Cammy's Stages (English Manor) 

Man, i can tell you took a lot of time into researching for cammy's stage. Talk about a confusing amount of information and castle inspirations for one stage is a lot. That being said, i do love this stage with the northern lights, the background details and the cute little ravens too! You did a great job on this analysis! I learned a lot from this!

As an English person myself I can only assume this castle is meant to be in the North somewhere, the North is where you tend to get your mountains and lakes Either way fantastic video, you deserve a ton of subscribers!

As someone whose lived in the UK their entire life and dragged around endless castles for school trips, I can 100% say the architecture is German and not British, also the giant house in the valley is a German design. Finally, the UK doesn't have cliffs with bridges spanning across then like that. Most of the UK is either a bit hill-y or entirely flat.

As someone that lives in england, no stage had me more mystified than this one. Thank you so much

Definitely one of the most iconic stages in SF history. Top tier in both visuals and theme music.

I was a kid when I first saw The English Manor stage and it blew me away at the time. It still does. The visuals, music and mysterious nature of it are amazing!

I think there is a clue in that crest. It can be a Pegasus or a Winged heraldic dragon and. There is a Highclere Castle that uses the dragon. The crest alone can throw you down so many rabbit holes. If you look up castles with Angels where gargoyles usually are, a Castel Sant'Angelo comes up which is in Rome but looks very much suspiciously like this, with the crenulations on the bridge and water features. If you google castles you can see the northern lights, most are Scotland and like Dunrobin Castle comes up. I think instead of looking at the very samey architecture, look into things like that.

Fantastic video! Thank you for all your effort!! 🥰 I definitely think Cammy's main castle was inspired by Schloss Lichtenstein. I think the background was inspired by Schloss Neuschwanstein, where you can see a 2nd castle, lake, village, and mountains in the background. The 2nd castle in the valley doesn't look the same, but it does actually look a lot like Schloss Neuschwanstein from behind (which you can see if you walk over a long narrow bridge).

Cammy's stage was also my favorite back during its release. The music too! Glad to know there is others out there! When I got older, I realized the inaccuracy of it... as Dan said, it's VERY rare to see the northern lights in England lol.

I love so much exploring fighting games stages, so finding a channel dedicated to that is a God's send. It's true, I could watch you talking about stages all day

I like this stage breakdown, look forward to seeing more in other games!

I can see Capcom just saying "Throw some castles in there!" and just moving on. Really interesting possible connection to that old English flag. Another super interesting watch! I can't wait to see more stages!

that extensive research you provided here shows how much capcom was working with diverse ideas for their games at the time. this was a great analysis and cammy is one of my favorite capcom characters next to chun li and juri so you did her stage justice with this video.

Great video! I would love to see another part of the castle become Cammy's stage in Street Fighter 6.

Awesome vid! As a brit, I always wondered where the hell Cammy's stage was.

got recommended this by shockbrawler's community post. very well made video. capcom definitely did so much for cammy's stage in street fighter. would love to see more videos like these with other capcom franchises and fighters from you soon

Yes! So glad this came up in my feed, this is the level of deep dive I love. There’s way too many SF videos about the fighters which just go over stuff people know. This feels fresh. Keep up the good work!

Though the castles might have taken inspiration from the German castles, the countryside in the background is actually located in Derwent Water in the Lake District of England. That little town near the lake might be the town of Keswick. :)

Well THIS is some fun content! Fighting game backgrounds has a lot to tell, usually telling a story for the character when we couldn't do it before. I'm excited to see where this series go!

you did a great job researching this stage. i never knew about anything this stage and i learned much from this

Nice In-depth Video :). I've always been fascinated by Cammy's stage due to the music as well as the sky in the background. I love all renditions of the stage but the Original and SFV are the best. Also keep it up these Videos are amazing. You have earned a new subscriber

4:34 The Type A theme is the FM Synthesizer version of her theme from the Sharp X68000 port of Super Street Fighter II. The FM synthesizer in the Sharp X68000 is similar to the one found in the Capcom CPS1 arcade board.

one of my favorite street fighter stages but lol didnt expect to find out that capcom went all over with the stage design for this one

You did a great job. Your conclusion was correct. They do this for a handful of stages. They just mash different parts of a geographic area together and make it look nice. Chun Li's stage has things mentioned from totally different parts of China. Chun Li was Pan China. These are mostly conventions from the first generation of SF games when there were many countries and major cities not represented by fighters. So for example in Cammy's stage, she is the new European fighter. Cammy is Pan Western and Central Europe, basically all the rest of Europe that wasn't currently represented in the game, the countries being Spain and Russia. "No German character? That's fine, we'll put a German inspired castle in the new girl's stage!" They also name moves after certain unrepresented areas as well. Good video!

The passion, interest and curiosity you took with this vid is astounding. As much I like the scenery and the serenity of Cammy's stage as its such a breathtaking stage, I do wish it was a more accurate depiction of the stage instead of a mish mash of different set pieces in on country (stage). I'm more familiar with Cammy's SFA3 stage Mykonos Greece which is a vibrant stage with a cheery atmosphere and music just thinking about it just gives me nostalgia again :) Excellent vid as always

Great in-depth video of the obscure

Great vid! The algorithm blessed me with stumbling across it. Always loved how amazing this stage looked in its SF2 versions, it's one of my all time favorites. Looks like you've covered some of my other favorites as well with Aomori and Gairyu Isle, so I'll def be checking those out!

Wait, there's someone on RU-vid who researches the hell out of fighting game stages!? I've never hit the subscribe button so hard in my life. Awesome info on this mysterious stage!

The stage music rivals the original street fighter stages from 2 Truly an awesome new edition

Her stage continues to amaze

Can not wait to see what's in store with this channel just of off the Cammy stage video. Great ideas and video concept. Your researched paid off fully.

I admire you for diggin so much into finding the real life place of this stage this was very interesting.

Ma favourite stage in street fighter 2. I'm happy i discovered your channel, i love these stages breakdowns

Great vid! Please continue making stage breakdown vids like this. They're fascinating!

Wow I never would have expected so much information on a 30 year old computer game stage, and you have a very pleasant voice to listen to. Great job!

My favorite stage and my god that research you do is to be commended. Excellent job on this

Blimey, given how much exhaustive research you did for this video I had to subscribe.

mhm hm just found a great small creator, love the yt home page sometimes 🙌 You sound like a natural

First video I've seen of yours, it's excellent, great job.

Got recommended this by chance, I wasn't expecting the breakdown to go so indepth and be quite the mystery to solve. This was a very informative and entertaining video, I'll definitely sub to keep an eye out for future vids

Super Turbo is easily my most favourite Street Fighter game ever and I actually looked into cammys stage as I'm from the UK and wanted to try and visit it. I too found out that the developers based the castles appearance on the Lichtenstein castle in Germany, even though it was meant to be located in England. I don't know why because England has some beautiful castles... with bridges! Great video BTW.

Definitely subscribing, such depth and super informative, thanks for all your hard work, totally worth it ;)

I felt alsleep yesterday with that video XDD but GG for your great investigation!

Cammy's stage and ending theme in super turbo is my favorite.

awesome vids! keep em comin plzz

Lichtenstein Castle being used in a recent photoshop fake, putting it on top of James Bond Island, brought this video up in the search results. To my eyes, it looks like a mashup of the Lichtenstein, Neuschwanstein, and Hohenschwangau castles. Mad King Ludwig's Neuschwanstein (the one Disney models their logo after) has the background buildings, and Hohenschwangau (where Ludwig grew up) has the lake. Lichtenstein's so committed to the bit of literally bridging the gap, between the old and new, that they remodeled the castle to match how it was described in a historical-fantasy novel. Once, they even rebuilt the castle within earshot of itself.

Just popped up in my recommended but great vid definitely subbed 🔥🔥🔥

This stage is beautiful. Nice job with the research.

Stage breakdowns? Hell yeah instant sub

Amazing channel, subbed ! Back then i remember there was a channel named crappycapturedevice that did in-depth reviews of smash bros' stages and their details and i really enjoyed it, he stopped making videos at some point and i haven't scratched that itch since then. Fighting games have so much fun details and things to talk about, keep it up ! :)

Well done, very informative 😊 also a fav stage and music.

This was awesome to watch! Definitely got my subscription.

Oh my god!!! After decades of playing SF, this month I had finally really looked and wondered where the heck Cammys stage is supposed to take place in England... 😂 This is so crazy, what a coincidence! Thanks for the vid!!!

There's a superstition that crows bring luck and even professional bird whisperers are hired to keep them around, or that's what a king thought until he got decapitated.

Nice breakdown. Looking forward to more of these!

Great review, I have always liked Cammy and her stage.

I feel your passion. I was so obsessed with street fighter growing up.

you should ask one of those guys who find locations from pictures alone for fun. i feel like the building in the background is just the jojo estate too. so many jojo references in these games its totally possible.

I was hoping for people to talk more about things around the fight, thank you for that.

thanks for the effort you put making these. very nice quality work.

Hey nice content, this video is great, interesting and fun. Its cool u share moments from your own research process. As many others I have those stages printed on my memories, this one always amuses me bc of the mood.

Just earned yourself a new subscriber 😁 love the research and attention to detail you put into these, and giving fighting games more love!

Great video! Always loved the chill look of this stage

Subbed!!!! Videos like this are very underrated!!!

This was always one of my favorite looking stages and one of the best songs in the game

Love that the plural of pegasus is pegasi and not just an additional apostrophe. 💫

That was a really nice in-depth dive into stage. As an Englishman I've always been a huge fan of Cammy. It's funny that this stage is referred to as English manor and announced as England during the stage select, however, the flag displayed is for the United Kingdom. The UK being England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Looking at the background landscape it's more likely this is set in either Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland than England.

Wow! I remember getting lost in my mind while watching my uncle play Super SF2 on the SNES and telling myself, until this very day of commenting this video, that I'd love to visit this place one day :'( I also agree that the original version of the stage is the most beautiful 100% Great video!!!

Cammy is my favorite, been playing for years and was in the top 200 on HD remix, thanks for this video

This Castle in in Bath, England. If you haven't still, please do watch the movie Ladyhawk which is all shot in Medieval towns and of a beautiful medieval story.

You know you’re old when you still see Cammy as one of the New Challengers!

Ok but why is this video so relaxing

Awesome job! I love fighting games, the designs and the lore. You earned a sub from me! Keep up the great work!

This was refreshing to hear tbh keep it up 🎉

Great video! Glad I stumbled across your channel.

I need to say this I’m sorry, but you are gorgeous, I’m new to your channel and I’m enjoying your work. I grew up playing Street Fighter at the arcades in my time living in Mexico when I was a teen 🇲🇽

My first time seeing the northern lights was Cammy’s stage!

Gained an appreciation for the design of the stage that I didn't have before.

In one website that reveals the origins of the stages of Street Fighter 2, Cammy's stage was said to be based on Castle Lichtenstein in Germany (which you showcased). In that case,; Cammy's stages should've been in Germany and not England. But yeah, Cammy's stage was popular back in the day and to this day. Not just for the scenery of the stage, but Cammy herself.

Love the video but one minor nitpick at 2:13 regarding the "stage left" comment. When saying "stage left" or stage right" it's always from the actor's perspective and not the audience. For the player, the little town in the background would be to our left (and "stage right" to Cammy)... but "stage left" would be to Cammy's left (our right) since she is facing the player/audience.

I feel like im in a museum.

I quite enjoyed our deep dive into madness finding the location of this stage! For the future, might I suggest applying filters to older games. Game devs back in the day knew about interlacing and many of the stage effects pop more or have more arrays of color than just a direct digital signal. Anyway, I can't wait to hear your thoughts on Ryu's stages.

Mannn I love this video!! You want into so much details in this video! 🥹🥹 so good!!! Instant sub! I’m a big sf fan since the beginning

This was Awesome, Thank you.

10:00 Thank you Babe, but our Cammy is in another castle!

It was always those Northern Lights that drew me in initially. The music grew on me and the stage in general. I was glad they put it back in 5, definitely one of my favorite stages in the iterations of the 2 games.

This stage blew my mind back in the 90's. In a game full of great stages, Cammy's stands out as one of the most beautiful and dramatic. I know that fighting game budgets tend to be low and that character-specific stages are a big suck of limited funds, but MAN do they add to the character's story and overall vibe. I don't think the SF cast would be nearly as iconic if they didn't each debut with a whole moving backdrop that reinforces their characterization.

I am happy RU-vid recommended this video to me. I just became subscriber #556.

While not complitely same in design, the castle in the background looks very similar to Neuschwanstein Castle in Fussen Germany. Capcom used this castle's image multiple times in their Resident evil series starting from the 1996 original to RE4 in 2005. I wouldn't be surprised if this trend started from SSF2.

I always heard that the castle in the middle was inspired by Neuschwanstein castle....which is in Germany.

Cool channel idea! Your name is awesome too.

I'm gonna guess that Cammy's Stage aka Fraserburg Castle aka English Manor might be an amalgamation of various places in Europe because of these: 1 - The castle you're fighting on might be based on either Edinburgh Castle in Scotland or Kronborg Castle in Denmark 2 - The Northern Lights aka Aurora Borealis are normally seen in Scandinavian countries like Norway and Sweden 3 - The lake might be based on either Lake Windemere in England or Lake Saimaa in Finland 4 - The manor might be based on Schloss Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany 5 - The mountains are probably fjords which are found in Norway

hi! thanks for the data stage. I sub and I am waiting for more videos from street fighter

yes yes yes, give us more stage breakdowns

I remember reading that the Castle Bridge which Cammy fights on is Lichtenstein Castle in Germany. Weirdly I saw a snap shot of the sprawling landscape scene in Cammys background compared with a real life picture that was located somewhere in Cumbria or on the border or Scotland. I cant find it now, but I'll see if I can link it if I do

Great video. I really enjoyed it. You forgot to mention the 3DO version of her theme which was also used in Hyper Street Fighter 2 (Street Fighter Anniversary Collection). I think that theme is her best version.

Nice video! Looking forward to seeing more :) I've always thought Scotland is the most likely candidate for the location of Cammy's stage (or as you mentioned, Northumberland if it's supposed to literally be England, given that the terrain is similar in places). Aberdeenshire, where Fraserburgh is, is well known for being the one of the best places in mainland Britain to see the Northern Lights, infact there's a Scottish folk song about it (The Northern Lights Of Old Aberdeen). Another thing to note is that there's also a castle in the background of Eagle's stage in Street Fighter 1 which seems to be in a similar sort of area. If it's meant to be the case, it wouldn't be the last time the Scotland = England mistake would be made in a fighting game. SNK vs Capcom on the Neo Geo Pocket Color states that Morrigan's stage is in England, but the description says it's a Scottish castle! (Oh and just for future reference, Fraserburgh = "Fray-Zer-Buh-Ruh" and Brechin = "Bree-Kin" ;)

This is so cool! Subscribed! Love it!

PLEASE do Ryu stages! That's me boy! Btw, I'm loving your content! It's awesome stages are finally getting the love they deserve! Maybe do some World Heroes levels? I like the Pirate Cove, home of Captain Kidd!

Just found your channel, you have some great videos. I hope you end up making that ryu stage video one day, but even if you don’t, thank you