CAN TOURNAMENT PLAYERS BEAT ALPHA 1 AKUMA?!

[@JuggyBohab]

Always felt like Akuma knew when you won a round and took it personally then just beat the hell out of you the round right after.

[@c.fyffe0]

No joke lol

[@IsaacSperrow]

I wonder if thats even possible back then? Like the second round A.I is slighty different than the first round.

[@JuggyBohab]

@@IsaacSperrow I dunno man but it sure felt that way. Every time I nailed a round especially a round 1 he came out round 2 with a grudge.

[@Weaverine]

Haha facts

[@navsingh9406]

lmao, i recall having the same thought about M.Bison on Street Fighter 2 Turbo on the Megadrive back in the day.

[@williamfalls]

Akuma sees grappler cheese and casually walks up for frame 1 combo counter on grab attempt.

[@MacMarvelous84]

I still play A1 on PS1 from time to time, Akuma is still the cheapest hidden boss in the game. A lot of newer players to the series don't realize how Akuma's A.I. was originally programmed. The trick to beating Akuma(Shin) was always to play with a defensive counterattack strategy, his algorithm was designed to counter any inputs you used against him, so allowing Akuma to be the aggressor without getting trapped in an corner with meter was always optimal. Whiff punish, footsies, and grappling are your best weapons against him, but even that will test your patience and skill level to a degree. But, it sharpens your reaction skills a bit, which can make you very OP against human players if you're a read and react type of player.

[@tcchip]

That's been pretty much the only strategy to fighting Akuma since Super Turbo. Even in crossover games like CvS2 and SVC Chaos, it's next to impossible to press buttons against Akuma without getting bodied. But if you wait it out long enough he does something stupid that you can punish (typically a Gou Shoryuken or the super version). But SVC had an added layer of his Raging Demon being a level 1 super with really fast startup (though thankfully the damage is low), so there's only so long you can turtle.

[@MacMarvelous84]

@@tcchip Exactly, I always find myself playing lame against Akuma lol

[@MacMarvelous84]

@hh7777 Yea I actually play it a lot. It was a refurbished one I put together from a bunch old broken ps1's I had forever.

[@michelvanderlinden8363]

so basically the same AI they used for Cyber-Akuma/Mech Gouki in the MVS vs SF game?

[@MacMarvelous84]

@@michelvanderlinden8363 Pretty much the same AI has been used for all Akuma fights, with the exception of the Alpha series, unless your opponent is Shin Gouki.

[@neonkaiju]

This is validating. For more than 20 years I thought it was just me; literally the angriest I've ever been at a video game. I reached that tilted stage where you just start giggling and lose it.

[@SunnyDaking_]

You had the joker moment you was losing it while laughing

[@duffman18]

There's a stage in SF alpha 1 that's tilted? I thought they were all flat

[@SDREHXC]

@@duffman18can’t tell if this is a bad dad joke or 😂

[@duffman18]

@@SDREHXC it was just me trying to be funny, and failing apparently 😂

[@AdvocateOfJamaica]

Or trahsin' the f**kin controller...lol!

[@nickdillinger]

That was awesome. I love that it's a real-time interaction with the community. I'd definitely love to see more videos like this.

[@meziembamara4004]

12:36 Did we just see Aluma's white eye pop out during the grab? 😳

[@faith9505]

Preparing Your Heart for Prayer O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens. (Psalm 8:1) So often in the psalms of David, he began with an acknowledgement of the greatness of God. It’s important for us to look at the attributes of God. It’s important for us to consider His unlimited power, His unlimited knowledge, and the fact that He is present everywhere. When Jesus taught the disciples to pray, He said, “Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy” (Matthew 6:9) We should begin our prayers with adoration. We should consider the love, justice, and holiness of God and get our thoughts in order. Thus, we start by recognizing who it is we are speaking to. God is our Father in Heaven, not our servant in Heaven, our butler in Heaven, or our vending machine in Heaven. We are speaking to the almighty God, the Creator of the universe. That puts things into perspective. This, by the way, is the reason we have a time of worship at the beginning of our church services. It prepares our hearts and helps us set aside the things that are distracting us and troubling us. It puts us into a frame of mind in which we can be refreshed, taught, strengthened, and, if necessary, corrected. Before we offer a word of petition in prayer, we are to worship the Lord and recognize who He is. As we do, we’ll begin to reexamine things, and we may not pray for what we originally intended to pray for. For instance, you may have wanted to pray that God would change your spouse or judge someone who has wronged you. But after spending time in the presence of God, you instead pray, “Lord, change me. Forgive me for the wrongs I’ve done. Change my heart.” Things will change in your petitions because you’re aligning yourself with God’s will. And that is the objective of effective prayer.

[@Krystalmyth]

When I went to my first Evo back in 2009 when SF4 came out I was so intimidated by Justin Wong, Daigo and all the legends. But to see him here chilling with the boys on the floor is so wholesome. I'd have loved to meet him like this. 💜

[@MobileNasty]

Urgai

[@YoYo-uh3xj]

Intimidated? Lol

[@Krystalmyth]

@@YoYo-uh3xj In 2009 SF4 had just released. At that time people like Wong and Daigo, etc were just people we heard about in rumors and vines. Guys you read about in magazines. Terms like the "FGC" weren't really coined yet. They weren't the names in gaming they are today. They were just arcade legends and they had an aura about them. c:

[@GunstarHero21]

Justin was having the time of his life because he was watching everyone else get bodied lol, I hope he does more of this in future events

[@phil4863]

For once

[@aegis062]

I remember when Vega was the hardest to beat and m bison was just tricky.

[@faith9505]

Preparing Your Heart for Prayer O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens. (Psalm 8:1) So often in the psalms of David, he began with an acknowledgement of the greatness of God. It’s important for us to look at the attributes of God. It’s important for us to consider His unlimited power, His unlimited knowledge, and the fact that He is present everywhere. When Jesus taught the disciples to pray, He said, “Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy” (Matthew 6:9) We should begin our prayers with adoration. We should consider the love, justice, and holiness of God and get our thoughts in order. Thus, we start by recognizing who it is we are speaking to. God is our Father in Heaven, not our servant in Heaven, our butler in Heaven, or our vending machine in Heaven. We are speaking to the almighty God, the Creator of the universe. That puts things into perspective. This, by the way, is the reason we have a time of worship at the beginning of our church services. It prepares our hearts and helps us set aside the things that are distracting us and troubling us. It puts us into a frame of mind in which we can be refreshed, taught, strengthened, and, if necessary, corrected. Before we offer a word of petition in prayer, we are to worship the Lord and recognize who He is. As we do, we’ll begin to reexamine things, and we may not pray for what we originally intended to pray for. For instance, you may have wanted to pray that God would change your spouse or judge someone who has wronged you. But after spending time in the presence of God, you instead pray, “Lord, change me. Forgive me for the wrongs I’ve done. Change my heart.” Things will change in your petitions because you’re aligning yourself with God’s will. And that is the objective of effective prayer.

[@BattleOverride856]

​@@aegis062 Sagat still gives me nightmares from SF2

[@aegis062]

@@BattleOverride856 HYPER!

[@sunnyfrisch]

I remember beating him in order to select him without code on PS1 back in 1996. Tough guy. I beat him with chip damage from a lvl1 Shinkuu Hadouken, while he was getting up. It was such a close call. Took me at least 20 tries, though and always playing the whole arcade mode in order to get to him.

[@roysourboy4380]

I just did it with Ken but it was a long process. At first, I went to Gamefaqs for cheats and there, i filtered so it was on playstation version cheats. Everything listed there did not mention having to get perfect and must choose primary color for player 1 so....I lost weeks ahahahahaha It took me long enough to just google it and find the real strat. Like damn, why didnt I remember about those perfects requierments from alpha 2..lol But even then, even knowing how to challenge him, it took me a week at most. Even on cpu lvl 5 Akuma felt impossible!!! Im playing on a real old grey ps1 chipped on a big crt in svideo. Nice to see a comment such as yours. Peace

[@YouGuessIGuess]

This is a cool idea for a video. Watching streamers attempt a stupid hard boss from the comfort of their own home is one thing, but doing a whole "step right up, step right up, test you strength against Akuma" bit at a tournament is next level.

[@faith9505]

Preparing Your Heart for Prayer O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens. (Psalm 8:1) So often in the psalms of David, he began with an acknowledgement of the greatness of God. It’s important for us to look at the attributes of God. It’s important for us to consider His unlimited power, His unlimited knowledge, and the fact that He is present everywhere. When Jesus taught the disciples to pray, He said, “Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy” (Matthew 6:9) We should begin our prayers with adoration. We should consider the love, justice, and holiness of God and get our thoughts in order. Thus, we start by recognizing who it is we are speaking to. God is our Father in Heaven, not our servant in Heaven, our butler in Heaven, or our vending machine in Heaven. We are speaking to the almighty God, the Creator of the universe. That puts things into perspective. This, by the way, is the reason we have a time of worship at the beginning of our church services. It prepares our hearts and helps us set aside the things that are distracting us and troubling us. It puts us into a frame of mind in which we can be refreshed, taught, strengthened, and, if necessary, corrected. Before we offer a word of petition in prayer, we are to worship the Lord and recognize who He is. As we do, we’ll begin to reexamine things, and we may not pray for what we originally intended to pray for. For instance, you may have wanted to pray that God would change your spouse or judge someone who has wronged you. But after spending time in the presence of God, you instead pray, “Lord, change me. Forgive me for the wrongs I’ve done. Change my heart.” Things will change in your petitions because you’re aligning yourself with God’s will. And that is the objective of effective prayer.

[@Birdhouseart]

Justin just needed the whole carney git up complete with a fake mustache to really sell this tournament side show.

[@OrcinusLaryngologist]

@@Birdhouseart😂

[@alexraj9436]

The difficulty is increased by having a discord neckbeard mod which with a mic laugh every time you get hit

[@MeteCanKarahasan]

What was the handicap level though? Game becomes really unfair if you pick 8 stars, Akuma finishes you with a 3 level special combo whereas you can only do quarter damage.

[@triple_lei]

This was wildly entertaining! I've also floated around the idea of a one-round, single-elim Tekken 1 side tournament with an entry fee of $1, but someone famous (i.e. _you_ ) needs to start it. There's so much cheap crap in the first game, it's probably oddly balanced in that way... Also, 04:56 I don't think that was a cancel. It just has extremely quick recovery time in this game. Get it meaty enough and you can 1f link into another. Saw it in a Zero Koubou video (which you can find here listed as "Street Fighter Zero (Combo Exhibition 2)")

[@NeroBaelside13]

That's my buddy Lex at the beginning! Dude drives cross country as a freight trucker and still finds the time to go to events like this and live out his dreams. Total Badass

[@dxqx3794]

The controller he's using is pretty crazy too! It's a Snack Box Micro, a slim hitbox. Those things are close to $300 stock.

[@krazykuz13cmc]

He makes good money and can take time off

[@faith9505]

Preparing Your Heart for Prayer O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens. (Psalm 8:1) So often in the psalms of David, he began with an acknowledgement of the greatness of God. It’s important for us to look at the attributes of God. It’s important for us to consider His unlimited power, His unlimited knowledge, and the fact that He is present everywhere. When Jesus taught the disciples to pray, He said, “Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy” (Matthew 6:9) We should begin our prayers with adoration. We should consider the love, justice, and holiness of God and get our thoughts in order. Thus, we start by recognizing who it is we are speaking to. God is our Father in Heaven, not our servant in Heaven, our butler in Heaven, or our vending machine in Heaven. We are speaking to the almighty God, the Creator of the universe. That puts things into perspective. This, by the way, is the reason we have a time of worship at the beginning of our church services. It prepares our hearts and helps us set aside the things that are distracting us and troubling us. It puts us into a frame of mind in which we can be refreshed, taught, strengthened, and, if necessary, corrected. Before we offer a word of petition in prayer, we are to worship the Lord and recognize who He is. As we do, we’ll begin to reexamine things, and we may not pray for what we originally intended to pray for. For instance, you may have wanted to pray that God would change your spouse or judge someone who has wronged you. But after spending time in the presence of God, you instead pray, “Lord, change me. Forgive me for the wrongs I’ve done. Change my heart.” Things will change in your petitions because you’re aligning yourself with God’s will. And that is the objective of effective prayer.

[@buddylee5712]

W Lex

[@nyinea639]

😢😢😊

[@N30Jin]

This was fire!!! Find other God-tier challenges and do this at every tourney!

[@Queue_SS]

That's the plan! Glad you liked it

[@FoolsGil]

We all know in SF6 when the DLC comes out, Level 8 CPU Akuma will make this version look like a walk in the park.

[@txcforever]

It would be cool if there was a mode like SNK did with Rugal. Just take him to 11 and make him near impossible to beat.

[@gravity-zero2917]

Sf6 akuma will throw 3 air normal fire balls 😅

[@COLOFIDUTI]

shin akuma: am i a joke tô you?

[@CS.AtheistChannel.VoteBidenAOC]

🎉this is the way. I want the highest difficulty to be evil. Regardless, there is often a cheap strategy to win. Like this alpha 1 Akuma can also be beat by just jumping up and down and doing chun li roundhouse.

[@splinter360]

I hope they make him extra cheap as a homage to alpha 1 Akuma.

[@adamhofman4933]

I’m not really a gamer, but I played this game when I was a kid a lot and I loved watching this. You’ve got another subscription here!

[@Queue_SS]

I'm really glad you liked the video!!

[@istovall2624]

they always make him a pain. in marvel vs snk on xbox you do the endurance challenge beat 30 computers in a row, then fight M Bison, then Akuma. I knew about M Bison but i didnt know about akuma. i lost so i didnt get the last unlock and haven't tried it again since. over 10 years ago :(

[@zinusthunderlord]

Now justin knows how much fun it is to watch someone struggle to fight those unfair bosses lol

[@faith9505]

Preparing Your Heart for Prayer O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens. (Psalm 8:1) So often in the psalms of David, he began with an acknowledgement of the greatness of God. It’s important for us to look at the attributes of God. It’s important for us to consider His unlimited power, His unlimited knowledge, and the fact that He is present everywhere. When Jesus taught the disciples to pray, He said, “Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy” (Matthew 6:9) We should begin our prayers with adoration. We should consider the love, justice, and holiness of God and get our thoughts in order. Thus, we start by recognizing who it is we are speaking to. God is our Father in Heaven, not our servant in Heaven, our butler in Heaven, or our vending machine in Heaven. We are speaking to the almighty God, the Creator of the universe. That puts things into perspective. This, by the way, is the reason we have a time of worship at the beginning of our church services. It prepares our hearts and helps us set aside the things that are distracting us and troubling us. It puts us into a frame of mind in which we can be refreshed, taught, strengthened, and, if necessary, corrected. Before we offer a word of petition in prayer, we are to worship the Lord and recognize who He is. As we do, we’ll begin to reexamine things, and we may not pray for what we originally intended to pray for. For instance, you may have wanted to pray that God would change your spouse or judge someone who has wronged you. But after spending time in the presence of God, you instead pray, “Lord, change me. Forgive me for the wrongs I’ve done. Change my heart.” Things will change in your petitions because you’re aligning yourself with God’s will. And that is the objective of effective prayer.

[@PinkManGuy]

@@faith9505 No thanks bro, Jesus still loves you but according to the teachings of the bible, he'd really prefer if you didn't

[@JigsRobles-]

if I'm playing against an opponent like that and someone is talking non stop beside me? I'd punch him in the face after my 2nd lose.🤣

[@djpegao]

This was a fun change of pace, I would like more videos like this. _"I want people to take my money!!"_ JWong with that reverse psychology to make people choke under the pressure...

[@colapsar4271]

And talking smack the entire time. Distracting much?

[@OMGlvl86turtlepilot]

20 whole dollars!

[@faith9505]

Preparing Your Heart for Prayer O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens. (Psalm 8:1) So often in the psalms of David, he began with an acknowledgement of the greatness of God. It’s important for us to look at the attributes of God. It’s important for us to consider His unlimited power, His unlimited knowledge, and the fact that He is present everywhere. When Jesus taught the disciples to pray, He said, “Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy” (Matthew 6:9) We should begin our prayers with adoration. We should consider the love, justice, and holiness of God and get our thoughts in order. Thus, we start by recognizing who it is we are speaking to. God is our Father in Heaven, not our servant in Heaven, our butler in Heaven, or our vending machine in Heaven. We are speaking to the almighty God, the Creator of the universe. That puts things into perspective. This, by the way, is the reason we have a time of worship at the beginning of our church services. It prepares our hearts and helps us set aside the things that are distracting us and troubling us. It puts us into a frame of mind in which we can be refreshed, taught, strengthened, and, if necessary, corrected. Before we offer a word of petition in prayer, we are to worship the Lord and recognize who He is. As we do, we’ll begin to reexamine things, and we may not pray for what we originally intended to pray for. For instance, you may have wanted to pray that God would change your spouse or judge someone who has wronged you. But after spending time in the presence of God, you instead pray, “Lord, change me. Forgive me for the wrongs I’ve done. Change my heart.” Things will change in your petitions because you’re aligning yourself with God’s will. And that is the objective of effective prayer.

[@ThatzaTastySmash]

​@@faith9505 imagine forcing your faith on other people just trying to enjoy a KZbin video about getting 20 dollars.

[@zay0_n4ra11]

This Dude is in love with how smart Akuma is 😂

[@nickolaskaaay3232]

Aw this was cool! The like "in-game" stuff in fighting games rarely gets any attention in competitive spaces (for obvious reasons) but this was a lot of fun. Justin's doing really fun work as an FGC personality and organizer.

[@xsnowpirate10x]

Taking a round off Akuma just fueled Akuma like he goes in to basically whoop next round cause he’s petty

[@SenraethX]

Reminds me of a tournament I played in where they had a similar gig, except to beat Shin Akuma in Alpha 2. I tried with my good character back then, but it wasn't going well, for me or anyone else. So on my next turn I asked them, "I can pick anyone?" Yup, anyone. I picked Shin Akuma and got me my bonus money 😁

[@faith9505]

Preparing Your Heart for Prayer O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens. (Psalm 8:1) So often in the psalms of David, he began with an acknowledgement of the greatness of God. It’s important for us to look at the attributes of God. It’s important for us to consider His unlimited power, His unlimited knowledge, and the fact that He is present everywhere. When Jesus taught the disciples to pray, He said, “Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy” (Matthew 6:9) We should begin our prayers with adoration. We should consider the love, justice, and holiness of God and get our thoughts in order. Thus, we start by recognizing who it is we are speaking to. God is our Father in Heaven, not our servant in Heaven, our butler in Heaven, or our vending machine in Heaven. We are speaking to the almighty God, the Creator of the universe. That puts things into perspective. This, by the way, is the reason we have a time of worship at the beginning of our church services. It prepares our hearts and helps us set aside the things that are distracting us and troubling us. It puts us into a frame of mind in which we can be refreshed, taught, strengthened, and, if necessary, corrected. Before we offer a word of petition in prayer, we are to worship the Lord and recognize who He is. As we do, we’ll begin to reexamine things, and we may not pray for what we originally intended to pray for. For instance, you may have wanted to pray that God would change your spouse or judge someone who has wronged you. But after spending time in the presence of God, you instead pray, “Lord, change me. Forgive me for the wrongs I’ve done. Change my heart.” Things will change in your petitions because you’re aligning yourself with God’s will. And that is the objective of effective prayer.

[@youngrydah4374]

I beat shin Akuma. Are you serious. I was still in high school.

[@PedroGarcia-go5ob]

Akuma and Gill were the most outrageous boss battles in any street fighter games I've ever played.

[@Captain_Rhodes]

Gill is very easy with Chun Li. Use the spinning bird kick followed by the fast kick and use her hard sweep and downward jump kick a lot. I can beat him almost perfect with her

[@WalrusFPGA]

Haha this was great. I remember first trying this Akuma a couple years back and finally took him out with Ken by using some neutral jump cheese that the AI wasn't ready to deal with. Cleared the game with 1 credit after the reboot also. Recorded that one and was so stoked to have an Akuma clear/1cc back-to-back for it. Loved seeing the grapplers take him out here! Vodka is a master of finding those niche methods to get in, but I guess you gotta be as a grappler main! Love these showcases you are pulling at events! Looked like a lot of fun for everyone who played.

[@phil4863]

You have a video?

[@WalrusFPGA]

@@phil4863 yeah in the arcade playlist on my channel. dont want to spam links here, and doubt its allowed anyway

[@FreddPhucks]

9:26 the disrespectful cross-up lol 😂

[@undergroundcentral6671]

Do more of these tournament boss challenges! This video was great, wish I could’ve participated lol

[@faith9505]

Preparing Your Heart for Prayer O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens. (Psalm 8:1) So often in the psalms of David, he began with an acknowledgement of the greatness of God. It’s important for us to look at the attributes of God. It’s important for us to consider His unlimited power, His unlimited knowledge, and the fact that He is present everywhere. When Jesus taught the disciples to pray, He said, “Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy” (Matthew 6:9) We should begin our prayers with adoration. We should consider the love, justice, and holiness of God and get our thoughts in order. Thus, we start by recognizing who it is we are speaking to. God is our Father in Heaven, not our servant in Heaven, our butler in Heaven, or our vending machine in Heaven. We are speaking to the almighty God, the Creator of the universe. That puts things into perspective. This, by the way, is the reason we have a time of worship at the beginning of our church services. It prepares our hearts and helps us set aside the things that are distracting us and troubling us. It puts us into a frame of mind in which we can be refreshed, taught, strengthened, and, if necessary, corrected. Before we offer a word of petition in prayer, we are to worship the Lord and recognize who He is. As we do, we’ll begin to reexamine things, and we may not pray for what we originally intended to pray for. For instance, you may have wanted to pray that God would change your spouse or judge someone who has wronged you. But after spending time in the presence of God, you instead pray, “Lord, change me. Forgive me for the wrongs I’ve done. Change my heart.” Things will change in your petitions because you’re aligning yourself with God’s will. And that is the objective of effective prayer.

[@DigiKamn]

Nice Kakuranger pic

[@undergroundcentral6671]

@@DigiKamn thank you!

[@30watermelon.]

​@@faith9505want some crackers? I like crackers

[@whiskydoctor7477]

There also was a crazy Akuma in alpha 3 world tour, it was pretty crazy too 😂

[@Jason_P]

This was fantastic!! Would love to see more boss rushes like this with Justin on live commentary.

[@B_HarTz]

2nd contestant was his double lol😂😂😂 just switch the glasses and you can't tell who's who lol 😂😂

[@YamiAtomsk]

This is so fun, would love to see more stuff like this.

[@BlackJester0X]

I remember I was playing this game and beat Akuma for the first time after so many tries. I freaking jump for joy. Man those were good times.

[@drectanbns266]

For me it was more relif and cussing at the game for being a cheating POS lol

[@GeofryMasters]

WOW, I never knew it was this bad lol. Akuma hits like you owe him child support money!

[@ShaneDouglas713]

That double damage ain't no joke...

[@kaiserbts8007]

I think Alpha 2 Shin Akuma might be worse

[@ZenGaijin]

I think Shin Akuma in Alpha 2 Gold was even worse

[@kylethornton77]

I wouldn’t even play him in the arcade I would just walk away 😂😂😂

[@djpegao]

I mean, those beads don't clean themselves

[@thevoiceofwolf]

12:36 Best part of the whole video. 😂

[@vodkagobalsky]

Shoutouts to ME for the strats :D

[@calebashton1]

I didn't expect Birdie to do so well Akuma. That was impressive.

[@thiagolemos639]

Maybe you can't believe but I remember punishing akuma with a lv3 shoryu reppa. In the 3rd hit he performed lv3 gou shoryu over mine and I lost. I thought it was impossible 😂

[@MeteCanKarahasan]

I know, his recoil timer was shorter than the special, lol.

[@yakushi77]

FGs are not just about tournaments money and hype highlights. Man this takes it back into the good old days just getting off school heading over to my cousins playing on their living room tv tryna beat arcade mode and crap! Was great watching this, awesome event hope to see more like these in the near future!

[@FhargaZ]

I was expecting Justin to say:"But it was a grappler so it doesn't count" 😂

[@peteypete9357]

He WOULD totally say that 💀💀💀

[@michaelcgreywolf2976]

He is power made flesh, Feel how weak you truly are! -Gouki/Akuma Die 1,000 deaths "Shun Goku Satsu "!

[@jakebrandt]

The first step on my journey to learning fighting games for real was loading a save state of Alpha Akuma after school for weeks, pausing and rewinding trying to figure out how to survive more than a couple seconds against him.

[@ineedmorecarrots6063]

justin being a backseat gamer for 13:39 mins 😂😂

[@dalton-ftt]

Awesome concept. I hope we see more of these.

[@sichuancowboy]

Man, as a little kid (sometime before the age of 13) this was so tough, but felt so good when you beat him.

[@GeddensGC]

Justin got a Soccer Mom hair cut. LMAO.

[@x-Abraham-x2]

Haha I can’t unsee now

[@GayleHarrahs]

Yeah he looks like he went to a salon for middle-class housewives.

[@arostwocents]

The guy at 10:40 was epic, i cheered when he won. I thought he claimed earlier you only had to beat akuma ONCE to win, then said after that you had to win twice. Very sneaky dirt tactic to save $20. Super disappointed.

[@arostwocents]

Awesome to the next guy who managed it, super into the grab in the comeback was awesome. I don't even like fighting games but enjoy these challenge videos.

[@krunkcleanup2949]

I played this a lot on PS1, and the easiest way to beat him is to pick Akuma, zone him out with air fireballs and teleport away whenever he teleports towards you. Getting above him with Chun Li's wall jump works too but be careful of his shoryuken. Kikoshou him if he dares to teleport in front of you.

[@kingmiltown4385]

There is also a cheap fireball trick to beat him that I used all the time to beat him with ryu that I haven't seen Justin or anybody use yet ! It works on sf alpha 2 shin akuma also but the timing and speed has to be perfect to do it ! I got to upload the footage but I still have the old video of myself playing this on vhs !

[@sensaznal]

You have to play defensive against Akuma and look at opportunities to punish him.

[@bradlymcfarland2303]

It really helps when someone is distracting you and pointing out every time you get hit

[@truegamer2819]

it almost feels like its Wong defeating these players without even picking up the controller as Akuma 😂

[@coldwolf7014]

Justin was playing Akuma and recorded all his moves, then programmed it into the game to be an AI. 😂

[@marceguregiazyk6735]

It would be an Epic trash talking then 😂

[@tableprinterdoor]

@@coldwolf7014 bro made a Tekken ghost

[@gorgeouszan]

I love that Guile's theme is the universal anthem for making the comeback/overcoming adversity

[@rmm7434]

This was very enjoyable, brought back memories when you got together with your friends and everyone got a chance to beat the boss character, total neo-nostalgic. I played against this version of Akuma so many times I scotched taped my thumb due to the huge blister the Sega Saturn fight pad gave me. This is still an insane boss though, thank you Mr.Wong for this gem. Maybe a God Rugal next? Or KoF 97 Orochi?

[@da-bman919]

Watching this brought back memories of me and my brother playing this game till 2am and had school the next day!! Thanks for the vid! Akuma is crazy!

[@UrFavoriteZombie]

I'd love more of this Beat a hard boss and Justin might give you something

[@Mixedtales]

LMAO Yoooo the punch at 9:25 took all the air out my lungs after Grim's comment I busted out laughing 😂😂😂😂

[@Spomeroy014]

I would pay for Justin's commentary in SF6: "You choked that! Aww come on, man!" 😂😂😂

[@DTNNooby]

This video was great, I really enjoy watching the stuff happening at tournaments and meets off-stream

[@DolkkarToyznstuff]

That was incredibly fun to watch. I remember battling Alpha 1 Akuma back in the days, the stuff of nightmares I tell you. Haha!

[@breakz360]

Just getting to fight Akuma was alot of work. You had to have like no losses and a certain number of super finishers. And he would just roll up and kick the crap out of you. There was no practice back then really, it was hours of involvement to learn his counters. Until you get hit with his Raging Demon.

[@BrokenWingman]

This was neat! Fun seeing other player caught off guard by CPU shenanigans haha. Commentary/interaction was fun too.

[@therealbahamut]

As someone who's fought a LOT of fighting games bosses, it is hilarious to see tournament level players freeze like deer in the the headlights when facing this. I mean clearly they're not used to playing SFA1 or outplaying the AI but it's still amusing as hell to me.

[@projectgoatse]

This is exactly the kind of content I was waiting for.

[@DjPhaTrix]

Great vid man, I hope you do more like these, they're super entertaining! Plus it's nice to get to see you kick back and watch other people get tossed around by the evil CPU.

[@Drew_D]

This is so much fun to watch! Can’t wait to see more! BtW, it took me SEVERAL tries to beat Akuma in Alpha. Even with save states, winning a single round was tough.

[@aaronwalcott513]

Justin!!!!Your edits are brutal. I nearly choked with laughter during the Birdie fight 😂😅😂

[@Queue_SS]

LOL thanks!! im glad you enjoyed the video

[@marvinbroncano7294]

This was an awesome idea. Have them fight The General from Kaiser Knuckle, or maybe Shin Akuma from Alpha 2 next

[@DJASenOfficial]

I remember defeating akuma with ken on max level a few times. I found a trick for it : hadouken jump back with high kick in air, hadouken again and when akuma jumps on you, shoryuken him. That does comes with the risk of Akuma's zanku hadouken before your shoryuken him but if you keep spamming the same thing, you will end up defeating him.

[@barivius]

My friends and I were Alpha 1 specialists, so we knew/know all the cheese for the bonkers AI in this game. Too bad the skills and knowledge in this game didn't translate very well to other titles!

[@A.N_BLAK]

Nice vid man definitely brought back some memories. This maybe the equivalent of A "Street Fighter" or amateur boxer going up against a season Vet. Akuma is Ridiculous☠💯

[@augustgreig9420]

I used to be able to beat this game on level 8 difficulty with all double Perfects and no losses in about 30 minutes, including the Akuma fight, all by cheesing the AI out with Sodom. I played this game WAY too much when I finally was able to play it without pumping quarters into the cabinet, and none of my friends would play me anymore, so I ended up playing the CPU for hundreds of hours LOL.

[@RejectHumanityReturn2Monke]

You wish

[@revengeofthedopefish]

@@RejectHumanityReturn2Monke about that kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHi5aHV6d9tjZpo

[@augustgreig9420]

@@RejectHumanityReturn2Monke No, I wish I'd had someone to play with on my level WAY more, trust me.

[@sparda9060]

Thing about fighting game is that you need friends who are good at it too or they all end up quiting lol

[@Blackbohnstergaming]

That is the mistake that most people do: They play against the Imput-reading AI like they play against humans. If you want to beat the bosses of MK1-3 for excample: You have to use cheap tricks. If you do that, they are easy. I´m sure, Akuma has a simular thing. You need to learn what he is doing and try to get him to jump to you so you have the upperhand!

[@abcmaya]

I really like how Capcom made combos much easier to connect in Alpha 1

[@MeteCanKarahasan]

In Zero 2 the computer doesn't stop dive comboes. They have surprising long reach, I've never been able to break the dive+special combo. It is literally a bait for you to take full damage to the special.

[@seang9450]

12:36 i havent laughed this hard since i saw that original spongebob episode. Damn i love this channel😂😂😂

[@evilndarkness]

This was fun! You should do more of these.

[@2C2G]

12:37😂😂😂 funniest part and worth the wait and a spoiler alert if you’re that person🕳️💨

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

JWong looking mad slimmer nowadays, that shirt hangs off him now. Way to go!

[@bucknekid9608]

Street Fighter Alpha was my favourite. A girlfriend of mine bought it for me for the SNES for Christmas in the 90’s. I spent 100’s of hours playing it. Great times, great game.

[@CosmicRPG]

We hope the SF Alpha Akuma that fight there was settled in the Max difficulty and not in four Stars.

[@shinsmoke]

Back in SFA1, Akuma/Gouki's AI is automatically set to max difficulty, no matter what difficulty level you set it on from the options menu.

[@MagnusXL]

"You got a lot of sweeps off" is legitimately how I beat them back in the day. It's less about being good at fighting games and more about exploiting his AI since they actively punish you for playing.

[@VNSnake1999]

This is super entertaining to watch. You definitely should do more of these at tournaments Justin!

[@SwagGotti803]

1:32 Justin: Punish Him! Player: Throws light punch 😂😂😂😂😂

[@reignfire85]

I remember hearing about you a little while ago when I watched a Completionist video on Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3. Glad to see you're still around. I didn't have the Alpha games growing up because I didn't have systems that could play them, so seeing just what it takes to beat a monster like Akuma is incredible. Keep up the good work, Justin.

[@frankystrings]

Dude ran the FGC in the 2000s and some 2010s. I mean ran. Legit ran

[@Ju5Tice718]

Alpha 2 was on SNES the first game that I ever saw loading outside of a CD game or N64 game

[@ken_kaniff246]

The amount of guys that got caught with their foot out and ate the super 😂

[@stellaroj]

Akuma's true rival, Birdie, does it again.

[@spenserbeckerszs]

Akuma and his many forms is a forced to be reckoned with there are many other games that he has appeared in to where he is just as hard or harder than this one. You should make this a series Justin. Gather all the games that Akuma appears in where he is at his hardest and make people face his wrath! Lol! This is hilarious! Btw, you should also include his appearance in Tekken 7 as part of your list. Particularly the “Special Battle” that you have to fight him in with Devil Kazuya. That shit is old school hard.

[@CastleKingside]

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode, Justin. Especially when the Guile theme kicked in. Great job. Keep up the good work. Peace.

[@leonardipayne6032]

Idk how he is on the PS1 but I fought him at the arcade plenty of times where he appeared after perfecting with no blocks a bunch of characters in a row. He was the cheapest broken character I ever fought. He threw basically 2 hadokens at a time, 1 regular and one in the air so you couldn't close the distance. Almost zero lag between power moves. Shyt was crazy. I beat him twice. A crazy obsession that whole summer.

[@Karn0010]

This was fun to watch. I hope you'll be able to do more like this.

[@vintagecorp5060]

I remember defeating Marvel Súper Heroes Vs Street fighter’s Mech Akuma with Zangief. You only need to wait FOR the right moment. Great video JW!!!

[@Cephalitis]

When I saw silentscope I had a really good feeling that he'd be the one to beat Akuma

[@austinreise]

Really admire how these guys can play so well with the fight stick. Folks with hitbox may have a better chance against the AI.

[@lancepage1914]

This was very engaging. I was in support of all the players beating the AI. May be because I have a hard time my self trying to beat the AI. 😅

[@KKevin-hi7it]

2:33 Saul Goodman

[@markc6571]

This takes me back. It took many quarters to defeat Akuma.

[@RomnysGonzalez]

Ayo what??. We passed 500K?!. Daaaaamn. Justin and his editor cooking!. I watched this on release

[@OTHERMRBABCOCK]

Now let’s see some challenges like defeating Parace L’Sia 2 rounds 100% health in Arcana Heart 3 or clearing Dead or Alive 4’s survival mode without using Hayabusa or Ayane: these make Akuma here look like a game of candy land.

[@luceatlux7087]

I love the background music.... Is that Kirby? and Sebastian's quote from The Little Mermaid?! i'm digging Wong's style; a big softie in dreamland.

[@Vinthechad]

I'd love to see more of these tournament boss fights, it'd be cool to have one with King Of Fighters or even Marvel VS Capcom

[@mangopastor]

it's funny how the developers of street fighter are madly in love with ryu and the characters who do the best tricks in the game are the ones they continuously mock, such as birdie, zangief, dan, etc.

[@PikangsFutaba]

Those are fun to watch, hopefully those will return.

[@mr.nomemorycard3794]

😂😂😂 Great commentary , this is GOLD!

[@surpriser0se]

I love Justin going live as a host with pro players!