Recently, capcom ad Street Fighter 6 plus a very interesting compilation called Capcom Fighting Collectionwhich will include multiple games, including several installments of Darkstalkerssaga longed for by fans of the fighting genre that hides various curiosities and that we will review in this installment.
Production for Universal Studios: The original project contemplated the creation of a title of fights with monsters from the production house running under the engine of Street Fighter II. The lack of agreements around licenses prevented it.
Wink to Michael Jackson: When lord raptor execute the special move, “Ultimate Undead”, the auditory tones are very similar to the song”Bad” of the king of pop.
Adoption of a succubus: Morrigan had originally been planned as a vampire, but since there was another character of the same nature, the designer Alex Jimenez he transformed her into a succubus.
The code does not lie: The programming language in the arcade version evidenced that the fighters Huitzil and pyron they could have been planned as playable. In fact, modified versions allowed to control them and obtain their respective endings, being the same ones that appear in the sequel. Night Warriors: Darkstalkers’ Revenge.
Visiting the small screen: While in Japan the anime premiered Night Warriors: Darkstalkers’ Revenge [OVA] (1997) distributed in four volumes, in the United States the series was released Darkstalkers (1995) and had only thirteen episodes.
Bibliographic collection: The enigmatic franchise created by junichi ohno He has also had appearances in comics, manga, art books, and novels such as Vampire Hunter no NazoDemon’s Damnation and Vampire Artworksamong others.
Felicia and her popularity: This famous fighter has appeared in countless video games such as Cross Edge, Marvel vs. capcom 2, Puzzle FighterProject X Zone 2 and SNK vs. capcom, to name a few. Special mention deserves Pocket Fightr, where this cat lady can transform into Mega Man.
The failed hope of Lab Zero Games: The defunct studio in charge of Indivisible and skullgirls publicly expressed to Capcom through social networks, his desire to resurrect the Darkstalkers license, without achieving his goal.
Tribute in Love Hina (1998-2001): During chapter 86, the popular manga showed its protagonists Shinobu, Mutsumi and Mitsune, wearing costumes of Baby Bonnie Hood, Hsien-Ko and Feliciaon the occasion of Halloween.
The origin of Ruby Heart: Yoshinori Ono, producer of Street Fighter, acknowledged that said debuting character in Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, was a discarded concept art from Darkstalkers.
For more than a decade there has been speculation about the long-awaited return of the franchise Darkstalkers, which occupies a very special place in the memories of lovers of fighting titles and we will have to keep waiting. However, the collection Capcom Fighting Collection It will be the ideal pretext to enjoy this iconic intellectual property again.
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