I loved playing this as a kid! My best friend had me get it and we played it so much. Being able to do an actual Tatsu with Ken was so cool, and a lot of the characters were really fun. Still remember the cheat code to unlock everyone on PS1.
This game along with tekken 3 and darkstalkers 3 it was makes me a fan of fighting games and a gamer back in 1998,my uncle god rest his soul and his wife,gave me his ps1 and 20 games. It changed my life forever and became a gamer. Thank you uncle Nasser.🙏🏼R.I.P.
Well, I play it, and it one of my fav fighters. Definitely over looked. Hopefully by this giving the series more exposure, people will find the greatness that is ARIKA's fighters.
I still play this on the regular great game, only downer was there was no Akuma. The addition of the excel mode was awesome making for so crazy custom combos
@@xxphillips Akuma was only on the first ex game, he wasnt in the later games namely 2 and 3. This is why I said its the only downer of EX 2, he was missing from the game.
I played a lot of SF II and all of its iterations, SF Alpha 1, 2 and 3, SFIV and SFV. But the game I had the most fun ever, playing against the AI, someone else, was definitely SFEX2 plus. I really loved the way you could supercancel combos, do the meteor combo, and especially the challenges, which were hard to the right point. More over I absolutely love the soundtrack and some stages were awesome. I really wish some of the chars come back to SF, which now is impossible I think. Volcano Rosso, Skullo, Shadow Geist and Area. The biggest down side is the history, there is no history at all, something that is not understandable given the SFEX1 had endings for all characters. Also, the 3d models are bit clunky. But yeah, most fun SF ever for me, much better than SFEX3
Hey Top Hat Gamer, I love that you're covering this great series. Of all the video game series, this is an excellent choice. That's how I found your channel. Speaking of which, overall I love your content. Keep up the good work! Can't wait for the next SF installment :)
Funny enough this is one of the SF games I've spent the most hours on. Spent countless hours trying to beat Bison 2 as a kid. And I didn't even know the requirements to meet the secret fights. Kept trying via trial and error. Still loved this game though. I'd love to see an actual 3D designed street fighter.
Brotha Top Hat! Great video as always. FYI the PS1 port of the original arcade game released here in the U.S. which I own goes by “Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha” as announced after the movie intro in the game 😀.
"Street fighter 4 was the first 3D street fighter developed by Capcom themselves." < *WRONG!* That's Not how you say Capcom Subcontracted it out to Eighting/ Rizing. *Capcom did not and CAN NOT develop a fighting game in-house anymore.* Capcom lacks the trained staff for that and have for YEARS. It's funded, overseen and published by Capcom, but not *Made* by Capcom. As for the EX Series being "swept under the rug"... Funny, because Arika developed their own fighting game with the original characters they made for the EX series called Fighting EX Layer... You might want to give that a look as it's been selling pretty well on Steam and consoles. Hardly "swept under the rug" especially since they have paid SNK for Terry Bogard of SNK's Fatal Fury/ Garou to be a selectable character. Fatal Fury being designed by the original creator of Stree FIghter, Takashi Nishiyama.
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I remember playing the EX games (except EX3) in the arcades at the time, I played them once, came away unimpressed with the game play, and thought it looked ugly, Went back to playing Capcoms 2D games.
I wish Arika & Capcom Released Street Fighter EX Collection with Fighting Layer as a Bonus & it includes both Arcade & Console Versions: Arcade = EX, EX Plus, EX2, EX2 Plus, Fighting Layer Console = EX Plus Alpha, SX2 Plus, EX3
I really do like how you execute these history of Street Fighter videos. What I like is the collection of information you collect and some of it i didn't even know. I think it would be better if you did a video on both the original Fighting Layer and Street Fighter EX3 since here isn't too much info to disguss about Fighting Layer at least, or do that when you get to Fighting EX Layer. Probably makes more sense that way.
The title is actually Fighting EX Layer. The Original Fighting Layer is also made by Arika, but its an old arcade title that was made sometime between EX2 & EX3 (some say it was before EX2 some say after, but its an obscure arcade title that pretty good honestly.)
Forgot to mention that, this is the 1ST SF Game to ever include Combo trials.... which is a very good feature to learn the game and the character of your choice. Not only that, it is very likely he Guard Crush attack inspired the Focus Attack in SF4.... Another thing to note... although this series has made a very good job covering the capcom fighters, no video has actually touched the Fighting Game Community subject matter, and In my opinion..... should be touched on
Great video! I liked this analysis. I have to add something: years ago I played an arcade version very different where the final Boss was Garuda and if you don't lose any round and super finish some matches (I don't remember how much) you fight against Kairi. Another detail is that Shadow Geist is a mid boss similar to PS2 version. Also in this game is between matches you can se an screen with the Street Fighter Ex universe map (very different to the world map we know). Do you know something about this version?
This game got a lot of hate when it was fresh. I really enjoyed it, primarily I think because I always looked at the SFEX games as their own thing, separate from the 2d SF games. This one has some fun mechanics and imo is one of the better 3d fighters from this period in gaming.
Not to nit pick but its not "Ex Plus A" the "A" is actually the latin symbol for Alpha so its "Ex Plus Alpha" It does make differentiating it from the actual Alpha series more difficult but...well that's capcom for you lol.
For me, going from beautifully animated 2D sprites with loads of character to flat, clunky polygons and a game with a choppy frame rate was a huge step backwards. I played it briefly to see what it was about and never returned.
Fighting Layer EX was released Dec 2017 or thats what it says online. I dont remember seeing it til 2018. Other than the small-ish roster its a fun fighter.
I had the first and I thought it was really nice.. Oddly I remember running to the mall to check out this one when it was brand new before running to a Cure concert! I suppose it would take a lot of thought to narrow down which versions of SF are my top 5 or top 3..
A few years ago, I saw some footage of Capcom "Fighting All-Stars" on some site, and it looked absolutely fantastic. I think it was replaced with the "Capcom Fighting Jam" game. Not 100% sure.
@@19zach75 no Capcom fighting Jam is the same as u.s capcom fighting evolution same names in different regions that's the only difference--- Capcom fighting all stars was a 3D fighting game supposed to be released 2002 of winter-- later got canned 2003 testors didn't like the game because it was 3D but? If you look back at the game from 2002 it look like Tekken, if 2005 lol No bs,-- the game was ahead, known fact!" From sfex1,sfex2,sfex3 --the man we know today miharasan is responsible for [Capcom fighting All-Stars] but Capcom canlled it. Which? Started the feud for 18 years today we have fighting ex layer is still growing-- which they are going to add characters from the original fighting layer from 98 on the brand new fighting ex layer..
@TrueSinister exactly Capcom came in and change the whole entire game using cheap-ass Sprites characters from the original game like? Street Fighter 3rd Strike Street Fighter Alpha darkstalkers red Earth and to a 2-D game that didn't make any sense just to cover up Capcom fighting all stars so they call that Capcom fighting evolution overseas it's called Capcom fighting jam
@TrueSinister ...then it had to have been a "test-footage" video that I had seen. It looked really good to me but, I guess the majority didn't think so.
It was pretty popular in arcades at the time and was popular on the playstation Great cast of characters I wish would come back, Darun Mister was my favourite
the main issue is accessibility: in the competitive scene people dislike the playstation 1 version for framerate problems and loading times; setting up a supergun with the original arcade game can be very tough, especially if one plans to stream it. thankfully we have Fighting EX Layer nowadays, and its loads better to play than street fighter 5. as for actual modern footage, you should check out the acho and mikado arcade channels, those people play a lot of ex2+. same goes for some of the american folks that love the game and are still at it.
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Capcom: "Let me hide SF EX under the rug and release another version of Street Fighter 2"
Another fantastic entry in the criminally underrated SF EX series
This game is so good, it takes a bit to get used to, but it's definitely worth a try, it even has side tournaments at EVO
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Always mad the whole ex series was underrated and never talked about. It's my favorite street fighter series
I loved playing this as a kid! My best friend had me get it and we played it so much. Being able to do an actual Tatsu with Ken was so cool, and a lot of the characters were really fun. Still remember the cheat code to unlock everyone on PS1.
This game along with tekken 3 and darkstalkers 3 it was makes me a fan of fighting games and a gamer back in 1998,my uncle god rest his soul and his wife,gave me his ps1 and 20 games. It changed my life forever and became a gamer.
Thank you uncle Nasser.🙏🏼R.I.P.
It is ALWAYS in my ROMs to emulate PS1, my favorite fighting game of all time!
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Well, I play it, and it one of my fav fighters. Definitely over looked. Hopefully by this giving the series more exposure, people will find the greatness that is ARIKA's fighters.
Man! I love these videos! And actually, EX2+ on the PSX is one of my all time favorites!
I still play this on the regular great game, only downer was there was no Akuma. The addition of the excel mode was awesome making for so crazy custom combos
Akuma was in EX + @ before this one however ( I still own them both)
@@Excel86j I know I own all 3 of ex games.
I'm sure he is in the game on ps 1 you have to unlock him. great game
@@xxphillips Akuma was only on the first ex game, he wasnt in the later games namely 2 and 3. This is why I said its the only downer of EX 2, he was missing from the game.
Aftekhar Khan yes you are right I always thought I played the second one with him but it was about 25 years ago. Take care
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Loved the guest character.... Spider-Man!
I played a lot of SF II and all of its iterations, SF Alpha 1, 2 and 3, SFIV and SFV. But the game I had the most fun ever, playing against the AI, someone else, was definitely SFEX2 plus. I really loved the way you could supercancel combos, do the meteor combo, and especially the challenges, which were hard to the right point. More over I absolutely love the soundtrack and some stages were awesome. I really wish some of the chars come back to SF, which now is impossible I think. Volcano Rosso, Skullo, Shadow Geist and Area.
The biggest down side is the history, there is no history at all, something that is not understandable given the SFEX1 had endings for all characters. Also, the 3d models are bit clunky.
But yeah, most fun SF ever for me, much better than SFEX3
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Looking forward to that Fighting EX Layer video! 🦄🦄🦄
Hey Top Hat Gamer, I love that you're covering this great series. Of all the video game series, this is an excellent choice. That's how I found your channel. Speaking of which, overall I love your content.
Keep up the good work! Can't wait for the next SF installment :)
I played and loved this game a lot at that time! So happy to see the characters back again in Ex fighting layers!
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Funny enough this is one of the SF games I've spent the most hours on. Spent countless hours trying to beat Bison 2 as a kid. And I didn't even know the requirements to meet the secret fights. Kept trying via trial and error. Still loved this game though. I'd love to see an actual 3D designed street fighter.
Brotha Top Hat! Great video as always. FYI the PS1 port of the original arcade game released here in the U.S. which I own goes by “Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha” as announced after the movie intro in the game 😀.
The statement "Why no one plays it?" is absolutely not true. This game was and still is played allot in Asia and Europe.
Omg can't wait!" Till u you do a video about fighting layer and street fighter EX3 omg!"
I don't ever remember the frame rate being so bad.
Me neither. I played it at arcades and it was smooth. It's his emulation play.
It's his Emulator. EX2 & EX2+ from my experience was never this bad, even my emulator plays it better. Not knocking him though.
If he is using mame it makes sense that its so slow.
He has new videos of the original EX2 up that eliminated the lag.
(The source of those videos, that is.)
I been playing this alot on my playstation classic through autobleem. Love your vids..
I still play it. The EX trilogy is great! :D
The super combos and challenges in EX 2 PLUS Alpha were epic. way more creative version of street fighter
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This game was sooper dope!
Has one of the best fighting game soundtracks ever ex+alpha
"Street fighter 4 was the first 3D street fighter developed by Capcom themselves." < *WRONG!* That's Not how you say Capcom Subcontracted it out to Eighting/ Rizing. *Capcom did not and CAN NOT develop a fighting game in-house anymore.* Capcom lacks the trained staff for that and have for YEARS.
It's funded, overseen and published by Capcom, but not *Made* by Capcom.
As for the EX Series being "swept under the rug"...
Funny, because Arika developed their own fighting game with the original characters they made for the EX series called Fighting EX Layer... You might want to give that a look as it's been selling pretty well on Steam and consoles.
Hardly "swept under the rug" especially since they have paid SNK for Terry Bogard of SNK's Fatal Fury/ Garou to be a selectable character.
Fatal Fury being designed by the original creator of Stree FIghter, Takashi Nishiyama.
if you want a game that was truly swept under the rug, check out Capcom Fighting All-Stars
Fighting EX layer was underfunded. There was even rumor that the game is fan funded.
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I remember playing the EX games (except EX3) in the arcades at the time, I played them once, came away unimpressed with the game play, and thought it looked ugly, Went back to playing Capcoms 2D games.
Fun fact: in the Street Fighter EX series, when you make Guile perform a Sonic Boom, he will say "SHIT KABOOM!".
I wish Arika & Capcom Released Street Fighter EX Collection with Fighting Layer as a Bonus & it includes both Arcade & Console Versions:
Arcade = EX, EX Plus, EX2, EX2 Plus, Fighting Layer
Console = EX Plus Alpha, SX2 Plus, EX3
I play it. A lot actually. Plus, I think the graphics are pretty good and has great lighting and effects.
I loved playing Street Fighter EX2 Plus in arcades! It was a fun game! It was a 3D Street Fighter game before Street Fighter 4
This review was really nostalgic bro great job👍
These run & look great when played on a PSP. I haven't tested them on Vita/Adrenaline.
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I really do like how you execute these history of Street Fighter videos. What I like is the collection of information you collect and some of it i didn't even know. I think it would be better if you did a video on both the original Fighting Layer and Street Fighter EX3 since here isn't too much info to disguss about Fighting Layer at least, or do that when you get to Fighting EX Layer. Probably makes more sense that way.
i still play it! lol ive got it for ps1. its a great game and it has the best m bison ive ever played, hes my favorite character on that game
The title is actually Fighting EX Layer. The Original Fighting Layer is also made by Arika, but its an old arcade title that was made sometime between EX2 & EX3 (some say it was before EX2 some say after, but its an obscure arcade title that pretty good honestly.)
EX2 actually does still get competitive play but you have to live in NY or Japan. lol
Since The EX Games are using the Playstation Engine, The EX Collection should be Published by Sony like SF5.
SFEX is basically the DBGT of SF Franchise
That is so spot on
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I remember playing this in the arcade and while I'm playing it, my thought was I'd rather play Virtual Fighter 2.
Any disc collect all 3 games? I have collections but I need ex
wow amazing video huge fan of street fighter
The EX series over others for me period. I don't understand the hate.
Will you ever do a video on street fighter 2010?
I miss playing this game. The sound track was amazing.
Digital Ignition is the best theme in this game.
They are all amazing !
@@axelstone1383 Aw yeah!
Forgot to mention that, this is the 1ST SF Game to ever include Combo trials.... which is a very good feature to learn the game and the character of your choice. Not only that, it is very likely he Guard Crush attack inspired the Focus Attack in SF4....
Another thing to note... although this series has made a very good job covering the capcom fighters, no video has actually touched the Fighting Game Community subject matter, and In my opinion..... should be touched on
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I don't think it's " no one plays it" it NOT ENOUGH folks play it.
Like, really, they still have tournaments for this game.
@@SeelkadoomandJokic00 trust me I know. I still play it.
@@LowellLucasJr. I just meant I was agreeing with you
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Great video! I liked this analysis.
I have to add something: years ago I played an arcade version very different where the final Boss was Garuda and if you don't lose any round and super finish some matches (I don't remember how much) you fight against Kairi. Another detail is that Shadow Geist is a mid boss similar to PS2 version.
Also in this game is between matches you can se an screen with the Street Fighter Ex universe map (very different to the world map we know).
Do you know something about this version?
This game have beautiful music 🇹🇹
I used to love it!
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Wait, Street Fighter 4 was made by Dimps not Capcom.
Perhaps no one plays it anymore because it came out decades ago and we're all busy playing the plethora of new games we got since?
This game got a lot of hate when it was fresh. I really enjoyed it, primarily I think because I always looked at the SFEX games as their own thing, separate from the 2d SF games. This one has some fun mechanics and imo is one of the better 3d fighters from this period in gaming.
No actually, EX2 was always considered the best version of the EX series while EX3 was most hated
I see EX2 get played all the time though. Like, they're constantly doing tournaments of this game to this day.
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This game was a staple in the rotation back in high school.
Not to nit pick but its not "Ex Plus A" the "A" is actually the latin symbol for Alpha so its "Ex Plus Alpha"
It does make differentiating it from the actual Alpha series more difficult but...well that's capcom for you lol.
You can hear the Announce say "Alpha".
So wheres the why no one plays it part?
Ex 4 is coming. 👌
EX Layer is basically this
@@SeelkadoomandJokic00 but without meteor finish 😭
Was the slowdown within the game? Or was it because of the capture process?
For me, going from beautifully animated 2D sprites with loads of character to flat, clunky polygons and a game with a choppy frame rate was a huge step backwards. I played it briefly to see what it was about and never returned.
I’ll refer you to my previous comment on ex ....
Still, interesting video from the historical viewpoint.
But you have to admit Street Fighter ex2 have won the best original soundtracks ever
ARIKA has released a new game this year.If i remember right.
Fighting Layer EX was released Dec 2017 or thats what it says online. I dont remember seeing it til 2018. Other than the small-ish roster its a fun fighter.
tetris 99 right?
Character select screen could have been better
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Graphically it didn't age well, mechanically it still holds up
My childhood memories, Street Fighter EX2 Plus on the Playstation! :)
I had the first and I thought it was really nice.. Oddly I remember running to the mall to check out this one when it was brand new before running to a Cure concert!
I suppose it would take a lot of thought to narrow down which versions of SF are my top 5 or top 3..
Final Bison is such a nightmare. I think of myself okay at the EX series but I'm lucky if I can get a single hit on him.
I loved both SFEX 1 and 2; never got the chance to play EX 3
I'd play this over the sf3 or mvc games anyday
SF3's weird roster was why I avoided those games.
Do a video on Capcom fighting All-Stars Capcom Never released fighting game from 2002 end 2003
A few years ago, I saw some footage of Capcom "Fighting All-Stars" on some site, and it looked absolutely fantastic. I think it was replaced with the "Capcom Fighting Jam" game. Not 100% sure.
@@19zach75 no Capcom fighting Jam is the same as u.s capcom fighting evolution same names in different regions that's the only difference--- Capcom fighting all stars was a 3D fighting game supposed to be released 2002 of winter-- later got canned 2003 testors didn't like the game because it was 3D but? If you look back at the game from 2002 it look like Tekken, if 2005 lol No bs,-- the game was ahead, known fact!" From sfex1,sfex2,sfex3 --the man we know today miharasan is responsible for [Capcom fighting All-Stars] but Capcom canlled it. Which? Started the feud for 18 years today we have fighting ex layer is still growing-- which they are going to add characters from the original fighting layer from 98 on the brand new fighting ex layer..
@TrueSinister exactly Capcom came in and change the whole entire game using cheap-ass Sprites characters from the original game like? Street Fighter 3rd Strike Street Fighter Alpha darkstalkers red Earth and to a 2-D game that didn't make any sense just to cover up Capcom fighting all stars so they call that Capcom fighting evolution overseas it's called Capcom fighting jam
The only character that made it out of Capcom fighting all stars was Ingrid her first appearance was in Capcom fighting all stars---
@TrueSinister ...then it had to have been a "test-footage" video that I had seen. It looked really good to me but, I guess the majority didn't think so.
Best street fighter game. This game deservs a remake or remastered.
I still play it. have it in pb format to play on my ps1 emulator
EX2 Plus is actually great in the opions of many SF pros like JWong.
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It was pretty popular in arcades at the time and was popular on the playstation
Great cast of characters I wish would come back, Darun Mister was my favourite
wasn't skullomania in tatsunoko vs capcom?
I have this one missing from my EX collection.. May pick it up.. Going to look for Japanese version.. Want it to run at 60hz..
Definitely give it a try. It was the best in the EX series, by far.
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I keep playing former Street Fighter EX2 Street Fighter Street Fighter EX3
What console?
Meteor Combo was in the original for Akuma. The Raging Demon was a Meteor Combo.
the main issue is accessibility: in the competitive scene people dislike the playstation 1 version for framerate problems and loading times; setting up a supergun with the original arcade game can be very tough, especially if one plans to stream it.
thankfully we have Fighting EX Layer nowadays, and its loads better to play than street fighter 5.
as for actual modern footage, you should check out the acho and mikado arcade channels, those people play a lot of ex2+.
same goes for some of the american folks that love the game and are still at it.
This is my favourite game
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my friends and I played this game for hours... good game
they should make a remaster for this game with online mode . even if its $60 I'll buy this game for sure