Friday Night Fisticuffs - Fighting Layer

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We got a boss fight with a fucking shark in here I'm not making that up it's in the thumbnail seriously, this game is nuts.

[@jacobb1566]

*They sit cheering as the victory screen shows their score, until in the middle of the winning cutscene the defeated boss switches places with their character and the victory sign changes to defeat*

[@AntonBalfe]

honestly i could see them pull that as a ha you tought you won you must win the whole game perfecting every round and not losing once good luck loser just to roast you

[@AntonBalfe]

like you don't have to actually do that they just put it in as a ha got ya kinda thing

[@SpadeHand]

I'm actually upset this never showed up in the west

[@AshhNT1]

+SpadeHand Me to. This actually looks fun and has Allen and Blaire from Street Fighter EX+, A fight with a suit of medieval armor, a fight with either a Shark or a Falcon or a Tiger, an earthbender, a cool ninja, a Hwoarang/Kim Kaphwan hybrid, a wrestler designed after Goldust, a 1970s-ish looking dude named George, a character named Preston Ajax who looks like a cross between Brian Fury & Dr. Blackjack, and a batshit insane final boss whos a Vampire. THIS GAME IS AWESOME!

[@jakedeerberg3376]

Okay Vold has risen up to my top 10 fighting game last bosses

[@thepickles8833]

dat Shambler stand

[@SteelBallRun1890]

When I clicked on this video I didn't imagine it would end up with you fist fighting a shark underwater even though the thumbnail suggested as such. I'm so glad I'm wrong.

[@zackxvincent3493]

+DIO's Scary Monster and THE WORLD You didn't expect one of DIO's sons to hold up his legacy so well.

[@JoaoLucasK]

And if you beat the knight, you can choose to fight either the shark, a big bird or a tiger (the tiger is the hardest of the 3 animals because all of its attacks are unblockable)

[@helmiboboy]

@@JoaoLucasK seriously? I think Shark is hardest one since that damn animal gone outside of the ring... Damn it, EVERYTIME

[@JoaoLucasK]

@@helmiboboy Well, you just gotta wait for it to come back. And most of Shark's attacks are blockable, and its only unblockable attack can be beaten with a jumping attack or projectile. Tiger, on the other hand, all of its attacks are unblockable, and they usually beat yours

[@JoaoLucasK]

@@helmiboboy That's strange. I've had a much harder time against Tiger in close quarters. But the Shark only nullifies projectiles when it does that lunging move. Its only dangerous move is the tail attack, since it dizzies and it follows up with the unblockable (but you can mash out of the dizzy so you can avoid the unblockable in time)

[@otorinthuzoth8624]

That fight with the Shark and Vold was actually very hype. This is surely an amazing hidden gem of a fighter.

[@JesterNil]

Maximilian needs to see this video. We need to show it to him. *We* *NEED* *to* *show* *this* *to* *him*.

[@SunfishV]

BOSS RUSHHHHHHHH

[@Dakuu75]

Dude, fake-animated-baked-in-motion-blur is like, way better than legit, real motion blur. Fake motion blur looks beautiful while real motion blur hurts my eyes, lol.

[@djcarameldeviljaycry4831]

Dakuu75 yep

[@mewmedic]

Holy shit that shark fight was so dramatic. I finally understand how people turn into screaming fits at EVO now because I was losing my damn mind.

[@thisguyisnotcool]

This game has no right being this cool and so obscure.

[@WattieWasTaken]

Matt:"'STREETSHARKS!" Pat: *dies internally*

[@slifer875]

+Zucchini is an amazing hentai artist and I encourage everyone to browse his works pat:"stop talking about streetsharks!"

[@Freesiappe]

I highly agree with your username."I'm her Guinea Pig" is a personal favorite.

[@thepickles8833]

Matt:"'BIKERMICE!" Woolie: *becomes a pillar of salt*

[@UndeadGary]

Vold is just objectively cool. But I think Clemence got underplayed. He is basically a sophisticated posh Hulk Hogan billionaire. His ring entrance is him playing moonlight sonata on his rolling grand piano till he gets to the ring whereupon he politely enters it and then proceeds to flex off his evening attire revealing his velvet blue speedo underneath and suplexs you into one of his colonial colonies as he proclaims "ClemenceMania is functioning untamed sir!" Then takes his leave to retire for the night with his woman of comfort to frolic beneath his likeness adorned sheets.

[@Heiru3]

The moves that Vold is throwing around all sound like lies the 10 year olds who played this game would tell their friends, pretending to act cool. "Yeah and he grabbed me and dragged me around the floor like he was a dog!" "Yeah right Joey shut up, you're such a liar."

[@ZaWarubro]

This game goes from JoJo, to Dark Souls, JoJo real fast.

[@TapirMask]

+Za Warubro More things should do so. Who cares about Sci-Fi souls, when's Stand Souls?

[@mundoinvisivelxd1936]

+Za Warubro a dark souls game mixed with jojo in modern days would be good ...I though about it first ....but I'll let mark zuckerberg make a game based on this idea XD

[@JOfJaZ]

I don't see how Joe Fendi is all that bad. just looks like Birdie and Duck King did a fusion dance.

[@MH-bq2ym]

This is Joe Fendi Back together

[@rushthedurge1595]

Hey josuke . you or dio ? Who would win?

[@dapperskeleton69]

this fucking Dio shark YOU WERE EXPECTING A REAL FIGHT, BUT IT WAS ME!SHARKDIO!

[@Hieropink]

+Drake German There's also possible boss fights with a tiger and a large falcon. God bless this game

[@TheGrimoiresVoice]

No, it's a Street Shark!

[@pathfindersavant3988]

As a 10 year old wizard once said: *"THE SHARK KNOWS KENPO!"*

[@Advisor17]

+Pathfinder Savant ayy, negima reference

[@GanguroKonata]

Getting into a fist fight with a shark Fighting Layer>SFV and MKX combined

[@ethanmclaughlin4898]

+Love Taps Obviously, SFV and MKX sure don't offer stiff competition

[@RudolvonStroheim]

+Love Taps LET ME JUST CALL PETA

[@JoaoLucasK]

+Love Taps And you can also fight an eagle in this game

[@BigBangBlitz]

OH MY GOD. I honestly thought i'd be the only person on KZbin pushing this game. Oh, little tip: When you win with Janis in her super mode, you can press punches during her win pose to pull the trigger. Best.

[@behemothbear]

+BigBangBlitz Man, I love your Criminally Overlooked videos on older fighters. Personal fave is your versus bouts on Toy Fighter; you made that game look so good. Hope some time you play Fighting Layer versus, too.

[@BigBangBlitz]

+Tommy W. (Behemothbear) Thanks! I tried pretty hard to get some games going over Mamehub last week's stream, but it can be hard to coerce people sometimes. Also technical problems.

[@drunkdonkeydude]

"Clueless Voldo is the strongest." Truer words have never been spoken, Pat. My Voldo game was strongest day 1. It's only gotten more and more shit over the years.

[@TheBlacknoah]

I'm so happy you guys covered this underrated gem. You just earned a subscriber. Oh and there is a universal sidestep for this game. Up + KKK to sidestep to the background. Down + KKK to sidestep to the foreground.

[@SomeoneElse395]

based on the description, I was expecting some sort of hybrid shark man boss. Nope. Just straight up a goddamn shark.

[@munnypantz]

Fighting Layer! They went so deep into the bottom of the barrel... that they ended up on top of it again!

[@SilvertonguedSaint]

They just ordered another barrel!

[@ShinJehuty21]

I'm not sure if someone said this already, but if you beat the knight, then you get the chance to pick battles that aren't the shark. You can choose between the Shark, or fighting a Tiger or a Falcon.

[@JohnRaines]

+Guy Wesley How do you fight a damn Falcon?

[@JoaoLucasK]

@@JohnRaines Hitting it until it dies

[@zanesy6250]

Better load times than SFV.

[@bumblerinteractive1554]

Still better load times

[@joescannoli7660]

Wayyy better, I’m playing right know and am loathing the moment in which I have to press the change character/stage button because it takes 3 months and a week to load the damn menus.

[@MachoMadnessCO]

One of Vold's supers is called Chaos Terrorist. That is the damn greatest.

[@JoaoLucasK]

And the move where he jumps on you and drags you around like a dog is called "Draw Blood"

[@BryonYoungblood]

"Are you right? Are you ready? GO!!!"

[@chitownsfinest1013]

WHY THE FUCK IS LIAM SO LOUD?!

[@aaricchav3z]

^this

[@BeWare_I_Live]

+chitownsfinest1013 Fucking this.

[@akba666]

+chitownsfinest1013 Why is Liam the only one at normal volume? Everything else is low.

[@VeraciousTorment]

I was just asking myself "what do you mean?" then my ear starts bleeding once he spoke.

[@SuperZergMan]

It's fine.

[@Kaske213]

Vold is so cool; throwing out Dio Time-stops every clash and just going effin' nuts all day every day.

[@basty1man]

Holy shit this game is amazing, I would honestly be down for a part 2. Also super appreciate them just having Hwoarang because Hwoarang is awesome.

[@LordQuadros]

Fish of the North Star

[@YourEveryDayJackAss]

Not gonna lie, that was probably the coolest boss of any fighting game ever while also being relatively fair. Fighting Layer is the shit that we needed but never deserved.

[@Arro3]

Exodus's Bizarre Adventure: Girugamesh Crusaders

[@darkblur101]

Oh wow that announcer they’re talking about in the beginning is now the announcer for Tekken 8, that’s cool

[@atelierbagur3831]

....Holy shit THAT IS THE SAME GUY

[@lordraptor8414]

Gameplay > Graphics

[@JMarsella9]

I realize it's a dumb fighting game, but I'm really bothered by the fact that so many of the sharks attack flip it over. Do you know what one of the main purposes of a sharks fins are? To prevent rolling. Why? Because when a shark flips over it goes into toxic immobility, which means its muscles contract and it goes into a state of apparent death. Orca have been documented forcing great whites into this state to make them easy prey. No shark would intentionally put itself in such a state to fight a slow moving blonde man.

[@falguard]

This shark has mastered Chinese internal medicine.

[@behemothbear]

+JMarsella9 Those sharks did not learn to fight properly. This one has. It even understands spacing.

[@dollenrm]

+Tommy W. (Behemothbear) exactly this shark is a highly evolved fighting killing machine

[@thedeadwookie25]

+JMarsella9 I seriously thought I misread this comment

[@JMarsella9]

+TheDeadestWookieTooEverLive25 (Look for me elsewhere, You might just find me) Why?

[@kittenpuke8918]

See Janis. See that she's in leather has guns and knives. "ooooh..." See that she has the crazy eyes. "oooOOOOHHH..." See that she has a giggle laugh each attack that's adorable. "......my women."

[@charcharb.2833]

I'd actually like to see more of this game. You guys should do another play through, I really enjoyed this one.

[@SwagbitoUchiha]

Holy shit Vold is awesome. I've never seen shit like that. Switching places like that? Fucking _nuts_

[@SANDWICHshuriken]

+Swagbito Uchiha next level dio frozen time mind games

[@zariafro]

I always see you on videos I watch

[@christianhansen2569]

Cookies Status: Remembered This is the true love we are making.

[@AeonRelic]

I... I forgot the cookies.

[@nofail4u]

+Aeon Relic how could you do this to us

[@SamuraiMotoko]

Imagine if SFV arcade mode, or any arcade mode, was like this. It would be amazing.

[@calamaty2007]

+SamuraiMotoko Imagine if SFV had an arcade mode.

[@msh11201996]

+SamuraiMotoko Nash has a fight underwater against electric eels. That would be the ultimate joke among jokes.

[@FrankieSmileShow]

There should be a third intro for fighting games that are too bizarre to classify as good or bad. A weird gloved hand knocks at the door, it opens and Woolie in the apartment is wearing a mask and screaming.

[@d4c935]

But that's just Woolie's average Sunday

[@FrankieSmileShow]

Sounds like we got our title

[@kugelblitz1918]

Fighting that shark is like fighting Pucci with Made in Heaven active in JoJo ASB. Except, you know, it's also a fucking shark.

[@Maggsy97]

+kugelblitz1918 "2... 3... 5... 7... 11... 13... Shark in Heaven!"

[@ShelCorporation]

17:22 "This little girl looks awesome." - Pat 2016

[@JasynSuin]

Max needs to do a Shark Boss Rage. And of course right as I'm typing that, Pat brings it up.

[@MeloettodioS]

😠I'M STILL MAD THAT WE STILL DON'T HAVE THIS AMAZING GAME HERE IN THE WEST! All these awesome fighters (aside from Allen and Blair) are forever lost in time...

[@xombiegriffin]

Little does the Zaibatsu know, Matt had been training under Wolf Force for fisticuffs. He has become a lethal weapon, like Taco Bell.

[@deathsheep]

4 men fight a shark in an aquarium for 7 minutes.

[@shutdown117]

Am I the only who wishes to have friends like this one day?

[@Nightweaver1]

+shutdown199 You must be sick. Here go lay down for a awhile.

[@amilyester]

+shutdown199 With friends like these, who needs scrublords?

[@TheVolginator]

I just wish I had friends...

[@kirbylover37]

I think a lot of us do. It's why a lot of us watch.

[@Vladislav187]

+shutdown199 There wasn't a single day in my entire pathetic life when I didn't wish for at least a single person that has at least similar interests to mine as a friend. EDIT: THat is probably why I like SBFP so much. Because although they sometimes hate each others guts, they still are friends.

[@TsunogaiDanshaku]

Goddamn I hope the rest of these weirdos show up in Fighting EX Layer.

[@shinjig]

If you beat the knight the first time you can go the upper route. Then you can choose which animal boss you wanted to fight. Tiger, Eagle or Shark. Each of which gives you a different sub boss. From Joe Fendi to some Army guy a bit like D.Dark. And if you do well enough for the entire match while running through the corridor during the ending credits you get to fight a super armor knight as a secret boss after Vold.

[@behemothbear]

SEW FOWCE! WISING DWAGON! FAIYA FOWCE! TRIPOO BWEAK! Also, there is a great Street Fighter EX game: EX2 Plus has the speed they took away from EX3. Good shit.

[@bomric1788]

"That was cool, I think" sums this up well Matt.

[@OtakuJoe77]

I like that Vold's move where he jumps off the wall and dives straight down is called "Chaos Terrorist"

[@PotentTom]

Why did no one make the perfect shark up when Wollie JUMPED THE SHARK. !

[@BoomstarPrime]

That body switch series at the end was so damn cool. It's a real shame this game didn't get released in the states because this definitely could have gone places.

[@Potidaon]

+BoomstarPrime Definitely. Namco fucked Arika over with this.

[@DaviddeBergerac]

YOU WERE MURDERED BY SHARKS

[@kamakozy13]

Best one. Calling it. Esp when that dude name is Joe Fendi. Esp when there are so many Jojo's Bizarre Adventure references.

[@kevinthejuice]

The slow mo on that last finisher was picture perfect.

[@BurninatorXIII]

To be fair, Street Fighter EX 1 and 2 are still a blast, it's EX3 that ruined it. That game is a god damn disaster.

[@behemothbear]

+GalaxyUpper--G And that sucks because if you've seen top players play it, the good parts of the first 2 games are still there :\

[@Ryowhosakazaki]

It's still better than Capcom Fighting Evolution.

[@HidamariBread]

That last battle. So good.

[@deletedboss]

Pat: "Woolie, stop being gimmicky" Woolie: *Gimmick knife*

[@monkeyman123321]

Wow best fighting boss I have ever seen. Ohh and the vampire was pretty good too but it's no shark.

[@Roodypoocandyass]

VF5 brought you to the world of low jabs cause you don't know about low crushes and frame data. :/

[@BelieMyBurial]

Pat: "Matt, stop enjoying it." Matt: "We've already established that it's not bad." Is it just me or will Pat mindlessly hate on any fighting game he doesn't know beforehand?

[@globox123456789]

+JoestarKisama Pat loves to hate.

[@Will45_]

Matt made a comment earlier in the show about a character looking like "He's always angry and hates most of the video games he plays." I thought it was a jab at Pat. So when Pat said this later I could see there was an argument going on. 😂

[@GANGRELION]

29:46 Jeffry McWild - It's my arch-nemesis, the Satan Shark!

[@cortlandstyles-brown600]

DUUUUDE YOU GUYS PLAYED FIGHTING LAYER!? I'm so happy you guys know it exists :') You should make another video of it! See what you missed in the other paths.

[@cortlandstyles-brown600]

I've seen vids of people playing the other paths. You could probably find it just by searching Fighting Layer playthrough

[@H8erfisternator]

Finally found out the specific shark that Mayor Haggar is piledrivering

[@QuebazPT]

After this you should obviously continue the Arika series and play Super DBZ next week.

[@JoJo_Buzinezz]

This Game is better than SF5, Fight me.

[@JoJo_Buzinezz]

+rayquezaEXD Also has more content and awesome Arcade mode.

[@Xicarah]

+rayquezaEXD Absolutely not to all 3 ridiculous statements. Where do we meet for the fight, I'll be there.

[@Xicarah]

+Xicarah Except the Arcade comment. Blow out there.

[@loudrockacdc]

29:45 for shahk

[@Grubbo]

So when do we get Fighting Layer 2 on Kickstarter? I'd fund that shit hardcore.

[@vinylvids2011]

+Grubbo First somebody has to start the petition so Arika and Namco can see the interest in the game. Then a possible Kickstarter. I would fund that shit too, hell I would fund an international release of this one.

[@Adar252]

Grubbo y'all check out arika KZbin page, they got a new tease fot it

[@DominicSnyder]

How about "Fighting EX Layer" from Arika for the PS4 coming out next year. This is a real thing that is happening.

[@tbonevideos23]

So it's a year later and Fighting EX Layers is a thing How do you feel about that?

[@djcarameldeviljaycry4831]

tbonevideos23 pretty damn good lol

[@MrsAikahime]

WHY IS THIS GAME SO GOOD. WHY ARE THOSE BOSSES FUCKING AMAZING

[@Bullitthiphop]

After Allen won the fighting layer, he was employed by Rare to do level design

[@FredReckling]

I love how this LP goes from scrub to GODLIKE in the course of one video. TRULY WE ARE THE FIGHTING LAYER

[@cease25]

the series needs to come back. it has so much potential.

[@bennytrinh7228]

When's that 3DS fighting game coming out, Arika?

[@dougexists]

Always loved this game, Allen is the best. Anyone who says different is just wrong.

[@GammaWolf99]

This Game is Literally JJBA parts one and two

[@gaminggoddess85]

+GammaWolf99 Allen is literally Joseph Joestar.

[@AS-ic6ic]

+GammaWolf99 I know, that grapple JidJig looks like a JoJo character.

[@tenworms]

I really hope we get Vold, Joe Tendi, and Shark in Fighting Layer EX.

[@TheOrangeMatty]

I doubt we will get the "Shark"... although that would be funny as shit if we actually did... it would also be funny as shit if we got the "Eagle" & the "Tiger" as well which are other animal bosses in this game which are just as absurd lol.

[@striderm]

There's this Japanese arcade in Takadanobaba called Mikado that does livestreams of their tournaments all the time. And they often do tourneys of old games like this one. They even upload to a youtube page. They do tourneys of Fighting Layer And Fighter's Dynamite And Galaxy Fight And Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix 2 And so on

[@விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக்]

Oh boy 20 minutes of Woolie being raped by the shark XD THIS IS HILARIOUS!

[@Nightweaver1]

+விஷ்ணு கார்த்திக் What even is your name sir or madam? Is it moon language?

[@kribblton]

+Nightweaver1 It's Al Bhedian, brudda.

[@Nightweaver1]

Count Beardmanson You get a plus 1. I know it's like Thai or Cambodian or whatever, but that's good. I'll give it to ya.

[@Thorrison]

New mics. Same terrible audio mixing.

[@ogJbizz]

Can't fix dumb. And I say it with love

[@TheDeimionWolf]

+Isaac Morrison Ya I was wondering why the intro music was almost non-existent

[@joekewl7539]

THIS GAME IS ACTUALLY SUPER HYPE

[@MiaowGaiGar]

Take a drink every time Pat says "motion blur". Dead within half an hour.

[@BORRRK]

Holy fuck this game is fucking awesome. I used the shit out of Allen in EX+Alpha and always wondered why he was removed. Still do considering he was the most unique "shoto-clone" out of them all.

[@Sethar1234]

Nice doxy icon

[@BORRRK]

I don't fucking care.

[@Feoral]

+Suq Madiq I wish they made another one like it. They were on to something great.

[@Advisor17]

+Suq Madiq What about Sean from SFIII?

[@BORRRK]

What the fuck about Sean.

[@gamester091]

Seriously tho....I think Janis is actually really cool. Her design is sweet, and the fact that she gets free movement when in her slasher mode is honestly a cool feature.

[@skolkor]

Blair really does look like she could be a character from a 90's hentai.

[@Chadius]

+skolkor Seriously, just drop her in.

[@boheyo]

+skolkor The color and shading on her portrait are Saigado as hell.

[@cmonsongaming]

Hey Woolie, what's our esoteric fighting game this week?

[@NoAndNo]

Every Fisticuffs that isn't BlazBlue is a victory for the Zaibatsu. And the world.

[@detbasil]

+Glass Tab God damn it, why are you so right?!

[@TheDirtbaggrif]

+Glass Tab The heroes we need, but not the heroes we deserve.

[@totallynotladyzozo3281]

Name your dead baby Fighting Layer and use its blood to bloodvertise to get your free copy!

[@AfroMetalMizu]

+Totally Not Lady Zozo Only to find out the game ain't shiet

[@sokumotanaka9271]

How do they get out of that aquarium? And even if they do it's deep underwater! Now I know why their fighting, winner gets to eat the loser.But at what point? they'll just die from lack of oxygen.

[@WIImotionmasher]

Damnit this looks awesome. Why aren't there any ridiculous, and exciting 3D fighting games in this style today (both art and gameplay)

[@vinylvids2011]

+SleepyGuyy Because money sadly

[@WIImotionmasher]

vinylvids2011 WHY HAVE YOU BETRAYED ME OH FRIEND ... MONEY

[@KzintiCV]

With the new Fighting Layer EX demo out, I had to rewatch this video to remember what it was. Oh lord it's this game.

[@maxumusjesus]

*looks at the shark* This is TBFP as fuck

[@McJaews]

Exodus looks like Brock Lesnar after the *SOUL TRANSFER* with the Undertaker!

[@madelinewoof7544]

+McJaews Brock Lesnar with the Stone Mask!

[@behemothbear]

+McJaews Exodus is actually based off of Dustin Runnels, aka Goldust.

[@McJaews]

Tommy W. I see it. Still like how it could tie in to the proposed soul transfer storyline.

[@DoubleATam]

Holy shit, Vold used Izanagi to turn the reality of you hitting him with a DP into an illusion

[@ptkamen]

I used to play this game. If you beat the knight you take another path and then end up choosing which animal you'll fight: A tiger (super fast and you don't have slowdown) or a eagle (flies... all the time). I never got a win on those, but I did win against the shark, so I would lose on purpose on the knight...

[@JoaoLucasK]

The tiger is the hardest to beat because its attacks are all unblockable

[@_Digishade_]

YES. SHARK FIGHT. I love this game for some reason. It's so weird it's great. Also, JANIS ALL DAY.

[@Origbootleg]

While I really like Scrublords, I like when you see that it's a Fisticuffs of some off-brand franchise or game and you get to see them going from "lol this is finna be shit" to "Oh wow this is actually pretty good" and talking about its merits in a really genuine way as they experience them.

[@yaboymatch]

I'm fully convinced we will never EVER get consistent audio quality from the Best Friends