Akuma Becomes MARVELIZED! | X-Men vs SF, Marvel Super Heroes, & Marvel vs Capcom

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[@djhero0071]

Akuma getting smacked the fuck up to become Cyber Akuma might be one of my favorite visual bits I've ever seen in a Max video LMAO

[@LukeyMia4]

It got me good too lmao

[@shawnheatherly]

Rogue performing the Raging Demon is such a cool idea.

[@taylorcorbett8848]

It really is badass

[@JoshuaLowe-ci3wo]

What about Sunburned Sakura?

[@TheRogueWolf]

"Die a thousand deaths, sugah."

[@StriderZessei]

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MEEEEEE

[@SullySadface]

Step on my neck

[@Mister_non]

Akuma becoming one of Apocalypse's horseman of death to make Cyber Akuma is one of the nerdiest things that ever nerded and I love it so much xo

[@eelnats17]

That thumbnail art FUCKING SLAPS

[@clarkredgrave2005]

Yeah, it's equally striking as the Ryu and Cyclops handshake

[@uchiha_d_raizo112-tf5nx]

Akuma also appeared in the Sega Saturn version of X-men Children of the atom too

[@Nifterific]

That's not really special he's in the arcade and PS1 versions too.

[@tristanchriesmon1056]

I remember when cyber akuma got me in the air with the raging demon my jaw just dropped instantly I had no idea he could do that

[@firstname7071]

i honestly like when the legacy vids for YT have the actual arcade runs included. it's cool to hear him talk about it, but half of the fun is watching the insane BS that happens along the way.

[@-Ryu]

Akuma Set out to prove that being born a mutant is not enough to be the strongest, you must earn the powers that make the very earth tremble.

[@JoshuaLowe-ci3wo]

Apocalypse turning Akuma into Cyber Akuma? Rugal giving Akuma the orochi power in CVS2 to become Shin Akuma Akuma ascending into Oni?

[@fabiosonhandogrande1697]

​@@JoshuaLowe-ci3woOni keeps his principles the most, probably. Though, it may go against his honor to fully give *all* of himself up to the Satsui No Hado like that. It's non-canon, isn't it? May prove the honor point.

[@-Ryu]

You want to know how I was able to change my abilities to switch into either Ken or Akuma? Me too, I forgot soon after we beat Onslaught.

[@inv_hana]

Oh shit its him

[@ponyforhire]

Akuma feeding children, fruit and his sound effects having giggling children... He may be the demon, but what are his morals and motivations?

[@vtmarik]

The Cyber Akuma/Dan ending is The height of Capcom sniping SNK.

[@JoshuaLowe-ci3wo]

5:36 Cyber Akuma Man, those rocket punches, those bigger fireballs, tge 11 Hit Combo Shoryuken, Double Air fireballs, his stronger Raging Demon AND his Air Raging Demon

[@patricksimmons441]

Big boss. The Mgsv one. He’d probably be able to go to war with that x-men who’s mutant ability is to never lose and only win.

[@JoshuaLowe-ci3wo]

6:24 The Shining Gou Shock Raging Demon

[@GChezlynD]

I choose to believe that wherever Ryu goes, Akuma follows

[@andresvargas119]

So a Sephiroth and Cloud kind of scenario?

[@BadFriend145]

RIP to unlocked and secret characters in older fighting games. Those times will be missed 😂

[@KaminariHouse]

*_sigh😭_*

[@ashcrimson2801]

Yeah…now we call them DLC 😭

[@shawklan27]

At least smash ultimate had a fun throwback to the way of unlocking the base roster despite how piss easy it was to do so.

[@guitaroach]

​@@shawklan27yea you just had to do it 90 times 😴

[@yrh002b8]

I mean with today, people just going to use cheat engine or a trainer to unlock it automatically unless you are on console.

[@InfinityVenom]

XvsSF was the game that introduced me to Akuma for the 1st time, and then a guy Raging Demon me once and I thought it was the sickest super in the game, a guy at my school told me how to do it and BOOM

[@Luke.S2099]

Damn, great timing. I literally just finished watching the Alpha 2, and 3 video.

[@INOA_GAMES]

Remember he was also in Asuras Wrath which was such a great and underrated game! That fight between Asura and Akuma was epic!

[@kylehuntxr]

I love these legacy series cause it’s so fucking cool going through the time capsule and niche things people probably forgot about

[@LennyShawn-by3gz]

Fun fact Akuma also appear in the PS1 version of marvel superheros

[@EnzoPinheiro]

Whoa, for real? Just like in xmen cota?

[@LennyShawn-by3gz]

Well not exactly in ps1 Anita from darkstalkers is secret playable character and Akuma appears in one one of her attacks so even he's not a playable character he's still in the game

[@EnzoPinheiro]

@@LennyShawn-by3gz oh, now I see.

[@brandonwilliams6119]

I thought it was Darkstalkers Anita

[@toysmostwanted]

​Donovan has an attack where he summons an oni that uses a huge sword to do damage. Anita's version of that attack has the akuma sprite and a floating is donovan sword.​@@EnzoPinheiro

[@shin-oni4223]

Master of magnetism vs Master of the fist

[@BrklynBread]

I like to call Ryu in MVC1 "Cosplay Ryu" and he's my favorite iteration of Ryu Capcom has ever made. Being able to transform was a neat idea

[@gundamforreal]

It made him such a good Capcom and SF rep in the game, and basically the ultimate shoto archetype character.

[@BrklynBread]

@@gundamforreal exactly. And it allowed them to not have a bunch of shotos fill up the roster

[@inv_hana]

Mvc also had awesome unlockable character

[@angelriverasantana7755]

Cosplay Ryu also has my favorite Ryu VA, Toshiyuki Morikawa. He is the perfect voice for the guy, able to pull off his older and younger voices well

[@objectionjustice2355]

I could be wrong, but I remember the ps1 version of mvc lets you choose which ryu form to start the match with by holding down the start or select button during character select and loading screens.

[@kilkkiller]

You're right. It's select

[@cMARVEL360]

The ROM Used on th Arcade 1up cab is the stock one with ALL Th Infintes 😂 The game is absolutely Intense!

[@KaminariHouse]

Why haven't I ever seen any Raging Demon Rogue fanart?

[@brandonwilliams6119]

FAN ARTIST NEED TO GET ON THAT! Same with Sunburned Sakura Raging Demon and Dan Hibiki Otoko Michi

[@diabolico394]

X-men vs street fighter had Infinites for days. Loved that about the game. Supers were insane. Team up supers were awesome. The beginning of crossover glory for the next 5-7 years. Those were some fun times.

[@SeniorAmore94a]

Now we just need Rogue doing a Raging Demon in the X-Men animated series

[@mrcwillis6970]

Man MvsC… what a series. Keep forgetting you could have Ryu become like Akuma in the first MvsC

[@RashaunEatOreos]

Evil ryu?

[@cloudandtifa2000]

Would have been awesome to let people know that you can place your selection on akuma hold left or right and get him randomly and since you had your selection on akuma you just select him and now your playing with 2 akumas in X-Men vs Street Fighter

[@hpesojogladih9782]

There are two versions of X-Men vs SF Cyclops infinite doesn't work on the other one because I think they fix the floaty characters.

[@TheSpeedfoever]

Can't wait to play these for the first time in MVC collection!

[@ponyforhire]

Edit- I literally pause the video and wrote this about one second before Max does. -- Marvel versus Capcom 1 had a form shift for Ryu that can turn him into Ken-ish and Akuma-ish color and actions

[@anonluxor470]

Akuma should have been shaking with wolverine missed opportunity

[@cryssnail]

No, Akuma is a boss, Magneto is a boss, Wolverine is a scrub

[@MordeKa0s]

​@cryssnail huh.... funny way to spell "bub."

[@dankusmemeus7093]

Nah magneto makes more sense

[@dct124]

Disagree. Magneto and Akuma have a different type of mentality. Ryu and Wolverine I can see. Ken and Cyclops I can see.

[@brandonwilliams6119]

Nah Akuma and Magneto shaking hands is too perfect

[@GigaMan91]

I can wait to hear him talk about Zero Akuma from Cyberbots.

[@brandonwilliams6119]

Legendary Thumbnail and Intro!!

[@larrytod9790]

This my first introduced to Akuma I'm not even joking

[@taylorcorbett8848]

He's cool as shit

[@DIOBrando-ij2bp]

To me the fun thing about Cyber Akuma and him feeling so lazy is, the lazier thing to do would’ve been to just reuse Zero Akuma from Cyberbots, and that would’ve actually looked cooler, but they took the time to make changes to his normal sprite to made Cyber Akuma. Like they could’ve just reused Zero Akuma and said he’s a new Sentinel based on Akuma.

[@Lastjustice]

Xmen Vs Street fighter is one of favorites of the VS series. It has a very diverse roster for the number of characters, and is so much fun to play. I loved how Rogue could steal moves from all the regular cast, giving her a very unique moveset. (compared to the later games where she just gains a different stat from absorbing the other character.) Apocalyspe is such a cool last boss, as he has the booming voice from the animated series, giving him this threatening prescence.Sure he isn't that hard to beat, but the presentation is top notch for this game. I still play the crap out of it to this day. Marvel Vs Street Fighter really did feel phoned in compared to the true effort we saw in Xmen VS SF. When I first saw I wasn't sure was some sort of hacked version of the previous games. Cyber Akuma was a rough boss, but I learned how manhandle him as wolverine. (drill claw let's you stand on top of him especially when he does his airfireballs.) I'd basically beat the game with everyone paired with Wolverine as I'd wear them down and let the other character finish him off. The rooster for Mvs SF and MvC both started have too many shototypes. (even with Ryu replacing 3 of them.) MvC 2 obviously gets you all cast you'd ever want, but I feel like the 3 on 3 made the game messier as I liked the 2 on 2 set up better. They also removed the medium strength punches and kicks which never felt right to me.

[@DenOndeBoss]

I remember in MVC, you could hold a specific button when choosing Ryu or before the fight begins, and you would then start the battle as Akuma or Ken, but without using a superbar 👍

[@ReikuYin]

I so wish the Shoto install came back in follow up games for Ryu. Yeah sure we got the characters themself sometimes, but I love to think of that being explained as Ryu's mastery of his fighting style. Tapping into the Dark Hado, his friendship and rivalry with Ken, his own methodology. on the fly, In the more recent games I could just imagine the sauce he could have being able to spend a bar to switch mid combo. Hell you could have it if he's already in 'normal' state if he does the normal switch that's what gets him Denjin install. I miss when they were willing to mix up/play with The World Warrior.

[@justingoers]

The golden age of Capcom games. Everything was perfect to me back then.

[@walterlucero5757]

What a missed opportunity to give Rouge an Akuma stance with a 天 symbol on her back after she performs a Satsui no Hado.

[@drade7920]

My buddy Scott and I was at an Arcade playing this and the lights sent him into epilepsy attack!

[@PowerHouseDream]

Bra how tf I never knew RYU can change like that in MVC !!!!! WTH buttons i was pressing ???! Lmao

[@TheMyuyen]

I will always prefer the look , music , art style from X-men vs Street Fighter over the other VS games after 🤙

[@krono5el]

Another game that never let my poor Saturn have a break, its still so damn amazing.

[@losvortex10]

Cyber Akuma with the infinite meters cheat was always fun

[@lordvlygar2963]

I love Akuma's ending in this game. We get to see him take on Cyber Dan.

[@MrAdal206]

Akuma would never be friends with magneto. He would look at magneto’s power as a cheat code.

[@luigiongaming3959]

We really need to bring back secret unlockable characters in fighting games. As a kid stuff like that made me play all kinds of fighting games.

[@johnodaz1273]

Brilliant Video Max. Ryu having the Ability too have the Playstyle of Akuma or Ken ie such a neat Idea. Rogue doing Raging Demon is Sick.

[@davidkolman]

Yuri in kof 2001 is able to perform the rage demon with 2 bars, if she's lucky she turns her back at the end and takes 80% of the opponent's life bar, sick!

[@pious83]

Still waiting on Cyber-Akuma, Storm Collectibles!

[@yami-kay9099]

This is 🔥. What a great legacy throwback. Go max

[@natediaz1863]

In the ps1 version of MvC there was a legit way to play as cyber Akuma and i remember i would turn the speed all the way up and it felt like you were playing a dragon ball game if you used him. Good times.

[@tbirddddd]

X-Men VS Street Fighter was kind of bonkers in the arcade. You could access the secret character by accident, and with a basic level of Street Fighter skill beat the game on one credit with any team (I've never played a cabinet where the owner turned the difficulty up). They seemed to know by that point that these machines would thrive on VS mode profits.

[@reignfire85]

Jeez, I think I still have my official X-Men vs Street Fighter strategy guide all these years later. And Rogue performing Akuma's moves is hilariously awesome. I will also confess as dumb as Cyber-Akuma is, I love him.

[@NecromancyLabz]

There is something aesthetically pleasing about Cyber Akuma having orange projectiles with a blue effect on the opponent

[@Mankey619]

I wish they can bring the crossover fighting games into the collection.

[@kamenrangerzeo8251]

Akuma becomes besties with the mutants

[@spacebarvideoproductions]

Holy shit. 1.72 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS. Literally insane Max!

[@JonThysell]

I remember the first time seeing Cyber Akuma at the arcade at Marine World - blew my mind, and became my username on every website for years.

[@KMmouse20]

Mode Change Ryu in MVC1 is really cool, usually do switch to Akuma mode if I play him.

[@alistairblaire6001]

Pretty incredible how fast Capcom and SNK churned these games out in the late 90’s. On the other hand they released these all as separate games. Like MSHvSF was basically an update to XMvSF, though they changed up the roster quite a bit.

[@SAVAGEBROHADO]

Ryu Turing into lem is cursed and hard to picture lol

[@cowboydandank]

I wonder how many other characters aside from Rogue have had access to a Raging Demon move. I know there's a handful, like most of the shotos for starters

[@kaizerzero07]

That thumb nail and intro. Chef's kiss,

[@rickysd_cali4379]

My most played arcade game growing up in the Arcades

[@ShinUltima]

"Sleazy and lame" is MSHvSF in a nutshell. And I say that with fondness for the game, as it was my first Versus game (I didn't have easy access to XSF, plus I wasn't interested; I wasn't interested in MSFvSF either, but it was 5 minutes away in my laundramat and everyone else was playing it, so I followed suit). XSF was Capcom taking a hatchet job to MSH to try and remove the infinites in _that_ (Flying Screens everywhere!), which only made the infinite siutation worse! Also, the presence of the SF characters actually messed up the far mor delivate balance MSF had wjth regards to combos and super usage - in MSH, super gain was pretty slow, not counting the gem that refilled your super gauge. Supers were strong, but they weren't meant to be used in _every_ combo, so you relied more on regular chains until you could land a combo with a super. The SF characters weren't designed for the Marvel engine (though Dhalsim and Bison adapted well), so to put them more on even footing, Capcom gavw them reallt strong supers ane jacked up thw gauge generation so you could always have access ro them (this was before the game became an infinite fest). But this also meant that the X-characters gad far more access to supers as well. So the game degenerated into air combo into super x N, which was a far cry from the more varied combo routes in its predecessor (again, infinites notwithstanding). I really wish we got a Marvel Superheroes 2 or XCOTA2. But oh well. The genie can't be put back in the bottle at this point.

[@Sparda452]

You actually can play as Mecha Akuma on the PS1 version of Marvel Super Heroes. you have to beat arcade without using any continues and on the character select screen go to Akuma and press select 5 times then select him. And yes he is broken.

[@KriZZ-1985]

Cyber Akuma is playable on the PS1 Version of the game after beating him without using any continue. You have to highlight Akuma on the select screen and input 5x select and hit any button afterwards.

[@T.O.Wallee]

Akuma also in puzzle fighter and pocket fighter. Man It really brings back aot of memories

[@ishienowa]

After watching this, I really want an Akuma handshaking Magneto poster ASAP

[@xxnike0629xx]

Is it asking too much for a collection with: - X-Men Children of the Atom - Marvel Super Heroes - X-Men vs. Street Fighter - Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter - Marvel vs. Capcom - Marvel vs. Capcom 2 - Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 I do think it's cool that in Marvel vs. Capcom, Ryu can transform into Ken or Akuma.

[@gtsgreatteacherscathach5550]

Almost completely forgot Ryu could turn into Ken and Akuma in MvC.

[@makesiquashie4358]

The handshake heard around the world….

[@DarkOverlord96]

X-Men vs. Street Fighter is one of my favorite fighting games ever... in fact, it was actually my first ever fighting game! I remember playing it when I was a kid at an arcade that had Metal Slug, KOF 2002 and Time Crisis and I'd play it (and lose quickly lol) because it had the characters from the X-Men cartoon. Also, Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter is truly one of the fighting games of all time... like, people give Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite shit and I give Marvel vs. Capcom 2 shit for a lot of reasons but at least those games had a lot of brand new stuff, whereas MSHvsSF feels like such an uninspired asset flip (especially with that roster) it almost doesn't feel like a real game... really, the only good things about it are the endings, the announcer, Cyber Akuma and all the cool Bengus artwork.

[@ChildofLight777]

I think I remember Maximilian from the Shoryuken/SRK forums from WAY back in the day.

[@abdulrafay2730]

That thumbnail though

[@Pewpewpew182]

The introduction to the 100 air fireball super lol. Great game and amazing soundtrack

[@HaveYouTriedGuillotines]

So uh... If they made a new Marvel VS Capcom game right now, it would be very timely to bring back Cyber Akuma with a new design, as Prime Sentinel Akuma.

[@lucianopereira8798]

It was obvious Max wouldn't resist an opportunity to go back to pocket fighter again 💎

[@darktetsuya]

I just picked up XMVSF on Saturn a couple months ago! thankful that gouki/akuma is almost not a hidden character at all, haha. MVSF I remember on PSX even though it was a nerfed console port unlocking cyber akuma was pretty sick. would love to find the saturn version one of these days! MVC1 that's usually my thing just pick ryu and spend the bar on the akuma transform, since he's not actually in it! imported the DC version as well, I think I may need to fire it up again soon.

[@JoshuaLowe-ci3wo]

4:44 shotos in Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter Ryu, Ken, Akuma & Dan

[@elvistwatty]

They need to bring back those rogue powers

[@jorgelugo9473]

Is Max trying to canonize all the marvel fighting games into one story?

[@butterccm]

Thumbnail goes crazy

[@seanwalker8279]

I really want Marvel Vs Capcom Collection With X men COTA, Marvel superhero XmVsSf,MSHVsSf,Mvc1,Mvc2 Make it happens Disney!!

[@JoshuaLowe-ci3wo]

4:16 Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter The game with the imfamous Cyber Akuma boss fight(Which was no problem for me)

[@Marsiena]

I've always thought that in MVC1, Ryu should've been able to transform into Dan with 63214 + Taunt.

[@JoshuaLowe-ci3wo]

Cyber Akuma has the double air fireballs & bigger fireballs like Shin Akuma & an air Raging Demon like Oni

[@ztv1990]

Technically Akuma is not Akuma because Ryu turns into his dark hado form

[@Mettleh3d]

11/10 thumbnail

[@cloudandtifa2000]

I love your vids dood you and editors are doing awesome work

[@FOXZILLA5734]

Marvel super heroes vs street fight might not be one of the best of the series but it was my introduction to the vs series and will always have a special place in me.

[@RurouniStarchild]

Best. Thumbnail. Ever.

[@saitamaobviously6203]

Marvel super heroes vs street fighter is my favorite Marvel game just for the announcer. I rent that game more than 20 times. I never find it in a store to buy it.

[@CGB_Crash]

I always pick Akuma/Gambit because they both have the same eyes.

[@apollolux]

I've always found it quite a bit jank that Cyber Akuma in MSHvSF was ultimately more cheaply unbalanced than Onslaught in MvC and therefore always a more annoying match regardless of who I went in with.