Savior 2 was a Japan-only “rebalance” along the lines of Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha. There were some system changes, notably the removal of midair chains, and the Dark Force system becoming completely different. But the most apparent difference was in the roster: Savior 2 lost Talbain, Rikuo, and Sasquatch but gained Pyron, Huitzil, and Donovan. Furthermore, a separate game was released at the same time called Vampire Hunter 2. Which, despite the title, was identical to Savior 2 except that it had the same characters as Night Warriors/Vampire Hunter. Savior 2 and Hunter 2 were basically 2 halves of the same game, released seperately because the CPS2 board didn’t have enough graphics memory for all 18 characters at once. They pretty much died instantly, not only due to the awkward “2 separate games” situation, but also because no one liked the system and balance changes. Later, the console ports of Vampire Savior/Darkstalkers 3 would include all 18 characters, as well as some of the Savior 2/Hunter 2 systems as alternate settings.
Ah, I see. The best Capcom fighter ever made/the best fighter no one has ever played. They did say some shit about SFxT so my beginning assumption was not “incorrect”, perse.
This was bought the moment I seen it. Don’t even bother with the new game, this will do!
I could get behind this.
But the Darkstalkers lobby in GGPO is filled with MvC players with no money.
So if i was to buy the CPS2, which one should i get Vampire Savior or Vampire Savior2?
so like…everything but cvs2
inb4 rival schools/plasma sword/cfe announcement…
Phobos has an infinite. The recolored stages are on the original board used in rival battles.
Edit: FBA cheat
cheat "EX Stages"
0 "Off"
1 "On", 0, 0xFF8141, 0x04
Vampire Savior. It actually gets regular tournament play, Savior 2 only gets novelty tourney play about once a year.
I like this, I like it a lot. I can’t wait 
Think I played one of the DS a little a long time ago. May pick this up just because I know people rave about this series.
Cool thanks for the info, ill see how this game turns out then…Maybe i wont need to buy the CPS2.
I’m tired of all these damn resurrections and revivals. Give me a new DS.
wow theres so much hate for this on that front page article its kinda sad.
ive never gotten into GGPO on a PC or whatever so this is great for me. more people playing is a good thing right?
It’s the front page, what did you expect?
V-Sav has always been a very…divisive game. This will only make it worse.
It wouldn’t surprise me if most GGPO V-Sav players are utterly pissed right now.
I’m more pissed off at the horrible artwork.
I like Iron Galaxy, and I like the work that they’ve done.
Unfortunately I don’t feel like buying a re-release. I’ve been playing the game on the PS2 and in tournaments for a while and all I see this is gauging interest for a new Darkstalkers, which I’m not excited for in the slightest. I will hold no malice to anyone else who is excited for such a thing, or Ono and crew to get on it right away but I don’t want to have any part of it. The thought of DS in a SF4 art style (whatever that means) doesn’t sound enticing in the slightest and I am not hype to go through 4 revisions or dealing with some dumb universal gimmick.
Have fun.
i have to say that i pass, i like vs, but my dissappointment with capcom is bigger
But…why? I would think that they would be overjoyed that Capcom is finally acknowledging the Vampire series after all this time
Because they’ve been playing and supporting the scene for years for free, grinding it out day after day with absolutely no acknowledgement from Capcom, and barely anyone else and now suddenly people start riding the Darkstalkers train to look legit and now they have to pay $20 just to continue something they already do or invade another game’s room which considering what happened with MvC1, I doubt they’d do.