I also used to assume as a kid that this stage didn't really take place in reality and that the dragons and phoenix were actually alive. Great video, can't wait to see which stage you cover next!
@@baberuthless Fei Long's stage isn't the first stage to have ostensibly inanimate objects suddenly come to life; the mural in E. Hoda's bathhouse stage comes to life at the end of every round and the mural is clearly a painting and not a projection of a video against the wall. I think these two stages are the only stages in the Street Fighter universe that have elements that are obviously fantastical.
Great Video. I used to think that Fei Long's stage was a movie set (due to Fei being an actor in SF Lore) and that the creatures were able to move due to being mechanical.
@@baberuthless If Fei appears in SF6 weather he’s in the base roster or DLC he should have a stage similar to his SF2 stage. Perhaps you can see engineers watching the fight and repair the creatures(maybe once the fight ends the Engineers could get spooked by the roars?) and also camera operators could be filming the fight in the background?
@@MysterioGyllenhaal19 that’s an incredibly good twist on a classic stage! I think something like that has respect for the original stage and also adds more character to fei long too! Now at this point I’ll be disappointed with anything less if they don’t do that now 😂
@@baberuthless I’d like Capcom to do something better than my idea tbh I’d my like my expectations to be exceeded. Also I don’t know if it counts but I’d like to suggest a video topic based on a stage from Twisted Metal 2012 (specifically Sweet Tooth’s Carnival of Carnage ) I know it’s not considered as a fighting game at first glance but it borrows elements from fighters I.e, story mode, specific buttons to pull of moves, etc. If not then Tekken Tag 2’s Hall of Judgement would make for a great analysis imo
@@MysterioGyllenhaal19 Capcom in SF6 seems to be getting a lot of SF2 stages and kinda reimagining them or adding some extra pizzaz but well see if fei long even gets added at all. getting a surprising amount of requests to do twisted metal that's kind of interesting. Luckily I actually love that series. Tekkens hall of judgment in tekken tag 2 I certainly have plans for that :) that video will be a tad more ambitious
I always wondered what this stage was about. I'm surprised that it was based on real gardens and it looks like a wonderful place to visit with the footage you provided here. The 3DO Version Theme is catchy and preferably my favorite of fei long's themes. And yes turbo remix does indeed go hard xD Can't wait to see more of street fighter and other fighting game stages from you!
Stages from non-Capcom games? KOF '97 had some interesting stages that tell you EXACTLY where you are in the world, down to the venue. One stage in particular looks VERY similar to Disneyland (and it's located in the exact same place in the world, too)
Hi, Really nicely done once again. As a Mortal Kombat fan would love to see you cover some of the stages in that series. They are often ignored but do have allot of detail sometimes.
Good eye it certainly is! I like that version a lot too since its so colorful! I chose not to talk about it here since i wanted to keep it locked to just street fighter but when i do a JJBA vid ill definitely wanna talk about all the stages at once
I love since ever fighting game stage, i have even a dedicated album in Pinterest, and now, see this channel your passion, and your research is pure gold. Keep on the good work!
A tip for you if you don't alteady know, it seems that i'm the only one that noticed: capcom vs snk 1, the dojo stage, on the left, you can see from another perspective the Ryu stage in street fighter alpha 1!
@@spardaelisyum good looking out! That sonson mart is the biggest indicator for that. I love that stage a lot on how it slowly gets more fucked up as the fight goes on. Capcom vs snk 1 has masterpiece stages!
As a kid, I thought this was a movie set, or maybe a giant parade float, with a city in the background. My brother and I figured that explained the moving statues
That is more creative and actually true to the character if it was a movie set! Now I kind of hope they have a movie set stage for Fei long if he ever goes in street fighter 6.
5:00 You can "unzoom" the game from its default 16:9 aspect ratio back to 4:3 aspect ratio and see the entire stage just like every prior version of the game. This "uncuts" the Chinese text on the floor and the buildings on the top left. This is because HD Remix achieves its fake widescreen presentation by cropping the top and bottom of the screen and zooms in to fill the screen.
Ah that explains a lot. I was stuck using the Ultra street fighter 2 version on the switch so ill have to check if i can do the same thing on that version as well.
@@baberuthless You can play in 4:3 mode in Ultra Street Fighter II, but only with the original pixel art; the new HD art is locked to the 16:9 mode. HD Remix allows the use of the HD art in both aspect ratios. Xbox 360 and PS3 emulation on Windows is fast and accurate enough to play HD Remix, so consider those options if you can't get to those old consoles.
I remember seeing this stage for the first time in arcades. I had only played the first SF2 on SNES before this, and at first I blown away by the updated graphics and new characters. But then I got to fight on the new stages like Cammy's which blew me away. And then Fei Long's was cool since I loved dragons and phoenixes, but them moving and roaring after a win really took me by surprise, and even scared me. At first I thought they were just statues too. But the arcade cab was loud, so the roars were loud. I was like 5 or 6 at the time, and the fact they just moved out of nowhere made me even more interested in the stage lol.
Thanks for another great video. I uaed to think the buildings at the back of the stage are supposed to be wallpaper because there's a visible black void on top when a character jumps. The background music of the stage reminded me of WWE Mr. Perfect's intro music. 😆
the black and white picture at 2:57. that is not a balcony connected to the white structure up top - its some structure in front of the camera that blends with the background rather perfectly
@@baberuthless it's going to happen trust me. You work hard with the amount of information you give out, your a true fan and people will see that. I'm going to let more people know about this channel!
Picked out one of the stages that fascinated me :D. Thank you so much for covering it!!! As for a good suggestion in the future.....Fatal Fury 2 Mai's stage, and Street fighter 3 second impact Alex's stage. Mai's stage would be very interesting to know what may have inspired it and while Alex's stage is just....well....New York City-ish.....I just love the detail of the background and the music in his stage is just...... * chef's kiss * ^_^
Good picks! I would def like to look into that mai stage especially! Alex’s stage will prob be talked about in a group episode of all sf3 stages at once
Ok this is a great channel. Had no idea this stage was based on anything irl, thought it was some sort of bad joke by japanese devs at the expense of china lmao
Nicely done! Excellent! I really enjoyed this video. I love how in depth you go with the stages. I can't wait for the next SF2 stage you cover (Zangief or Chun-Li 😏 lol 🙏🏿). Fei-Long's stage is definitely homage to Tiger Balm Garden. His stage was sort of even featured on the Street Fighter 2 V anime. Fei-Long meets Ryu and Ken through Chun-Li. While filming his movie he asks Ken to take part in a fight scene that he wants to be real. His theme songs were always a hit. The song from OC Remix I remember downloading and listening to a few years before it was added to SF2 HD Remix. I remember being obsessed with it so much that my friends had to stop me lol. The HD Remix OST I'm not much a fan of overall, but there are select few tracks in my opinion I think are solid.
Thank you so much! That Chun-li video in particular is gonna be a big episode since there are so many iterations of it. Also I never knew Fei-longs stage was in Street fighter 2 V! i own a DVD box set of that anime i should really get around to watching it.
@@baberuthless Yeah, his stage is not exactly the same as shown in the game, but the fight him and Ken have does take place in Tiger Balm Garden. SF2V is definitely a fun anime to watch. It puts a different spin of Street Fighter. The English voice actors reprise their roles too. Can't wait to see you upload a video on Chun-Li's stage. Your videos are awesome!
Maybe someday? I actually grew up with the twisted metal series in particular so that could be nice to examine. That being said I am exploring other types of videos that are not fighting game related for some point down the line.
That’s right! It has the tiger statue dead in the center if I recall. I purposely excluded that since I wanted to keep it short and sweet about street fighter. Since the jojos game I wanna talk about all their stages in one video ideally
@@baberuthless tbh I kinda got into my Bacground phase like a Year ago, bacground need love, not oly in fighting games (mostly yes) but also in concept arts. Tbh imo, I do wanna know about the Backgrounds from the game "Kizuna Encounter", on of my fave games. I didint advice it at first cus SNK games tend to do fight in "South Town", a made up city in in SNK//KOF lore kinda like Metro City in Street Fighter//Final Fight. Stage that came in mine are Samurai Showdown then MAYBE Last Blade.
Considering the Alpha 3 review of Balrog stage in your Balrog video I suppose you're aware of Alpha 3 Hong Kong stage (well, there is two considering Gen, but obviously I'm talking about Fei Long's). I doubt you're thinking about doing a video on that stage in particular so what are your thoughts on the stage and soundtrack (which btw i love it, great song 10/10)?
If it’s the stage I’m thinking of and it’s the one that looks like it’s from enter the dragon I do love that stage a lot! The song is also pretty solid. I do plan on covering a majority of alpha 3 stages in a single video someday!
For non-Capcom games, I would suggest the Fighter's History games and the Real Bout Fatal Fury games. Playstation All Stars and Smash Bros have some great stages, but I don't know if any of them reference any places other than the games that characters are from.
Fighters history I feel goes under the radar for some of there dope stages so I’d love to shine a light on that game. Ps all stars is a great suggestion! Even though it doesn’t have any historical references it be great to talk about their games origins
The 3DO version feels like the Chinese styled theme from Hong Kong. HD Remix feels like a style played from China. Maybe do like Japan Team from KOF 94? Or from KOF 95.
The 3DO and HD remix soundtrack is something I wish was in more games but I’m sure there’s some legal thing preventing that I’m glad KOF is getting much love! I certainly will put that on my list!
The MS-DOS/PC CD version of Super SF2 Turbo has the very best version of Fei Long's theme. Sadly, it's too short and not exactly loop-able. GameTek/Eurocom or whatever, in their infinite wisdom (pfffft) decided to make it so that there's no such thing as infinite battle time. It kinda makes sense why they did it that way, because all of the music was designed to be played directly off the CD, rather than some compressed format like MP3. Mind you, back then in the early 90's (which is when this port came out), most computers lacked the processing power to 'stream' MP3's, let alone come shipped with a sound card...... that's right... you had to buy an add-in sound card to hear anything off of the games at the time! lol!
I definitely want to do guilty gear someday! I’m just intimidated by it’s insane lore 😅 I feel like I need to fully understand the lore before i talk about the stages at all
@@baberuthless haha yeah I can understand that some stages are lore related so having a better understanding would help when it comes to the locations and the smaller details. Actually yeah I understand now lol I can wait though I’m just happy that someone is tackling stages since I’ve always felt they were just as important as the characters
@@B3RRY93 Thank you for your patience with me! If you know any good GG lore dump vids let me know! Recently I've just gotten my head around Blazblu lore...kinda. Also I'm so glad you feel that way I feel the same way about the importance of the stages!
I agree! I did a Samurai Showdown one a little bit ago but id like to do Fatal Fury and king of fighters as well! King of fighters stage's in particular are so dense with detail I think those would make for very great vids
@@baberuthless there are suprising amount of dutch stages in games but not alot of dutch fighters. so as a dutchie its always a treat to see youre country represented in any way.
I know the thing your talking about and I’m pretty sure capcom and Bruce lees family themselves that it wasn’t true. So I do think he can easily come back someday
Liked the HD version a bit more, also is cool that it was in an amusement park, makes a lot more sense than having dragons in Street Fighter. AS for stages to recommend I absolutely love Oceanic Express in DNF Duel, the sound of a train running on water is ASMR AF
5:26 That's actually Angurius' roar from the Showa Godzilla films. Godzilla's one time enemy (in the Showa Era) and closest friend. The replaced roar is just generic unfortunately.
