Well for the near future, at least if Niitsuma (TvC) is to be beleived, 2.5D is the way to go for Capcom.
It is, so is RS/PJ if here and Cap-Unity are to believed. Lots of clamoring, and not enough playing/very little in the way of good YT vids.
the best joke of all the article
First off - I don’t need any game to have lolis, be cvs2 or 3S -I want another unique game different from the others but hell of a lot of fun and super hard to master
second off- I have won tourneys just not any major ones, just state or regional, and i have been playing fighting games since when SF II and Mortal Kombat first hit arcades
third off- I could careless if a game is popular or not, that has no baring whatsoever if it is or not-I will like a game first and then hope its got a crowd so I can play with them
fourth off- uh…yes I do like to shit on SF IV if I have the opportunity, I just hate seeing it get so much undeserved credit so I got to bring its sorryass down a notch
All i heard was jab jab jab FADC ultra
Not saying I disagree, but I haven’t heard anyone talk about Rival Schools in awhile.
That said, I like the game but somewhat lost interest in it when I discovered the number of supposedly viable characters and how top level turns out.
So…a player who’s good at two games fundamentally derived from Street Fighter, turned out to be good at Street Fighter.
I don’t see how this is unexpected. I’m sure he would also be good at ST.
The knowledge and experience from one fighting game can be very useful in another fighting game, considering the fundamental similarities amongst all of them.
I would have been more impressed if you said a complete noob who never plays fighting games managed to win a SF4 tourney (which will never happen). But, saying that a really good fighting game player managed to do really well in a fighting game…isn’t very shocking.
Oh and, yeah new DS game. I like fighting games. Therefore, I support new ones. It’s really as simple as that.
People love SF4. Look at all the readers choice awards for fighting games in 2009. Look at the 3 million copies sold, and still selling. Look at how easy it is to find matches online, 10 months after release. Look at the hype for SSF4. Look at the hype for SF4 tourneys.
Complainers are louder than the satisfied. But, not necessarily more numerous.
My main suggestion is to go off of what Vampire Savior (the first one) had. The reason being is - out of all the Darkstalkers series, this still has the biggest annual event in Japan compared to the others.
It was a great and balanced game as it was already, as you could see the worst 3 characters winning tournaments regularly. There’s not much that really needs to be done. The current AG system in VS can be hard for starters, at least it took me some months to perfect. Maybe it should be lowered to 3 inputs, but in return make it necessary to input the commands a bit quicker. Just a thought.
Wow, this series was so awesome yet no one ever got to play it since other games were shining at the time. Definitely looking forward to a new installment, as long as they don’t drift too far from the original then they can’t go wrong at all.
edit : Another system I’d move around some is the anti air game. A lot of characters have good anti airs, but some are harder to use and DP’s like Demitri’s can get air guarded into a chicken attack. It would change the game drastically, so I’m not so sure if it would be appropriate. But giving each character one reliable go-to anti air normal would be a nice start, since say Felicia vs Jedah doesn’t leave Jedah enough good options to anti air with up close.
Wrong.
Wrong again.
My days your on a role. Your assumptions/analysis/presuppositions are way off. It may apply to some people, but don’t think it applies to all. You assume to know people and accuse them in an unjust manner. SFIV sucks, it’s no secret. BB sucks, it’s no secret. KoFXII is unfinished and therefore sucks, it’s no secret. What do all these games have in common, other than being new? They try to cater to the casual (aka retard) audience and guess what? They suck.
We don’t hate things because they’re popular, that’s a wack ass assumption that ignores all the valid points that have been presented for reason to the dislike of a game. People actually DO play fighting games if they’re popular; competition and hype encourages people. Those who stop stop for a reason. No one is enough of tosspot to quit because everyone else is play…at least I hope not.
I mean:
A) I hate Loli’s
B) I don’t play CVS2
C) I used to hate 3S until SFIV came out and it sucked so bad I actually grew respect for 3S. Now I don’t hate 3S, I simply don’t play it.
I seriously lol’d irl 
Lmao
i’ve never liked the VS/DS games and i really can’t say why. i don’t hate them but i’m not interested no matter how much of it i play. so for me, i’d rather capcom try something completely new as far as fighting games go, and not make another existing fighting game using ono/dimps/criware.
I don’t know if anyone has came up with this idea yet but how about this…
New Darkstalkers game. Street Fighter IV graphics. Same original Darkstalkers mechanics. Same characters (maybe just the popular ones if not all). A few new characters (no doubt). Some new stages and also maybe a couple memorable revisions of the older ones.
That’s it. I think everyone would love the new Darkstalkers game if it were like that. I mean if there were to be any changes to the mechanics at all then they’d probably add some sort of Ultra Combo-like system where they’ll make the Supers look epic. I hope to God that they don’t make it exactly like the Ultra Combo system though where they reward scrubs with the meter.
Basically the idea is to re-make a Darkstalkers game that’s the same but just using Street Fighter IV’s graphics. You can’t possibly go wrong with that. No one can complain about that unless they straight-up just like 2D graphics. So I don’t know what’s up with all this, “They should add in Focus Attacks” or “It’s gonna have Ultra Combos” and all that shit. This is Darkstalkers, not Street Fighter IV.
But why SFIV graphics?
Don’t just fucking assume everyone likes the artstyle or graphics engine of SFIV.
Pretty much this, please don’t give Lilith steroids and massive hands.
(Although I think the engine may be able to do non-muscle-bound characters, it’s kind of hard to tell how they would be with our current examples of it’s use.)
SFIV Graphics would be the last thing i was touching DS, there is no need for anyone other than Victor to be a rippling pile of muscles
Why would it have to have ink effects or SF4 artistic styling? The graphics engine itself is capable of different/more/varied visuals BESIDES the route that SF4 took. Just sezzin’.
Letter to Capcom:
Capcom,
Please don’t dumb down Darkstalkers.
Thanks,
Half
It’s Capcom. They’re going to use 3D graphics for the new Darkstalkers no matter what. It’s not my choice. Samurai Shodown is finally going 3D so it’s time for Darkstalkers too. Graphics are just graphics though so I really don’t care what it looks like as long as it ends up being a good game overall. Plus, what the hell’s wrong with Street Fighter IV’s graphics. I’ve never heard anyone complain about it. It’s a hell of a lot better than the graphics for the Street Fighter EX series, lol.
What more do you want, cell-shaded Tatsunoko vs. Capcom graphics? I wouldn’t mind that either. I also wouldn’t mind high-quality 2D sprites similar to BlazBlue’s style or what they did with the King of Fighters XII (minus the fail). I’d actually prefer that for a new Darkstalkers game if anything.
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It’s understandable for people to not want Darkstalkers to be styled like SF4. They are 2 completely different series and shouldn’t look anything alike. That and VS is one of the prettier games(for its time) that Capcom has ever released.
Darkstalkers is cool and all… but I would much rather have a new Rival Schools or Plasma Sword… or ultimately a “Vs.” game that features badasses like Dante of DMC, Powerstone Chars, Breath of Fire chars, Mega Man chars, Viewtiful Joe chars, and of course all of Capcom’s fighters from Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, Rival Schools, Plasma Sword, maybe even some Street Fighter EX chars lol. All that versus whatever company/companies are up for the challenge haha
Call it: CAPCOM: Kumite Ultimatum
Or something cheesy like that lolol
If this happens and it resembles ANYTHING of SFIV, They arent getting my money.
I agree with you on a new Rival Schools or Plasma Sword re-make but apparently they’ve already decided on Darkstalkers so it’s too late for that. Maybe next time.
And it’s not like Street Fighter and Darkstalkers has never shared graphics before. There’s Capcom vs. SNK, Marvel vs. Capcom and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom where both Street Fighter and the Darkstalkers characters share the same graphics. So it would work out. I’m just sayin’. I also agree that Darkstalkers should look different from Street Fighter but all I’m saying is that it’s not that big of a deal and it wouldn’t affect the game. As long as they keep the original mechanics of Darkstalkers and plays like a Darkstalkers game then it should be all good.