Get Into: Weaponlord (FOR FUN)

[@bazzjedimaster]

Fun fact the game box cover that is also the art of this video's thumbnail was drawn by famous comic book artist Simon Bisley, mostly known for being the artist who redesigned Lobo in the 90's to give him his most iconic look, he is also well known for doing covers for various books like Heavy Metal, Doom Patrol and 2000 AD.

[@RaginBajan]

Those poor children that lost the booklet with the movelist back in the 90's

[@jorgamund07]

They aren't moves. They're rituals.

[@thepickles8833]

@@jorgamund07 And most of the rituals weren’t even in the book! I have NO IDEA how anyone learned the other moves, but I was somehow able to find them back in the day.. holy shit...

[@rampant1apart]

I found my old booklet while I was moving some stuff around in my basement. Really random.

[@shahrouh]

Damn, I miss the 90's, awesome Saturday morning cartoons (some of which were based on games like this), hanging out with friends, trading baseball cards, skateboarding around the neighborhood, things we take for granted man.

[@Nolat885]

Ah, ‘Precious Memories’

[@thepickles8833]

Gently places cartridge in box labeled PORN

[@ClexYoshi]

I feel like for a gag on stream that Woolie shoudl have brought out that shoebox and pulled the game out.

[@Guile_The_Exile]

Matt is somewhere right now with a tear in his eye... ☹️💔

[@charleschamp9826]

It's like if Image created He-Man.

[@danhectic5629]

oh jeez the most technical 16-bit stuff right here! if there was one fighting game i would actually learn... it'd be 3rd strike but THIS though!!

[@SushiLid_]

If any game deserves a remake it’s this one.

[@Solqueen86]

It was due to Woolie and Matt's review of Weaponlord -Fightopia that I found Two Best Friends then Best Friends Zaibatsu and the rest is history

[@Zombielokii]

They’re having so much fun.

[@ProjectSudoku]

I'm still hoping they get around to re-playing Tough Guys.

[@realbattleonfilm8299]

Wacker and his *flaming swastika projectiles*

[@kelendalkazama9926]

REMAKE WHEN COME OOOOOOOOONNNNNNNN

[@deanofcool]

Talking about that intro, as someone who has just started getting into editing, I’m curious about the process that made it, I’m assuming the characters were captured doing their moves and separated from the background somehow so that they could transition to a new one. Any info on this?

[@darugosuenyo]

When's Dual Blades from the GBA?

[@Atrahasis7]

I miss sword and sorcery. Dont like taht remake art, its too bright. It needs to be more dark, or more like the art of simon bisley.

[@DemonSnakeBd]

"Built different" is really the best way to describe Woolie's love/fascination for fighting games. There's something so pure and beautiful about it.

[@PatchtheReaper99]

The stage, EVO 2022. Grand finals for street fighter 5 have ended and the champ is being given their trophy. The moment it touches their hand, the stage lights go out. On the big screen a picture of the moon appears and a booming voice comes through the arena speakers. "When the night turns violent and the moon bleeds..." The moon on the screen turns a deep crimson, washing the audience with a red light. "A child will rise to face the Demon lord in bloody combat..." The silhouettes of various warriors appear on the smaller arena screens as the moon begins to crack. "...and the lord of demons will fall by the hand of..." War drums boom as the moon is destroyed in a flash. "The WEAPONLORD" Thus announcing that the first ever Weaponlord xband national tournament will be held at next year's AnimEVO

[@Casual_ShinShin]

*book closes* as if thats ever gonna happen... on a serious note though can this please happen?

[@vahlok1426]

I forgot Namco made this. Yo, when we getting a Weaponlord rep in Soul Calibur!?

[@Guile_The_Exile]

WeaponLord deserves it's OWN revival+game fuck that.

[@gruknarorcishwar-yerhereto8489]

The day necrid comes back

[@skaven969]

soulcalibur 7 Rock and Bane are announced before siegfried and nightmare. i'm calling it

[@vahlok1426]

@@skaven969 Hell yeah. Bane or Korr would be sick as hell. I would say Jen-Tai, but we already have female sword & shield fighters. And for a stage, well as much as I want the bone covered demon, I think Bane's mountain is the best option.

[@LeeONardo]

I'd like Korr simply for his design being my favourite. But I would want Divada as I always liked her, she'd have a great rivalry with Ivy.

[@xdelta92]

Weaponlord is favorite Christmas FNF episode due Pat getting confused for the whole episode.

[@a.rheser8181]

„…so I’m looking at the FAQ….“ „Why you lookin‘ at the FAQ?! What are you hoping to achieve?“ „I don’t…I don’t….“

[@Guile_The_Exile]

The baby part of the KoF13 community: "Don't put trial videos omg you're pushing a bad rep on *OUR game* making it seem harder than it is. waa waa" WeaponLord: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@jorgamund07]

No game has ever needed a remaster more. Just providing a modern control scheme would unlock so much potential.

[@KurstKensei]

When a dude like Bane....roars at Jesus. Do you really need anything else?

[@thepickles8833]

Yes.... I need him spinning a giant hammer.. just mowing off human limbs like they’re dandelions

[@shinji391]

Find someone who listens to you like Reggie listening to Woolie.

[@Dragonsmana]

More video games need to just look like Frank Frazetta art lol

[@ProfessorShnacktime]

God this is the truest shit

[@tiend15]

"Surprise...Brains :)"

[@xxtz2007xx]

I wonder if Namco buried this game specifically so that it wouldn't compete with Soul Calibur.

[@ripamoramee14]

BEFORE THEY EXISTED

[@jorgamund07]

Oh boy, here we go. Edit: Fighterpedia? What? Who? Are you sure that exists?!?

[@rahjeel]

I miss the days of talented nerds pulling a lot from Robert E. Howard's stuff. I love me some meaty giant warrior chicks.

[@FredCracklin]

Weaponlord with improved animations and speed would be fantastic. One of my biggest issues I had with the game was that the movement just wasn't fast and fluid enough to have a flow that was befitting of its' system, the characters felt heavy and floaty when jumping and the 16-bit systems just couldn't do the game justice it needed due to their technical limitations. I think the inputs being such a barrier on anything but a joystick or maybe analog stick was a real problem as well.

[@GreatgoatonFire]

Getting into Dong Dong Never Die (For Glory) when?

[@Guile_The_Exile]

*STRONGLY ENDORSE THIS*

[@aliensvsme]

Them reading the inputs aloud makes me feel like I'm learning fighting games for the first time again

[@kricku]

Had this game as a kid. It was the first time I felt like I had bought shovelware. It just felt so inferior to Killer Instinct. Just so slow and floaty and clunky. I can appreciate Weaponlord better now as an adult though.

[@DripwizardCinna]

Watching this playing strive

[@RaginBajan]

An overhead axe slam in this game is harder than Guile's flask kick super. Geese's pretzel motion would be too obvious here

[@apeaape]

Oh man, I've played so much of this over the years and I have never figured out why.

[@LaBarata12]

God, that last second sting of nostalgia and longing for the good times that can never be again in the intro always gets me

[@BainesMkII]

What I hated most about Weaponlord was its move inputs. Regardless of the actual reasons, it felt like a game that was designed around creating confusion and execution barriers for the sake of having execution barriers.

[@MyGyarados]

Who else saw the thumb art and had to click on it?

[@ProfessorShnacktime]

Love that style

[@doesntno]

i remember playing this as a young kid and only getting through halfway the singleplayer. read the manual and did not understand or absorb any of the mechanics explained. sure, i messed around mashing heavy punch and kick in sf2 before in the arcades but, for me, Weaponlord was the beginning trajectory of me not understanding fighting games at a deeper level and falling off almost instantly. mash button, see blood, get lucky win. Good times.

[@travissloan9411]

Weaponlord seems like a fighting game where just mashing buttons and wiggling sticks gets you farther than actually trying to learn the game.

[@thepickles8833]

It literally chews up Scrublords and spits them out onto the floor

[@Nolat885]

Tusk in KI 2013 has a few weaponlord-isms with his deflects

[@darkjaguar111]

"D. JAAAAAAMES!!"

[@jshredder222]

Woolie out here showin the kids the real shit!!! I remember renting this game, and moments before it was due back, I was trying to juggle my opponent’s severed head. With my mom patiently waiting for me to turn it off to return it.

[@HellRider_]

Who? Who brought us this ball-droppin', val-hallen, 24-meg donkey punch?

[@N00BSYBORG]

I miss when games let you BM like this. We can't even have IKs anymore.

[@Dirtyboots3strikes]

1:02:27 "Get this motions out of my face!" - Reggie, circa 2021

[@johnoneil9188]

This makes me want to rewatch the original Conan movies.

[@citizencrimson201]

The riddle of steel...

[@ProfessorShnacktime]

Such classics! Check out an animated movie called Fire & Ice

[@SuzakuX]

I remember there was a big feature article on Weaponlord in an old issue of GamePro with a bunch of concept art for the moves and stuff. It seemed so cool and ambitious, but I never had a chance to play it -- until emulation. It was such a mess.

[@Tucker0603]

Man I wish this game got it's remaster, all the ladies in this are great, muscular warrior women. But Goddamn....Talazia......MMM! She's the best IMO.

[@LeeONardo]

For me it's all about Divada. But nice to know people have a love for the WL ladies :P

[@ClexYoshi]

So who? Who 'da FUK brought us this ball-droppin, Valhallen, 24-Meg DONKEYPUNCH?!?

[@realbattleonfilm8299]

DJAMES

[@Jumungous]

I still remember finding the feature on this game in Nintendo Power and having my eyes BUG out "What unholy sorcery is this??"

[@joecoolmccall]

Yes! I was so excited about the game when I got that volume.....but then never saw it anywhere.

[@orlanzo2621]

I never understood why Woolie hypes Weaponlord so much but hates Eternal Champions CD. ET CD is a far better game. Weaponlord had ok character designs but the gameplay is awful man.

[@lawrence3185]

Your opinion will forever walk on the path of judgement and that opinion will burn to ash keep that to yourself

[@GELTONZ]

Maybe he just hasn't spent enough time with ET CD. I've certainly heard legends but need to try it myself. Tried to play it on real hardware but couldn't get it to boot. Should really try emulating it.

[@gc3k]

Soulcalibur would be totally different if Weaponlord never existed. Tekken would be totally different if Time Killers never existed. Street Fighter 4 onward would be totally different if Battle Fantasia never existed. I definitely prefer the Tarantino approach of finding value in everything, instead of dismissing some fighting games just because the top 8 doesn't play it

[@ghouliethousandtrouser2905]

Megadrive/Genesis version is (at least in my infinite wisdom) inferior in exactly one way: Jen-Tai doesn't shout "Anura!" when she wins. I mean, there's no parralax scrolling, but I don't notice that in game. It runs *so* much smoother though, I feel automatically gravitating towards the "superior" SNES version is the reason a lot of people struggle with it so much.

[@ghouliethousandtrouser2905]

Y'know, I fkn love this game, but man... Dunno if this makes me weird, but I really hate all the art for the "HD remaster". The old art was obviously low res, but it was detailed, dirty, ugly, vicious and fkn perfect. The remaster stuff kinda undoes all of that, and it just reminds me of deviantart. Or adult swim. Or a disney film from the 90s. None of which feel right. Keep the aesthetic or don't bother, I say. The original game is basically perfect as-is, it's not even as "impenetrable" as people say. You just gotta learn a few weitd inputs.

[@paulhobson8987]

Great game. I play this very seriously on my original SNES with Zorn with the aim of becoming really good. On a game that hardly anyone has heard of, and nobody plays competitively. Ah well.

[@AnonomousBob]

One thing I always notice about Weaponlord is that it came out in the era of Street Fighter 2 and Mortal Kombat 2 and has the same amount of unique female fighters as both of them put together

[@thejackal007]

HD DIvada.

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

Watching Reggie trying to pull off moves from the list perfectly encapsulates my limited experience with this game on an emulator There may be a lot to this game under the surface but the level of intuition necessary to engage with any of it without having direct tuition is a serious barrier. I think nowadays with a bit of a faster game speed (not by much as the methodical nature of the game is not really that common nowadays and would say it apart) as well as some work on the animation (moves that lead into negative edge follow-ups could maybe benefit from some sort of flash/pose at the end and more smear and impact frames would make it feel a bit more kinetic and impactful. They were obviously limited by memory so they made the choice to go for depth over smoothness and keeping on-model probably means some animations can reuse some of the sprites multiple times to render the characters, so it was a valid choice considering the hardware. A modern version of this game using some of the refinements that have been applied to the genre since could be quite special)

[@Guile_The_Exile]

Jentai with the hentai-like death pose... Cuz of course lol

[@dasupremebman3479]

Flood Namco Bandai with Tweets to get this remade asap

[@reboomer8369]

I had forgotten about this game, thanks Woolie

[@NightRaven557]

Love this game it was sick

[@JayPfo]

I will always want more weaponlord content haha love it

[@AustinofEarth]

I’ve got this same blood disease.

[@StubenhockerElite]

when it's 20 minutes of hearty woolie chuckles before the first match. You know it's gunna b gud.

[@citizencrimson201]

This game was and IS metal and brutal as F. I need remake (in same toned down style and with better controls). Conan and MK had a baby ON STEROIDS! Those remake sprites are too GGX like. In needs to be more "inbetween movia and anime" not straight up anime. AND THE MUSIC!!!!!!

[@petarpranjic2344]

YES KROM HAS ANSWERED THE PRAYERS

[@K7O9W13]

ale fe tias ou reggie... fouink...

[@amukasa]

I loved this game back in the day. So nice that it got some love.

[@haydenhyde9395]

If I wanted to watch high level weapon lord footage where would I find it?

[@danganronper6278]

Someone should tell them we can see the computer screen behind Reggie

[@a.rheser8181]

Impenetrable.

[@thepickles8833]

WeaponLord is literally the demonic puzzle cube of video games... and I’m so glad I was there and I was hyped when it born.

[@lightskinnedlarry728]

Finally, the best fighting game

[@Zafersan]

fuck, this game is so metal!