Console Exclusive Characters in Fighting Games

[@MrMixtape]

Hey guys just a heads up, I'm using a new microphone for this video which is why it may sound different than normal. Still working out some kinks and figuring stuff out (in case you know, it wasn't obvious enough that I'm bad at this lol) If there's anything I can do to improve the quality than please let me know, as usual I always appreciate your feedback.

[@Stopaskingwhyandjustreadit]

Avoid ending sentences with upward inflection when you're not asking a question :) Otherwise it's like you're talking like this? Even though the words you're saying don't call for it? e.g. @0:44 "...because they could just help themslves?" and again @1:17 "...playable?"

[@justsayin._.]

​@@Stopaskingwhyandjustreadit And his pronunciation of available as "availiable"

[@RealCoachMustafa]

Spawn was in Soul Calibur 2 because at that time, Namco developed Spawn Armageddon. It wasn't an Xbox exclusive, it was on all 3 platforms, but it was likely cheaper for them to reuse Spawn than it was for them to make a deal with Xbox to use Blinx the Time Sweeper. Master Chief wouldn't have made it in because that game came out about half a year prior to the release of Soul Calibur, and I don't think everyone knew Halo was going to be as big as it ended up being.

[@mog-myownbestfriend]

Yoda and Vader were color coded to the console they were exclusive to. Soft white and green for the Jedi, sleek black for the sith.

[@WaluTime]

Oooh, Console exclusive was a good curveball from the community post teaser. I was fully betting it was gonna be on third party guest characters! edit: I'd imagine the soul calibur star wars dlc gettin delisted was long before disney bought the series honestly. (If that's the bit, my bad lmao)

[@kaihedgie1747]

Pitchin' as the Soulcalibur nerd: the Soul series has a history of console-exclusives since the first game Originally, Hwang and Mitsurugi in Soul Blade were interchangeable characters sharing the same moveset but were only available depending on on the region, but both were made available on the Playstation version alongside a new addition with Han Myeong...who was still just another Mitsurugi clone Soulcalibur originally didn't feature Cervantes in the arcade version and was added as a console exclusive character alongside making Inferno playable.. Soulcalibur III is an interesting oddity because its arcade version was released _after_ the console version. It added Inferno as an exclusive boss character and gave Hwang his own separate slot rather than being relegated to a bonus character

[@X2011racer]

Soul Calibur 5 was to feature two guest characters: Ezio from Assassin's Creed 2, and Devil Jin from Tekken. Unfortunately due to rushed development, only Ezio was completed and Devil Jin wasn't; he has no model, his moveset and announcer call are all that's left of him and his voice clips are all placeholder beeps. However, you can make custom characters that use Devil Jin's moveset, but not those with Ezio's moveset possibly because of Ubisoft. Ironically, only Ezio's stage and Devil Jin's moveset did carry over to Soul Calibur Lost Swords, but Ezio's stage was not intended to appear. Yet, it showed up in one stage of a limited time event where you can get pieces of exclusive armor. In that stage, it's trying to play Ezio's theme, but all you get is silence.

[@nathanl8622]

@@X2011racer IV's guests also weren't available as custom movesets (and you can't give them new costumes like you can for the normal cast), so presumably that was a limitation in the licensing agreement. I might be missing a spinoff, but I want to say VI is the first game that lets you use guest characters in the character builder. Also worth noting that III doesn't have a proper guest character, but the character builder has cosmetics that let you make KOS-MOS from Xenosaga.

[@Pinkanator]

@@X2011racer Oh my god I never even considered Devil Jin was supposed to be a really character, jeez. Do you have any footage of Ezio's stage? I didn't think he HAD one?

[@BensyBens]

By the way if you a soulcalibur fan Did you knew that’s sophitia is console exclusive in soul calibur 2? People really dislike cassandra in the arcade version so namco added sophitia in the console ports.

[@X2011racer]

@Pinkanator Ezio simply has a slightly modified version of Alpha Patroklos' stage. I believe it is the walled version, if my memory is correct.

[@ShadowSumac]

Quite a few omissions when it comes to MK: - MK4 on home consoles and PC had Goro as an exclusive character; he wasn't in Arcade version; - MK Gold, Dreamcast exclusive port of MK4, had 6 additional characters, compared to home version of MK4; - MK: Tournament Edition (second port of Deadly Alliance on GB Advance), had exclusive characters Sektor, Noob Saibot and Sareena, who were not in any other version of the game; - MK Unchained - outside of Goro and Shao Kahn, its also had 4 characters ported from Deadly Alliance;

[@TheSeventhForce]

Brief note about the Alpha 2 Gold EX characters: As far as I recall, two of them (CE Dhalsim and Gief) actually debuted in the North American arcade release of Alpha 2, while the rest debuted in Zero 2 Alpha in arcades before also being implemented into Alpha 2 Gold. Great video, always found this subject fascinating!

[@HEHEHE_I_AM_A_MASKED_WARRIA]

Evil Ryu also holds this distinction, and classic Chun-Li is present in all versions.

[@ItSureIsDanby]

Now, this is speculation, but wasn't Necrid included in SC2 due to Mcfarlane Toy's deal to produce the official Soul Calibur 2 figures? Todd Mcfarlane created Necrid (and Spawn), and I had always assumed that Namco put Necrid in to throw Mcfarlane a bone as an afterthought, which is why his moves and playstyle are a broken mishmash of several other characters

[@pengrim3576]

You're mostly correct, Necrid was designed by Mcfarlane for Soul Calibur 2 for the console version.

[@spongebobfan78]

Tekken 7 has one. The arcade version got revisions alongside the console versions, which included the console DLCs. However, the only character that wasn't put on to the arcade versions is Negan.

[@alejandroramirez4470]

IDK that arcade got everyone else from DLC. I thought it only was updated once and wouldn't have the additional first-time characters or their exclusive stages too.

[@spongebobfan78]

@@alejandroramirez4470 To be fair, it was the only time they added console DLC characters onto the arcade version. They didn't do that with Tag 2, IIRC.

[@Poison_Paradise]

Noctis and Geese were on arcade Tekken 7??

[@comfyghost]

the gba port of alpa 3 is actually really cool, and while novelty is really the only reason to play it these days, the devs (crawfish interactive) did a great job just getting it to play as well as they did, extra characters or not. plus there were no game breaking glitches, unlike capcom's own gba port of sf2. though speaking of its release date, it's possible those characters were added in to make up for having missed the previous christmas season, which was the intended release window. this missed deadline meant crawfish broke contract with capcom, and that apparently led to them shutting down. they actually made some incredibly ambitious gba games, and made them well, so i wish they hadn't gone under for such a bullshit reason.

[@no64256]

Not to mention their incredibly ambitious port of Alpha 1 to GBC. I really wish they managed to fit multiplayer into that, I'd love to see tournaments of it

[@HEHEHE_I_AM_A_MASKED_WARRIA]

Supposedly the reason GBA Alpha 3 is so limited in terms of stages and audio is because Capcom forced Crawfish to use an 8 MB cart for whatever reason instead of a larger size like 32 MB. Had they had more space to play with, they could've included more stages, higher-quality audio, and better animation. Supposedly a 3rd Strike port of similar quality could've also been possible.

[@nickwoodcock5234]

Damn, that "Link... he come to town" reference gave me hella flashbacks

[@TheNekoGentleman]

Something I wanna add about Gon. The art is his manga HAS NO RIGHT LOOKING THIS GOOD. It legitimately puts all other mangakas, save for Kentaro Miura (RIP, legend), to shame. Trust me, look it up.

[@Kuikkamies]

I recommend you to check Yaguchi Takao's comics. Tsurikichi Sanpei is probably the most famous. The landscape views alone are worth the enterance.

[@Gammera2000]

12:15 I got it, have a carribian clone of Kratos and call him "Barbados"

[@soulchargefgc]

Cool showcase of SC2 Plus! If I remember correctly Necrid was put in the game because Todd Mcfarlane had Mcfarlane Toys which Soulcalibur 2 had collaborated with but in the contract he wanted a character (Necrid) in the game

[@sofiaciel7599]

A correction on SFA3 - Guile and Evil Ryu were in the PS1 version as well, as unlockable characters earned through the game's World Tour mode. I think you got them by leveling up a fighter to level 30 (for Ryu) and 31 (for Guile). They are unlocked from the start on Dreamcast and Saturn though!

[@Vernafveik]

Alpha 3 Max with *good* rollback and *good* netplay would be amazing Alpha series is my favourite out of all the SF games, being able to experience it in full glory is a dream

[@otaking3582]

The reason Hakushin was cut from TvCUAS requires explanation. In the early 90's, Saban Entertainment did an English dub of his anime, and even though it never aired in the US, they still owned the US rights to it (Bulk is even seen watching it in an episode of Power Rangers). Then Disney bought pretty much all of Saban's catelog during their acquisition of Fox Family, and despite the fact that they only did anything with Power Rangers and Digimon, they still wouldn't allow Hakushin and the Samurai Pizza Cats from appearing in TvC.

[@jeremyriley1238]

That is indeed true. In fact, it's an issue like this that is going to be the main reason why TvC will never get a sequel or re-release, as the Tatsunoko characters are licensed to other companies outside of Japan, and Capcom had to make time finding each and every company to get their okay to use the characters that can appear.

[@otaking3582]

@@jeremyriley1238 Although I'm pretty sure nowadays Tatsunoko regained the international rights to all their properties aside from Speed Racer and Macross (seriously, why did they think renewing their contract with Harmony Gold was a good idea?!)

[@TheShinyFeraligatr]

@@otaking3582 Because Big West owns the rights to all Macross stuff outside of the original SDF in Japan and only begrudgingly allows Tatsunoko to keep their stake in that after several legal battles, so Tatsunoko lets Harmony West have hold of it in the west to fuck with them.

[@otaking3582]

@@TheShinyFeraligatr Harmony Gold doesn't DO anything with the IP! Tatsunoko actively loses money from the deal! At least Hasbro/Saban and whoever currently owns Voltron allow Toei to sell Sentai and GoLion stuff outside of Japan, and THEY actually do stuff with their respective IP's (less so Hasbro currently, but my point still stands).

[@TheShinyFeraligatr]

@@otaking3582 You clearly didn't read my post. Tatsunoko lets Harmony Gold have the rights to SDF Macross, because it pisses off Big West.

[@stevesteve0521]

Meh you forgot the most important console exclusive, Pepsi man being exclusive to the Japanese version of fighter vipers for the sega Saturn

[@Zel-Veraan]

Thid guy added an additional syllable to "available" in saying "availiable"

[@jesuisunstroopwafel]

A sequel to this video would be something like region-exclusive characters like Norimaro (MSHvSF), Hakushon Daimaō (Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross-Generation of Heroes), or Arthur (Soulcalibur).

[@thelastgogeta]

Tatsunoko also had an exclusive in Japan if I remember. BT2 also had five added characters only for Europe and Japan on the Wii.

[@kazueglassheardt7185]

I'm curious now. Has there ever been an instance of an arcade exclusive character?

[@LtheOriginal]

Hindsight being 20-20, we now know that Shin Akuma is actually Akuma after having lunch. 🍙 Thanks SF6 for clarifying this.

[@flyingnematode]

In tekken 3, in arcade you can only have Anna Williams by pressing start on Nina with Nina's moveset. So technically Anna with Anna's moveset is console exclusive.

[@NeoKokoro20]

Anna Williams, with her own playstyle, was also exclusive to the console version of Tekken 3. In the Arcade version, she was merely a pallete swap of Nina Williams. This is because Anna was a very late addition to the game, hence Ogre having some of her moves, even though she's in the game.

[@Pyrored41]

11:01 "blades of chaos" axcuatlly it's blades of exile🤓☝

[@DiseasedCows]

Kratos in MK9 was actually a solid counter pick against Kabal who was the most popular tournament character. If he was allowed in tournaments we might have actually seen some Kratos in its tournies lol

[@MicroMakesMusic]

In mortal kombat’s section, you skipped an entire console exclusive game called Mortal Kombat Gold, which is a console port of MK4. It contains like 10+ console exclusive characters.

[@cwolfxuk-other]

17:08 HEY! I am not a Boomer, Gen X here! I'm thinking you are thinking SC2 is older than it is... Other than that, fun vid! I was working and also playing SC2 tournaments in the local Namco arcade at the time.

[@Dreamcaster111]

About the Yoda and Vader thing: My guess is that their logic was Yoda and Xbox = Green, Vader and Playstation = Black. Or it could have been a nod to the light and dark side of the Force. The latter sounds way dumber, but they're both equally as plausible in my mind.

[@mankrip-]

No mention of Mortal Kombat Gold, the Dreamcast exclusive port of Mortal Kombat 4 with several exclusive characters?

[@otaking3582]

You're right about Tekken 3 not getting a modern rerelease on consoles. It certainly wasn't included on a terrible mini console that used the PAL ROM instead of NTSC, because that would've been stupid.

[@NewGabeOrder]

It's the other way around. Tekken 3 made it to the PlayStation Classic. (...complete with Gon, I guess?) If you bought the PlayStation Classic in Japan or any other Asian country, it's the NTSC version. Outside Japan or Asia, it's the PAL version. This is another example why the west was worse.

[@otaking3582]

@@NewGabeOrder I thought my sarcasm was obvious

[@IsaacCollector]

One of my favorite cases of console exclusivity is Street Fighter X Tekken, cause for some reason the PS3 got three whole characters exclusivly while the XBox got zero. One of the PS3 characters being Cole Macgrath from the inFAMOUS games, who hilariously was made super buff to fit the artstyle.

[@DoomyRei]

When you have to ban parts of a game to make a tournament your competitive scene is imaginary a joke lol

[@conradojavier7547]

Khameleon herself should be Co-Owned by Nintendo & NRS.

[@otaking3582]

SCII had considered using Ninja Gaiden's Ryu Hayabusa and FFVII's Cloud Strife for the Xbox and PS2 ports respectively, but Itagaki didn't wanna play ball, and Square Enix wanted too much money.

[@DarkOverlord96]

Didn't they also consider Kasumi from DOA for the Xbox version?

[@realamericannegro977]

Those were better ideas than what we got

[@otaking3582]

@@DarkOverlord96 Maybe, but unlike Ryu, Kasumi doesn't have any weapons, so I have my doubts

[@GmNdWtchr96]

​​@@otaking3582 She uses weapons in her Ninja Gaiden appearances, iirc. But that was long after Soulcalibur II

[@otaking3582]

@@GmNdWtchr96 Kasumi hasn't appeared in Ninja Gaiden. Her half-sister/cousin/rival Ayane has appeared in Ninja Gaiden, but not Kasumi.

[@F1ghtGam3r]

Fun fact. Gon is still available to play as in Tekken 3, through the Playstation classic

[@Starsoulklr]

Man it's still really impressive for the global version of TvC with how much a nightmare all those copyrights spread throughout the world it only lost one character

[@dyrr836]

Someone probably beat me to it, but there's a few reasons why you rarely see the updated ports of Alpha 3. The first is that they don't run on the CPS2 hardware that the original does. Instead it runs on Sega's Naomi hardware. The second is that, even past all the logistics created by that, the balance changes introduced in Upper are pretty contentious with the playerbase ala VSav 2.

[@dyrr836]

Also if you choose to revisit this topic there are TONS of SNK games like this. The PS2 port of KoF XI has a bunch of characters ported from Neo Geo Battle Coliseum, not unlike what USF4 did with the Street Fighter x Tekken characters. However unlike USF4, these characters were not given the proper TLC so they're really buggy and don't function right.

[@Falcovsleon21]

17:45 Kind of funny considering Death Battle actually did Kratos vs. Spawn back in their Season 1 days.

[@sdlock83]

7:28 Your wish will come true in 2025 when Capcom releases SFA3 Upper as a part of Capcom Fighting Collection 2!

[@brub1738]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention street fighter X Tekken and how it had I believe 6 extra guest characters locked to the PS3 version of the game

[@TheLegendOfOblivion]

I also think another reason why they separated Vader and Yoda as they did was because their colour schemes represented their respective consoles. Vader and black, Yoda and green.

[@SSJSonikku]

Awesome video that does get as much talked about. I hope you might do another video of console exclusive characters another time. Here are couple other console exclusive characters from other games. In the arcade fighter based on Yu Yu Hakusho, The Batte of Yu Yu Hakusho Shitou! Ankoku Bujutsukai, there was an exclusive character only in the arcade version. The PS2 port (with the added moniker of 120% Full Power), they added the following: Gouki, Rando, Suzaku, Itsuki, Sensei, and Touya (along with Puu versions of the main cast). PS2 port of Super Dragon Ball Z added: Mecha-Freiza, Ultimate Gohan, Vidal, Majin Buu, Majin Vegeta, and King Piccolo. The PS2 port of The King of Fighters XI add the following characters from Neo Geo Battle Colisseum: Nests Kyo Kusanagi (listed as EX Kyo), Mai Shiranui, Geese Howard, Mr. Big, Robert Garcia, Tung Fu Rue, and Hotaru Futaba.

[@stevesteve0521]

No mention of KOF 11 for ps2 having a bunch of exclusive characters?

[@F1ghtGam3r]

Soul Calibur 2 on Gamecube was my introduction to the series. Back then i had a gamecube, which is not really known for having a wide variety of fighting games

[@ChillyTheDog21]

14:50 The Reason Why Hakushon Daimao wasn't included in TVC UAS was because of Saban Entertainment was Bought by Disney in 2002 and the Team couldn't include in in the International version of the game, It could also happen with The Samurai Pizza Cats due to the Same issue

[@johnvida3426]

You Just Missed Honey The Cat In The 2012 Remaster And SGC Versions Of Sonic The Fighters

[@swempytimes]

"Boomers who played soul Calibur 2 on the GameCube back in the day?" I'm 31 Thank you very much 🤣

[@DeitySkullKid]

Link is the only reason I got soulcalibur 2 as a kid, my dad saw link on the cover at Walmart and thought it was a zelda game One of my favorite games to this day

[@KnightLineArtYT]

Cool video! I thought Alpha 2 Gold Cammy had a Text only ending for Arcade mode. Was that later ports? SC2 Plus is really badass! You only mentioned it a bit, but Kratos was on the PSP Soul Calibur. If you do a follow up, MK Unchained added Jax, Kitana, Frost AND Blaze on top of the Gamecube additions, fans have also modded Deception to have new fighters too. I think Super Dragon Ball Z added some Console(PS2) exclusives, like Adult Gohan, Majin Vegeta and King Piccolo. Some of Videl's moves in DBFZ were taken from that game as well. I'm sure there's others, but those are the main console exclusives that I know of in games not mentioned yet.

[@FallenGemini]

You are thinking of the Street Fighter Alpha Anthology, which had a revised version of Street Fighter Alpha 2 where Cammy was playable in arcade mode.

[@stephenbennett4373]

Tekken 3 actually has another console exclusive character; Anna Williams, ninas sister and playable in both thekken games before 3. Since she isn't in the arcade version mokujin can't copy her style

[@zechariahcaraballo8765]

cap com fighting jam is such a weird looking game, I always think its mugen when I see it lol

[@HighLifeProds17]

Well, the new collection that just got announced dates this video just a little bit...

[@solidsadd]

Commenting for the algorithm. This channel is great!

[@BearWith_You]

I remember hearing the reason Yoda was on 360 and Vader was on PlayStation was because Xbox 360 was white so light side and PlayStation 3s were black so dark side

[@Soundblutas898]

I was so pissed when I found out I couldn’t play as maki in sf3 alpha in the street fighter collection because she was only in the console versions like really capcom you couldn’t just include the console version of sf3 alpha like it’s your game you don’t gotta pay extra to get that version on the collection

[@ThaMxUp]

funnily enough at my local we have SC2 and link is actually legal, since we only play the gamecube version

[@nimhard]

The thing about Yoshimitsu not being considered a guest character is the fact that he is not the same Yoshimitsu, he is an ancestor.

[@SonicFrontiersisaGoodGame]

A note about soul cal 2 plus. The models used for heihachi and spawn are actually reskinned mitsurugi and volvo models if i remember correctly.It's not exactly a 1 to 1 port yet as there still isn't a way to import new models into the game.

[@MrMixtape]

Yeah I saw that being mentioned in the discord. I was wondering why Heihachi's default outfit wasn't available lol

[@SHADOMEGA7569]

seeing that SCII+ character select screen threw me off when i saw Inferno on the roster then rewqatched and realized it was the + mod

[@Sk4tman91]

I downloaded Yoda on my ps3 version of SCIV. I had fun playing the game whenever I played it.

[@strikermodel]

The evil bird man was something else, because it made a point to show him drinking booze, shooting a revolver, and being underhanded.

[@Jayjay0829]

Classic Chun Li and the CE versions of Gief and Dhalsim where in the arcade version of SFA2, Shum Aluma was also in the arcade version but only as a secret boss fight. And Evil Ryu and Guile where in the PS1 version as well but that doesnt change that this is a good video

[@PSOnoni]

I clicked the video and didn't expect Dimrain47 right out the bat

[@NewGabeOrder]

16:45 I don't know if Bandai still has the Gon license... As far as I know, Bandai published a Gon video game for the SNES long before they formed a joint venture with Namco. Not to mention Tekken 3 CS has Anna Williams with a unique moveset, something the arcade version doesn't have. That moveset would come back for Tekken Tag Tournament (at least for the arcade version). Sure you can play as Anna on Tekken 3 AC, but she's just a model swap for Nina, with the only difference being that Anna has an exclusive set of win poses that Nina can't perform.

[@borbborb9615]

Super DBZ had a few console exclusive characters so since it’s already niche it’s hard to find footage of them being played.... especially since King Piccolo is one of them and he never got in FighterZ

[@FallenAngel2k02]

King Piccolo is in the pal version of the PS2 version of the game

[@WilsonFromIreland]

Is that fucking underworld playing in the background? Unreal music choice lad 💪

[@NewGabeOrder]

17:19 Glad to see SOULCALIBUR II Plus footage on this video. I thank the modders for porting over Heihachi, Spawn and Siegfried to the GameCube version, but they had to cut corners and instead give us Mitsurugi-based models for Heihachi due to technical issues. I believe Spawn was included in the Xbox version not only because of Todd McFarlane's involvement in creating an original character for SOULCALIBUR II CS, but Namco also had the Spawn license, a franchise Todd McFarlane created. Spawn Armageddon is the Namco-produced Spawn game for PS2, GameCube and Xbox, and what better why to promote it with Spawn's inclusion in the Xbox port of SOULCALIBUR II?

[@playboikaniiii]

oh boy we starting the video with dimrain47 music 🐐🐐🐐

[@RescuedBoss97]

Real, I started the video off wondering why the first song was so familiar, I then realized I remembered it from the I wanna kill the guy Dark Boshy boss fight, Nostalgia kicked real hard

[@ObsessiveBadguy]

Operation Evolution taking me back in time

[@blu_berri_san]

The PS2 version of Alpha 2 Gold in Alpha Anthology, Cammy was upgraded to regular (albeit secret) character for arcade and even given a proper ending.

[@superbros64deluxe]

16:46 Tekken 3 is on the playstation classic console for some reason, idk if Gon was Japan exclusive though, but if he was in the US release too then yeah Tekken 3 has been re released with Gon ONCE

[@HEHEHE_I_AM_A_MASKED_WARRIA]

3:58 "The effort to make them as close as possible to the Street Fighter II versions is very appreciable." Except for Chun-Li, who doesn't have her Spinning Bird Kick and just has Sen'enshu assigned to the charge input for some fucking reason. Also, most of these characters were in the arcades too. Classic Chun-Li is in all versions; Evil Ryu, EX Zangief, and EX Dhalsim were added to the US version only; and the rest of the EX characters were in an update titled Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha, released only in Japan, Asia, and South America. The only true console-exclusives are Shin Akuma and Cammy. Evil Ryu and Guile are in the PS1 Alpha 3 too, they just need to be unlocked (as well as Shin Akuma).

[@Leet-iz2fz]

Street Figter X Tekken had console exclusive characters, too. The PS3 and PSVita versions got guest characters in the forms of Cole from inFAMOUS, Box Art Mega Man, Pac-Man piloting a Mokujin mech, and two cat mascots named Toro and Kuro. This level of PlayStation exclusivity makes MK9 Kratos look paltry. It doesn't even have the Tatsunoko excuse of only being on those consoles, because it was on Xbox 360 and PC! Edit: I did find a developer quote explaining things. "We do have the exclusive characters for the Sony platform. We have Cole, the two Sony cats, Kuro and Toro. But basically for the Xbox 360, we were in discussions with them (Microsoft) for which character to put in as an exclusive, but we weren't able to decide on a character because of differences in timing and things like that."

[@psypokeslowduck2880]

Everyone should read... err, I-II MEAN go look at the beautiful artwork of the story of GON told through panels with animals looking cartoony and realistic at the same time. The manga can be universally read *wink* *wink* . also IT'S THAT GOOD I MEAN THAT AMAZING.

[@draga_]

dimrain47 music for the intro, now THAT'S class

[@NewGabeOrder]

Turns out all of the "console exclusive" Alpha 2 characters you mentioned (save for Cammy and playable Shin Akuma) are already in Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha, an updated re-release of Street Fighter Alpha 2 released to arcades in every region but North America and Europe. That became the basis for Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold (Zero 2 Dash in Japan). Classic Chun-Li is in all versions of Alpha 2 (SNES included), while Evil Ryu is absent from the arcade versions released outside North America and Europe, PlayStation, SNES, and Windows PC. Prior to Zero 2 Alpha's release, the only way Japanese, southeast Asian, Hispanic and Brazilian consumers can play as Evil Ryu in Alpha 2 was through the Sega Saturn version, which is based on the North American and European arcade version.

[@markula_4040]

So for Cammy, X-Men vs Street Fighter (late 1996) was before Alpha 2 Gold (late 1997). Alpha 2 Gold was not a standalone release (at least in the US) and was part of the Street Fighter Collection that included Super Street Fighter 2 and SSF2 Turbo on a separate disc.

[@Exslider2]

Apparently in Tekken 4, Miharu had a smaller hurtbox due to a bug in its coding, meaning she can be exploited this by having more evasion. So in high level play, you'd rather play Miharu over Xiaoyu.

[@purcellworthman3199]

I don't know about being on mainline consoles, but Tekken 3 did get a rerelease on the Playstation Classic

[@MrMixtape]

Wow not only are you right but that version still features Gon apparently. Kinda strange lol

[@gonzalotorres5282]

@@MrMixtape Maybe it's the same reason Alien vs. Predator and Marvel vs. Capcom 2 were included into Capcom Arcade Cabinet, and Arcade 1-UP: getting substantial profits to compensate licensing fees.

[@OnettBoyXD]

Calling people who grew up in the 2000s boomers is weirdo behavior. Like most of them are in their 20s.

[@TheGhettoPhilosopher]

unavailuble? This is playing in my back ground and im like i know im not hearing that.

[@strippinheat]

Guile and Evil Ryu were in the PS1 version of Alpha 3. They had to be unlocked through World Tour mode.

[@OM19_MO79]

14:54 If you’ve ever watched The Genie Family (the original), it is heartbreaking.

[@Paccyd33]

1:25 i think you mean 'everything she has in x-men vs street fighter' since you're talking about alpha 2

[@cicerothenekoknightplaysall]

What's your favorite type of bread

[@MrMixtape]

I'm a big fan of brioche.

[@cicerothenekoknightplaysall]

@@MrMixtape funny enough your the third person to say that but can't blame you its a delicious bread lol

[@steveminecraft46]

to add a little bit to SCII, Sophitia and Seong Mi-Na were added to the console ports

[@NewGabeOrder]

15:16 If you look carefully or play Miharu too often but pick Xiaoyu by accident, you'll notice Miharu has slightly more attack power than Xiaoyu. Back when Tekken 4 was the main Tekken game to play, Xiaoyu mains played as Miharu instead for the increase in offense alone.

[@jackofallgamesTV]

Was there some system exclusive characters in Virtua Fighter? I think the bear with zero animation and just rotates as its attacks in Virtua Fighter 2 is a system exclusive character on the Saturn

[@OhThatTyler]

The way you say “available” is fascinating.

[@Snarf692]

I'm taking a shot every time he adds another "i". My heart rate has gone up by 60 in the last 5 minutes.

[@petalsinthebreeze]

I hope one day Ingrid can make a return to Street Fighter, while i doubt that and she's probably something Capcom wants rather left Forgotten, she was really cool Also Eagle, he is cool

[@luvztruble]

The reason they dont make Yoshimitsu being in both a big deal is because the one in SC is the ancestor of the one in Tekken, while Heihachi is literally the character from Tekken if I'm not mistaken

[@mythosinfinite6736]

"Availuable"

[@Game-zp2eg]

Also Anna in T3 console version got her own voice and fighting style instead of being a Nina skin like in the Arcade

[@wanderlustrer]

Avail-lee-you-bull ? 😂 I've never heard *available* pronounced like the way you say it. 😅

[@goldskarr]

MK Unchained also had Blaze, Jax, Kitana, and Frost lifted directly from Deadly Alliance. Not terribly exciting but theyre still bonus characters.

[@MikeTButler]

Sueng-Mina, Assassin, Berzerker, and Lizardman are also console-exclusive, they weren't present in the origianl SoulCalibur 2

[@mjstwocents4568]

Anna in Tekken 3 wasn't in the arcade version either if I'm not mistaken

[@mjul7003]

I love your videos, MrMixtape! I'm really surprised to see you have less than 10k subscribers, I like your content every bit as much as jmcrofts and Justin Wong. Here's a question for you, out of curiosity. How much do you care about the Smash series? Are you curious about it? It's my impression that Smash is its own little subcircle among the FGC, many not even considering it a traditional fighting game, most seeming to consider platform fighters their own thing.

[@MrMixtape]

Thank you! I used to be big into Smash, in fact it was pretty much my gateway into the FGC. I don't play it much but I'll still talk about/watch it whenever possible.

[@mjul7003]

@@MrMixtape Interesting, thanks for the reply!

[@KMan6041]

Am I hearing Underworld as background music in the second half of this video? because if so that's incredibly based

[@Larry]

The Western version of Tekken 3 was originally going to have Pingu in the roster instead of Gon, on account of him being far more well known. But, if you do a follow up to this, you got to talk about Sega's fighting game characters too!

[@NewGabeOrder]

Do you know of a character named Pepsi Man? Well, Japanese versions of Fighting Vipers (arcade and PS2 included) contains product placement for Pepsi. This is apparent on Picky's skateboard deck and the UFO Diner stage with its Pepsi-themed trucks and Pepsi billboard. The Japanese Sega Saturn version pushed the Pepsi sponsorship further by including Pepsi Man as a playable fighter. Sega lost the Pepsi license after, and Pepsi Man was repurposed into Kuhn in Fighting Vipers 2, complete with Pepsi Man's moveset.