Imagine trying to sleep or read at night in your London home and then you see a pirate and Jack the Ripper deflect an energy manifestation of a shark at each other outside your window. And your first thought is, "CONSTABLES, £600 ON THE PIRATE!"
Also let's not forget to mention that Hanzo is doing a spinning movement. So this is probably where Ken's Shinryuken came from, as the super debuted in SFA from 95. The only good excuse that a SF fanboy can say is that it's fair that Capcom copies an idea from WH as self defense... but anyways the point is that the idea of Shinryuken (loosely) most likely came from WH.
@@carlosaugusto9821 The Shinryuken is most likely inspired by Mizoguchi's *TsuuTenSai* from Fighter's History Dynamite (1994) Ken got the Shinryuken in Street Fighter Zero/Alpha 2 (1996)
@@meganinten0078 That also has a high chance of being the reference, now that i think about it. Anyways Shinryuken was surely not an original idea from the SFA devs. Just one of the many cases of Capcom taking ideas of smaller games and easily getting away with it, because it's a big and popular company.
@@carlosaugusto9821 I keep preaching this online. People SWEAR I'm just hating on Capcom though. There's no way in hell someone can play SSF4, then play Matrimelee. and think that Juri was just a "coincidence".
"...or when this game take place anyway? The future? By the time this game happens is Hulk Hogan just remembered as a monunental historical figure along the same lines as Joan D'arc and [insert the name of that Austrian painter]?" From Jhon $€×'s World Heroes Retrospecitve 😁
As an Alpha Denshi/ADK fan, this makes me so happy 🥲 Fun fact In 2018, there was an official World Heroes manga adaptation. It was made by Kimitoshi Yokoo, an ex-ADK employee Sadly, that manga wasn't translated.
Rare mention of world Heroes! Common W yet again for Desk. That clash in 2 Jet sounded so epic. I would say it is on par with the 3rd strike parry sound and this was 5 years before third strike! SNK needs to quit playin and give us another game! Last mention of any of these characters was Jeanne, as DLC for SNK heroines.
WH is not a SNK game originally, so that's why it would not appear in the older KOF games. But SNK actually bought the rights to WH in the 00s, and just didn't feel like adding the game to KOF. I believe the devs want to stick to the classic idea of SNK crossover, so WH is not exactly part of the group of "SNK games".
@carlosaugusto9821 The theme going into 2025 seems to be nostalgia. Since the three major fps games did it recently. I feel that is going to be a continued trend in other genres.
I love clash mechanics, it's a shame Tekken doesn't incorporate it, it would be cool AF! to see clashing EWGF's and seeing clashing Phoenix Smasher against Mach Punch like from the cut scenes.
I remember playing this game in the arcade on the Neo Geo arcade unit that had four games on it. This was about 30 years ago! I loved the characters as a kid.
Desk be like, "I feel an old game...with cool or weird mechanics...calling to me." 1:22 - 1:43 For those who don't know, that is supposed to be Grigori Rasputin, and he's *weird* in this game.
@@nandobordas The 90s culture. Nobody dares creating a fg character like him after the 90s. But in this case maybe it's a good thing... So we won't see a modern detailed 3d cinematic version of Rasputin's super.
i used to play this in the arcades as a wee lad. when i accidentally pulled of that dragon kick from the bruce lee looking character it blew my mind. still love the design of that move to this day
In the 90's i believe the scene was overally much more open to originality and experiments and the games were more creative and varied. Then that creativity fell radically and the genre became focused on permanent refinements of the same formula. Not only that but games are looking a bit more similar to each other.
@@carlosaugusto9821 totally agreed. I'd blame the audience more than the creativity of the developers though; all the content creators love to performatively state that they're against esportsification, but they still constantly demand that every game be whittled down to a frame data contest in a featureless rectangle and nothing else. every new idea is "degenerate" and "killing a generation of players", and then they act surprised when stagnation happens.
I would love to see a World Heroes Team in The King of Fighters There is a rumour that the original SNK wanted a WH Team in their big crossover, composed by Hanzo, Fuuma and Janne/Jeanne They asked ADK for permission but they said no. And that is why SNK had to make the American Sports Team Now that SNK owns ADK's franchises, would love to see an World Heroes Team (composed by Hanzo, Ryoko and Janne/Janne), an Aggressors of Dark Kombat Team (composed by Fuuma, Kisarah, Joe) and seeing Ninja Master's characters in Samurai Shodown (like Karasu, Sasuke, Natsume, Kasumi)
If that's true then it's a tragic fate for the franchise and for ADK. Because KOF would soon become a monster that beat all other Neogeo games in popularity... meanwhile while WH died in 95, not even getting the chance of a sequel like SFA, FF3, AOF3, etc, those big evolutions in gameplay and graphics. KOF helped to revive and redefine the image of old SNK franchises that were already obscure to some players in the 90s like Psycho Soldiers and Ikari Warriors, and later on it became a platform to preserve FF and AOF. Like SF preserved the image of Final Fight, MvC preserved the image of Morrigan and others from DS, and SSB preserved the image of Nintendo franchises that are either forgotten or get rare releases. So it's crazy to think that the same would happen to WH if ADK had accepted the offer. WH would be immortalized in a big fg franchise.
@@carlosaugusto9821 Plus T-800 (as you can see in Brocken's victory pose and lose portrait) And that is not the only The Terminator reference in World Heroes Geegus is based on the T-1000
@@israelascrow8587 🎵 HEIL BROCKEN! Zangyaku FIGHT de HEIL BROCKEN! Todome o sasu ze HEIL BROCKEN! Konya wa tokubetsu Omae no atatakai chi ga nikui 🎵 Kinnikuman is awesome! 💪 Long live to Brocken Jr.!
This feels more like Smash bros style clashes, what with both fighters being knocked back and unable to do anything until they recover, rather than Arcsys clashes which basically let you do anything the moment both attacks clash. And I mean **anything.**
And after this game, Fuuma got lost in Aggressors of Dark Kombat where he met and fought strange characters like a high school girl who defeats their opponents with the power of NTR, Kisarah Westfield 😆😂 And it is canon that World Heroes and Aggressors of Dark Kombat take place in the same universe As much as I don't like World Heroes 2 JET, I like how the characters shout repeatedly their KO screams when you defeat them with a multi hit attack Especially against Jhonny Maximum 😁
First one with an air fireball too. Although I'd say AOF was the first one with something like an EX attack, because the big fireball costs more meter than the smaller one.
This is one of the all-time time best fighting games. It was better than Super Street Fighter me. This game and its characters don't get enough represestation in SNK. I wish they'd make World Heroes 5. . .🤩❤️🔥🤗💯
To me they are all ok to me, but it's the gameplay that lacked enough stand out points to stay strong and keep growing. Then it was impossible to keep up with the major 2s fg companies. Like, this game is from 94, and that same year had the debut of Darkstalkers and Marvel (Xmen), extremely sophisticated games. And there was also the explosive growth of SNK's KOF, SS and FF in gameplay features.
@@kaiserbts8007 The World Heroes cast is better than the Street Fighter 2 cast (AKA The World Warriors) Even Fighter's History cast is better than the World Warriors
I agree! Ryoko Izumo (World Heroes) was based on Yawara Inokuma, the main protagonist of the manga/anime YAWARA! (and also in Ryoko Tani, the real life ex judo champion) Yawara Inokuma is so pretty no wonder Ryoko Izumo ended up being so adorable 🥰 Fun fact There is a another judo gal named Ryoko Ryoko Kano from Fighter's History Ryoko (Fightet's History) came up a month earlier than Ryoko (World Heroes) Sorry for writing 'Ryoko' so many times 😅
WH is not a SNK game originally, so that's why it would not appear in the older KOF games. But SNK actually bought the rights to WH in the 00s, and just didn't feel like adding the game to KOF. I believe the devs want to stick to the classic idea of SNK crossover, so WH is not exactly part of the group.
WH died too early and before getting enough recognition to become memorable in fg history. Like, this game is from 94 and the last game was released in 95... sadly buried before getting a "next level" sequel like SFA, RBFF, KOF96, AOF3, MK3, etc. So it was GG that came and reinvented clash, making it popular to the general fg public. As time goes on less people seem to know that the idea of clash came before GG... WH became too obscure at this point. And unlike major classic fgs there's little incentive to hype up WH with retro releases, so the newer players will continue not knowing the history facts. But then the help comes with videos from big fgc channels like yours.
Happy 30th Anniversary World Heroes 2 JET! 🎉 As a fan of the series I can say that it is....the worst World Heroes of the series 😅 World Heroes 2 and PERFECT are the best in the series The main issue with WH2 JET is that it feels incomplete... No Death Match Mode! No individual Endings for the characters! The Arcade ladder is weird and kinda boring In the Versus Mode, sure you can fight in the WH2 stages BUT it plays the same theme in all the matches 😣 Yeah...World Heroes 2 JET is by many the least favorite of the series Thankfully World Heroes PERFECT was much better
hey desk , have you ever seen Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition ? Its a megazord fighting game with a very interesting mechanic. give it a try might make for a good video.
@@melvinshine9841 Many of the animations are ripped from SF2. I saw Bison win pose, Guile sonic boom, Bison scissor kick, and a couple other ones. Maybe assets aren't the right term? Maybe ideas or something?
![XvSF: Easter Eggs, Combos + History [STREET FIGHTER SIDE]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/biWJvTY8Aoc/mqdefault.jpg)
This is what Azucena is dancing to! [TEKKEN 8]
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Football players, Nazis, Vikings, Wrestlers, this game has it all, huh.
Not to mention a Russian mystic who loves rāping his opponents. 😂
And the big boss is Raoh from Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) 😁
Nazi cyborg even
No cowboys
Just missing a prostitute and a pimp
World Heroes is essentially what if Bill and Ted met Back to the Future and Street Fighter 2.
That's a pretty wild set of character designs.
One of the most creative rosters of that wave of early-mid 90s lower class fgs. And the whole story and theme is really interesting.
i love how when Johnny Maximum gets K.O.d, he yells "sheeiiit..."
Best KO scream 😆
Imagine trying to sleep or read at night in your London home and then you see a pirate and Jack the Ripper deflect an energy manifestation of a shark at each other outside your window. And your first thought is, "CONSTABLES, £600 ON THE PIRATE!"
Camden residents can be a bit odd like that.
1:54 Imagine how swaggy Ryu would look if his Shoryuken had that "dragon aura" effect!
Also let's not forget to mention that Hanzo is doing a spinning movement. So this is probably where Ken's Shinryuken came from, as the super debuted in SFA from 95. The only good excuse that a SF fanboy can say is that it's fair that Capcom copies an idea from WH as self defense... but anyways the point is that the idea of Shinryuken (loosely) most likely came from WH.
@@carlosaugusto9821 The Shinryuken is most likely inspired by Mizoguchi's *TsuuTenSai* from Fighter's History Dynamite (1994)
Ken got the Shinryuken in Street Fighter Zero/Alpha 2 (1996)
Hanzo and Fuuma have the best looking 'shoryukens' in the 90s
Especially in World Heroes PERFECT 👍
@@meganinten0078 That also has a high chance of being the reference, now that i think about it. Anyways Shinryuken was surely not an original idea from the SFA devs. Just one of the many cases of Capcom taking ideas of smaller games and easily getting away with it, because it's a big and popular company.
@@carlosaugusto9821 I keep preaching this online. People SWEAR I'm just hating on Capcom though.
There's no way in hell someone can play SSF4, then play Matrimelee. and think that Juri was just a "coincidence".
Any other retro fighting games you'd like to see a video like this on, please let me know here!
Suiko Enbu - Fuuun Saiki
Double Dragon V - Shadow Falls
DOOMSDAY WARRIOR The music is also very good
Double dragon, the 95 Neo Geo game. Martial Masters would be nice too.
@@29once Definitely Martial Masters yea, the combos in that game scream 'desk video'
That last sequence at the end was really vibing DBZ clashing.
SHIEEEEEET!!! Desk uploading a World Heroes video? Very awesome!
I'm glad this series is getting shine.
Something to be thankful for...a Thanksgiving DeskVideo!
“NUMBAH WAN!”
shout outs to the Xrd reveal trailer having this exact style of clashing but never adding it
I always appreciated how Boris Yeltsin is cheering you on in Rasputin's background.
I grew up playing this and all of the Neo Geo/SNK games in the arcade such fond memories watching this. As always, thank you Desk. ✌🏿
Ooh, I didn't know this was a thing!
Always great to see some more World Heroes, ty Desk =)
World Heroes has a special place in my heart.
wow! thanks for coming back Biffotasty.
"...or when this game take place anyway? The future?
By the time this game happens is Hulk Hogan just remembered as a monunental historical figure along the same lines as Joan D'arc and [insert the name of that Austrian painter]?"
From Jhon $€×'s World Heroes Retrospecitve 😁
As an Alpha Denshi/ADK fan, this makes me so happy 🥲
Fun fact
In 2018, there was an official World Heroes manga adaptation.
It was made by Kimitoshi Yokoo, an ex-ADK employee
Sadly, that manga wasn't translated.
Happy Thanksgiving Desk. We are all grateful for you mate.
Rare mention of world Heroes! Common W yet again for Desk. That clash in 2 Jet sounded so epic. I would say it is on par with the 3rd strike parry sound and this was 5 years before third strike! SNK needs to quit playin and give us another game! Last mention of any of these characters was Jeanne, as DLC for SNK heroines.
WH is not a SNK game originally, so that's why it would not appear in the older KOF games. But SNK actually bought the rights to WH in the 00s, and just didn't feel like adding the game to KOF. I believe the devs want to stick to the classic idea of SNK crossover, so WH is not exactly part of the group of "SNK games".
@carlosaugusto9821 The theme going into 2025 seems to be nostalgia. Since the three major fps games did it recently. I feel that is going to be a continued trend in other genres.
song = world heroes 2 jet OST - practice stage
appreciate this bro! Song is really chill
I used to love playing this game in the arcades.
You are touching my hearth with this
I love clash mechanics, it's a shame Tekken doesn't incorporate it, it would be cool AF! to see clashing EWGF's and seeing clashing Phoenix Smasher against Mach Punch like from the cut scenes.
This game looks way awesomer than I remember!!
Absolutely love World Heroes, great video as always!
Love World Heroes!
I remember playing this game in the arcade on the Neo Geo arcade unit that had four games on it. This was about 30 years ago! I loved the characters as a kid.
I grew up with this game in the bar near home. a true classic from 90' cabinets.
World heroes one of my favorite fighting games
I remember this game! That shark move 0:32 unlocked a core memory.
Desk be like, "I feel an old game...with cool or weird mechanics...calling to me."
1:22 - 1:43 For those who don't know, that is supposed to be Grigori Rasputin, and he's *weird* in this game.
They did do justice to the "Russia's greatest love machine" part
Honestly, I think weird is a gross understatement.
@@nandobordas The 90s culture. Nobody dares creating a fg character like him after the 90s. But in this case maybe it's a good thing... So we won't see a modern detailed 3d cinematic version of Rasputin's super.
0:21 thate transition!
i used to play this in the arcades as a wee lad. when i accidentally pulled of that dragon kick from the bruce lee looking character it blew my mind. still love the design of that move to this day
clashes are so much deeper and more hype than trades and I wish they were a mechanic more series adopted
In the 90's i believe the scene was overally much more open to originality and experiments and the games were more creative and varied. Then that creativity fell radically and the genre became focused on permanent refinements of the same formula. Not only that but games are looking a bit more similar to each other.
@@carlosaugusto9821 totally agreed. I'd blame the audience more than the creativity of the developers though; all the content creators love to performatively state that they're against esportsification, but they still constantly demand that every game be whittled down to a frame data contest in a featureless rectangle and nothing else. every new idea is "degenerate" and "killing a generation of players", and then they act surprised when stagnation happens.
*WORLD HEROES MENTIONED* 🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥
Rare mention in the english speaking fgc scene, especially in a big fgc channel
I would love to see a World Heroes Team in The King of Fighters
There is a rumour that the original SNK wanted a WH Team in their big crossover, composed by Hanzo, Fuuma and Janne/Jeanne
They asked ADK for permission but they said no.
And that is why SNK had to make the American Sports Team
Now that SNK owns ADK's franchises, would love to see an World Heroes Team (composed by Hanzo, Ryoko and Janne/Janne), an Aggressors of Dark Kombat Team (composed by Fuuma, Kisarah, Joe) and seeing Ninja Master's characters in Samurai Shodown (like Karasu, Sasuke, Natsume, Kasumi)
If that's true then it's a tragic fate for the franchise and for ADK. Because KOF would soon become a monster that beat all other Neogeo games in popularity... meanwhile while WH died in 95, not even getting the chance of a sequel like SFA, FF3, AOF3, etc, those big evolutions in gameplay and graphics.
KOF helped to revive and redefine the image of old SNK franchises that were already obscure to some players in the 90s like Psycho Soldiers and Ikari Warriors, and later on it became a platform to preserve FF and AOF. Like SF preserved the image of Final Fight, MvC preserved the image of Morrigan and others from DS, and SSB preserved the image of Nintendo franchises that are either forgotten or get rare releases. So it's crazy to think that the same would happen to WH if ADK had accepted the offer. WH would be immortalized in a big fg franchise.
omfg there's a Strohein reference
Stroheim + Inspector Gadget + Dhalsim + Bison
Stroheim combined with Brocken Jr.
@@carlosaugusto9821 Plus T-800 (as you can see in Brocken's victory pose and lose portrait)
And that is not the only The Terminator reference in World Heroes
Geegus is based on the T-1000
@@israelascrow8587
🎵 HEIL BROCKEN! Zangyaku FIGHT de
HEIL BROCKEN! Todome o sasu ze
HEIL BROCKEN! Konya wa tokubetsu
Omae no atatakai chi ga nikui 🎵
Kinnikuman is awesome! 💪
Long live to Brocken Jr.!
This feels more like Smash bros style clashes, what with both fighters being knocked back and unable to do anything until they recover, rather than Arcsys clashes which basically let you do anything the moment both attacks clash. And I mean **anything.**
Grew up with World Heroes 2 on the SNES and loved that game. Rarely see mention of the series.
It looks good for 1994!
Oh. Rasputin. That explains everything.
This game needs to be remade and brand new. I need it.
I've never seen a character that I wanted modernized more that Football Man Dude
And after this game, Fuuma got lost in Aggressors of Dark Kombat where he met and fought strange characters like a high school girl who defeats their opponents with the power of NTR, Kisarah Westfield 😆😂
And it is canon that World Heroes and Aggressors of Dark Kombat take place in the same universe
As much as I don't like World Heroes 2 JET, I like how the characters shout repeatedly their KO screams when you defeat them with a multi hit attack
Especially against Jhonny Maximum 😁
World Heroes: first series that featured EX attacks, and in my mind, the first 'anime' fighter.
Hope that it makes a comeback.
First one with an air fireball too.
Although I'd say AOF was the first one with something like an EX attack, because the big fireball costs more meter than the smaller one.
Rasputin's Fatality is one of the most disturbing and powerful in fiction
I used to love this game. Local pizzeria used to have this. It was definitely more popular than street fighter 2 until they got rainbow edition.
Nice, some love to WH2J
This is one of the all-time time best fighting games. It was better than Super Street Fighter me. This game and its characters don't get enough represestation in SNK. I wish they'd make World Heroes 5. . .🤩❤️🔥🤗💯
I remember when this game was brand new
Another clash mechanics in SNK games is KOFXII ...can you do for us? 🤩
The Viking has the rich girl sweep 😂
Ahead of its time and influenced all games after.
Bulk Bogan.
This game had some really out there characters, they're hit or miss imo
To me they are all ok to me, but it's the gameplay that lacked enough stand out points to stay strong and keep growing. Then it was impossible to keep up with the major 2s fg companies. Like, this game is from 94, and that same year had the debut of Darkstalkers and Marvel (Xmen), extremely sophisticated games. And there was also the explosive growth of SNK's KOF, SS and FF in gameplay features.
@@kaiserbts8007 The World Heroes cast is better than the Street Fighter 2 cast (AKA The World Warriors)
Even Fighter's History cast is better than the World Warriors
@ I disagree very much about your comparisons, I think they’re more of their own thing, but okay
This needs a freaking remake.
The judo girl is such a cutie c:
I agree!
Ryoko Izumo (World Heroes) was based on Yawara Inokuma, the main protagonist of the manga/anime YAWARA! (and also in Ryoko Tani, the real life ex judo champion)
Yawara Inokuma is so pretty no wonder Ryoko Izumo ended up being so adorable 🥰
Fun fact
There is a another judo gal named Ryoko
Ryoko Kano from Fighter's History
Ryoko (Fightet's History) came up a month earlier than Ryoko (World Heroes)
Sorry for writing 'Ryoko' so many times 😅
Ryoko (World Heroes) for KOF!
@@meganinten0078 Ryoko is a good name, i will remember it, thanks!
so nostalgic
I’m gonna tell my kids this is Fate/Grand Order.
This game was JAAAAAANK
World Heroes had just defend before Mark of the Wolves
This game is great
I find it kind of interesting that SNK didn't really bring any of these guys back as a team for King of Fighters.
WH is not a SNK game originally, so that's why it would not appear in the older KOF games. But SNK actually bought the rights to WH in the 00s, and just didn't feel like adding the game to KOF. I believe the devs want to stick to the classic idea of SNK crossover, so WH is not exactly part of the group.
Another masterful video, even if this was the World Heroes I liked the least. Music still hits, though.
These games rule
WARNING: This has flashing lights.
the first fighting game that ive played that has clashing mechanic is asuka 120% also release in 1994 :)
I didn't know it is from that early age. So it's another fg that got it before GG made it popular.
Desk please try making a combo/ glitch video on Dual Blades aka Slashers. It's an amazing and lesser know portable fighter that used to be on the GBA!
Is this one of the first fighting games to do that when to punches clash? I always thought Arcsys games did that first
yo i forogt about thus game holy
WH died too early and before getting enough recognition to become memorable in fg history. Like, this game is from 94 and the last game was released in 95... sadly buried before getting a "next level" sequel like SFA, RBFF, KOF96, AOF3, MK3, etc. So it was GG that came and reinvented clash, making it popular to the general fg public.
As time goes on less people seem to know that the idea of clash came before GG... WH became too obscure at this point. And unlike major classic fgs there's little incentive to hype up WH with retro releases, so the newer players will continue not knowing the history facts. But then the help comes with videos from big fgc channels like yours.
Sequel to MK1 you mean. MKII and MK3 are the GTAs and CODs of those eras.
Happy 30th Anniversary World Heroes 2 JET! 🎉
As a fan of the series I can say that it is....the worst World Heroes of the series 😅
World Heroes 2 and PERFECT are the best in the series
The main issue with WH2 JET is that it feels incomplete...
No Death Match Mode!
No individual Endings for the characters!
The Arcade ladder is weird and kinda boring
In the Versus Mode, sure you can fight in the WH2 stages BUT it plays the same theme in all the matches 😣
Yeah...World Heroes 2 JET is by many the least favorite of the series
Thankfully World Heroes PERFECT was much better
hey desk , have you ever seen Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition ? Its a megazord fighting game with a very interesting mechanic. give it a try might make for a good video.
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiice
When's Merfight?
Anyone out there need they World Hero jetted?
Why is no game name listed
IS THAT A CHARACTER BASED ON STROHEIM?
Brocken Jr. (Kinnikuman) + Inspector Gadget
Wow an SNK NeoGeo Game that rips off Capcom assets... I bet this game was so fun!!
Where did you get the "ripping off Capcom assets" bit from?
@@melvinshine9841 Many of the animations are ripped from SF2. I saw Bison win pose, Guile sonic boom, Bison scissor kick, and a couple other ones. Maybe assets aren't the right term? Maybe ideas or something?
It is the other way around. Most things from Capcom come from SNK.
This game came out 2yrs after SF2 lol.
@@Kybroma Fatal Fury came before
this was one of the ones you'd burn a quarter on waiting for the SF2 line to die down lol
we all know that DEsk is doing this by himself using 2 sticks right??
The only other person who does such crazy things is Sakurai himself.