I played 5 MORE fighting games I've NEVER heard of!

[@SteelBallRun1890]

Benkei and Goemon are popular historical figures. - Musashibou Benkei being a warrior monk who is most commonly known for Benkei holding the bridge leading to his Lord's castle against more than 500 soldiers, killing over 300, and then died standing up as arrows rained down upon him. The demon warrior still held the bridge. - Goemon Ishikawa is basically Japanese Robin Hood, steal from the rich, give to the poor. He was caught and was boiled alive with his family in a giant pot as punishment, some say he held up his son above his head to save him or drowned him quickly and held his body up in defiance to his captors. Kozuki Oden's fate in One Piece is a reference to this story.

[@iisanulquiorrahara8]

If you need the Fairy Tail deep lore: Lucy Heartfilia is a summoner who uses "celestial keys" to summon celestial spirits (aka sexy cow man Taurus and horse archer guy Sagittaurius) from a celestial plane of existence. She seeks out these keys to collect and add to her arsenal, either as items to buy or rewards to collect, and each have their own distinct personalities and relationships with Lucy. She's pretty much just a normal girl otherwise. And that's your Fairy Tail deep lore of the decade.

[@SquishieBoo]

Well, concidering Taurus' personality, "sexual cow man" isn't inaccurate to be fair. XD

[@bearerofbadnews1375]

Also she summons plue the dog from Rave Master.

[@iisanulquiorrahara8]

@@SquishieBoo He's certainly moooved by her.

[@iisanulquiorrahara8]

@@bearerofbadnews1375 I can't remember which show I watched first between Fairy Tail and Rave Master (which I've only seen a few episodes of), but I remember it being a cute reference to see at the time.

[@AnotherFatGuy]

i came to find this and here it is. thank you internet anime knower of things guy x

[@C.V317]

I like to think that werewolf from Alien Challenge was originally a puppy who was bitten by a man, then subsequently bitten by a wolf. It’s just a matryoshka doll of biting

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

SFW vore tendencies @@nobodyinparticular9640

[@Bloodletter8]

That's pretty god damn funny 🤣

[@emilysong2000]

So those toxic cans in Alien Challenge? They're actually cans of spinach! When eaten, they allow you to perform a super move .. similar to a certain spinach-loving sailor man!

[@flophouseplays]

haha, I was avoiding them cuz they looked poisonous

[@whateveranone]

Well, spinach is very toxic, so it fits, unintentionally.

[@Raz0rm1nd3d]

Seeing Ippo perform the Dempsey Roll on Inuyasha is something i would never imagine, but actually watching it in a videogame is really crazy.

[@TheFancifulNorwegian]

The plot of Alien Challenge (which shows up if you let the attract mode run) is in broken English so I can't say for certain, but the idea seems to be that the eight characters are "gods" who "annoyed" the rulers of the "Celestial World" and were expelled to "discipline themselves" in the human world. I'm pretty sure "Alien" is either a bad translation of "Celestial" or (more likely) was chosen to sound cooler. Also the bald dude is literally Wong Fei-hung (the kung-fu folk hero that Jet Li played in the "Once Upon a Time in China" movies) and the woman in pink armor is literally Hua Mulan, who as we all know defeated the Huns with the power of her boobs.

[@GenerationWest]

As a massive Fairy Tail fan: - Lucy Heartfillia, the main girl of the series (One of Cherami Leigh's biggest character's that isn't Sword Art's Asuna, Cyberpunk's V or SF6's Manon). - She's a Summoner type, which means she has a contract with certain spirits, and fight for her like Pokémon' Digimon or Yu-Gi-Oh!. The biggest ones are the ones based on the Horoscope. Seen in the game, Sagittarius (Archer in horse costume) Taurus (Cow man, who's always playfully hitting on Lucy in someway). - Besides that Lucy as a "Fleuve d'étoiles" whip, from celestial world, and can extend and has magical energy capabilities. - Lastly, she has her signature "Lucy kick!", which is just a normal kick used as a recurring joke, but it gets the job done. Not gonna go on too much because it's not that necessary, and I could keep going if not stopped.

[@GenericSoda]

Alien Challenge is prime kusoge, golden man's name is inexplicably translated as "Stevearino" in versions I've seen.

[@ViciousOS]

Stevearino if you're not into the whole brevity thing

[@DaedrinMolkre]

I have never played Sunday vs Magazine, but now I kinda want to, because I saw Joe from Ashita no Joe in the opening, and I love the idea of a game that lets me make Ippo and Joe box eachother. Also according to the wiki page, Shinichi from Chromartie High School is in the game, and I want to see how he fights, I didnt even know there was ever any Chromartie representation in a game.

[@SingerOfW]

@ErrickfoxyHe would obviously fight like a completely normal guy, don't know why you wouldn't pick someone more interesting.

[@TeruteruBozusama]

I saw it in a kusogame showcase, the person said the powerbalancibg was awful and that one of the characters that was supposed to have raw strength (Inuyasha) was one of the weakest in the game..!

[@noahmoreno4122]

childhood nostalgia trip.....but the game sucks. its as riveting ad Matt is making it seem lol.

[@kl1thedominion]

As soon as I saw the Blandia title screen, my first thought was "isn't this the game with Dickles?". I was not disappointed.

[@dustin6225]

There is an Inuyasha revival (or rather a follow-up continuation) , it's called Yashahime. It centers around Inuyasha and Kagome's daughter. And in true Anime fashion, their kid is like 14 and neither of them have aged a day. Also, big kudos for fighting with Ippo. Hajime no Ippo is an all-time favorite.

[@TeruteruBozusama]

You forgot the worst part, not only was it made so sunrise could cling to the rights longer and they reused the story from a Gundam Wing novel that is the reason people don't talk about it anymore as people found it so creepy. But the worst thing is that Sesshoumaru had twins with his adoptive daughter and they pull the "she was totally 18" after fan backlash.

[@dustin6225]

@@TeruteruBozusama I was gonna say, as popular as Inuyasha was, I was slightly wondering why Yashahime pretty much flew under the radar

[@XCAltoona]

@@lucinae8512 Plus the ship is, like it or not, so popular that NOT having them together would've caused more trouble.

[@calimantis]

That "66 and 1/3 chance to beat him in Sacrifice" caught me completely off guard lmao

[@qorpse]

THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE!

[@HeinerGunnar]

You always have to expect Steiner Math

[@trappestarrgaming3422]

I had 2 run it back becuz I thought I misheard him

[@ChipDamageMike]

Matt! Have you tried Touki Denshou: Angel Eyes? It’s a sprite based fighter from Tecmo that dropped on PS4 and Switch not long ago through ACA. It’s Sprite based like this game, but some of the characters are randomly 3D models, and it plays as fast as MvC! AND it was made by TECMO right before DOA! Worth it for the crazy sprite art alone 4

[@Gamersgoinblind]

The ps1 version actually has other versions of basically every character too, including actually sprite versions of those pre rendered characters too.

[@That_Lady_Charlie]

I discovered it through the ACA release. It's fun! It plays really fast and frantic.

[@chopper8209]

He actually did played the game long ago on Saturday Morning Scrublords.

[@JoaoLucasK]

He did play it in Saturday Morning Scrublords before

[@yakumoyomi5765]

Sabu from Shogun Warriors is apparently supposed to be based on ancient Japanese firefighters. I'm not sure what his weapon is supposed to be (maybe it's the flag Edo firemen used to warn people that a fire was near or within a building?).

[@trevorghalt1881]

Dickles is the perfect name for a strong warrior and the first game jiggle physics is very interesting👀 also cool to see Natsu and Lucy

[@psirensongs]

I enjoy that the "He looks super nice!" to "take this shit idiot" pipeline takes approximately 5 seconds to traverse end to end

[@crispin5741]

There were 7 Bleach fighting games on PSP developed by Eighting. I quite liked them. Most just increase the roster. There are almost 90 characters by part 7. You can just grab a saved game for those PS games to have thing unlocked you know.😉

[@MarginalSC]

Half the characters are Ichigo.

[@emperormegaman3856]

@@MarginalSC The main character get a million variant syndrom...😂😂

[@jac_238]

Was not expecting Sunday Vs Magazine to be a traditional 2D fighter

[@mateobonavento3939]

More like regaining his clothes with the transformation, I'm assuming the werewolf goes back to a naked human and there's a TV crew that gives him spare clothes between rounds just so he can rip them off again for the audience. Anything that helps with the ratings, you know.

[@RockDarken]

You want to play another fighting game with power-ups? Try Far East of Eden / Kabuki Klash for the Neo Geo.

[@That_Lady_Charlie]

Klav Kalash? I'll just have a crab juice.

[@Endocrom]

1) The jiggle DEMANDS you confront it. 2) Strip fighter: SFW edition 3) Darkstalkers at home 4) ♪ Let's go fighting love! ♪ 5) Random english is the best english

[@wraithcadmus]

Here's one for you, Shadow Fighter, made by NAPS Team for the Amiga, considered one of its better (non-AGA) fighting games. See how few mechanics and too many references there are in a surprisingly well-animated fighter designed around the 1-button joystick. Also probably runs too fast at 60Hz, a problem that plagued their next game, Gekido on the PS1. You can even see billboards for Shadow Fighter in Gekido.

[@TripleDaGOD]

Sunday vs Magazine is bringing back some memories of the before time. Just know, you had on the simple control scheme that is more fitted to the beat-em-up mode that's in the game versus the LMH scheme that you can use by selecting the bottom option after you select a character. There's also additional moves you can unlock for each character and plenty of assists that open the game up quite a bit too. Might be time to finish the story...

[@KnightLineArtYT]

On the Ippo and Takamura thing, think of it like how in JUMP, they usually go for Goku and Vegeta first(though depending on the game Piccolo and Gohan/Trunks for the 3rd or 4th guy), or Yusuke and Hiei, Luffy and Zoro ect. Though I think Mashiba would be a good choice too.

[@Gouzinstrumentals]

@8:13 Tiffany, Hinata and Natsu specifically 😂😂😂

[@Qegola]

The idea of Commander Riker being a patron deity in Blandia tickled me far too much.

[@JayWolf1955]

Just realized that i should recommend a fighter you probably never heard of Asuka 120%! it directly inspired many of the modern anime fighter including guilty gear and under night/french bread as a whole You've also already played Mad Stalker, which is the same developers and has similar gameplay out of the asuka games, you should go with limited on the saturn for the best one, but all of them (except final on ps1) are super fun

[@RawrX32009]

That series is the first anime fighter I'm pretty sure (Unless KoF counts???)

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

I could have sworn Blandia was only ever a prototype. Sure does feel a bit incomplete. Anyway, while confirming that I was wrong, I found a funny line on Wikipedia. "Irriana - a temperamental female warrior who eats when she wishes, and fights only when she wants."

[@drkarate5219]

So apparently Blood Warrior is actually the sequel to shogun warriors. If going the generic 2d route wasnt successful ya might as well make an MK style one!

[@flophouseplays]

oh damn

[@jamesc8968]

That title crawl of Alien Challenge is classic. Well worth a read. It also flew by like it was on crack

[@Totavier]

Not sure if you play or accept fighting games made by indie developers Matt but recently I bought and played one that is actually pretty decent and quite obscure fighting indie game called: Combate Monero. It's a 2D fighting game that was made in Mexico which is a "cross-over fighter" with characters based on Mexican comics, actually is a very decent game and plays very well and also is on sale on PS4 for 5$ (or less with PS+). I just let you know if you are interested, apparently here in KZbin no one talked or talks about that game.

[@ChrisMS0815]

How hasn't there been more 2D anime fighters? the 3D arena fighter stuff is so played out. A new crossover anime 2D fighter would be awesome, I love Fairy Tail and I never knew Natsu and Lucy appeared in a fighting game.

[@geebee13]

Not sure if you’ve played it, but if you want another manga-based trad fighter, check out Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax. I believe there’s a deluxe version with more characters? I only ever had the regular.

[@Marzimus]

29:27 I suppose, from a dictator's standpoint, since you defeated him you must be the strongest... imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, after all. 😍

[@sirknight2652]

Seeing Lucy Heartfilia from Fairy Tail prominently in the center of one of Matt's thumbnails is very unexpected. Also that this game predates the anime for Fairy Tail. Others have already said it, but Lucy is a summoner who uses celestial spirits. Many being based on the astrological signs. Like here we see Taurus, and Sagittarius.

[@dr.sommercamp3435]

But not the manga, I suppose...

[@supermahmoud]

Shogun Warriors, AKA Fujiyama Buster in Japan Sabu is the ancient Japanese firemen, that was my 1st pick in the 90s when I played this arcade game the first time ! Awesome character to destroy others in this game !

[@michaelpalacios8951]

Holy shit! The name of it was Heartbreakers. Thank you! This has unironically given me closure for something that has bugged me for almost 25 years. For whatever reason, I have a distinct memory of being at the Pomona PC Fair and walking by a booth with a pseudo 3D fighting game on one monitor, that fucking "Trump Card!" voice clip blaring into my left ear, looking and seeing some dude in a yellow suit named "Ribalt" or "Rabalt" or some shit. For some reason the memory of that voice clip worms its way to the front of my consciousness at least once a month and it has always infuriated me not knowing what the name of the game was or even whether the game actually existed or was the product of faulty childhood memory. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you! I'm not crazy after all!

[@dealt]

If I'm not mistaken the team that made Alien Challenge went on to work on Martial Masters. Quite the improvement

[@RawrX32009]

>Makes one of the trashiest fighting games to ever exist >Wait 5 years >Makes one is the all time best fighters >Refuses to elaborate >Leaves Absolute gigachads🗿

[@Seiryu64]

And both games manage to feature Huang Fei Hung as a playable character

[@RawrX32009]

@@Seiryu64 For some reason he's called Nic San in Alien Challenge

[@Seiryu64]

@@RawrX32009 that's gotta be in the localized version

[@RawrX32009]

@@Seiryu64 yeah, I don't know what his name is in the Taiwanese version

[@LAMGFGC]

Blandia is the sequel of Gladiator(1986)

[@camdirigo]

Thank you so much for this series, Matt! This is one of my favorite series on KZbin.

[@hunterassassinx6478]

Urban reign for the ps2 it was a great fighting game but due to it coming out around the same time as tekken 5 it was overshadowed

[@DontHaveToTakeMyWord]

Sabu is a firefighter holding a Matoi, a type of marker flag used to both warn people about a fire and to guide other firefighters to a building. (he has a normal name for some reason) Also when playing Shogun Warriors, you mentioned Blood Warriors, but that's the sequel to Shogun Warriors! Also I'm not surprised you got your first strike from Tales of the Abyss since Bump of Chicken is famously strict with their music, it happens a lot with that game specifically.

[@pabloresendesilva3694]

I played Sunday vs magazine a lot, I don't remember much though, it's been a long time, but let see if i remember some things, unlockable characters that i remember you got tiger mask, ashita no joe guy, devilman, some more i don't remember, and you can unlock the boss too, some characters you unlock playing the arcade, others you unlock in the beat em up, this game has a beat em up mode, that you use to get keys, the keys you got inside the beat em up, you use to open chests that you unlock new characters, and you can use money to unlock new moves and supers for your characters, and the other character under your character, is a "striker" (i don't know what word to use here, you know what I'm talking about) these "strikers" can use buffs and attacks too, in your gallery i think, you can customize your character, changing the moves and "strikers", it's a pretty fun game with a lot of characters that you may know, but it is kind of simple, still a very fun game, the girl from kenichi was my main in that game, miu i think, damn, i need to play that again

[@kamen.rider.decade]

Looking forward to Matt eventually getting around to Kensei: Sacred Fist and playing as Legally Distinct Not Steven Seagal

[@warehousedave7937]

Victorious Boxers is fantastic. Played the hell out of it back in the day and have wanted to get it again but can't find a copy for sale anywhere.

[@FurryRedCross]

Love this kind of content, would love to see more obscure stuff

[@thomaspalazzolo5902]

Would love to see you play some Them's Fightin' Herds.

[@NinjaGamer572]

holy crap I did not expect Negi Springfield to be here. Now that is a nostalgic blast from the past. Negima was one of the best og harem manga I read

[@NekoValtz]

I loved this honestly. ALWAYS down to see some obscure fighters. Though at some point I really hope you do a bunch of vs rounds with someone else if they're avalable. Like Liam, Max, or Justin.

[@EmperorSeth]

Did you ever consider playing Blade Strangers? That's the fighting game with characters from indie series like Isaac, Cave Story, and Shovel Knight. I never played it, but I was curious how it played.

[@flophouseplays]

I don't really have any interest. It was funfded by a shitty publisher I don't wanna advertise.

[@RawrX32009]

​@@flophouseplaysWhich one? At this point there are so many shitty publishers that you need to specify now XD

[@That_Lady_Charlie]

​@@RawrX32009Nicalis

[@JTSDAD67]

Blandia seems like a good name for it.

[@mental_patience]

"Boobs, the most obvious weapon in the world!" Amen brother.

[@Cycemout]

13:50 Big bang of Claire from Ehrgeiz 😂

[@bobbynick5358]

Yeah alot of older 3D fighting games, made clone fighters, with minor changes, if it's minors stats changes, or moves changes or remix moves, or replace moves from of other fighters, or all 3.

[@Sealbinder]

Wow, but amazing timing. I just finished rewatching the prior video and wondered if we would have a follow up. That video finished this one now dropped. Could not ask for better timing.

[@alderoth01]

Them's Fighting Herds is a cool little fighter on Steam.

[@stratagus37]

The only time Concordia can beat McGill... in an obscure fighting game.

[@matildarose]

Knife'D got that straight up 90s vampire hunter drip.

[@Haysey_Draws]

I was this years old when i discovered Negi was in a vs fighting game with Inu-Yasha...wild.

[@patricknguyen7530]

So Matt, you being a beat em up enthusiast, have you ever heard of game called Demolish Fist? It’s from Dimp, one of their first games before Rumble Fish, it looks pretty hype and might be right up your alley

[@flophouseplays]

Yes! I played it back in the day. Been thinking of doing a video on it.

[@patricknguyen7530]

⁠@@flophouseplaysnice

[@jasonrustmann7535]

1:35 "yoooo we in tgat! Tgat era" ahh yes, an era that is sorely missed, and needs to make it's triumphant return. Someday, maybe someday....

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

Remember, kids, winners don't use "druos".

[@Flasa]

There was a missed opportunity to call Blandia a “bland game”

[@geardog24]

34:01 where’s my ninja werewolf game, dammit.

[@wolfen9113]

Washington DC is actually known for sakura cherry trees. They're a huge tourist draw and we're a gift from Japan back in the day

[@d4rkz3r011]

The spin sound effect in Shogun Warriors sounds like the Crash Bandicoot spin sound but a different pitch lol

[@twelfthknight]

While it's not a revival, there was a sequel/spinoff series to Inuyasha called Yashahime which follows their kids that came out 2/3 years ago.

[@Totavier]

32:02 Wait... _Winners don't use druos_ Druos?, druos..., DRUOS!?. Wow not sure if was intentional or clearly they didn't test the game, lol!.

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

WINNERS DON'T USE DRUOS

[@lianaverwood9810]

Did anyone notice the background music in the Chinese martial artist stage is from or based on the theme from Once upon a time in China and the character is based on that movie.

[@VBrancoPT]

Ah, yes. Lucy and her... ballistics. Bang, bang! You're dead.

[@HawkOfLight1]

"He had 66 1/3rd chance of beating him." The numbers don't lie.

[@aviad950]

I remember playing Shogun Warriors at the arcade as a kid. It's a really tough game. I've never actually seen the bosses until this video.

[@nakagamipenguin]

I'm literally rewatching Fairy Tail right now, and you go and cover the the obscure crossover fighting game it had with other Kodansha and Shogakugan properties. If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were reading my mind.

[@tristinflore]

Now I have to play Sunday vs Magazine because Air Gear characters are in it

[@micshork]

Shonen Warriors had a sequel called Blood Warrior and is an MK Clone.

[@toryficarola]

I actually downloaded and ironically enjoy Blandia in spite of its slightly primitive clunkiness. The repeat music tracks are a bit off putting but i legit dig the sprites, throw animations and uh....dialogue. Big props to actually completing it in this silly sweet compilation.

[@juanf5391]

(33:30) The "Storming of the Capital Fight."

[@Aozame]

Maybe Alien challenge is a challenge BY the aliens, like they abducted all these weirdos and are making them fight for their amusement or something.

[@AxZelAnimations30]

I've known Sunday VS Magazine before but I never actually saw its gameplay until now. It actually looks so good and simple. But too simple. Was there some kind of longer combos or that's just it?

[@Jekidojekijeki]

the drag in SvM is, all of the things (starting from characters to moves) are needed to be unlocked in the Dungeon mode. so yeah, it takes time lol

[@MrGonz801]

So the thing about Sunday vs Magazine is there are 3 weekly Shonen magazines. Weekly Shonen Jump, Weekly Shonen Sunday and Weekly Shonen Magazine. Sunday vs Magazine uses characters from the latter two

[@chameleonhrt]

Matt starting off a video with a Shawn Michaels reference is just chef's kiss. 👩‍🍳 🤌

[@tangytablets5150]

I enjoy a good armor break for all genders in games.

[@justdointhisforthegames]

a complicated genesis of transformation is my second-favorite coheed and cambria album

[@d_darkflame_z9059]

This video was funny asf nice 1 yo

[@Oceanity]

I had zero idea there was a fighting game with Mechazawa in it but I need to play it immediately

[@Murdoc_rusche]

The first time that I ever heard the phrase "lame it out" was from your playthrough of Final Fight Streetwise years ago. I've said that a lot ever since, in multiple scenarios. I'm a huge dork for this comment; but I should get a slide since my name is also Matthew, and I also have muscles.

[@txcforever]

14 year old me would've loved Heartbreakers. For obvious reasons...

[@shajaki]

DOCTRINE DARK? Deep cut. I thought I was the only one who played EX3 🤣

[@windbornideas1457]

That guy Matt swept and fell back towards his character did a freaken Samoa Joe bump.

[@RECOG121]

Am I just a 90's kid or was that the Beyblade theme I heard @42:36 when "Cinder" started spinning??

[@EquinoxGT]

Since we get a Skeleton Warriors gag at least every other week, you should totally replay Skeleton Warriors over on the Flophouse.

[@angrygarbanzo5436]

Didn’t know Kekkaishi and Law of Ueki were in a crossover game; nice

[@adamfrazer5150]

Newest addiction : privately praying the intro text wall moves at speeds the optic nerve was never going to track 😏

[@novateel6037]

Someone needs to make a english translation for sunday vs magazine cause the game looks dope and its surprising to see Getbackers and Project ARMS characters in anything at all.

[@stefcannon2580]

Heartbreakers (seems everybody ‘lost their smile’ like HBK Shawn Michaels did once) and Blandia especially seemed pretty cool!

[@Velacroix]

The cherry blossoms bloom between March and April in DC, Matt. It's canon. Holy hell, Negima, Hajime no Ippo, Hayate Combat Butler, Inuyasha, Air Gear, Fairy Shit, and Devil Man in the same game? Who did this?

[@spriteous]

My go-to channel for obscure fighting/beat-em-up jank😆. It is a weird itch to scratch

[@Tomy_Sakazaki]

32:04 yeah, I'll never use druos, thanks Williams

[@greymin2158]

Inuyasha did get sequel series recently.