This Vtuber Fighting Game is.... | Idol Showdown

[@crisdanpadilla9861]

He didnt know man. He didnt know that hololive fan games are made with love.

[@guess9097]

I have played 5 Hololive fan games and it's Small Ame, Delivering Hope, Holocure, CouncilRyS Rpg and Idol showdown. And all of it is amazing

[@SimplySwayze]

@@guess9097 I definitely recommend NuiNui Quest if you’re into Megaman-style stage based platform shooters. Super high quality as well!

[@fuisharu]

​@@SimplySwayze yeah, that one is cracked cool megaman like style

[@cenncenn9765]

Except this is a fighting game. Making a good fighting game is hard, many new fighting game fails on launch because the bad gameplay flow and Idol Showdown just nailed it from the start and it is just surprising from a FGC perspective.

[@rainbowprism6242]

FAQ is love, so Idol Showdown is made with FAQ.

[@Wafflemander]

Hey lead artist for Idol Showdown here! Thanks for playing the game! Hope you had fun even if you couldnt understand the references.

[@brunop.8745]

You guys deserve all the love and support for your effort

[@retierashia]

Thank you for making such an amazing looking pixel fighting game, it’s really cool recognizing all the references!

[@theskullboy8700]

Buddy you’re passion for this game is on par with games like smash bros and umvc3

[@carlontesvito]

thank you thank you thank youuu so much for creating such an amazing game!!

[@bluegolisano7768]

wide coco made me laugh my ass off harder watching it than ggml potemkin 5s close. genuinely, thank you for that.

[@kyuunn2410]

As a Vtuber fan for a couple of years now, I learned to never underestimate hololive fans. They dont joke around when it comes to doing something for their oshis.

[@kasupy_barrett85]

And they did it properly. Without payment. Now, i'm understand what is the meaning of love.

[@V972]

@@kasupy_barrett85 they couldn't really sell the game, due to it being a fan game. But they could've established Patreon.

[@kasupy_barrett85]

@@V972 they could. But they won't.

[@AdGarden7438]

@@V972 Cover is ok with monetizing clip channels I think, I read that in their site if I remember right. So I don't think it would be problem to monetizing the game either. edit; Of course with no bad intentions like some badly clipped videos. Or they will ask to delete it first, then forcibly delete the video if channel is not.

[@V972]

@@AdGarden7438 in the guidelines it is said that no direct monetization, but it's OK via the donation servise (aka ko-fi, Patreon and the like)

[@aptspire]

7:15 For a comparison, Holocure (another Hololive fangame) is heavily inspired by Vampire Survivors but has a couple things that improve upon the original. Also for Idol Showdown, when some of the vtubers played their own characters, they did new voicelines specifically for the game and the devs patched them in within 48 hours. "What's a dog doing with a chainsaw?" Killing devils.

[@godtierbp1928]

DOOG Slayer

[@nikenit]

There was an easter egg in Doom Eternal referencing Korone (dog girl) actually. But they had to remove it. Google DOOG Eternal.

[@jemm113]

Yubi yubi!

[@LoliconSamalik]

RIP & TEAR! RIP & TEAR ALL THE YUBI YUBIS OFF THE DEMONS!!!

[@Tukenfarben]

As a Hololive fan, I really enjoyed seeing a non-fan react to insane in-jokes.

[@HoloSimp152]

Same lol

[@oncesanora]

9:05 Marine is making the opponent heavy reducing their air game. 10:20 Iroha is covering their air so if your opponent jumps, they'll get punished. Alternatively just launch them up the for shenanigans. 10:56 Risu's nuts add extra hits to your combos 11:33 Kiara is a projectile shield 12:07 Ame is slowing down the opponent

[@dyldragon1]

Iroha sounds like a nutty assist with Coco

[@blazingkite8983]

I actually dont understand how you use Ame most of the times she doesnt slow down anything, how does that work

[@giloguy101]

@@blazingkite8983 it increases hit stun frames, so combo's become easier to land

[@Mentaljedi]

So it was a fanmade game, and they worked a lot on it. Quite a few of the fanmade games area genuinely good, regardless if you are a fan or not. As you might imagine, a million references and easter eggs for the fans, but as a game its really good. A similar game is Holocure which is a Vampire Survivor style game, genuinely really good as well. The girls enjoyed it so much, they volunteered to have some of their dialogue added but to be clear the company itself had no involvement, but as long as no money is being made, they are fine with it.

[@faidzeelhisyamhattar2133]

I can imagine if Hololive is Nintendo or any company from America... they will not only sue the fans making these high quality games, they will blame them if the fans hated them after that and stop using their service.

[@guess9097]

I have played 5 Hololive fan games and it's Small Ame, Delivering Hope, Holocure, CouncilRyS Rpg and Idol showdown. And all of it is amazing

[@guess9097]

​@@faidzeelhisyamhattar2133 its a fangame so only monetization will end those games so its fine but i hope some of the HoloFans actually donate to them thanking they're hardwork mostly Holocure for me.

[@mukti5896]

​@@faidzeelhisyamhattar2133 direct monetization is No. But donation and other from are ok IIRC

[@mukti5896]

​@@guess9097 Nui Nui Quest also good.

[@emilianocarrera326]

This and holocure for me are the proof that no matter the studio or budget, if you actually love what you are doing and pour all of your passion into a project it’ll be top notch quality

[@theskullboy8700]

“I think I’m fighting the one who says a ton of cancelable things” Me who’s been here for a while: you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down

[@anon2447]

I literally had the video in the background and when he said that only one thought came to my mind: Why did they add Pipkin Pippa to a Hololive fighting game??

[@KusaneHexaku]

if anything niji saids a lot more wild bullshit than holo lmao

[@theskullboy8700]

@@KusaneHexaku scarle

[@estebanacostaolivera3232]

Seeing the FGC going through the five stages of greif because they're having fun playing the vtuber fighting game is so funny 🤣

[@celeschan90]

6:44 "Where did she get a raptor from?" She loves to play a game called ARK. Which is a dinosaur game.

[@yamikorachel5069]

Hololive fans are extremely dedicated to the craft. To put it into perspective, one of the member’s birthday was coming up so a whole group of fans saved up money and put her in time square for 24 hours on her birthday. You should always expect the best lmao.

[@peacedos1]

Yeah, I remember that Ina's birthday stream and all that posts. Good times

[@Xiaara_Quala]

​@@peacedos1and Kronii, they did the same for Kronii

[@peacedos1]

@@Xiaara_Quala oh, didn't know about that. Not a big fan

[@Polymathically]

As someone who's been playing fighting games since Street Fighter II in the arcades and has been a fan of Hololive for a few years, I've been having tons of fun with this. The people behind it clearly know their fighting games; this plays like a combination of Marvel VS with Guilty Gear, with a bit of 3rd Strike thrown in. If you go through the tutorial, you'll see why. If you go into the command list, it explains down how the moves and collabs work. For example, Kiara's Off-Collab is basically a moveable Aegis Reflector, but without the extra combos or unblockables. Risu's nuts are Oro's Tengu Stone. The first half of Aki's super is Tron Bonne's super from MVSC2. Some of Botan's combos are taken directly from Noel from BlazBlue. Sora's musical zoning is a combo of I-No and Venom's moves from GGX2. Some of Fubuki's moves are taken directly from Ky Kiske as well. That extends to the unlockable costumes, too; there are references to Street Fighter, King of Fighters, Darkstalkers, Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, and Melty Blood. And if you're a Hololive fan, there's an isekai truckload of references everywhere.

[@CSLucasEpic]

You know what the release of this game reminds me of? When Them's Fightin' Herds came out. That game was also looked down on as some sort of trash game with little cartoon animals, no way it could be good, looking down on it in disdain. And then people started actually playing it, and realized, "Whoa! This game is legit!" and then Them's Fightin' Herds ended up on EVO From playing Idol Showdown I found out that it is also a legit game, it is easy to learn so its perfect for people that want to get started in the fighting game genre, but at the same time is hard to master, so its good for veterans too. The movements are fluid and the controls are good and responsive, the pixel art animation is top quality, so is the music, the combos are fluid, and it have a good flow, but don't feel cheap, the 8 characters are balanced and well built and polished (and the devs have already announced a soon to be, also free, update where 3 more fighters will be added to bring the new total to 11). The online play is great too. And then there is the little details, like the training mode and tutorial, and how the movement list also includes animations to show you just what the move looks like, all little details that make a good fighting game be good. So yeah, Idol Showdown is also legit, and I would not be surprised if it eventually ends up in EVO like it happened with Them's Fightin' Herds

[@matthewvest5191]

Some basic Info for the different Assists and character stuff 8:23 Tarot card reading. 8:39 The black coloring is Kurokami, a sort of alter ego thing 9:22 The visual at the impact is the same shot as one of her songs. Additionally Suisei is a comet in lore 9:39 The song that she(Kanata) is singing is an old traditional fisherman song in Japan 10:36 This is Coco, who ended up graduating Hololive(I.E. Leaving the company). On a completely unrelated note there is someone named Kson who you would be suprised when you see her body looks quite...Simmilar 11:24 The weird thing off to the side that throws the potato is the basic sprite Korone had made to represent her fans 11:33 The floating woman(Kiara) refelects projectiles 11:48 The Teddy bears are actually her fanbase, there is 13 to represent the 13 of olde, the first 13 viewers of Sora 12:07 Yes it is a time slow/stop 12:21 One of the first clips that went around for Ame(The yellow haired detective) was of her making a joke in Super Mario Odyssey about groundpounding our moms. She is also known to get quite salty 12:46 This is both the same person(Roboco) with just different outifts, the first being her dress, and the other being her normal clothing with something on her jacket for the beam 13:09 Botan is pretty well known as the FPS god of Hololive(You should see some of her clips)

[@holow3038]

The thing about coco sounds weird,it was better that Kson sounds like her

[@joshstephens413]

That was SmolAme that groundpounded. I'm glad they included SmolAme because Ame hasn't let her come back to the streams in a while.

[@DLH112]

" that throws the cheese" ... it's a potato. the move is X-potato.

[@matthewvest5191]

@@DLH112 I'll be honest, it looked so yellow I didn't think it was a potato

[@ChronoTriggerHappy]

Fubuki: crazy fox gamer who is a technical fighter with alot of quick attacks, Korone: Retro dog gamer with a healthy love for DOOM who is a rush down brawler, Ayame: A samurai oni who is good for beginners with alot of quick attacks and close range superiority, Aki: Belly dancing zoner with her good boi/bad boi and remote...hair?...attacks, also shes an alien elf from outerspace, Suisei: Psycho Comet, a very strong technical fighter with alot of ways to get in and cause alot of damage, Coco: Grappler dragon filled with memes, again, fills the grappler slot of the game and some NUTTY long normals with her tail, Botan: Strong technical zoner with her guns and her grenade "poi", Sora: The original idol of hololive technical fighter and her loyal 13 original debut viewers, the Knights

[@bobskelebone]

As a potemkin main, I believe I have found my character

[@LeafyFox_]

You might add that Fubuki also is very much an RNG character in which she sometimes can get an extension or increased damage at random.

[@bobskelebone]

Perhaps

[@rexblanco2204]

It's a shame that grappler like Coco doesn't have Armor on her move, i mean I'd like some armor on her move like Broly from Dbfz or Vaseraga from GBFVS

[@JoaoLucasK]

@@rexblanco2204 She does have some armor in her dinosaur grab

[@strippinheat]

It's good because the people that made it are passionate about fighting games. It's a great combination of Hololive love and fighting game love.

[@kingofsapi]

Considering the most popular 'kaigai-niki' is Koefficient, this is rather poetic.

[@borizarts]

Heh, the devs a part from being vtuber fans are fighting game fans so they would of course do a great job at the game, good seeing fighting game players trying this game out! 2 years in development and very movement is a reference, pretty funny for a shitpost.

[@Leidern]

I find that this game is enjoyable because of how solidly decent it is. At least for now. It feels fairly balanced, with the only OP thing to complain about is Botan's 40% combo loop with no meter burn, and of course some bugs. The mechanics are quite simple, yet work so well. It really helps that this game is absolutely free.

[@FuMiO02110]

Botan loop already patched 3 hrs after it discovered ( well at least discovered at Koefficient channel)

[@Leidern]

@@FuMiO02110 I don't think so. I'm playing it now, and I still get about 423 dmg without meter. Then again, start my combo with a 5M--I think Koefficient starts his with 2L. He also did this in training mode (at least from what Ive seen in a video) and popped off about a combo he did that made +50% with meter---granted, Im not sure if he was aware that his star and super chat meter was in infinite and therefore not even valid. Not shitting on Koefficient by the way, you can even see the vid, I just wasn't happy seeing that come from a from a content creator in the FGC.

[@FuMiO02110]

@@Leidern oh no my bad, I'm not talking about a combo rather than an actual Loop that Botan had at launch, i only watch moke for now (as goes for Idol Showdown content)

[@galil_6863]

It's great to see that people people still enjoy the game even when they don't know all the Hololive references and easter eggs

[@JovialHeretic]

You were expecting a shitpost, but it was me, Dio! The only shitposts here are the ones Coco (dragon waifu) collects. The real amazing thing is the level of detail. Pretty much everything is a reference.

[@DALKurumiTokisaki]

Welcome to Hololive fangames. It's like the Touhou fanbase where fanwork goes hard.

[@scatzilla99]

I think a big thing that helps this game is the fact that the creators spent two years making it. Generally don't do something like that unless you're grifting or trying to make it good, and this is a free game.

[@JoaoLucasK]

Fubuki: Gamer fox who's a technical fighter, but she has RNG mechanics, where her special moves can be randomly enhanced Korone: Doggo who's a fan of Doom and Super Mario, she's the rushdown brawler Suisei: Hololive's psychopath, she's a pretty good technical fighter with some pretty strong pressure, both with her projectiles and her other moves Botan: Lion girl who's really good at first person shooters, and that translates into her moveset, as she's a zoner with all her gun moves and grenades. Aki: Bellydancing singer, she's also a keepaway character, but she has her companion MukiRose (the big muscle guy from her super), who she can use as a "Stand" for many different attacks. Ayame: Smol samurai oni, she's the unga bunga button masher of the game, essentially a beginner character Coco: The dragon queen of shitposting, she's the grappler of the game, with her meme review grabs, her "Potemkin Buster" grab, long range tail attacks and her Wide Coco stance, which dodges projectiles Sora: The original Hololive Vtuber, she's a setup and zoner character, and apparently the hardest character to use, according to the in-game difficulty stats

[@JTByrd386]

Love all this input from the FGC.

[@marikomikia1667]

One of us! One of us! ONE OF US! *ONE OF US!*

[@MechaTheSpider]

That truck attack is from the person's legendary Euro Truck Simulator streams, most of the silly stuff are stream references, which is pretty great.

[@ikr9358]

There are people for who every reference in the game makes perfect sense.

[@mshake7056]

Hololive games are made with so much love its crazy how good and addictive they are.

[@quackbob334]

This makes me so happy and puts a smile on my face

[@sweepingtime]

If I have to guess a couple of reasons why this game is fun: 1) the game on its own is very well made with amazing art work 2) it's fresh for anyone who haven't heard of vtubers and delightful for anyone who has

[@stiimuli]

Everything you saw, no matter how weird, is something that was said or done in their streams.

[@megameme29]

While a big Vtuber fan, I'm not too aware of the hololive talents though if my memory is correct, Ayame is a samurai, a samurai oni to be specific. And its intresting to see this game getting popular!

[@ed.g4711]

yup, ayame is a samurai oni that often called "ojou" by fans.

[@guess9097]

I have played 5 Hololive fan games and it's Small Ame, Delivering Hope, Holocure, CouncilRyS Rpg and Idol showdown. And all of it is amazing

[@Dante-fh3dr]

It's really funny seeing someone that doesn't know the references playing this game, it just looks like a bunch of random stuff.

[@Arahafirda]

I like the part when isekai truck show up

[@kuuluna]

Amazing how fan made is more well made than triple A company

[@little_chimy]

This game is good. Not just because it's VTuber nerds that made it BUT that it was VTuber nerds that are absolute Fighting game nerds too!

[@TheAlmightyDoge]

The reason that the ability sets are so wild is because each vtuber character's abilities are memes from that vtuber's streams and community.

[@TheVeryHungrySingularity]

"Where did she get a raptor?" "Why does the dog have a chainsaw?" _How many hours do you have_

[@Starfall01]

Sora Ultimate is summoning the 13 knights Kiara support is summoning shield And Risu nuts support works when you punch the enemy

[@StriderHoang]

Only vtuber fans maker vtuber games and if you're gonna make a game for your favorite vtubers then you're not putting out a shit game. It's easy to picture the mentality of dreaming, "Holy shit, my favorite vtuber is streaming the game I made!" Only good games get streamed by good vtubers, unless you're Getting Over It.

[@AuraArondight]

This game has A LOT of references. I'm sure someone more dedicated than me will explain them to you.

[@wowwhatwasit]

Hololive fan community have many talented people

[@adamaulia1945]

Many talented people are a Hololive fan...

[@assaulthetz]

When a game is made full of love and passion, there you go. Full on FUN.

[@SA_Vengarr]

Enter the -survival horror- Vtuber rabbit hole

[@konnen7354]

Welcome to hololive. Enjoy your stay. *You can never leave*

[@guillermogerrycabrera7625]

Nice vid bro 👍 Very interesting to see reactions from not as a fan and from a fg player.

[@SKS_Shadowkitty]

Hololive is a world unto itself, man, and it's a high quality world.

[@mr.slappii513]

This game is aslo extremely beginner friendly, the only fighting game I had played before this was Mortal Kombat X for a couple hours at my cousins house almost a decade before this game even came out. And yet I was able to pick up and get good at it really quickly, only a few hours of gameplay and I've already started to be able to take on medium difficulty with relative ease.

[@flow2bro602]

suisei is legitimately one of the most fun chars in this game lol can play super close up abd force situations where they cant mash pretty easily, on top of having the oki ball of death for the cost of 1 meter everytime you finish a combo

[@ignacioperez5479]

ayame is not a ninja, is a samurai oni. and also a condensation of stupidity and happiness

[@heitorgdo]

He's entering the rabbit hole:)

[@Starfall01]

8:47 mio face when punching so cute (play in 0,25 speed for the details)

[@kenkaneki3873]

Every single move and super in the game are actual refferences from the vtubers and yes you should defenetly play more!

[@AliagaAyin]

let's go Idol showdown is great

[@JDOGGOKUSSJ2]

did not think id see vtuber content on this channel lol most of the supers and assists make more sense if your familiar with these vtubers im glad you had fun even though your not familiar with them

[@bigpaulobr]

this game is 🔥

[@ThePokeman]

Never thought I’d see the day. 😂

[@prowlerpx]

ayame is an oni samurai :V

[@echowizart3514]

How to mastery profesional gamer in here maybe MOST HOLOLIVE FANS.. LIKE A power of love oshi fans

[@baubauilovemumei]

Hololive fans are the most dedicated and talented fan base out there, even if you don’t like vtubers you can appreciate this fighting game

[@greedsin555]

Lol yeh she it top tier a lot of the casts stuff wif on her because she is so small and she has plus buttons for days (and she is a super cute vtuber you should watch her.... watch her now this is not a request this is a threat)

[@Shyuthrosnaevin]

3:54 imagine getting hit by a move like this irl (the one that tgt whiffed)

[@ashchisalleh1454]

👍👍nice video Asking roboco... No pants. 😅

[@joelalban7343]

yes play it MOAAAAAR MOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR

[@xd3d034997]

This game captures the essence of blazblue. It's honestly good.

[@user-pv4ht7zv4x]

Say anything you want about the vtuver community but they are extremely talented

[@kiel_doesntplay]

Yea the players on idol showdowns are cracked and the game would get more fighters soon

[@Tedd-emon]

get gud Daidus! 😁🤣

[@pokeTOS]

ive heard alot of fighting game pros in twitch giving this game a chance mainly from japan

[@vincentflannigan2727]

4 mins in and this looks good so far. As a Hololive fan its my first exposure to the game cause todays my first slow day. So I havent been able to watch the vtubers try it yet but this looks fun

[@vincentflannigan2727]

Damn that first Korone comboing OFF

[@pdaangsakti21]

your comments cracked me omg

[@SilentSucrose]

it's to easy fall with the nakirium.

[@Skislopesjoe]

I picked the exact same set up as Kai

[@Zero_de_Nova]

With the bois?

[@HamguyBacon]

I thought of this like 2 years ago but never would have made it because the pixel art is too hard.

[@motivatedposter3980]

Whyd you come? You knew you should have stayed. I tried to warn you just to stay away.

[@Clocktothetick]

Ah you the guy from Sidequest no,

[@tgtkai]

I've been spotted

[@spinylightgaming]

Theres a tutorial to get the basics '-'

[@NRVNQSRR]

Is what?

[@JennyBlaze253]

Kinda sad that the only HoloEN representatives are support characters. I hope that Gura and Callie are added in future updates.

[@severussnape2917]

Nice

[@drakebadayosvlog848]

WHERES #Filian

[@clownavenger0]

Might be a fun game but I would need to turn the music off for sure.

[@Yuethefallen]

Git gud.

[@Lugia21]

Welcome to the rabbit hole! There's no escape once you are in. Also new character soon-ish.

[@TheVeryHungrySingularity]

"Where did she get a raptor?" "Why does the dog have a chainsaw?" _How many hours do you have_

[@tgtkai]

😂