Yuu Yuu Hakusho FINAL: Makai Saikyou Retsuden - Story Mode (Yuusuke Route), Sugoi Difficulty Clear

"I am the King of the Netherregion!"
Yakumo a butt.
I took what I learned across the last few vids recorded for this game, and challenged the "Sugoi" or "Terrific" difficulty, which is the hardest one in the game. Why? Because I can.
In this game, the AI kinda just gets more aggressive the higher you set the difficulty. There's a surprising amount you can get away with even on this difficulty, but you can't completely let your guard down: most characters will take advantage of any zoning, anti-air, or crossups they have access to. That said, the increased frequency of their attacks means they leave themselves open to getting punished or beat out by your own attacks. (God bless the Reikoudan in this game, which out-punches a hilarious amount.)
Since I didn't get to share it over the last few runs, I made sure I finally showed vanilla Yuusuke's Finishing Animation. It is insanely, insanely satisfying finally being able to land it on Yomi, whom I messed the setup on last time, but it took so many tries to shoot "Tsuyoi" I settled for demolishing him with the regular Desperation Move, lol. There's actually an instant dizzy move, "Forward, Back, Forward+HP", that can be used while at critical health, but it can be tricky to land. I found it safer to just punish the Desperations since they have some form of recovery, and they fill the Stun Gauge high enough that most things can trigger a Dizzy. It's also forever satisfying being able to beat Yakumo, who has the most annoying, bustedly strong kit. That guy makes me so mad, lol.
Ngl, didn't expect to get so addicted to this game! RIP my Super Nintendo pad, which probably got more of a workout recording these vids compared decades of Megaman and other fighting games, lol! And y'know, with its movement, juggle, and meter management concepts, as well as the cool "Finishing Animation" feature, I think this game makes a strong case for how fun a modern Yuu Yuu Hakusho 2D fighting game could be. Ah~ This was definitely fun.
"Thank you for watching my vid!" Finger gun noise
Played on Super Nintendo. "Sugoi"/hardest difficulty.