I think Simone was indeed supposed to be Linn but since there are some legal issues with her since she's technically an Alien vs. Predator character (and both franchises were owned by FOX) they had to change her into a new character, hence why their designs are so similar. A shame, really, it would've been cool to see Linn in a crossover game alongside Cammy.
Trust me when I say that it's just one email away 😅 but they don't want to do it, Onimusha HD music is good on its own but holds no candle to the original OST, and that's due to property issues as well +1 from me by the way :D
Nathan Spencer (Bionic Commando) shown as part of the team in a card 'Anti-Machine Squad: AMSF' in Teppen. It can be found in the card pack 'The Cannon Spike Operation.'
Charming and creative. That was from a kind of transitional moment for Capcom, when they were moving on from old franchises but they still had their old high standards of creativity... and that's what produced DMC, Onimusha, Viewtiful Joe, etc after all. That was a magical moment for Capcom and gaming as a whole because not many companies were able to contribute with so many solid new games in such a short period. But when Capcom completed that transition they became a company of safe high standards projects that is tragically formulaic and uncreative... that image of "company of RE, DMC, MH and SF" that is well known today. It's very hard to imagine realistically another fun crossover like this one getting made today.
Not a bad idea but I'd much rather it focus on the core team. Something similar to the Gaurdians of the Galaxy game. Cammy is trying to get her polerizing team to work as a unit. Actually they could go a complete missions on other Capcom worlds similar to Captain N.
9:37 - That's a really cool call-back by Capcom. They designed that shadowloo "analysis screen" for Cannon Spike and brought it back all those years later in SFV.
As always, wonderful search process & unique prod video, bravo! The SFV team could have been fans of Cannon Spike... The Kinu Nishimura artworks are crazy for this game ! ❤ It gives the game a unique and special touch, even more assured and stronger than in Cyberbots ++
Oh my god. I fucking loved Battle K-Road. It's so jank, but it was so fun once you got the hang of it. Psikyo really did have some gems in their lineup.
This game has a sub boss who reminds a lot of Dragunov from TK and seriously made me question if Harada copied the idea... or if that's just referencing someone i don't know. Anyways that would not be the first copied idea, because this game, also from 94, had a bear character months before the TK debut.
Man I played this game on the Dreamcast as a kid. Loved using Megaman, this game was so dope. Really miss when Capcom used to make unique games like this
That was the transitional period between the old and the new Capcom, when it was still a versatile company full of creative drive and the artistic talent to make it happen. By 99-00, games like Rival Schools, Power Stone and Breath of Fire were still around. But in the mid and late 00s Capcom became too focused on high standards projects because of the success of RE and DMC, and gradually less interested in older games, and simpler games, and new ideas in general. I really miss that Capcom from the 90s and early 00s... probably the strongest creative pillar of gaming in that period, even a little bit above Nintendo in my opinion.
Ever since Cannon Spike, I thought that Cammy should've been the rep for Mvc over Chunli & Ryu. She leads a team whos members crossover multiple franchises -- Perfect for MvC! Also Nash really needs to be retconed as Captain Commando. It would make him Capcom's version of Robocop. They even both 'die' in a similar way.
Megaman became reduced to crossover character. His presence in SSBU helps to keep his memory alive better than anything done by Capcom. Sad times for him.
True. Have you heard of a game on the 3DS called project X Zone? It has so many characters, if that was a proper fighting game it will be a dream cone true 😅 well to me atleast.
@@nash_3sb.mukhaini713 At this point the lack of interest from the companies in reviving that crossover pushed me to give up my fg fan pride, and now i'm accepting anything new. Action rpg, pure action, beat em up, etc (just not a mobile game please). Years ago i was still dreaming of a modern fg version of the crossover but it seems unlikely sadly. And the disappointing part in this story is that the market probably has never been so warmed up for crossovers as nowadays, and we have even reached the point where most fg franchises have guest chars. That would be a natural progression from SFxTK and could have been something big.
@@Wolfedge75 Yeah. The strongest factor that never leaves my mind is the Megaman situation. Like the game is easy to make, not expensive, formulaic, and the own community doesn't even want big changes... Still Capcom stopped caring. Don't even bother outsourcing. So what are the real chances of everything else that is much less famous than MM? Capcom became too focused on RE, DMC, MH and few other high standards projects. We are lucky that Ono convinced the higher ups of reviving SF, because even SF was buried for some years after Third Strike. They started looking down on all classic games, which don't make the money of those elite franchises. Very frustrating situation for any old school player who was into the old Capcom catalog.
Cannon Spike and Sonic Adventure 1&2 both, with Project Justice, Spiderman, Tech Romancer, along with Power Stone 1&2 are my happiest childhood memories on the Dreamcast, I'm so lucky that I owned one with elite games growing up 🥹🧡 I prefer the Japanese version of Tech Romancer for the intro alone 😍
I absolutely LOVE the way capcom have created this world of characters that exist and interact unilaterally though all their games. It's very unfortunate that, as a british xbox-er, I couldn't play 95% of their games.
I honestly never knew who the last two characters were, so this explains a lot! hopefully one I can track down someday played a few games of it via emulation it's a pretty fun ... run and gun? not exactly a shmup since it's like room based. but either way this was definitely enlightening!
A look back at a very different Capcom from nowadays. When the company was full of creative energy and the artistic talent to make it work, with tons of different projects. And honestly my favorite form of Capcom. But at some point the company became fixated to only high standards projects, safe looking projects, etc... and started looking down on old games, simpler games and new ideas in general. Even SF was forgotten for some time and Ono had to convince the higher ups to revive the game. This current Capcom, that by the way don't even care about Megaman, would never revive this kind of CS gameplay.
I still think that Fallen Balrog is one of the coolest Vega designs. It's a bit *too* much, I admit, so it could be reworked a little, but the idea is awesome. Emo Vega, I mean bro
cannon spike can be patched for 16:9. it plays on real hardware! That song sounded so familiar!!! Of course Gunbird 2. My absolute favorite shmup on the Dreamcast. (still waiting on a vga patch that won't slow down the game) Gunbird 1 is even better IMHO
Hey, desk, your background music is too loud for this video. If I set the volume so that the music stops short of being painful to my ears, I can just barely hear anything in the video game footage. Great video otherwise.
Maybe in a retro release. But if you mean a revival with a sequel? Or a spiritual successor? Almost impossible because Capcom isn't interested in these games anymore unfortunately.
One other note about Cammy's Cannon Spike outfit: It features select colors from her appearance in Super Street Fighter II: Turbo. Mainly colors 2, 3, 5, and 10.
I think Simone was indeed supposed to be Linn but since there are some legal issues with her since she's technically an Alien vs. Predator character (and both franchises were owned by FOX) they had to change her into a new character, hence why their designs are so similar.
A shame, really, it would've been cool to see Linn in a crossover game alongside Cammy.
If there is a mvc4 I hope linn gets to be playable
Trust me when I say that it's just one email away 😅 but they don't want to do it, Onimusha HD music is good on its own but holds no candle to the original OST, and that's due to property issues as well
+1 from me by the way :D
Shes also in a background in Alpha 2.
Nathan Spencer (Bionic Commando) shown as part of the team in a card 'Anti-Machine Squad: AMSF' in Teppen. It can be found in the card pack 'The Cannon Spike Operation.'
Really enjoyed the side by side comparisons and great music too! Older games have so much charm. They never stop giving
Charming and creative. That was from a kind of transitional moment for Capcom, when they were moving on from old franchises but they still had their old high standards of creativity... and that's what produced DMC, Onimusha, Viewtiful Joe, etc after all. That was a magical moment for Capcom and gaming as a whole because not many companies were able to contribute with so many solid new games in such a short period.
But when Capcom completed that transition they became a company of safe high standards projects that is tragically formulaic and uncreative... that image of "company of RE, DMC, MH and SF" that is well known today. It's very hard to imagine realistically another fun crossover like this one getting made today.
They need to make a Cannon Spike 2 with the same characters but adding in more from RE, DMC and other Capcom franchises.
Not a bad idea but I'd much rather it focus on the core team. Something similar to the Gaurdians of the Galaxy game. Cammy is trying to get her polerizing team to work as a unit. Actually they could go a complete missions on other Capcom worlds similar to Captain N.
Nathan Spencer would be a perfect fit for Cannon Spike 2 (preferably his classic or Re-Armed incarnation)
Jill from RE and Regina from Dino Crisis would be perfect.
@@weedandwater yes to both of them!!
is nice to see how Capcom still being very true to its roots, indeed Capcom adged very well
9:37 - That's a really cool call-back by Capcom. They designed that shadowloo "analysis screen" for Cannon Spike and brought it back all those years later in SFV.
As always, wonderful search process & unique prod video, bravo! The SFV team could have been fans of Cannon Spike... The Kinu Nishimura artworks are crazy for this game ! ❤ It gives the game a unique and special touch, even more assured and stronger than in Cyberbots ++
Didn't knew bout the hidden Cammy costume until now, thank you! Hopefully Capcom adds this in a future collection, preferably along with Techromancer.
The hidden costume increases her damage output as well as the damage she receives I believe. Been like 20 years
I've never seen this game. I like how they made Arthur into a mech.
Oh my god. I fucking loved Battle K-Road. It's so jank, but it was so fun once you got the hang of it. Psikyo really did have some gems in their lineup.
This game has a sub boss who reminds a lot of Dragunov from TK and seriously made me question if Harada copied the idea... or if that's just referencing someone i don't know. Anyways that would not be the first copied idea, because this game, also from 94, had a bear character months before the TK debut.
Kinu Nishimura art is always a 10/10
Man I played this game on the Dreamcast as a kid. Loved using Megaman, this game was so dope. Really miss when Capcom used to make unique games like this
That was the transitional period between the old and the new Capcom, when it was still a versatile company full of creative drive and the artistic talent to make it happen. By 99-00, games like Rival Schools, Power Stone and Breath of Fire were still around.
But in the mid and late 00s Capcom became too focused on high standards projects because of the success of RE and DMC, and gradually less interested in older games, and simpler games, and new ideas in general.
I really miss that Capcom from the 90s and early 00s... probably the strongest creative pillar of gaming in that period, even a little bit above Nintendo in my opinion.
I still have Cannon Spike cd 💿 for the Dreamcast. Really loved this game 😊
Dang that platform elevator that had Vega looked just like the elevator in MGS.
This game was released 2 years after MGS1, it could really be a reference.
Cannon spike cammy shouldve been in mvc3
More like Cannon Spike Arthur.
Ever since Cannon Spike, I thought that Cammy should've been the rep for Mvc over Chunli & Ryu. She leads a team whos members crossover multiple franchises -- Perfect for MvC!
Also Nash really needs to be retconed as Captain Commando. It would make him Capcom's version of Robocop. They even both 'die' in a similar way.
_several_ characters should’ve been in MvC3
Nowadays, you almost forget Megaman(from Megaman) is a character.
Megaman became reduced to crossover character. His presence in SSBU helps to keep his memory alive better than anything done by Capcom. Sad times for him.
If Capcom Fighting Evolution never existed, maybe this game Cannon Spike could be called the last All Capcom crossover?
Yo...Megaman put down the lemons and got the extendo for that game 😯
You should do a Namco X Capcom one. That game is a fan's dream.
True. Have you heard of a game on the 3DS called project X Zone? It has so many characters, if that was a proper fighting game it will be a dream cone true 😅 well to me atleast.
@@nash_3sb.mukhaini713 yes, I have also played both Project X Zone, but I felt like they were a step down from Namco X Capcom in terms of gameplay.
@@nash_3sb.mukhaini713I have.
@@nash_3sb.mukhaini713 At this point the lack of interest from the companies in reviving that crossover pushed me to give up my fg fan pride, and now i'm accepting anything new. Action rpg, pure action, beat em up, etc (just not a mobile game please). Years ago i was still dreaming of a modern fg version of the crossover but it seems unlikely sadly.
And the disappointing part in this story is that the market probably has never been so warmed up for crossovers as nowadays, and we have even reached the point where most fg franchises have guest chars. That would be a natural progression from SFxTK and could have been something big.
Also Mega Man Tornado move originally comes from Mega Man 8 after he defeats Tengu Man.
Capcom really needs to rerelease this game. And make a sequel with characters from Monster Hunter, Resident Evil, Strider Hiryu, Saki, and Frank West.
Agreed
That would be very nice, but i don't have hopes on the modern Capcom. It's truly a different company from the 90s and early-mid 00s.
@@carlosaugusto9821 The only hope is outsourcing, but even then Capcom has the right to say “No” to that (which they had exercised _liberally)_
@@Wolfedge75 Yeah. The strongest factor that never leaves my mind is the Megaman situation. Like the game is easy to make, not expensive, formulaic, and the own community doesn't even want big changes... Still Capcom stopped caring. Don't even bother outsourcing. So what are the real chances of everything else that is much less famous than MM?
Capcom became too focused on RE, DMC, MH and few other high standards projects. We are lucky that Ono convinced the higher ups of reviving SF, because even SF was buried for some years after Third Strike. They started looking down on all classic games, which don't make the money of those elite franchises. Very frustrating situation for any old school player who was into the old Capcom catalog.
Cannon Spike and Sonic Adventure 1&2 both, with Project Justice, Spiderman, Tech Romancer, along with Power Stone 1&2 are my happiest childhood memories on the Dreamcast, I'm so lucky that I owned one with elite games growing up 🥹🧡
I prefer the Japanese version of Tech Romancer for the intro alone 😍
I remember finding this on Dreamcast way back in the day. Really fun little game
Games like these make me want to explore all of Capcom's arcade titles. I didn't know about this game and now I NEED to play it.
5:21 The Japanese kanji above the "1945," 素斗雷科頭, can be phonetically read as _Sutoraikazu_ ("Strikers").
Pretty great graphics for a game that released in 200 AD apparently, a mere 1800 years ago
I absolutely LOVE the way capcom have created this world of characters that exist and interact unilaterally though all their games. It's very unfortunate that, as a british xbox-er, I couldn't play 95% of their games.
Love that village theme music from gunbird 2 😎👍🏾🎮
Wonderful Dreamcast/Naomi Action!!!
Great video as usual!
Interesting re-design for Vega, is that the only time he looked like that?
Never thought I'd see Canon Spike here!!!!
Can of Sprite!
Great video, looking forward for more shmups related content here
The game is literally called one of Cammy's moves
I didn't know nothing about Shiba, I never played 3 wonders, or a skin for Balrog referencing this game would have been cool too.
What a great deep dive. I really enjoyed this
And i just played Cannon Spike for first time last Saturday
one of my favorite arcade games
Seeing a topdown shooter and... I can't be the only one who would like a Vampire Survivor style game with Capcom characters, right?
Ah yes, Fallen Balrog, aka Marilyn Manson
Funny I was just playing this the other day
I wonder if the events of this game are canon to the Street Fighter lore
Didn't Vega get a Fallen Balrog costume too? Or was that a mod?
Is it only me who noticed that some of the henchmen are based of Blade from SF The Movie?
This game is my childhood Capcom plz rerelease this on the switch/ps4
Great video 🤯
Much more lovin' if Cannon Spike 2 will be released. Nathan Spencer, Falcon, Dante and Nero will be a big plus to the current squad., 👍
hopefully capcom puts this on another new fighting collection
"You once lead the ARSE..."
I honestly never knew who the last two characters were, so this explains a lot! hopefully one I can track down someday played a few games of it via emulation it's a pretty fun ... run and gun? not exactly a shmup since it's like room based. but either way this was definitely enlightening!
1:12
Em super street fighter 2 turbo/X em uma foto de final mostra ela com um gato em Londres 😊😅
A look back at a very different Capcom from nowadays. When the company was full of creative energy and the artistic talent to make it work, with tons of different projects. And honestly my favorite form of Capcom.
But at some point the company became fixated to only high standards projects, safe looking projects, etc... and started looking down on old games, simpler games and new ideas in general. Even SF was forgotten for some time and Ono had to convince the higher ups to revive the game. This current Capcom, that by the way don't even care about Megaman, would never revive this kind of CS gameplay.
Megaman's shots look like his machine buster from Megaman Legends
I played this game at an arcade in Denver recently and it was the fucking shiiiiiit
Good vid, you touching my soulgrass
I still think that Fallen Balrog is one of the coolest Vega designs. It's a bit *too* much, I admit, so it could be reworked a little, but the idea is awesome.
Emo Vega, I mean bro
Is there even still a way to buy this game legally?!
You can play it trough fighcade🎉🎉🎉🎉
I bought the game on Dreamcast. ❤
I get why they never bought Linn Kurosawa back, but Simone should be possible?
What game is this if I may ask please
cannon spike can be patched for 16:9. it plays on real hardware!
That song sounded so familiar!!! Of course Gunbird 2. My absolute favorite shmup on the Dreamcast.
(still waiting on a vga patch that won't slow down the game)
Gunbird 1 is even better IMHO
Hey, desk, your background music is too loud for this video. If I set the volume so that the music stops short of being painful to my ears, I can just barely hear anything in the video game footage. Great video otherwise.
Name of song?
Fun ass game
なんでキャノンスパイク？と思ったけどガンスパイクって英題違うのか
THAT GAME WAS SO AWESOME! BRING IT BACK CAPCOM, YOU COWARDS. >:3
Maybe in a retro release. But if you mean a revival with a sequel? Or a spiritual successor? Almost impossible because Capcom isn't interested in these games anymore unfortunately.
They race-swapped the freaking cat? omg, dudes.
Also, you didn't get the references well.
00:14 YOOOO!!! THE WOLF...!!!
HAKKEYOI...!!!
hi.
Should note, Mega Man is two words.
Yeah but it's written like MegaMan or just Megaman sometimes
@@tengudwn57 I think that's only MegaMan.exe right? I think usually it's two words otherwise.
@@tengudwn57 Yes, and those are human mistakes.
Sf6 has to be her worst model, why is he forehead so large
when does it turn from "easter eggs" to recycling?
What are you talking about
counter-strike
how would any characters doing their own sh^t be easter eggs or references at all?
5:21 is this not an easter egg?
@@chidaluokoro9104 yeah, and how about the 5 mins before that
@@blvk3 what about it
One other note about Cammy's Cannon Spike outfit: It features select colors from her appearance in Super Street Fighter II: Turbo. Mainly colors 2, 3, 5, and 10.
Ah, back when we didn't have to think about politics when playing a game. Games were just fun and ASSCOM wasn't woke...