Capcom Fighting Evolution - Fighting Game Retrospectives 

For the Ryu redesign the broke Capcom's upper-management... I'm going to go out on a limb and guess the world wasn't yet ready for Bearded Ryu.

When I was younger, during hurricane Ike, I was in Texas and the only real fighting game I had was this one at the time. Living with my grandmother in her house that was falling apart, I remember working for hours trying to get Shin Akuma boss fight to happen. Finally after a while, the rain is coming down hard and its storming and as soon as I clutch out the victory and the game saved, all the power went out. Just me and my brother and my uncle getting hype even after the power goes out. This is a bad game in hindsight but for that moment, for that night, this was the most glorious game ever and we were hype as hell.

A side note; Demitri is actually the main protagonist of Darkstalkers. It's just that Morrigan was such a dark horse for the series that Demitri got shafted even harder than alex did as a capcom fighting game lead, as Morrigan immediately became the face. So his inclusion is logical, its just that yeah you probably should have included the girl who shafted him from Mahvel representation.

It's too bad Capcom of today is too scared to do something like this anymore. A Capcom only fighting game crossover with actual effort put into it would be great.

Maan, the part about Capcom being so stuck in their archaic mindset almost broke me into tears. Being a capcom kid is torture.

The saddest part of this is how legitimately cool Capcom Fighting All-Stars looked.

I don't know why it's so damn hard for Capcom to just make a freakin Capcom All-Stars fighting game. Even SNK did good with Neo Geo Battle Coliseum, and a lot of sprites in that game were new.

I would love for "Declaration of Victory" taunts to see the light of day in a fighting game, it would be such a great tool for disrespect.

Fun fact, Ingrid is not as hated as the internet would want you to believe, if you dig a little dipper, you will find that is a very vocal minority who hates her. Most people either dont mind her, like her, or don't know who she is. The reason why it seems like she is very hated is due the obscurity of the game, and the few people who know about it, a subset of them hates her, so that tends to dominate the conversation. Is the same effect that happens with the SF3 series. Where the internet would make you believe is one of the most beloved "classics" from capcom, when in reality the game historically has been looked down by the majority of the people on the fgc, and in the general public wasn't even known. Is an echo chamber effect.

I think this is the "Build the Roster" I'd like to see Thorgi do the most. How would he fix the game? What universes would he pull from? Would he keep Ingrid?

I can't lie seeing Matt McMuscles referenced then seeing footage from Woolie VS fills me with sweet Nostalgia and cold bitter sadness.

Ingrid didn’t cure Ryu of the Satsui no Hado. She broke Bison’s mind control over him.

That super where K’ throws the sunglasses is still 🔥

Another thing to remember about their mishandling of the Mega Man franchise: they canceled TWO Mega Man games, one of them a LONG awaited sequel championed by the guy who misguided their focus to Western-style development and the other that was Mario Maker before Mario Maker, and even after MN9 proved people wanted more Mega Man games, they STILL wouldn’t release a new game until people bought the Legacy Collections. Granted, they were the best collection of the games made available on all modern platforms (unlike OTHER attempts at this lame practice), but it sucks they will do whatever it takes to pass blame onto anyone but themselves.

If I had a nickel for everytime someone covering the same obscure game within a day, I'd have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

Since the creator of this game was a former snk employee, I can't help but see KOF maximum impact when I look at the footage of Capcom fighting all stars.

It’s insane how both you and Matt talked about this game in the same day, never saw this one coming lol

I never noticed that they downgraded the animation of the CPS-3 sprites lol. I did always feel like for some reason they didn’t look their best like they did in SF3: 2nd Impact & SF3: 3rd Strike …. But I didn’t know WHY. Makes so much sense now.

Great video, Now do a Build the Roster for a Capcom Fighting Evolution 2

A full-on Capcom vs. Capcom fighter would be a dope episode of Build the Roster. Picture it: an opportunity to finally rectify the damage inflicted by Fighting Evolution and bring the people what they have wanted and what they deserve! My hypothetical Capcom crossover game would include (off the top of my head so some ideas still would need to be fleshed out): - Street Fighter (Gotta have the faces, so Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li are obvious. Would have to decide who else from SF to throw in but I personally would also include Juri.) - Darkstalkers (Another beloved Capcom franchise. Morrigan is a no-brainer, and I'd also personally include Demitri and Donovan because of their respective roles in the story as well. Oh, and Jon Talbain has been WAY overdue to be included in one of these VS. games.) - Mega Man (Another beloved Capcom franchise and one of my all-time favorites. I'd wanna include the OG Blue Bomber, as well as Roll, X, Zero, Sigma, and maybe a couple of Robot Masters/Mavericks for a little variety, like Guts Man and Magma Dragoon. Might also include a couple others from Battle Network... we'll see.) - Devil May Cry (Dante, Nero, Vergil, Lady, and Trish for sure gotta be in there.) - Sengoku Basara (You're telling me you wouldn't wanna see Masamune Date GET HIS GUNS ON against Dante or Lady? Sign me up for that fight! Also, we need more villains, so Nobunaga Oda is a no-brainer IMO.) - Resident Evil (Do more people like Chris or Leon? I know a lot of folks have been wanting RE4 Leon to be added to MvC for the longest time and yeah, he definitely deserves a spot. Would also keep Jill and Wesker, with the Tyrant and Ada joining the battle. Also, what I said above regarding Masamune also applies here.) - Monster Hunter (Admittedly, I don't know that much about MH - outside of the 1st episode of Build the Roster. I just know this franchise deserves some representation.) - Rival Schools (Batsu and Akira for sure should get in. I would also throw Hyo in there because I can see him wanting to pit his sword skills against someone like Vergil.) - Ace Attorney (Who can object to Phoenix and/or Apollo? I could also see Edgeworth being at least a DLC addition at some point as well.) - Asura's Wrath (Fully berserker Asura going toe-to-toe with Oni. That's a fight I'd definitely pay to see happen.) - Strider (Hiryu, no doubt. How does everyone feel about Hien, though...?) - Full Metal Madness (After learning a little more about Princess Devilot's role in her game and how she's managed to end up in so many other crossovers, I'm sold. Devilot is a no-brainer for me. I'd likely also wanna put Jin in there as well.) - Ghosts and Goblins (There's just an odd charm about a knight throwing lances and blades at opponents while just rockin' his boxers. And again, we need more villains, so Firebrand makes it for me as well. With Maximo being a spiritual successor to Ghosts and Goblins, I'd likely have Maximo himself be DLC at some point.)

The biggest problem with capcom is that it’s run by old Japanese business men. I used to think that anime and manga depicting Japanese office politics as being petty as hell is given credibility by the industry stories we are hearing about.

Wow, first a video from Matt McMuscles about this game today and now a video about it from you? Never thought I'd see 1 person talk about this game again, let alone 2, and on the same day lol

10:37 Don't know why I didn't see that at first, my guess was the protagonist of the 3D kof games Alba meira

I especially love the retrospectives on games I know nothing about.

So, what you're saying is that we need Ono to make a Kickstarter for a Darkstalkers in everything but name game to get a new Darkstalkers game? Hey, if that's the only way to get Capcom to haul ass, might as well

A better version of this game should be made asap especially if future versus games aren't coming any time soon

demitri *was* meant to be the face of darkstalkers, as was leo for red earth. morrigan and tessa are polite ladies, they would understand. also, d.d. ...as in, daredevil? 🤔

I've always been fine with Ingrid. Nothing about her intrigues me or really upsets me.

That stylish Ryu dresses like Ruthless Aggression John Cena

I always viewed Ingrid as a Street Fighter character the game really made her get a lot of attention than Capcom Fighting Evolution and Capcom include Ingrid in multiple Street Fighter media but she is the most successful character Capcom made who original game get cancelled but is able to be successful in other Capcom games but I like Ingrid in Street Fighter we need a god character in Street Fighter every other fighting games has a bunch of them.

I do remember playing this on my PS2 at the time... man, what a rush job that game was. I think a 'Capcom Fighting All-Stars' done in this day and age would be well worth it. Heck, I bet that you may have or want to do a 'Build the Roster' for a potential CFAS that would be good.

I don't actually mind Morrigan being left out of the Darkstalkers roster for such a game, since she wasn't exactly my favorite character to play as, and we should at least be happy that Felicia was added due to her being quite cute and appealing, especially when compared to Morrigan.

I think Ingrid is very salvageable, great design, cool powers. They just need to present her better, people will warm up.

Honestly I wish Capcom Fighting All-Stars never got cancelled. It looks really fun and I love 3D Fighting games. This could've been good if they fixed it more. Also the super move ending the fight like a fatality sounds really cool. That would really be a Hyper Combo Finish.

Dealth is not ingrid's father he's just related to her and somewhat has a relationship with her .I would also like to see d.d ,rook,dealth and ingrid to return. And hold on ingrid has a good design and can also be written better i prefer them going back to her original story .

My only experience with Ingrid ever was in Project X Zone and she was a pretty good unit in that so I liked her. It was funny getting into fighting game youtube and finding out she was one of the most hated characters ever XD

Some niche facts about this train wreck -A dude named Jesuszilla was only able to find hitbox data for it because, and I swear this is real, the data for Felicia and Anhakaris is literally the exact same as the source game. Like, byte for byte That source game? VSAV2 😛 -Leo had a lot of his normals swapped around, for seemingly no reason. Kenji had his target combo not be able to link in to his Fire breath super, a staple of the source game. Thanks to this game, Mai-Ling is the only Red Earth player to not appear in another game outside of block sprites for Tessa in Super Gem Fighter -Alex's Backturned Hyper bomb has been butchered. The timing is all out of wack and the sound isn't even synced properly. Tf?

Did you know Disney once planned to have a Smash Clone? They ultimately decided against it because they worried about something of theirs promoting violence. I think this was before they acquired the rights to Marvel and came out with games like Disney Heroes: Battle Mode and Disney Sorcerer's Arena.

32:35 There’s actually a great video made by Sugarpunch Studios that talks about the unnecessary and unnatural Hate for Ingrid, and it’s a hate that seems to extend from her onto Chloe and Athena on down to many other cute female characters with overpowered backstories or powers. Honestly, I’m confused! Who the Hell hates Ingrid This much?! She as a character has Literally Done Nothing to offend the Fandom since her very first piece of media bombed due to the sheer arrogance of Capcom!

More like Fighting Devolution am I right? Yeah, that’s not an original joke. At least we have the greatest fighting game team-up of all time: Ingrid the crossover goddess and a T-Rex.

As a comic book fan, I'm a fan of Ingrid.

I think its just the (older) north american street fighter fans that despise ingrid. Apparently in japan she gets a lot of love. I bet if they re-introduce her some way, she'd gain plenty if new fans.

Can't believe yall uploaded your CFE videos the same day.

We need a Capcom Fighting Build The Roster Now

You know it’s kind of funny, Both fighting game retrospective And What Happun? Both did a video on the same game on the same day.

Taking characters systems from a bunch of different games and slapping them together is exactly what I wanted for Blazblue Cross Tag. I think it's fun.

"Okay, resources are at a serious premium. What are we making?" "Midnight Bliss versions of everybody!" 37:45 Speaking as one of the people calling for a Capcom vs Capcom game, my retort is that it's been fifteen years and Capcom fighting games aren't on the brink of extinction again. Give the game actual development time and no oversight from other partners, and we could be looking at the definitive Capcom fighting game. And I also just think this is the time to strike with an idea like this. Street Fighter 6 needs time to cook anyway, Marvel doesn't sound like it's happening again anytime soon. And Capcom has a lot of still active franchises they want to promote in a big roster.

You can tell someone isn't very familiar with the DMC franchise when they say "four great games" when talking about the first 4. I remember back in the day a friend and I got our hands on a stray copy of Fighting Evolution and played for a little bit and, yeah, it is functional but it just feels off. The novelty of being able to play the Red Earth characters only goes so far. I'd love to see a Build the Roster on a "Capcom vs. Capcom." I know that a lot of it would probably be lifted from the Build the Roster of MVC4, but it could possibly be given a neat spin if it was "half Capcom mainstays and half obscure Capcom reps." Like Ryu and Gene, Phoenix Wright and Sissel, Leon and Regina, Dante and Lucia (uh, the elf from the D&D beat 'em up, not the Metro City cop or the DMC2 Lucia).

I’d love to see you cover the Tekken and/or the Soul Calibur/Soul Edge series

The only reason CFE's intro gives me nostalgia feels is because my favorute mugen screenpack uses it as a source Wich is hilarious since CFE is just official mugen XD

K', Original Recipe AND Extra Crispy.

After all these years I’ve finally figured out the name of this nostalgic game 😭

First Wha Happun covers this now you? Is there some sort of anniversary for this game today?

I agree, Ingrid could of been cool.😔

I've been saying for years. Capcom doesn't deserve the franchises it owns. It's a miracle that Monster Hunter has been handled relatively well to this day.

I'd love to see you cover star gladiator, power stone and what game Jin is from I've always loved the vs series for showing me characters I never knew I wanted but now that I'm older I love these characters but still have no idea about their games because capcom hasn't don't anything with them

I could listen people talk about fighting games all day

Street fighter alpha max 3 was ahead of its time

Fun aside, Rook/Luke is just Cool from Daraku Tenshi aka The Fallen Angels whose entire team was absorbed into SNK back in 98-ish. lol. His code is literally “Fallen Angel,” and their description of him is his name is literally “Cool” backwards. 😂😅

Would you make a Capcom only Crossover build the roster?

Ryu with a shirt is where they drew the line...but Colgate Ryu in Fortnite? Totally fine.

Excellent Review! Can you talk about NeoGeo Battle Coliseum? I think nobody speaks about it and nobody gives the appreciation the game deserves

Unaware of its reputation, I remember spending so many hours to the point of unlocking all the secret characters. I also spend so much time listening to the game's music.

I would love it if Capcom made a proper crossover fighting game drawing all their IPs, both new and old. This is such a popular request, that I can’t believe it hasn’t happened yet.

Thanks for this great video! What a Deception this game was. I didn't know the story behind its creation. When we know that SNK released the excellent Neogeo battle coliseum, and Capcom gave us that...

Capcom fighting games might have a bright future ahead of them if the work of Nakayama-san and company is anything to go by. Their team has had to essentially reinvent SFV in multiple ways to get it to be the best it can possibly be from a gameplay perspective. The online is sadly never going to be fixed since I highly doubt they're going to invest in implementing rollback netcode for game in its fifth year and seeing its final pieces of content. On the plus side their choices for the final season of SFV have shown that they're actively listening to the community. Giving us the most unique Dan in SF history, an actually fun take on Rose, a faithful addition for Oro, and most importantly finally giving us Akira from Rival Schools in a new fighting game. That alone inspires real hope for the future of Capcom fighting games. It's fair to say that Capcom have had a really stupidly stubborn past, but I think we're seeing a company willing to change. They no longer put out dozens of games that cannibalize their own sales. They saw how much people hated RE6 and have gone in new (and insanely popular) directions with the franchise. They saw how much people hated DmC so they (eventually) gave us V. They had to watch fans and critics alike criticize them for releasing Street Fighter V in the state they did at launch and now that Ono is gone have seen the game grow in leaps in bounds. Like everyone has said, I'm thankful for what Ono did for the scene in 09, but we live in a different landscape and have to have people in charge who know how to adapt. I'm optimistic for whatever they work on next. Something I think we might get a glimpse of in 12 hours with the SFV Summer Update presentation. A man can dream.

I love your retrospectives, please continue making more!!!

Ingrid gets hate in western fans, Ingrid is lukewarm to appreciated in Japan. That's why they keep adding her as a bonus in certain titles.

Looking at those Capcom All-Stars clips the game really didn't seem like it was that bad, it looked like it was something that could've been improved and become successful if they gave it a proper chance

Look. I'm one of the few who is still holding out for Ingrid to come back. She was such a good character to me. Yeah, an obvious play on Athena x Kula, but when didn't Capcom and SNK heavily borrow from each other? Ingrid fits in the modern fighting games. Bring her back.

Damn man I wish All Stars came out, Declaration of Victory sounds so badass.

15:56 - Not me! I bought Chaos Legion back in the day.

Great Video. I still have to get this game even though most people dislike it.

What is this, Capcom Fighting Evolution Appreciation Day? I actually really enjoyed this game when it came out. Of course I didn't know any better until college where my college had an small arcade set up with a CVS2 machine. Then I put 2 and 2 together and realized that the whole game was just sprite rips.

If I could make one suggestion for a future suggestion, it'd be Primal Rage. What a rollercoaster of emotions that story is.

i realized that you talk like the kof maximum impact 2 announcer and now i cant stop hearing it... adore your videos sm btw!!!!!!

I never heard of this game before now (since I was born in 1997), but even with the criticism, I think the game could have taken off if more time and money was put into it. That was made pretty clear by this video and some good points were made on how it's bad but I think it had potential to be Capcom's version of Smash Bros. Yeah, it is VERY unlikely to come back but I do think it had something good to it. P.S. I agree that Ingrid was interesting but needed a better execution to be used.

I really wish Capcom Fighting All Stars wasn't cancelled it had so much potential.

Honestly, Capcom Fighting Evolution has potential. Hell, Capcom should return to this concept again sometime. And by all means, Capcom and SNK should REALLY return to the Capcom vs SNK series with a third installment. Fans have been asking for that for so many years now.

that ding at 10m 32s blew out my ears, thanks

Street Fighter 4 revived the Street Fighter industry. The fighting game industry was still doing fine without it.

I stan Ingrid and I love a cocky character who acts like she is better then everyone.

"A technique we call lying" made me bust out laughing good thing I was driving alone 🤣. Also you have a great voice have you done any radio or casting before?

I actually like Ingrid, it's a bummer she's so hated.

I know final fight isn't technically a fighting game, but it's close, has had actual fighting games and would be a fun retrospective

For new series to cover, how about Bloody Roar or Killer Instinct?

The problem people had with Ingrid isn't that she is a powerful goddess. The problem they had is the powerful goddess was basically an anime schoolgirl. They can't handle that.

10:34 So D.D. was gonna be the fusion of K' and Alba Meira...🤔

Is comic class coming back soon? Maybe you could look at Fantastic Four, since they are reaching milestone soon! I’ve been very much enjoying the series

This was a game that had potential, and is a great example of the thing in video game development/creation A+ in concept but a massive F in execution, with the massive F in execution being because of various reasons including the fact the team at Capcom's main office/branch in Osaka on this project had only a year and a small budget to make this game from the remains of the canceled 3D crossover fighting game Capcom-All Stars: Code Holders. And another franchise I would like to see for this series is Bloody Roar.

Man I remember seeing this in a magazine. I wanted to play it soooo bad!

Damn I had no idea the balance was wild. I remember hitting up a Nathan's Hot Dogs in New York with an arcade in the back. This game stood out since it looked so janky with characters I've ever heard of. Loved Ingrid since she reminded me of Tohsaka Rin. Never got to play Red Earth but Leo looked so unga bunga I loved him too.

If fans would have let Capcom finish All-Stars without incessantly bitching about the 3D graphics, then Evolution wouldn't have even been made. That's the sad part about the whole thing. A bunch of whiny fans caused this game to be pushed out

Declaration of Victory AKA NO ROUND BROWN!

The true crime is a lack of Dan Hibiki

I kinda wanna play capcom figthing all stars, too bad is lost media by now

An arcade at a mall had a bunch of import fighters and no one touched this game. It honestly should have been removed for another game lol.

People hate Ingrid?! How random.

Gonna get my GameCube installed again to play Capcom vs snk. Great video 👌🏻💜

13:09 "That's a pretty bold move, Cotton! Let's see where it goes!" 17:51 "AHHHHHHHHHHHH! I'm dyin'!" That would explain why it's so bad!