The Most Unhinged Fighting Game Ever Made - Dong Dong Never Die

What happens when you mix a Chinese Terminator with Mario and a huge cast of crazy characters? One of the wildest fighting games around.
This is the story of Dong Dong Never Die, a fan-made fighting game released in 2009 that has become a cult classic.
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[@lancergt1000]

Hello there, I am Despite. I just want to clarify to everyone here, that I did *not* create, nor have anything to do with Dong Dong Never Die 2023. The person who created Dong Dong Never Die 2023 is called lilihao; I've been trying to contact them since last year, but they have not responded to me at all.

[@n45hch2]

Commenting for visibility.

[@DonTinker]

Upvoting for visibility

[@lucassmith1886]

Another visibility comment

[@samuel.jpg.1080p]

This comment should be pinned

[@n45hch2]

@@samuel.jpg.1080p didnt expect me back so fast in the cmt chain i guess

[@mas8705]

Today, I learned Dong Dong Never Die had a story based on Terminator 2. The game has now gone from a 9 to a 10.

[@juancarlosfernandezperez6843]

Kinda like Shut Up and Jam Gaiden taking Space Jam as canon

[@mariotaz]

For me the game went from a 10/10 to 11/10

[@jessISaRicePrincess]

It was 11/10 for me now it's like 1billion/10

[@mariotaz]

@@jessISaRicePrincess Why so low?

[@MarkDeSade100]

@@juancarlosfernandezperez6843 I love that game, it's half trolling and half genius.

[@Micha-Hil]

What I think is genuinely the most fucked up part of this is the fact that this game doesn't run at 60 FPS, it runs at 100. Meaning everyone's timings are thrown out the window.

[@johnstamos5948]

just eyeball it

[@oledakaajel]

Skill issue

[@GreenEyedDazzler]

@@oledakaajelliterally what a thing to complain about 😂

[@emred4653]

that is beautiful. Made me laugh loudly

[@rapidemboar4625]

Especially insane considering 2D Fighter Maker came out in 2002. Monitors running beyond 60hz still aren’t quite the standard today, I can’t imagine how hard it’d be to find one 2 decades ago.

[@psychromaniac3525]

We thought the game was dead. But Dong Dong never died.

[@throwawwy53]

who up dong donging their never die rn?

[@throwawwy53]

also since this is getting popular i will second the request by @xedet for a Kyanta vid, that game might be the only thing more unhinged than DDND

[@ArdaSReal]

I hope god never sees this comment

[@marrubium8559]

NEVER

[@WhizPill]

Ayo

[@istoleyunomilesbigmac]

AYO

[@MrRukrio1]

this game is pretty much the biggest fucking meme and a spectacle to behold. both the dev and his friend group are practically immortalized in this god tier kusoge due to how nonsensical it is.

[@Grammar_god]

*Slowly claps* how funny, you forgot to make the “T” in “this” uppercase!

[@MrRukrio1]

@@Grammar_god How funny, indeed.

[@gold_alienz7600]

Dong Dong Never Die 2023 was actually released by the hardcore Chinese community (specifically lilihao), it and Judgment Day actually released at a similar time (if not the same week) by pure coincedence. Its a pretty neat contrast to Judgment Day.

[@urc12345]

"like in any competitive game, the players will eventually optimize the fun out of it" - spoken like a true legend

[@Onlyggplayeronyt]

“What if the terminator was Chinese” bro what was that opening

[@deadfr0g]

To be fair, there’s something about this idea that arguably sounds more realistic than the actual original Terminator story: If some company in real life actually started mass-producing a large volume of highly-advanced humanoid robots today… do we really think they would be getting manufactured in North America? 😅

[@MarkDeSade100]

@@deadfr0g Japan will be doing this in 20 years. But the robots won't be for combat...

[@Honneylemz]

@@MarkDeSade100 It will be for our Ding Dong Never Dies

[@gfan003]

skynet actually exist in China

[@xirogs]

Exist in America too

[@dexter_F]

As a Chinese I'm impressed but how you got all the pronunciation perfectly correct.

[@deadfr0g]

I don’t have any insider info or anything, but I’ve always assumed that some of Akshon’s staff is Chinese Canadian (or some other type of East Asian Canadian), because their channel had at least one early collaboration with a pretty small Vancouver brand, and because (to my ears) I think their presenter speaks with what I’ve always affectionately thought of as “the Richmond accent.”

[@seussusamongoose2905]

@@deadfr0gthe narrator is, you can hear it in his speaking voice if you’re used to anglophone east-asians irl

[@gabrieldias3479]

You can see his name in the credits: Jonah LEE-Ash. Don't know if Chinese or Korean, but definitely Asian.

[@WretchedRedoran]

I'm not Chinese myself, I'm actually a white dude from rural Alberta, but I even I recognized how smooth that pronunciation sounded.

[@NamLe-np5zw]

Help fighter Korone came out of nowhere got me dying LMAO 🤣🤣🤣

[@PikaPenny17]

I wonder how many fighting games shes in? my current count is 2

[@onthedre]

This game would've been peak if it got a US port back in 2010 and had Filthy Frank as a secret boss. Actually would've been a cult classic.

[@Lipitakke]

papa franku would fit a like a glove on the roster, and he would 100% agree to be in it

[@onthedre]

@@Lipitakke like a glooveeee.

[@semafreak]

Already is a cult classic

[@GuerillaSlop]

​@@onthedredamn your account is older than gen alpha

[@Azalealiketheflower]

​@@GuerillaSlop It be like that, lol

[@eudesuaila6961]

This is definitely the best game I never knew existed

[@Ashamaxa]

THAT'S THE STORYLINE OF DDND? that's amazing. I played this for the first time on a local tournament years ago and no lie, it was the most popular game by far. Kudos to the dev who revived this gem of the FGC.

[@KeyT3ch]

The dev name Jiang Shi Kong Long stands for "Zombie Dino" Edit: It might have been Jiang Xi, instead of Jiang Shi, in which case, it would be 江西，a province in China

[@GodSejeong]

Jiang Shi = The hopping Chinese undead with the seal. Kong Long (恐龙; Kyoryu in JP, Kongryeong in KR) = Dinosaur. Christ, I just realized about that.

[@WarrenKLiu]

Erm incorrect, the producer nick is 江西恐龙, Dinosaur of Jiangxi. Jiangxi is a province in China.

[@KeyT3ch]

@@WarrenKLiu oh ITS Jiang Xi?? And not Jiang Shi?? DAMN IM SORRY

[@KnockKnack]

7:07 AAA companies knew this game would've been a hit that they had to release their games. If it weren't for them, we could be playing DDND 4 right now. The only way for this to happen is to send someone back in time to sabotage and delay the companies into releasing their mainstream FGs.

[@krymz1]

Like in terminator 2

[@slothtamer513]

Nuh uh, like in hit game dong dong​never die @krymz1

[@jngo172]

Man. This just gave me the passion to work on my own fighting game ideas that I’ve had in my head for a long time.

[@illford]

It's very hard but it's always good to try and make something, even if it doesn't go far it gives you an appreciation for game

[@AntiLGBTQbs]

Try mugen

[@neverangel24officialytchan87]

@@AntiLGBTQbs Your username is based!

[@AntiLGBTQbs]

@@neverangel24officialytchan87 ❤️

[@Alg673]

​@@illford saying it's hard is so demotivating

[@finalmix4375]

These guys never played Mareo Go Kart Galaxy Strikers 40/5 (Yes that's the actual name of the game)

[@noxToken]

I can’t tell what’s real, what’s fake, and what’s a fever dream in this comment section. Never stop never stopping, FGC

[@meikyoshisui4018]

The construction worker dude is called "Jian Ci Lang", which is a parody name of "Kenshiro" from Fist of the North Star but written in Mandarin Chinese. Also, his super is apparently the "Hokuto Hundred Crack Fist" just like Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star. Go to 15:14 and that's the name of the technique sprawled across the screen in Chinese

[@deadfr0g]

The 2023 and 2024 updates prove that Dong Dong Never Die never dies.

[@legodawg2001]

I was honored to commentate this live on stream as the finale for our anime con's local mystery game tournament. I was laughing so hard when I saw Korone confirm into chainsaw super

[@ryuukichi2531]

THE FUCKING KORONE JUMPSCARE LMAO

[@FhargaZ]

I always thought that the guy with the wrench was from shaolin soccer 😂

[@angelriverasantana7755]

He's a ref to both Shaolin Soccer AND Dodgeball

[@mariotaz]

Sick

[@C_Corpze]

I like when small developers just make silly game projects like this. And for a game that was made in a pretty primitive game engine and whatnot, those animations actually look super smooth, I love that.

[@KilogramHours]

THE SONY PSP? ~ Matthew McMuscles

[@NuageMH]

This reminds me a very similar game featuring Touhou and Higurashi characters using real ppl cosplaying for each character, it's called Zoku Sono Higurashi vs Touhou Universe 2

[@PhantomGato-v-]

This sounds absolutely nuts and so in character for both Touhou and Higurashi fans. Sasuga my fandom and respect to Higurashi fans too.

[@Rhino-n-Chips]

_"I think it feels like something that's respectful to the original vision"_ He said as footage of a vtuber, who existed 10 years after the original's release, is onscreen

[@everythingisterrible8862]

Time machine?

[@SaigaTenshi]

We should inform Maximillian that the game has been updated

[@DEADMALLANGEL]

"Its always Dongest before the Die" -Dong Dong

[@fajaradi1223]

Why can't you stop Donging?

[@ghy_]

This is one of those games where it's so bad that it loops back to actually being good I love it, this gives the same energy as gathering a bunch of your friends for a dumb 15 minute movie skit on 2009 KZbin only for people to find it years later

[@smokedem]

I had no idea people even knew this game existed, let alone liked it enough to make a balance patch / overhaul mod for it!

[@bunnybreaker]

Of course this game is still going, you think that title is a lie!!?

[@KenBladehart]

This is not even the weirdest fighting game Super Cosplay Wars exist in early 2000s

[@tedjomuljono3052]

the difference is the SCW devs ended up actually making a commercial fighting game, Chaos Code

[@KenBladehart]

@@tedjomuljono3052 I unlocked a massive memory when I saw the FK Digital logo

[@GuntanksInSpace]

​@@tedjomuljono3052when I first learned about Chaos Code and saw FK Digital, and then it all clicked. Happy to see it even have a sequel even.

[@tedjomuljono3052]

@@GuntanksInSpace Chaos Code Next was almost ended up as a lost media, due to FK's founder passing away and the development went on a hiatus, not until it got picked up by EXA Arcadia as an arcade exclusive that the game got completed

[@yumbream]

A fighting game that combines movement mechanics from KoF and Tekken sounds amazing

[@royasturias1784]

Asura Cross, created by Korean smartphone game developer Gamevil (now absorbed into Com2uS) and pretty much delisted as far as I know

[@gigaport]

She Dong on my Dong till I Never Die: Judgement Day

[@ZayZenBlaze]

I was COMPLETELY unaware someone had made a modern version of Dong Dong Never Die. And this video appearing in my recommendations helped me discover it! Thank you and I shall enjoy the game once again! Also, is anyone here A Hwo Chai Ren main? Cause I am :)

[@fenrirsrage4609]

I thank the SBFP Zaibatsu and the Doods for introducing me to this game and hope that it continues to be beloved even as the years pass.

[@eduardonescau1865]

I really love the passion that this project retains, may look bizarre at first, but certainly was some good times for those friends! Mad respect for all effort 🙏

[@NoLuckJKMY807]

Dong Dong Never Die is basically the result if you put Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, The King of Fighters, Terminator 2 and copious amount of other popular culture references into a blender. And tbh I found myself had a lot of fun with this game thanks to its sheer silliness and insane gameplay even though it was never meant to be a good game.

[@k2a2l2]

this is what media should be all about, just some people making shit cause they want to. games with a unique charm are always remembered

[@porkupine9083]

Shaolin Soccer mentioned If anyone is reading this watch it it's peak and the actor in DDND is part of my favourite scene

[@ciaosonoAlbertoG]

If this is the most unhinged one, I'm 100% sure you haven't heard of Super Botte & Bamba 2 Turbo

[@user-hv8dm3tg6r]

"You've got Ken, who is based on Ken from the video game, 'Ken'". 🤣

[@reshiexe286]

FINALLYYYYYYYYYYYY! *NEVER LET THE DONG DONG DREAM DIE!*

[@felixcnascimento]

I'm so glad I got to know this game, it's all thanks to Maximillian!

[@darkgamer1000]

As a person working with the program, 2dfm is indeed hostile, but with art skill anyone can make their first game with it if they try. The fact this got him a good job in the end is inspiring, but yeah most passion for games are dying out due to greed. I wanna have my own thing not work under someone else.

[@thousandvangs3715]

i love how every character and their moves looks so goofy lmao. And damn, that guy from Kung Fu Hustle too

[@xLadyRaine]

all these years and i never knew this game has a plot

[@bananabike279]

Dong Dong, no... Dong Dong DREAMS will never die!!

[@kimlastimosa]

Im already subscribed, how can i be sure i wouldn't be raging demoned by mario?

[@Akshonesports]

Hey it's me Mario, you won't get raging demoned now

[@kimlastimosa]

@@Akshonesports let's a-go

[@KeyT3ch]

The Dong stands for "East" btw, for those who don't know

[@khhnator]

east east never die?

[@retrogamingdream5504]

Invincible East Dongfang Bubai Swordman Jet Li Movie Jin Yong Wuxia Novel

[@KeyT3ch]

@@khhnator Well that's if you were to directly translate. Heck if you were to do that, it would be The Legend of the Unkillable Dong Dong

[@leezhieng]

Dong Dong was quite a popular nick name for Chinese kids back then.

[@WarrenKLiu]

It’s not really a random name. The 2 main guys behind the game are Wang Qiang aka Jiangxi Dinosaur and Zhang Dong aka Dongdong.

[@swapiti6329]

Where is their discord link to download this fabulous masterpiece ?

[@Akshonesports]

Just added to the video description! Go check them out!

[@armorbearer9702]

(5:26) I approve of Raging Demon Mario.

[@alexpardo1515]

My favorite thing is when dong dong turned to look at the camera and said "dong ding never die"

[@StardustSynchron]

What the hell? I haven’t seen or heard about this game since watching Super Best Friends Play. Man a whole memory has unlocked

[@nvvv_]

My friend showed me this madness the same day he showed me Street Fighter the Movie the Game. This game is absolutely legendary.

[@juniisenpai3777]

Man, what a great video. Give me warm fuzzy feelings.

[@LocalCryptidGhostdoll]

I already know that the double nurse is my favourite character

[@MADAOSushi]

Hell yessss. Didn't know it was considered the much of a cult classic. I've always had the original release files on my hard drive since 2009. Had absolutely no clue that there was judgement day or any updated releases.

[@Madaroof]

I've been loving this game for years, but to this day I can't get my friends to play it.

[@traphimawari7760]

i would watch an anime or live action of dong dong never dies, that would be hype af.

[@mahaputera7]

Sequel : Double Dong "Dong-Dong Strikes Back" Trilogy : Dang "The return of Dong-Dong" Prequel : Ding "Master of Dong-Dong" 🤣🤣🤣

[@miaimiai1983]

The world needs Dong Dong. Evo needs Dong Dong.

[@chasepalumbo2929]

Great video

[@poesero]

wow soo much work and effort put into this game I bet he must feel great

[@thenathanimal2909]

I love the absolute spirit of creativity

[@Comkill117]

“What is this?!” “Truth.” “THE SONY PSP?!?!?!”

[@carltasticdrew9633]

Whoever did this game has a supreme passion and dedication in making games. Kudos to them. ❤

[@caretakercat7176]

Bong Bong : finally a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary.

[@RocketSlug]

Okay, now do Super Cosplay War Ultra and my Fighter Maker nostalgia trip will be complete

[@mundomain2673]

Any game that gives mario a raging demon move is a masterpiece in my book

[@kiritocranel1662]

i really did contemplate and i subscribed

[@fengqi3101]

this game is so fun. if you have friends like fighting game, this one will rock your day.

[@SoShiBias]

Quite an insane story. Dong Dong must live on.

[@Huttares]

Man this is so cool. I hope I can find this game

[@laserenforcer1317]

I’m glad someone’s out here talking about Dong Dong.

[@lapinlogic6267]

Me imagining the map screen guy saying "Chi-na, Also Chi-na" for every match up 😂

[@highoctanesynx7950]

4:23 i love how unhinged this combo looks like 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jonathanche6553]

Dude, a movie about this game directed by Stephen Chow would be like a match made in heaven.

[@christopherwilliams242]

I guess youtube really wanted me to watch this video cuz it would just not go away

[@incredibleflameboy]

"To save the world dong dong must fight through the tournament and never die"

[@AT-qm8gv]

Nice use of the Capcom vs SNK 2 music

[@so14r3]

Mario doing the demon always gets me

[@user-sx6jf3iw3x]

I NEED THIS, I NEED THIS IN MY BLOOD

[@VaibhavShewale]

damn story for every character

[@renarouge5558]

Damn now I want to play this!

[@jpnakashima1224]

Basically the best game of all time. No hyperbole

[@heavysystemsinc.]

It's right in the title of the game 'NEVER DIE', this game will never get buried, it will always be there.

[@misterrage3706]

Can't wait that this game will appear in EVO somedayyy 🙏🙏

[@gnardawgyt]

This looks fun as heck

[@dMiraculousDevin]

Side note: The actor who plays Jiang Boa was also on the film Kung Fu Hustle

[@TerryBollea1]

So legendary....Ive never herd of it....and Im not a gen zer.

[@kalmer5410]

No way DONG DONG is back!!!

[@mymoviesbetter8466]

6:15 he's also in Kung Fu Hustle

[@neetuverma1726]

Dong Dong is O.P and one of the G.O.A.T no 🧢

[@xXAgeXx]

Another Fighting Game Banger

[@gamingwithastranger3358]

Damn great fighting game i like how weird it is iam definitely going to give this one a try

[@Fox8ball.]

Devs; Dong Dong never die? Troll; yes

[@jinraigami3349]

5:09 That's Orochi's Super. lol

[@headlitethe.unstoppablemoron]

Never die dong dong. Never die.