“Darkstalkers is the Futurama to Street Fighter’s The Simpsons”. I like that analogy, implying that Street Fighter was genre defining and near perfect back in the day, but has gone on too long and is now a shell of its former self, and Darkstalkers is lesser known but much better made and loved by its hardcore fans...and that it is LONG overdue for a revival and return!
All I want is a new, big 3D Darkstalkers game with all the characters, color pallets, stages, etc. & I want Capcom to release it sometime in October this year!~ :D Or do something special for Darkstalkers... I'm fucking TIRED of Street Fighter! 😭😭😭
I worked on the the Darkstalkers series back in the day at Capcom. The reason the second installment was called Darkstalkers Revenge instead of Darkstalkers 2 was that it was felt it wasn't a true sequel, it was more of an upgrade. The revenge component was also to make sound like an old horror movie, (i.e. Frankensteins' revenge or Revenge of the Creature) which provided much of the inspiration for the game.
I just call her Lei-Lei. I have mostly played the arcade games through emulation, so I am more use to her actual name. Doesn't make sense that they changed her name to something more Japanese from a Chinese on anyway. Most the names that they changed in the series for whatever reason tended to end up more difficult to pronounce than the Japanese games.
Hahahah, excellent reason for Sony giving more 3D than 2D chops to the PSX. Night Warriors convinced me that I had nothing to gain from the PSX, keeping me a big Saturn fan. Panzer Dragoon helped too, but I definitely put many more hours into Night Warriors than any other game in that period!
Despite its console history, Vampire Hunter is a game I absolutely love!( Please do more videos!!!) Its visuals, gameplay and music was to me, the Capcom renaissance as this, Xmen and Alpha 2 were just flexing Capcoms already impressive muscles and kept us fans wanting more.
My favorite fighting games series! Art direction, graphics, and it's soundtracks are just top notch. That said, I'm glad Capcom has left well enough alone.
When this came out, Capcom would release details they were making The Darkstalkers OVA! Though some parts were much more impressive than others, it was welcomed over the US tv show...though it still used their voice actors( which many of them were FANTASTIC!)
The video covering the first game made me a fan of yours and I’m happy to finally see this entry! You can definitely count me in for a video on the next entry in the series!
I had Vampire Hunter on my Sega Saturn back in the day and absolutely loved it. I had Street Fighter Zero (Alpha) too, but played Vampire Hunter way more often. It was that damn good. I wish that I had never sold my Saturn game collection for next to nothing back then, as since I have been collecting for it again the games have become scarily expensive.
Ah Morrigan Aensland, as beautiful and dangerous as my ex. And she basically drained the life out of me. I joked she was a Succubus as I couldn't resist her, if I'd only known.
is no one gonna tell this bloody heel that the female Jiang-Shi's name is pronounced "Shen-Kou"? I mean, we know he hates being corrected when it comes to names but bloody 'ell, that one's not even anywhere as tough as, say Ryu (rhee-ooh), Hiryu (he-rhee-ooh), or Daisuke (Dys-keh)! but in all seriousness, thanks for covering one of the Big C's most underrated cult masterpieces in their whole catalog. cheers from The Bronx!
This series has confused me for years. I hope you cover the other 4 entries you mentioned in this video.. cause I need this puzzle to be complete after all these years.
The most confusing difference between the Japanese version Vampire Hunter and the American Night Warriors was that while both kept the same endings from Vampire/Darkstalkers, after the endings the game scrolls over a large piece of artwork of the character (by amazing artist, Bengus) Vampire Hunter also features scrolling text along with the piece of artwork, while no translation of that text is in the American Night Warriors--just the piece of artwork. I always wondered by that was the case and what exactly was said in that text!!
@Top Hat Gaming Man Your finally doing your expose on Darkstalkers This is one of my favorite franchises of all time Just for the characters and the world and game design , character design As always my favorite TH-camr doing another fabulous video Thank you again , yet again This adds to the day drastically !
I'm pretty sure Jiang Shi are Zombies. There is a documentary explaining how chinese transported corpses "enchaning" them and making they hop thru great distances. In fact they did it, but it was just a strange way of transport corpses and legends to make people afraid and hide their "transportation issues"
@Holly Wood Radio I always thought Jiang Shi were zombies too. Especially since along with their discolored dead looking skin, "Jiang Shi" translated to "hopping corpse."
Fantastic coverage of this unique series. Vampire Savior is a very complicated / bizarre adventure. Just a bummer it's been on ice for years. When the series itself grew so much back then. It's odd how the Saturn was more capable, even though it was struggling. And the PlayStation was pushed to do more 3D over 2D. But the Saturn could actually deliver both, and more. Darkstalkers is a fascinating series to me, because it's revisions made it more advanced. The technique of each character added to their personalities, and energy. Excellent coverage as always. Cannot wait to see more of this series
The darkstalker game series is phenomenal CAPCOM needs to bring them back and they should add the Red Earth characters in the roster now that would be an insane freaking fighting game.
Or more monster types! Althought I dunno what type of monster a new Darkstalker character could be. Maybe they should revive that idea of Lilith being an Angel and make an Angel character?
OMG! I used to love you're channel! i forgot my old youtube acct PW and a LOT of stuff i subscribed to was lost to me, this being one! im so glad YT put this in my recommended section! Top Hat Gaming Man back in my life! yes!
If there’s one thing that irks me about this entry, it’s that the default colors of the returning characters are different. Street Fighter did similar for its “sequels” and it always irked me. It was okay if it was just clothing colors, but when it was skin and hair, like with characters like Blanka and Sasquatch, it REALLY bugs me.
Audrion Irks Absolutely. Everything else is damn near perfect, a complete improvement over the mechanics of the first game, just like SF2 Turbo and Super Turbo.
Yes do more Darkstalkers. Definitely would like to know more on the franchise. It’s hard to really find much information about these games cause of how underrated they are. Morrigan is always taking one of my slots in mvc2 and mvc3.
Amazing video!!! Thank you!!! Actually, after seeing this, can you make a video on Fighter's History???? I loved that game growing up and loved seeing clips of the game on your video!!!
The Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors port was outsourced to a European company called Psygnosis. This is similar to what happened with the PSX port of X-Men CotA. Capcom had trouble porting it, and put the port on the back burner, then Probe Entertainment obtained the source code, and after they delayed it for over a year (Probe planned to release CotA in early 1997) they FINALLY released it in February 1998, almost THREE YEARS after the Saturn version by Rutubo Games. To put this in perspective, the Fighters Edge line would start in the US just a few months later with X-Men vs. SF. X-Men vs. SF had already been out on Saturn in Japan for four months by then. Should also be noted that Capcom's development of the port was at about 65-70% done. Probe literally just sat on that incomplete version with the FMV rendered endings and INCOMPLETE endings at that, and at least half of the animation frames missing, then decided that would be acceptable to release in 1998 of all years 😂👏🏾
I can see why Morrigan became a sex symbol, though in terms of favourite female character based on my time playing the game would be Hsien-Ko. Good review.
Love this. I hope you revisit this series, but as there are so many different versions with little differences, maybe it would be better to do a compilation of those?
Even though I suck at these games, I'd love for Dark Stalkers to make a full return. Not as guest characters for another game nor a crossover. A full fledged Dark Stalkers game.
Still waiting on that live action darkstalkers movie, imagine it being rated R since 90s kids are all grown now you get to see these monsters fleshed out in all their glory First movie would focus on Donovan,Anita, morrigan,demitri,the makai Second movie would be about Felicia, talbain(very underrated) and hsien ko Then you bring everybody back for part 3 so they can face pyron And lord raptor gets to be in all three films coz he’s my f’n favorite
The main reason the first game was not released on the Saturn is, probably, because Capcom announced it with Alien vs Predator for the 32X, so with the cancellation they decided to move on to the better hardware and saving time taking the new released second game.
I would love you make a video on Darkstalkers 3, specially on the take that BBHood is a human instead of a monster because the devs said that "humans have the potential to be the biggest monsters around".
I remember reading about this game in a Spanish language publication when I lived in Mexico. It included an extensive move list for the new characters. I've likely lost that publication.
I dont really got much to say on this but I do like Darkstalkers Revenge. And although its a upgrade rather than a true sequel what keeps it fresh is the characters default colors, new roster UI when selecting your fighter, a couple new characters plus two old characters now becoming playable, different variations of the stages, and new revisions of the character theme songs that also went on to become fan favorite tracks. I say that all makes this worth playing. Also fun fact: Hsien-Ko is called Lei lei in Japan (If im correct, I looked up that her name in Japan not only is pronounced Rei-Rei due to the Japanese tongue, but its also supposed to be pronounced that way unless im wrong. You do you Top Hat shes just fiction just like Ryu XD).
Top Hat Gaming Man, I have some suggested fighting games you should cover in future videos. Suggestions: Tekken (original) Dead or Alive (original) The King of Fighters '95 X-Men: Children of the Atom Mortal Kombat II BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Primal Rage Dynasty Warriors (the first game) Bloody Roar Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix Battle Arena Toshinden Sonic the Fighters (Sonic Championship) Virtua Fighter 2 Art of Fighting 2 World Heroes Aggressors of Dark Kombat Double Dragon (Neo Geo) Rage of the Dragons Tech Romancer Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
Vampire Hunter is still competitvely played in Japan and even here, thanks to the CFC, its made it easier to spread the good word of it. It's a completely different beast than Vampire Savior and is def worth the plah
10:30 Statement for Capcom is very Japanese. They couldn't come out and say that PS1 was a piece of rubbish for 2D games - had to carefully craft a statement to allow Sony to save face.
Good stuff👌 , I'm not a huge SNK fan more over Capcom but please can you to a video on World Heroes as I did enjoy that and Sumaria showdown from them.
One of the best 2D fighters on Saturn period. No RAM cart support yet, but about 95% arcade perfect regardless. Vampire Savior on Saturn is the best port of all games Capcom did on Saturn (its not only flat out better than the Arcade, its also better than DC and PS2) but I think I prefer the mechanics of Hunter. Its funny, I never realized the first game was ported at a later date. But I generally ignored Playstation ports for good reason.
If they don't want to do another fighting game, they should do what MK did with Shaolin Monks, but with Donovan and Hi Sen Ko hunting monsters from Dark.Stalkers and other Capcom Games.
Oh yeah man so cool dude freakin all this talk about sega Saturn I’m thinking getting one now so many videos talking about the best graphics best gameplay
Darkstalkers is simply the proof of concept for the Street Fighter Alpha series… All gaming companies do this when testing the waters with a new art style of a known franchise…
Darkstalkers has silky smooth gameplay and I don’t recall many cheap moments.. PSP has a really good deluxe version which I have digitally and there’s also the PS3 version which I believe features the 2nd and 3rd installments.. Cover some of the oldies next Karateka original and remake, Yie Ar Kung Fu, Karate Champ etc
I used to play this game just to see Morrigan all sexy n' shit. The same with Mai from King Of Fighter. Also, thanks to Felicia, I now have some semi-furry fantasies in my adulthood. Im ambivalent whether this is a good or bad thing
A Wish: Hokuto No Ken for the PS2 from Arc System Works😍... I know, a little bit Special... but it's an very underated Pearl in the 2D-Vs-Fighter-Range😁 👍Keep up your great Work👍
Let's face it. It's DEAD Jim... Though I'd like to see another go. Reason #666 why we'll never see another Dark Stalkers game: Capcom doesn't have any programmers left who can code a modern sequel.
I know this is crazy and wouldn't happen. BUT if these two companies were to make games that were just good projects (so in lala fantasy land). How AWESOME would it be to get X-Men vs Darkstalkers. It could be an Apology to X-men fans and a revitalization of the Darkstalkers franchise at the same time. Which is an idea i've been saying Capcom should be doing with a Street Fighter vs Darkstalkers game, as it could use the X-men/marvel or Street Fighter brand to get more eyes on a Darkstalkers focused title rather then a few cameos that don't mean much when they're buried in large rosters or rereleases of games that have already been rereleased (on previous generations of the same consoles no less. maybe next re-re-rerelease they could include PC and Nintendo alongside the PS and Xbox you know to maximize who can actually get it since building awareness was kinda the point of the last one). (Note: I made this comment in the MVC:I and Darkstalkers videos)
you mean Victor Von Genderheim. yeah, he's the great combo of funny & cool, strong but highly mobile once you get to learn to pull his rush moves, and a noble yet quirky personality! and my fave NightWarrior is Dee, the being Donovan becomes after finally giving in to "The Thirst" (only playable in "Chaos Tower" for the Japanese PSP.)
“Darkstalkers is the Futurama to Street Fighter’s The Simpsons”. I like that analogy, implying that Street Fighter was genre defining and near perfect back in the day, but has gone on too long and is now a shell of its former self, and Darkstalkers is lesser known but much better made and loved by its hardcore fans...and that it is LONG overdue for a revival and return!
Futurama was successful tho. Darkstalkers was a flop. Only selling point is Morrigan who's a sex symbol.
This was a great description💎
Exactly
All I want is a new, big 3D Darkstalkers game with all the characters, color pallets, stages, etc. & I want Capcom to release it sometime in October this year!~ :D Or do something special for Darkstalkers... I'm fucking TIRED of Street Fighter! 😭😭😭
darkstalkers never succeeded
Would love to see more content on this franchise as it’s one of my favorites from the fighting game genre. Great job as usual sir 👍🏽 🎩
I worked on the the Darkstalkers series back in the day at Capcom. The reason the second installment was called Darkstalkers Revenge instead of Darkstalkers 2 was that it was felt it wasn't a true sequel, it was more of an upgrade. The revenge component was also to make sound like an old horror movie, (i.e. Frankensteins' revenge or Revenge of the Creature) which provided much of the inspiration for the game.
I literally braced for impact with the pronunciation of Hsien-Ko
Would be funny if he showed "Hsien-Ko" on screen but pronounced it "Lei-Lei". ;-)
She was my favorite Dark Stalkers character
I learned to pronounce her name playing Super Puzzle Fighter.
@@thestendhalsyndrome I don't care what people says about her, she's an s tier for me in MvC3
I just call her Lei-Lei. I have mostly played the arcade games through emulation, so I am more use to her actual name. Doesn't make sense that they changed her name to something more Japanese from a Chinese on anyway. Most the names that they changed in the series for whatever reason tended to end up more difficult to pronounce than the Japanese games.
Hahahah, excellent reason for Sony giving more 3D than 2D chops to the PSX. Night Warriors convinced me that I had nothing to gain from the PSX, keeping me a big Saturn fan. Panzer Dragoon helped too, but I definitely put many more hours into Night Warriors than any other game in that period!
"Rather than beautiful, 2D refined sprites.........OoOoOoOohhhhhh."
I DIED laughing at that part!!!!
Darkstalkers games are very interesting, therefore more vids about them are more than welcome.
I wonder what would have happened if spring heel jack or Sherlock Holmes was ever put in the dark stalkers world ?
I'd also like to see Capcoms versions of Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde or the Invisible man.
Despite its console history, Vampire Hunter is a game I absolutely love!( Please do more videos!!!) Its visuals, gameplay and music was to me, the Capcom renaissance as this, Xmen and Alpha 2 were just flexing Capcoms already impressive muscles and kept us fans wanting more.
My favorite fighting games series! Art direction, graphics, and it's soundtracks are just top notch. That said, I'm glad Capcom has left well enough alone.
Why hasnt Donovan been used in other Capcom games besides Super Puzzle Fighter? Wouldve been nice for him to have a series like DMC
Morrigan beat him out as face of the series.
More darkstalkers, please.
When this came out, Capcom would release details they were making The Darkstalkers OVA! Though some parts were much more impressive than others, it was welcomed over the US tv show...though it still used their voice actors( which many of them were FANTASTIC!)
The video covering the first game made me a fan of yours and I’m happy to finally see this entry! You can definitely count me in for a video on the next entry in the series!
I had Vampire Hunter on my Sega Saturn back in the day and absolutely loved it. I had Street Fighter Zero (Alpha) too, but played Vampire Hunter way more often. It was that damn good.
I wish that I had never sold my Saturn game collection for next to nothing back then, as since I have been collecting for it again the games have become scarily expensive.
I would love to see more of Darkstalkers. I had no idea there were more games than the main 3.
Ah Morrigan Aensland, as beautiful and dangerous as my ex. And she basically drained the life out of me. I joked she was a Succubus as I couldn't resist her, if I'd only known.
That is what all girls I have met are
"As beautiful."
Really?
Damn, lucky you dude.
How I envy you. 😔
is no one gonna tell this bloody heel that the female Jiang-Shi's name is pronounced "Shen-Kou"? I mean, we know he hates being corrected when it comes to names but bloody 'ell, that one's not even anywhere as tough as, say Ryu (rhee-ooh), Hiryu (he-rhee-ooh), or Daisuke (Dys-keh)! but in all seriousness, thanks for covering one of the Big C's most underrated cult masterpieces in their whole catalog. cheers from The Bronx!
Yes! It's been a long time since the first Darkstalkers video! Another great video! Can't wait for Vampire Savior/Darkstalkers 3!
I want a Darkstalker Reboot to be Rated M, But also make New Characters that Parodies Modern Day Horror, & have Leon Kennedy as a Guest Star.
3:25 I KNEW THAT POSE!!! JOHN CASSADY USED THIS AS INSPIRATION FOR HIS "ASTONISHING X MEN #6 COVER!!!!!!!!
Would love to see the remaining history of darkstalkers series & it's impact overall impact on fighting games today! Awesome vid!
Love the bit of history and the idea of you playing while traveling mate!
I lost my girl to a vampire once I've hunted them ever since
🤣🤣🤣
I still own a Sega Saturn and have a copy of Darkstalkers revenge. It was one of my favorite fighting games when I was a kid.
This series has confused me for years. I hope you cover the other 4 entries you mentioned in this video.. cause I need this puzzle to be complete after all these years.
The most confusing difference between the Japanese version Vampire Hunter and the American Night Warriors was that while both kept the same endings from Vampire/Darkstalkers, after the endings the game scrolls over a large piece of artwork of the character (by amazing artist, Bengus) Vampire Hunter also features scrolling text along with the piece of artwork, while no translation of that text is in the American Night Warriors--just the piece of artwork. I always wondered by that was the case and what exactly was said in that text!!
Hoisin-Ko sounds delicious
Love to see ClayFighter even though RebelTaxi already covered it. Would like to see your own take on the history of ClayFighter.
@Top Hat Gaming Man
Your finally doing your expose on Darkstalkers
This is one of my favorite franchises of all time
Just for the characters and the world and game design , character design
As always my favorite TH-camr doing another fabulous video
Thank you again , yet again
This adds to the day drastically !
We need a revival capcom seriously.
I'm pretty sure Jiang Shi are Zombies.
There is a documentary explaining how chinese transported corpses "enchaning" them and making they hop thru great distances.
In fact they did it, but it was just a strange way of transport corpses and legends to make people afraid and hide their "transportation issues"
@Holly Wood Radio
I always thought Jiang Shi were zombies too. Especially since along with their discolored dead looking skin, "Jiang Shi" translated to "hopping corpse."
Yeeeees! Thank you Top Hat! More Darkstalkers conteeeeent! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
1:19 I noticed that in the video you visited the PussyCat.
I see you are man of culture. :D
Played these games so many times, never realized that Lord Raptor lifts up the devil horns when he’s being sweeped 2:21
Capcom: We have made this game.
Also Capcom: And 2352356345753673634 versions of it
Fantastic coverage of this unique series. Vampire Savior is a very complicated / bizarre adventure. Just a bummer it's been on ice for years. When the series itself grew so much back then.
It's odd how the Saturn was more capable, even though it was struggling. And the PlayStation was pushed to do more 3D over 2D. But the Saturn could actually deliver both, and more.
Darkstalkers is a fascinating series to me, because it's revisions made it more advanced. The technique of each character added to their personalities, and energy.
Excellent coverage as always. Cannot wait to see more of this series
This is AWESOME! thanks for this video! :D :D
This is the game that I bought the Saturn for. The 2D capabilities of the Saturn still keep me entertained to this day.
I played it on arcade thus made made me get it for the Saturn. Great vid mate.
The darkstalker game series is phenomenal CAPCOM needs to bring them back and they should add the Red Earth characters in the roster now that would be an insane freaking fighting game.
Or more monster types! Althought I dunno what type of monster a new Darkstalker character could be. Maybe they should revive that idea of Lilith being an Angel and make an Angel character?
OMG! I used to love you're channel! i forgot my old youtube acct PW and a LOT of stuff i subscribed to was lost to me, this being one! im so glad YT put this in my recommended section! Top Hat Gaming Man back in my life! yes!
Welcome back!
If there’s one thing that irks me about this entry, it’s that the default colors of the returning characters are different. Street Fighter did similar for its “sequels” and it always irked me. It was okay if it was just clothing colors, but when it was skin and hair, like with characters like Blanka and Sasquatch, it REALLY bugs me.
I’m in agreement. I’m like that with every game that changes hair and skin color when costume colors are changed. Gets my noodle every time.
Oh no, that’s just what I like about every different version
Audrion Irks Absolutely. Everything else is damn near perfect, a complete improvement over the mechanics of the first game, just like SF2 Turbo and Super Turbo.
love the new format bruv!
Yes do more Darkstalkers. Definitely would like to know more on the franchise. It’s hard to really find much information about these games cause of how underrated they are. Morrigan is always taking one of my slots in mvc2 and mvc3.
Amazing video!!! Thank you!!! Actually, after seeing this, can you make a video on Fighter's History???? I loved that game growing up and loved seeing clips of the game on your video!!!
Already made one and it's available to view now on Patreon. I'll be putting it on TH-cam soon.
@@TopHatGamingManChannel THANK YOU!!!! 🎩🙏🏼
I used to have this game on the "Sega Saturn". One of my favorites!
Me being a old gamer, next to Street Fighter 2 Darkstalkers and Samurai Showdown are the greatest fighting games ever - oh and Soul Caliber 😍.
The Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors port was outsourced to a European company called Psygnosis. This is similar to what happened with the PSX port of X-Men CotA. Capcom had trouble porting it, and put the port on the back burner, then Probe Entertainment obtained the source code, and after they delayed it for over a year (Probe planned to release CotA in early 1997) they FINALLY released it in February 1998, almost THREE YEARS after the Saturn version by Rutubo Games. To put this in perspective, the Fighters Edge line would start in the US just a few months later with X-Men vs. SF. X-Men vs. SF had already been out on Saturn in Japan for four months by then.
Should also be noted that Capcom's development of the port was at about 65-70% done. Probe literally just sat on that incomplete version with the FMV rendered endings and INCOMPLETE endings at that, and at least half of the animation frames missing, then decided that would be acceptable to release in 1998 of all years 😂👏🏾
I can see why Morrigan became a sex symbol, though in terms of favourite female character based on my time playing the game would be Hsien-Ko.
Good review.
Love this. I hope you revisit this series, but as there are so many different versions with little differences, maybe it would be better to do a compilation of those?
indeed sprite animation is smooth and beautiful
In my defense, my 11 year old self was in awe of the Lara Croft of the cut scenes, not the gameplay, haha!
Even though I suck at these games, I'd love for Dark Stalkers to make a full return. Not as guest characters for another game nor a crossover. A full fledged Dark Stalkers game.
Excellent content, as always.
Still waiting on that live action darkstalkers movie, imagine it being rated R since 90s kids are all grown now you get to see these monsters fleshed out in all their glory
First movie would focus on Donovan,Anita, morrigan,demitri,the makai
Second movie would be about Felicia, talbain(very underrated) and hsien ko
Then you bring everybody back for part 3 so they can face pyron
And lord raptor gets to be in all three films coz he’s my f’n favorite
One can dream
Darkstalkers 3 on the PS1 was pretty good though in my memory. I wonder how they programmed it.
11:17 Shots have indeed been fired XD
The main reason the first game was not released on the Saturn is, probably, because Capcom announced it with Alien vs Predator for the 32X, so with the cancellation they decided to move on to the better hardware and saving time taking the new released second game.
Fighting games and a history lesson, what else can one ask for 👍
I would love you make a video on Darkstalkers 3, specially on the take that BBHood is a human instead of a monster because the devs said that "humans have the potential to be the biggest monsters around".
Awesome 👏 and thanks for the sexy thumbnail 😄!
i want more Darkstalker content please i love the Darkstalkers games and was always a big fan
I remember reading about this game in a Spanish language publication when I lived in Mexico. It included an extensive move list for the new characters. I've likely lost that publication.
I believe Hsien-Ko is pronounced with a silent H.
i really enjoyed this last video ThGm even though im not into fighting games too much.
I dont really got much to say on this but I do like Darkstalkers Revenge. And although its a upgrade rather than a true sequel what keeps it fresh is the characters default colors, new roster UI when selecting your fighter, a couple new characters plus two old characters now becoming playable, different variations of the stages, and new revisions of the character theme songs that also went on to become fan favorite tracks. I say that all makes this worth playing. Also fun fact: Hsien-Ko is called Lei lei in Japan (If im correct, I looked up that her name in Japan not only is pronounced Rei-Rei due to the Japanese tongue, but its also supposed to be pronounced that way unless im wrong. You do you Top Hat shes just fiction just like Ryu XD).
More Darkstalkers please!!!!!
Wait, what were the other Dark Stalker games before 3? Fahk! I missed a few!
I upvoted once I saw you mean mug that gargoyle, comic gold!!
The daddy of video game content 😋
Thumb up excelent video!!!
Top Hat Gaming Man, I have some suggested fighting games you should cover in future videos.
Suggestions:
Tekken (original)
Dead or Alive (original)
The King of Fighters '95
X-Men: Children of the Atom
Mortal Kombat II
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
Primal Rage
Dynasty Warriors (the first game)
Bloody Roar
Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix
Battle Arena Toshinden
Sonic the Fighters (Sonic Championship)
Virtua Fighter 2
Art of Fighting 2
World Heroes
Aggressors of Dark Kombat
Double Dragon (Neo Geo)
Rage of the Dragons
Tech Romancer
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
Vampire Hunter is still competitvely played in Japan and even here, thanks to the CFC, its made it easier to spread the good word of it. It's a completely different beast than Vampire Savior and is def worth the plah
10:30 Statement for Capcom is very Japanese. They couldn't come out and say that PS1 was a piece of rubbish for 2D games - had to carefully craft a statement to allow Sony to save face.
Good stuff👌 , I'm not a huge SNK fan more over Capcom but please can you to a video on World Heroes as I did enjoy that and Sumaria showdown from them.
I would love an updated collection of current consoles. The series deserves more attention.
happy 27th anniversary darkstalkers!!! :3
Oh, please do cover Garou: Mark of the Wolves if you haven't already!
One of the best 2D fighters on Saturn period. No RAM cart support yet, but about 95% arcade perfect regardless. Vampire Savior on Saturn is the best port of all games Capcom did on Saturn (its not only flat out better than the Arcade, its also better than DC and PS2) but I think I prefer the mechanics of Hunter.
Its funny, I never realized the first game was ported at a later date. But I generally ignored Playstation ports for good reason.
If they don't want to do another fighting game, they should do what MK did with Shaolin Monks, but with Donovan and Hi Sen Ko hunting monsters from Dark.Stalkers and other Capcom Games.
I think an M-Rating fits Darkstalkers Very well, but also Not to Censor Jedah's Blood.
Do Bloody Roar next! 🙏
Oh yeah man so cool dude freakin all this talk about sega Saturn I’m thinking getting one now so many videos talking about the best graphics best gameplay
I really like Bishamons music. And I thinkkkk the Hsien-Ko ending is the only one with a happy ending
Darkstalkers is simply the proof of concept for the Street Fighter Alpha series… All gaming companies do this when testing the waters with a new art style of a known franchise…
This game and Panzer Dragoon Zwei made me buy a Saturn. It's brilliant.
Darkstalkers has silky smooth gameplay and I don’t recall many cheap moments.. PSP has a really good deluxe version which I have digitally and there’s also the PS3 version which I believe features the 2nd and 3rd installments..
Cover some of the oldies next Karateka original and remake, Yie Ar Kung Fu, Karate Champ etc
Yes please... I'm a huge fan of the Dark Stalkers series
More Darkstalkers videos!
I do want to see more Darkstalkers and SNK fighting games
I used to play this game just to see Morrigan all sexy n' shit. The same with Mai from King Of Fighter.
Also, thanks to Felicia, I now have some semi-furry fantasies in my adulthood. Im ambivalent whether this is a good or bad thing
Series needs more content sometime like a sequel or spinoff or something...
A Wish: Hokuto No Ken for the PS2 from Arc System Works😍... I know, a little bit Special... but it's an very underated Pearl in the 2D-Vs-Fighter-Range😁
👍Keep up your great Work👍
I remember have a Japanese version of the first darkstakjer game before the vampire hunter was released.
Let's face it. It's DEAD Jim... Though I'd like to see another go.
Reason #666 why we'll never see another Dark Stalkers game: Capcom doesn't have any programmers left who can code a modern sequel.
I know this is crazy and wouldn't happen. BUT if these two companies were to make games that were just good projects (so in lala fantasy land). How AWESOME would it be to get X-Men vs Darkstalkers. It could be an Apology to X-men fans and a revitalization of the Darkstalkers franchise at the same time. Which is an idea i've been saying Capcom should be doing with a Street Fighter vs Darkstalkers game, as it could use the X-men/marvel or Street Fighter brand to get more eyes on a Darkstalkers focused title rather then a few cameos that don't mean much when they're buried in large rosters or rereleases of games that have already been rereleased (on previous generations of the same consoles no less. maybe next re-re-rerelease they could include PC and Nintendo alongside the PS and Xbox you know to maximize who can actually get it since building awareness was kinda the point of the last one).
(Note: I made this comment in the MVC:I and Darkstalkers videos)
My favorite is the Frankenstein monster I forget his name . Who’s your favorite dark stalker?
Victor
Lilith, but she doesn't appear until Vampire Saviour.
you mean Victor Von Genderheim. yeah, he's the great combo of funny & cool, strong but highly mobile once you get to learn to pull his rush moves, and a noble yet quirky personality! and my fave NightWarrior is Dee, the being Donovan becomes after finally giving in to "The Thirst" (only playable in "Chaos Tower" for the Japanese PSP.)
My favorite is Lord Raptor.
Chainsaw kicks. Can't beat that.
@@triplestar100 yep genderheim
Hsien Ko is pronounced "Shien Ko" if anyone is wondering
Nothing beats my main Pyron
Easy to play with and is versatile
More Darkstalkers please