man.
PPGD: Battle in Megaville was one of the browser-based fighting games I played back in the day, based on the Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi webcomic.
It's uncanny that I'm working on something very similar but taking my time with it. Specifically with one game you talked about here. Great stuff!
Ill defo watch
Great minds and all that! Looking forward to the video!
Oh my gosh, I remember so much of these! I remember being so blown away by the roster for bloody rage back when I came across it when I was 10 years old. My mom of course wasn’t OK with me playing it, mainly because of the name of it LOL. And how could I forget teen titans battle blitz? That was literally my introduction to the teen titans IP, as well, as one of my first introduction of DC comics in general back when I was 6. And don’t even get me started about super smash flash, that was literally what made me fall in love with the entire smash brothers concept. Are used to play both the first and second games so often on my mom’s computer. back then I wasn’t really too familiar with most of the characters appearing in those games aside from the Mario characters, the Sonic characters, Pikachu and MegaMan, so that was pretty much my introduction to other franchises, primarily Dragon Ball. To tell you the truth, I actually thought the anime characters were actually from other games, and their shows were just simply based off of them! LOL. And I very much enjoyed all three Nickelodeon Brawl games, even though I was more of a Cartoon Network kid back then, but even as I was a fighting game fan all the way back then, I still appreciated it. I can’t say I really remember the street fire one though, had I known they were marvel characters in it I definitely would’ve enjoyed it. On a similar no to that I’m actually surprised you didn’t cover Marvel tribute, because I thought that was pretty good back in the day
The Super Smash Flash section hit me with some extreme nostalgia, haven't thought of that game in a long time
I had so many good memories loading up Super Smash Flash 2 after finishing my work earlier than the entire class during the 2010s, I'm pretty sure it's the big reason why I love things such as Mega Man so much nowadays.
This video encapsulated my entire childhood in 30 minutes 🤣 great video man
I remember playing Bloody Rage and Super Smash Flash back in the day. Didn't know that Kira was the announcer for Smash Flash. Now how funny would it be if 2B showed up in a future Smash Bros. game?
I am literally making an original browser based fighting game and watched this video for inspiration. Hopefully my game is good enough.
Good luck, I'm rooting for you!
I remember playing this one official American Dad vs Family Guy game back in the day, where Ryu was the final boss. Years later I found out they made a new version of that game with any family members missing before added to the roster.
Fun video. Was born in '97 and I remember a lot of these. You seemed a little rushed in the outro but I relate to the feeling of project bloat lol
Bloody rage was my dream game 18 or so years ago. Pleasantly surprised to see it first on the list. Pencak Silat 2, Final Slam 2, Dragon Fist 3 were all amazing fighting games for their time by the standards of the era. Still hold up a bit too
You might not know this but Smash Flash 2 has a deep and historic online competitive scene as well that (citation needed) rivals that of actual Smash games not named Melee or Ultimate, and has been going strong ever since the game got online play ten years ago.
I'll never forget being in 6th grade in the computer lab thinking I was cool playing that one anime based browser fighting game with the chibi artstyle. My crush at the time was sitting next to me, and while poking fun at it she seemed pretty engaged from what I remember lol. Wonder if I talked to her about it more (of course I was nervous as hell) i'd have steered her towards being both a fighting game and anime fan lol. Wish I remember what the game was called too, it was actually pretty damn good for what it was.
I also do remember the Teen Titans one, that was a well spent summer afternoon. Man good times.
Was it etherena beta?
@@Aardavianboy I managed to look it up again, it's called Anime Fighting Jam. Apparently there have been updates since I was a kid like actual official fgs lol
@@Aardavianboy oh yeah i managed to find the title, it was called Anime Fighting Jam. Though it's apparently gotten a couple updated editions since i last played as a kid lol
Definitely the best Era of the Internet
You hit on every game I loved back in the day man great video!!!
Oh man I remember the Teen Titans one. Good times.
Really hyped for an eventual follow-up mentioning Capoeira Fighter! Another great browser fighting game that had a super interesting system was adult swim's Death Vegas, it was rad
My go-to childhood "flash fighters" that I never left to this day:
Capoeira Fighter 3, Chaos Faction 2, Dragon Fist 3, Gun Mayhem 2, Newgrounds Rumble, SFO - Street Fighter Online, Super Smash Flash 2 and The King of Fighters: Flashwing.
God this video was a real good trip down memory lane. I spent so many hours on bloody rage and that teen titans game back in the day, it was almost surreal seeing it again in a video. If you ever do a video like this again, check out Fighter’s Rampage, its sequel, and combat tournament legends. They’re all stick figure fighting games
Death Ruins as the backing track of the Teen Titans section is peak.
If you ever do a part 2, please cover TKO and Combat Tournament Legends! They were amazing flash fighting games for the time.
I remember playing Teen Titans Battle Blitz back in the Summer of '03 and being hyped for the OG Titans show's premiere at the same time.
30:49 Fun fact about Super Brawl 3, there was previous version that had the Gold Ranger and Xandred from Power Rangers Samurai but it was removed from nick very shortly after release
Man… I remember the times Cartoon Network had flash (RIP to that 😭) games and I’d play their games, including Teen Titans Battle Blitz and just mash buttons. Good times!
I’m surprised this hasn’t been covered-great video!! 🙂
The teen titans one was one of my favorites. I remeber those years when I hit that Cartoon Network site to see if they had new games
Edit: super smash flash is goated
Dude when I was kid, we used to run little tournaments for Teen Titans Battle Blitz in our local library. Shit was amazing.
No lie, you brought back memories with street fighter online, there was another version of it too i believe.
Also there was a cartoon network fighting game was well that was actually fun
good vid man, tho i gotta say one fighting game im sad to see wasn’t mentioned was cartoon networks crossover fighter, tko. i remember playing that game a whole lot as a kid. every character was a robot but they all had their own specials. it was pretty wide reaching, iirc it had ben 10, adventure time, flapjack, generator rex and a ton more
I spent a LOT of time on the Teen Titans game growing up.
You woke up a completely forgotten memory of me playing Bloody Rage on one of my elementary school's big ass Mac desktop computers
God I remember having so much with Battle Blitz growing up & would play during computer lab so many memories back in 2003.
i was around in the early 2000s, and MAN i remember this stuff so much!
Man you really brough some memories back with teen titans blitz
i remember spending years of my life playing kof wing. my main introduction to fighting games
oh man, i used to go to town on that Teen Titans game
5:24 I never thought I would see this game again in my life time.! Holy shit this is bring back some Core memories
One flash fighting game I remember playing back in the day was this Avatar fighting game where you made your own bender OC and dukes it out in a tournament, I know it eventually means that there was only 4 fighters but it was still fun
I started spit-taking and crying when I saw Sheen's block-stun combo. That is the face of a true S-tier character.
Back in 2008-2010 days I use to just go nuts with Flash Games and Grand Chase.
Ultimate Flash Sonic, Smash Flash, Newgrounds Rumble, Catscratch and Territory Wars are the first few Flash games I'd play everyday until I found out about Flash 2, SonicVSLF2 (which became the real creepypasta) and OpenBOR games. Smash Flash is also actually my introduction to Smash Series. It all started with just me searching up Sonic Games.
Unfortunate that I actually only able to learn about Teen Titans Battle Blitz and KoF Wing after the downfall of Flash.
(But one of the first nightmares I got are definitely from Happy Three Friends Valentines and that Mario VS Sonic War. I'm not as scared as I used to but dang seeing Happy Three Friends art will always bring back true horror for me)
Loved taking a trip down memory lane. Thanks for the video. 🎉
8:27 Teen Titans battle blitz
I absolutely loved playing that game on conputers in libraries and so did many other kids. That game was like Street Fighter for kids. I remember hearing rumors about a secret level were you could fight Slade or something.
This game introduced me to the Teen Titans animated series. Im sure it was many other kids introduction to the Teen Titans show as well😀
I remember back in 8th grade where i would download games to my hardrive at home and play them on the school computer, one of them was a marvel vs capcom mugen game, some of my classmates would actually play the game with me and other people, i still have my hardrive to this day!
I BEEN LOOKING FOR BLOODY RAGE BRO this video was made for mfs like me this shit brought back so many memories nostalgia aside great video man keep up the great work!
My definitive favorite fighting game that was browser based is Capoeira Fighter 3. Literally my childhood and any time i get the chance to on a computer, ill play it to this day
Bloody Rage took me way back, it was so ass but i remember sinking way too much time in it during my summer youth job in 2006. great video as always bro
I think we all knew it was ass even then, but it was still good, dumb fun 😂
I remember almost all the games when i was a kid to this day. it was awesome memories tbh.
Teen Titans Battle Blitz and the two Super Smash Flash 2 were always enjoyable in my end.
Selecting either the Titans or the H.I.V.E. was pretty fun in the former.
It still feels unreal that with the Smash Flash games, some of the characters chosen for fun had eventually transformed into legit Smash Bros. fighters like Meta Knight, Sonic, Mega Man, and Sora.
I'm so glad I watched this, learned of a few games I've never heard of. Speaking of them, man
If someone remade SF Online with rollback, it would embarrass the hell out of Capcom. It'd be hilarious
Super Brawl is also new to me, and honestly 1 and 2 blew me away with the show-accurate characters.
Only wish this was longer so you could've talked about games you mentioned or used as b-roll
As for ones I remember. I have to shout-out Aetherena for having peak early 00s aesthetics,
being pretty solid even if never completed and being the first (Maybe second) place where I heard
Guilty Gear music (The intro to Project: Game Over by Dan-Dark used 'Still in the Dark' from XX)
Bloody Rage sure brings back the memories but there was another game that me and many of my friends jammed out...can't remember the name. You played as circles with hands and feet and could customize pretty well. Game had a map maker too and ton of fun modes (I remember there being a fun plunger match). I think the reason it was so popular at my school was that there was six player multiplayer I think. Anyone remember it? It was a smash-like fighter instead of a proper fighting game.
Man takes me back to when life was good unfortunately I don’t have a computer
Thinking about my time as a kid playing flash games and how fighting games are my favorite genre today i'm now connecting the dots as to where it started. There's a few flash games I kind of wanted to mention that I thought were worth talking about.
"Street Fighter 2" - I don't know if it had a real title or not but it was a flash game where you're doing a first to 3 wins as Ryu vs Sagat and Round 3 Sagat was genuinely the hardest challenge ever because he could plant multiple tiger shots on screen and had a 3 hit tiger uppercut that he would do frame 1 like an asshole AND he could juggle you with it. But man that game felt so well made it never registered to me that it was something a person just made as opposed to a studio. Kind of funny to think that game gave me the impression that Ryu's tatsu was multihitting and that it was all you needed to do a lot of damage, but it also gave me the impression that Sagat is always an overpowered bully so maybe it wasn't entirely wrong.
12 Fighters 2 - This was some really low quality shakey cam mess of a game that used SF3 3rd Strike assets but as a kid I didn't know what a SF3 even was so figured it was just some crazy talented artist (im stupid). It's not good but I remember thinking Alex looked badass and all the spritework of the characters and the hit effects pulled from 3S looked amazing even if it was all crunched down to a flash game
Avatar Arena - It was this official game on the Nick site where you picked one of the 4 nations in Avatar and just made a dude that would go through a tournament. You either threw junk or you tried to block/dodge. Pretty much the more startup it had the better damage or s you would get in return. It's simple and I feel like all the elements were aesthetic choices but I'm sure that game is the reason I can stomach zoning in real games because that's all that was in there
Seeing that Teen Titans Game in the Thumbnail hit me like a ton of bricks.
Oh thank god I'm not the only one who remembers Battle Blitz, I think about that game a lot
Great video mate. Though there's one game from the flash era that keeps eluding me no matter how much I look for it. It used to be this 2d fighting game that took place in a city, a cliff, a very large area where you could actually punch or kick your opponents through! Characters could shoot energy like in DBZ, and they could charge melee attacks that would just make you go through a building or a wall like it was butter.
Lord, I still can't find the name of it. If anyone knows it would be a lifesaver.