THIS GAME HURTS - Sakura Legacy: Capcom Fighting Evolution (Xbox)

[@acevii552]

i swear to god if someone showed me this and said it was MUGEN i would believe them 200%

[@o_oro-q1k]

Mugen is way better than this

[@PetterNe]

Was just going to say this: looks like random Mugen junk.

[@PingerSurprise]

There's actually a MUGEN menu pack called "MUGEN Fighting Jam" that takes inspiration from this game's UI, so we can genuinely say it's MUGEN lol

[@colk5373]

At least fixing problems in MUGEN aids easier than fixing problems in this

[@WRILLI4M]

​@@PingerSurprisethey should've called it Capcom Fighting MUGEN. It'd be a bit funnier.

[@SuperLlama42]

"For 2D fighting bliss, look no further than Capcom Fighting Evolution." - Play Magazine, Dec 2004, after giving the game a 91%

[@UncomfortableShoes]

Man I didn’t know people were doing mountains of cocaine in 2004

[@Aeziy]

man capcom bringing this back is actually crazy

[@Dr.Faustus.]

"We can budget a new fighting game for 200 dollars, what should we make?" -capcom

[@SaiOkami777]

More like 20 dollars

[@elmaionesosexo]

there wasn't any money in this

[@Disasterj]

This game looks like they wanted to make like cvs 2 with a 5th of the budget.

[@mikestrong3512]

Craig Jensen it does

[@Chadius]

MvCI: This game looks like they wanted to make like MvC3 with a 5th of the budget.

[@Formula_Zero_EX]

@@ChadiusFeels more like MvCI wanted to create both MvC1 and MvC2 with a 5th of their budgets combined, or just separately, but with 3D models.

[@S_Boomer98]

I like how Sakura basically just bullied Dan in her ending. Did she take his lunch money, too?

[@ryanm.8720]

*Sakura:* So, Dan, how do you like your first day at school? Making new friends? *Dan:* What do you want from me, Sakura? My lunch money?

[@Foamybeatman]

This isn't the first time she bullied Dan. In Gem Fighter, she became his student and learned his style, just so she couldn't forget and call his style "retarded".

[@rainshadowband3161]

Capcom: No one can make a worse "Evolution" titled entertainment thing. Dragonball: Hold my beer

[@Mecha82]

Another character who would had made sense to team up with Sakura in lore sense is Karin. In Street Fighter series Sakura and Karin are pretty much original Asuka and Lili from Tekken series.

[@jazzygeofferz]

I like how they went well out of their way to make Ryu as accurate to Super Turbo as possible, apart from that CvS2 sprite. Then Bison, who is also supposed to be the Super Turbo version has his teleport. Chun Li is a Third Strike character? Did they pick the roster out of a hat?

[@spoonimefan]

Don't know if anyone else noticed, but the end of Bison's Scissor Kick super looks like he's walking up the opponent to dropkick them in the face. The only other place I remember seeing that? The Street Fighter EX series.

[@bruhford3954]

It's kinda sad because there was originally gonna be sf1 characters which tbh, I would rather have that over third strike characters despite that was my favourite SF game

[@trinidadmetroid]

@@spoonimefan CAPCOM STOLE A LOT of moves and concepts from Arika's street fighter ex. Street fighter 4 is very indicative of this.

[@WRILLI4M]

That's seemingly the case.

[@phoenixlich]

I love how all the backgrounds feature cardboard cutouts and mannequins like what Kevin used in the Home Alone films.

[@SonofTiamat]

Rockin' around, Christmas tree

[@xWagnerPlaguesx]

The worst stage is Thailand. It's just awful.

[@phoenixlich]

i was watching alex's stage when i made the comment. everyone standing lifeless except Sean just lifting one arm up and down.

[@DSMTheEditor]

It looks like when an arcade fighting game would get ported to the 16/32 bit systems and the background turns flat and undetailed as a result to work with the hardware. Except CFE just straight up looks like THIS.

[@WRILLI4M]

There are high budget games, there are low budget games, then there is Capcom Fighting Evolution.

[@user-js8sj9yu9h]

this game always seemed like a fangame

[@Shiirow]

Capcom Fighters : M.U.G.E.N. Edition

[@DarkShadow45MetaKnight345]

Even mugen is better than this lol

[@SeelkadoomandJokic00]

Shiirow So was MvC2, but at least that was good.

[@spoonimefan]

Dagnabit! You beat me to it!

[@rockmenx8xx411]

the fan had garbage taste in characters because they had 3 shotos and none of them were ken.

[@baileypalmer103]

Red Earth needs more love.

[@Painkiller-1997]

Bagel Byte 100% yes

[@Painkiller-1997]

abrahamWCE Let's go bring back Cyberbots and Rival Schools then :)

[@SaiOkami777]

I hope the main cast gets playable in a better Capcom crossover game

[@supadupa8088]

@@Painkiller-1997 It’s not much but Akira from rival schools is coming to SFV!

[@LoneWolf81684]

Tessa was bae

[@benpepin7872]

Watching this hurt me on a spiritual level. I can't imagine the weight on your soul PLAYING it was. This was like MUGEN difficulty curve...no AI to semi-psycho AI, based solely on the character. Also, my condolences to your arms playing on one of those goddamn Xbox controllers. Used to call them Handcrackers in my circle.

[@Slayerthecrow]

"I'm just going to beat Dan's ass and leave him bleeding on the ground, that's my ending" if there's a video of best moments of 2018, I'll love to see this part

[@Suika_Ibuki_The_Drunk_Oni]

Am i the only who actually things the Red Earth/warzard Series actually might have had potential? Not maybe as a fighting game, But the character designs are AMAZING!

[@andrewowens4421]

Of course, Capcom had to flush down such an awesome idea, but if they were known to expand upon what they have they wouldn't be the Capcom we know today.

[@SolidSnake240]

It could've been a really dope rpg/beatemup series.

[@trainzen11]

This game had so much potential. Udon artists, so many characters like hard to get [licensing] Red Earth characters. My heart💔😭.

[@AlexanderArts]

Damn! I remember being excited for this game when it was presented as Capcom Fighting Jam. The sprites are all re-used from other games, the backgrounds are just blurry photos with official art from previous games slapped on top... it makes me wonder if Capcom gave this to Ono as a project to see if he could make a game on a $100 budget or something.

[@AlexanderArts]

I figured Ono got screwed there because he did a great job bringing SF back; whether you actually like SF4 and 5 or not, they are back in the mainstream.

[@WRILLI4M]

Maybe less than a hundred.

[@EMGGYourImagination]

"I'm playing with an original XBOX Controller." Kenan: "...WWHHHYYYYYYY!?"

[@crashpal]

YourImagination ikr who tortures themselves like that?

[@StriderRyu7]

I always think Capcom FG dept. was tired of making games at this point.This is a cool idea and should've kept us playing,along with the other 2D beasts(3rd Strike and MvC2).... Neo Geo Battle Coliseum won the crossover battle at the time(That game is really good!)

[@blackneotheone2978]

StriderRyu7 dude that neo geo battle Coliseum game one of the best fighting game ever and yes this is a great idea executed very poorly games from capcom and other Developers were better and and dated years back how did they fuck this up I don't know and I owned this at one point so I feel max Payne get

[@ryanm.8720]

Neo Geo Battle Coliseum is what SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos should've been.

[@WRILLI4M]

NGBC is quite underrated.

[@shinbakihanma2749]

Ono said he was haphazardly thrown into the production of this game late into its development..

[@sofija1996]

So it was DMC2: Fighting Game Edition in terms of the development cycle and game quality? Oh dear.

[@chidorisnake22]

I would actually argue worse quality than DMC2.

[@shinbakihanma2749]

Let's not compare a merely lacklustre but still competent game like DMC2, to a genuine lazily developed shit pile of a game like Capcom Fighting Jam/Evolution.

[@rockmenx8xx411]

Maybe if Ono never got involved with the game at all, Ken could've been playable in it.

[@chidorisnake22]

rockmenx8xx Dude, why do I always see you on videos saying the stupidest shit? We get it, Ken's your man crush, but Ono was late into production. Even if he wasn't involved with this game, Ken wasn't going to make it in anyway. You can't blame that on Ono.

[@Shiirow]

People like fighting games, people just hate shit fighting games.

[@Ranuyasha]

I love this game..

[@sammasters9760]

Is it bad that I know where your profile pic is from

[@shinobixa4]

Shiirow Yep

[@TheRogueWolf]

A lesson that Capcom seems perenially unable to learn.

[@ZeoRangerVII]

Shit Fighter V lies right in there ;)

[@CharlesPlaine]

Thanks for making awesome videos daily man. One of the inspirations to finally get my KZbin channel going

[@georgehernandez2156]

Depending on what character you use, the mechanics are different. This game is very mugen

[@MrVariant]

interesting, would've been nice given the title would fit right in with capcom fighting collection, but at least it has red earth and cyberbots to offset all those street fighter and darkstalkers games lol.

[@xxnike0629xx]

@Maximilian Dood I remember this on the PS2. I think the only unlockable characters were Shin Akuma and Pyro (whatever that fire guy's name was). I remember how poorly done this game was. Like that T-Rex guy was ridiculously overpowered. Gameplay was totally broken. Roster was ridiculously small, and sprites were taken from games from all over the place. It was a nice, but poorly done. Maybe Capcom can do something similar on the PS4 and have a better and bigger roster, and have more balanced gameplay. That is something I'd like. Maybe also have 2vs2 tag team gameplay as well. So basically like a Marvel vs Capcom game but with Capcom characters.

[@Next-xm2dh]

xxnike629xx Its *PYRON*

[@xxnike0629xx]

@Nextwhowantstodie step forward Oh. Okay. Well that just shows how much I didn’t like this game. 🤣

[@Formula_Zero_EX]

@@xxnike0629xx You were off by one letter LMFAO.

[@Dirtyboots3strikes]

Oh God. Maybe it was a blessing that Morrigan wasn't in this game rofl.

[@ryanm.8720]

If the game wasn't rushed, Morrigan likely would've made it into the game.

[@harpseal9234]

Shoulda been unlockable

[@t0m532]

Its a sad thing the original capcom fighting evolution(which was 3D like these kof maximum impact games) got scrapped due to the bad feedback of the people who liked 2D. Atleast you have to admit this one had a good OST.

[@GALLAGHER88]

@max In this game the cast essentially have the mechanics that r within the game that they r grouped in. So alpha characters will have alpha counters, custom combos and such. SF3 fighters can parry, and EX's, Red Earth guys have that wacky level up system. The list goes on.

[@GALLAGHER88]

Yeah I loved this game. I remember randomly finding it at gamestop back in the day and I bought it and couldn't put it down lol

[@Rhino-n-Chips]

I got this garbage at discount and still felt ripped off. The AI is really weird in this game, half of them act lobotomised while I remember Demitri being way harder than everyone regardless of difficulty. I honestly think they copy-pasted the old ai scripts they had because making ai would take actual effort.

[@Intothevoid-NIB]

Just like how they copy-pasted the characters from the previous games without any thoughts of balancing them.

[@Hiryuu324]

Wanna earn a crotch shot of Sakura? Gotta beat Capcom fighting evolution

[@PeteTheGrouch]

john smith Or, you could save yourself the effort & just type "Rule 34 Sakura" into Google...

[@Formula_Zero_EX]

The greatest rewards require the greatest suffering.

[@bookdad]

*throws money at old Capcom game*

[@thathomiefox]

@@bookdad*has a terrible time*

[@InfernoScorpion14]

the game may suck, but damn if it's OST isn't amazing.

[@Wreck1990]

InfernoScorpion14 Capcom music never fails.

[@CZPC]

wreck 1990 Mvc:I...

[@Gouki24s_]

CZ PC truee MvCi has some shit music, I only like the X vs Zero theme

[@DarthErmac503]

LeThAlMoBSteRSmeDz66 Ultron's theme and Strider's theme are the only ones that I can actually remember in that fucking game. Ultron's theme is my fav tho.

[@Fate263]

I won't lie: I wasn't impressed with most of the OST from this one... maybe a few stage BGMs and a few others, but I say it's the only decent takeaway from it... well that and the fact that Red Earth got a bit more exposure from it.

[@SwordsmanOrion]

Sakura's ending gives us all what we really wanted though.

[@LorzIX]

Capcom made a game out of almost entirely recycled assets, with very little new content, the only selling point being the crossover of different engines. The game doesn't sell well so they give up on fighting games for years. Did they seriously take them that much effort to make this one?

[@benadrylthundercrotch7144]

Lorz IX was this post about this game or mvci?

[@LorzIX]

Benadryl Thundercrotch haha real funny mate but at least mvci has more new characters, new features, more things in the game. They might be bad but at least there's something

[@Gamermario-lb3rq]

Wow they show you all the endings of the characters you played in the end of arcade mode. Now I wish Marvel 3 and Infinite actually did that.

[@Painkiller-1997]

Javier Molina I thought Marvel 3 did do that.

[@nickclark1815]

This looks like a bad fan game...

[@sizzxrk]

GamerBear I was about to say the same thing!

[@braystar8578]

There's a MUGEN Capcom fighter in the works that looks really good, can't recall the name tho

[@UltimateShadow10]

You're much better off just downloading the MUGEN Fighting Jam screenpack if you want to play something more interesting that still sort of resembles this trainwreck of a game.

[@CarInMyAss]

It was fun to play around with but there was no way you could ever take this game seriously competitively

[@x-Abraham-x2]

Nick Clark tbh

[@TamanegiRichPR]

I thought that MvC2 was Capcom/Mugen, but this is the official Capcom Mugen Jam

[@braystar8578]

Don't you mean Blazblue DLC Battle?

[@DarkAura19]

I mean, I really like Ingrid. That's a plus for this game... Albeit the only one. It's just too bad she had to be introcuded HERE of all games, because it buried her chances of showing up in anything relevant anymore. (Yes I know she has had other appearances like the PSP version of Alpha 3 and Project X Zone 2 but like I said, anything RELEVANT.)

[@mikestrong3512]

Fenrir/DarkAura64 true almost thought she'd be in 5 with rival school charecters.

[@acey4626]

So... Ingrid for SFV AE?

[@JustinJTime]

Ingrid is my waifu.

[@keyblade126]

I think she was to debut in Capcom All-Stars, but that got cancelled.

[@emmastarr5242]

Fenrir/DarkAura64 Hey, SFA3 on the PSP is currently the most complete version of the game! Problem is, the PSP is the shittiest console to play a (fighting) game on. Project X Zone 2 seems amazing, but I'm not starting that game until I beat the first...and I think we all know how infamously long the first one was...

[@tiffanykloss1219]

Kenji In Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite

[@lipstickzombie4981]

Tiffany Kloss Any Red Earth/ Warzard character will be nice there.

[@PSVitaat2am]

Make it so!

[@rockmenx8xx411]

They also need Ken in the game as well.

[@uncreativeusername8362]

I want classic Mega Man. Mega Man X is in it so why not the original one?

[@NeoKurow]

And Leo and Pyron too

[@joaobatistaperinjunior953]

Its nice that the last boss is super saiyan Guile.

[@LoneWolf81684]

Lmao

[@DataDrain02]

Well hey, at least there was ONE bright side to this game.... It gave Mugen players a pretty nice screenpack. Come to think of it.... This game is just basically Capcom's own compilation Mugen roster, it has just as much thought put into the balance.... Which is to say, there was no thought there. =V

[@themblan]

The upskirt-artwork was totally worth it.

[@LoneWolf81684]

My favorite thing about this game was seeing Ryu's ending with Talbain. A wandering martial arts hobo fighting a werewolf.

[@snazzrin.7185]

mugen has never looked so great

[@kildaver]

...Bison had time to go to McDonald's for how long Sakura was stunned!

[@simonrpires2336]

Kind of miss red earth.

[@TheQuarterGuy]

Simon Pires Never got a home release. EVER.

[@Painkiller-1997]

Simon Pires It's a hidden gem for sure. Just a bad time for Capcom to release an arcade fighting game.

[@SuperKokuJin916]

It wasn't a bad time. In '96 Capcom released Alpha 2 and X-Men vs Street Fighter- both huge arcade hits. Red Earth/Warzard was Capcom's 1st game on their powerful CPS3 board. Even the mighty Saturn with a 4MB RAM cart couldn't deliver this perfectly and was the only console that could've hoped to at the time. A Dreamcast release would've been nice though. Well, at least Tessa got featured in more games!

[@Painkiller-1997]

SuperKokuJin916 Wasn't she in Puzzle Fighter and SvC?

[@lipstickzombie4981]

Simon Pires I'd buy that in a heartbeat if it gets a decent home release. I think the password system did turn off others from this game as well

[@ShinRyojin]

I remember gamespot interviewing Ono before this game's release, and being the company man, had to hype up the game and say why it's an innovative game and a worthy tribute to Capcom's fighting history. You could tell that he was low-key trying to keep his composure saying all that bullshit. I wouldn't be surprised that after the interview, he went straight to the bar.

[@spoonimefan]

Several people have mentioned something like this before, but I believe a re-imagined version of this could be good. Imagine taking only the Capcom characters from the VS series' games and doing a new fighter with 3D graphics that cherry-picks system aspects from the VS games. It could be 2V2 like most of the VS games. All the characters could have VS-style mobility with dashes and super jumps. Any attack (or almost any attack) could cancel into a super--and so on. And they could provide a roster similar to this one where a few characters from some of the more popular franchises/games could represent each one. While I'm watching this video, KZbin's recommended/suggested videos is showing me a thumbnail for one of Max's Project: Justice videos on YoVideogames; bring a couple of characters from there into it with new 3D sprites/art. New characters could either be unlocked via shop (like the home version of MVC2) or done as DLC. I dunno. Just throwing some ideas out there because I think many of us recognize that the concept had great potential but the execution was far too disappointing.

[@capicomando]

Capcom MUGEN evolution

[@orlanzo2621]

The reason why it seems so much easier to win with Ryu is because he's an "SF2" character, all of the SF2 characters do more damage than the other charcters, and their supers do 40% damage easy, Sakura, being an Alpha character, sucks, Alpha was gimped hard in this game, CC was practically worthless and their supers did no damage. I never understood why they just didnt make all of the characters fight with the same mechanics instead of tying them to the game they originated from. Completely dumb. Half of the roster was worthless.

[@orlanzo2621]

GamerBear Yea it was a terrible idea. I really was excited for this game when I first stumbled upon it at GameStop back in the day but boy was I instantly disappointed. Lol

[@Intothevoid-NIB]

Essentially, they threw everyone in with their mechanics and didn't think to either balance that shit, make a groove system like CvS2, or just give every character the same mechanics. Now I wonder if the final boss being Pyron was because Capcom was too lazy to make an actually difficult boss, so they threw in a character with the most OP mechanics in as the final boss

[@orlanzo2621]

Yea they could have done so much better with the game, it was essentially a copy paste job with literally no thought behind it, probably took them a a few months to make, if that. Im pretty sure they just said what the hell and said fuck creativity (like they did with the rest of the game)and said lets just throw in a random final boss from a previous game and chose Pyron for no real reason at all except that he was broken. They also put Shin Akuma in as a "secret" final boss.....how original.

[@TungstenViper]

Ono: "wow, people don't like fighting games?" the exact mentality that Capcom still has to this day. it's not because they make bad games, it's that people don't like them, of course...

[@mgbenz]

You think Ono's Capcom's CEO or something? He's just a producer. He has no say in what Capcom wants to make. Remember Capcomstill refuses to make DS4 despite Ono's requests. It actually wasn't his fault how this game turned out. After All-Stars was cancelled Capcom ordered them to salvage production cost from that game by rushing in to make this game. The game's staff themselves hated working on it.

[@TungstenViper]

good job doing your research, anyway, i wasn't putting the fault on Ono, i was just using that quote as an example to show the usual Capcom way of doing bad PR and justifying a game's failure.

[@Davethawave1999]

No, it came out in summer 08 in Japanese arcades. Then a year later on consoles

[@SabreAZ]

Max, be fair. This was not Ono's game. He was chosen to take over as producer, half way through, and salvage what he could.

[@Epic_Amir_Hamza]

I really wanna capcom all stars. But play in the style of UMVC3. 3 on 3 with everyone having three supers. Maybe with Chakravartin being the main boss (fight regular, giant and then silver versions for arcade boss battle) Character wish list From Devil May Cry: Dante, Vergil, Nero, Lady, Trish, Lucia and Arkham/Jester From Strider: Strider Hiryu, Strider Hien, Grandmaster Meio, Solo, Xu Wang Mu, Juroung, Professor Schlange's Mecha Pon From Resident Evil: Leon Scott Kenedy, Pier Nivans (with Mutant arm), Ada Wong, Jack Krauser, Mia Winters (with chainsaw, machine gun and mold rage), Ustanak and Sherry Birkin. From Darkstalkers: Morrigan, Felicia, Hsein-Ko, Jedah, Jon Talbain, Raptor, Anakaris From Asura's Wrath: Asura, Yasha, Deus, Augus, Wyzen, Sergei, Olga From Street Fighter and other franchises? That will go on forever so reply your own characters

[@loneswordsman295]

Great comment man.

[@CameronBaileyQuote]

Those red earth characters should've been in SF5...or like 2 of them.

[@MrDibara]

Tessa and Kenji actually look like characters that would've worked in SFV. Heck! Make Tessa be Menat's rival or something and then Kenji be Zeku's rival. Magician vs magician. Ninja vs ninja. I know it's k8nda cheesy, but c'mon! It would indeed have been cool!

[@MrDibara]

I wrote "k8nda" instead of "kinda". Guess I really need to go to sleep. -__-'

[@raphaelmarquez9650]

But then they would have to implement Red Earth into Street Fighter continuity like they did with Final Fight and Strider.

[@uncreativeusername8362]

I just don't want guest characters in SFV.

[@MrDarkknight914]

MrDibara or if you care to know lore, make zeku kenjis master that he's having a difficult decision whether or not to be completely loyal or to kill him as for menat, rose already exists and its obvious she has some variant.

[@YadonTheCat]

This is the first Capcom fighter I ever bought It was cheap and it sounded neat I did play better games before it thanks to emulators, don't worry

[@KenMasters.]

What Capcom Fighting Jam/Evolution really needed to be a hit: A huge roster of 46+ Capcom Fighters, such as: ストリートファイター STREET FIGHTER 1. Ryu 2. Ken 3. Retsu 4. Eagle ストリートファイターⅡ STREET FIGHTER II 5. Guile 6. Blanka 7. Dhalsim 8. Zangief ストリートファイター ZERO STREET FIGHTER ALPHA 9. Guy 10. Karin 11. Sakura 12. Rose ストリートファイター III STREET FIGHTER III 13. Alex 14. Ibuki 15. Dudley 16. Twelve ヴァンパイア DARKSTALKERS 17. Morrigan w/Lilith 18. Felicia 19. Donovan 20. Anakaris ウォーザード RED EARTH 21. Tabasa/Tessa 22. Mukuro/Kenji 23. Greedia/Leo 24. Nool/Hydron サイバーボッツ CYBERBOTS 25. Jin 26. Santana 27. Mary 28. SHADE HIDDEN CODE FIGHTERS 29. Balrog/Vega (Street Fighter II) 30. Cammy (Street Fighter Zero [Alpha]) 31. Dan (Street Fighter Zero [Alpha]) 32. Demitri (Vampire/Darkstalkers) 33. Hauser (War-Zards/Red Earth) 34. Hugo w/Poison (Street Fighter III) 35. Jedah (Vampire/Darkstalkers) 36. Juli (Street Fighter Zero [Alpha]) 37. Juni (Street Fighter Zero [Alpha]) 38. Kongou (War-Zards/Red Earth) 39. M. Bison/Balrog (Street Fighter II) 40. Q (Street Fighter III) 41. Sagat w/Adon (Street Fighter) 42. Shadow (Street Fighter Zero [Alpha]) 43. Shadow Lady (Street Fighter Zero [Alpha]) 44. Urien (Street Fighter III) 45. Yang (Street Fighter III) 46. Yun (Street Fighter III) FINAL BOSS FIGHTERS 47. Death Satan (Cyberbots) 48. Gill (Street Fighter III) 49. Pyron (Vampire/Darkstalkers) 50. Valdoll/Scion (War-Zards/Red Earth) 51. Shin Gouki/Shin Akuma (Street Fighter II) 52. Shin Vega/Super Bison (Street Fighter II) ORIGINAL FIGHTER 53. Ingrid

[@wonderfulwardy]

They should have just given us a console port of Red Earth instead of this shite cross-over game

[@Gorilla_Jones]

Shaddup

[@thathomiefox]

You’re not gonna believe this….

[@xEiim305]

The only thing i like about this game is that they added demitri, the supposedly "main character" of darkstalkers if im not mistaken...

[@ChiefMedicPururu]

But without the MB.

[@ryanm.8720]

Same for the mostly forgotten SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos, where he was a sub-boss character. It wasn't a bad game, but it felt unfinished, the stages use desaturated colors, the characters are unbalanced, the bosses were ridiculously overpowered and had nigh-omniscient a.i. (except Athena, who is very predictable in spite of her high-damaging attacks), and it was nearly impossible to get to the Athena fight or the Red Arremer (also known as Firebrand) fight without save states (since you can't lose a single round), and you only have one chance to defeat them.

[@SilverShion]

That E. Honda in the backgroud is huge in comparison with the fighters.

[@tiffanykloss1219]

This Game Looks So Weird As Hell!

[@Kupomasters57]

Tiffany Kloss it is.

[@xWagnerPlaguesx]

It's just an official Mugen...but way worse.

[@ZeOHKay]

+xWagnerPlaguesx kind of like how CVS is official Mugen, but better (at least in my opinion)

[@Necromagenvi0n]

Literally all of the Red Earth / Warzard characters need to be in something, fucking I don't know, the next vs Capcom, a Red Earth 2 or just shove them straight into Darkstalkers lore ala Tekken 7. Oh, what's that? Capcom ain't listening? Alright, ok, I tried.

[@songoku9348]

Thank god I have a Pandoras Box, has all the CPS3 games including Red Earth. That's the only way to 'own' Red Earth at this point, or try to emulate it via MAME.

[@malcolmblack4612]

GamerBear that would be a really interesting concept 🤔

[@blaster5800]

Even the main logo of the game is a copy and paste from Crazy Taxi....

[@KenMasters.]

That's because Sega had something to do with this game.

[@kholdkhaos64ray11]

The fact that the Red Earth characters aren't in any of the MVC games is astounding considering how cool they are.

[@thatogb6514]

Watching this game be played is just as frustrating as playing it. Thanks Max for making this enjoyable lol

[@MarioLuigi25]

A Capcom crossover game without Morrigan. You know things are gonna hit the fan and go to the bottom of the barrel when that happens. I mean say what you will about Morrigan's inclusion in crossovers, but she's pretty much the main character keeping the Darkstalkers rep alive. She's pretty much the Chun-Li of the Darkstalkers series and it just feels weird not having her in. Good to see Demitri make it in a crossover though

[@ZakkHung]

I was so excited for this game back in the day. What a disappointment. :/

[@tom-ot8kg]

I remember getting this game back in like 2009 for super cheap at a game stop thinking it was was Capcom vs snk 2. Boy was I disappointed lmao. I remember being mad this game didnt feel like a Street fighter and some of the other Capcom characters and stages looked modded. The character select screen made me wanna throw the CD out the window

[@ericm215]

IF Capcom would have redrawn ALL the sprites it would have been tolerable

[@rockylopez7846]

Man, it was more entertaining to hear your godly opinions on this Trainwreck game than the actual gameplay, well done! Also, by "Original Xbox controller" did ya mean the Duke or the Controller S?

[@karrazaki89]

If this didn't have a physical release, you would think its somebody's first MUGEN project.

[@montelhelem8707]

True shit buddy lol

[@JoLiKMC]

*Original plan:* Make an awesome, 3D game with new and old characters from across the Capcom multiverse, such as Mike Haggar from _Final Fight._ *What actually happened:* _MUGEN_ locked in team mode. On the bright side, Demitri's Midnight Bliss transformations are pretty good.

[@montelhelem8707]

EXACTLYYYYYY like I wanted the 3D one they were doing around that time :( Makes me mad they didn't go through with it and we ended up with this ;-;

[@bryantperez4514]

SAAH KUUU RAAH. Love your videos man.

[@justdrinkingmycoffee]

I consider this pretty decent but the fact that it wakes me up every night whenever I remember this gives me feeling of what could have been.

[@tiffanykloss1219]

Kenji vs. Kenshi

[@KingOfAnime247]

Ok, guys. Imagine if in every single Capcom crossover game instead of Ryu it was Chun Li appearing in those games and it's too the point the people think she's the main character of the game. Now imagine you playing this game and actually seeing Ryu in it. That's the same situation in Dark Stalkers.

[@Saiyanryu]

13:24 - That sun looks like Joseph Stalin.

[@darrellbrown8527]

For those who may not remember Shin Akuma (Gouki) is in this game as the secret (unlockable) final boss after Pyron. If I remember, you have to at least get 4 or 5 perfect finishes and perform 4 special KOs and beat Ingrid.

[@kidbuumer4780]

Wait... so does that mean if you meet all the requirements except fighting Ingrid (which as shown in this episode does happen) you get the middle finger? Or do you complete the requirements than get a forced Ingrid fight?

[@mediawatcher9225]

And now it’s back

[@ZeoLightning]

i have nostalgia for this game. i really liked it. i realise now it was supremely lacking but i still sorta enjoy it. it was the first time i ever played as alex and any of the red earth characters

[@WaffleAfterHours]

My first PS2 game......

[@ccricers]

I can't stop looking at that tall E Honda in the out of proportion background.

[@KenMasters.]

Isn't E. Honda supposed to be 6'1"?

[@marcelhidalgo1076]

When you realize Max's theme is Sakura's theme song

[@SuperKokuJin916]

Man, I was there the year Capcom unveiled this game at NorCal Regionals. I was happy to finally see more Darkstalkers get the spotlight for a change. Karin V-ism standing forward+HP spam was insanely broken!

[@pingasmcdingas3756]

I mean it's not perfect, but i've always liked this game, and I always will.

[@pingasmcdingas3756]

chocolatesasquatch yeah its just nostalgia i guess

[@TongSing9643]

I played Street Fighter x Tekken and Capcom Fighting Jam as well. Sometimes I imagine that Yun is like Hwoarang.

[@CAOcreations]

but kenji is so cool :c

[@Next-xm2dh]

CAOcreations kenji is lit

[@Shiirow]

Khen- Ji and Chun-Li

[@blaacksugar7714]

And Hauzer. Hauzer...

[@Painkiller-1997]

Blaack Sugar Hauzer was badass. Warzard/Red Earth is criminally underrated.

[@SonofTiamat]

A reject ninja and a dinosaur. What are you people, twelve?

[@cdubbart]

I remember buying this game when it first came out. I was like... Holy CRAP! A new Capcom fighting game that just totally flew under my radar and has Dark Stalkers AND Red Earth characters?!! I returned this s#!% immediately (-_-;)

[@xxnike0629xx]

@Maximilian Dood Does anyone know if Capcom Fighting Jam was unfinished? I feel like it was considering the roster and how hastily this game was put together. Maybe Capcom can do a new version of this game for PS4 and actually finish the game and make it more refined?

[@benadrylthundercrotch7144]

xxnike629xx it's not so much unfinished as it came out at a time when Viacom was basically done with fighters, but they slapped this shit together on the cheap to shut people up. Max is wrong about this game killing street fighter, it exists because street fighter was already dead

[@xxnike0629xx]

@Benadryl Thundercrotch 👍

[@Retro18Wall]

Viacom made fighters? Wen my Spongebob fighting game?

[@magnificentgamelord8750]

I remember this game when I played it with my mom she always played as Felicia, I actually liked this game as a kid.

[@Ricardo-vt5hs]

Hey, look! It's that Capcom's official M.U.G.E.N. game!

[@MergedWarriors]

At least the fighting was fast paced considering. Plus some of the soundtrack is decent to me and memorable. Like the main menu, or the first stage Max fought.

[@Lunatic89097]

This game is my guilty pleasure

[@WolfMoon351]

Honestly, I REALLY wanted to see a Ryu vs Talbain since forever. Heck even have a Ryu and Talbain team.

[@ramlethal1171]

I got the soundtrack to this game a year ago and love it, even though I only finally got to play it a few months ago and have to agree that it is pretty much butt.

[@DaShonuff]

The fighting game hiatus is over exaggerated. It was only 4 years until we got SFIV. Keep in mind SFIV was being made long before 2008 release so I don't think Capcom took that long of a break. It was probably just a good time since Ono had more clout in Capcom and new management was shifting at that time.

[@silverflight01]

Welp, we ain't escaping this game anytime soon, lmao

[@thathomiefox]

It’s literally coming back 😂

[@CrimsonMoonM]

Pyron looks like a horned dwarf in this game rather than the flaming beefcake he's supposed to be.

[@TobiTheHedgehog]

This game...this game looks like Capcom was trying to be KoF.

[@h3llg3ar]

Hey Max, the true final boss of Capcom Fighting Evolution is Shin Akuma. I hope that I see you use him in this as I plan through his legacy. I have only been to that fight once and got handled. I wonder what you think of the music for that stage... If anyone reading this is wondering: Fight and win against everyone in the game, including Ingrid One of the two rounds against characters must be won with a super. Obtain 3 Perfects. Best of luck to all who attempt.

[@2tailedD3rps]

Y'know it's weird, this game is what introduced me to most of the Capcom fighting games etc today, so I have a certain affiliation with it regardless of its shit reputation

[@tgonzalez1983]

I remember buying this when it came out and being pissed off.. Capcom never redid sprites for the alpha characters being thrown in.. Dark stalkers either.. The scale, sounds, & everything was jacked.. Seemed like someone threw together a mugen build

[@Comkill117]

Why is Sakura fighting Lisa Lisa from Battle Tendency?