Arcade Edition Abigail - The Most Unreasonable Character in SFV History 

Do you think Abigail pretends to be a car because he cannot fit inside any vehicle himself?

do you ever think about how Abigail is a tire whisperer he can just summon spare tires at will & speaks fluent engine

Holy shit another hour long video on a character that you can’t play this is frickin sweet

2:52 Maybe Abigail got so many initial buffs because the dev team felt bad about making him tall enough to take all 30 hits of Raging Demon directly to the crotch. "Die a thousand deaths," indeed. o_O

Honestly this stuff is basically lost media conservation and I love it.

white boy speaks fluent car, flattens poor cammy player

"How big should I make the video discussing a FG character?" "Depends on how big the character is"

"Working on an SFV Abigail vid and I feel like I'm more productive than usual because if I ever tab out and get distracted he starts continuously making his iconic Abigail sounds which is a great incentive to get back in there and stop him from doing that" -big yellow during the making of this video

Abigail got to feel like he truly was a car with how he simply ran over everyone else, his ultimate victory

This Abigail feels like his revenge for that less than stellar reaction to his character.

Abigail looks like he'd have a team of baby Pokémon.

The reason Abigail is not in sf6 is because he transformed into the workshop present in the world tour mode. That means you can be inside him

Abigail looks like his Ancestry results would come back with him being part bulldog and part Jeep Wrangler

Using Streets of Rage music for a Final Fight character is very thematic, not just because both are beat-em-ups, but because I feel like this version of Abigail probably made a lot of people rage.

Abigail was the reason i got back into watching SFV tourneys. In a game full of martial arts and crazy techniques, a giant of a man who throws you up and lets gravity do the rest was funny af to watch.

anyone else incredibly angered by ryu's gi clipping into his legs

If this guy walked into the Salty Splatoon, they would give him the deed to the building for free.

Honestly, the fact that Capcom got Xander Mobus to ham it up to eleven as Abigail is literally what made this character one of my favorites in SFV, balancing issues aside. Dude was *clearly* having a great time recording his lines. I’ll miss his *“BIIIG SMASH! CRUSH YOU LIKE A CAN!”*

"It's April 1st, 2018" no it aint. it's april 22nd, 2024. you were wrong mx youtuber

Can't wait for the "How season 3 Lily was broken in sf6" big yellow video in 2036

I just checked the wiki out of curiosity. How the fuck is Abigail ONLY 8 feet tall??? He looks like a fucking MOUNTAIN. I wish we got more fighting game characters that are just really big.

I remember Abigail's announcement I woke up at 5am, sleepily looked at my phone, saw the announcement trailer on RU-vid, and was so disgusted I went back to sleep I think I was actually mad when he didn't look any better when I checked again later

I love how so many of the comments are "one-hour video about a character I don't know for a game I don't play? Yes please", because this is my exact sentiment. There's a subtle storytelling quality to your vids and the way you weave the ins and outs of your video subjects that's just so compelling and enjoyable, and it's what keeps me coming back. Even if I have no idea what you're talking about, like in the Worms 3D videos, I always come out learning obtusely fascinating things. Thanks for doing your schtick, Yellow

I love Abigail so much, give me every giant goofball character you can please.

Haven’t watched this video but Abigail is hilarious to me because he is the epitome of “I’m only playing him because he’s top tier.” I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many drop a character so quickly after they fell out of favor in the tier lists. Absolutely NO ONE* actually liked this character but he was absolutely everywhere… until he was nowhere. The moment he was no longer top 5 people slammed him into a dumpster and never looked back. *I actually knew a guy who genuinely liked Abagail (he was a huge Final Fight fan who loved playing big bodies) who still played him even after he fell out of favor.

45:50 What's funny is that Abigail DID have an extremely fucked up hard knockdown setup into a VT1 unblockable that went completely unmentioned. If you were able to land a crumple starter with VT1 available, he could do a specific juggle into only the 1st hit of the run flip, which would force a hard knockdown that left Abigail point blank and with enough advantage to land a full charged stand heavy punch Here's a link to Brian F talking about it in one of LordKnight's Unfair attacks video if you want a better explanation ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-waNHdypQ98o.html

It's really cool seeing discussion on now unplayable patch states of games. People forget how much a single bad patch or overpowered character/strategy can mess things up once they've been fixed.

I know literally nothing about fighting games but I enjoy watching the absurdly giant man with a female name do his little dances

Makes sense how he got so big considering how he’s eating your fucking healthbar so often

One part of me is saying “Jesus fuck this is broken”, but the other part of me is just “hehe big guy go brrrrrr”.

I was (and still am) a steadfast Birdie player in SFV, and everyone kept saying "y'know, if you wanted to win more games you should switch over to Abigail!" I'm gonna show them this and have them thank me for not being a monster.

im kind of mesmerized by abigail's incredible size and charisma

Watching this video is like going into your bitter old neighbor's secret trophy room and finding out he used to be a professional boxer or some shit

She’s gone back to her roots of talking about insane shit you can’t use in fighting games, and if there’s more on the way I’d love a video on the various secret Nago fights in GGST since that games goes crazy I love Abigail so much, bros barber gave his ass the Canadian leaf

“Okay, so, big tough guy? I can do this recording session.” “Sure, but also, we need you to make broom broom noises with your mouth.”

Me about to listen to music on my drive home from school: Big Yellow Upload:

This is what happens when you introduce a Canadian anywhere

The funny thing about Abigail is that he has a small guy moveset. Flips and rolls and rapid punches. Except he looks like Ultimate Warrior ate Phil Heath.

Big Yellow, I just want to point out I had no interest in this video, nor Street Fighter V. It came up on my homepage and I ignored it for a while, but then I noticed it was you who posted it and I watched the whole thing. Wild how you can keep me interested in things I know nothing about, nor really care about such as this, or especially your lego videos but thats just a credit to how excellent a creator you are. Thank you very much for the time you dedicate to things like this; your passion makes it levels more engaging.

1 hour video on a game I never played on a character I never knew existed is always my favourite kinda content 😂

27:10 watching ryu's fist straight up clip through Abigail's arm and do nothing is incredible

1:44 The reception wasn't just bad on its own, it also had to stand alongside BBTAG getting announced in general and Geese getting announced for Tekken 7, both of which got very LOUD pops for them. Like the contrast between those 2 and Abigail was almost comically dire.

Abigail’s design is, in a word, preposterous. His model blocks out his own UI.

I love how occasionally feet strighter has a fucked up goofy little guy who commits so many crimes that he gets taken out back for the next two decades

If you didn’t play during this era of SFV you don’t know what pain feels like.

1:17 for someone who has never played any street fighter game after the third, seeing GILL on C TIER got me in shock. what the fuck did they do to him

Ohhhh yeahhhh, time for another installment of "Watching someone passionately rant about a game I don't play"

Man looking back at SF5 you could tell how much they wanted this game to be the FINAL instalment of Street Fighter. Bringing back classics with a sleek, modern design while also respecting their origins, the whole mantra of "RISE UP" which I still love to this day, and the amount of balancing that it went through over the course of its lifespan. Hell, even the V-Gauge looked like it was supposed to fit the "RISE UP" mentality of the game - overcoming hardships, returning to the top, etc. I know SF6 is more well received in terms of it being an actual game, but I just *adore* the aesthetics of SF5.

I could gush all day about how much I love everything about Abigail. I love his big dumb goober personality, I love his giant freakazoid design, I love his simple yet difficult to master gameplay, I love his whole kit and playstyle, I even love his silly maple leaf hair. I love being a big dumb idiot as a playstyle where I get to play mind games and punish mistakes. I love grappling and zoning at the same time. I love how big and meaty his hits feel. I love that he has a parry. His combos are so badass. He's basically the perfect character for me.

The production value on the editing in this is much higher than usual. If you're being held hostage by Core-A Gaming say "Gayming" two times quickly.

Gonna be real I keep rewatching this video but not as background noise or something but because of the way Abigail is animated Like his a big grotesque man who slams smaller people around and punches you 15 times in 2 seconds It makes my neurons bounce against eachother, that is how I wanna play if I were in a fighting game

Abigail having a two bar Vtrigger was one of the most psychotic decisions capcom ever made. That being said, as much as I hated being on the receiving end of Abi's nonsense, I always got a huge laugh out of watching him absolutely delete players. I love this stupid ass character, hated fighting him, but as long as I wasn't the one dealing with him he was was a great time.

Me and my friends thought he was oddly endearing, the way he makes little car engine noises like a little boy, hahaha

41:43 I didn't expect the sudden cut and almost spat out my hot choco

Abi's VS2 is incredibly important for being the most Bad Manners way to kill a stunned opponent in Street Fighter V

I'm morbidly curious to find out what that man's skeleton looks like...

Abby main here and yeah, saying he was something else in S3 would be an understatement I feel like alot of people, including myself, slept on him during S2 and then he got more attention after Coolkid showed what we was capable of against Wolfkrone. Honestly speaking, he didn’t need to be buffed in S3 but it was like someone at Capcom saw how lukewarm he was received at his EVO reveal and was ,”okay, bet”. I was kinda forced to switch to him after they nerfed Gief during that time Absolutely love him, but for me, he’s just almost unplayable in his current state after all the nerfs he got and especially his nitro run. Yeah, I wish he never got buffed in the first place lol. Grateful for the memories tho; I nearly won a tourney with him in S3 and fully expected the crowd to boo me but actually cheered for me cause of his outrageous damage. Meant alot too cause this was like a week after my mom had died so, really appreciated that… I think he’s just too complicated of a character to balance “right’ for him to return SF6 because I know people will complain about him in the end and I’m content with either Hugo or Sodom (long overdue) as the Mad Gear boss to return instead. Still love you Abby, Vroom Vroom!

I’m watching an hour long video about a video game I dont play, and a character that you have to go incredibly out of your way to experience. Perfect

She will NEVER draw a comparison between abigails prejump and melee bowsers jumsquat 19:16 :

Dude looks like a Fist of the North Star villain

A lot of fighting game developers overestimate big body characters. This time, they underestimate them once

Gotta say, seeing one of your videos pop up in my feed is always exciting, especially for fighting game videos. I joined SFV very late, so I never really got to see full warcrime Abigail for myself. That Gill video is maybe my favorite you've done, but the competition is pretty fierce.

Is there a lore reason my man is 17 feet tall and wider than a semi truck or?

Finally I can eat a full five course meal while watching one big yellow video This is also just so peak, another banger

honestly, I never took this game seriously when I played it, but I found his moves and the fact he pretends to be a car to be hilarious. and I will die on this hill.

Abigail is like if Truck-kun had a face. An ugly, but still somehow beautiful face

Big Yellow uploading a fighting game video for the first time in months, not only answering my prayers but making it an hour long and about my favorite fighting game character of all time... thank yuo :)

competing in guilty gear, the whole section on risk reward just reminds me of this seasons goldlewis, where any one mistake and you explode, and even doing well you are building him full resources to skip the screen so you can explode. If you want to do anything at all in neutral, even block - wild assault then start dying as he chips you heavily/eats your gauge and then goes for a high low with prc fuzzy.

Over an HOUR of big yellow SF content? Let’s goooooo!!!

"Sorry honey, I'll have to cancel plans. A RU-vidr just released a movie length video on something I've never heard about nor would have been interested in beforehand, I have to watch it!"

for purely lore/physical reasons, I'm okay with Abagail being the only character with an anti-air jab. He's beyond tall enough

Definitely your best video so far. This is fucking sick. It's so sad to me that old versions of characters are lost because of balance patches...

I had no clue Abigail was this volatile. The only other example I know of a grappler ever being high-tier (not even top-tier) and ruining the fun for everyone on the planet was Zangief in SFIV and that's because he's just THAT infamous, every FGC RU-vidr has talked about him at some point because how could you not. So seeing this and being told that Abigail was just straight-up the *best* character is just instantly ringing the alarm bells, like how did we end up with the same issue but even worse?

I always knew abigail is massive but going from a zangief clip to a abigail clip really puts how gigantic this mf is into perspective. Great video btw! That problem vs punk clip will always be the highlight of how stressful this character was to play vs until the 3.5 patch

Great video, but more difficult to get through than your other work because of just how unpleasant it is to look at abigail for an hour.

Great podcast with Jimothy Cool

God SFV balance decisions were so atrocious back then i wonder what was happening behind the scenes because they really got it together a few patches after this

Fun Fact: Abigail is the first Canadian Street Fighter character

Idk why but Abigail going vroom vroom just adds insult to injury every time.

God, every single time you mention a move I was going “God, this shit was obscene”. This character was truly obnoxious at all levels of play.

4:17 hey dats me recording that clip Nice video, f Abigail =)

You said you don't often do "this kind of storytime schtick". But maybe you should, because the intro to this video is seriously well done.

Hearing about fighting game characters in games I dont play heals my soul for some reason. Another banger video!

I started with 6 and everytime I watch something from SFV it hits me how ugly muscles in this game look. Kinda like balloons got implanted under characters skin. In sf6 they look really natural considering it's a very cartoony game.

I am going to fall asleep to this video tonight and then start over tomorrow because I only made it 15 minutes in thank you Large Yellow for the cozy content

Fantastic video I'd just like to add something for Abi's StMK. The buffed hitstun made it a lot stronger as a buffer tool with VT2 up, it was pretty good against Dhalsim limbs for counterpoking into a knockdown, and had less risk on whiff than his parry

41:44 gave me a pretty good laugh, nice bit of editing for the punchline :)

please do more video essays on competitive broken characters, i'm already 30 min into the video and loving it, thanks for the content

The "I just do things and hope, not even pray" archetype.

Playing with release. Abigail was the equivalent of being able to play as minion in in twisted metal 2. Just.... Casually playing with an unapologetic, whole ass boss!

Wait wait wait wait hold up a second I'm not really familiar with SFV, specifically, so I was more than a little shocked to see that *GILL*, of all characters, is in C tier with Abigail in that final tier list you showed at 1:16. What on Earth did Capcom do to this man? I mean, I get that he is paying for his sins in SFIII but wuhhhhh I'm baffled to see him listed alongside career lowtiers. For that matter, what happened to Sagat? Did they break his ankles? SFV is wild and I barely know anything about it lmao

I discovered this channel through the Pokémon content, but lately I've been really enjoying watching alot of the fighting game content How do you manage to make me get so locked in to videos about games where I understand like less than 1% of the jargon Keep up the incredible content Yellow

i've wanted to know more about this ever since i saw that original set, one of the funniest sets in fgc history what a nightmare

Jimothy Cool? It's crazy when two different people you follow who both have similar interests in specific things randomly collab with one another. It's doubly funny since I followed both of you for different reasons (you for your fighting game stuff, Jimothy for his Pokemon content). Also vroom vroom.

I actually have an old unfinished tier list that I made with the help of my dad (thanks dad :3) about how hard each character could hit Abigail in dick with their supers. Akuma was #1, of course. I think Karin was also up there. I'd check, but my computer had a bit of an aneurysm so I need to wait until they can transfer the old data.

Crouching Light Punch is giving me PTSD

One correction is that, when you say the charged punches were "unblockable," you should be saying "guard break." There's a big difference in those effects. Unblockable implies full damage whether hit or guard, whereas guard break doesn't cause damage on guard but leaves the defender in a short stunned state.

I literally know nothing about Street fighter we will be watching the entire thing

It's honestly so nice of Big Yellow to fill the Bad Balance series-shaped hole in my heart, I love that for her

Great vid, always heard horror stories but didn't know it was this psychotic. When talking about Abigail having shitty anti-airs now I feel like you should've used Oro as an example. Oro can just spam jump heavy punch on Abigail and he can't really do much about it