Capcom's GREATEST UNSUNG HERO! - Captain Commando

[@geardog24]

I didn’t know what’s weirder, that Jennety/Mack is actually an alien that looks like a mummy or the Boss Baby Hoover fighting in a mech suit.

[@DuskusCB]

Definitely the baby in the mech, ESPECIALLY when he hijacks an enemy mech. A baby in a mech in a mech.

[@laughingseal2282]

I don't care what anyone says, baby commando is one of the greatest characters capcom ever designed.

[@devinweathers7520]

Bara: high speed fisting action I've always provide Lennel: WHAT DID HE SAY !!!!! Asa: ayo what the fuck 😮😮😮😮 Bara: heheheh

[@ShockyD]

It gets weirder in the manga hah. Hoover was a grown man and friends with Captain Commando's dad, Hoover was lethally wounded by a former colleague, Doctor Tea Water (the boss at in this video at 12:34 ). and before he died he transferred his mind into an artificial human baby. He then made all of the tech for the Commando team except for Sho/Ginzu's sword.

[@maxtaylor5665]

@@laughingseal2282uhhh actually it’s baby head 🤓☝️

[@Orochi_Otaku]

I remember being a small lad with a PSP and a copy of Capcom Classic Collections Remixed, playing Captain Commando and picking The Ninja. When I saw you can cut guys in half and they spilled a good quart of blood, it blew my little mind because it was the 1st time seeing something so graphic from an older game rather than in a modern game (circa 360 era at the time I played it).

[@sven_bender]

Mack the Knife is my main. Damn near wore the attack button out on this cabinet at my local arcade Great to see you cover this!

[@JoaoLucasK]

Another neat thing with Baby/Hoover it's that his "cut-in-half" animation is actually only the mech getting cut in half, and the baby trying to desperately pilot the broken mech

[@JohannesBee]

I'd never seen Captain Commando footage before this video, and I've gotta say, some of the character design choices are wild. Mummy is like 90s aesthetics distilled into concentrate. No idea what the hell they were thinking with the baby

[@captaincommando2602]

I have to mention that I'm wearing a CAPTAIN COMMANDO t-shirt. I remember playing this awesome beat em' up for the first time on a arcade cabinet way back in 2006. And not to mention... CAPTAIN COMMANDO is one of my favourite CAPCOM games of all time.

[@videogamerzero1schannel]

With the amount of Beat'em Ups that have been happening as of late, it would be nice if Capcom got in with a new Captain Commando or Final Fight game heck maybe they can hire the people that did a new Streets of Rage game to do one of their beat'em ups

[@maathen]

Because Captain Commando takes place in 2026 in Metro City, Street Fighter is reaching that timeline, so some fans are asking Capcom to make the Captain be played by Luke in some local TV show or something.

[@TevorTheThird]

Has he done a video on Battle Circuit? I don't recall. But if anyone out there hasn't checked that one out it's great too. I always took it as a follow up to Captain Commando; same wild and wacky style but they crank the dial up even further. Like one of the fighters is a non-humanoid carnivorous plant. It's sick.

[@EmperorSeth]

I first played that one at Galloping Ghost about a month ago! I didn't get the chance to finish it, but it was a lot of fun.

[@WilfredCthulu]

Battle Circuit is so underrated.

[@kami_in_the_skye]

Can confirm/will happily second Battle Circuit's greatness. It was basically the last hurrah for the genre in the '90s & never made it to console until the Capcom Beat-'Em-Up Bundle. But it remains easily the best of the golden age of beat-'em-ups & is almost certainly still top-5 all-time. It still has some of the absolute best *flow* (my shorthand for the combination of movement speed/character control/combo capacity & ease of chaining combos/overall moveset depth specifically in this kind of game, because "game feel" is too passive/generic & just sounds weird to me) ever in a beat-'em-up. Battle Circuit is virtual perfection that has only rarely been equaled or surpassed by a select few modern games. And that's just the gameplay. It also perfects the Saturday morning cartoon vibes of Captain Commando & Metamorphic Force, to the point I still want someone to make one for it all these years later, lmao.

[@captaincommando2602]

@@kami_in_the_skye And back in the day, Battle Circuit came out for the arcades only Japan and Europe. Why the game never came out in North America? I do not know.

[@brandonspencer5594]

@@captaincommando2602best explanation? The arcade seen was in its last years and they might have felt it was not worth it North America

[@Sergevantes]

The na,es are: Captain Commando: Mars Carlisle (in all versions) Ninja Commando: Ginzu (US), Sho (Japan) Baby Commando: Baby Head (US), Hoover (Japan) Mummy Commando: Mack the Knife (US), Jennety (Japan).

[@AverageDrafter]

Everyone knows Falcon is a try hard, Commando is the greatest of the semi-obscure video game mascot Cap'ns.

[@scottnotpilgrim]

The fact that this and Final Fight take place in the same city even is wild to me

[@captaincommando2602]

And there is an item which is a statue of Mike Haggar.

[@artispace2329]

ITS WILD THAT BOTH OF THEM TAKE PLACE IN THE SAME UNIVERSE. CAPTAIN COMMANDO,IN THE SF UNIVERSE

[@fakeigniz13]

Game has a bunch of fatalities, not just for the enemy but for you like at 06:33 where you get reduced to ash

[@MikotoShinonome13]

7:13: And then, Ginzu swiftly slices Sonie in half. What a fatality! But 7:39 and 7:42 are goriest favorites, even 7:49 as Kublai-Dakan, ones of Akkila-Orkhan's subordinates gets a similar manner!

[@juarezamorim]

maybe Genocide is the great grandson of Gill since they're still all in the same universe.

[@Raz0rm1nd3d]

Captain Commando was one of my favorite games to play with my brothers, i would always pick either Ginzu or the Captain. Is it me or Mack's grunts sounds like Guy's scream when he does his spinning kick in the og Final Fight?

[@fedupN]

Played this back in the arcades in the 90s. Remembering cutting the second boss (or later iteration) in half with the ninja and his lower half lay sitting against the wall with his torso staring up at it. Quite a proud child. XD Loves the home version too, limitations aside.

[@Nitsua16]

When I was younger and first saw the Captain Commando game, I believed that was where the Capcom name came from. But about three years ago or so, I learned that it is actually from Capsule Computers. Which gives me supreme Dragon Ball vibes.

[@studi0651]

Ever since I saw the Metro City map from World Tour, I’ve been hoping for Capcom to make a Captain Commando action brawler using that Metro City map as a basis. Something short and sweet like Hifi Rush with over the top bosses like DMC.

[@Sbeas19]

I did play this game a lot on the ps1 version of the game. I was amazed to beat it multiple times without getting constant game overs. Really enjoy it and made me appreciate him a lot on MvC.

[@theinfinity7s]

I remember seeing screen grabs of this in a GamePro as a kid and was so eager to play it and took me 2 uears to finally find an arcade cabinet and play it. Was so happy. Really wish Capcom would take more time to give us some AA goodies like another retro inspired Beat Em Up game of the Captain amd his Cammandos.

[@JustLivinItUp85]

Still my favorite Beat-Em-Up of all time. Chopping guys up with Ginzu is the best feeling ever.

[@ZeroYame]

I just played this game with a friend via SF6's arcade machines, with screenshare. fun times

[@bancoran]

The Monster is so a Heedra from the Nausicäa manga I'm surprised Miyazaki didn't file suit.

[@wdcain1]

It's odd Capcom didn't use this game for DLC costumes for SFV. The Basia sisters Carol and Brenda would be great looks for Laura, Scumocide for Gill, and Ginzu for Zeku or Ibuki.

[@ChibiMotoki]

the localized names weren't terrible and i kinda understood why the final boss had to be censored even back in the before internet times... but I Think i preferred the japanese names of the heroes. Sho (a generic ninja name honestly) over Ginzu (a knife pun) Jenetty over Mack (though, Mack the Knife is a pretty cool name... but it's got serial killer vibes) Dr. Hoover over Baby Head (but I don't think his actual name was changed and it's still "BABY" in both regions when you play as him, his backstory is pretty interesting)

[@fakeigniz13]

Given all the fatalities, i thought they' could do a Shaolin Monks type of game with Captain Commando

[@Endocrom]

Classic 90's protagonists, Cop, Ninja, Mummy and Baby

[@yeahok1455]

Dick and Eddy look like the enemies from rolling thunder

[@lethrdonut]

Somehow my local grocery store in nowhere Ok in the 90's had this cabinet in front. Glorious!

[@obananagato]

yeah! Scumocide is a localized name the vilain name in the japanese version is Genocide the other members of captain commando also had their names localized for some reason Ginzu is Sho, Baby is Hoover and Mack is Jennety in the japanese version

[@MateusAuri]

Greg Irwin announcing in Alpha 3 is the GOAT wish he was in more games besides Michigan and LocoRoco

[@Sabeythang]

23:20 And where's their Panzer Dragoon Zwei remake!? I feel like Forever is taking on too many projects at once.

[@jonathanbranhamsgaminganda8799]

I agree with you Capcom has so many beat em up ip they don't really know what to do with them😮

[@chroniclesofguyver7888]

Nice to see somebody giving Captain Commando some love. This one is an old favorite of mine. It's from a time when game devs and their companies weren't afraid to make something totally nuts and throw it out there. I was thrilled when Captain Commando showed up in Project X Zone 2.

[@otakon17]

My local cinema had a Captain Commando machine in it for years while I was growing up. They got rid of it when I moved away but MAN I loved playing on that thing. So glad it was including in the beat'em up bundle.

[@kayame18]

17:08 In my headcannon CViper's tech becomes Commando, Ninja is the Strider/Zeku/Guy/Kim legacy, Baby Commando is from Andore family with Hugo being a child in a huge man body and Baby the super genius inversion, Mummy I don't know but maybe Pyron adjacent influenced by the fight against Anakaris??

[@edgarlozada3858]

...Actually, Ginzu (the Ninja) is paired with Guy in Namco X Capcom. A tactical RPG game (Project X Zone is its sequel), and they were put together due to their similar in nature fighting styles, Guy goes to be considered part of the Commando Team. Yeah this game may not be canon, but is still pretty cool. And your headcannon kinda went somewhere. Unless y'know of NXC before hand.

[@carlbob0002]

11:31 In my country we used to call him Sapão, which mean big frog. 19:16 And we called him Rambo. 17:02 Not only that, but baby also has a pile driver similar to Hagar

[@EmeraldXthe42nd]

Two of my favorite things: superheroes and beat’em ups. Would’ve loved if Captain Commando got brought back as like an OVA or miniseries. Or a new game that went all in with a cel-shaded, Silver Age artstyle. The latter’s never gonna happen, but one can dream.

[@deathsceane]

I remember renting this for a weekend and the rental store gave me an extra day for one reason or another. Anyway the SNES version was one of those games that put the rest of the levels in the harder difficulty. So I basically took all the time I had in one play session by myself to play through Captain Commando on the hardest difficulty. I beat it, I got to see Captain Commando announce himself to the world, and I haven't played the SNES version since. No problem accessing the arcade version, but I haven't bothered seeking out the SNES version since I had beaten that one rental.

[@AverageDrafter]

Not Shown: Baby in a mech, in a mech. One of the greatest feats in video game history.

[@Paddy_Badger]

The Trogdoor reference killed me!!! Thanks so much Matt!!!!

[@azuretiger-kfpmarketingstr6018]

Matt," What kind of name is Marbin?" Lord Marbin the Conquerer of Worlds, Supreme Military Commander of the Pleiadian Empire, "Set a course for Earth!"

[@deadpoolnerd]

I so miss this era of Capcom. They always came out with some out there different idea. I'd love to see captain commando come back. That Darkstalkers, Saturday night slam masters, ghosts and goblins. So much good stuff. That I especially feel translated to modern gaming, can lead to actual fun different nice variety. And not just the same hyper realistic super serious oriented triple a games of today.

[@sven_bender]

Thoroughly enjoyed that mate, thanks for the memories

[@bananabike279]

Capcom has been doing amazing lately, it would only be natural for Captain Commando to be coming back now more than ever!!

[@WilfredCthulu]

Remember when people thought Luke was going to be a younger Captain Commando? Rip. Want these older obscure characters to be used more again. Almost as much as I want an mvc4 but one is more likely than the other...

[@BigHilm]

Playing Megaman x and that Baby Commando Robot suit looks just like the one from Chill Penguin stage!

[@fabtheman4693]

Mack and Stun from Bloody Roar 2 are peak 90's character designs: mummies with hats and sharp objects

[@Guernicaman]

Am I the only one who'd ❤ to see a brand new Captain Commando game from CAPCOM? With superheroes being so popular nowadays, how haven't they made a re-imagined Captain Commando game? I could see a 3rd person action RPG where you can play as Cap & the rest of his crew.

[@odizm5196]

you wanna know what i wish for......a new Captain Commando game

[@erictwhitman]

People in future Metro City knew that Hagar was the savior of Metro City before. In their time of need, they cloned him, but couldn't wait until it was fully grown (Thus, the mech suit.). That's my head cannon for Baby.

[@marissablackwing]

I kept hearing 'Mack the Knife' as 'Mac tonight'

[@lesterparedes8358]

I used to play this all the time in the arcades! I remember the buttons were a circle cut in half vertically. One side red, the other blue. Used to man the shit out of those buttons. As much as I liked Captain Commando (especially in Marvel vs Capcom), I felt he was the most boring. We had an alien mummy, a baby piloting a mech, and a ninja. I would pick Ginzu cuz he'd slice enemies in half. I sure wish Capcom would bundle all their beat-em-ups in one massive bundle

[@Prohass]

10:50 gotta do an album Matt

[@RAdamHadAMeal]

BABY COMMANDO!? My heart and soul.

[@yakumoyomi5765]

I'm guessing some of the weird enemy names are the result of localizing Japanese transliterations of foreign names (Japanese has no "V" sound, so "Marvin" would become "Marbin"). Not sure about "Shtrom Jr." though, since I think he appears in Project X Zone with the same name (and I imagine they would have corrected it if it were a localization mistake).

[@GunstarHero21]

SO my first chance to play this was the PSP Capcom collection (the first one) and I would play it again later but it was great because some boards or I guess revisions typo'd Scumocide to Sucmocide and it's so good lol

[@Bloodletter8]

If Capcom were to ever bring back the gladiotor style ring from the circus level as a modern "VS Capcom" stage that would be fuckin' dope.

[@kl1thedominion]

The time of Marvin is over, it's Marbin time. I wish Capcom would do literally anything with Captain Commando aside from the rare cameo. I thought for sure when we got Strider 2014, there was hope Captain Commando would be the next to get some love, but nope.

[@Cranilla13]

Before I heard it was Capsule Computers, I thought Captain Commando was the namesake too. Love this game! Think they'll ever make a modern day remake/sequel?

[@EinhanderPilotSantos]

Captain Doo-Doo when he's not fighting War Machine and Chunners!!

[@stanley1698]

Oh hey it's the guy from Project X Zone!

[@Greg-bp4rs]

shtrom is the german pronunciaton for strom (electricity).. could be that or.could be completely random

[@prestonowens4594]

I think they should reboot Captain Commando as a 3D character action game taking inspiration from sunset overdrive. Imagine exploring and brawling through metro city in 3D. There could also still be a variety of stages with set pieces and bosses. I’d like a visual aesthetic that’s somewhat similar to street fighter 6 mixed with Marvel vs Capcom; but using 3D models of course.

[@Heiryu]

Man, I haven't heard anyone mention Gowcaizer in....never? You gonna do a review of those movies at some point, Matt?

[@LordRaptor]

A lot of Capcom's early IPs were sick! even when I was a kid and I wouldn't really play anything other than fighting games, I remember looking for origin games for the Capcom characters from MvC and not being disappointed what so ever, I wish Capcom would bring back characters like CapCom and Jin Saotome more often and as playable characters rather than some costume or reference.

[@tommylakindasorta3068]

It's Marbin time!

[@wdcain1]

I would love a full-play of Konami's X-Men beat'em up just to hear you talk about obscure comic factoids.

[@Chadius]

Remember that guy from Marvel vs Capcom? It's his game!

[@inferior-penguin8661]

You have to play ROLLERDROME!!! Tony Hawk meets arena shooter! You do tricks for ammo and there is dodge combos and it's hype as the day is long.

[@StriderRyu]

My favorite beat em up of all time.

You should play Sonic blastman 2, a snes Beat 'em up where the main character yells out loud: "I'm fighting for freedom".

[@andrewsorenson6750]

Brenda needs to come out of hiding and get her booty back in some good video games

[@Grandtheftauto1998]

Baby Head is his real name, a 2 year super genuis.

[@sven_bender]

My son is also named Marbin

[@TheHermitsQuarters]

I too, have a son named Marbin.

[@sven_bender]

19:30 This was the roadblock for me, I could never beat this hulking mass of beef. So satisfying to finally whoop his ass on emulator years later though.

[@sven_bender]

OMG how did I forget about Scumocide. 10/10 best name ever. Edit: does that mean he kills scum 🤔 sounds like a cleaning product lol

[@LAMGFGC]

*picks baby commando* > compares him to Haggar > NO PILEDRIVER

[@keironhiggspoet]

such a weird and fun capcom beat em up. Ginzu/Sho's killing of foes is so damn satisfying. they literally go in two pieces.

[@justinkirk3647]

I have a theory that Super Joe is Captain Commando. I don't know how to shoehorn Kevin Striker into that theory but I'm trying.

[@chloeirnes]

I always thought Baby was Haggar's kid!

[@Ghost01702]

Maybe Baby Head isn't actually a baby, but a little person🤔

[@scroogemcfyuck8110]

0:42 "Race:American"

[@kissthistwice5]

I love this game. Love all the cartoonish characaters and move sets. It's a shame there isn't secqual or remake but I like that they appear in other games like Marvel v Capcom and even the OPENBOR hacks

[@Jaybaybay2838]

Shout-out Komodo Dragons being all lizard like and shit

[@barryklinedinst6233]

I just found your channel. I love beat um ups so I'm looking forward to see what you like

[@TheMayonakaMidnighter]

NEW STAR GLADIATOR LETS DO THIS!

[@lavernebennet7395]

maybe Baby Commando is like, Jessica's kid or something

[@BigFresh37]

Ginzu never drew a dime.

[@Brownwolf502]

Oh, I had this game on the game boy advance

[@VBrancoPT]

With the rise of beat'em up games, I'm surprised that Capcom still hasn't brought back any. Captain Commando, Final Fight, Battle Circuit, Armored Warriors... Just saying.

[@lancelindqvist8848]

Awesome

[@gammafire9552]

Speaking of Pirates of Dark water, when will Matt play the Pirates of Dark Water b-mup for out entertainment???

[@ViciousOS]

Dude! Baby Hoover kinda IS Haggar as a baby, you can piledrive people and shit with him!

[@OptimusShr]

Marbin is probably supposed to be Marvin. Japanese confuses B and V like the stereotypical L and R mix up. I know at least episode 2 of Hellsing Ultimate they pronounce Valentine as "Balentine" There are probably other anime with examples of that but I do not know of them.

[@adamfrazer5150]

I have a hard time not looking at komodos and thinking lil' 'zilla 🤔

[@mileshill7196]

What happened to Dick, Eddy and Dolg?

[@hugejackedman3447]

Charlie Nash???

[@devinweathers7520]

Enjoying ur channels and if chance You play aggressors of dark Kombat Freaking sweet game from neo geo Anywho i afore arcade games