You beat me to it; I was definitely gonna mention Bloody Roar. I played BR2 for hours and hours as a kid, both against my siblings and trying to complete every story mode.
Every day Capcom reminds me Darkstalkers is a game they made that they will not make again but will totally sell Morrigan outfits and merch, and every day I am sad
Now, now... There are also Felicia and Lilith costumes and merch. But in all seriousness, you'd figure there'd be a few more Darkstalkers or Darkstalkers-like games with kitchen sink fantasy casts.
There is that official Capcom survey that's running which includes the option for a new Darkstalkers? Does it mean anything? Probably not, but there's still a possibility!
I dont think the magic of Power Stone 2 could be captured in today's gaming society imo. I loved that game and I always though the mobile gaming revolution of the 2010s would have been a perfect fit for a local, wifi-ready remake of PS2
I think that Powerstone needs some SERIOUS adjusting if it wants to make a wave in this day and age but the pieces are there. The character designs in that game were some of the best designs I've seen to date and I will pay good money to see my baby boy Accel do anything.
Didn't they just release Crash Team Rumble and ANOTHER Power Stone ripoff last year? And then I guess mostly AoE management LoL derivatives don't even count, like Battle Crush.
I'm genuinely surprised that none of the Power Stone games ever appeared on a Nintendo console. Those systems seemed designed with couch multiplayer in mind so neither game appearing on the Gamecube, Wii or Switch seems strange, especially with how focused Capcom was on the Gamecube at that time and how they're not shy about porting titles now. As for whether a Power Stone game could be successful nowadays? I think Gang Beasts and Party Animals' popularity shows there's still a market for these kinds of games, at least in the west, but unlike the arcade focused PS1 and PS2, I feel a Power Stone 3 today would need a continual stream of content like new characters and levels and I don't think Capcom would be willing to make that sort of commitment.
1) Legit assumed this list was gonna cover the traditional 3D Fighter suspects like: Soul Calibur, Virtua Fighter, Dead or Alive, Rival Schools etc. Somewhat disappointed yet also enticed. 2) Urban Reigns Gameplay + Power Stone Art Style = Profit. Someone talented get on that! 3) I'll always love Power Stone but dang it if I'm not looking at Urban Reigns with envy and wishing I got more time in Rumbleverse. 4) Check out Mighty Fight Federation and LastFight Both are 3D arena brawlers with a but more sauce on them but LastFight literally had what Power Stone 1 was having but also was having an affair with Smash Bros. 5) I subscribed because you talked about fighting games and made me feel feelings. Heck, you had me at Power Stone.
Just to let you know, you *can* dodge attacks in _Power Stone_ by flicking the control stick in a chosen direction right as an attack is about to hit. It's pretty damn hard to do (and honestly, one thing I would update if a third one or a remaster comes along... hopefully!) and you frequently see the computer opponents do it on higher difficulties, but it is at least there!
The first two DefJam games were AMAZING. However paying for all the celebrities was probably a drain on the budget and primary reason there haven't been more.
Great video man. It really amazes me how many Capcom IPs are just languishing in limbo. They have so many great franchises that they refuse to touch anymore. It drives me crazy! DON’T THEY WANT MY MONEY!? “Power Stone has no block or dodge button.” You’re technically right, but the game has a whole entire invincible dodge mechanic called “escape” that you can do just by tapping the control stick at the right time. In fact the (first) game has a ton of depth and hidden mechanics that are totally unique in this genre. It’s so rewarding when you take the time to learn them. At this point I can easily beat the game on the highest difficulty without breaking a sweat. Power Stone 1 has been one of my top 10 favorite games for more than 20 years and I still don’t think there’s ever been another arena fighter that comes close, not even the sequel.
Problem is cost. Capcom have grown so big. They can't afford to make small projects anymore. Every products need to have heavy investment to it. And i doubt that power stone could benefit from insane investment. And even if it does, capcom still have to weight it's importantness against other major franchise capcom own. I hate secret mechanic in pvp game, tho. It just feel unfair to play against something you don't even know possible. Altho, it could probally be fixed nowadays with the internet. But still i'd think devs are smarter now and avoid secret mechanic as much as possible
If that’s the case then they should sell the property or something. Or they can do like any other game company and farm out the development to a smaller studio. ANYTHING is better than just leaving these amazing characters, worlds, and stories on the cutting room floor forever.
@@pendranomechannel6786 It's still their asset, why should they have to sell their asset and lose their ability to make use of it. Not to mention all the royalty associated with it. Outsourcing to third parties is how we get such masterpiece like GTA trilogy remaster, or that contra game. Capcom have a reputation they need to keep. And quality control is hard when you let other use your IP
@@dieptrieu6564 I suppose you’re right about it still being their assets they should definitely retain the right to their own IPs so I take that one back. As for the quality control thing, I know perfectly well that it’s hard to do when another studio is handling your property, but it’s not impossible. It’s been done many times before by many big time publishers INCLUDING Capcom, so I’m sure they could manage. You just have to find the right devs.
@@pendranomechannel6786 finding the right dev take time. And it would be safer to use big IP because at least if the game was bad, some hardcore fans can still suck it up for them. Having said that, capcom did make a poll about which game people want to see them making a remake or sequel, so you just have to wait and see
Man I miss Rumbleverse so much!!! So much, that I've recently been watching old matches on TH-cam, because it's the closest I can get to playing it again. The game was like taking Power Stone 2, making it a Battle Royale, and adding the movement of Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (oh, and the elbow drop).
Still wild you forgot about Soul Calibur (released a new game around the last MvC game) and Virtual Fighter 5, which got re-released for the 4th time on PS4 a few years ago.
I still remember reading a short guide on Def Jam Fight for NY in Nintendo Power. I doubt we will ever get a game as good what with all the licensing costs for the music, but damn I would love a good successor to that game.
There's this one game that i used to play back in days with the bois called "Bloody Roar 2"(there are 5 iterations of the game, each with unique story mode but we mostly play the second one). It's some what of a 3D fighting game mix with 2D fighting style like Tekken and your super is literally turning to the animal that the character possesses to do special move, the boss is pretty hard to beat and the characters are quite memorable, you should really check the game out sometime.
I haven't played many fighting games, mostly just Smash. However. Custom Robo for the GameCube kicked all of the ass, forever. It's a 3D fighter where you fight with little robots in a virtual space. The "custom" part comes in where you get to swap parts of your robo out for different loadouts, and you unlock those parts through the story mode which is actually really good (read: it's anime as hell). Highly recommended by me, the guy that played Custom Robo a lot.
As much as I had my gripes with Rumbleverse by the end of it all, I still gotta praise it for being the most unique approach to a battle Royale Also pour one out for Bloody Roar and Star Gladiator. Those are two fighters I wish would come back
Both Power Stone 1 and 2 have a dodge system, from what I remember you have to flick the left stick/press the dpad either towards or to the side as an attack is about to land, somewhat like parries in Street Fighter. You can also catch thrown items (even bombs) with a well timed press of grab. In Power Stone 1 in particular, my friends and i got so good at catching and dodging thrown items, the mindgames around them got pretty nuts. And as for the dodge system, if you get a dodge then your opponent has to perfect dodge your next hit (if they attack straight away) or its going through. The timing of an attack after a dodge, in itself became another mindgame. tl;dr Power Stone has defensive mechanics, just not easy ones, and they're very rewarding to land
I feel obligated to mention a childhood favorite of mine - Bakugan: Defenders of the Core. It was a little on the simple side in terms of fighting mechanics, but (as long as my memory isn’t _too_ nostalgia-tainted) it was a pretty decent Wii game. It was also a Bakugan video game where you fought as building-crushing titans to save an alternate reality from the bad guys trying to steal the power of the planet’s core (though the writing is a little lazy and it isn’t quite as cool as that sounds). Basically, imagine Pokken Tournament but scale the fighters up to ten stories tall, and you’ve got a pretty good idea.
Hi-rez, the guys that made Smite made a Smash-like 3D fighter for their game called Divine Knockout. It genuinely has so much potential to be good, and they for some reason just stopped working on it.
If not for it being Hi rez, the generic mobile art style and type of dialouge style of the characters n such, Id be for it. It's a thing noone explored or go to. I tbh want more of that please.
We had a Battle Arena Cabinet at my daycare, I have never forgotten watching some older kids try to beat Gaia with Sofia or getting knocked off of Eiji's stage.
Not a fighting game but a near and dear 3D game I felt like not many people heard about was a game called Kameo. You’re an elf princess that can become elementals with different powers (kind of like an early Ben10). The designs of almost all the elementals were amazing and so much fun to play as. The game was scheduled for a sequel but unfortunately the dev company shut down before making it. I’d love for you to check it out skooch, even if you don’t make a video of it, it’s a charming game that I’ve replayed many times and feel like you’d enjoy as well.
Kameo, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, and Viva Pinata are rather unsung Rareware titles that sadly didn't get the time to grow. Granted, part of the struggle is that they were clearly made with a Nintendo audience in mind when XBox was still competing for the family market instead of an almost exclusively FPS engine. If Kameo had been on the Gamecube, I imagine it would at least have been a moderate cult classic akin to Billy Hatcher instead of being deemed a stain on Rareware's reputation.
The 2 3D fighting games from my childhood that come to mind that I had a blast with are Ehrgeiz and Destrega. Ehrgeiz had an awesome fighting system, and the maps sometimes actually mattered if they had a small bit of elevation you could use to your advantage. The splash of FF characters was pretty cool, while the characters made for the game had character of their own. It was just an amazing game all around. Destrega on the other hand had all sorts of fun ranged energy powers for each character that were just insane when combined with the fighting. Blast someone from across the arena with a laser, or hit someone with a prismatic blast of light while they're running towards you. Or kill someone with literal charged up versions of your regular energy attacks that could be combined in different orders to modify their characteristics. My brother and I had a blast with this one and played matches that would last quite a long time with the dodging and blocking system they had in the game. Hell you could even deflect the energy attacks if you got good enough with the battle system.
Oh that thumbnail hurt. I miss both of those series so much. Power Stone was just so dope and Def Jam was so fun for how goofy and over the top it was.
Bruh most of these traditional fighters populations combined couldn’t equal 5 digits before tekken 8 came out on steam. The most popular fighting game according to real steam chart evidence even after tekkens release is a 3d, battle royale fighting game called naraka bladepoint, and its not even close. Now if for honor 2 came out with dedicated servers, it’d be up there too.
Only fighting game I've ever loved is KoF Maximum Impact. It's also a 3D fighter in the sense that you press R1 and the character takes a arc of a skootch to change the angle on the background, and maybe dodge an attack while giving back a cheeky punch.
I do love when people like Scooch talk about my favorite genre of games. I know they arent small but it is good to see someone with a good size following talk about fighting games with such love that isnt Max or Moist every once in a while.
One of my favourite games of all times is the 3d brawler final fantasy dissidia for the psp. It was just amazing how you could personalice each legend from the FF universe. What an amazing 3d brawler
I watched this already but also just watched the VR Minecraft video when you opened up for a bit and I get that stress you felt, loved you for years man, never the game you played. Keep your head up and realize you are scooch not league or anything else. Love you man keep it up♥️
I read '3D Fighting Games' and thought immediately of Urban Reign. Me and my friends used to play Smackdown Here Comes The Pain a lot when I was young and then we discovered this hidden gem of a game and never looked back. This game is insanely good! We still get together sometimes and play this even though my PS2 is long dead (long live emulation). It is a true timeless classic and the amount of fun and gut-busting laughter we've had from this game over the course of nearly 2 decades is immeasurable. If you want to extract the max amount of fun out of this game, you need to just get similarly skilled friends together (4 in all at max) and just play multiplayer. Me and my friends have spent entire days doing just that and it never gets old! I hope from the bottom of my heart that this game gets a remake or something because there has never been anything even remotely as good ever since. PS. I know every single character's name, favorite weapon and moveset by heart. My favorite is Shinkai with his Katana who can kill anyone in like 2 moves (1 if he's powered up). Closely following him are: Golem with his axe, Shun Ying with her Chinese Sword and her brother Lin Fong with his Saber.
I kinda want to see your opinions on the game Your Only Move Is Hustle, if you have the time for a turn based fighting game based around frame advantage and directional input.
To clarify, in powerstone, you don't have a dodge button, but you can dodge by tapping left or right just before an opponent attacks and you can catch thrown objects. I agree with the lack of blocking.
I would love to see another power stone game. I also really want the bloody roar games to come back. I loved those games, played them through out my childhood.
For further context on Power Stone, you CAN dodge But you literally have to tap an attack or jump button in time with the attacker like a parry. In fact, a lot of actions are environment/context-based akin to Kirby's Air Ride. The design of the dive kick as one of the fastest movement options in Power Stone working only as a gap-closer and not a run-away tool at least works against camping But in Power Stone 2, the need to account for more than 2 fighters on a single map means that most of the innate lock-on stuff had to be taken out for more of a party-game styled element. 3D arena fighters without an innate 1 v 1 plane and lack of a robust lock-on dynamic such as Shrek Super Slam and Mighty Fight Federation suffer heavily from run-away-abuse-heaven.
One series I love to this day was River City Ransom, ignoring the River City Girls games. The last one produced was on Steam called River City Underground, a wonderful gem of a game that had everything going for it...till a musician who did the music for the game lost their minds and threatened to sue the indie team. Shine on you, beautiful diamond!
Bro, Skooch baby. War. Of. The. Monsters. 🦍🤖🐜🐉👁🗿🛸 Please do a vid on that classic. Such fond memories of that game as a kid. I still think it holds up as a 3D arena fighter.
I beat this game an ungodly amount of times and I still absolutely despise the level with all the eyeball dudes that rush you. Besides that the ragdoll physics will never not be funny.
What kills me is that Capcom COULD make Power Stone comeback, but I’m sure what’s holding them back is gauging fan interests. They tried the same thing Darkstalkers on more than one occasion to pretty underwhelming returns. Even though there are clearly fans of these games, it’s not an insane following like they get for games like Resident Evil and Street Fighter, so a lot of great franchises are basically just left in the dust. I would kill for a Rival Schools game in 2024, even though that’s simply not gonna happen. But we really need at least one other 3D fighter. It feels like Virtua Fighter is the last hope, and God knows if an actual sequel will ever happen at any point.
Personally, I’d rather just see Capcom put a few Power Stone characters in their crossover fighters. Like, imagine Pete or Gunrock in MvC4? Or Jack in CvS3? That’d be dope.
If you want to know the best kept secret in 3D /arena fighting games, it’s Gundam EXVS. Not only is it team based giant robot madness, but the game’s so deep on a mechanical & competitive level that it’s singlehandedly kept the Japanese arcade industry on life support.
I am not sure if Rumble Roses deserves a mention here, but i still find the idea of a Japanese studio trying their hands at a Wrestling game with an all-female cast hilarious.
Rip jump force. The actual gameplay was butter smooth and fun af but bad balancing (100-0 combos) and literally the worst story mode ever destroyed the game. I really miss playing it. It was so fun and fast to play. U had so many combos to do with the off hand character abilities and the fact that u had 3 chars in ur team.
Skooch!!! You named all my favorites!! The only one I think you’re kinda sorta “technically” missing it’s not really a 3-D, but it is also 3-D fighter is (Project justice!! & slap happy rhythm busters )
Gundam Maxi Boost On is an awesome 3D fighter that's really popular in Japan. 183 different mechs to play out of the box. It isn't really a "brawler" but it still has melee and melee centric suits.
If you haven't heard of it, you should try out Dissidia Duodecim if you want a super fun 3D fighting game. It's a Final Fantasy game that plays kinda similar to the Budokai games in that you rarely have your feet touching the floor and it's very anime and fun in it's combat.
I'd like to bring attention to One Piece: Grand Battle and its follow-up, One Piece: Grand Adventure as enjoyable 3D fighting games. I found the base combat to be fun and fluid. You had forward attacks, angled attacks, air attacks, supports, special moves, super moves. There were items to grab to use against opponents and apply statuses. And stages were varied in size, topography, and gimmicks. The Grand Battle game was mostly just a fighting game. However, Grand Adventure really stepped it up by expanding the roster and unlockables, and most of all by adding story modes of varying difficulties. The catch here is that if you're not familiar with One Piece, you may not appreciate the game as much as someone who is, so your mileage may vary.
very nice video as always from best narrator skooch :3 Tbh for 3d fighting games I LOVED final fantasy dissidia. The fights were a bit different from what we usualy find. You had to do attacks that steal the enemy's ether (wich is the dmg they will deal with their next attack) then attack with one of your attacks that use your ether to actualy deal dmg. you can do combo's with follow up attacks that can be countered if you dodge at the right timing etc tec. They made great maps but most of them are kinda the same with the only danger from the map is the edge or falling in the endless abyss of despair. but it was still very fun. It was a special gameplay and maybe it wasnt as good as I think it was, but nostagia made me love it so much I also played five years ago a game on steam named Kurtzpel Had great coop PVE, great mekaniks with your character using two weapons and doing many combos by using many skills/attacks/weapon switch etc Unfortunatly it got bad It's now a very pay2win oriented game and most of the good contents are gone Anyway, love from France
I really like how they handled 3D space in Dissidia while also having very simple controls. It feels intuitive, falls in line with the canonical power level of its characters, but also had surprising depth (I remember in Duodecim learning tight timings on dodge cancel combos w/ assists).
Power Stone is the creation of Hideaki Itsuno and Tatsuya Nakae. Itsuno-san is currently working on Dragon's Dogma 2. If you looking on Def Jam, Method Man was the guy doing work on organizing that one with EA. Aki is doing dance games now and that's a tragedy. And don't get me started about Rival Schools...
Anarchy Reigns is my pick for one of the most underrated 3D brawler of all time. A true successor to Power Stone with legitimate tech, insane stages that change, a well rounded cast, PILEDRIVING HELICOPTERS and a soundtrack that rivals F4NY, it is all kinds of a blast and such a shame it didn't get the recognition it needed to stay alive or a rerelease.
I became a big fan of the River City Ransom series, with my favorite titles being Tokyo Rumble and Rival Showdown. Tokyo Rumble actually had a pretty interesting battle mode that I enjoyed playing, even though there were clear balancing issues. But they would later make a game called River City Melee Mach that really felt like a proper evolution of that mode. You get 30 teams, with 6 characters in each team, each with their own moveset. Some characters are way stronger than others, and some just broken, but it's a neat little game to try. That and Mighty Fight Federation. I decided to check it out since they had River City Ransom content (with an awesome remix of the main theme done by Tee Lopes and Gametal), and they had Miriam from Bloodstained, Toejam and Earl, and Yooka Laylee. I didn't get too deep into the game, but it seems like it took some inspiration from Power Stone. There's also Combat Core. I played it for a while, but that one was pretty much inspired by Power Stone, but I don't remember enjoying it too much.
22:33 You should check out The Bouncer for PS2. It's a PS2 launch title that's essentially just Urban Reign, but the main character is Sora from Kingdom Hearts and its made by Square Enix (Squaresoft at the time). Because of Square's magic, the game still holds up visually.
I played this game religiously as a kid and I’ll never forgive it for making you beat the game like 6 times in order to get the REAL final boss fight 😭
@Skooch Tobal 1 & 2 for the ps1 might be worth a look. Same dev as the Bouncer and Ehrgeiz but with character design by Akira Toriama. It's not the best-looking game but plays smoothly and created many mechanics that were picked up by other games
Sick video dog but I would disagree on your first joke (yes I’m a prick) and say fighting games generally are indeed an advanced ROCK PAPER SCISSORS. Scissors (attacks) lose to rock (blocking/shield) but rock loses to paper (grabs) but then paper loses to scissors. I absolutely love this concept in fighting games
Honestly incredible how solid a title Def Jam FFNY was. Saw that played competitively once at EVO. Couldn't believe the usage someone was getting out of Method Man.
Dark souls 3 showed a new way of doing 3d pvp fights. But no one made a game that is just it. I have honestly a project about it that is years old, maybe one day I'll have the knowledge and skills to publish it. It's basically a middle point between lol and ds3.
you should check out bloody roar 2 i think its prob the coolest fighting game ever and its a 3d fighter i think you would really enjoy it and though it does have sequels that arent very good i feel like this game needs a sequels that lives up to bloody roar 2
"This is a Mortal Kombat Fatality" Yeah, that's the crazy thing. It's hardly "gory", but Holy Crap it absolutely HURTS looking at those Blazin' Finishing moves.
I think now days making a new DefJam would have the huge issue than too much money would be going to pay to the records for the rappers appearences, if there ever is a comeback would probably have less cameos. But to be fair most people I think would be ok with that, the gameplay was actually the funniest part of the game
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Not mentioning soul caliber feels like a war crime
Huh? Is Soul Calibur dead?
@@aureliodeprimus8018 It hasn't had a new game since 2018, 5 years ago. Last DLC was 4 years ago.
@@aureliodeprimus8018technically Namco kill soulcal because they don't want any other Tekken competition now look what happen to DBFZ
Oh fr? good to know
@@Aripuni1 A bummer...
I demand Bloody Roar. My favorite older 3d fighter. Not only does the gimmick slap, but its just flashy as fuck
New VS. game idea: Bloody Roar VS. Altered Beast!!
Literally was about to mention bloody roar 3.
its peak
Yeah this video instantly made me think about BR2. Used to duke it out with my brother all the time. RIP
You beat me to it; I was definitely gonna mention Bloody Roar. I played BR2 for hours and hours as a kid, both against my siblings and trying to complete every story mode.
Every day Capcom reminds me Darkstalkers is a game they made that they will not make again but will totally sell Morrigan outfits and merch, and every day I am sad
Now, now...
There are also Felicia and Lilith costumes and merch.
But in all seriousness, you'd figure there'd be a few more Darkstalkers or Darkstalkers-like games with kitchen sink fantasy casts.
There is that official Capcom survey that's running which includes the option for a new Darkstalkers? Does it mean anything? Probably not, but there's still a possibility!
Maybe it will be a Darkstalkers DLC in SF6
When you are a Darkstalkers fan who like Anakaris and Lord Raptor: thanks for fucking NOTHING
cmon, the introduction of the concept of succubus to the world was the best gift darkstalkers could have given us
Powerstone being so forgotten pains me in ways i can't describe
I dont think the magic of Power Stone 2 could be captured in today's gaming society imo. I loved that game and I always though the mobile gaming revolution of the 2010s would have been a perfect fit for a local, wifi-ready remake of PS2
I think that Powerstone needs some SERIOUS adjusting if it wants to make a wave in this day and age but the pieces are there. The character designs in that game were some of the best designs I've seen to date and I will pay good money to see my baby boy Accel do anything.
@@Skooch Ditto for me and Ayame (best girl!). I'd absolutely love to see her make an appearance in a Capcom crossover game!
Didn't they just release Crash Team Rumble and ANOTHER Power Stone ripoff last year? And then I guess mostly AoE management LoL derivatives don't even count, like Battle Crush.
I'm genuinely surprised that none of the Power Stone games ever appeared on a Nintendo console. Those systems seemed designed with couch multiplayer in mind so neither game appearing on the Gamecube, Wii or Switch seems strange, especially with how focused Capcom was on the Gamecube at that time and how they're not shy about porting titles now.
As for whether a Power Stone game could be successful nowadays? I think Gang Beasts and Party Animals' popularity shows there's still a market for these kinds of games, at least in the west, but unlike the arcade focused PS1 and PS2, I feel a Power Stone 3 today would need a continual stream of content like new characters and levels and I don't think Capcom would be willing to make that sort of commitment.
Up next on the Skooch channel: Skooch creates an underground fighting ring where he offers $5 and pocket lint to the last survivor.
SPOILERS!!
1) Legit assumed this list was gonna cover the traditional 3D Fighter suspects like: Soul Calibur, Virtua Fighter, Dead or Alive, Rival Schools etc. Somewhat disappointed yet also enticed.
2) Urban Reigns Gameplay + Power Stone Art Style = Profit. Someone talented get on that!
3) I'll always love Power Stone but dang it if I'm not looking at Urban Reigns with envy and wishing I got more time in Rumbleverse.
4) Check out Mighty Fight Federation and LastFight Both are 3D arena brawlers with a but more sauce on them but LastFight literally had what Power Stone 1 was having but also was having an affair with Smash Bros.
5) I subscribed because you talked about fighting games and made me feel feelings. Heck, you had me at Power Stone.
urban reigns ranked online multiplayer with updated graphics. I would play that all day
YEAH, HE HAS TO MAKE LIKE 4 MORE SEQUELS TO THIS VIDEO LOL
skooch in his fighting game arc real?
I've played so much tekken...
I just know that soon he's not gonna sugarcoat it
@@Skooch Who’d you main
@@Skoochplease a Video on Tekken✌️
@@SkoochBear main 😅😅😅
Just to let you know, you *can* dodge attacks in _Power Stone_ by flicking the control stick in a chosen direction right as an attack is about to hit. It's pretty damn hard to do (and honestly, one thing I would update if a third one or a remaster comes along... hopefully!) and you frequently see the computer opponents do it on higher difficulties, but it is at least there!
That is correct. Timing is everything with dodging and the direction
I feel the Indie fighters that aped Power Stone 1 never gotten that spot refined Imo.
I love how he forgot about virtua fighter and soul caliber lol 😂😂
And the Dead or Alive Franchise lol
Sega forgot the VF series
@@TheDapperDragon frfr
Are they dead?
Is gundam extreme vs maxiboost on a 3d fighter?
Seeing Urban Reign, Def Jam, and Power Stone sent me into a nostalgic spiral. I doubt we will ever see games like that again.
Capcom had their games leaked few years back. Power stone was on that list for Q2024
The first two DefJam games were AMAZING. However paying for all the celebrities was probably a drain on the budget and primary reason there haven't been more.
@@Shotsoma Guess we'll find out
'Where are the 3D fighters other than Tekken!?'
Soul Calibur: :')
Bro started rapping then got bleached hair😂😂
Time stamp?
@@epikdoggydude1232 7:20
@@NEON69420 thanks bro
Okay. I wasn't trippin". I was doubting what I saw.
Great video man. It really amazes me how many Capcom IPs are just languishing in limbo. They have so many great franchises that they refuse to touch anymore. It drives me crazy! DON’T THEY WANT MY MONEY!?
“Power Stone has no block or dodge button.”
You’re technically right, but the game has a whole entire invincible dodge mechanic called “escape” that you can do just by tapping the control stick at the right time.
In fact the (first) game has a ton of depth and hidden mechanics that are totally unique in this genre. It’s so rewarding when you take the time to learn them. At this point I can easily beat the game on the highest difficulty without breaking a sweat. Power Stone 1 has been one of my top 10 favorite games for more than 20 years and I still don’t think there’s ever been another arena fighter that comes close, not even the sequel.
Problem is cost. Capcom have grown so big. They can't afford to make small projects anymore. Every products need to have heavy investment to it. And i doubt that power stone could benefit from insane investment. And even if it does, capcom still have to weight it's importantness against other major franchise capcom own.
I hate secret mechanic in pvp game, tho. It just feel unfair to play against something you don't even know possible. Altho, it could probally be fixed nowadays with the internet. But still i'd think devs are smarter now and avoid secret mechanic as much as possible
If that’s the case then they should sell the property or something. Or they can do like any other game company and farm out the development to a smaller studio. ANYTHING is better than just leaving these amazing characters, worlds, and stories on the cutting room floor forever.
@@pendranomechannel6786 It's still their asset, why should they have to sell their asset and lose their ability to make use of it. Not to mention all the royalty associated with it.
Outsourcing to third parties is how we get such masterpiece like GTA trilogy remaster, or that contra game. Capcom have a reputation they need to keep. And quality control is hard when you let other use your IP
@@dieptrieu6564 I suppose you’re right about it still being their assets they should definitely retain the right to their own IPs so I take that one back. As for the quality control thing, I know perfectly well that it’s hard to do when another studio is handling your property, but it’s not impossible. It’s been done many times before by many big time publishers INCLUDING Capcom, so I’m sure they could manage. You just have to find the right devs.
@@pendranomechannel6786 finding the right dev take time. And it would be safer to use big IP because at least if the game was bad, some hardcore fans can still suck it up for them.
Having said that, capcom did make a poll about which game people want to see them making a remake or sequel, so you just have to wait and see
Man I miss Rumbleverse so much!!! So much, that I've recently been watching old matches on TH-cam, because it's the closest I can get to playing it again. The game was like taking Power Stone 2, making it a Battle Royale, and adding the movement of Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (oh, and the elbow drop).
Still wild you forgot about Soul Calibur (released a new game around the last MvC game) and Virtual Fighter 5, which got re-released for the 4th time on PS4 a few years ago.
Soul Calibur being so ludicrously mishandled throughout its entire existence brings me physical pain.
Bring back Soul Calibur 2 and soul calibur 3 costumization
2 didn't have any customization @@jakeowenramos5754
I still remember reading a short guide on Def Jam Fight for NY in Nintendo Power. I doubt we will ever get a game as good what with all the licensing costs for the music, but damn I would love a good successor to that game.
The Canadian come out very strong around 20:10 😂😂😂 "Nouoo whey!"
There's this one game that i used to play back in days with the bois called "Bloody Roar 2"(there are 5 iterations of the game, each with unique story mode but we mostly play the second one). It's some what of a 3D fighting game mix with 2D fighting style like Tekken and your super is literally turning to the animal that the character possesses to do special move, the boss is pretty hard to beat and the characters are quite memorable, you should really check the game out sometime.
I haven't played many fighting games, mostly just Smash.
However. Custom Robo for the GameCube kicked all of the ass, forever. It's a 3D fighter where you fight with little robots in a virtual space. The "custom" part comes in where you get to swap parts of your robo out for different loadouts, and you unlock those parts through the story mode which is actually really good (read: it's anime as hell). Highly recommended by me, the guy that played Custom Robo a lot.
Check out Virtual-On, Battle Assault 3 & Zone of the Enders
Funny to think fighting games always kinda had DLC with all the extra versions of each mainline game. Shit wouldn't fly today
3:00 Power Stone
7:30 Urban Reign
12:50 Rumbleverse
16:40 Def Jam FFNY
As much as I had my gripes with Rumbleverse by the end of it all, I still gotta praise it for being the most unique approach to a battle Royale
Also pour one out for Bloody Roar and Star Gladiator. Those are two fighters I wish would come back
Namco making a Soulcalibur crossover with Samurai Shodown/Last Blade characters in it would be so f*cking great
Haohmaru is in Soul Calibur 6
Dont know if it really counts but Tekkens sister franchise, SoulCalibur get overlooked a lot. Its one of my favorites!
Both Power Stone 1 and 2 have a dodge system, from what I remember you have to flick the left stick/press the dpad either towards or to the side as an attack is about to land, somewhat like parries in Street Fighter. You can also catch thrown items (even bombs) with a well timed press of grab.
In Power Stone 1 in particular, my friends and i got so good at catching and dodging thrown items, the mindgames around them got pretty nuts. And as for the dodge system, if you get a dodge then your opponent has to perfect dodge your next hit (if they attack straight away) or its going through. The timing of an attack after a dodge, in itself became another mindgame.
tl;dr Power Stone has defensive mechanics, just not easy ones, and they're very rewarding to land
I feel obligated to mention a childhood favorite of mine - Bakugan: Defenders of the Core. It was a little on the simple side in terms of fighting mechanics, but (as long as my memory isn’t _too_ nostalgia-tainted) it was a pretty decent Wii game.
It was also a Bakugan video game where you fought as building-crushing titans to save an alternate reality from the bad guys trying to steal the power of the planet’s core (though the writing is a little lazy and it isn’t quite as cool as that sounds). Basically, imagine Pokken Tournament but scale the fighters up to ten stories tall, and you’ve got a pretty good idea.
Hi-rez, the guys that made Smite made a Smash-like 3D fighter for their game called Divine Knockout. It genuinely has so much potential to be good, and they for some reason just stopped working on it.
average Hi-Rez moment(they can't work in one thing besides smite)
They also had this amazing Tribes reboot that they dropped out of the blue.
If not for it being Hi rez, the generic mobile art style and type of dialouge style of the characters n such, Id be for it.
It's a thing noone explored or go to.
I tbh want more of that please.
@@ph1lny3 if you mean ascend, yes 😭 now tribes 3 has all the oldheads playing again but the skill floor is astronomical
Soul Caliber. Dead or alive. Two 3d fighting game classics
By the time Virtua Fighter 6 comes out my grandkids will be wheeling me out to locals strapped to life support
I can't be the only who likes watching Skooch's videos for Skooch himself right?
Kikaioh, Rival Schools, Mace: The Dark Age, Battle Arena Toshinden all come to mind in terms of 3d fighting games that deserve a sequel
Battle Arena deserves at least a remastered version of some sort. rival schools was great for the stories alone.
We had a Battle Arena Cabinet at my daycare, I have never forgotten watching some older kids try to beat Gaia with Sofia or getting knocked off of Eiji's stage.
Not a fighting game but a near and dear 3D game I felt like not many people heard about was a game called Kameo. You’re an elf princess that can become elementals with different powers (kind of like an early Ben10). The designs of almost all the elementals were amazing and so much fun to play as. The game was scheduled for a sequel but unfortunately the dev company shut down before making it. I’d love for you to check it out skooch, even if you don’t make a video of it, it’s a charming game that I’ve replayed many times and feel like you’d enjoy as well.
Kameo, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, and Viva Pinata are rather unsung Rareware titles that sadly didn't get the time to grow.
Granted, part of the struggle is that they were clearly made with a Nintendo audience in mind when XBox was still competing for the family market instead of an almost exclusively FPS engine.
If Kameo had been on the Gamecube, I imagine it would at least have been a moderate cult classic akin to Billy Hatcher instead of being deemed a stain on Rareware's reputation.
Skooch casually going auburn and not mentioning it made me double take
The 2 3D fighting games from my childhood that come to mind that I had a blast with are Ehrgeiz and Destrega. Ehrgeiz had an awesome fighting system, and the maps sometimes actually mattered if they had a small bit of elevation you could use to your advantage. The splash of FF characters was pretty cool, while the characters made for the game had character of their own. It was just an amazing game all around.
Destrega on the other hand had all sorts of fun ranged energy powers for each character that were just insane when combined with the fighting. Blast someone from across the arena with a laser, or hit someone with a prismatic blast of light while they're running towards you. Or kill someone with literal charged up versions of your regular energy attacks that could be combined in different orders to modify their characteristics. My brother and I had a blast with this one and played matches that would last quite a long time with the dodging and blocking system they had in the game. Hell you could even deflect the energy attacks if you got good enough with the battle system.
Oh that thumbnail hurt. I miss both of those series so much. Power Stone was just so dope and Def Jam was so fun for how goofy and over the top it was.
Bruh most of these traditional fighters populations combined couldn’t equal 5 digits before tekken 8 came out on steam. The most popular fighting game according to real steam chart evidence even after tekkens release is a 3d, battle royale fighting game called naraka bladepoint, and its not even close.
Now if for honor 2 came out with dedicated servers, it’d be up there too.
-cries in God Hand-😢
Only fighting game I've ever loved is KoF Maximum Impact. It's also a 3D fighter in the sense that you press R1 and the character takes a arc of a skootch to change the angle on the background, and maybe dodge an attack while giving back a cheeky punch.
If you've never played the Pipeworks Godzilla games, I'd love to see you try them
Bloody Roar and Virtua fighter were 2 pretty good 3d fighting games.
Mace the dark age on N64 as well!
The Gundam Extreme Vs. Have been amazing 3D brawlers.
I do love when people like Scooch talk about my favorite genre of games. I know they arent small but it is good to see someone with a good size following talk about fighting games with such love that isnt Max or Moist every once in a while.
i used to play Soul Caliber 3-5 so much. SC4 was the first collector edition i ever bought. its sad to see it squandered so hard.
now I wait 19 years for a skooch melty blood video
The Soulcalibers need a remake. Not necessarily a sequel, the storyline already ended, but remastered versions would be nice.
It already did
@@Gweezy12 I’m not talking about Soulcaliber 6. I mean remakes of the original 5 games. (Especially 4, that was the best one in my opinion.)
One of my favourite games of all times is the 3d brawler final fantasy dissidia for the psp. It was just amazing how you could personalice each legend from the FF universe. What an amazing 3d brawler
I used to love Soul Calibur. 6 broke my heart with how bad it felt to play. The older games might be a fun experiment though.
Power stone could definitely pull off being a meme tournament or the chaos it would ensue if your favorite TH-camrs came together.
I really enjoyed playing battle for NYC on my ps2 back in the day
I watched this already but also just watched the VR Minecraft video when you opened up for a bit and I get that stress you felt, loved you for years man, never the game you played. Keep your head up and realize you are scooch not league or anything else. Love you man keep it up♥️
DOA 1-6 izuna dropping people off 200 ft building was crazy
I love that Skooch went super saiyan mid way through the video! Massive drip dawg 🙏🏻
I read '3D Fighting Games' and thought immediately of Urban Reign. Me and my friends used to play Smackdown Here Comes The Pain a lot when I was young and then we discovered this hidden gem of a game and never looked back.
This game is insanely good! We still get together sometimes and play this even though my PS2 is long dead (long live emulation). It is a true timeless classic and the amount of fun and gut-busting laughter we've had from this game over the course of nearly 2 decades is immeasurable. If you want to extract the max amount of fun out of this game, you need to just get similarly skilled friends together (4 in all at max) and just play multiplayer. Me and my friends have spent entire days doing just that and it never gets old!
I hope from the bottom of my heart that this game gets a remake or something because there has never been anything even remotely as good ever since.
PS. I know every single character's name, favorite weapon and moveset by heart. My favorite is Shinkai with his Katana who can kill anyone in like 2 moves (1 if he's powered up). Closely following him are: Golem with his axe, Shun Ying with her Chinese Sword and her brother Lin Fong with his Saber.
I played so much Powerstone and Def Jam. I think The Warriors by Rockstar also had incredible brawling action, but is mostly forgotten.
I kinda want to see your opinions on the game Your Only Move Is Hustle, if you have the time for a turn based fighting game based around frame advantage and directional input.
To clarify, in powerstone, you don't have a dodge button, but you can dodge by tapping left or right just before an opponent attacks and you can catch thrown objects. I agree with the lack of blocking.
Castlevania Judgement was highly underrated. Graphics were trash but the ost was fire!
I would love to see another power stone game. I also really want the bloody roar games to come back. I loved those games, played them through out my childhood.
For further context on Power Stone, you CAN dodge
But you literally have to tap an attack or jump button in time with the attacker like a parry.
In fact, a lot of actions are environment/context-based akin to Kirby's Air Ride.
The design of the dive kick as one of the fastest movement options in Power Stone working only as a gap-closer and not a run-away tool at least works against camping
But in Power Stone 2, the need to account for more than 2 fighters on a single map means that most of the innate lock-on stuff had to be taken out for more of a party-game styled element. 3D arena fighters without an innate 1 v 1 plane and lack of a robust lock-on dynamic such as Shrek Super Slam and Mighty Fight Federation suffer heavily from run-away-abuse-heaven.
One series I love to this day was River City Ransom, ignoring the River City Girls games. The last one produced was on Steam called River City Underground, a wonderful gem of a game that had everything going for it...till a musician who did the music for the game lost their minds and threatened to sue the indie team. Shine on you, beautiful diamond!
21:05 Considering this game was a sequel, I’m sure plenty of people asked for it. That phrase would only apply to the first game.
Bro, Skooch baby.
War. Of. The. Monsters. 🦍🤖🐜🐉👁🗿🛸
Please do a vid on that classic. Such fond memories of that game as a kid. I still think it holds up as a 3D arena fighter.
I beat this game an ungodly amount of times and I still absolutely despise the level with all the eyeball dudes that rush you. Besides that the ragdoll physics will never not be funny.
What kills me is that Capcom COULD make Power Stone comeback, but I’m sure what’s holding them back is gauging fan interests. They tried the same thing Darkstalkers on more than one occasion to pretty underwhelming returns. Even though there are clearly fans of these games, it’s not an insane following like they get for games like Resident Evil and Street Fighter, so a lot of great franchises are basically just left in the dust. I would kill for a Rival Schools game in 2024, even though that’s simply not gonna happen.
But we really need at least one other 3D fighter. It feels like Virtua Fighter is the last hope, and God knows if an actual sequel will ever happen at any point.
I forgot how brutal the Def Jam supers were.
We need another Def Jam game.
A real Def Jam game, not that Icon shit.
@@TheDapperDragon I forgot Icon existed, which is Enough said on that subject.
@@TheDapperDragonmy god that game Icon was a waste of time. And that was a rental lol
Tobal 2 is a big hitter to me with its MASSIVE character pool. And i MEAN massive.
Personally, I’d rather just see Capcom put a few Power Stone characters in their crossover fighters. Like, imagine Pete or Gunrock in MvC4? Or Jack in CvS3? That’d be dope.
Well, Urban Reign is just Tekken as a beat em up. Much of the mechanics were present on the Tekken 6 beat em up mode, and the Nina spin off.
If you want to know the best kept secret in 3D /arena fighting games, it’s Gundam EXVS. Not only is it team based giant robot madness, but the game’s so deep on a mechanical & competitive level that it’s singlehandedly kept the Japanese arcade industry on life support.
How skooch feels about rumbleverse is how I feel about Gigantic
ahh yes, gigantic. the game that was ahead of its time
Gigantic is actually coming back btw!!
@@almightygod87 I'm aware of it, I'm part of r/gigantic too XD, let's keep our hopes up!
One Piece Grand Adventure was a gem and I spent waaaaaay too much time on it when I was like 8yo.
I am not sure if Rumble Roses deserves a mention here, but i still find the idea of a Japanese studio trying their hands at a Wrestling game with an all-female cast hilarious.
Rip jump force. The actual gameplay was butter smooth and fun af but bad balancing (100-0 combos) and literally the worst story mode ever destroyed the game. I really miss playing it. It was so fun and fast to play. U had so many combos to do with the off hand character abilities and the fact that u had 3 chars in ur team.
"Buff guy thug guy, Marshall and paul" 😂I'll never forget monster though....that mf 😂
Skooch!!! You named all my favorites!! The only one I think you’re kinda sorta “technically” missing it’s not really a 3-D, but it is also 3-D fighter is (Project justice!! & slap happy rhythm busters )
Gundam Maxi Boost On is an awesome 3D fighter that's really popular in Japan. 183 different mechs to play out of the box. It isn't really a "brawler" but it still has melee and melee centric suits.
If you haven't heard of it, you should try out Dissidia Duodecim if you want a super fun 3D fighting game. It's a Final Fantasy game that plays kinda similar to the Budokai games in that you rarely have your feet touching the floor and it's very anime and fun in it's combat.
I'd like to bring attention to One Piece: Grand Battle and its follow-up, One Piece: Grand Adventure as enjoyable 3D fighting games.
I found the base combat to be fun and fluid. You had forward attacks, angled attacks, air attacks, supports, special moves, super moves. There were items to grab to use against opponents and apply statuses. And stages were varied in size, topography, and gimmicks.
The Grand Battle game was mostly just a fighting game. However, Grand Adventure really stepped it up by expanding the roster and unlockables, and most of all by adding story modes of varying difficulties.
The catch here is that if you're not familiar with One Piece, you may not appreciate the game as much as someone who is, so your mileage may vary.
Skooch casually going SSJ at 8:39
Man Def Jam Vendetta, DMC 3 and FFX was my childhood. We finally got a DMC sequel to 4 so hopefully we can get a Vendetta sequel or remake.
very nice video as always from best narrator skooch :3
Tbh for 3d fighting games I LOVED final fantasy dissidia. The fights were a bit different from what we usualy find. You had to do attacks that steal the enemy's ether (wich is the dmg they will deal with their next attack) then attack with one of your attacks that use your ether to actualy deal dmg.
you can do combo's with follow up attacks that can be countered if you dodge at the right timing etc tec.
They made great maps but most of them are kinda the same with the only danger from the map is the edge or falling in the endless abyss of despair. but it was still very fun.
It was a special gameplay and maybe it wasnt as good as I think it was, but nostagia made me love it so much
I also played five years ago a game on steam named Kurtzpel
Had great coop PVE, great mekaniks with your character using two weapons and doing many combos by using many skills/attacks/weapon switch etc
Unfortunatly it got bad
It's now a very pay2win oriented game and most of the good contents are gone
Anyway, love from France
I really like how they handled 3D space in Dissidia while also having very simple controls. It feels intuitive, falls in line with the canonical power level of its characters, but also had surprising depth (I remember in Duodecim learning tight timings on dodge cancel combos w/ assists).
20:53 so shocking he became Canadian
Power Stone is the creation of Hideaki Itsuno and Tatsuya Nakae. Itsuno-san is currently working on Dragon's Dogma 2.
If you looking on Def Jam, Method Man was the guy doing work on organizing that one with EA. Aki is doing dance games now and that's a tragedy.
And don't get me started about Rival Schools...
Anarchy Reigns is my pick for one of the most underrated 3D brawler of all time. A true successor to Power Stone with legitimate tech, insane stages that change, a well rounded cast, PILEDRIVING HELICOPTERS and a soundtrack that rivals F4NY, it is all kinds of a blast and such a shame it didn't get the recognition it needed to stay alive or a rerelease.
Skooch has become one of those channels that makes me drop everything when a new video pops up. Quality all around.
My neck hurts just watching that one def jam special
Def Jam Fight for NY is one of the best fighters of the 2000s. I honestly wish we'd get a remaster or something
i know its not dead, but i am curious about your thoughts on for honor. would you count it as a 3d fighter, or even a good one at that?
I became a big fan of the River City Ransom series, with my favorite titles being Tokyo Rumble and Rival Showdown. Tokyo Rumble actually had a pretty interesting battle mode that I enjoyed playing, even though there were clear balancing issues. But they would later make a game called River City Melee Mach that really felt like a proper evolution of that mode. You get 30 teams, with 6 characters in each team, each with their own moveset. Some characters are way stronger than others, and some just broken, but it's a neat little game to try.
That and Mighty Fight Federation. I decided to check it out since they had River City Ransom content (with an awesome remix of the main theme done by Tee Lopes and Gametal), and they had Miriam from Bloodstained, Toejam and Earl, and Yooka Laylee. I didn't get too deep into the game, but it seems like it took some inspiration from Power Stone.
There's also Combat Core. I played it for a while, but that one was pretty much inspired by Power Stone, but I don't remember enjoying it too much.
PowerStone is in the thumbnail when it's a arena fighter... Okay
There's an old Sonic fighting 3d game with a secret character based on a character from fighting vipers (another 3d fighting game made by SEGA)
22:33 You should check out The Bouncer for PS2. It's a PS2 launch title that's essentially just Urban Reign, but the main character is Sora from Kingdom Hearts and its made by Square Enix (Squaresoft at the time). Because of Square's magic, the game still holds up visually.
I played this game religiously as a kid and I’ll never forgive it for making you beat the game like 6 times in order to get the REAL final boss fight 😭
@Skooch Tobal 1 & 2 for the ps1 might be worth a look. Same dev as the Bouncer and Ehrgeiz but with character design by Akira Toriama. It's not the best-looking game but plays smoothly and created many mechanics that were picked up by other games
Sick video dog but I would disagree on your first joke (yes I’m a prick) and say fighting games generally are indeed an advanced ROCK PAPER SCISSORS.
Scissors (attacks) lose to rock (blocking/shield) but rock loses to paper (grabs) but then paper loses to scissors.
I absolutely love this concept in fighting games
Honestly incredible how solid a title Def Jam FFNY was.
Saw that played competitively once at EVO.
Couldn't believe the usage someone was getting out of Method Man.
Dark souls 3 showed a new way of doing 3d pvp fights. But no one made a game that is just it.
I have honestly a project about it that is years old, maybe one day I'll have the knowledge and skills to publish it.
It's basically a middle point between lol and ds3.
I miss the Bloody Roar series. I'm still hoping for a sudden revival...
you should check out bloody roar 2 i think its prob the coolest fighting game ever and its a 3d fighter i think you would really enjoy it and though it does have sequels that arent very good i feel like this game needs a sequels that lives up to bloody roar 2
It's kind of sad that the most technical 3d fighter didn't get a mention here. Virtua Fighter. It really pioneered a lot of the industry
"This is a Mortal Kombat Fatality"
Yeah, that's the crazy thing. It's hardly "gory", but Holy Crap it absolutely HURTS looking at those Blazin' Finishing moves.
I think now days making a new DefJam would have the huge issue than too much money would be going to pay to the records for the rappers appearences, if there ever is a comeback would probably have less cameos. But to be fair most people I think would be ok with that, the gameplay was actually the funniest part of the game