Why Did Capcom Fighting Evolution Fail ? - THE WORST STREET FIGHTER

In today's video, we revisit Capcom Fighting Evolution. A 2004 Capcom fighting game that mostly contains a roster of Street Fighter characters, with a few thrown in from Red Earth and Darkstalkers. Let's look at why it failed.
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[@TopHatGamingManChannel]

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[@kiyoumi4649]

My biggest gripe with this game was that the system mechanics were locked to certain characters, unlike what Capcom had done with the Capcom vs. SNK series. it would've been more work, and the balancing probably would still be off, but it would have given a bit more variety to the gameplay. In the end, SNK pulled off this concept better with Neo-Geo Battle Coliseum.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

If you play pyron you'll beat everybody Except Felicia she's op as f*ck. She'll keep doing these special moves on you.

[@thetruej7872]

I really wish Capcom Fighting All-Stars didn't get cancelled. It looked so fun and I love 3D fighting games.

[@wdcain1]

At the very least put its original characters in a main game. Death, D.D., and Rook look really cool. But then again, it is wild how much blowback there was to Ingrid.

[@KamisamanoOtaku]

@@wdcain1 If the roster had been larger, Ingrid may have caused less blowback. No guarantee, of course, but consider Marvel Vs Capcom 2. Ruby Heart and Amingo weren't universally loved, but they were reasonably well accepted. Besides the fact that they had interesting designs, what Capcom characters would have replaced them? Shadow Lady, a hidden character from the first Marvel Vs Capcom?

[@mr.checkyourself4672]

I'm surprise Ingrid wasn't in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 or Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 she was going to be in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom as her model was leaked but was scrapped.

[@FreeCFAS]

Just put D.D. and/or Rook as NPCs in Street Fighter 6's hub world. At this point I accept anything, really.

[@duncanmcknight4622]

And here we are in 2023 and 20 years ago, that's when Capcom fighting All Star was a big dream happening in the Xbox, PS2 and GameCube era were still making beautiful games around those times. I actually heard of All Star Cod Holder after the release of Street Fighter 5 and it was amazing. The characters and the story were enough out of me to see this game still had hopes. But then again they gave us this junk to fail the best sellings.

[@Globalastral5]

What’s weird is that they could’ve done a KOF and just put a buttload of characters in a game and it would’ve been accepted

[@KenMasters.]

A better roster for Capcom Fighting Jam: 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- Alpha Chun Li 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. Adon (Street Fighter I) 30. Balrog/Vega (Street Fighter II) 31. Cammy (Street Fighter II) 32. Dan (Street Fighter Zero [Alpha]) 33. Demitri (Vampire/Darkstalkers) 34. Evil Ryu (SNK vs. series) 35. Hauser (War-Zards/Red Earth) 36. Jedah (Vampire/Darkstalkers) 37. Juli (Street Fighter Zero [Alpha]) 38. Juni (Street Fighter Zero [Alpha]) 39. Kongou (War-Zards/Red Earth) 40. M. Bison/Balrog (Street Fighter II) 41. Q (Street Fighter III) 42. Sagat (Street Fighter I) 43. Shadow (Marvel vs. series) 44. Shadow Lady (Marvel vs. series) 45. Urien (Street Fighter III) 46. Violent Ken (SNK vs. series) 47. Yang (Street Fighter III) 48. Yun (Street Fighter III) FINAL BOSS FIGHTERS 49. Death Satan (Cyberbots) 50. Gill (Street Fighter III) 51. Pyron (Vampire/Darkstalkers) 52. Valdoll/Scion (War-Zards/Red Earth) 53. Shin Gouki/Shin Akuma (SNK vs. series) 54. Shin Vega/Super Bison (Street Fighter Zero [Alpha]) ORIGINAL FIGHTER 55. Ingrid

[@nobalkain624]

@@KenMasters. Only thing missing would have been Rival Schools. Could have given them some kind of Side Step Mechanic to Simulate the 3D aspect. Its sad they never tried something like this again. Its not like the Fans disliked the idea, we just wanted more from them.

[@chidorisnake22]

@@KenMasters. No Chun?

[@KenMasters.]

@@nobalkain624 Rival Schools? That would most likely be for the sequel: *Capcom 3D Fighting Jam* Featuring Rival Schools, Project Justice, Final Fight Revenge, Star Gladiator, Tech Romancer, Power Stone, Street Fighter IV, and the Code Holders.

[@KenMasters.]

@@chidorisnake22 Well, Shadow and Shadow Lady of course.

[@redchariot4006]

Ah, Capcom Fighting Jam aka that time Capcom made a Mugen compilation... Hell even calling it a Mugen compilation feels like an insult to actual consistent Mugen games like Capcom Universe.

[@JonnyWalker9888]

I hope Capcom once again consider making CapcomVsCapcom once again in the future

[@tonberrymasta]

I actually really loved this game. Yeah, it had some gameplay balance issues, but it was so fun to play characters from all the different Capcom series at the same time. The gameplay was also very crisp and tight feeling, the 3S characters were so much fun to use in this game. I wish they would rerelease it as part of a future collection or something.

[@MegaShingo97]

Cool finally someone who actually like that game, for me it was ok.

[@johnduval760]

My only beef with the game is that they didn't use more characters from the available franchises and it ignored Cyberbots.

[@RealCoachMustafa]

I was so hyped for this game and I actually bought it when it was new. I was very disappointed in it.

[@TheGamerLover]

Even though they commited mistakes such as limiting the cast to just Capcom FGs and not including Morrigan and Tessa in the game, i wish they could make a reboot of this title with more Capcom IPs like Megaman, Resident Evil or Monster Hunter and make it more like a Neo Geo Battle Coliseum game with more Capcom bosses to challenge and unlock.

[@thejunkmanlives]

i can see this concept being revived especially considering how unlikely it is that we will see another marvel cross over. capcom has so many options within their own catalogue. beyond the obvious sf/darkstalkers you have rival schools, power stone, cyberbots, star gladiator and lesser known games like tech romancer. when you move beyond the fighting games your options blow up. resident evil, mega man, dmc, monster hunter, bionic commando, lost planet, breath of fire, 1942, etc. to say you would have over 100 characters to choose from is really low balling it.

[@KarlSturmgewher]

I hope so. I wanna see Chris Redfield fight Red Earth's Blade/Jihad And Biff Slamkovich vs. Rathalos.

[@01kdel]

One refined and balanced fighting system with a huge roster of Capcom characters from different franchises would have worked! Also, an updated art style with vibrant backgrounds celebrating the history of Capcom should have been present! The finished product was such a huge letdown.

[@KamisamanoOtaku]

The video explains the many ways Capcom Fighting Evolution fell short, so I'll focus on the two I want to rant bout the most: *Not enough franchises represented!* & *Not enough fighters!* Now, there are some obvious limitations we need to be honest about. So here's my Build-The-Roster based on 1) Only non-licensed titles 2) Only 2D titles where _something_ could be harvested 3) Only 1 Character per series... 4) ...plus Akuma, Dan, Ingrid, Morrigan, and Ryu. We could still get reps from the following series: Captain Commando Cyberbots Darkstalkers Final Fight Marvel Vs Capcom Mega Man (Classic Series) Red Earth Saturday Night Slammasters Street Fighter Street Fighter Alpha Street Fighter II Street Fighter III As for the actual fighters, we'd have Alex (Street Fighter III, Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact, Street Fighter III: Third Strike) Biff Slamkovich (from Saturday Night Slam Masters/Muscle Bomber Duo: Ultimate Team Battle/ Ring of Destruction: Slam Masters II) Birdie (via Street Fighter Alpha/Street Fighter Alpha 2/Street Fighter Alpha 3) Captain Commando (via Marvel Vs Capcom/Marvel Vs Capcom 2) Chun-Li (Street Fighter II) Guy (via Street Fighter Alpha/Street Fighter Alpha 2/Street Fighter Alpha 3) Jin Saotome (via Marvel Vs Capcom/Marvel Vs Capcom 2) Leo (Red Earth) Mega Man (Marvel Vs Capcom/Marvel Vs Capcom 2) Demitri (Darkstalkers) Ruby Heart (Marvel Vs Capcom 2) Sakura (via Street Fighter Alpha/Street Fighter Alpha 2/Street Fighter Alpha 3) and again, *plus* Akuma, Dan, Ingrid, Morrigan, and Ryu. Ingrid because she was salvaged and added to the actual game we got, and the other four because I think they should be in just about all Capcom fighting game and fighting game-adjacent titles. Akuma/Shin Akuma could still be the "boss" character as well. *Wouldn't the animation for a lot of these characters look bad in the same game?* *Don't some of them control weird for a fighting game?* *Didn't you double dip in some franchises?* Yes to all three! Though I will elaborate, on that last one, I'm more worried about the fighter's franchise of origin than I am the game from which we might snag actual game assets. Now, I'd love if even more characters could be in the game, but I did want to set some relatively realistic restrictions. Done *proper,* there'd be the time and budget to rep the various 3D fighters Capcom franchises, like Power Stone, Rival Schools, Star Gladiator, and - if they still had the rights at that time - Street Fighter EX.

[@Raytheman581]

Being that this came out after cvsnk2 I wonder why they didn't just copy and paste more sprites? They already used DS and red earth sprites, they should've just went all out copy and pastes.

[@reviews.7399]

@@KKHell You do obviously if you took the time to comment 😏

[@MadPunky]

Imagine if they included Street Fighter 1? This game was great and could've done better but during this time in video games, SF games were getting a little exhausted. There were just so many options to a Capcom fighting game at the time and the previous Capcom fighting games were still good and had loyal fans still playing them. The next versions of any Capcom games were re-hashed or updated versions of current Capcom fighting games on home consoles.The overall market of video games were gradually transitioning towards other forms of games and gaming (MMO, RPG). I believe Capcom was aware of the diminishing return on new fighting games. With weak sales results by possibly over saturating the industry of their fighting games they held off for 4 years in hopes to regain some composure and develop a new and different style fighting game and to release their next flagship title strongly Street Fighter 4. Which worked. If Evolution was released years earlier, it may have done better.

[@TrappyJenkins]

I was wondering to myself why they didnt make a capcom vs capcom fighting game, and this is why. Shame, really. Would loved to have seen a bigger roster with some cleaned up sprites. this could have been a huge game if they put the effort into it

[@danielm5161]

It's a good idea but the character roster in this one is too random. It seems like they should have made Darkstalkers vs. Red Earth. That would of been more coherent and cooler.

[@kwizzeh]

There was one planned at one point and they even trademarked a possible name for it but nothing ever came of it.

[@meheecan123]

Mugen 😐

[@TheBlackOtaku]

If those of you want a good capcom fighting game, play the mugen project capcom universe nexus of heroes that my friends is what capcom fighting evolution should’ve been 😤

[@omariwalker1006]

This game was almost Capcom's downfall until Street Fighter 4. In my opinion this was a great concept but executed horribly.

[@johnnybyrd300]

Welllllll I mean in between this and SFIV they diiiiiid release a little game called Resident Evil 4. Hahahaha. I think they had it covered.

[@omariwalker1006]

@@johnnybyrd300 Ya got me there!😬 I was talking about fighting games but Capcom as a whole was probably doing alright.

[@danielcambray7538]

I had this game for the PS2 I liked it.

[@arkthompson9869]

Me too. I got it as a birthday gift. It got me interested in Red Earth.

[@songoku9348]

Capcom Fighting All Stars should be revived. With how experienced capcom are now, it could be phenomenal

[@thetruej7872]

Agreed

[@YellowJeff94]

If not revived, then at least include the main three new characters at some point in the future of Street Fighter 6.

[@sridrawings4510]

Yeah instead of Tekken X Street fighter, we should have to get that instead with that same dreamcasty styled graphics

[@ignatz20xx]

This game was honestly my guilty pleasure when it came to fighting games. It was loads of fun.

[@piyakhebisonii1001]

That low roster was a killer! This is when the crossover games and Dragon Ball Tenkaichi came out with big rosters!

[@ActionJacksonForever]

This collection introduced me to CVS2 so it wasn’t a failure for me.

[@bunnybreaker]

This games only value is to introduce people to better games. It's like a 5 way demo that should have been free with a magazine.

[@uxm4life94]

I actually enjoyed Figjting Jam at the time. To put things in correct context we'd been absolutely starved of 2D fighters outside of KIF when thus game came out. It was also 1st time Red Earth Caracters playable on home console outside of Tessa

[@opadrip]

Remember, this game had a tiny budget and less than a year to complete, and was lead by an inexperienced developer at the time. A larger roster with original sprites simply wouldn't be possible, there was no saving this project.

[@blu_berri_san]

I'm not sure it was mentioned, but the 2v2 mechanic is borrowed from the one used in Rival Schools.

[@anonimonn9775]

The sprite work makes the game look like a Mugen... made by Capcom

[@bunnybreaker]

​@@KKHell That actually makes it more Mugen like IMO, it's not even consistent with it's inconsistency.

[@bunnybreaker]

@@KKHell Each to their own and all that, but I gotta say I love the Alpha sprites for basically all the characters. Even the shotos and their bread roll looking cutesy feet.

[@sammylane21]

The big Double "C" has graced us with "CAPCOM v SNK", "CAPCOM v MARVEL", "CAPCOM v TEKKEN" but not THE versus we actually still want 30yrs later in "STREET FIGHTER v MK". Another more possible one could be a combination of"STREET FIGHTER v SNK v TEKKEN v MARVEL: BECAUSE WHY THE F**K NOT!?".

[@falconeshield]

Call it Capcom All Stars lol

[@YeldellGW]

The ever excessive milking of SF characters didn’t do this game any favors. The current KOF has the same problem when it comes to FF characters.

[@kokoro_gospel]

It's wild how Fighting Evolution was born from the ashes of Fighting All-Stars... which in turn, was born from the ashes of what would have been Capcom vs. SNK 3. After the release of CvS 2, Capcom reportedly reached out to SNK about doing a third installment. At the time, however, SNK had gone bankrupt and that crossover wasn't gonna be happening any time soon.

[@nobalkain624]

If they where just going to Port over Sprites, then they should have just gone big. They should have thrown out the idea of Balance and just let us have fun. MvC 2 has no real Balance and its considered one of the best they have made. The Competitive Scene would have just adapted if it became Popular enough for it. Sad they never really gave this another shot.

[@AlphaProto]

As a big Capcom fan I was excited when I got this game for Christmas. I was hoping my younger brother would play the game against me, but he was not interested. While it is not the best game, I was happy to finally play Red Earth characters.

[@Riz_]

Really did enjoy this video and found it interesting. Only thing I found jaring is you Big Daddy TopHat saying "evolution". It's actually pronounced "Eevolution". Too many people here in the UK miss-pronounce this word.

[@RingloomAzur]

Street Fighter 1 characters were also going to be included in the game being these Eagle using his CVS2 sprite, Sagat using a redrawn version of his SF2 sprite like what they did with the characters in CVS2 and Retsu, entirely redrawn for this game, but if i recall correctly they were cut because they ran out of time (you can search their sprites, they were posted at some point in a Street Fighter 5 official page) it seems that the fourth one is unknown And I have said this in other videos about the game but the characters' sprites got retouched, the most notably ones being Demitri who looks taller (as he should've been since the start) and Zangief who reuses his Alpha sprite but they also redrew his face. The rest of characters including the two ones i said change slightly or more notably their color palette for some reason, and for the Street Fighter 2 characters they either reused the Capcom vs SNK 2 resprites (Ryu, Bison, Akuma) or used the Alpha sprites (Zangief, Guile)

[@NewGabeOrder]

12:38 If you look carefully, Zangief and Ingrid have newly-drawn sprites for this game. Honestly, I wished the CVS2 versions of Chun-Li and Yun get ported over and have some new attack animations if possible.

[@Fabio-lq7wb]

Capcom should rework with all the characters making they follow a specific pattern, not mixed them together like any child could do using Mugen in the computer. They did a excellent good job with Ingrid, but that was it, with Zangief, I think they changed the face of character when he is in the standing position, and this is it. This game was released in a time that many fighting games comunities online considered Capcom incredibly lazy with their games, especially the fighting titles. Meanwhile SNK released the SNK Battle Coliseum, which put Capcom Fighting Evolution to shame. What a disapointing way to end an era of 2D fighting games Capcom.

[@RingloomAzur]

Zangief's sprite is actually the one from Alpha, but with a redrawn face and a color palette more reminiscent of what you could see in Street Fighter 3

[@Fabio-lq7wb]

@@RingloomAzur Exactly, Capcom changed so few in Zangief that I am not sure why they did even bother.

[@akaimizu1]

I remember getting this during my Hey day of playing Capcom and SNK fighters including with local competitions. Capcom was literally on a roll before this came out, so I ended up putting a lot of faith in this title. The biggest issue I had was balance, but not simply in the way most publications would write them in as. If you wanted to lose, you generally picked a Street Fighter 3 or Red Earth character, because they are based on a system of many more frames of animation versus characters that have like 2-3 frame attacks. How do you parry that? Answer. You don't. You have to guess before the move even starts. When your amount of frames between startup and the hotbox is so incredibly low compared to what they are facing, the pure advantage is real. I see this as the biggest flaw in their idea to grab the same exact sprites, from their respective games, and honoring the same hit box timing from them. If they had redrawn the characters so they were compatible, then this would've worked way better, but that would've required work, and I guess work they weren't going to do at the time.

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

Please do videos on mortal kombat 3 (& UMK3), Tekken 2, DOA2, & Soul Calibur 3. As well as videos on SNK's World Heroes Series, the Godzilla fighting games, the Blazblue series, Primal Rage, Mace The Dark Age, Sonic The Fighters, & Pokken Tournament

[@pokyme]

I remember playing this game as a kid and realizing that Capcom games can actually suck

[@bunnybreaker]

Basically my experience. Can't think of a single trash fighter they made before this.

[@SalvationTenshi]

Capcom Fighting Jam isn't a real evolution...they could have brought Kyosuke of Rival Schools in 2D like in CVS2...they could have brought Jill Valentine of Resident evil like in Marvel versus Capcom...They could have brought far more than they did. Playing CFJ on PS2 was still fun though.

[@bunnybreaker]

Nice timing. This game popped into my mind the other day after literally forgetting about it for years. Such a trash game from a great company in a great era. Literally played it maybe 2 or 3 times with my friends in the arcade and all of us were like "nah, why bother when we have Marvel, Alpha, KOF, etc. right here?" I didn't even pirate CFJ when I had the chance.

[@Kakeen]

This was the first game I ever returned, first day too. I was so disappointed with it.

[@jediknightgeo]

Talk about a game with ridiculous amounts of potential (even though it was going to be unbalanced as all hell) and dropping the ball COMPLETELY. The concept was awesome, gather fighters from 5 different Capcom series (Street Fighter II, Street Fighter III, Street Fighter Alpha, Darkstalkers and Red Earth) that will play with that specific fighting system and just duke it out in one all out brawl. Street Fighter III's Alex against Darkstalkers Anakaris? Street Fighter II's Bison against Red Earth's Hydron? SWEET! What went wrong? Easy, the game feels like a demo. It is INCREDIBLY barebones as there are only 4 character's per fighting game with 2 hidden character's which are unlockable (Pyron and Akuma), and an all new character named Ingrid. In total it's only 23 fighters. Why is the roster SO small??? It's missing an insane amount of characters that could have been put in instead of being regulated to background cameos. The game was going to be unbalanced anyway, they may as well have went all out with it. Also the only modes in it are Arcade and Vs. That's it. Such a wasted opportunity. What makes it even worse is that the fighting was really ON POINT as it is VERY crisp, tight and responsive while the all new levels and soundtrack (REALLY like the soundtrack to this one) are very good. Evolution? Not even close unfortunately.

[@darrellgardner4561]

Fighting Evolution is a good idea, but so poorly executed. Even something as simple as the roster could have easily been fixed. First off, over half the roster is street fighter characters. 12 of the 21 come from street fighter, granted their different Street Fighter games. Leaving only 9 characters for Dark Stalkers and Red Earth. Darkstalkers is a relatively obvious choice. Red Earth, at least today, seems like a somewhat deep cut. A lot more could have been done, they could have included other franchises like Rival Schools, Power Stone, Resident Evil, Megaman, or Final Fight. Capcom has the characters, even if you kept the sections small like they are,4 per series, that could have been a decently sized and varies roster.

[@fredsorre6605]

This was Capcom's attempt at doing a King Of Fighters which was successfully done by SNK with combining characters from different games in to a new series not only was Capcom late to this party they executed it poorly although SNK's new attempt at this formula with Neo Geo Battle coliseum bombed as well

[@KenMasters.]

NGBC should've had two games: One still called *NEO•GEO Battle Coliseum* centered on fighting where characters from Art of Fighting, Fatal Fury, KOF, Burning Fight, King of the Monsters, etc are playable. An upgraded version called *NEO•GEO Battle Coliseum: ALPHA* where the ADK fighters from World Heroes, Dark Kombat, Twinkle Star Sprites, Ninja Masters, Ninja Combat and Ninja Commando show up. And a prequel called *NEO•GEO Swordclash Coliseum* where the roster is packed with characters from Samurai Shodown, The Last Blade, Sengoku Denshou, Fu'un, etc.

[@VtrOficial]

In reality, this was Capcom don't even trying.

[@austinreed7343]

@@KenMasters. Maybe a third: Neo Geo Super Heroes - A game based on their non-FG, non-brawler roster such as Metal Slug, King of the Monsters, Twinkle Star Sprites, Magician Lord, etc. Magic, superpowers, cartoon physics, and more marvel-style gameplay.

[@KenMasters.]

@@austinreed7343 Oh, the non-fighters of SNK would basically be the unlockables in both Coliseum games, much like in KOF XI. It wouldn't be as fun without the fighting game characters on the roster. Ones I’m thinking of: • Athena (from SVC Chaos) *Swordclash* • Cathy (from Top Hunter) *Battle* • Elta (from Magician Lord) *ALPHA* • Eri Kasamoto (from Metal Slug) *Battle* • Fiolina Germi (from Metal Slug) *Battle* • Johnny (from Mutation Nation) *Battle* • Marco Rossi (from Metal Slug) *Battle* • Mars People (from Metal Slug) *Battle* • Maxima (from Robo Army) *Battle* • Ricky (from Mutation Nation) *Battle* • Rocky (from Robo Army) *Battle* • Roddy (from Top Hunter) *Battle* • Tarma Roving (from Metal Slug) *Battle*

[@austinreed7343]

@@KenMasters. I’d imagine the brawlers would already be in Battlr Coliseum, and what if Neo Geo Super Heroes was a smash clone instead?

[@ninjax1983]

I brought this game long time ago at Fry's electronics sucks it didn't play as well after playing it 😔 I still have the PS2 version in my room.

[@datguy5818]

I actually enjoyed that game. 1 extra character from each game would of made a big difference. I from the UK and mines called Fighting Jam.

[@KenMasters.]

Capcom Fighting Jam sounds better, and in the US we get "Evolution" on the title.

[@datguy5818]

@@KenMasters. I agree. Things like that confuse me. Like how different do they think we are? Lol

[@FreeCFAS]

Why drop a nearly finished 3D game with several original ideas, then spend the remaining time rushing a entirely different 2D game with almost no additions whatsoever, is truly a concept I can never understand from old Capcom. It's also a shame no one of the original employees is able to ever speak about what really happenned to it...

[@Chaz4543]

I didnt understand why Pyron was the last boss when Jedah was in the game and he was the last boss of Darkstalkers III. Making Pyron the last boss made no sense if Jedah is in the game. If Jedah isnt the final boss than just make Shin Akuma the final boss then and not a secret boss.

[@KenMasters.]

Probably because Pyron is more broken than Jedah.

[@kaphasibad8369]

Seriously they should have a RedEarth FIGHTING GAME With all the Four Characters + Bosses & 4-6 new red earth characters and Bam a sure fire hit ....

[@AndersonTenecela]

The cancellation of Capcom fighting all stars and fans main complaint how “it’s a 3D fighting game and we hate it” is sometimes prove that you shouldn’t listen to the fans all the time especially since Capcom fighting all stars went through different phases such as being a third CVS game and having little budget left to spend which explains why Capcom fighting evolution was a rushed job. I think this is similar to SF3 in how fans try to washed out the original reaction to the game and pretend how everyone loved it back in the day

[@midwestmonster9886]

There's something strange about seeing M. Bison kicking a cat.

[@agmcroom2374]

This game could have been better if they included more backgrounds from multiple series, air combo system from marvel be capcom and more characters. Would have been a classic.

[@NottyGurlStyle]

I love Darkstalkers so liked being able to play with my favorite characters and fight my favorite Street Fighter characters..it wasn’t the greatest but I like.

[@Imozart0341I]

Jedah and Red Earth were the only reason I got game day 1. He’s the only reason I got MvCI as well

[@SerdceDanko]

This game was like Capcom's take on Mugen, it was just a copy-paste job.

[@loganford3921]

I'm still wondering why the hell did they changed Guy's head and Zangief idle animation Zero Sprites as they looked terrible. Same goes to Urien his animation was changed a bit

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Lack of characters, a previously cancelled game little effort pushed by Capcom would doom the companies fighting game franchise for some time til SF4. This game could've been great had its earlier issues been properly addressed!

[@jimgroz84]

Why did it fail? Given the end result,The question should be why was it even released?!

[@KarlSturmgewher]

We need a new Capcom Fighting All Stars not in the disastrous 3D, but 2.5D.

[@bobbynick5358]

This game could been way better... but it just became official Mugen Capom game... I mean no tag team? or able mix or fuse style types at least as a optional mode?

[@robinthrush9672]

It always annoys me when Capcom does a crossover fighting game and it's pretty much just X vs Street Fighter. Even SNK vs Capcom 2 had, I think, 3 fighters that weren't from a Street Fighter game at the time (Maki, Morrigan, and Kyosuke) and even Maki eventually made it into a Street Fighter game.

[@RickSuaz]

This is the only game I have sealed still. I actually bought a copy to play and a copy to keep for the collection. I love the endings. Udon comics.

[@thecunninlynguist]

Couldve been so much more.

[@uxm4life94]

Yup was in Capcom vs SNK 2 before Fighting Jam

[@georges5233]

I remember buying this game on release and how mad I was for buying it when I got home. I was so excited. Even bought the controller made for it. Which was trash on day 1! I saved for so long just to waste it on this game. 😂😂

[@dakzillablaze]

"Bitches love tag team matches" 😂

[@J-D-P]

The way your ears are pushed all the way down when you wear the top hat. lol

[@MykeondaMic]

this game coulda been sick. updated. with graphical assets original to the game. add in some rivals characters, and some from SNK. maybe a few others. hopefulyl the new garou game is good

[@wakkaseta8351]

So considering a character's system mechanics are determined by the game they came from, what mechanics did Ingrid have?

[@arrownibent5980]

Interesting concept. On practice though it feels as if Capcom was just finding new and creative ways of cheating us off a new Darkstalkers game

[@Mrheretosaveyourday]

The biggest disappointment was that they never made a sequel. Fighting game series rarely get everything right on the 1st try. It seems like they just left this concept for dead instead of making improvements.

[@EDifyer881]

they should've taken lessons on how to do a capcom only crossover fighting game from king of fighters and super smash bros

[@iTiZaQUeStiOnMaRk]

I still liked that game, I wish for a re-release and also wish they would make a sequel!

[@seanmanscott]

I think it looks pretty cool, is it available on the XBox S/X?

[@TheTrueBro]

The fact that Capcom actually ruined some sprites (by changing some pointless details) and also the fact that this game clearly wasn't tested enough (having weird bugs like those juggles only some SF3 chars have)... this game was a complete disaster. If someone says this game was rock solid, he is either: -A liar. -Blind.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Ah the crossover we didn't deserve. The crossover we needed. Sort of.

[@adventuretaco7140]

Final fight revenge is an Ok game

[@ferarribrown5752]

Still better than neo geo battle colliseum. That was alright.. that's just it.

[@RasKetchum]

Do Neo Geo Battle Coliseum next!

[@GenaroNeto]

This game is awful, but the menu and intro designs are pretty coll, plus those Shinkiro artworks are lit... Capcom should use his talent more often

[@Waltersop]

We desperately a new Capcom all star game. MvC , Snk vs Capcom 3, something new, just anything! Capcom vs Sega would be dope

[@KenMasters.]

As long as Namco is in there.

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

So, this game had no tag-ins and tag-outs?

[@TheMeetymeet]

Exactly. It was basically a 1v1 with character choices every round.

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

@@TheMeetymeet Weird. Capcom should give this game an online play re-release! That way the game can be playable on today's home consoles and gaming PCs!

[@drewpool4537]

Ali v Chan, would be a true dream fight.

[@marbardan]

It's kinda sad since this is the LAST 2D fighter from the company

[@austinreed7343]

There was HD Remix and USF2 if you want to be technical.

[@nwo2cool]

Capcom Fighting Evolution felt like a fan-made Mugen game. I couldn't take that game seriously.

[@khalfanikeme]

I actually like this game the stages artwork is the best. I think they should of made street fighter alpha stages or Capcom vs snk stages like this.

[@nweditor875]

I still like this game I would rather play this any day of the week over Street Fighter V and VI any day of the week. still have my copy.

[@themusashixchronicles]

Wasn’t this already covered previously?

[@clementnunes5070]

Just to point out a mistake on the video. You can switch character, or not, when winning and losing. So most of the time, you choose 2 characters but only play one…wich is worse than standard kof style system if you ask me ! (But no one is xD)

[@ChrisYoungGunn]

I knew of this game for years, but finally bought it for ps2 in 2010 when i went on a retro binge. This game was terrible lol

[@minakohiashi8882]

i sort of would like to see a game like this but Blazblue, Persona, Guilty Gear and UnderNight

[@bunnybreaker]

Aside from GG, you basically described BB:Tag, which is also a trash "official Mugen" game.

[@aegisreflector1239]

Imo this game isn't as bad as everyone claims. The roster is still really cool and interesting to this day

[@johanngeorgfaust4309]

Well in my country sf3rd strike was really very very rare… you could only play as import game…. So I bought this game and I was super happy to investigate the parry feeling! Me and my friends played this a lot - so for us it was a great game until we had finally sf3rd strike! Since then I only play 3rd strike and imo even sf6 is super shitty compared to any classic street fighter !

[@clobberonline6812]

I still quite liked the Frankenstein that was Fighting Jam !!!

[@DRACOFURY]

*I Bought This Game And Returned It 😅 The Same Day*

[@reviews.7399]

I absolutely loved this game!!!!!

[@TimothyMorigeau]

I bought this game when it came out and was extremely disappointed. I was like, umm…Wth is this?

[@justinsherwood3977]

Gotta check out shing! Iff u like beat em ups

[@darinherrick9224]

I owned this game. Wildl unbalanced and terrible graphics. It's a fun game to play around with if you don't take fighting games seriously. And honestly for a long long time non-serious silly fighting games were a lot of what I played.

[@joaoguilhermebastos519]

Whoa! Somebody remembered slammasters

[@NebuzaTrackz]

This is why I feel imo Mugen is very important I bet someone can make a better version of Capcom fighting jam then Capcom did owo