Don’t Let History Repeat Itself…. | Hunter × Hunter: Nen Impact 

Agree on a lot of the points but thinking this will be sold for $ 10~20 is beyond copium

This game doesn't need to market itself to fighting game fans since it's hunter x hunter has a much larger fanbase, and this is where the bad graphics hurt them the most. I hope HXH fans give the game a chance even though the graphics are not that good.

Genuinely hoping hxh becomes one of the most kusoge of all time, sadly can't imagine it surviving as anything else

So excited for a non-arena fight for my favorite anime, graphics can be outdated if it means they're cooking with designing the gameplay

The comparison I'm dreading the most is Nick All Stars Brawl. We hyped that game so much back then, but people dropped it completely after two weeks.

I'm in the exact same boat, similar to games like BBTAG/MVCI/BFTG I'm really hoping they at minimum give us rollback and most importantly cross play. Mainly looking at Power rangers for this comparison but thanks to cross play for PR it basically kept the game a float for a very long time and it also had a pretty small budget

Aw man; DNF Duel was a game made for a completely different generation of fighting game. Its a shame, because it had the potential to be such an awesome game to see evolve with a few more content updates. And I still curse Disney for doing the developers of MvCI so dirty. I still think its the most fun I've had with a Vs game in a long time.

Insane to bring up DNF duel and then say "wow I hope this game is super Kusoge so it doesn't die!"

I completely agree that this game needs to sell for dirt cheap at launch. Get as many people to buy this game as you can, right out of the gate. I feel like not enough people know this property in the U.S, for this game to sell for even $50, and I feel like if you sell it for cheap and market it decently well, it can do decently in sales, and have a sufficiently large player base.

I think HD sprites would have been better than the current models. The characters faces not even being animated when speaking is also a bummer. Unrelated, but I think I saw you on fightcade in 3rd strike yesterday. Recognized the name and clicked the video.

It definitely won’t have massive success in the long term however I can foresee the game building a loyal cult following. It’s the type of game where you walk into a tourney/local and see two people with a modest setup duking it out in the corner.

I dont mind poor graphical fidelity. I do mind that the animations look super stiff and unsatisfying, and the movement look floaty and similarly unsatisfying. The game looks ugly but it's not because of the 3ds models, basically

i agree they should charge less, but 10 dollars is crazy.

Rollback and crossplay would do wonders for the game. Power Rangers had like 10 steam players when I tried it out, but I was still getting tons of matches. Fingers crossed.

the rush combo button is perfect too. It fits the vibe of having people coming over to crowd around a console who don't play fighting games and just having a good time.

If this game sells more than expected, maybe there is going to be one with a better budget! (coping)

If the game is fun and cheap it might be successful or at least playable... But I expect this to be 60 bucks

the game's controls has been revealed theres no block button so it has a chance

This game looks like an MVC3 mod and I'm all for it.

You make the HxH:NI content and I’ll be here for it!

I think the one thing that sucks is it is either getting one time to be at evo or absolutely none

I've already accepted that it's gonna happen, you learn from history for a reason. Plus in DnF Duel's case a lot of the "issues" beyond season 1/launch release state of Swift Master, Female Fighter, and Hitman being so dominate and lack of defensive options were kind of superficial or even hypocritical when compared to other FGs doing the same or less and proof to me that nothing besides the "Big 3" will ever take off in the current FG landscape. The DnF Duel devs changed the game up a lot since it's release, new defensive options, that big character buff patch, new characters, and even some new mechanics but no one cared. Players who were seriously into Marvel games admitted that MvCI gameplay was incredibly solid but the meme fallbacks ("functions", "Chun Li/Dante faces", going up against DBFZ at the time) and Disney/X-men overhead drama were just too much for the game to go beyond hardcore discord dwellers. I also think it's hard to sell HxH to a casual crowd who aren't already into the series. The characters look basic as hell at first glance even though HxH has some of the most hype battles and in-depth energy system in the anime/manga medium. For this HxH fighter just hope they give good netcode and crossplay to give even a foundation to thrive and let it go from there.

Honestly I think the visuals look pretty nice outside of the cinematic supers. All the normals and specials have a nice flow and impact to the animations. It's only when you zoom in and start seeing Killua's action figure hands that stuff starts looking rough. I almost wish the camera stayed zoomed out for level 3s, I think that might actually look cooler.

Appealing to the casual audience is so important for keeping it lively It gonna be hard to do I'm wishing 8ing the best I'd love to see this game work out it's very diffrent from the usual

already planning on buying this game on release whatever happens. on the other hand the graphics is an obvious problem, though imo 16 characters for a team game launch roster is a bigger problem. Especially since we don't know what the post launch plans are. with such a small budget I wouldn't be surprised if that was all we got. Only other thing I dislike is the lack of special move inputs, but that is merely personal preference.

I'm so hoping it does well but I think it'll be a miracle if it does... I'll play it for sure

If it's $15 or $20 I miiiight try it out. Even then I don't know. There's just too much else to play at the moment.

I wish they didnt completely remove motion inputs...I would definitely play it

A bit off topic, but have you seen the new Idol Showdown trailer, they have a new meaty update in there

The issues i had when watching the initial vids besides just the graphics was the jumps looked way too floaty for me and the roster size was miniscule if its actually going to be 16 fighters on release

Guys, lets give it time. It might release in a way better state!!

I'm also worried about it. As someone that doesn't know anything about the IP, I had a bit of a rough first look at the game, and that instantly said to me, oof, this game is in for a hard time.

Praying that it has rollback and DLC but the budget thing has me rly worried

The fact that granblue versus rising even had massive player drop off despite being f2p in some way is kinda crazy. Not to say GBVSR is a failure. It isn't but it's not keeping the population like I was expecting just because of thw f2p. Maybe if they expanded it to not be so limiting with levels and ranked. I think HXH will be really niche no matter what they do. But if it gets the support, could be a gamble as something special in the long term. As long as it ain't a buggy mess with horrible net code.

would love to have a hunter X hunter fighting game to be cool, good and long-lasting, specially if they gave us Kuroro and Hinrigh so I could build my dream team. But it'll be hard for any team game to compete with Project L for the "team game spot" in the fgc imo

I'm a HxH fan, I was throwing money at my monitor once I saw the announcement. Then the first gameplay trailer come out. Ok, The game looks low budget, but I don't mind, I'm still getting it. Today more info about how the game actually plays and what mechanics it has. Simple inputs only, no directional inputs/classic ones, combos being done by just mashing one button, infinites, one button specials and ultimates, one button dash and can guard while doing it. Yeah.. I'm no longer sure I will get it. Like I said, the graphics, I don't mind. The low budget, I don't mind. But the gameplay being that dumbed down? That I can't pretend to not care. Game went from "Insta buy" to "...let's wait and see..." for me.

the new Gon trailer today with higher quality was a night and day difference. I think it'll still be stiff but the potato recordings people are spreading on twitter are a bit unfair in comparison.

I wonder how much Capcom was kicking themselves over Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite? They did all these things that definitely cost them extra with the character models, (some characters [mostly Marvel] got completely new models, models had more detail, and old models got retextured) moved everything over to Unreal Engine 4 for some reason, and in the end everyone would’ve been happier if they just used the Marvel vs Capcom 3 character models unchanged. I do think the graphics of this Hunter x Hunter game will end up looking much better. The models aren’t the most detailed, but it’s it’s a cel shaded game. DBFZ doesn’t have detailed character models either. I think at some point, maybe the next time we see it, the in-game models will look like the characters do on the select screen. You look at the character select screen and there’s visual elements on the character there that aren’t on them in the game that wouldn’t be hard to do in the game. I think there’s going to be a water color looking filter that gets put over the characters, and the black outlines will take on more of a brush looking FX.

this is the most royalty free sounding background music of all time lmao 😭😭

If they want to sell with those graphics they need to: 1- have a solid roster(at least 20 characters for a 3v3 game or they should've make it 2v2) 2- have an incredible gameplay 3 -sell it for 20 box .. 4 - have a good netcode 5 - have multiple modes Problem is, I don't believe in any of these points..

Swift Master basically single handedly killed my enthusiasm for DNF lol. Playing Ranger into him was an exercise in futility.

Hopefully the game will sell like a hot cake so more companies do more game like this!

Some shading in the artstyle would go a long way. Samsho looks like a ps3 game but the art direction carries it HAAAARD

Hard agree on the price tag thing. I have friends who don’t play fighting games who i could definitely talk into a game with no motion inputs and HxH IP. But not for any more than like 20$

When a new fighting game comes out, you need it to be something non-hardcore people want to play. When casual people like your game, they fill up the online and then everyone has someone to play against. If the game doesn't appeal to casual players at all, then what are we doing? I don't understand why they'd want a 2 in the presentation stat.

I'm fine with the graphics not being top tier. What I think would be absolutely dope in a HxH fighting game is Shop Weapon/Tool Equip Hatsu (Nen Ability) Creation Team Combo Attacks

I'd never really thought about it, but that's a really interesting take on playing the long game as a game development studio; To say "We have 5 dollars and some pocket lint as our budget, let's lean into kusoge and treat this as a marketing campaign so when we pitch the next one we get like, actual money"

A hundred million DOLLARS is actually a really Good budget for a video game. The budget for this game however is reportedly a hundred million YEN. Which is less than One million dollars and is EXTREMELY low for a video game

I'll be there no matter what

game looks sick and im very happy that they fixed the framerate, the only qualm i have with the game is the roster size but it looks AMAZING

Pricing is the most important factor here. I think DNF Duel priced themselves out of being successful when it already had a niche audience to begin with. Anything over $30 USD would be an instant death sentence for HxH. Also graphics and animations can be polished. Look at what was said about some of the 2KXO characters. And if this game isn't even coming out until '25 they got timr

As a HxH fan I don't mind the graphics at all, the characters look like they do in the anime, what more do you want?

I wish we could’ve gotten a Bleach tag fighter with a higher budget instead.

Aint no way in hell its gonna be 10-20 dollars its gonna be 40 minimum with the hunter hunter tag

Presentation means a lot to players.

my question would be more like : will it be as good as Naruto GNT 4 ? if it is, then it may actually be fun to play.

Dnf duel was my favorite game for quite a while

Ayo we in there! Day 1 team.. Hisoka(Succession War Drip) Kite Nobunaga

I will absolutely get the game as HUGE hxh fan

Dam havent watched you in a hot minute and you just popped up on my recommended feed W

DNF dying so damn fast is so wild to me man. Still don't get how that happened.

I need a One Piece Fighters or DB Fighterz 2.

Bro, super excited for some HxH gameplay. I'm so happy its not an arena fighter. And now that DBFZ isn't getting anymore patches, we definitely need a good anime tag fighter on the market

I'm really hoping this one is successful 🤞. I plan on buying it. Eighting is such a good studio and it only looks as bad as it does presentation wise because of the tiny budget.

Well if it's fun I'm sure some people will stick around.

DNF Duel was the first thing I thought of when I saw it.

No matter what, my girlfriend and I will be having fun with Nen Impact as Hunter x Hunter fans. She already calls dibs on Hisoka. I don't mind the graphics but can definitely understand that the budget will hurt it in the long run.

If the game's small budget, I doubt they're gonna have the cash to run a pro tour also

Hey Diaphone, how are you feeling about GBVS':R's health at this point all these months later? I can't help but see your steam charts example and see the harsh dropoff we've had. I've been having so much fun with the game, but i'm honestly kind of worried it's on the downward trend.

This game looks a lot like an indie game

I love DnF Duel I just had to stop playing it when every single match online was against swiftmasters…

I want to try out this game before judging too harshly but it REALLY depends on the price of the game. If they demand anything more than 30 dollars then hell nah

I think I'll be in a wait and see mode with this game until even post-release. I just choose not to get burned again with overhyping a game that may not deliver on the things that make a game successful for myself. MBTL, DnF, KoF15 were all major letdowns where you can barely play online even if you want to with the small populations and poor features that don't incentivize a fun grind

easiest way to make a fighting game successful is to not make it cost an arm and a leg lol, monetization is easily the biggest hurdle for getting into any fighting game

DNF Duel is an underrated gem. I wouldn't put it in the ranks of MVC: Infinite at all.

I think my only real complaint with the graphics is that it looks like it’s missing identity. It doesn’t need to look like FighterZ or Tekken 8, but maybe giving the characters outlines something along the lines of the Demon Slayer game would make them stand out more.

HxH is going to need to pull somrthing out of its ass because its another instance of yesteryear-era fighting games doing what they do best, giving you a product that forces the community itself to justify its price to others instead of doing it itself.

hxh is my favorite media of all time, will be playing this, I hope it succeeds.

I'll give it a shot if its less than 40 dollars for sure

idk I'm starting to think the only reason people torerated Mahvel bullshit was the love for the X-Men.

Honestly, Eighting is the goat when it comes to jank in fighting games

as much as i want this game to succeed i didnt really have faith in bushinroad track record they are like nexon of japan with DnF duel tragedy still fresh in my mind i fearful for it

Underrated =/= good

it depends on the price point

No motion inputs? well if they think we are disabled and cant do simple combos then no money for them!

as someone that does tournaments multiple times a week i still expect good graphics, whats even worse is the animations.

graphics are important. more so the art style i say. this is something you going to look at for hours. like lets say a game like Genshin Impact or AFK Journey are not some graphics monsters but they are so nice to look at. then you take the new SAND LAND game, its a mix of strongly implemented cell shading . same here a game like kof 94-2022 will look good and nice even today. but HxH is out dated . end of the day no one want to play an ugly looking game. most of the players are not pros. never was and neve be.

If people care that much about graphics just crowd fund for better graphics or something. It's not like a lot of money is going into the game so they probably want to focus on gameplay rather than graphics.

i was so hype for hxh fighting game but after seeing the way it looks actually just killed it for me :(

Hopefully 8ing won’t be under Nexon, so that they can communicate with the other company better.

I bet you will win some tournaments for it, I mean it's easy to win a singleplayer tournament.

I'm actually just glad they didn't turn his into an arena fighter, like most other anime games.

The hype was killed

If anything I just dont care much for the source. If this was a Yu Yu hakusho game I would be all over it. Graphics arent a huge deal for me as long as its not stick figures. Though I think your idea of a lower price would be a smart move.

Its gonna depened on how much they sell it for, $30 seems reasonable.

I will say one critique. I feel like people misunderstand the term "discord fighter". It's supposed to mean that you can get games by hitting up a discord but people hear that and think "oh, I can't play this at all." You CAN play it. You're just not willing enough to ask someone for a game. If that's the case and you don't care enough, fine but I do think this perception leads to games that already have small followings shrinking even further because people give up once they feel that a discord ping is necessary.

I love hxh and want to play the game but no chance im paying anything over 30 for this considering its so low budget looking and will most likely die very quickly if not supported

I, too, love DNF duel and think it got way too much flak for no reason.

DNF DUEL is AMAZING just a shame it didn’t last long or even become popular

this game has the casual anime fan community against it because of the graphics AND the very diehard fighting game players that hate that it doesn't have motion inputs lol