You beat me to it; I was definitely gonna mention Bloody Roar. I played BR2 for hours and hours as a kid, both against my siblings and trying to complete every story mode.
Every day Capcom reminds me Darkstalkers is a game they made that they will not make again but will totally sell Morrigan outfits and merch, and every day I am sad
Now, now... There are also Felicia and Lilith costumes and merch. But in all seriousness, you'd figure there'd be a few more Darkstalkers or Darkstalkers-like games with kitchen sink fantasy casts.
There is that official Capcom survey that's running which includes the option for a new Darkstalkers? Does it mean anything? Probably not, but there's still a possibility!
I dont think the magic of Power Stone 2 could be captured in today's gaming society imo. I loved that game and I always though the mobile gaming revolution of the 2010s would have been a perfect fit for a local, wifi-ready remake of PS2
I think that Powerstone needs some SERIOUS adjusting if it wants to make a wave in this day and age but the pieces are there. The character designs in that game were some of the best designs I've seen to date and I will pay good money to see my baby boy Accel do anything.
Didn't they just release Crash Team Rumble and ANOTHER Power Stone ripoff last year? And then I guess mostly AoE management LoL derivatives don't even count, like Battle Crush.
I'm genuinely surprised that none of the Power Stone games ever appeared on a Nintendo console. Those systems seemed designed with couch multiplayer in mind so neither game appearing on the Gamecube, Wii or Switch seems strange, especially with how focused Capcom was on the Gamecube at that time and how they're not shy about porting titles now. As for whether a Power Stone game could be successful nowadays? I think Gang Beasts and Party Animals' popularity shows there's still a market for these kinds of games, at least in the west, but unlike the arcade focused PS1 and PS2, I feel a Power Stone 3 today would need a continual stream of content like new characters and levels and I don't think Capcom would be willing to make that sort of commitment.
1) Legit assumed this list was gonna cover the traditional 3D Fighter suspects like: Soul Calibur, Virtua Fighter, Dead or Alive, Rival Schools etc. Somewhat disappointed yet also enticed. 2) Urban Reigns Gameplay + Power Stone Art Style = Profit. Someone talented get on that! 3) I'll always love Power Stone but dang it if I'm not looking at Urban Reigns with envy and wishing I got more time in Rumbleverse. 4) Check out Mighty Fight Federation and LastFight Both are 3D arena brawlers with a but more sauce on them but LastFight literally had what Power Stone 1 was having but also was having an affair with Smash Bros. 5) I subscribed because you talked about fighting games and made me feel feelings. Heck, you had me at Power Stone.
The first two DefJam games were AMAZING. However paying for all the celebrities was probably a drain on the budget and primary reason there haven't been more.
Just to let you know, you *can* dodge attacks in _Power Stone_ by flicking the control stick in a chosen direction right as an attack is about to hit. It's pretty damn hard to do (and honestly, one thing I would update if a third one or a remaster comes along... hopefully!) and you frequently see the computer opponents do it on higher difficulties, but it is at least there!
Great video man. It really amazes me how many Capcom IPs are just languishing in limbo. They have so many great franchises that they refuse to touch anymore. It drives me crazy! DON’T THEY WANT MY MONEY!? “Power Stone has no block or dodge button.” You’re technically right, but the game has a whole entire invincible dodge mechanic called “escape” that you can do just by tapping the control stick at the right time. In fact the (first) game has a ton of depth and hidden mechanics that are totally unique in this genre. It’s so rewarding when you take the time to learn them. At this point I can easily beat the game on the highest difficulty without breaking a sweat. Power Stone 1 has been one of my top 10 favorite games for more than 20 years and I still don’t think there’s ever been another arena fighter that comes close, not even the sequel.
Problem is cost. Capcom have grown so big. They can't afford to make small projects anymore. Every products need to have heavy investment to it. And i doubt that power stone could benefit from insane investment. And even if it does, capcom still have to weight it's importantness against other major franchise capcom own. I hate secret mechanic in pvp game, tho. It just feel unfair to play against something you don't even know possible. Altho, it could probally be fixed nowadays with the internet. But still i'd think devs are smarter now and avoid secret mechanic as much as possible
If that’s the case then they should sell the property or something. Or they can do like any other game company and farm out the development to a smaller studio. ANYTHING is better than just leaving these amazing characters, worlds, and stories on the cutting room floor forever.
@@pendranomechannel6786 It's still their asset, why should they have to sell their asset and lose their ability to make use of it. Not to mention all the royalty associated with it. Outsourcing to third parties is how we get such masterpiece like GTA trilogy remaster, or that contra game. Capcom have a reputation they need to keep. And quality control is hard when you let other use your IP
@@dieptrieu6564 I suppose you’re right about it still being their assets they should definitely retain the right to their own IPs so I take that one back. As for the quality control thing, I know perfectly well that it’s hard to do when another studio is handling your property, but it’s not impossible. It’s been done many times before by many big time publishers INCLUDING Capcom, so I’m sure they could manage. You just have to find the right devs.
@@pendranomechannel6786 finding the right dev take time. And it would be safer to use big IP because at least if the game was bad, some hardcore fans can still suck it up for them. Having said that, capcom did make a poll about which game people want to see them making a remake or sequel, so you just have to wait and see
Man I miss Rumbleverse so much!!! So much, that I've recently been watching old matches on UA-cam, because it's the closest I can get to playing it again. The game was like taking Power Stone 2, making it a Battle Royale, and adding the movement of Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (oh, and the elbow drop).
Still wild you forgot about Soul Calibur (released a new game around the last MvC game) and Virtual Fighter 5, which got re-released for the 4th time on PS4 a few years ago.
As much as I had my gripes with Rumbleverse by the end of it all, I still gotta praise it for being the most unique approach to a battle Royale Also pour one out for Bloody Roar and Star Gladiator. Those are two fighters I wish would come back
I haven't played many fighting games, mostly just Smash. However. Custom Robo for the GameCube kicked all of the ass, forever. It's a 3D fighter where you fight with little robots in a virtual space. The "custom" part comes in where you get to swap parts of your robo out for different loadouts, and you unlock those parts through the story mode which is actually really good (read: it's anime as hell). Highly recommended by me, the guy that played Custom Robo a lot.
I still remember reading a short guide on Def Jam Fight for NY in Nintendo Power. I doubt we will ever get a game as good what with all the licensing costs for the music, but damn I would love a good successor to that game.
Both Power Stone 1 and 2 have a dodge system, from what I remember you have to flick the left stick/press the dpad either towards or to the side as an attack is about to land, somewhat like parries in Street Fighter. You can also catch thrown items (even bombs) with a well timed press of grab. In Power Stone 1 in particular, my friends and i got so good at catching and dodging thrown items, the mindgames around them got pretty nuts. And as for the dodge system, if you get a dodge then your opponent has to perfect dodge your next hit (if they attack straight away) or its going through. The timing of an attack after a dodge, in itself became another mindgame. tl;dr Power Stone has defensive mechanics, just not easy ones, and they're very rewarding to land
Hi-rez, the guys that made Smite made a Smash-like 3D fighter for their game called Divine Knockout. It genuinely has so much potential to be good, and they for some reason just stopped working on it.
If not for it being Hi rez, the generic mobile art style and type of dialouge style of the characters n such, Id be for it. It's a thing noone explored or go to. I tbh want more of that please.
The 2 3D fighting games from my childhood that come to mind that I had a blast with are Ehrgeiz and Destrega. Ehrgeiz had an awesome fighting system, and the maps sometimes actually mattered if they had a small bit of elevation you could use to your advantage. The splash of FF characters was pretty cool, while the characters made for the game had character of their own. It was just an amazing game all around. Destrega on the other hand had all sorts of fun ranged energy powers for each character that were just insane when combined with the fighting. Blast someone from across the arena with a laser, or hit someone with a prismatic blast of light while they're running towards you. Or kill someone with literal charged up versions of your regular energy attacks that could be combined in different orders to modify their characteristics. My brother and I had a blast with this one and played matches that would last quite a long time with the dodging and blocking system they had in the game. Hell you could even deflect the energy attacks if you got good enough with the battle system.
There's this one game that i used to play back in days with the bois called "Bloody Roar 2"(there are 5 iterations of the game, each with unique story mode but we mostly play the second one). It's some what of a 3D fighting game mix with 2D fighting style like Tekken and your super is literally turning to the animal that the character possesses to do special move, the boss is pretty hard to beat and the characters are quite memorable, you should really check the game out sometime.
I feel obligated to mention a childhood favorite of mine - Bakugan: Defenders of the Core. It was a little on the simple side in terms of fighting mechanics, but (as long as my memory isn’t _too_ nostalgia-tainted) it was a pretty decent Wii game. It was also a Bakugan video game where you fought as building-crushing titans to save an alternate reality from the bad guys trying to steal the power of the planet’s core (though the writing is a little lazy and it isn’t quite as cool as that sounds). Basically, imagine Pokken Tournament but scale the fighters up to ten stories tall, and you’ve got a pretty good idea.
Not a fighting game but a near and dear 3D game I felt like not many people heard about was a game called Kameo. You’re an elf princess that can become elementals with different powers (kind of like an early Ben10). The designs of almost all the elementals were amazing and so much fun to play as. The game was scheduled for a sequel but unfortunately the dev company shut down before making it. I’d love for you to check it out skooch, even if you don’t make a video of it, it’s a charming game that I’ve replayed many times and feel like you’d enjoy as well.
Kameo, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, and Viva Pinata are rather unsung Rareware titles that sadly didn't get the time to grow. Granted, part of the struggle is that they were clearly made with a Nintendo audience in mind when XBox was still competing for the family market instead of an almost exclusively FPS engine. If Kameo had been on the Gamecube, I imagine it would at least have been a moderate cult classic akin to Billy Hatcher instead of being deemed a stain on Rareware's reputation.
We had a Battle Arena Cabinet at my daycare, I have never forgotten watching some older kids try to beat Gaia with Sofia or getting knocked off of Eiji's stage.
Oh that thumbnail hurt. I miss both of those series so much. Power Stone was just so dope and Def Jam was so fun for how goofy and over the top it was.
I watched this already but also just watched the VR Minecraft video when you opened up for a bit and I get that stress you felt, loved you for years man, never the game you played. Keep your head up and realize you are scooch not league or anything else. Love you man keep it up♥️
I do love when people like Scooch talk about my favorite genre of games. I know they arent small but it is good to see someone with a good size following talk about fighting games with such love that isnt Max or Moist every once in a while.
Only fighting game I've ever loved is KoF Maximum Impact. It's also a 3D fighter in the sense that you press R1 and the character takes a arc of a skootch to change the angle on the background, and maybe dodge an attack while giving back a cheeky punch.
very nice video as always from best narrator skooch :3 Tbh for 3d fighting games I LOVED final fantasy dissidia. The fights were a bit different from what we usualy find. You had to do attacks that steal the enemy's ether (wich is the dmg they will deal with their next attack) then attack with one of your attacks that use your ether to actualy deal dmg. you can do combo's with follow up attacks that can be countered if you dodge at the right timing etc tec. They made great maps but most of them are kinda the same with the only danger from the map is the edge or falling in the endless abyss of despair. but it was still very fun. It was a special gameplay and maybe it wasnt as good as I think it was, but nostagia made me love it so much I also played five years ago a game on steam named Kurtzpel Had great coop PVE, great mekaniks with your character using two weapons and doing many combos by using many skills/attacks/weapon switch etc Unfortunatly it got bad It's now a very pay2win oriented game and most of the good contents are gone Anyway, love from France
I really like how they handled 3D space in Dissidia while also having very simple controls. It feels intuitive, falls in line with the canonical power level of its characters, but also had surprising depth (I remember in Duodecim learning tight timings on dodge cancel combos w/ assists).
I kinda want to see your opinions on the game Your Only Move Is Hustle, if you have the time for a turn based fighting game based around frame advantage and directional input.
One of my favourite games of all times is the 3d brawler final fantasy dissidia for the psp. It was just amazing how you could personalice each legend from the FF universe. What an amazing 3d brawler
Ok so alot to say here since i play quite a lot of fighting games , you are partially correct yes 3D fighting games are not being made like they ones you talked about but we got a new type of them.The open arena type i guess think of games like For Honor (yes its a fighting game) also Naraka Bladepoint,Sifu,Absolver,We Who Are About To Die etc.What im trying to say is that that type of game never went away it just evolved most of the games i mentioned are doing very well.All these game have combos and juggle mechanics and a big play area that you can freely walk and fight on i strongly recomend you to go try them.
Back when I had the OG Xbox, my brother and I were introduced to a 3d fighter called Barbarian, which while simple in world and story, ended up being fun enough in gameplay, if not fairly barebones. Most stages have areas of the environment that can be destroyed and lead to a second, and often third iteration of the stage in the same match. It also has a PS2 version, which I wasn't aware of until only a few years ago (side note: Much the same as the old dragonball games have games on the loading screens, try using both your thumbsticks on the loading screens for a fun little surprise)
Speaking of oldschool fighting. I really loved OMF2097. First you pick your "pilot" and then you pick your "mech" :D . Hellyeah. Also, rise of robots comes to mind because it looked amazing back in the day.
I would love to see another power stone game. I also really want the bloody roar games to come back. I loved those games, played them through out my childhood.
YOOOOO I REMEMBER URBAN REIGN, IT WAS SO GOOD. I remember spending hours and hours just playing the demo and then I finally found a copy out in the wild. Glad to see it's not forgotten
Oh neat, a Zone 4 mention. Though, I'm a bit disappointed Fighters Club Online from KoG Games didn't get a shoutout, but that's understandable since that game never got a chance to come to the west. Not only that, but it didn't really get much promotion even when it was supposed to be launched over here. But to talk more about Fighters Club it also has mechanics and systems similar to Urban Reign much like Zone 4, however, Fighters Club leans heavier into an action anime kind of feel. You'd have a choice of 5 characters (Spike, Jack, Remy, Carmen and Zin) with two classes each. As you progress through the game you'd level up gaining more skills for that class in which those skills would assist in creating longer flashier combos. Much like Zone 4 it also has the body damage system from Urban Reign, but unlike those two which have a single attack button and a dodge button, Fighters Club has two attack buttons (Light and Heavy) and a block button (Can block high and low). On that topic, I don't have much more to say other than there's some videos up from when the game was still running in Korea, the game unfortunately came to a close and never made it to western territories. But its nice that you mentioned Zone 4, it unlocked some nostalgia for me, I used to play it back when it was hosted on OGPlanet. But most of my time was spent on another 3D fighter that was also hosted on OGPlanet back then titled Rumble Fighter (Side note: Rumble Fighter is still alive at the time of typing this it's just hosted by RedFox Games now). Though I had conflicting thoughts about both, Rumble Fighter had more 3D movement available to it allowing you to run, jump and double jump all over the stage, but the fights themselves felt kind of lacking. Still had fun with both games though.
Whenever weird fighting games come up I always will suggest fighters destiny on the n64. 3d fighting game but instead of your health bar being the win condition you win by getting points based on how you took down the opponent whether it be a knock out, knock down, throw, counter or special. It's very unique and I've yet to find a game to try and recreate that system
you need to do a part 2. the rabbit hole goes deep for these games, such as Castlevania Judgement and Kamen Rider: Climax Fighters. those games go so hard if you've never seen them. they are so funny.
Castlevania Judgment. Admittedly, perhaps a bit too tongue in cheek for the franchise and a metroidvania is a weird one to base a fighting game on, but it was at least fun for the short term. Bit more hammering out the details for a sequel/2nd attempt, and it could at least been on the level of Skullgirls for a positive reputation, I'm sure.
i remember Anarchy Reigns was my favorite 3d fighter ever it was the rumbleverse before rumbleverse without the battle royale one life mechanic and the music was fire then was Naruto Clash of Ninja for the gamecube was really good as a kid and i think the Teen Titan gamecube had a brawler mode its been awhile but it had a lot of characters
I remember playing Digimon Rumble Arena 2 as a kid on my friend's house and it was incredible. I haven't played it since and I'm not sure if it holds up and I'm pretty sure there was one character that was way better than everyone else, but I had a lot of fun as a kid :)
Bro, Skooch baby. War. Of. The. Monsters. 🦍🤖🐜🐉👁🗿🛸 Please do a vid on that classic. Such fond memories of that game as a kid. I still think it holds up as a 3D arena fighter.
I beat this game an ungodly amount of times and I still absolutely despise the level with all the eyeball dudes that rush you. Besides that the ragdoll physics will never not be funny.
Gundam Maxi Boost On is an awesome 3D fighter that's really popular in Japan. 183 different mechs to play out of the box. It isn't really a "brawler" but it still has melee and melee centric suits.
Fun thing about Def Jam. The team who made it got hired to make a Yakuza spinoff called Black Leopard: Like a Dragon Side Story and then a sequel to that. The game has almost the same fighting system as Def Jam along with shared animations from Def Jam as well. Super cool spinoff games we never got in the west for some reason
I became a big fan of the River City Ransom series, with my favorite titles being Tokyo Rumble and Rival Showdown. Tokyo Rumble actually had a pretty interesting battle mode that I enjoyed playing, even though there were clear balancing issues. But they would later make a game called River City Melee Mach that really felt like a proper evolution of that mode. You get 30 teams, with 6 characters in each team, each with their own moveset. Some characters are way stronger than others, and some just broken, but it's a neat little game to try. That and Mighty Fight Federation. I decided to check it out since they had River City Ransom content (with an awesome remix of the main theme done by Tee Lopes and Gametal), and they had Miriam from Bloodstained, Toejam and Earl, and Yooka Laylee. I didn't get too deep into the game, but it seems like it took some inspiration from Power Stone. There's also Combat Core. I played it for a while, but that one was pretty much inspired by Power Stone, but I don't remember enjoying it too much.
Shrek Super slam for the game cube. it feels kinda like smash bros with pick ups and you can break the stage and then use those broken bits to fight. There was also challenges where you could earn medals and i think alternate costumes and colors for characters
22:33 You should check out The Bouncer for PS2. It's a PS2 launch title that's essentially just Urban Reign, but the main character is Sora from Kingdom Hearts and its made by Square Enix (Squaresoft at the time). Because of Square's magic, the game still holds up visually.
I played this game religiously as a kid and I’ll never forgive it for making you beat the game like 6 times in order to get the REAL final boss fight 😭
@Skooch Tobal 1 & 2 for the ps1 might be worth a look. Same dev as the Bouncer and Ehrgeiz but with character design by Akira Toriama. It's not the best-looking game but plays smoothly and created many mechanics that were picked up by other games
Bruh most of these traditional fighters populations combined couldn’t equal 5 digits before tekken 8 came out on steam. The most popular fighting game according to real steam chart evidence even after tekkens release is a 3d, battle royale fighting game called naraka bladepoint, and its not even close. Now if for honor 2 came out with dedicated servers, it’d be up there too.
To clarify, in powerstone, you don't have a dodge button, but you can dodge by tapping left or right just before an opponent attacks and you can catch thrown objects. I agree with the lack of blocking.
Skooch!!! You named all my favorites!! The only one I think you’re kinda sorta “technically” missing it’s not really a 3-D, but it is also 3-D fighter is (Project justice!! & slap happy rhythm busters )
For further context on Power Stone, you CAN dodge But you literally have to tap an attack or jump button in time with the attacker like a parry. In fact, a lot of actions are environment/context-based akin to Kirby's Air Ride. The design of the dive kick as one of the fastest movement options in Power Stone working only as a gap-closer and not a run-away tool at least works against camping But in Power Stone 2, the need to account for more than 2 fighters on a single map means that most of the innate lock-on stuff had to be taken out for more of a party-game styled element. 3D arena fighters without an innate 1 v 1 plane and lack of a robust lock-on dynamic such as Shrek Super Slam and Mighty Fight Federation suffer heavily from run-away-abuse-heaven.
If you haven't heard of it, you should try out Dissidia Duodecim if you want a super fun 3D fighting game. It's a Final Fantasy game that plays kinda similar to the Budokai games in that you rarely have your feet touching the floor and it's very anime and fun in it's combat.
even if you only showed it for like 2 seconds, jump force was such a cool concept that i genuinely wish got another chance, it was so hype to be able to play with my favourite anime characters and the gameplay was very fun imo, if only it had a bit more polish and publicity maybe it woulsve had the ability to get popular, but as ir stands i was extremely sad to see it get cancelled, i really hope some other company gives this concept a shot
I am not sure if Rumble Roses deserves a mention here, but i still find the idea of a Japanese studio trying their hands at a Wrestling game with an all-female cast hilarious.
I read '3D Fighting Games' and thought immediately of Urban Reign. Me and my friends used to play Smackdown Here Comes The Pain a lot when I was young and then we discovered this hidden gem of a game and never looked back. This game is insanely good! We still get together sometimes and play this even though my PS2 is long dead (long live emulation). It is a true timeless classic and the amount of fun and gut-busting laughter we've had from this game over the course of nearly 2 decades is immeasurable. If you want to extract the max amount of fun out of this game, you need to just get similarly skilled friends together (4 in all at max) and just play multiplayer. Me and my friends have spent entire days doing just that and it never gets old! I hope from the bottom of my heart that this game gets a remake or something because there has never been anything even remotely as good ever since. PS. I know every single character's name, favorite weapon and moveset by heart. My favorite is Shinkai with his Katana who can kill anyone in like 2 moves (1 if he's powered up). Closely following him are: Golem with his axe, Shun Ying with her Chinese Sword and her brother Lin Fong with his Saber.
The first 3D fighter I ever played was a game called FX Fighter on MS DOS. It was basically Virtua Fighter but with aliens. Still my favorite to this day. And yes, I know, I am old.
Not mentioning soul caliber feels like a war crime
Huh? Is Soul Calibur dead?
@@aureliodeprimus8018 It hasn't had a new game since 2018, 5 years ago. Last DLC was 4 years ago.
@@aureliodeprimus8018technically Namco kill soulcal because they don't want any other Tekken competition now look what happen to DBFZ
Oh fr? good to know
@@Aripuni1 A bummer...
I demand Bloody Roar. My favorite older 3d fighter. Not only does the gimmick slap, but its just flashy as fuck
New VS. game idea: Bloody Roar VS. Altered Beast!!
Literally was about to mention bloody roar 3.
its peak
Yeah this video instantly made me think about BR2. Used to duke it out with my brother all the time. RIP
You beat me to it; I was definitely gonna mention Bloody Roar. I played BR2 for hours and hours as a kid, both against my siblings and trying to complete every story mode.
Every day Capcom reminds me Darkstalkers is a game they made that they will not make again but will totally sell Morrigan outfits and merch, and every day I am sad
Now, now...
There are also Felicia and Lilith costumes and merch.
But in all seriousness, you'd figure there'd be a few more Darkstalkers or Darkstalkers-like games with kitchen sink fantasy casts.
There is that official Capcom survey that's running which includes the option for a new Darkstalkers? Does it mean anything? Probably not, but there's still a possibility!
Maybe it will be a Darkstalkers DLC in SF6
When you are a Darkstalkers fan who like Anakaris and Lord Raptor: thanks for fucking NOTHING
cmon, the introduction of the concept of succubus to the world was the best gift darkstalkers could have given us
Powerstone being so forgotten pains me in ways i can't describe
I dont think the magic of Power Stone 2 could be captured in today's gaming society imo. I loved that game and I always though the mobile gaming revolution of the 2010s would have been a perfect fit for a local, wifi-ready remake of PS2
I think that Powerstone needs some SERIOUS adjusting if it wants to make a wave in this day and age but the pieces are there. The character designs in that game were some of the best designs I've seen to date and I will pay good money to see my baby boy Accel do anything.
@@Skooch Ditto for me and Ayame (best girl!). I'd absolutely love to see her make an appearance in a Capcom crossover game!
Didn't they just release Crash Team Rumble and ANOTHER Power Stone ripoff last year? And then I guess mostly AoE management LoL derivatives don't even count, like Battle Crush.
I'm genuinely surprised that none of the Power Stone games ever appeared on a Nintendo console. Those systems seemed designed with couch multiplayer in mind so neither game appearing on the Gamecube, Wii or Switch seems strange, especially with how focused Capcom was on the Gamecube at that time and how they're not shy about porting titles now.
As for whether a Power Stone game could be successful nowadays? I think Gang Beasts and Party Animals' popularity shows there's still a market for these kinds of games, at least in the west, but unlike the arcade focused PS1 and PS2, I feel a Power Stone 3 today would need a continual stream of content like new characters and levels and I don't think Capcom would be willing to make that sort of commitment.
Up next on the Skooch channel: Skooch creates an underground fighting ring where he offers $5 and pocket lint to the last survivor.
SPOILERS!!
I love how he forgot about virtua fighter and soul caliber lol 😂😂
And the Dead or Alive Franchise lol
Sega forgot the VF series
@@TheDapperDragon frfr
Are they dead?
Is gundam extreme vs maxiboost on a 3d fighter?
1) Legit assumed this list was gonna cover the traditional 3D Fighter suspects like: Soul Calibur, Virtua Fighter, Dead or Alive, Rival Schools etc. Somewhat disappointed yet also enticed.
2) Urban Reigns Gameplay + Power Stone Art Style = Profit. Someone talented get on that!
3) I'll always love Power Stone but dang it if I'm not looking at Urban Reigns with envy and wishing I got more time in Rumbleverse.
4) Check out Mighty Fight Federation and LastFight Both are 3D arena brawlers with a but more sauce on them but LastFight literally had what Power Stone 1 was having but also was having an affair with Smash Bros.
5) I subscribed because you talked about fighting games and made me feel feelings. Heck, you had me at Power Stone.
urban reigns ranked online multiplayer with updated graphics. I would play that all day
YEAH, HE HAS TO MAKE LIKE 4 MORE SEQUELS TO THIS VIDEO LOL
Seeing Urban Reign, Def Jam, and Power Stone sent me into a nostalgic spiral. I doubt we will ever see games like that again.
Capcom had their games leaked few years back. Power stone was on that list for Q2024
The first two DefJam games were AMAZING. However paying for all the celebrities was probably a drain on the budget and primary reason there haven't been more.
@@Shotsoma Guess we'll find out
skooch in his fighting game arc real?
I've played so much tekken...
I just know that soon he's not gonna sugarcoat it
@@Skooch Who’d you main
@@Skoochplease a Video on Tekken✌️
@@SkoochBear main 😅😅😅
Just to let you know, you *can* dodge attacks in _Power Stone_ by flicking the control stick in a chosen direction right as an attack is about to hit. It's pretty damn hard to do (and honestly, one thing I would update if a third one or a remaster comes along... hopefully!) and you frequently see the computer opponents do it on higher difficulties, but it is at least there!
That is correct. Timing is everything with dodging and the direction
I feel the Indie fighters that aped Power Stone 1 never gotten that spot refined Imo.
Bro started rapping then got bleached hair😂😂
Time stamp?
@@epikdoggydude1232 7:20
@@NEON69420 thanks bro
Okay. I wasn't trippin". I was doubting what I saw.
Soul Calibur being so ludicrously mishandled throughout its entire existence brings me physical pain.
Bring back Soul Calibur 2 and soul calibur 3 costumization
'Where are the 3D fighters other than Tekken!?'
Soul Calibur: :')
Great video man. It really amazes me how many Capcom IPs are just languishing in limbo. They have so many great franchises that they refuse to touch anymore. It drives me crazy! DON’T THEY WANT MY MONEY!?
“Power Stone has no block or dodge button.”
You’re technically right, but the game has a whole entire invincible dodge mechanic called “escape” that you can do just by tapping the control stick at the right time.
In fact the (first) game has a ton of depth and hidden mechanics that are totally unique in this genre. It’s so rewarding when you take the time to learn them. At this point I can easily beat the game on the highest difficulty without breaking a sweat. Power Stone 1 has been one of my top 10 favorite games for more than 20 years and I still don’t think there’s ever been another arena fighter that comes close, not even the sequel.
Problem is cost. Capcom have grown so big. They can't afford to make small projects anymore. Every products need to have heavy investment to it. And i doubt that power stone could benefit from insane investment. And even if it does, capcom still have to weight it's importantness against other major franchise capcom own.
I hate secret mechanic in pvp game, tho. It just feel unfair to play against something you don't even know possible. Altho, it could probally be fixed nowadays with the internet. But still i'd think devs are smarter now and avoid secret mechanic as much as possible
If that’s the case then they should sell the property or something. Or they can do like any other game company and farm out the development to a smaller studio. ANYTHING is better than just leaving these amazing characters, worlds, and stories on the cutting room floor forever.
@@pendranomechannel6786 It's still their asset, why should they have to sell their asset and lose their ability to make use of it. Not to mention all the royalty associated with it.
Outsourcing to third parties is how we get such masterpiece like GTA trilogy remaster, or that contra game. Capcom have a reputation they need to keep. And quality control is hard when you let other use your IP
@@dieptrieu6564 I suppose you’re right about it still being their assets they should definitely retain the right to their own IPs so I take that one back. As for the quality control thing, I know perfectly well that it’s hard to do when another studio is handling your property, but it’s not impossible. It’s been done many times before by many big time publishers INCLUDING Capcom, so I’m sure they could manage. You just have to find the right devs.
@@pendranomechannel6786 finding the right dev take time. And it would be safer to use big IP because at least if the game was bad, some hardcore fans can still suck it up for them.
Having said that, capcom did make a poll about which game people want to see them making a remake or sequel, so you just have to wait and see
Man I miss Rumbleverse so much!!! So much, that I've recently been watching old matches on UA-cam, because it's the closest I can get to playing it again. The game was like taking Power Stone 2, making it a Battle Royale, and adding the movement of Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (oh, and the elbow drop).
Still wild you forgot about Soul Calibur (released a new game around the last MvC game) and Virtual Fighter 5, which got re-released for the 4th time on PS4 a few years ago.
As much as I had my gripes with Rumbleverse by the end of it all, I still gotta praise it for being the most unique approach to a battle Royale
Also pour one out for Bloody Roar and Star Gladiator. Those are two fighters I wish would come back
Funny to think fighting games always kinda had DLC with all the extra versions of each mainline game. Shit wouldn't fly today
By the time Virtua Fighter 6 comes out my grandkids will be wheeling me out to locals strapped to life support
I haven't played many fighting games, mostly just Smash.
However. Custom Robo for the GameCube kicked all of the ass, forever. It's a 3D fighter where you fight with little robots in a virtual space. The "custom" part comes in where you get to swap parts of your robo out for different loadouts, and you unlock those parts through the story mode which is actually really good (read: it's anime as hell). Highly recommended by me, the guy that played Custom Robo a lot.
Check out Virtual-On, Battle Assault 3 & Zone of the Enders
I still remember reading a short guide on Def Jam Fight for NY in Nintendo Power. I doubt we will ever get a game as good what with all the licensing costs for the music, but damn I would love a good successor to that game.
3:00 Power Stone
7:30 Urban Reign
12:50 Rumbleverse
16:40 Def Jam FFNY
The Canadian come out very strong around 20:10 😂😂😂 "Nouoo whey!"
Both Power Stone 1 and 2 have a dodge system, from what I remember you have to flick the left stick/press the dpad either towards or to the side as an attack is about to land, somewhat like parries in Street Fighter. You can also catch thrown items (even bombs) with a well timed press of grab.
In Power Stone 1 in particular, my friends and i got so good at catching and dodging thrown items, the mindgames around them got pretty nuts. And as for the dodge system, if you get a dodge then your opponent has to perfect dodge your next hit (if they attack straight away) or its going through. The timing of an attack after a dodge, in itself became another mindgame.
tl;dr Power Stone has defensive mechanics, just not easy ones, and they're very rewarding to land
Hi-rez, the guys that made Smite made a Smash-like 3D fighter for their game called Divine Knockout. It genuinely has so much potential to be good, and they for some reason just stopped working on it.
average Hi-Rez moment(they can't work in one thing besides smite)
They also had this amazing Tribes reboot that they dropped out of the blue.
If not for it being Hi rez, the generic mobile art style and type of dialouge style of the characters n such, Id be for it.
It's a thing noone explored or go to.
I tbh want more of that please.
@@ph1lny3 if you mean ascend, yes 😭 now tribes 3 has all the oldheads playing again but the skill floor is astronomical
The 2 3D fighting games from my childhood that come to mind that I had a blast with are Ehrgeiz and Destrega. Ehrgeiz had an awesome fighting system, and the maps sometimes actually mattered if they had a small bit of elevation you could use to your advantage. The splash of FF characters was pretty cool, while the characters made for the game had character of their own. It was just an amazing game all around.
Destrega on the other hand had all sorts of fun ranged energy powers for each character that were just insane when combined with the fighting. Blast someone from across the arena with a laser, or hit someone with a prismatic blast of light while they're running towards you. Or kill someone with literal charged up versions of your regular energy attacks that could be combined in different orders to modify their characteristics. My brother and I had a blast with this one and played matches that would last quite a long time with the dodging and blocking system they had in the game. Hell you could even deflect the energy attacks if you got good enough with the battle system.
I can't be the only who likes watching Skooch's videos for Skooch himself right?
There's this one game that i used to play back in days with the bois called "Bloody Roar 2"(there are 5 iterations of the game, each with unique story mode but we mostly play the second one). It's some what of a 3D fighting game mix with 2D fighting style like Tekken and your super is literally turning to the animal that the character possesses to do special move, the boss is pretty hard to beat and the characters are quite memorable, you should really check the game out sometime.
I feel obligated to mention a childhood favorite of mine - Bakugan: Defenders of the Core. It was a little on the simple side in terms of fighting mechanics, but (as long as my memory isn’t _too_ nostalgia-tainted) it was a pretty decent Wii game.
It was also a Bakugan video game where you fought as building-crushing titans to save an alternate reality from the bad guys trying to steal the power of the planet’s core (though the writing is a little lazy and it isn’t quite as cool as that sounds). Basically, imagine Pokken Tournament but scale the fighters up to ten stories tall, and you’ve got a pretty good idea.
Skooch casually going auburn and not mentioning it made me double take
Not a fighting game but a near and dear 3D game I felt like not many people heard about was a game called Kameo. You’re an elf princess that can become elementals with different powers (kind of like an early Ben10). The designs of almost all the elementals were amazing and so much fun to play as. The game was scheduled for a sequel but unfortunately the dev company shut down before making it. I’d love for you to check it out skooch, even if you don’t make a video of it, it’s a charming game that I’ve replayed many times and feel like you’d enjoy as well.
Kameo, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, and Viva Pinata are rather unsung Rareware titles that sadly didn't get the time to grow.
Granted, part of the struggle is that they were clearly made with a Nintendo audience in mind when XBox was still competing for the family market instead of an almost exclusively FPS engine.
If Kameo had been on the Gamecube, I imagine it would at least have been a moderate cult classic akin to Billy Hatcher instead of being deemed a stain on Rareware's reputation.
Kikaioh, Rival Schools, Mace: The Dark Age, Battle Arena Toshinden all come to mind in terms of 3d fighting games that deserve a sequel
Battle Arena deserves at least a remastered version of some sort. rival schools was great for the stories alone.
We had a Battle Arena Cabinet at my daycare, I have never forgotten watching some older kids try to beat Gaia with Sofia or getting knocked off of Eiji's stage.
Oh that thumbnail hurt. I miss both of those series so much. Power Stone was just so dope and Def Jam was so fun for how goofy and over the top it was.
now I wait 19 years for a skooch melty blood video
I watched this already but also just watched the VR Minecraft video when you opened up for a bit and I get that stress you felt, loved you for years man, never the game you played. Keep your head up and realize you are scooch not league or anything else. Love you man keep it up♥️
I do love when people like Scooch talk about my favorite genre of games. I know they arent small but it is good to see someone with a good size following talk about fighting games with such love that isnt Max or Moist every once in a while.
-cries in God Hand-😢
I love that Skooch went super saiyan mid way through the video! Massive drip dawg 🙏🏻
Only fighting game I've ever loved is KoF Maximum Impact. It's also a 3D fighter in the sense that you press R1 and the character takes a arc of a skootch to change the angle on the background, and maybe dodge an attack while giving back a cheeky punch.
If you've never played the Pipeworks Godzilla games, I'd love to see you try them
You really on the grind for real, from 2 live streams to a whole new video, its crazy insane that you don't have more subs, keep it up bud! ❤❤❤
Bloody Roar and Virtua fighter were 2 pretty good 3d fighting games.
Mace the dark age on N64 as well!
very nice video as always from best narrator skooch :3
Tbh for 3d fighting games I LOVED final fantasy dissidia. The fights were a bit different from what we usualy find. You had to do attacks that steal the enemy's ether (wich is the dmg they will deal with their next attack) then attack with one of your attacks that use your ether to actualy deal dmg.
you can do combo's with follow up attacks that can be countered if you dodge at the right timing etc tec.
They made great maps but most of them are kinda the same with the only danger from the map is the edge or falling in the endless abyss of despair. but it was still very fun.
It was a special gameplay and maybe it wasnt as good as I think it was, but nostagia made me love it so much
I also played five years ago a game on steam named Kurtzpel
Had great coop PVE, great mekaniks with your character using two weapons and doing many combos by using many skills/attacks/weapon switch etc
Unfortunatly it got bad
It's now a very pay2win oriented game and most of the good contents are gone
Anyway, love from France
I really like how they handled 3D space in Dissidia while also having very simple controls. It feels intuitive, falls in line with the canonical power level of its characters, but also had surprising depth (I remember in Duodecim learning tight timings on dodge cancel combos w/ assists).
I kinda want to see your opinions on the game Your Only Move Is Hustle, if you have the time for a turn based fighting game based around frame advantage and directional input.
Skooch has become one of those channels that makes me drop everything when a new video pops up. Quality all around.
One of my favourite games of all times is the 3d brawler final fantasy dissidia for the psp. It was just amazing how you could personalice each legend from the FF universe. What an amazing 3d brawler
I really enjoyed playing battle for NYC on my ps2 back in the day
The Gundam Extreme Vs. Have been amazing 3D brawlers.
Power stone could definitely pull off being a meme tournament or the chaos it would ensue if your favorite UA-camrs came together.
Ok so alot to say here since i play quite a lot of fighting games , you are partially correct yes 3D fighting games are not being made like they ones you talked about but we got a new type of them.The open arena type i guess think of games like For Honor (yes its a fighting game) also Naraka Bladepoint,Sifu,Absolver,We Who Are About To Die etc.What im trying to say is that that type of game never went away it just evolved most of the games i mentioned are doing very well.All these game have combos and juggle mechanics and a big play area that you can freely walk and fight on i strongly recomend you to go try them.
Dont know if it really counts but Tekkens sister franchise, SoulCalibur get overlooked a lot. Its one of my favorites!
The Soulcalibers need a remake. Not necessarily a sequel, the storyline already ended, but remastered versions would be nice.
It already did
@@Gweezy12 I’m not talking about Soulcaliber 6. I mean remakes of the original 5 games. (Especially 4, that was the best one in my opinion.)
Namco making a Soulcalibur crossover with Samurai Shodown/Last Blade characters in it would be so f*cking great
Haohmaru is in Soul Calibur 6
Back when I had the OG Xbox, my brother and I were introduced to a 3d fighter called Barbarian, which while simple in world and story, ended up being fun enough in gameplay, if not fairly barebones. Most stages have areas of the environment that can be destroyed and lead to a second, and often third iteration of the stage in the same match.
It also has a PS2 version, which I wasn't aware of until only a few years ago
(side note: Much the same as the old dragonball games have games on the loading screens, try using both your thumbsticks on the loading screens for a fun little surprise)
Speaking of oldschool fighting. I really loved OMF2097. First you pick your "pilot" and then you pick your "mech" :D . Hellyeah.
Also, rise of robots comes to mind because it looked amazing back in the day.
I would love to see another power stone game. I also really want the bloody roar games to come back. I loved those games, played them through out my childhood.
YOOOOO I REMEMBER URBAN REIGN, IT WAS SO GOOD. I remember spending hours and hours just playing the demo and then I finally found a copy out in the wild. Glad to see it's not forgotten
Sudden hair change had me replaying the video to make sure I wasn’t tripping
I played so much Powerstone and Def Jam. I think The Warriors by Rockstar also had incredible brawling action, but is mostly forgotten.
Oh neat, a Zone 4 mention. Though, I'm a bit disappointed Fighters Club Online from KoG Games didn't get a shoutout, but that's understandable since that game never got a chance to come to the west. Not only that, but it didn't really get much promotion even when it was supposed to be launched over here. But to talk more about Fighters Club it also has mechanics and systems similar to Urban Reign much like Zone 4, however, Fighters Club leans heavier into an action anime kind of feel. You'd have a choice of 5 characters (Spike, Jack, Remy, Carmen and Zin) with two classes each. As you progress through the game you'd level up gaining more skills for that class in which those skills would assist in creating longer flashier combos. Much like Zone 4 it also has the body damage system from Urban Reign, but unlike those two which have a single attack button and a dodge button, Fighters Club has two attack buttons (Light and Heavy) and a block button (Can block high and low). On that topic, I don't have much more to say other than there's some videos up from when the game was still running in Korea, the game unfortunately came to a close and never made it to western territories.
But its nice that you mentioned Zone 4, it unlocked some nostalgia for me, I used to play it back when it was hosted on OGPlanet. But most of my time was spent on another 3D fighter that was also hosted on OGPlanet back then titled Rumble Fighter (Side note: Rumble Fighter is still alive at the time of typing this it's just hosted by RedFox Games now). Though I had conflicting thoughts about both, Rumble Fighter had more 3D movement available to it allowing you to run, jump and double jump all over the stage, but the fights themselves felt kind of lacking. Still had fun with both games though.
DOA 1-6 izuna dropping people off 200 ft building was crazy
Skooch casually going SSJ at 8:39
I used to love Soul Calibur. 6 broke my heart with how bad it felt to play. The older games might be a fun experiment though.
There are so many potential 3d fighters to cover. Pls do another video on this subject. Love your videos
Whenever weird fighting games come up I always will suggest fighters destiny on the n64. 3d fighting game but instead of your health bar being the win condition you win by getting points based on how you took down the opponent whether it be a knock out, knock down, throw, counter or special. It's very unique and I've yet to find a game to try and recreate that system
The hair transition was slick
you need to do a part 2. the rabbit hole goes deep for these games, such as Castlevania Judgement and Kamen Rider: Climax Fighters. those games go so hard if you've never seen them. they are so funny.
Castlevania Judgment.
Admittedly, perhaps a bit too tongue in cheek for the franchise and a metroidvania is a weird one to base a fighting game on, but it was at least fun for the short term.
Bit more hammering out the details for a sequel/2nd attempt, and it could at least been on the level of Skullgirls for a positive reputation, I'm sure.
i remember Anarchy Reigns was my favorite 3d fighter ever it was the rumbleverse before rumbleverse without the battle royale one life mechanic and the music was fire then was Naruto Clash of Ninja for the gamecube was really good as a kid and i think the Teen Titan gamecube had a brawler mode its been awhile but it had a lot of characters
>new channel is linked in the top of the description
>mfw still looking for new channel link
it was at the end of the video B]
I remember playing Digimon Rumble Arena 2 as a kid on my friend's house and it was incredible. I haven't played it since and I'm not sure if it holds up and I'm pretty sure there was one character that was way better than everyone else, but I had a lot of fun as a kid :)
Bro, Skooch baby.
War. Of. The. Monsters. 🦍🤖🐜🐉👁🗿🛸
Please do a vid on that classic. Such fond memories of that game as a kid. I still think it holds up as a 3D arena fighter.
I beat this game an ungodly amount of times and I still absolutely despise the level with all the eyeball dudes that rush you. Besides that the ragdoll physics will never not be funny.
i used to play Soul Caliber 3-5 so much. SC4 was the first collector edition i ever bought. its sad to see it squandered so hard.
Over my dead body do I recognize leffen and his happy chaos as champ
Gundam Maxi Boost On is an awesome 3D fighter that's really popular in Japan. 183 different mechs to play out of the box. It isn't really a "brawler" but it still has melee and melee centric suits.
I bought power stone collection for PSP last year and its wild of a jump that they had from one to two. I wish it was on modern consoles
Fun thing about Def Jam. The team who made it got hired to make a Yakuza spinoff called Black Leopard: Like a Dragon Side Story and then a sequel to that.
The game has almost the same fighting system as Def Jam along with shared animations from Def Jam as well.
Super cool spinoff games we never got in the west for some reason
I became a big fan of the River City Ransom series, with my favorite titles being Tokyo Rumble and Rival Showdown. Tokyo Rumble actually had a pretty interesting battle mode that I enjoyed playing, even though there were clear balancing issues. But they would later make a game called River City Melee Mach that really felt like a proper evolution of that mode. You get 30 teams, with 6 characters in each team, each with their own moveset. Some characters are way stronger than others, and some just broken, but it's a neat little game to try.
That and Mighty Fight Federation. I decided to check it out since they had River City Ransom content (with an awesome remix of the main theme done by Tee Lopes and Gametal), and they had Miriam from Bloodstained, Toejam and Earl, and Yooka Laylee. I didn't get too deep into the game, but it seems like it took some inspiration from Power Stone.
There's also Combat Core. I played it for a while, but that one was pretty much inspired by Power Stone, but I don't remember enjoying it too much.
Shrek Super slam for the game cube. it feels kinda like smash bros with pick ups and you can break the stage and then use those broken bits to fight. There was also challenges where you could earn medals and i think alternate costumes and colors for characters
Def Jam was my childhood. The psp one, but still, thanks for reminding me of that masterpiece
urban reign is underrated as hell, glad to see such a hidden gem get a mention
i know its not dead, but i am curious about your thoughts on for honor. would you count it as a 3d fighter, or even a good one at that?
22:33 You should check out The Bouncer for PS2. It's a PS2 launch title that's essentially just Urban Reign, but the main character is Sora from Kingdom Hearts and its made by Square Enix (Squaresoft at the time). Because of Square's magic, the game still holds up visually.
I played this game religiously as a kid and I’ll never forgive it for making you beat the game like 6 times in order to get the REAL final boss fight 😭
@Skooch Tobal 1 & 2 for the ps1 might be worth a look. Same dev as the Bouncer and Ehrgeiz but with character design by Akira Toriama. It's not the best-looking game but plays smoothly and created many mechanics that were picked up by other games
Bruh most of these traditional fighters populations combined couldn’t equal 5 digits before tekken 8 came out on steam. The most popular fighting game according to real steam chart evidence even after tekkens release is a 3d, battle royale fighting game called naraka bladepoint, and its not even close.
Now if for honor 2 came out with dedicated servers, it’d be up there too.
To clarify, in powerstone, you don't have a dodge button, but you can dodge by tapping left or right just before an opponent attacks and you can catch thrown objects. I agree with the lack of blocking.
my brothers and i went crazy over Shrek Superslam. We played it day in and day out
21:05 Considering this game was a sequel, I’m sure plenty of people asked for it. That phrase would only apply to the first game.
I forgot how brutal the Def Jam supers were.
We need another Def Jam game.
A real Def Jam game, not that Icon shit.
@@TheDapperDragon I forgot Icon existed, which is Enough said on that subject.
@@TheDapperDragonmy god that game Icon was a waste of time. And that was a rental lol
Castlevania Judgement was highly underrated. Graphics were trash but the ost was fire!
Sonic The Fighters is a good 3d fighting game that was forgotten but now is forming new fandom around it, and it is pretty cool
but this game actually not very fun when playing alone because of bad enemy ai
Skooch!!! You named all my favorites!! The only one I think you’re kinda sorta “technically” missing it’s not really a 3-D, but it is also 3-D fighter is (Project justice!! & slap happy rhythm busters )
For further context on Power Stone, you CAN dodge
But you literally have to tap an attack or jump button in time with the attacker like a parry.
In fact, a lot of actions are environment/context-based akin to Kirby's Air Ride.
The design of the dive kick as one of the fastest movement options in Power Stone working only as a gap-closer and not a run-away tool at least works against camping
But in Power Stone 2, the need to account for more than 2 fighters on a single map means that most of the innate lock-on stuff had to be taken out for more of a party-game styled element. 3D arena fighters without an innate 1 v 1 plane and lack of a robust lock-on dynamic such as Shrek Super Slam and Mighty Fight Federation suffer heavily from run-away-abuse-heaven.
not sure if it counts but Sonic Battle on the GBA was soo good and addicting especially with the upgrade mechanic, (might be more 2.5D)
If you haven't heard of it, you should try out Dissidia Duodecim if you want a super fun 3D fighting game. It's a Final Fantasy game that plays kinda similar to the Budokai games in that you rarely have your feet touching the floor and it's very anime and fun in it's combat.
How skooch feels about rumbleverse is how I feel about Gigantic
ahh yes, gigantic. the game that was ahead of its time
Gigantic is actually coming back btw!!
@@almightygod87 I'm aware of it, I'm part of r/gigantic too XD, let's keep our hopes up!
Damn those supermoves were insane
even if you only showed it for like 2 seconds, jump force was such a cool concept that i genuinely wish got another chance, it was so hype to be able to play with my favourite anime characters and the gameplay was very fun imo, if only it had a bit more polish and publicity maybe it woulsve had the ability to get popular, but as ir stands i was extremely sad to see it get cancelled, i really hope some other company gives this concept a shot
I dont know if this counts, but there was a Grim adventures of Billy and Mandy that nobody talks about. It was so much fun
I am not sure if Rumble Roses deserves a mention here, but i still find the idea of a Japanese studio trying their hands at a Wrestling game with an all-female cast hilarious.
I read '3D Fighting Games' and thought immediately of Urban Reign. Me and my friends used to play Smackdown Here Comes The Pain a lot when I was young and then we discovered this hidden gem of a game and never looked back.
This game is insanely good! We still get together sometimes and play this even though my PS2 is long dead (long live emulation). It is a true timeless classic and the amount of fun and gut-busting laughter we've had from this game over the course of nearly 2 decades is immeasurable. If you want to extract the max amount of fun out of this game, you need to just get similarly skilled friends together (4 in all at max) and just play multiplayer. Me and my friends have spent entire days doing just that and it never gets old!
I hope from the bottom of my heart that this game gets a remake or something because there has never been anything even remotely as good ever since.
PS. I know every single character's name, favorite weapon and moveset by heart. My favorite is Shinkai with his Katana who can kill anyone in like 2 moves (1 if he's powered up). Closely following him are: Golem with his axe, Shun Ying with her Chinese Sword and her brother Lin Fong with his Saber.
The first 3D fighter I ever played was a game called FX Fighter on MS DOS. It was basically Virtua Fighter but with aliens. Still my favorite to this day. And yes, I know, I am old.