The Worst Fighting Game Ever Made

Shaquille O'Neal has a really weird fighting game.
Shaq Fu is a 2D fighting game published by Electronic Arts featuring the player as Shaquille O'Neal who fights his way through combatants in another dimension to save a young boy named Nezu.
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[@Minebot45]

What really gets me is how Shaq was apparently a huge fan of fighting games and was thrilled to get his own. I'm sure he's just as upset as everyone else that this game sucks as much as it does, although likely not to the extent of wanting every copy destroyed.

[@keemo5820]

Yeah wanting to destroy every copy is WILD

[@jayripp84]

His shoes sucked to

[@deuceydeuce22]

Naw I liked it music was unique too

[@ManinTidyWhities]

Street Fighter 6 introduces character creation. Now we can all be Shaq, and he is clearly made for that game's setting

[@DanielRitchie-qo4mv]

Exactly. I think that would have been a better move. Going to the creators of Street Fighter, and seeing about them making a Shaq character for the games. He would fit that world well and would be fun to see.

[@xanderac]

At least the mugen version of Shaq will always be amazing

[@armorbearer9702]

Has anyone tried to mod Shaq-Fu? I am surprised some dedicated fan has not tried to rebalance the game.

[@angelriverasantana7755]

I've seen miracles with Sailor Moon S, Super S and Clay Fighter Tournament Edition, so I feel that it'd make sense to do that

[@crewgunnight8987]

Cause they are living in Uranus😂😂

[@crash7800]

I worked at EA in Redwood City around 2012. There was an office where the Shaq Fu art was very prominently featured. Asking around, I found out it belonged to someone who worked on it and was still at EA. He did not entertain any irony or memeing about it. He was proud of it and did not appreciate any BS about it. Good for him.

[@Boobusmcscoobus]

Man the day I get strike/throw mixed by Shaquille O’Neil is the day i give up

[@jonaspledge]

No one will ever destroy my copy of ShaqFu!

[@KuzuTomoki]

If there were ever a game to mod, this would be the game. Release the Shaq-fu balance patch!

[@DiaSynapsid]

Fix the blocking issues. Fix the buffering. And then we will get the neutral based fighting game with Shaq that was meant to be.

[@Chiisaru]

Someone should invite Shaq to a real good fighting game. The guy seems like a great dude to end up with his videogame legacy as only bad games.

[@csolisr]

Imagine somebody taking the time to rebalance the game and releasing a tournament edition ROM hack

[@MtnSmithy]

For what it's worth, playing Shaq Fu with friends makes for a pretty entertaining time.

[@Yutappy99]

What are you talking about? Shaq fu sounds like the greatest thing ever! Now I need to find myself a copy and play it!

[@alexishosie100]

Love the Battleblock Theater music you guys used as light background noise

[@thadex454]

What a weird game

[@alt0248]

Aw yeahhhh, my favorite fighting game to bring along to the locals

[@gabvillagepanda]

If I had a nickel for every time Shaq was at the center of a bad video game, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@stevencisneros9306]

If Shaq-Fu was made into a 3D fighter, it would be amazing tbh

[@PandaVsGames]

I never knew the backstory for the shaq fu games, now im informed! great vid

[@BBHood217]

Shaq Fu's gameplay may be bad, but at least the game wasn't super offensive like the later beat-em-up.

[@IgorNV]

Ahahaha love that AVGN clip hahaha that's where I first found out about this game

[@-goodwin]

Shaq know his stuff 🔥

[@hyperssr]

3:03 TOKYO MIRAGE SESSIONS SHARP FE SPOTTED LETSGOOO BEST AKSHON VIDEO OF ALL TIME

[@tjiani111]

Battleblock theater OST just hits!

[@Dillarune]

shaq deserves better, we need 1 more shaq fu game thats actually good

[@opo3628]

I got this game as a birthday present. I was secretly disappointed, but I still played it. And I have to admit -- while it certainly wasn't my favorite game ever, I ended up not hating it, either.

[@iAmCyberwaste]

Shaqtin' a Fool, in video game form.

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

Most "bad" gsmes are not as bad as people say.

[@murrfeeling]

I recall Shaq fu being pretty mid-tier for its day. Just one of a flock of cash-grabby tournament fighters which clogged the shelf of your local rental shop next to Power Instinct and Ultraman: Toward the Future. I'd rank it higher than Street Fighter... one. (The first Street Fighter from 1987 was not that good, more of a proof of concept.) Now Rise of the Robots, despite having a more conventional sci-fi setting, played like trash, ran like trash and, depending on which port you had, looked and sounded like trash. There's probably a handful of scam games on Steam that are worse, but I cannot overstate how little Rise of the Robots had going for it. Ports of Pit Fighter also ran like a cancerous lung, though the arcade version might have been ok.

[@anotherhumanbeing3300]

How has nobody told me Michael Jordan is in a Metroidvania

[@blackspider528]

Was that before or after Shaq was rapping with Michael Jackson?

[@isaacn4487]

great topic idea, and amazing editing too. v good job guys :)

[@tiagoh.4120]

As a kid i had a blast playing this game with my brother and my cousin. Maybe it was because i was just a kid but it was actually fun and i liked the characters and simple mechanics of the game.

[@TheOmegaRiddler]

I remember hearing about Shaq Fu being so bad from ScrewAttack, that they got their hands on enough copies to put one in each urinal at a ScrewAttack Gaming Convention.

[@ODDiSEE_]

I almost want to learn how to program fighting games just to try and fix shaq fu.

[@comwolf2146]

Was that the frieren battle music around 10:20 or am I going insane?

[@metayoshi1712]

What I don't get is that even if you do crazy stuns in the game, it fires off as no damage at times. 🧐 (SNES version) Either way.. the cat girl is probably one of my favorites to play as.

[@otisboyd-wl3do]

6:36 SARA ANDJACKYBRYANT VIRTUA FIGHTER NOT TEKKEN

[@fhjunior6183]

Thanks for the vid

[@sheldoncooper8199]

No its NOT Rise of the Robots, Brütal Paws of Fury and Clayfighter 63 1/3 are All worse.

[@LafanSaberX]

NGL I use to do air combos in this game , I was nice son

[@lordbobby198]

4:11 the dedication tho

[@Ramsey276one]

1:35 okay Thanks for that XD

[@rmdashrfv]

Um. I loved that fucking game so ...

[@muselibarnless]

wait is there a soundtrack for this video?

[@greghuffman3061]

less shaq more fu

[@Gentledegenerate]

This game isn’t bad and I’m standing on it 😭

[@SerbianSpark19]

We need shaq fu 3 and it needs to be goon on level of mvc3 and guilty gear strive imagine tag team fighter with shaq

[@odracircomix7359]

IT REALLY ISN'T AND MATT MC MUSCLES PROVED IT WITH HIS SERIES THE WORST FIGHTING GAME.

[@666slateran666]

And dj diesel is his greatest accomplishment

[@TradingFeline]

Battle Block Theater background music I hear

[@waffles7z]

glorious king shaq fu

[@TrillArtTV]

Man I use to play the hell out of that game 😂

[@firstnamelastname3414]

Cover the finals

[@codegee]

Ooo this game.

[@darkkothor]

What is the music in the end ?

[@keemo5820]

let ArcSys remaster ShaqFu imo, it looks so nice and smooth

[@spycookie6174]

Hear me out... Shaq Fu 3

[@Game_Hero]

Some people only live to watch the world burn

[@GreatSighForward]

I actually played this game and actually liked it but I was a very easy to please little kid at the time

[@Ramsey276one]

2:32 the one I didn't play... Q_Q

[@Killergamer-oz4sw]

Has ares vr come out yet orrr

[@otisboyd-wl3do]

Big black shaq

[@faisfaizal5194]

Really pondering to that chinese audience huh

[@NotJollibee]

does this include the reboot beat em up?

[@shinister9720]

Obamna

[@dylan4413]

Soda

[@otaking3582]

Shaq Fu >>> NBA2K

[@JonCom3dy]

This game sucks. But this game is awesome.

[@dylan4413]

Yap yap yap

[@arc-sd8sk]

3rd

[@jneumann341]

You don't need to condemn Chris brown jokes. Most people aren't that sensitive.