7 Weirdest Fighting Games We Swear We're Not Making Up

[@MrGourd]

Teras Kasi is definitely cannon. Vader beat the Emperor with a Ring Out after all.

[@SnipingIsFun]

Technically it was in the Expanded Universe

[@sidgar1]

*canon

[@DemonicRemption]

@Mr. Gouda And it was referenced in Solo... -_-

[@YoureNotAlexander]

@@DemonicRemption : I KNEW I heard this referenced in one of the later movies. I was like "What?!? This is actually a THING now?" Then I remembered that it was Disney making these movies now and immediately stopped caring.

[@DemonicRemption]

@@YoureNotAlexander Well from where I sit Kathleen Kennedy, Bob Igor and crew think that Star Wars fans love everything related to the OT. So they figured y'all would go "Oooh and ah" over the Teras Kasi reference. Though I'm willing to bet there are many Star Wars OT fans who don't know what Teras Kasi is, which is why as a casual fan that reference reeked of out of touch corporate pandering when I learned about it. So yeah, you were right to stop caring...

[@morganbramstedt9184]

The fact that a Les Mis fighting game exists brings me an unreasonable amount of joy.

[@JohnAdams-pp7vi]

All we need now is Seth Grahm-Smith to novelize it.

[@juliagoodwin9510]

Anyone else want to see one for Hamilton? Just me? Okay...

[@CalifornianCuttlefish]

yes

[@joshanderson8391]

Yes. Hamilton would be awesome

[@CalifornianCuttlefish]

@@joshanderson8391 and book of Mormon or Chicago

[@andymcp4752]

Andy's "fighting game weirdness" videos are surely common enough to deserve their own playlist by now right?

[@NisansaDdS]

Yes, please.

[@aridontou7544]

Storm trooper aim + shotgun = 1 can of whoop ass

[@saturdazedreviews3591]

Yes, they're my new fav

[@LordDragonFTW]

Wait there are more?

[@winstonbarnett7858]

"Shut it, gramps!"

[@martianastronaut4917]

"You're tough gramps." "Listen to me. You must succeed your father. I beg you young master." "Shut it gramps." 😂

[@IAmKenkira]

Martian Astronaut Maybe add that unnatural pause between ‘it’ and ‘gramps’. Lol

[@ThankYouCityOfficial]

A more poet comeback could not have been better composed. Truly the Citizen Kane of our generation

[@e.d.5766]

Andy said "Gently bonking your bulldozer". Now that's one for the Urban Dictionary.

[@marhawkman303]

It reminded me of the fact there was an officially licensed Battlebots game back in the day. Yes, build your own custom remote controlled robot, then fight in an arena with it.

[@Captain_Command]

I uhm accidentally made "Gently Bonking Your Bulldozer" into a text tone

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

Shut it, gramps!

[@Tom-kg1zc]

@@marhawkman303 also the robot wars game on ps2! Still hoping for a reboot...

[@heresthadude1080]

Previously Unsaid Sentences in Human History?

[@HeapOfBones]

I was thoroughly impressed by Andy's pronunciation of Teräs Käsi. The stress occasionally slipped onto the last syllable, but otherwise it was very close to how we'd say those words in Finnish. Well done sir!

[@jojonoir]

At first I was like "Rival Schools better be in this list" then by the end I now consider Rival Schools to be quite normal indeed

[@Fizzlepop72]

When it's going up against games like Guilty Gear and Blazblue and those are the mainstream......yeah.

[@doggo_87__60]

True, the Les Miserable one is fine but the rest of it.. what are they smoking in Japan?

[@jamesianhutchison1165]

Rival Schools was amazing! They just tried to push 3D before there were platforms that could run it properly. If they'd kept it 2D like Street Fighter I reckon it'd still be around.

[@rizinggodfist3049]

@@jamesianhutchison1165 agreed James👍...Rival Schools & "Project Justice" on the Sega Dreamcast were out-of-the-box unique

[@chaddoom7993]

I was thinking the same thing about "Guilty Gear"! LOL

[@planetschlock]

"Dong Dong Never Die" might be the greatest title of anything in the history of ever.

[@dylanethridge6311]

Yes 😂 it was the only game on the list I would legitimately try out lmao

[@knuke9596]

Needs to be the name for ED medication. lol

[@nikolas_schreck]

Yeah if like anything from china well I don't have any thing nice to say so I'll shut up now.

[@eburel506]

Planet Schlock now if I could say it without giggling.

[@BlackBloodCombatClub]

Penis Penis don't Perish

[@CaitlinRC]

I feel Nidhogg fits this... FIGHT TO THE DEATH FOR THE HONOR OF BEING CONSUMED BY A GIANT WORM

[@mattball8622]

ALL HAIL THE WORM

[@dr.mysterious5395]

EAT ME, GIANT WORM OF VICTORY!!!! -Mike Channell, 2018

[@CaitlinRC]

ALL HAIL

[@BJGvideos]

That doesn't really fit as a fighting game.

[@wraithcadmus]

@@mattball8622 WHAT WAS WILL BE WHAT WILL B- wait, wrong Worm.

[@EatWave]

The Clay Fighter series, Aggressors of Dark Kombat, Fighter's History (especially the fully intact Japanese version) and Nidhogg would all make for fine additions to such a list.

[@djsiddiki3430]

ADK isn’t a weird fighting game. Rather it was ahead of it’s time. One of the greatest fighting game ever!

[@niwatorimeat]

The name "Arm Joe" comes from the original Japanese title of Les Mis, 「ああ無情」(Aa Mujou).

[@teslashark]

"Ah Heartless"

[@suakeli]

And Teräs Käsi is Finnish for "steel hand". Well it should be a compound word, "teräskäsi", but least they got the ä's right.

[@RubelliteFae]

That's amazing, thank you!

[@vinicinfodexota5083]

What is the anime about? Worth watchjng? I AM interested

[@endymallorn]

So does that mean Mujoe from the Bomberman series was also inspired by Les Mis?

[@papyrustrousle4339]

You forgot one of the best ones: filosofighters. A fighting game where you battle 1vs1 with Plato, Marx, Nietzsche, etc. Still playable on the browser

[@imcallingjapan2178]

That's still playable on any message board or social media page online.

[@kaiflood6061]

ImCallingJapan 😂 Best reply

[@MopedOfJustice]

The same guy also made a much better-looking version with scientists (and also Pythagoras)

[@downsjmmyjones101]

I can't find it.

[@lol_no_man]

Ehhh, Marx wasn't a philosopher, he was just a fat incel who was mad because he didn't want to work for a living.

[@thewolframhart6777]

Javert: Prisoner 24601 Valjean: That is not my name, my name is Robo-Jean Valjean

[@ArchmageOfAnarchy]

OMG 24601 is Robo-Valjean's serial number.

[@jsly621]

24601 2.0

[@HaydenX]

Original the Character Do Not Steal.

[@wolfduckstudios]

Robo must be the other prisoner that was almost executed

[@moritzzz1]

DO NOT FORGET THATNAME

[@Larry]

What about Fighters Megamix? Where you fight as a Palm Tree, an inflatable bear, children with giant heads and a NASCAR car? :D

[@CharizardMaster69]

wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait… WHAT?!

[@gouravchakraborty9801]

@@CharizardMaster69 YES THAT IS TRUE

[@NisansaDdS]

But Andy think about it. A Les Mis fighting game sounds brilliant! I am now imagining how Hamilton, Phantom of the Opera, and Cats would do.

[@NisansaDdS]

WE CAN FINALLY GET A. HAM TO BEAT A. BURR.

[@TheHutchy01]

I think the Hamilton fighting game is called "Instant desyrchronisation in AC3"

[@NisansaDdS]

@@TheHutchy01 RoFL!

[@bananamancer]

Got me thinking about Webber's "JC Superstar" as well. Just imagine a Peter's three-stage fight. "I think I've seen you somewhere. I remember! You were with that man they took away. I recognize your face!" "FIGHT!"

[@Noperare]

Imagine super smash bros, but a big Broadway crossover instead of Nintendo IPs.

[@NickNackItaliano777]

"What kind of fighting tournament lets a bear compete?" That would be the same one that lets kangaroos, dinosaurs, living dummies made of wood, robots, ogres, angels, devils and massive Egyptian monsters take part 😂

[@DirgeTV]

Also, the guy that started the tournament owns said bear so thats exactly who would let a Bear (and a Panda) fight in a Tournament.

[@xiaolinstyle]

Don't forget cyborgs, space ninjas, and what ever the hell kinda mutant Fukurmom is.

[@shinzero0271]

@@Revyansah Which really needs to make a comeback.

[@deckie_]

@@xiaolinstyle I always manage to miss big things on Tekken somehow, but who the hell is Fakhumram?

[@shawnfields2369]

@@deckie_ I don't know... I played every Tekken game, but I don't remember any ancient Egyptian fighting god with that name. Maybe he'll be in Tekken 8? Or in Tekken Tag 3? Why not, they put literally EVERY character in Tekken in Tekken Tag Tournament and Tekken Tag Tournament 2. Even the dead ones, like Jun Kazama, Unknown(that's really her name, I didn't make that one up), Ogre/True Ogre, Jinpachi Mishima, Devil(the true form of Kazuya Mishima), Angel, Devil Jin, Lars, Panda, Kuma(the name of the bear owned by Heihachi Mishima, the guy who usually runs the King Of Iron Fist Tournament, or Tekken). Roger Jr., even though it's his ex-wife and son fighting, and not just Rogers's ex-wife. Roger being the name of a kangaroo, who cheated on his wife, and disappeared since Tekken 2, only for his wife and son to try and find him, in his Tekken 5 ending, in which the mom kangaroo, Street Fighter-style, uppercutted Rogers's unfaithful ass through the ceiling, and sent him flying, Smash Bros style. And also, in Tekken 7, they had Akuma from SF, as one of the last bosses, and was incorporated into the story, in some final episodes of that game. Man, Tekken has some weird guest characters and regular characters, like: space ninjas, kangaroos, bears, pandas, Akuma, demons, Angel's, dancers, boxers, kick boxers, and some dude from some tv show I don't care about.

[@Rhino-n-Chips]

The plot of Dong Dong Never Die is literally the plot to Terminator 2, it even starts with narration from Sarah Connor. The difference is that the cyborg sent back in time is Dong Dong, and the evil terminator is some guy in a gas mask that heals by showing off his nipples and sings R. Kelly's I Believe I Can Fly when he wins. The secret ending is a teaser for Streets of Rage 4 on the Ps Vita. I'm not making a word of this up.

[@teslashark]

Back when we thought PSV was good...

[@DarksteelHeart]

Not gonna lie I'd love to see SoR get a remake

[@Rhino-n-Chips]

Steelheart There's a fan remake literally called SOR remake, which combines all the games into one, Sega had to shut it down because it made having the original games pointless. I would highly recommend it if you can find it.

[@JeffreySmith-nh2eo]

@@DarksteelHeart There's a couple trailers out for SoR4. It looks fantastic and I'm super hyped, but so far the release date and platforms are TBA, so I'll believe it when I see it.

[@drpepsi48]

I’m sorry, WHAT?? I’m dying XD

[@princesszelda1997]

"A selection of utterly bonkers characters knock each other silly in various weird locations" could describe nearly every fighting game ever (not that Cho Aniki isn't bizarre)

[@redlunatic2224]

As someone who visits building sites from time to time, I can confirm giant wasps are a thing there.

[@LocalHeretic-ck1kd]

Cool more reasons for me to stay far away from those places.

[@redlunatic2224]

@@LocalHeretic-ck1kd What!? Why wouldn't you want to go to a place full of dusty noisy machinery, scaffolding around unfinished structures and people screaming because the thing isn't going fast enough or because an accident happened in the rush (or both, somehow)? You're weird...

[@mkjayd4969]

Weird guy

[@theoryquery]

What about Clayfighter. Combatants are clay figures stop motion slugging each other. The one who loses is the one most "out of shape" in the end. XD

[@locolopez75]

The snowmen

[@dreamingthelife]

@@locolopez75 Bad Mr Frosty?

[@jeremyusreevu237]

Well, that one is a parody.

[@MikeyMUnited]

All I remember from that game is the "Let's get ready to crumble" at the round start.

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

This selection is great. I've seen some before - I recall the old Super Best Friends enjoying _Dong Dong Never Die_ in one of their videos - but I'm so glad you made me aware of that _Les Miserables_ fighting game now (^-^). Definitely wanna see more entries in this 'Weirdest Fighting Games' series. Weirdest fighting game I've ever seen might have to be _Super Cosplay War ULTRA_ by.... I can't remember their name, but they CHANGED their name to FK Digital and went on to make _Chaos Code_ which is super badass so their earlier, goofier, SD doujin fighter also plays really well. It just has complete ripoffs of a good number of gaming and anime mascots thanks to the cosplay loophole (it's not x character, it's an original character _cosplaying_ as them!). Either that or Arc System Works' bizarre little _BlayzBloo_ title(s) for the (3)DS eshop, which were like really, really cheap and dumb _Power Stone_ (that's being generous; let's say _Marvel Nemesis)_ clones with absolutely no depth but chibi versions of some _Blazblue_ characters whaling on each other.

[@pedroguimaraes3854]

“Half Ship, Half Pagoda and Half Elvis Presley” Andy, that’s not how division works...

[@sheriffsaliu9872]

It's kind of like manbearpig. Half man, half bear, half pig

[@Sandokiri]

You're applying logic to Cho Aniki. Mistake numbers one, two, and Kartoffel.

[@Kewl_Kabewm]

He said somehow

[@marcvaisband6943]

To be fair, it works out if those aren't mutually exclusive. If any ship were already half Elvis, and any pagoda were half Elvis, then half ship, half pagoda, would, in particular, also be half Elvis.

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

Pedro Reis Japan. That is all.

[@benb3316]

"Och! Tis boot a scratch!" - me and my friends used to say all the time playing "Time Killers".

[@ArchmageOfAnarchy]

Teras Kasi in a nutshell: Boba Fett: "You call throwing thermal detonators around a martial art!?" Leia: "Hey, as long as it works!"

[@sigilbreaker2628]

Dammit, you beat me to it.

[@LadyOnikara]

It's only a martial art when HE does it.

[@georgesears934]

Definetly Notacrusader To be fair, the literal translation of Panzerfaust is “armor fist”, and that‘s not actually a fighting style which involves shield-bashing your opponent to death. It’s a grenade. Which also has a rocket propelling it.

[@0Fyrebrand0]

Imagine going back in time and telling someone: "So, there's this fighting game. It's called Super Smash Bros. You can play as Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Yoshi, Princess Peach..." _"A Mario fighting game? That's crazy, so is it like SMB1 where you have to jump on people to attack them, or like SMB2 where you throw vegetables?"_ "Neither! It's like Street Fighter, you literally beat each other up. Nintendo made a game where Mario punches Peach in the face." _"That's ridiculous, they would never allow that! Why would they even think of making a Mario fighting game anyway?"_ "Oh, it's not just Mario characters. There's Kirby, Zelda, Donkey Kong, Captain Falcon..." _"Wait, Captain Falcon? From F-Zero? He's a race car driver, why would he be--"_ "And Link, can't forget Link. There's two Links, actually. And three different Samus Arans. Oh, and Dr. Mario of course. And Sonic the Hedgehog." _"SONIC ISN'T EVEN A NINTENDO CHARACTER, YOU LIAR!!! THAT'S SEGA!!!"_ "No it's okay, they do that now. Ryu is there, Cloud from FFVII is there, there's a Castlevania guy... oh, and some pale lady with no face that they made up for an exercise program." _"This sounds like the craziest idea of all time. So... are there fatalities?"_ "No, but if you hit somebody enough you make them fly off into the sky like a rocket." _"Of course, that makes total sense!! Why would I assume otherwise!? ...Alright, so... dare I ask, who's the end boss of this ridiculous game?"_ "A hand."

[@THEMADZGaming]

funny shit i see thank you

[@nutninjagoesbananaserc9835]

And then telling them that an extra DLC comes out where you fight a skeleton from an indie game that shoots lasers and treats physics like a toy.

[@matteochi9165]

I think that persons head would explode after trying to explain the Mii Fighters

[@doafan455]

To much text

[@sagasvensson8920]

"The game is Japan only release..." Ok so it's totally weird then

[@gruggerduggerhoose]

Always the solid foundation for weirdness my dude

[@madanotap6492]

@@gruggerduggerhoose Honestly, I imagine Andy could have completely failed to mention the games Japanese origins and literally everyone would have been able to guess anyway

[@85Japan69]

100%

[@TheLastGarou]

It gets better: That's not the only 'Cho Aniki' game. The other one is a side-scrolling shooter, and it's EVEN WEIRDER.

[@S.C.-wo8hq]

No it just means you have to break the two pieces of plastic off the snes OR.... get the honeybee.

[@annasahlstrom6109]

Les Miserables the fighting game: I never even thought of that!

[@SEELE-ONE]

Spoiler: nearly everyone dies!

[@Daviticus042]

Seems obvious now, doesn't it?

[@AlmostLikeHuman]

As a native Finn, I love how Andy pronounces "teräs käsi" ("steel hand" in Finnish). I mean, I obviously didn't expect you to pronounce it correctly, but you did much better than I expected when I saw the title of the game. I mean, you kinda got the ä right, which is an achievement in itself. Guess Andy really is as great as he says...

[@funki155]

Yea! I was like whoa, he is a pronouncing master of SUOMI PERKELE

[@may.d.a.y]

so sickeningly condescending 😒

[@zzchillzz4824]

@@may.d.a.y how?

[@zabnat]

Suprised of a good pronounciation of Teräs Käsi. And Dong Dong Never Die looks proper.

[@JoshWalker]

This is spectacular! The videogame weirdness videos are some of my favorites, and Andy's descriptions of what's happening are hilarious. Absolutely brilliant

[@TylerMcNamer]

Time Killers honestly looks like a lot of fun to play! Dismemberment is always so satisfying!

[@markmandal3467]

Merilwen will not be happy hearing ol' Andy being dismissive about bears in tournaments.

[@MoonlightStrider]

First the chicken kicking and now this? The Merilwen Meat Grinder is going to be given a new offering.

[@marhawkman303]

Also it's Heihachi Mishima, the guy wrote the rules because he wanted a challenge, not because he cared about fairness.

[@ashfreywar9862]

MoonlightStrider remember, the meat grinder needed grease to work, and I’m pretty sure cor wouldn’t be too happy using his own spell to kill himself

[@WildfireMagni]

I have the meat grinder's instructions right here. Hmm, it appears that in absence of grease, pushing meat onto the grinder via bear is acceptable...

[@s.d.703]

Haha! Dong Dong Never Die is hilariously brilliant.

[@shgnamaste7730]

It's more oddly satisfying than a website advert.

[@Itsumi456]

But does battle construction vehicles have ROAD ROLLA DA!

[@isabellajemica]

is that a mf jojo reference

[@wildstarfish3786]

forget that is there a dinosaur

[@jonathankulesa]

Honorable mention: Fight Gods For if you've ever wanted to see Jesus Christ beef it out with Santa Claus... 😂 I know it's on Switch, but I'm sure it's on other platforms too...

[@anthony8721]

It's called Fight of Gods. And it's on Steam(pc).

[@dannydanny6442]

Someone made "The Spirit of Christmas" into a video game? Awesome!

[@kadosho02]

Les Miserable the fighting game Construction vehicle battle!!! Cho Aniki - I have no words 🤣 omg i love this list Btw Andy, Teras Kasi was mentioned in Solo. 😶 Officially canon

[@ericpeterson8732]

I loved teras kasi! Yeah, plot sucked but Vader kept saying "All too easy." A fighting game with star wars characters? Epic. Basically you learned one combo, you swept your opponent's legs until you could execute said combo for the win. Loved that game.

[@quackerjack0118]

Shout out to Battle for Presidency, for letting me live my lifelong dream of beating up Teddy Roosevelt on the MOON

[@UnderworldProductions]

Tattoo Assassins definitely belongs on that list. Glad to see Dong Dong on that list though. Its actually pretty cool of a game

[@jon-michaelharris5840]

Andy- “What type of fighting tournament lets a bear compete?” Me- “umm... better question, what fighting tournaments said ‘no, we don’t need a bear.’”

[@jessragan6714]

...Bloody Roar, for some reason.

[@residentkane]

Kuma for the win!

[@irrespondible]

Uh... Dong Dong Never Die?

[@TheValiantBob]

What about Divekick, the fighting game where the only things your characters can do are...jump...and...divekick. Pretty literal, innit?

[@maxlittlewood]

Baraka doesn't only break your brain in his new fatality, he also spears it then takes a giant bite out of it.

[@KillerCatLady]

"Teräs käsi" means "Iron Fist/Hand" when translated from Finland.

[@darnellhagood1052]

So, they basically named it tekken? 😂😂😂

[@MolecularMachine]

So the galaxy far, far away is really just Finland? I'll accept that.

[@CaptainSixBySix]

Fight of Gods, of course. It's the Jesus vs. Moses showdown of the century!

[@JaeLit98]

"R E S U R R E C T I O N"

[@pom1489]

Oof.

[@roguestarone2173]

Having played this game, I second this comment

[@jamesisaac7684]

Prophet Mohammed vs old Kratos. Who wins?

[@Daelyah]

I remember watching TheRPGMinx playing that game with her wife...I cringed when they both couldn't recognize the slabs that Moses was carrying were the Ten Commandments; they were so confused, and I had to remind myself while staring at the screen that these two darling ladies just simply forgot most religious stories...mostly on purpose, I suspect, considering neither of them can sit through any references to Christian/Jewish scriptures.

[@kevinball892]

Wow for whatever reason I had that game "Ballz" and I'm shocked and delighted that someone finally acknowledged it's existence! lmao Thanks for that blast from the past there gang. I needed a laugh.

[@Alsebra]

That was one of the few Sega games that we had (we received a weird selection of Sega games that Christmas) and it was one of the few fighters that we actually got into (Ranma ½: Hard Battle, Killer Instinct, and Clayfighter were the others).

[@Zurupup1]

Wow I forgot about that starwars game, I knew I wasn't crazy when I told people what it was about.

[@Zurupup1]

@@mainmenu32 I think it's because it is suppose to be a fighting game? But they have weapon's so it really doesn't fit well.

[@imthegoshdarnbatman]

Me too! I rented it from block buster and never saw it again until about 3 months ago when I found it as disc replay for 3 bucks. I made my friends play it. 😂

[@vladyvhv9579]

Battle Beast for the PC. I had a demo version of this, and it's really weird. The fighting part is your fairly typical fighting game. But... The characters have alternate forms, which are cute robotic pet versions of whatever their fighter is supposed to be. The big werewolf-bot? Tuns into a cute little robo-puppy. And it's basically stated that these cute forms are their normal forms, and something about having to win the competition, so they can stop being made to fight or something. Also, you can change forms mid-battle. There's just a transform command, that can be used whenever. And surprisingly enough, the computer players will sometimes randomly transform into pet mode, giving you an opportunity to kick their cute little ass. From what I've been able to figure out, this is all done to make a parody of fighting games, which can at times play like an actual hardcore fighting game.

[@CodexVsTheWorld]

What kind of fighting tournament lets a bear compete? A great one, Andy...A great one.

[@jackyiv]

Didn't we have something resembling that in the "Coliseum times"?

[@aaron_aj_knight_95]

He doesn't remember the one starting from 1994, with the guy who threw his dad off a cliff, dad comes back and throws son into a volcano, grandson joins tournament and beats the shit out of grandfather-oh you know the story!!

[@yepcook2991]

The star wars spinoff film "Solo" did refer to the fighting style teras kasi hence referring to the game

[@AbsolXGuardian]

Apparently teras kasi was included in a lot of legends book sensibility based on the game's "plot". It evolved into the equivalent of Avatar The Last Airbender's chi-blocking, a way for dedicated non-force sensitive people to fight Jedi hand-to-hand.

[@quiettimegaming3642]

One of the most shameful moments of my life was when I traded Donkey Kong Country to my friend for Ballz right before he moved away. I had beaten DKC a hundred times by that point... but is there a world where you have heard of a worse trade?

[@hyperbrolic3601]

Yea..mine..my friend convinced me to sell him my complete in box chrono trigger for 30 bucks back in 2001..i had no idea what it was worth

[@DreMurrz]

Nba Jam:TE for Mario Paint😟 my classmate moved far away w/o me knowing & i waz 38. hot once I found out when I noticed hiz seat empty for a week straight n middle school.

[@jamesianhutchison1165]

Back of the queue bud. I traded my orginal PSOne copy of Castlevania:SOTN for Jet Moto. An almost universally recognised masterpiece for a jetski racing game? I must've been out of my mind.

[@quiettimegaming3642]

@@jamesianhutchison1165 OOMPH! that's a rough trade. wowzers.

[@jamesianhutchison1165]

@@quiettimegaming3642 Yup. It was an import copy with the soundtrack CD too. Upwards of £90 online now. Ended up settling for the PS4 remaster during the new year sales for £8. Just as good as I remembered it.

[@joeschmo3844]

two words. well, one word with a hyphen: Shaq-fu

[@chaddoom7993]

Ha!

[@irrespondible]

Meh, not weird enough.

[@not_an_emo]

not a fighting game its a beat em up. at least the new one is

[@AlfredoGomez-kp4cf]

@@not_an_emo iirc the oh one was a one on one fighting game

[@sadowolf]

@@not_an_emo The original was in fact a one on one fighting game. I played a decent amount of it for some reason haha

[@anarchyantz1564]

Seriously would actually watch Les Mis if it was done in the one on one fighting way.

[@Alex-gl8li]

The book is better.

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

One of the movies has Liam Neeson as Jean Valjean. He uses his particular set of skills to evade inspector Javert :)

[@twanlenaerts1512]

3:37-3:46 You could fit this conversation in Xenoblade chronicles 2 and it wouldn't even make a difference

[@danieljackson9966]

Andy: somehow half ship, half pagoda and half Elvis Presley Jane: That’s not how fractions work.

[@Nineteenth]

Cho Anki Series then : Weird and hilariously homoerotic. Cho Anki Series now : Fits in perfectly with the direction gaming is going.

[@elvispressplay7735]

OH MY GOD, I HAD BALLZ!!! (Something I thought I would never have to say in my life...)

[@oedipuslaius7793]

I too had the unfortunate game ballz. Got it for my tenth birthday with the untouchables film game for snes. The first time I turned the cartridge on my family blanched at the sound of the music at Christmas Eve dinner.

[@elvispressplay7735]

The best part about it was that it came with a simple white poster with black text that read, "YOU GOTTA HAVE BALLZ!" I had that poster on my wall all through High School and College before I finally threw it out.

[@RubelliteFae]

@@oedipuslaius7793 relatable

[@zeogryder9701]

that is a really creative screen name. good job

[@goldenprimus]

I have Ballz too..... Not the game.

[@calebjackson3895]

0:25 Valjean, at last, We see each others mains 'm'sieur le mayor, ' You'll feel my combo chain

[@PanzerMan332]

5:25 "Explain to me how you're going to dodge these knives, Jotaro."

[@makotoyagami9458]

Panzer Man ZA WARUDO

[@maesaigo6267]

that is not dio saying it, that's sakuya saying it

[@joeyjojojunior1794]

7:30 "stupid human words." I love your choice of verbiage.

[@YoDonam]

I actually remember playing the Star Wars one at my friend's house. It might be a weird concept, but as a fighting game you could move along multiple axes it was actually really cool. And Thok's axe hurt if you managed to stick around under it.

[@vanillacokejunky]

3d fighters are nothing new or novel, as you can see from the video, Ballz 3D predates it by several years (about 2 console generations earlier). though PS1 did have some of the greatest 3d fighters like Tekken, Battle Arena Toshinden, Ehrgeiz, etc

[@balto648]

How about Fighting is Magic? The weird about that game wasn't the fact that there were ponies that preached friendship fighting each other. But the fact that it became so liked that it appeared at EVO 2013. It was such a good game, but it became so known that Hasbro send a "Cease and Desist" so it was never finished.

[@irrespondible]

It was finished, but the characters were changed into different animals and it became Them Fighting Herds. The designs were made by Faust, though.

[@user-vn7ce5ig1z]

My favorite fighting game was _Sango Fighter_ . It wasn't weird, but it was a good substitute for SF and MK. I also enjoyed _Bruce Lee Lives_ which was only slightly weird.

[@willordordona5429]

Teraskasi was mentioned in Solo: A Starwars Story Basically its a fighting style used to fight Force users. Qira was said to be a master of it in the film

[@tasherratt]

Ballz was very impressive at the time and played surprisingly well,

[@velvetjonez06]

"Shut it gramps" just kills me 😂😂

[@newageBoundhippie]

I will never forget Masters of Teras Kasi....partly because it was pretty bad, but mostly because the Tusken Raider character you could play as was named Hoar and my friends & I always found it hilarious to have a mirror match just to hear the announcer say "Hoar vs Hoar" :P Also Fighters Megamix, a Sega fighting game ( Saturn I think ) that featured the car from Daytona USA as a fighter....also in Japan the game featured Pepsi Man as a guest fighter...

[@Rich77UK]

7:19. That a lot of fighter. Half ship, half pagoda and half Elvis....thats 150% fighter so must be unbeatable!

[@enzo1701]

Gonna watch later, but if Ninja Hamster isn't in this list then you've missed out.

[@iarexayne]

In case you haven't watched yet, it's not

[@0utrunner237]

It’s not a “Top _______ Fighting Games” list without Dong Dong Never Die.

[@briancorvello3620]

Of course, many would have said, at the time, that making a musical version of Hugo's novel was just as nutty. Just saying...

[@marhawkman303]

That is true. Musicals are weird in general.

[@Minusoh]

I was expecting to see Dive Kick on this list. It's basically footsies where you can only get hit once, and your only two moves are dive and kick. Despite the premise, it's really fun acrually.

[@lylefairhall7204]

Kinda surprised toribash wasn't on this list. Fight frame by frame and watch how weird it looked in 30fps at the end

[@JoaoLucasK]

Well, it's more of a simulator than a fighting game, honestly, since there's mods which you can do that aren't fighting-related.

[@lylefairhall7204]

@@JoaoLucasK that's fair

[@Phantomsangel]

Cho Aniki also has a side scrolling shooter game too. I didn't know there was more to the series lol wow. I want to try that Arm Joe one.

[@roddor8462]

Any fighting game worth its salt lets bears compete...

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

@@capturedflame You mean best bear KILLER.

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

@@capturedflame You DO realize that Z-God trains against LITERAL bears, right?

[@Jambobist]

I feel my life is richer for knowing there's a Les Mis fighting game.

[@dekoldrick]

Science Kombat. A game that pits history's greatest scientists and inventors against each other (including Steven Hawking) with the final boss being God.

[@jsihavealotofplaylists]

Is this real

[@randylianabella4861]

Joshua Smith It's real

[@CalifornianCuttlefish]

Great Video! *These fighting games look both strange and fun*

[@wraithcadmus]

If Teras Kasi is canon this means Mara Jade survived the cull \o/

[@SharkQuake]

I might be wrong, but I think it was mentioned in Solo: A Star Wars Story. I think Emilia Clarke’s character used it?

[@elijahwatson3474]

SharkQuake yeah she learn the fighting style

[@jodinsan]

"Or was that Shakesphere?" I almost missed that. I _almost missed that._ Well done.

[@JohnGalt916]

I remember time killers. It was the only reason i liked the laundry mat

[@nymalous3428]

I was a bit confused by the Les Miserables references to songs and musical numbers... I didn't realize it was a play, I only knew it from the novel. And that weird game with digital versions of the creators looked amazing!

[@devilyn76]

How could you miss Iron and Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft? A Dungeons and Dragons fighting game... Come on!!

[@LonePhantom756]

"See what I'm talking about? Because I'm not entirely sure -I- do." Best quote EVER.

[@TheReaperEagle]

Masters of Teras Kasi is absolutely canon. It was referenced by name in Solo: A Star Wars Story.

[@Tualarec]

Yeah. In that movie, Daenerys was indeed a Master of Teras Kasi.

[@gphjr1444]

It only took 20+ years but it eventually became cannon.

[@Sogeking79]

@mark undefined But Mara Jade is in that game.

[@JoaoLucasK]

Believe it or not, Dong Dong Never Die's plot is just Terminator 2. No, really, it starts with Sarah Connor narrating the events of Terminator 2, but with Dong Dong replacing John Connor, and the guy with the gas mask replacing T-1000. And one of the characters is literally Chinese T-800, complete with naked teleportation intro and everything. And he sacrifices himself to defeat the gas mask terminator. Oh, and if you manage to get the secret ending, you get a teaser for a Streets of Rage 4 game on a PS Vita.

[@TheReZisTLust]

Bob: Can we fight them!? Young boi: *in British* Shut it gramps!

[@cocoanutt27]

Ever play Waku Waku 7? That game is a combination of bizarre and awesome.

[@DOSFrost]

You mentioned Teras Kasi but not Sonic Fighters? How DARE you!

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

THAT'S not the weird Sonic FG. You want Sonic Battle on the GBA.

[@RubberyCat]

@@mainmenu32 Because the Martial Art in Star Wars it is called Teräs Käsi ... in English as well. Why finnish? Well why don't we call Karate "Empty Hand"? Also, Panzer Kunst from Gunnm/Alita.

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

@@mainmenu32 Because George Lucas thought that it sounded alien.

[@maxcooper6554]

Teräs Käsi is cannon, the fighting style is referenced in Solo.

[@billranes1214]

You know theyre making a sequel to Solo right? Supposed to have Boba Fett in it

[@Jessie_Helms]

Idea for a video: “X times our good deeds really weren’t.” Examples: In Fallout 3 you gain karma for donating to the Children of Atom, but in Fallout 4 they are basically a terrorist organization, irradiating anyone they come across. Plus (spoiler) depending on how you play Far Harbor you wipe out a town entirely, children included. Another example could be sparing any Dishonored character (especially the Pendletons. Losing your tongue and being thrown in a mine doesn’t exactly sound like a good way to go). Or in Dark Soul’s painting world where you have no reason to kill the final boss but you can. Surely killing this powerful boss will help the world... right? If anyone seeing this has good ideas for more examples, leave a reply!

[@aardbei54]

Would Bravely Default count?

[@Jessie_Helms]

Aardbeiman never played that so I’m not sure.

[@usbiv223]

@3:51 "Gently Bonking" is the name of my new, extremely British, single!

[@KickyFut]

I don't know if I should be proud... or ashamed that I have played *three* of these games. And to be clear, it was back when they came out, not playing them on a .rom later.

[@BoggyTheWorm]

I was kinda disappointed Time Slaughter (Bloodlust Software's fighting game) was not mentioned there.

[@respectableaf9061]

Clayfighter... I thought that one was weird

[@azuredragoon2054]

Especially when it included Sumo Santa and included claytalities.

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

Isn't it cheating to suggest something that's openly a parody?

[@azuredragoon2054]

@@CarbonRollerCaco Perhaps they should instead create a list of "weird games that didn't originate in Japan". That's gonna be a tough list to make.

[@jamescook16]

Castlevania background reference 7:48

[@flowarpower4414]

6:27 RONALD mcDONALD

[@garrysucks4190]

I can't believe you left out the craziest part of Arm Joe: The fact that *Yujiro Hanma himself* (yes, THAT Yujiro Hanma) is in the game as "JUDGEMENT".

[@sticklyboi]

3:07 YOU BUMBLER YOU BUMBLER YOU BUMBLER YOU BUMBLER YOU BUMBLER YOU BUMBLER YOU BUMBLER YOU BUMBLER

[@Magisean11]

I played the heck out of the Star Wars one with my brothers when we were young. It was so much fun!

[@TrashGordon36]

I'm still waiting for the Ed Ballz DLC

[@wraithcadmus]

Ed Ballz