Analysis: The Fighting Game Wars 

Mortal Kombat is for people who cant play Shrek Superslam

Chess is pretty competitive. It also becomes a fighting game if you drink too much.

“For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. For me, it was Tuesday.”

THE 5 YEAR READ ON PROJECT L WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT RISING THUNDER OMG

The ironic thing is that Street Fighter and KoF/AoF/FF were made by the same director and designer, also Tekken was made by one of the main guys behind Virtua Fighter. It's a one big family.

Obviously you understand how good of a job you're doing, but I'm going to remind you of it anyway. Great job.

Smash players carry around CRTs not because the game is low def, but because CRTs have virtually no input lag

That League of Legends take actually became reality

Still waiting for Core-A-Gaming to talk about SNK games and KoF.

Yo rivals shown on this channel is hype. Such an awesome game.

"that's only half the picture" *shows mika's back*

The year is 2021. Everyone plays Ryu at Daigo levels of perfection. Because of this, the winner of a match depends solely on port priority. The parry metagame has evolved to ridiculous levels due to it being the only remaining factor to decide matches.

i love how you treat smash bros as part of the fgc. Me as a smash player trying to get into other fighting games, I feel like I already am on the community, and motivates me a lot more

"Comment to let me know where you think fighting games will be in five years" Oh no....

Amazingly put together and without bias. Thank you for this informative and entertaining video.

And this channel is CRIMINALLY UNDERAPPRECIATED!!!!

Holy crap core a predicted the future. Smash ultimate was made which a ton of melee players started playing and Riot games have announced that they were making a fighting game with a placeholder name called project l.

I just want to see a hell of a lot more Guilty Gear.

Mortal Kombat is for people who can't play Street Fighter Street Fighter is for people who can't play Tekken Tekken is for people who can't play KOF KOF is for people who can't play Street Fighter (1987)

I find myself agreeing with a lot of AngryJoe's points. Cultivating a new generation of fighting game fans should be a high priority when releasing a new installment. I can appreciate what SFV has done for the competitive scene, but the Street Fighter name has a lot of impact outside of the FGC, and there is a ton of potential for growth by tapping into that. Looking at the terrific sales MKX has been experiencing, one can easily see a best of both worlds scenario. It has a solid spot at EVO and has a healthy competitive scene, and it has gained a lot of critical/commercial success due to the lengthy story mode, the fan favorite dlc characters, wealth of optional extras, etc. The decision to release SFV with a more in depth story mode was a step in the right direction, but the decision to release the game in installments shows that there is a lot of progress that can still be made.

"Triforce has vanished. In his absence, NuckleDu..." I need to know the rest.

This is surprisingly accurate, the kind of thing that is rare to see on the internet. I'm a marketer, capcom's strategy with SFV felt clear from day one and you covered it well by including social media, seeing how these very tournaments will keep the game relevant for years, reaching more people and provide slow, but steady sales for a very long time. Radiant being bought by Riot is also something to keep an eye on, might be a big game changer in the future of fighting game eSports. I'm also a competitor in Smash Bros., and also worked on PM. And you touched very well on these points, the only thing that is not very well known yet is that Sakurai's vision with smash only became of a casual party game only with Brawl. Sourcegaming has all of the translated articles where Sakurai makes clear that melee was made for experienced players, and was aiming to be very deep. The core of the divide in the Smash community comes from the design documents, that divided the series' publics themselves. Melee and Brawl / Smash 4, were not made to the same public, and the state of the community, the refusal of Melee players to go the next game makes that clear, Melee never had a sequel. PM enjoyed great success by how it united parts of the Melee community, and the stagnated Brawl community at the time, people who wanted to see and play new things, it would most likely keep rising if not for the known developments. The potential of an official game that unites the Melee and Smash 4 community is indeed immense, most people don't realize that, it's a game that could pontetially become bigger than SF with enough support. But of course, the game needs licensing of things like music, prepared to deal with streams and etc, it would suck to have a great stage out of tournaments because of the music. Great video, def gained you a subscriber.

Isn't that funny that he asked how fighting games will be in five years and the today is the "future" he was talking about?

I wish you would've talked about more than just SF; you use it as an example so much. I wanted to know more about perhaps Tekken's or even KOF in EVO and how's it looked at.

Really love every video you've been putting out! Always asking the questions we didn't know we wanted the answers to. :)

I’ve watched almost all your analysis videos multiple times and I dont even play fighting games. I only play ARMS! Your videos are just so well made and have so much information that I keep coming back!

"Half the picture" uses censored mika animation I see you

In 5 years... Tekken 6 finally released in the west, Mango throws more tourneys, SFV has over 20 characters, melee HD gets teased.

ArcSystem Works FGs really need more attention, especially Guilty Gear.

Loved the way you portrayed the smash community in a nutshell. Great work! :D

competitive didn't ruin anything ever. but developers choosing to go their route exclusively shot themselves on the foot.

Great vid man! Some of the best informative FGC content on RU-vid

Amazing video as always! Wonderful topic that really shed some light on why sfv launched in the state it did. I think it's great that capcom is focusing on the hardcore. Loved all the info about smash as well. As a big fan of most smash games it was a really nice way of breaking it down. Great stuff.

"With so many fighting games out now, not every one is going to get played on the big stage." RIP EVO Melee. Sad!

I'm so glad that somebody made this video. A lot of people don't realize this aspect of fighting games. I think that if everybody understands this concept we can have fighting games grow into something huge and accepted by everyone across the board.

Your videos are very entertaining, man. I love your channel, congratz!

Always putting Karin's theme on you videos. I love it.

I didn't think I would offer *Neoxon Notes* for anyone other than Omni, but here goes... - To be quite honest, I don't expect Smash games to become more similar to Melee unless Nintendo moves on with Smash without Sakurai (which I doubt, since it would put the quality of the next game overall at risk). As for Melee HD, I doubt that'll happen since Bandai Namco is supposedly doing a Smash 4 port for the NX Platform's launch (likely including all of the DLC characters), which does indicate that Nintendo's putting their competitive eggs in Smash 4 & Pokkén Tournament's baskets (which would only go south if Nintendo offers no wired controller for the NX Console). Speaking of Pokkén.... - Because Pokkén Tournament is releasing at the tail-end of the Wii U's life, it does bring up a number of issues. For starters, unless Bandai Namco & The Pokémon Company already started work on DLC like Capcom did for SFV, I doubt that we'll get any DLC unless the NX Platform gets a "Super Pokkén Tournament" of sorts, with any additional characters, stages, & balances changes being added to the Wii U version via a DLC update similar to AE/Ultra for SFIV. - As far as Street Fighter V sales go, going the Splatoon route seems to be their best option. What Nintendo ended up doing after Splatoon's barebones launch was advertise the shit out of the game again when the August 2015 update came out. If Capcom does the same for either the Cinematic Story Mode or the completion of the Wave 1 DLC characters, they may see a second wind of sales from casuals. Either that or they release "Street Fighter V: 2016 Season Collection" that includes all of the Wave 1 DLC without the need of grinding for Fight Money, putting newcomers in a position where they don't have to grind like hell to catch up with the rest of us (& also not screwing over early adopters, since the disc would basically be the base game plus the Wave 1 DLC).

Your content is always on point, man. Awesome.

Been a fan of your work for long, but had overlooked this video for a while. And I gotta make this comment to tell you I loved it. As always the topic was super interesting and your own observations were of great interest. However, I would like to highlight the excellent editing. I would say the first half of the video has the best of your all-time edition, great job. The it was actually a Tuesday joke killed me.

Smash Ultimate has essentially united the divided playerbase...and sliced them into 3 pieces: Casual, Competitive, and Chaos

Its 2019 and man....I wish Pokken had more of a scene. Ah well im glad that Under Night in brith will be at this year's EVO.

I am impressed by your insight. Keep it up, I'm glad I found your channel.

I don't even play fighting games these days (used to play SF2 on arcades back in day and was pretty damn good too) but I love watching your fighting game analysis videos. I really really wish you did more genres

This channel is such a masterpiece and its so weird seeing no comments for the past 3 months

The only problem I have with your channel is how the hell do you not more subscribers? Top notch dude.

Love these videos. Such a big fan of the FGC, and love to see these topics discussed

You make really good content. I'd love to see a video explaining fighting game concepts and basics. I'm a beginner and its really hard to even understand advice found online when the terminology is so opaque and most of the forum crowds are full of experienced players who presume a lot of knowledge (that they have internalized long ago).

6:40 wow this aged really really well

7:25: Nintendo: You know, we hadn't thought of that before... ... and thus we have Ultimate - where Ganon tanks everything and peach spams stitchface.

This is an amazing series. Good job.

Damn Core-A-Gaming, back at it again with the quality content.

your videos flow so well man, do you do em yourself or is it a team effort?

It's been 5 years. Let's read the comments...

As a casual fan of fighting games I really love your content! Thank you! If I have to choose a game to see at EVO, I would love to see Melty Blood, one of the only fighting games I really tried to learn years ago.

Nice video, very clear and good editing. I hope that not a single fighting game was forgotten in the future. Y want to be able to play new as well as old games online, fighting games are awesome

We need more people playing Guilty Gear D:

can you do a video on introducing new players to fighting games (and maybe what games in particular are great for this)? i think it's awesome that companies are putting in the investment to build up fgcs, but i have no idea how to get my friends to play since there don't seem to be any bridges between casuals and fgcs

Nice use of memes without compromising your profound analysis! As always, your videos are a pleasure to watch

Great video as always, keep it up!

do a soulcalibur series

No mention of how much effort MS and Iron Galaxy are putting in to support tournaments and promote Killer Instinct...

dude awesome channel i love it so much keep up the good work !

Can we get a part two of this video? The content is always great to watch.

I think fighting games have a bright future in the eSports entertainment scene, but for at home gamers looking for a casual experience they will probably fail to impress for the long haul. As such developers will see a decline in sales in the long run since pro eSports gamers do not make up the majority of paying customers. You forsake the many to please the few, and you'll find yourself losing out on the big business opportunities. It's bad marketing as not everyone is looking to go pro, or pay up to compete in prize inclusive tournaments.

7:59 that aged perfectly.

Dude your channel is awesome. Keep up the content.

OMG! I was not expecting the mention of rugby in this video after I finished watching Brazil v Chile in the Americas Rugby Championship and Ninh's video about Rugby Union v Rugby League. Thank you, Gerald, from a huge Smash Bros/ Rugby fan.

Bringing the community of Smash 4 and Melee together? Sounds like Smash Ultimate! Just goes to show that the community really does matter to game developers these days, especially in the competitive market.

Lupe deletes his tweets regularly. Before this debacle he always did this.

Dude that was amazing! Thank you

Love the content on this channel. Moaaaar!

"It's only game, why you have to be mad?" LMAO

6:44 lol! You called it!

this channel is too great keep up the good work

Ugh, I love this channel so much > u

6:35 aged like fine wine

Again, another video of super high quality. I would really like you to do an analysis on why Asian players keep looking dominant in Street Fighter, especially if they win again at NCR. I feel like it comes down to cultural differences making Asian players more invested and training harder, but I'd like to have your take on it.

You deserve waaay more views and subscribers!

Love these overview videos...really well done. Btw not fully related but I was the lead designer on the breast cancer website you showed. :) so you made my day. Lol

Well it’s been 5 years

Without the "casual gamers" to support the sales of the game, there will not be "prize money" available for the e-sports. With the horrible sales of SFV and if Capcom keep on ignoring the overall content of the game, there will not be a Capcom soon to support this e-sports.

Your channel is amazing man, your videos are always crisp and accurate.Now I have a question (im planning to gather as much intel for a video im working). What makes a fighting game "competitive"?What are the requirements for a game to succesu become competitive? I would really appreciate your answer. Anyway, great video, as always. Keep it up!

Here I thought this was going to be more about battles between various fighting game franchises and not determining what is a fighting game and what isn't. I would like to see more discussions about what makes a certain franchise better or worse than similar franchises and why they are better at certain things.

Well it's been five years. I have only one thing to say #freemelee

Could we please get some Sprites back in our 2D fighting games?!

Core A always makes my day

Great video! Lots of research on the smash bros series. I am curious to hear more about the smashbros community!

At 6:30 he literally predicted Project L😂

When you talk about Smash Bros on your channel I cream.

Thank you for acknowledge the need of a melee HD

Dude. U literally make the best videos

Melee and Sm4sh will never be able to be in one game. It will forever be two games by now. They are just too different :/

League of Legends is making a fighting game now

This came out 6 years ago? Man time flies.....

the future of fighting game will always be around as long as there is player base for it as i see it.. from now into the future it can only expand into something more. i dont what it will be but it will be interesting to see it.

how could you not mention tekken once? People be sleeping on that series one of the best fighters imo

I really thought from the title I hastily saw that this was going to be an analysis of Masters of Teras Kasi. Also for the Project M thing, I thought the problem is that not only where there Nintendo lawyers, SEGA lawyers and Konami lawyers could've gotten involved if they sued the team.

Almost 5 years and were currently in a pandemic. Love your channel tho on god this is one of the best theory channels to watch

Its been 5 years! *nearly just 3 more months* fighting games are in a great spot!