The Embarrassing History of Seth ! - A Street Fighter Boss Documentary (2008 - 2022)

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In today's video we look at the history of Seth, the last boss of Street Fighter IV. What was it about this character that rubbed people the wrong way?
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• SFV: Character Introdu...
SFV: Character Introduction Series - Seth
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Street Fighter IV (PlayStation 3) Arcade Mode as Seth
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• Super Street Fighter I...
Super Street Fighter IV - Seth Arcade
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• [SFV:CE] Seth Combo Video
[SFV:CE] Seth Combo Video
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• Project X Zone - All A...
Project X Zone - All Attacks Exhibition (Super Attacks / Multi-Attacks / Bosses / etc)
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• Street Fighter IV (XB3...
Street Fighter IV (XB360) | Seth Arcade Playthrough
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Mortal Kombat (Arcade) 【Longplay】
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• Super Street Fighter I...
Super Street Fighter IV - Ryu Arcade
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Street Fighter IV (PlayStation 3) Arcade Mode as M. Bison
TheInnocentSinful

[@addictedtochocolate920]

Lesson of the story: If you screwed up making an underwhelming villain who never got a chance to shine, turn them into an insane, unstable waifu.

[@EnderGoku9001]

With schizophrenia

[@EnderGoku9001]

forbidden doll 💀

[@excripto1]

Didn’t Seth beat Akuma in the comics?

[@igalbitan5096]

Seth is also a biblical name: he is the (third) brother of Cain and Abel...

[@Fudgaboutit]

So where's Cain?

[@igalbitan5096]

@@Fudgaboutit In Diablo games...

[@Boredforrealimserious]

He's also a wrestler name

[@pcharl01]

He worked on many skits on Robot Chicken.

[@dbycrash]

Stop lying.. it is Cain, Abel, and Bosephus.. everyone knows this

[@the_real_boogeyman]

Seth: Aw jeez, they all thought I was a terrible villain... Also Seth: Welp, guess it's time to give the internet what they truly desire...

[@sdragon21]

You gotta agree though: Female Seth gave us some good fanart. That, and I preferred how they played in SF5 as opposed to SF4.

[@ignaciojohnjoy]

Ah yes, fanart......... Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight 😅

[@Avarice666]

Yeah that wholesome family friendly rule 34 fan art. Yes yes yes...🤪

[@shaggydee91]

Yah a weeaboo pervert 🤣🤪✌🤙

[@marcusbullock630]

Thats pretty gross man you need an evaluation lol

[@clubnubdub9079]

@@marcusbullock630 what

[@just_a_rebel8261]

I always liked seth's design for a final boss/main villain but after seeing how goofy his supers look i can't take this man seriously 😂

[@notimportant3033]

goofy ahh seth 💀

[@gaphdd1412]

His supers are cool,(with the exception of the tanden typhoon)

[@excripto1]

Wasn’t Seth stronger than Akuma?

[@MetallicMadness85]

i always liked Seth tho...i like his backstory and his ties to Bison, Juri and Abel...His Theme music and the voicework of Michael McConnahie were also amazing.

[@triplepinata27]

I fully agree!!

[@Joseph_Drew_III]

Same. Hat could stand to learn a thing or two from Chris McFeely’s more stanceless style of presentation.

[@saidi7975]

Yeah, I think Seth is cool.

[@excripto1]

What happened when Seth fought Akuma in the comics?

[@REPPIN4U]

Real shame, I'm in the minority that I actually like Seth... mainly due to his theme music in SF4 - it is epic to be fair

[@Gideon13397]

I'm with you.

[@TheGrader600]

I'm not

[@scrubology]

I sorta grew up in the SFIV era so I have a pretty positive bias when giving my thoughts on Seth. Even then, I know he's no Gill or Bison but his character is an interesting concept and the hate he gets is pretty unwarranted.

[@REPPIN4U]

@@scrubology I consider myself an 'OG' when it comes to boss characters...it might be the character design but if today's generation complained about how 'cheap or OP' Seth was in SFIV as according to Top hat gaming man... they wanna take a trip back to the 90s with the SNK boss characters...

[@snapclub8751]

I like Seth as well.

[@ignaciojohnjoy]

The lesson is, if your character fails......... Turn it into a Waifu

[@orionhan2431]

Raven (tekken) >replaced by> Master Raven

[@ignaciojohnjoy]

@@orionhan2431 O.G Raven was already awesome, but they had to ruin him. So complete opposite

[@リンゴ酢-b8g]

i always wondered what a waifu version of noob saibot would look like. maybe just noob saibot in a dress

[@Volcannon]

@@リンゴ酢-b8g Sounds like a job for Demitri Maximoff.

[@orionhan2431]

@@ignaciojohnjoyHe looks like Wesley Snipes.. From what i heard OG Raven was the least played character in Tekken 6 which is impressive if he lost to Yoshimitsu the Dan of Tekken. Master has the same moves, frame data and range as Raven. There are minor differences between Eddie (still quite popular) and Christie.

[@joshualowe959]

Seth was Street Fighter's version of Cell from Dragon Ball Z

[@radio_j3787]

I loved Seth in Street Fighter 4. Sure his design was bit weird but the Yun Yang symbol in his abdomin and the weird black eyes was so badass. Also he was one of my favorite bosses ever along with Jenpachi from Tekken 5. Seth felt challenging and never felt unfair. I remember seeing his moves animations with such an awww... His SF5 story was almost perfect but he wasn't a terrible character. Altough Seth felt more suitable for Alpha games imo but he needed some polish which he got

[@yellowgetbright]

Yun Yang? You mean the Kung Fu Twins from Third Strike?

[@KKristof100]

@@yellowgetbright Yeah, it's Yin-Yang. Yun and Yang are from SF III.

[@gendoruwo6322]

my brother called seth "the washing machine guy"

[@Felhate]

I think he is more memorable as a character. Yeah he was a crappy villain/last boss. I think he came into his own in SFV. To show how unhinged he is, especially considering his Waifu form.

[@thesafekeeper1116]

"He"? Seth's a Trans woman 👩 say it correctly!

[@arrownoir]

@@thesafekeeper1116 Seth is an insane Android, it doesn’t matter what he calls him.

[@gamerbear84]

@@skurinski Oh, you've gotten confirmation that he won't be DLC at any point in the game's lifetime?

[@BigBlueandWhite]

She would be a waifu material if she wouldn't sound like a man.

[@blyat8832]

​@@thesafekeeper1116 Seth is still referred to as "he",and calls himself "king." he still identifies as a male despite his new body, since it's the same program as the original Seth. sorry your fan fiction isn't true, but that's how it is

[@Reidbynature]

I actually liked Seth's simple design and backstory in SFIV. Plus I find the idea of fighters whose moves are an amalgam of cherry picked moves from other fighters interesting. Though having him undermined as still being Bison's puppet despite his own machinations was frustrating and I wasn't enamoured with his new movement or look either.

[@blaze6477]

I completely agree. Seth in sfiv is so underrated. His copied moves from other fighters was awesome. I did not like his femenine design in sfv at all. I think Seth is in sfiv gets too much hate.

[@eduardobruni5024]

It was a very bad copy of Ogre. Not so original imo. Tons of fighting game tried to copy ogre. Kotal Kahn from MK was decente at least

[@XxROBATOxX]

You know, Seth is the name of Cain and Abel's younger brother in the Bible.

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Capcom: Behold! SF5 newest DLC! FEMALE SETH! Fans: We love her! Capcom: You sure?! She still has Seth's MANLY Voice!!! Fans: *DONT CARE!*

[@gamerbear84]

Fans: That's even BETTER. :P

[@gravekeepersven82]

Facts

[@Ramsey276one]

SethOS: new Income projects are available “Proceed…”

[@doom3926]

My favorite thing about Seth’s history in games is that in Project X Zone 1, Juri spends most of the game working for him, but Seth is so lame as a villain that she quits and joins your party.

[@rc9145]

I always thought seth was a cool final boss seeing all the characters moves together was like a culmination of sf2 and the music changing the next round you beat him was super hype to me as a kid

[@triplepinata27]

Same

[@rodrigosoto4827]

I'd like to see Seth in a totally different form in SF6. Like he/she could change his/her body in every iteration.

[@qram281]

Ummm calm down gender confusion

[@snapclub8751]

I can definitely see Seth attempt to defeat Gill in order to gain control of the Illuminati in SF6 (IF they’re both playable in that game). I’d love to see a video about Abel. To me, he always seemed to be and very underrated Street Fighter character with an interesting backstory.

[@supervialentrandomaudio1007]

@@skurinski how do u know

[@jbailey690]

@@skurinski you don't know stop spamming your ignorant nonsense and go read a book without eating it

[@nightwish1453]

@@skurinski if he came into 6 and they are setting up violent ken, imagine the scenario that because whenever Seth sensors physco power he thinks of bison he will basically say "I FOUND YOU BISON!" for ken that will be depressing

[@xandermcdonald8543]

With the SF6 player characters all able to perfectly mimic every Street Fighter’s attacks after only a few minutes of observation I’d be surprised if Seth wasn’t involved somehow, though he probably won’t be playable until at least season 3 of dlc.

[@MarioUcomics]

I'm glad to see a lot of people in the comment section defending Seth. I never had a problem with the character and having different version of him being defeated on SIN's base made the final boss fight kinda canon to everyone since they all defeated a version of him

[@dzulk9]

He's a balanced boss in USF4. Not too hard, not too easy. Why do I remember him? Poongko. He really played him well.

[@triplepinata27]

It was fun to watch him play Seth

[@jissus3893]

*they

[@megabear8905]

Can we stop calling Seth a trans character. He never chose to change his sex, And still refers to himself with male pronouns. Juri took his mind and put it in a body without enough memory to support it, Turning him batshit crazy. If he did want to change his appearance, I highly doubt he'd pick a body that hurts to be inside.

[@lunakingsley.7247]

How would that make him trans. Trans isn't forced or anything remotely like that.

[@spence6195]

I'm not sure why you are so angry about Seth being perceived as transgender but the creators said the character was always nonbinary. Street Fighter never shied away from making queer characters, I mean have you seen Vega? Zangief was hinted at liking Vega, Poison was most likely confirmed as trans, Juri hinted at being bi, even Eagle is designed after Freddie Mercury and also gay I think. I know Seth didn't willingly transition into a female form but the creators still changed it's gender appearance.

[@blooddemon3379]

Nobody is calling him trans...

[@wesselvanharrewijn3082]

seth is genderless... so use whatever you like. to me he will always be the king though.

[@juliankanzuki2013]

So now he's a man trapped in a woman's body who wants to transition into a male body..? So.. he is a trans character.

[@thetoondevil]

Seth i always felt had a unique back story. But a Copy Cat fighter was something I felt was kinda over done in fighters. Didnt help that Seth's design felt very mute. Looked like a model template for "create a character". When Seth was added to SFV, the design was much more vibrant. And the i love the expressions Seth is given giving the character a bit more personality.

[@alexeimoshonka]

His model looks like a modified version of Ogre from SFxTekken

[@brichan1851]

You and your wife are the dynamic duo of gaming history! Everything you and Lady Decade give is completely educational and interesting. I love all you two do! Thank you so much.

[@split8886]

Where’d you get that thumbnail art of Seth? Looks like whoever drew it was on a Rampage.

[@InfestedJester]

"A featureless humanoid"........I can see why Seth Killian came to mind when naming him.

[@BerinjelasemRumo]

The art in the thumbnail is from a NSFW artist called Rampage.

[@Ramsey276one]

OH

[@LobsterPuncher]

"Like that stupid Short Circuit movie..." What a heel turn. Let's see how this plays out.

[@shikarbabulall3897]

If u look at Seth he looks like Gill without hair , he has the height and moves just like Gill , his arrogance and behavior is also similar

[@TexasHollowEarth]

Classic Seth has Abel's face. Pretty sure it's in SF4's story.

[@xolboh6463]

He went from being the evil mastermind behind the Agency to becoming a Tai Chi android to super hot sex bot.

[@diogoreina8892]

judging by the thumbnail artwork this man is a man of culture

[@sanguis5410]

I thought I was the only one who noticed

[@diogoreina8892]

@@sanguis5410 rampage

[@sanguis5410]

@@diogoreina8892 Yessir

[@shikarbabulall3897]

Seth also uses Dhalsims teleport and extended hand attacks.

[@antiseize11]

And Chun-Li's wall leap and air stomps, Gill's stance and Uriens chariot charge move

[@SamStraker]

I personally think that seth didn't fail as a villain,he was doing his thing until he was told that shadaloo was working behind the scenes for S.I.N success. Now in retailiation after getting bodied by a spy...he wants revenge. Now with a new body and a personality failure to overcome.

[@360entertainment2]

This video makes me think we need a Seth Vs Kronika Death Battle!

[@kamenrangerzeo8251]

I thought Seth was an instresting new boss character for the street fighter series. However when you have final bosses like Bison or Gill its kind of hard to replace something like that. Now will give credit to the SF crew that changed Seth's form into the waifu that everyone likes and I hope to see her back in SF6, but where she is more tactical and has guile like Gill. I think they can have it where Gill restores or modify her personality to suit his plans.

[@theurinal]

>her

[@mr.checkyourself4672]

I'm just curious what the whereabouts of Seth will be in 6 cause he don't know Bison is dead and he is on a rampage beating up those that gives off psycho power aura or something maybe Gill, Urien or G will destroy him maybe.

[@ignaciojohnjoy]

You mean "it" right, "it's" genderless XD But seriously, based on his story costume, seems like he's just wondering around the world. I personally hope he gains true stability thru enlightenment

[@リンゴ酢-b8g]

@@ignaciojohnjoy seth confirmed as a demiboy

[@flexyourlucks8956]

He'll be destroyed again

[@notimeforcreativenamesjust3034]

@@ignaciojohnjoy DOES IT REALLY MATTER! Seth is a artificial AI it doesn't matter what he's called!

[@SorcererLance]

In many ways... Seth seems like an attempt by Capcom to make a new villain in SF4, but failed as the traditional main villain usurped his short-lived throne due to unpopularity with fans... not unlike how Alex was Capcom's attempt to make a new protagonist for SF3, but was swept under the rug in favor for the more-familiar Ryu due to, unsurprisingly, unpopularity with the fans I can see Alex and Seth being drinking buddies having both gotten a taste of having a leading role and quickly losing it

[@moonfeatherp145]

Alex was to represent a new generation as the other fighter matured or got older. He was never to replace ryu. He's like k' to kyo.

[@Joseph_Drew_III]

Seth’s appearance WOULD be bland if not for the Tandem Engine, which really adds a lot to the design.

[@The_Amortal_Univursal_Emperor]

Seth is basically the failed equivalent of what Perfect Cell turned into, even though he looks more like Android 14.

[@billsmith30]

Seth is lame as a final boss, but he's one of the most fun SF characters Capcom has ever made. It doesn't even matter if I'm talking about the version from 4 or 5, it's just that good

[@wesselvanharrewijn3082]

After reading into the wiki on Seth's story, honestly i think he's a cool character, and i hope to see him return in street fighter 6, maybe returning with a more sane mind, and having new ambitions to chase once he beats M. Bison. Seth is just an interesting villain, a mechanical being created to be a walking replacement for Bison, and whilst trying to forge his own path, actually doing exactly what Bison wanted him to do. And after his defeat, getting revived by the person that struck the final blow, and due to a mishap causing Seth to suffer from psychosis. Like, he's a cool character, not only with the fact that his moveset in both street fighter 4 and street fighter 5 is almost entirely made up of moves performed by other characters [even from different fighting game franchises], but of course also with his story and, in my opinion, Seth will still be my favorite character. i need him to be in street fighter 6 though, if he doesnt appear i will be extremely dissapointed.

[@c.o.n.collectingofnostalgi889]

I just want to see Q back in Street Fighter series again

[@devingiles6597]

Top Hat Gaming Man, you should definitely do a Street Fighter character documentary video on Crimson Viper.

[@apiocosmico833]

MAN I KNOW THE ARTIST OF THAT THUMBNAIL PICTURE OH NOOOOOO

[@ilyashiz]

Who is that and whats wrong with him?

[@moonlitequimby847]

What Happen????

[@Gideon13397]

I completely disagree with this video. Sorry, different opinions exist.

[@GE0RGECREWS]

Seth always gave me sub boss vibes. Like a final boss' henchmen. How sagat& fang was to bison. He wasnt challenging or difficult to me in one bit. Sidebar: I give sf5 seth credit for his move where he downloads the fighter's special move.

[@shikarbabulall3897]

Yeah I agree I liked Street Fighter 4 since it was like a modern day SF2 but Seth was a boring useless villain who had nothing original.He was annoying.

[@sadowolf]

I don't remember Seth being universally hated other than just being really cheap. I never really heard too many critiques on his design; as much as I love SF and its characters, they usually keep their designs very grounded, and many of the ones that stray from that tend to look a bit silly. Sagat is essentially a tall, jacked, featureless dude just like Seth was, but with an eyepatch and Muay Thai getup haha. Bison is one of my favorite SF characters, but his design is a pretty clear ripoff of General Washizaki from Riki-Oh and Yasunori Kato from Teito Monogatari. Gill is another tall, jacked, barely clothed generic looking dude, but with flowing hair. They're not reinventing the wheel here, and at least Seth has a giant yin-yang marble as a belly, which is more unique a design feature than any of the others have haha. I wouldn't doubt that they drew at least some inspiration from DBZ's androids, but it should also be mentioned that he's basically a sentient Monitor Cyborg from Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie.

[@saidi7975]

Seth kinda reminds me of Dr Manhattan design-wise. As for Gill, he's reminescent of Kars to me for some reason...

[@sadowolf]

@@saidi7975 I can see both of those. Dr Manhattan is another tall, jacked, bald, featureless guy, but he and Seth also have unnatural cool-toned skin colors that make them favor each other. Kars is also not at all far fetched since they both have that statuesque Greek/Roman-inspired look with flowing long hair. Gill's alternate Spartan warrior attire in SFV makes him favor Kars even more in terms of gear. But even more so, the Jojo influence in SF characters is also nothing new, with characters like Guile, Juri, and Rose seeming to be clearly inspired by Ponlareff, Jolene, and Lisa Lisa respectively (especially Juri/Jolene). Gill and Necalli probably also take some inspiration from Santana.

[@saidi7975]

@@sadowolf I think Guile owes to Von Stroheim though, even if they're morally opposite.

[@girlweird833]

Excellent excellent excellent video. I really liked it. I just don't understand how Street fighter has been out since the eighties and we are still calling this man Rai-Yoo instead of his actual name Ree-Yoo.

[@BlueLightningSky]

Seth (SFIV) is not a ditto fighter, he's a frankestein fighter, his moveset is just a combination of the existing moves of other characters. He's like Ogre or Honoka and I guess also Shujinko. SFV Seth is more of Ditto fighter in that he copies moves during the round, but only when you select the correct vskill. There's a bit of a frankestein to SFV Seth since he has some of Makoto's moves but they're mostly just aesthetic. What made him such a frankentein in 4 was that he had fireball, a command grab and a teleport. From a story perspective he is kinda underwhelming especially since they just used Juri to hype SSFIV then Oni to hype SSFIVAE. He definitely could fit as a final boss with wow, I have all your moves kind of deal but SF's cast is so similar to each other that he can easily feel lazy. He can do a shoryuken? That is so cute. Now let's see all the other shotos. If they wanted him to be hype as a frankenstein, he should have been able to raging demon in SFIV.

[@YaredYahu1212]

Uh Adam's 3rd son was named Seth dude. That's likely why they used it.

[@wdcain1]

I like Seth's theme of artificial methods vs. natural like his his henchwomen using tech and all his moves being programmable. Plus his evil speech in the _Ties That Bind_ OVA how being greedy and evil was what made him human was so cool. Seth's that "robot that wants to be real" trope but he thinks that means being a total villain. Maybe if he just needed a better design.

[@EternityVoid_]

SF V Seth looks so badass that I decided to main him.

[@ralphpaez3513]

Bring back Hakan in SF5 and 6!!!

[@marcgoesblindgaming2076]

Yeah Seth was a poo poo final boss man and a deep disappointment in this franchise

[@nullnut563]

the sonic boom is actually charlie's u can tell by the use of only 1 hand

[@brichan1851]

Seth wasn’t that bad…. But is was no Gill! Gill may be the ultimate SF boss character. He’s a monster.

[@TheBlackOtaku]

So Seth is pretty much a rip off of Dural Virtua Fighter

[@AmazingSpider-Man]

Yup, and of Rogue from X-Men in SF5.

[@inpolso]

Isn’t that rampage0118 art in the thumbnail 😅

[@TheHarryDunne]

Just make a communist dictator the final boss every time.

[@marioaustin9312]

Or akuma

[@TheHarryDunne]

@@marioaustin9312 is rather have something as terrible as “evil guile” than Seth.

[@antiseize11]

I've always thought that about M. Bison because of his physical features and color of his uniform 🤔......

[@skelatorswrath]

Rampage art for the win.

[@Toomnyusernae]

S.I.N stands for Shadaloo Intimidation Network. Source: SFV April Fool's trivia game. SFV Seth does say die 1000 deaths because of his direct encounter with Akuma in the Udon comics. The axe kick from Makoto is from the encounter in the SF4 series.

[@Crawver]

The biggest issue with street fighter story telling is that both the developers, and the fans, refuse to let go of the past. Everything has to always revolve and return to M.bison and Ryu. Seth was interesting, but the biggest bad guy still has to be M.Bison, so he inevitably gets undercut. And the one time capcom did move forward and leave that story behind was in SF3, and while that's viewed as a gold standard mechanically, it's rare we hear many fans speak of those characters positively. It's a shame, as I think everyone left with the wrong lessons learned from 3.

[@snowqueen_8958]

Seth is fun to play In sf5 well to me

[@ovlivion81]

Wait how are they saying that Seth is most OP. Did they never play against freaking GILL in SF3?

[@garfstao]

Hi Big D, just wanted to tell you I think these videos are really good. Thanks for making them.

[@MacAndSheeeeesh]

I always thought Seth was kind of cool, but his initial appearance probably would have been a lot more memorable if they had put clothes on him.

[@404Yaiba]

Artist in the thumbnail is Rampage

[@chaplainnormie]

Though he’s a joke, Seth vs Shang Tsung would be a badass match to see.

[@Nick-up5wv]

Your video was well done. I liked Seth. I don't like how they changed him. I would've preferred Street Fighter 4 to be his first and last appearance. They should've just moved on and spent MORE time on Street Fighter 5's poorly written story than let's make Seth more likable. Other characters needed more development time and SOME characters (Karin) got WAY too much screen time.

[@michaelgarcia5680]

He’s fun to play as(for me at least) but he’s not really that good when it comes to his story…

[@vegeta2998]

What is funny is in Project X Zone he is one of the villians from Street Fighter they made the bad guy you have to fight in and tried to make him big and scary xD

[@Darknessmanultra]

He had dural at his disposal in that game

[@Ramsey276one]

Also Dural(s) were there

[@danaspinall5949]

BARE WITNESS TO MY LIMITLESS POWER The voice actor slapped

[@orcwarchiefreviews]

I agree with everything you said right up to the point that you talked about short circuit to make fun of one best kids movies of all time but what can I expect from top hat gaming man your idea of a good kid entertainment is probably Caillou

[@ukraccoon7217]

3 things about Seth: A pretty unmemorable villain They look like a blend of Silver Surfer, a yin-yang ball and Jiren from Dragon Ball Super in SF4 and basically just a genderswapped version in SF5 Has a masculine appearance in SF4 but a feminine appearance in SF5

[@marceloasensiofilho3833]

The first street fighter game I put a lot of hours on was sf4. Thanks to that I have some fondness towards Seth but I know why he is not as popular

[@ilyamuromez6412]

Seth is literally the third child of Adam and Eve

[@fernandoenamorado2480]

I recently played sf5 arcade or champion edition (the one with gill cover) and Seth was horrible perhaps I need to give him a chance and sf5 but I don’t like what they did with new Seth I prefer old Seth. Sure not everyone will like Seth but I appreciated him for what he was unique bcuz he was the Shang tsung and shinnok not only did he have some character moves but his tanden engine was cool I haven’t seen a character like him since mk mythologies subzero the water god I hope they bring bim back

[@AggroSZN]

I know who did the artwork for that thumbnail.....I see your also a man of culture

[@drakkenmensch]

The character's failure happened the moment they decided to name him after Seth Killian and went with "Seth" instead of "Killian."

[@ZombiAstral]

Seth is truly one of the most boring, generic boss designs I've ever seen in a fighter.

[@Roufus55]

I wondered where SFV Seth got all the Greek inspiration from with the hekatonkeires move. And the stealing of the opponents move became more prominent. Very interesting design.

[@gamerbear84]

I simply cannot agree with the premise of this video and remain unconvinced after watching it. Seth was exactly what he was supposed to be, a mechanically cheap feeling last boss, as you well know those are a fighting game tradition, and a way to bridge the long behind us story of SF2 to the future of the franchise, which he did. He was never supposed to outshine Bison, so if he HAD then THAT would've been the actual failure.

[@Lastjustice]

Correct, he's the indominus rex of Street fighter. Something whipped up in a lab to mimic what naturally existed but is ultimately inferior to what it tries to replace. (Irex to the iconic Trex) I think capcom leaning into the fact he's meant to fail as he was never going be beloved character like M Bison and going on a rampage as a only cements how hard he fails is a more interesting character than what he started as.

[@AnhDonoi]

His dragon punch only has two follow up hits

[@Blackwolfninja89]

Correction, Ryu didn't kill Bison in SF2, Akuma did.

[@tango072013]

To be fair I think nearly everything in SF4 was mad weak. Abel was boring, Hakan and El Fuerte were goofy, and C Viper felt bland with the presence of Cammy (and Decapre was basically Cammy). Juri is the only character I actually hoped to see again, and I don't think it's a coincidence she's the only one that returned to 5 next to an entirely redone Seth.

[@Eronicavel]

Seth feels like a rejected Tyrant from RE. In particular, he looks like a more advanced ver. of the tyrant from RE Gaiden for the GBC. And the one protrait of Seth with the bloodied hand looking like a claw looks like something you would see from a Tyrant.

[@shem3258]

Art in the thumbnail source is an artist by the name of Rampage0118

[@jdog2525]

Easily my least favorite boss in sf history. He just kind of came off as boring and he wasn't that hard to beat. Gill and SFA3 Bison are my favs

[@freshmadgod]

They better bring her back in 6

[@EternityVoid_]

Seth is my main in V, I agree.

[@1000_ping_king]

I believe the art in the thumbnail is from rampage0118, though watch out, they draw some... "Interesting" art

[@xChris_Kentx]

So basically he is Neo Geegus only without the shape shifting.

[@talkingbutt3150]

You would think that the very first thing that comes into mind would be Neo Geegus. Some how Top Hat Gaming Man didn't even bother to mention him. Its like Top Hat Gaming Man purposely went out of his ways to avoid mentioning Neo Geegus. I'm very disappointed in Top Hat Gaming Man.

[@scottriddell3514]

If he or she is not in sf6 then they can make a character related to Seth plus Also being related to dictator m bison/vega

[@beefgravystudios]

I thought you were being way too harsh at first comparing him to modern Star Wars but then you explained it and you are totally right. 😆

[@kingxd3ath_arts485]

Seth was weird but ok then sfv went and made him even weirder

[@xtremely04]

Interesting about the Cain and Abel reference... I'm not sure it's common knowledge, but Adam and Eve had a third son named 'Seth' Genesis 5:3

[@slimjimman96]

Should do lore videos on Rolento, Sodom, Rufus, Deejay, Decapre, Hell 3000, Cyborg, T-Hawk, Poison, Hugo, Q, Twelve, Dudley, Gen, Gouken, Fei Long, Abel, Oro, Ibuki, Sakura, Juri, Dan, Blanka, Adon!!.

[@Ramsey276one]

I want a Street Fighter tagbattle game... YOU ALREADY KNOW THE BOSS Tandem Engines... SYNCHRONIZED Seths 0&21 : WE... ARE SETH

[@i.still.function3463]

I can be wrong but didnt the SNK series "World Heroes" have a similar type boss and that game came out waaaaay before SF4.🤔

[@stevenm1557]

"Stupid short circuit movie"? Those sir are fighting words

[@loganhayse8771]

I think Necalli failed way harder than Seth did.