Bloody Roar - Fighting Game Retrospectives

[@maybe183]

4:40 Fun fact: What Kenji Fukuya meant about Genghis Khan was highly probably actually referring to a style of grilling mutton. This grilling style is named as such because muttons are not usually consumed in Japan, and was popularized as a dish that was inspired by Mongol cuisine. The pan used for grilling also bears a resemblance to the helmets that Mongol soldiers wear in battle, hence the dish being named "Genghis Khan" not unlike how pizza with BBQ sauce and pineapples being named "Hawaiian Pizza" The dish also originated in Hokkaidō, which was Kenji Futuya's hometown and is a very popular dish to be consumed with alcohol, which he is a also a fan of :)

[@Hondunu]

Thanks for the fact dude. I Didn't know a dish like that even existed.

[@menorasendaiba6404]

It is about food from the start, because you know. Sake goes with roast and fries

[@versebuchanan512]

@@Hondunu It's delicious, highly recommend. Booze does make it better.

[@jjenk911]

Another fun fact: Genghis is pronounced "Chenghis." I don't know why.

[@ZekeAxel]

Yeah, was about to write the same thing...

[@fearanger1]

It is horribly heartbreaking that this series probably won't be revived, at least not any time soon, but the fanbase still going strong today is heartwarming.

[@faidou9954]

How is the fanbase going strong?

[@ArkradosKeiresk]

@@faidou9954 There's still big tournaments all the time, it's a side game at most tournaments, etc

[@Beastly_Genius]

@@ArkradosKeiresk really? Can you name a few locations?

[@Myth_or_Mystery76]

Me: "Hey Konami. Whatever happened to Bloody Roar?" Konami: "Pachinko?" Me: "No Bloody Roar ... what happened-" Konami: "You want a Bloody Roar mobile game?" Me: "I hate you."

[@Fuckyoutubecensorship1]

​@@Beastly_GeniusNew York California San Diego LA Puerto Rico just to name a few locations.

[@thatkirbodude]

Bloody Roar is a testament to my favorite part of fighting games, that if there’s a fighting game with two player versus, there’s a dedicated community

[@wolfhurricane897]

I wish I grew up with Bloody Roar.

[@jagatheeldest5786]

Fr...out there somewhere there's still a community playing Rival Schools.

[@muha990]

@@jagatheeldest5786 Dude, Rival Schools is the shit!! Surprised you know it. Lol

[@alptheclown6646]

The Unborn after leaving Nagi's body looks like it's about to teach you how to turn into a paper airplane while standing on specific platforms.

[@LowellLucasJr.]

The animators behind the Gamecube Bloody Roar intro and ending animation was behind the Jojo's Bizarre Adventures OVA! They also worked on GiJoe and other classics!

[@MonsieurMaouji]

The character designer even worked on Berserk 1997, Air Master, Baki the Grappler 2001 (& character designed the 1994 OVA), Casshern Sins and...get this: Heartcatch Precure and Ojamajou/Magical Doremi (I wish I made those last two up).

[@TyRiders2]

@@MonsieurMaouji Also Street Fighter Alpha OVA

[@RosyTheRascal15]

Bloody Roar 2 is my personal favorite. I have so much nostalgia with the amount of personality this game and everything it had! Loved the new characters, title screen announcer, the sound effects, portraits. It was all so memorable. I have a lot of memories when I used to play it at my aunt's house on her PS1 that she bought because her husband would play a lot of the Tomb Raider games on it. I would play a lot of fighting games such as Tekken, Mortal Kombat. Simpler times.

[@azuresaiyan9005]

Fun fact the guys who animated the anime cutscenes from Primal Fury also worked on the Street Fighter anime adaptations from the 90s as well as the first series of Baki.

[@kaimobley5324]

I could easily tell with the art style

[@BOmb78900]

Same

[@kingdomcomesuperman3669]

Another beloved series lost to Konami being Konami. Still though one of the most passionate fanbases I've seen in Bloody Roar keeping alive.

[@orangeslash1667]

@Isrel156 At least Eighting is still making games.

[@TestyCool]

If they re-released bloody roar I would buy it. I played the hell out of one and played some of three. I dont have a ps2 now so I cant even get into two unless they do. It would be really nice to see it.

[@pafoneto1275]

​@@TestyCool People like you is why videogame quality is that low.

[@wolfhurricane897]

I think I actually made a Bloody Roar OC when I first heard about the series and watched some gameplay.

[@jerimiahsaiah]

I enjoyed this retrospective, and that's cool that you acknowledged the tournament I was in/won. Also a big thank you for doing your research for this series for like 96% of it, as this series is notorious for misinformation. This video is very solid for newcomers to the series.

[@arnaudcarrete438]

My man jerimiah ❤️

[@ML1399TheyStoleMyName]

Kenji is staying silent in the shadows, waiting for the opportunity to reap his bloody revenge on Konami and take back what it his

[@dnmstarsi]

Meanwhile, Kohryu has been converted into a pachinko machine.

[@xOmniCloudx]

@@dnmstarsi I laughed so hard 😂

[@erikdrummingod]

This is news to me. As if I hated them enough already

[@FIRE-LOTUS]

​​@@erikdrummingod Or like most Japanese people, (and this is pretty morbid) when they fail at something, go to the suicide forest and hang themselves. I really do hope that is not the case.

[@LeinRa-Reaction]

​@@dnmstarsi"Beast transformation? No no no, pachinko transformation"

[@briancoulombe4517]

I think the idea of the final boss in PF/extreme turning into a penguin was just too funny for the developers to resist. The phoenix form basically turns him into a human Magikarp

[@axo4383]

Bloody Roar was the first ever Esports i knew since my childhood. In my very local region in Europe it was played through gaming magazine / toy seller company (i seriously don't remember their names) but like all esports game it was mostly sponsored by both in the early 2000's. There was no price pool but winner did get a cool trophy and it was mostly for kids aged 8-12. I think i was like 9 back then or something. Now i know there been many of these game tournaments before but that was something that i witnessed and it was so cool.

[@farlanghn]

Dude Bloody Roar 2 had the best opening to a game ever. That song and the editing hits so hard. I used to just let it play sometimes.

[@tumulovermelho93]

The Japanese opening of Bloody Roar 3 is great as well. I like the cheesiness of the American opening, with everyone uniting against Xion, but the Japanese op is cooler and edgier.

[@sonicanvaspost6867]

I love the first one the most. The music is...big head banger

[@RawDealCo]

One of my all time favourites. I would love to see a modern take on this series, even if it wasn't Bloody Roar, a spiritual successor would be gladly welcomed

[@derrickhaggard]

Same

[@Iqzzy-KO]

I loved Bloody Roar as a kid but fell out of love with it, so now that I've watched this vid, I love it even more!

[@Stylez-13]

Yes a super offensive 1 please a.bodybuilder black man a gorilla a fat woman a cow and skinny tall girl a jirafee a fat man an elephant heck even a gay unicorn and transgender hyena 😂 let's go all out 😁

[@MidoriDad]

@@Stylez-13 at the risk of insensitive offense, they most definitely shouldn't make the gorilla a black man.

[@theysaidimasian9766]

would defeat the purpose of "super offensive" no? and why avoid that alone specifically? lmao

[@LowellLucasJr.]

I'm so glad Bloody Roar is getting a chance to shine in this retrospective! Good boy, Professor Thorgi!! Perfect game for Halloween to compliment your awesome Darkstalkers video!

[@kaishmuper]

Kajiwara not only played the guitar on the KOF, series, he did the same on almost every SNK franchise, like samsho, aof, garou, etc, and he also worked on the sfex series. The guy is a friggin' leyend on the j-fusion scene at this point, having worked on more that 100 albums.

[@BlastBoyX]

This game was super fun. The mechanics were surprisingly fluid, and the transformations felt really gratifying. The mole guy was my favorite.

[@terryrichmond4723]

One of the best most underrated classics. Bloody roar 2 definitely in the top 5 best fighting games of the 90s Gado and shenlong 🔥

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Jenny the sexy Bat, Stun the Zx-tole Insect, Xion the Dante/ Guyver unborn and Cronos, the Marik Ishtar, Phoenix! All my favorites to this beloved series and man!!! I seriously love the anime/ media nods in this series!

[@Dinker27]

I honestly thought Xion reminded me of Maximillian Pegasus when he had both his eyes and want through a punk phase. 😂

[@LowellLucasJr.]

@@Dinker27 I can Definately see the Pegasus vibe! It's not like BL hasn't done Yugioh inspired or looking characters!

[@ccutter2]

@@LowellLucasJr. You should look up Rafael, who looks like a younger version of Gado

[@LowellLucasJr.]

@@zltpsm Damn your right! All he needs is a whip!!!!

[@orangeslash1667]

@@LowellLucasJr. Fun Fact: Cronos in this game is voiced by Cam Clark who is known for impersonating Matthew Broderick.

[@makogp747]

I knew this game because a friend of mine was named after one of the characters. He said his father originally wanted to name him "Ryuken", but his mother thought that name was corny, so a bloody roar name was chosen. That prompted me to get primal fury, and my goodness it has been amazing. Glad this video taught me 8ing's origins, hudsons big hurrah in the fgc before konami, and the main reason why my friend has a certain name. Great vid haha

[@dnkakusei]

Can we know what your friend ended up getting named?

[@makogp747]

@@dnkakusei the only hint ill give is its a male, and in 2. If he ever finds this video, I'll say.

[@dnkakusei]

@@makogp747 Alrighty! I'll wait hehe

[@squirrelsyrup1921]

Busuzuma

[@WCCXtra]

Wow, I've slept on this series forever. I used to just think it was a generic fighter, but this retrospective really opened my eyes. You did a great job putting this together!

[@SamBluehawk]

I'm glad people are still keeping the spirit of Bloody Roar alive.Bloody Roar 2 was the game that my late older brother and I grew up playing a lot as kids and fittingly enough our mains were his being Yugo the Wolf and mine being Yugo's adoptive younger brother Kenji aka Bakuryu the Mole and it's one of those games that I still think fondly of. I do hope someone will make a spiritual successor to this series so more people can grow up enjoying it as much as my brother and I have.

[@jaysonlikes]

Matt McMuscles is gonna love this

[@mrmeteor64]

Yeah because I already know someone who did a better retrospective then him.

[@kyokugenryudisciple9349]

@@mrmeteor64 Nah…I think Thorgi’s Retrospective & Matt’s Bomb-Ass Retrospectives are both hype. Again have you seen Thorgi’s 4-Parter on KOF…you have to have a lot of dedication to get a 4 Part Retrospective on your channel.

[@mrmeteor64]

@@kyokugenryudisciple9349 there a whole video on KZbin on how much Matt got wrong.

[@mrmeteor64]

@MONSTER HEEL I will show you when it’s not 5:00am my time

[@TheDarkAcePrime]

@@mrmeteor64 SCXCR?

[@theSkinnyStream]

just recently stumbled upon your retrospectives, and despite being 45 and never really being a big fighting game fan outside of arcades when I was a teen, I'm REALLY enjoying watching these!

[@dorkasaurus_rex]

Must say, I'm a huge fan of this series for many reasons, not the least of which being that it's really fun to play, however, I really appreciate that you highlighted one of the most underappreciated and unique aspects of Bloody Roar: the story. For a fighting game, Bloody Roar has, arguably, some of the deepest, most complex and genuinely thought-provoking and well done lore of *ANY* fighting game, and I'm grateful you seemed to pick up on that, too.

[@stripedgames47]

Now I get why a creator I follow loves Bloody Roar, this was a fantastic video. Your retrospectives are a blessing to a fellow casual fan like myself who enjoys fighting games for their story.

[@FAISALALYAHYA-69]

I really wish and strongly hope they make Yugo in Tekken 8 as a guest character. This game needs to be alive again.

[@AsusanXT]

Or at least in Killer Instinct.

[@Otakukunoichi]

Thank you for briefly touching on the copyright thing! Copyright/Trademark Hoarding is a frustrating and all too common occurrence in all entertainment industries and it just sucks to see people get their hopes up for nothing. :( Anyway, while I didn't actually play the games, I do remember watching one of my brothers rent and play BR2 and it kind of always stuck with me (Uriko was the character I remembered the most probably because I was a young kid and was like "ooh a catgirl!") so it's cool to learn more about the series. I actually have ideas of potential fighters in a hypothetical new game as a character creation exercise for fun. Who's gonna stop me? Konami? Lol.

[@trebienparker5349]

Thorgi’s Arcade thank you so much for making a retrospective of this awesome radical gem of a classic game. I really hope this franchise makes a comeback in the future.

[@Somethingsomethingsomething85]

Totally off topic but Jingisukan (ジンギスカン) is probably what he was referring to. Jingisukan is a well-known Hokkaido dish. That being said, as a long time BR fan, this made me happy.

[@502jackal]

I'm so happy to see that a dedicated bloody roar video like this exists. This game has been my all time favorite fighting game since I 1st saw it in 98. I was 4, so memories weren't gonna stick much at that time, but this game STUCK. A ninja mole vs Kung Fu tigers to fast pace rock? Who could forget something so damn cool. I can't imagine this game coming back, but this game will always be a favorite for me and I'll sing it's praises til the sun blows up.

[@TekkenGirl4Lyfe]

Happy 25 years to this underrated gem of a series and _fuck Konami!_ Bloody Roar 5/reboot Build the Roster when? Also the BR2 redub cast is basically now my headcanon for what these characters sound like, regardless of how the other games cast them.

[@Charvale]

I remember picking up Bloody Roar right after it came out in '97, and the sequel in '99. Normally, I suck at fighting games, I would get my ass beat in Tekken, Street Fighter, and Virtua Fighter, but for the first time I was able to hold my own (and in some cases dominate) in this series. I loved Bloody Roar, and it's such a shame that the last game became a mess of bad design and bad decisions. I would love to see a remastered version of the first game, or even a full on anime series about the canon storyline -- the characters and their struggles always made me love the game, but it was the endings and how some characters never returned that had me on the edge of my seat for the next game.

[@Mohammed1000real]

Bloody Roar STILL needs a sixth installment and a anime adaptation to this day!

[@derrickhaggard]

Hyped for this. Also hoping for a new entry in the series that's not a Pachinko Machine or Mobile Title.

[@Limnomys]

I literally have Bakuryu's Crest tattoed in my right arm. I grew up with these games and I love them. I am very happy you made a video about them. I am terrible with fighting games, but I love this series for a reason you forgot to mention: All the characters inputs are the same. If you press down+forward+punch/kick/beast your character is going to do something. I love it because you don't really need to learn an infinite number of combinations, you only need to know the characters. But it is a small detail. I loved the video. Thank you for talking about one of my favorite games!

[@LowellLucasJr.]

I got my jump into Bloody Roar with #2. It was my very 1st game I ever bought for PSX( I mowed so many lawns that summer!) . Since then, I learned all those crazy extended combos, unlimiteds, and went insane with the PS2/Gamecube/ Xbox versions! Such a great time in gaming!

[@Bangcat]

Always ready to jump in line for looking back on Bloody Roar again, and this time I'm the first in line. If only a few youtube personalities and others would jump in at once and jump on Konami in their social media about geting a new one. I'd often try to go it on my own, if only others ould really join in. They only listen if a stampede of the more well known and their fans come slamming on the social media door in mass.

[@TheDarkAcePrime]

It's been a while old friend

[@Bangcat]

@@TheDarkAcePrime Still hanging in. Never quite the same but still here. Every so often I push on Konami's comments but pushed on some other game angles another way. But bit by bit with others we could collectively gain traction. I said Eighting could be asked on by Konami or ArcSystems. Now Eighting recently proved they can make something that looks like ArcSys. Imagine if they made a new Bloody Roar and a much needed 3D movement fighter with a near Guilty Gear like style. I think with what we've seen with Eighting's new game, it's possible. Just not sure how well I can play it now, but would still like to see it.

[@TheDarkAcePrime]

@@Bangcat We can just only hope and pray

[@derrickhaggard]

If we get a new official entry in the series and by that I mean a entry that is not a Pachinko/Slot Machine or a Mobile Title a CaC mode and a story/secondary story mode dedicated to the CaC would be awesome and make up for BR4's "sigh" Career Mode. You know how Street Fighter 6, and more then likely Soul Calibur 7 if and when Bandai-Namco decides to do a SC7 will have Character Creation and have either the story mode in the case of SF6, or a secondary story mode for a hypothetic SC7 dedicated to the Custom Character, well I think that would be awesome for a proper BR5 especially with the idea of being mentored by the core cast of characters and learning their moves, now has that lead into making up for BR4's Career Mode. Well Career Mode had it to where you can customize a character by completing various fights and earning what was called DNA Points and by spending DNA Points you can get the abilities and signature techniques including Beast Drives of other characters and you can use them to create a character with a custom moveset and before you say this sounds like a Create-A-Zoanthrope Mode it's not because this "Custom Character" you're making is already one of the established characters on BR4's roster, and to make it worse this is how you unlock characters now when BR4 came out there is 4 missing slots those being Uranus, Khoryu, and shockingly for stupid aka BS reasons Long, and Shina characters who have been mainstays since the first 2 games. And speaking of unlocking characters in the Career Mode the DNA Points Prices led to mixed to mostly negative reactions basically spending 50,000 DNA Points each aka a total of 100,000 points to unlock Uranus, and Khoryu was not that bad as they have been unlockable characters since BR3, and spending a whopping 1,000,000 DNA Points to unlock the game's final boss Dragon Ryoho as playable fighter was not that bad as well cause yeah it's the final boss of course it's going to take a massive amount of points, and massive amount of grinding to reach said massive point amount to unlock him, the issue was the fact it took 10,000 DNA Points each to unlock Shina and Long and yeah us fans did not like the idea of grinding in Career Mode to reach 50,000 points just to unlock 2 characters who should've been on the base roster to being with.

[@Bangcat]

@@TheDarkAcePrime and occasionally hammer on KONAMI's door. Not to mention their KZbin channel. We hammer on it at once, and things happen. I have a Sky Pirate project going on for a couple years now for things like Crimson Skies, and devs be hopping on a bit. Re release of Sky Drift and Brew Barons is out on Steam next month. I'm telling ya, we hammer, just hammer enough often and enough at once. Make them see that others see and can't be denied. Riddle the KZbin posts on their JP channel now and again with friends.

[@fernandotredinnick7443]

Great retrospective Professor Thorgi!!! Bloody Roar is an amazing franchise, an HD Collection would be awesome. Also, Bloody Roar 4 was the first BR I played, it was really bad and that hasn't changed, but I had fun playing with Uranus (she can easily destroy everyone in her path, including Dragon). A pity that she does not have an ending.

[@MrFutago87]

Even to this day I can't get over how hard the intro to Bloody Roar 2 goes.

[@thewolf01x]

I like bloody roar 3s slightly better but 2 went very hard indeed

[@CashPope]

wait till you see the Japanese version

[@MauZangetsu]

Yo Thorgi, there's one thing you forgot to mention about BR PF/EX. When in Hyper Beast mode, each character has now a passive ability unique to them. Cronos gains new Beast Drives, Busuzima turns invisible, Jenny regains true health, etc. Besides that, everything was spot on!

[@VanArtic]

BR2's arcade soundtrack is one of my favorite of all time

[@GurrenPrime]

Damn, this series sounds amazing. Sad about the way it ended. If it ever gets a revival (long shot, I know), I kinda hope that Mitsuko gets to return, since she sounds really unique for a fighting game lady, and it feels like a missed opportunity she was only in the first one. And Nagi feels like she could be reworked into a scorpion: red, slender, vaguely exoskeltal, and the blade could be turned into either a misshapen claw or misplaced stinger. Just give her a more complete transformation to feel less out of place, but still keep the same fighting style and roughly the same hitboxes, so for anybody who enjoyed her gameplay, she could still feel familiar.

[@majortom331]

I think after all this time, Mitsuko is still one of the best characters despite her 1 game appearance. The concept of an aging buff mom is cool af. For Nagi, your scorpion take is good direction they could've went with. Theres only 1 insect type and she wouldve fit right in. I thought the devs would make Xion and Nagi Crab/ Crustacean type zoanthropes. The way they animated her moves revolving around her blade just made her so viseral. A missed opportunity.

[@26th_Primarch]

If I remember right, Mitsuko didn't return because folks complained that she was a stereotype (literal boarish woman). As for how a continuation/soft reboot should go? I think that it should follow the storyline of Bloody Roar: Extreme/Primal Fury and retcon Bloody Roar 3 and 4 into in-universe movies that somehow managed to get the cast of the the other games to star in the films...

[@НяшкаОртодокс]

@@26th_Primarch a buff boar mom would blow up in today like lesbians are gonna go crazy over her and nobody will think she is a stereotype because she isn't fat she is buff and i hope she is not going to be grossly downgraded to fetish boob monster or normie sexy woman

[@MIrfanPerdana]

I feel like Bloody Roar would be a good series to constantly have fan polls for. Imagine a modern BR game where you've got your staples in the base game, then for DLC you get new characters *but* you get to vote for what their animal form would be! Imagine a 6-character DLC season where players got to vote for all 6 new animal forms! That would be pretty fun, I think.

[@Trey_W]

Great idea.

[@RosalitaFGC]

@@Trey_W I had a very similar thought to this before, would loveee that!

[@Beastly_Genius]

Damn I like that concept

[@pafoneto1275]

Nobody would buy it.

[@FIRE-LOTUS]

Bro don't say that! I am still pissed that a game like BR can't even experience that because fucking Konami did diddly shit with it's property. They literally murdered my childhood franchise. BR could have LITERALLY be one of the greatest fighting games ever. It had the potential to.

[@trafalgar47official66]

But seriously, why did this series not continue? It is 2022 and so far a plethora of beloved fighting games of the past have had a resurgence. The concept in terms of gameplay and the further mechanics were so unique at the time that it's really a loss, just letting all of this go to waste in the modern era of fighting games.

[@sonicanvaspost6867]

Konami has recently hoarding licenses and this game still haven’t see the light of day Hopefully with resurgence of Silent Hill games, they changed their mind

[@Paz-jv3rj]

And we still haven't seen jack shit in 2024

[@ODDiSEE_]

We talk alot about the graphical glow up of Tekken 2 to 3, but the leap for bloody roar is just as good arguably better imo.

[@KevinSkye1]

Man that ending about the fandub and love from the fans really got some glossy eyes out of me. I grew up with these games on release post BR1, I remember when I unlocked Primal Fury's potential for myself but all my friends already moved on to other games so I was just there playing the game alone for a while(around 2005-2007). Knowing players of all ages are still playing and still giving the games love really makes me happy. Thanks a lot for doing this piece Thorgi, the channel's work always makes an old man like me happy.

[@_Jay_Maker_]

I've come to the conclusion that Fukuya is my spirit animal. If I was a Zoanoid, I'd just transform into him.

[@MaoriGamerDood]

Happy Halloween Bloody Roar you Bloody Legend! Seriously, from side scrolling mascot to Wolves fighting Lions.

[@styxfigure202]

I forgot how lit the intro was to this game! Anime AF 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@thetruej7872]

I never played any Bloody Roar but I've seen some gameplay videos of it. Looks very unique.

[@yahboicrazy]

time for learn the lore and history of another random fighting game! thanks as always thorgi!

[@starcast3905]

I have always wondered what bloody roar was and this is a great introduction.

[@DustyVita]

I appreciate the work going into these, nobody is really doing these long retrospectives into fighting game series with details on development and the enviroment it was releasing in, but I need to start a "back in the day" counter

[@ImmaCalendarMan]

I'm still watching the premiere but I want to say that Puyo's developer making Bloody Roar isn't that surprising. While Puyo is pretty tame, the original series that Puyo spun-off from included a complicated plot about reincarnation and an intense and bloody decapitation scene. Puyo itself was inspired by fighting games, inspiring its combo system, and its large roster. It's not super out of the norm for them to make a brutal fighting game.

[@Ephraim225]

The decapitation and other gore-y stuff is actually almost exclusive to the PC98 port of the games you mentioned; the other versions aren't nearly as dark (but still pretty dark and silly at the same time)

[@digitaltailsmon4096]

Fascinating idea of a game and a really good retrospective! I’m not a big fighting game fan for like gameplay but your videos are so dedicated and full of love that I can’t help but watch it even for something like this that I had no idea about.

[@TheOldest]

Great retrospective, happy to say I was lucky enough to play hours of Primal Fury with a friend when it launched and always thought it was the best example of how good Bloody Roar could be. Either Konami needs to outsource a developer to bring this back or maybe someone buys it off them.

[@Filaxsan]

Maan, when I saw the length of the video was I was like "no way". Ended up watching the whole thing. Amazing job, really enjoyed it. Much respect 💪

[@syndixel9857]

The Primal Fury intro still goes hard, top 3 fighting game intros

[@winterwolfmc]

I stumbled upon this video shortly after updating chapters to my Blazblue/Bloody Roar crossover fanfic. Long live the beasts. Love your work btw. Seen every retrospective thus far, and I can't wait to see what's next!

[@JulianCurrie]

Great stuff. Recently discovered your channel. I'm a huge fighting game fan and these videos bring back a lot of memories. I'll throw 2 more series out there that I'm sure would get a lot of views - Killer Instinct and Soul Edge/Calibur 🙂

[@Zerohour2k12]

I really loved this series as a kid and I still do! Here's Hoping this'll make a comback in some form or another! Great Vid once again Thorgi!

[@eduardoherrera2368]

I was a 7 year old kid when I played Bloody Roar 4 and had a great time. I remember getting bored of it kinda fast even at that age, but the concept was so cool that it inspired me to create my first ever OG character, and some years later a full (sorta) story based on that character (and some others). I only played the fourth one tho (which ended being the worst apparently). So imagine my surprise when I, the one that made a guy that transforms into a black werewolf with wings, see in this video that there was already a werewolf with wings. Also I made a character that transforms into a fenix too, but hadn't made a penguin character yet... Maybe I will xD

[@IThinkIStoleYourSandwich]

This channel is absolutely goated, the passion and effort out into these videos is top tier and videos like these make me go out of my way to find as many fighting games as I can. I may be trash, and won't likely get many online achievements, but I still always have a blast. Channels like this have reminded me not only that fighting games are an old favorite of mine but also why. I'm mostly into RPGs these days but I've been loving going back through fighting game history

[@AztecCroc]

Wait, what do you mean Xion isn't an animal? Exoskeleton, antenna, knife arms; that sounds like a preying mantis to me.

[@hueyh5637]

Had fun with this game in the 90’s. Thanks for the hr+ long video, now I can relive my teenage years. So much time and research must have gone into this video.👌

[@azurepixels]

Just for clarification, the Japanese Bloody Roar Extreme for the Gamecube also had the balance changes that the Xbox version had, and it is the preferred version of the game for online matches and tournaments nowadays (also being the version featured in Combo Breaker 2022)

[@Loriddian]

As a Sony fanboy since PS1, I was always butthurt about this.

[@keshiki27]

I've never been invested in an hour-long KZbin video like this before. Amazing work!

[@Osiris2994]

I'm surprised Kenji Fukuya hadn't made a game based on The Killing Bites

[@majortom331]

Would be so ironic too, since killing bites was inspired by BR

[@fightingmedialounge519]

Not too surprising given killing bites status.

[@Fuckyoutubecensorship1]

​@@fightingmedialounge519what's the status on it???

[@fightingmedialounge519]

@@Fuckyoutubecensorship1 nothing too significant. Just that it isn't particularly popular( only garnering a 13 episode season).

[@totomen666]

@@majortom331 yep, but BR design more Edgy and mystical while Killing Bites more Anime and Horny, wish someone combined them all into one.

[@TonyEllen990]

Good job, dude! You have officially become my new reference for fighting game commentary. Your work is appreciated!

[@lazylight007]

27:05 Bloody Roar 1’s music does not sound like 90’s grunge. Bloody Roar 1 music is more like Power Metal, I can hear it in the drum rhythm and guitar solos. Also Grunge music does not focus on guitar solos. Notice how grunge bands such as Nirvana have no dedicated guitar solos. During the 90s, Metal was still very popular in Japan. Metal bands such as X Japan and Seikima-II were mainstream and had a huge impact on Japanese pop culture. EDIT: Additionally, I believe the clothing style with leather, belts and flashy appearance is more influenced by 90’s Visual Kei fashion.

[@tumulovermelho93]

Having played BR3 on release, I had a very different experience. All the fans I knew wanted was the same Bloody Roar gameplay of the PS1 titles with PS2 graphics and prettier stages, and I love that they kept high contrast of red and black from the artworks of BR2 in the prologues and endings. BR3 also had the best soundtrack of the series imo.

[@juz592]

My God, I never knew this game had an actual story. I love the retrospective series and I love Bloody Roar

[@Gojirilla]

Covering my favorite forgotten Fighting Game series on Halloween? What a holiday treat....even if I am watching this on Nov 1st haha

[@donovanloreman]

I want a sequel. I have been clamouring for a proper sequel for over a decade. Bakuryu was also one of my favs. But I also missed Greg after 1. He was great. And they went alien mode way too quick.

[@ernestalvarado4084]

It's hard to make a story keep going for fighting games. Especially for BR. Hell, I find it hard how SF keeps going using M.Bison as the main villain as new characters are being brought out and looking strong when you have to wonder, where were they before. Regardless I love this series for than SF because of the fighting system aside from that auto block feature. Similar to KoF as well, in some way.

[@MidoriDad]

I've been screaming for just "something" new in the Bloody Roar saga. Also the Legend of Dragoon

[@tasiashiraori]

Starting at Bloody Roar 2. Bakuryu is my favorite due to his Hiei-Vibe (these days you probably said Sasuke -Vibe)

[@majortom331]

This was very well made. Thank you so much thorg, the fandom appreciates it. I found it very funny that The Beast King pretty much when to school just to make his own dream game, and then just dip out afterwards. What an amazing man.

[@blazepirate]

Awesome retrospective. I loved Bloody Roar growing up.

[@ChristelWorcester]

I truly enjoyed this retrospective and the time you took to research all of this. There’s so much more to this game than the failure of sales and I hope Konami revives this franchise. They probably won’t, but I can dream!

[@JoshyBoy0801]

Love these games I started at Bloody Roar 2 and 3 was my jam. Let's make a Sequel or Let's Build a Roster for Blood Roar 5/remake when? 😁

[@jjenk911]

A friend mentioned this video to me and here I am. Holy shit, what a retrospective. Thank you for making this video.

[@joshjones9749]

As a kid it genuinely felt like Bloody roar was a fever dream remembered only by me and my sister lol I never expected to see it become talked about so much in the fgc.

[@GeminiTasiri]

You really blew my mind with the concluding segment. EIGHTING starting out their fighting game journey with Bloody Roar? A fan dub by professional voice actors? Bloody Roar at Combo Breaker (which somehow flew past me)?! As someone who has no connection to the series, that's really cool to hear about.

[@ernestalvarado4084]

One of the best fighting games. I only got the chance to play BR2 and 3. Loved it while playing with my cousin and brother.

[@chrismaystar3014]

The best part of these retrospectives is my realization that a franchise I gave a passing glance to was actually more than 1 or 2 games.

[@rhanetreece2301]

One of my favorite fighting games of all time!

[@pdreding]

You somehow managed to get through that entire script without once using the word "furry". That had to have been deliberate. I admire your dedication to such a subtle bit.

[@johnmattson8280]

Played the first game and I remember several of my buddies and I going round robin to try to take off the hat from one of the guys. I thought it was pretty good. The second game I thought was great and could really go insane with it. Especially loved Jenny for her voice and the fact you could open with slapping someone. I don't recall if I played the 3rd and missed Primal Fury. Did pick up 4 on discount and I enjoyed it for the casual insanity and Nagi was over the top. I'd love to see a new one arise about as much as Darkstalkers. I really think a collected tweaked release could be great and a new one could shake things up pretty well. Doubtful it will ever happen as Crap-nomi.

[@ChaosZero1031]

1:06:40 I swear I remember seeing some character bios on one of Hudson's official Bloody Roar websites that mentioned that, like the mythology of their names, Uranus is apparently the mother of this Chronos. And implies that Uranus is actually meant to be an aged-up clone of Uriko that was made after her abduction in the first game. Which kind of backs up some of Uriko or Chronos' ending in Primal Fury/Extreme where it seems some degree of maternal instinct to protect "her son" triggers Uriko to use her full "human" beast form from the first game since that same silhouette is seen protecting him from the debris.

[@majortom331]

I thought it would allude to Uranus being cronos' literal mother in the game too. Since his last boss is uranus. I didnt realize that bit in urikos story which is really cool.

[@Wandermidget]

"Man I sure do miss Bloody Roar. Such a shame that it'll never come back" *Exactly one day later* You know what algorithm? You ain't so bad after all. Even if you recommend me Jacksepticeye videos despite me never watching them.

[@EpsilonKnight2]

Small correction on Bloody Roar 3, there were other modes to unlock even if they weren't goofy big head modes. There was high speed battle, hyper beast battle, knock down battle where whoever gets knocked down first loses, low speed battle, no guard battle which obviously means you can't block, sudden death survival which is 1 hit death survival and sumo mode which removed the walls from stages. Also another thing about Bloody Roar 3 is that in terms of overall competitive balance it's the best in the series due to Primal Fury/Extreme allowing players to activate hyper beast by simply burning a portion of their health regardless of their beast gauge being full unlike in 3.

[@Klonoahedgehog]

So the creator of this game just made a cool fighting game, became one of it's competitive players and then bailed on gaming as a whole? What a chad.

[@KevinSkye1]

Always loved how Gato was basically just rocking(pun intended) a Rugal fit.

[@UnifiedEntity]

The animation of the earlier bloody roar games...my god so great.

[@ScarletStarManor]

Look here, one thing I'll fight for all night and day: is that Gado's Beast Drive in II was one of the coolest fucking things. The sheer power of this man, the Zoanthrope Lion, has a super where he knocks you into the air, only to ELBOW, not even punch, ELBOW you without little care, or concentration. The effect when you bounce the fuck off the Beast Zone wall? is fucking rad. That shit sold POWER.

[@mypal1990]

Played Bloody Roar since the first one a long time ago. Somehow with Silent Hill 2 getting a nod to have a remake, I'm hoping Konami can bring Bloody Roar to this generation of consoles. But a man can dream.

[@Nightsky071]

I remember playing this game as a teen. This game was one of the coolest and most unique fighting games I ever played.

[@jamessicard1705]

One thing I noticed was that Shena/Marvel sort of resembles Seras Victoria from Hellsing. Could be a coincidence but still, a neat coincidence. P.S. The announcer for Primal Fury is also the same VA for Grandpa Max and the Colonel from Metal Gear

[@RadikAlice]

Paul Eiding?! That's wild

[@CoachNirie]

Loved this game series. 1 of my best summers ever included kicking butt on BR 2. Great video!

[@danielsniff6405]

To be fair to the character designs, xion's zoanthrope form may not exactly be an animal, but it is still very insect like. It is clearly designed around a mantis, just with more cybernetic.

[@JackHanma]

One of my favorite fighting series from the late 90's. The character design, the universe, gameplay and the graphics were truly unique and modern. Truly deserving a remake