Does it have to? With its growing resurgence and main eco stage feature alongside legacy titles, it could grow to become a legacy title in its own right. Long road ahead, but it's possible.
With the game depending on SGM's success, which is doing very well right now, there's still hope for SG on getting another Season Pass in the future! 🙏
@@olakpasa6486 the ingame tutorials are a really good place to start. I would say go through all of them so you have an idea of what each fighter does. The biggest thing to keep in mind though is your defense, people are fucking crazy at going in on this game or at least that's how i see it lol.
The book Blood, Sweat and Pixels had some great stories about the development of indie titles like Stardew Valley and Shovel Knight. It takes an inhuman amount of drive to work the way indie devs do
Seeing Skullgirls next to four legacy titles from franchises that have been dominating the scene since the 90's was amazing. The game absolutely deserves it.
Skullgirls is like Medic from TF2. He's the most well-designed class in the game, but everyone seems to ignore him to opt to play other classes that they enjoy better, yet they still beg for a Medic on their team.
I bought Skullgirls on sale during late 2021. It was my favorite game I played that year. I’m so mad I’m late, but I’m so thankful I’m finally here. I got the season pass as a gift for Christmas, but I haven’t tried it yet. It’s on my post Christmas to-do list, though. It’s quickly become one of my top fighting games ever, right up there with DBFZ and Smash Ultimate. I absolutely cannot wait to see what comes next for this game in the future, as I know it’ll be fantastic. Here’s hoping we finally get that complete, canon story mode sometime eventually.
I swear, I don't even know the first thing about this game but I had a fucking chill up my spine when you said that it was going to be an EVO main event. Holy shit that must be such an honor for devs and community alike.
Proof that if you love something enough and give it the love and care it needs to grow, success with it is inevitable. I'm truly blown away by how strong the SG community is. I hope they continue to grow
never played this game but I'm truly happy for the community, the players and the devs alike (aside from the dirtbag left alone in his company of course). That's a really refreshing story and the game looks like it really deserves it
This company behind skullgirls went through a lot just to make games, but the bravest thing about this company is that they spent all year making skullgirls alive without getting paid for one year.
I'm so, so happy that this franchise is finally able to stand up after being kicked on the floor again and again since it came out. You may or may not like the gameplay, the style, the devs or even the franchise in general, but if there's one thing that everyone is forced to applaud is its resilience and sheer fucking will. For an indie title (and a very niche one at that), it has recieved many blows that an indie of its size just shouldn't be able to handle. But it did. Even though I don't play the game that much and I don't consider myself a part of the community, I was rooting for this game since the moment I discovered it around 2016. I'm really glad it finally can catch a break.
let's not forget that what happened to the studio also canceled development on their other game Indivisible. because development was cancelled all of the Kickstarter goals would never be put into the game like guest characters and backer made characters. no one cares about Indivisible though unfortunately.
Man I wish indivisible could be saved, such a cool game. I think the issue is that the IP is owned by 505 games, who are a bigger publisher than autumn and have very little incentive to either continue supporting the development or to sell the IP to someone who will. The only consolation I can think of is that Future Club has projects in the works, and they contain basically the entire art team from Lab Zero, the best we can probably hope for is a spiritual successor.
Only reason why I got this game was because of that big dude with the musical coat. Now I know his name is big band and I don't regret getting this game ever since.
@@unintentionally_edgy5867 @Unintentionally_ Edgy @Unintentionally_ Edgy Nah, it wasn't the wrong move. His company wanted to fire him or have him resign, and he agreed to do so if certain terms were met that benefited him. Those terms werent accepted, so he pulled rank and did things his way. It's HIS company. You can't fire a guy from his company for unsubstantiated allegations. You can't blame him for protecting his interests. Put yourself in his shoes? Would you quit your company if you were accused of sexual misconduct, yet it was unsubstantiated? Wouldn't you then fire and layoff anyone who was against you? Common sense.
@@shinbakihanma2749 …okay, I’ll bite. So even if there was no harassment, which given a lot of factors would appear unlikely, and even if it was a smart idea to layoff everyone “against you”, it still was such an unpopular decision a lot of people quit, and joined up with those laid off. That’s not even bringing up that saying “terms that benefitted him” sound like he wants to make off with more money instead of being recompense for the damage to his image. I’d love to see how you spin that fact into somehow defending someone who doesn’t even respect coworkers and after not getting his way, taking power and firing people for what, to my little knowledge of laws, sounds like illegal reasonings. Edit: oh yeah, and that’s after conceding I don’t know if those allegations were true, but you immediately said they were false
@@unintentionally_edgy5867 First off, I'm not trying to "defend" Mike Z in anything. I'm not his keeper. I'm just making my point of view known due to what was said in this video, because I feel he was unfairly thrown under the bus with no due process. But as far as this topic is concerned, your response is nonsensical. What I'm saying is why would Mike Z. think about anyone else's wellbeing when those same people aren't thinking about his? These same employees were accusing him of multiple instances of sexual misconduct, and were trying to oust him from HIS company, yet there was nothing to ever substantiate these accusations. It's not unreasonable to understand why he would fire everyone. Why would he keep and be concerned about employees who accuse him of sexual misconduct, and are ready to throw him under the bus? Put yourself in his shoes, you'd do the same thing. Now, what makes me question the validity of these accusations, is the text messages between Mike Z and BunnyAyumi. That's what kind of kicked everything off. I read those texts when the accusations first surfaced, and I was dumbfounded with how many people were saying that his texts were sexually inappropriate, when they were clearly not. Not to mention that BunnyAyumi (who has a history of playing victim) initiated contact with him, and now all of sudden she posts these texts claiming he said sexually inappropriate things to her in them. The reactions from the FGC when they cancelled him, made me realize that everyone is out of their fucking minds. My common sense while reading into it as it was happening told me something was off. Mike Z is an awkward nerd dude who isn't used to talking to chicks. That isn't a crime.
@@stale_cheeto I'm a mobile player and follow the development very closely, in the Mobile Forums you can look for the thread with "Plans for 2020" in its name or something like that, in this thread they mention they are working in an all new fighter (Annie, though nobody knew at the time) for the (mobile) game, and in the QnA for the same post they clearly state two things: How much work does it take to create a new character? Making a character for the mobile game takes 60%-70% of work relative to a 2nd Encore character Another question was "So is this new fighter coming to 2nd Encore?" and the answer was a rotund "Maybe, we'll see". That was in april of 2020 if I'm not mistaken
@@youcantbeatD I'll quote since you're too lazy to research for yourself (all of these quotes are from MightyZug, game director and Hidden Variable developer): "BRAND NEW CHARACTER That’s right, we’re working on a BRAND NEW SKULLGIRLS CHARACTER with Lab Zero that has never been released to date! For more info on this mysterious new addition, check out our FAQ posted earlier this week." Then in the FAQ regarding this very comment: "What?! You read that right! We are currently actively developing a BRAND NEW CHARACTER for Skullgirls Mobile that was not included in the original 2nd Encore roster!" "D-DOES THAT MEAN THIS CHARACTER IS GOING TO BE ADDED TO 2ND ENCORE? We’ll see! The amount of animation and design work needed to develop a character for mobile is only 60-70% of the work needed for a full 2nd Encore character (not accounting for all of the overhead that comes with a new content release for consoles). As such, although we’re obviously a LOT closer to doing so than if we hadn’t made a new character for mobile, there’s still a fair amount of work that would be necessary to make them 2E-ready."
@@youcantbeatD Also you can check out the 5 minute video on Skullgirls' official channel titled "Skullgirls Mini-Doc - The Rise of Skullgirls Mobile" and towards the end they say explicitly "The mobile game is almost entirely responsible for the revival of 2nd Encore" and they mention Annie exists because of the mobile game IIRC.
I’m glad they still continued on even after that drama with mike and I’m so happy that they’re still pushing our characters to this day They recently just announced black dahlia as a new upcoming character after umbrella
I'm still extremely upset at Mike. For what he did, and what it caused. I realize that Skullgirls gets to live on but he took down Lab Zero. And that *could have* been the end for Skullgirls, and very much _was_ for Indivisible, their other game which I was even more invested in.
Ill never let this game die! No matter the man, nor the company, as long as this game has one fan, Its got a fanbase. Its one of those indie games that was built to last and fire could never squander. To the animations to the music, all love placed was in this game and its characters. Skullgirls will always have a place in my heart
I thought it was just a weird porno game, but it’s actually good. It also reminds me of my “default” art style as an artist, so I decided to experiment with it more.
Honestly, this game is just TOO GOOD. The characters all slap. I have the opposite type of character crisis for this game that I get for smash. Where it feels like I wanna play Half the skullgirls cast because they all slap. Probably my favorite fighting game that isn’t named CVS2. It is a tough spot since it’s also having Guilty Gear +R and Street Fighter 4. Great video and keep up the content. Amazing analysis of the game’s lifespan so far
Haters and setbacks such as funding and lab zero may cause problems but the pure passion of the team working on the game keeps it running God I love this game
I don’t even like fighting games I just bought this game because I was so obsessed with the characters/art style and omg that music I bought Skullgirls mostly because the music is a work of art
@@notimeforcreativenamesjust3034 it is true that sales thru the mobile game has greatly helped with the possibility of dlc characters to the main game, but remember the mobile game uses the same engine as the main game does, meaning any work done to the mobile game could very easily be patched over to the main pc build. This allows the work for both games to be done at nearly the same time between both Future Club and Hidden Variable. Without this partnership the season pass wouldn't have been possible, or at the very least be very limited and would have taken much longer to produce.
I'm just honestly glad that I got to join this wonderful community. Although I'm on the Mobile version one but yeah the community is way too wholesome. Even though it has its ups and downs you can never stop the games Hype Train!!!
@endme76 Recently, there is a controversy regarding skullgirls where the dev censored most of the game fan service, especially on fillia and censoring the digital art book for it, too. They also censored things such as police brutality scene, ww2 germany clothing and more. The reason they do this is speculated because they want to put the game on the EVO tournament, and this means censoring stuff so it can be audiences "friendly." People, especially the old fans, are pissed about this because it basically remvoing one of the main appeals of skullgirls in the first place, which is the fan service, and i guess the edgyness of it. You can find a lot of videos about it if you search it up tbh
@@MichaMundy ohh okay thanks for explaining it and i get why yall are mad it’s unnecessary but saying the game well end is a little overreacting since i didnt notice it while playing the game untill now but i get ur frustration tho
@@anon-e9v They censored Filia is because she's literally 16, it shouldn't of had backlash because yk? I don't get why would they would get upset because you can no longer see a 16 year olds panties? No hate to you by the way you were just curious lmao (No hate to anyone at all)
ngl my thing is that they censored some of big band's backstory which is whack. Like police brutality is real and just censoring it doesn't make it disappear. I think it was pretty clear that its not supporting police brutality or corruption yet they censored it. The other stuff I thought was whack on principle but the censoring of Big Band's backstory was the biggest turnoff.
I don’t even play that many fighting games because I suck at them, and think Skullgirls is one of the most impressive games out there in terms of its development story. That and I like the characters, they have no right being as unique as they are
The fact this game is having a "2nd encore" I'm honestly crying tears of joy. I know I haven't properly played it (I played the demo back when I was in middle school) but the style, music and some of stories.. I love watching and I wish I could play soon
I discovered this game thanks to TotalBiscuit RIP Miss him. He’d even go through the Options menu in order to get the best experience of a game. Makes me wish other reviewers talked about that in the reviews
I first heard about skull girls when I was in the 8th grade and I did try to play it on my tablet at the time but shortly after I started I got robbed and never got my tablet back and my phone was in no way new enough to support the game. Over the years I would download it on mobile and play for a few minutes before just straight up deleting it. I never even knew it could be played on console until like my junior year of high school. I've been graduated for about a year and gave just started working a few weeks ago. So once I get my first paycheck I'll definitely be buying skull girls and giving it a real try for the first time ever.
Such an amazing story! I just watched your previous video on Skullgirls (and subbed after it) the exact day you released this video, lol! I haven't played the game yet, but its art style is so good that I want to watch it all day! Kinda reminds me of Cuphead.
The fight this game went through, from Zaimont to the Final Blockbuster, god it makes me smile just how much love the devs have for this game. Even without Zaimont they rose from the ashes and made a fighting game that is Evo levels of great. I love this game with all my heart, and i know the devs do too, which is why it's my favorite
Man must suck to be cancelled for just saying cringe comments. Mike Z ain't no saint but ending a mans career/ accomplishments over what he's done seems a bit extreme in my eyes. I suppose I don't know all the details with Cartwright's situation but Bunnyayu being the nail in the coffin sound ridiculous to me. Those tweets sound very rude for sure, but they're related to asking questions about her profession. Its not like he's asking for nudes or sexual favors but man are people lumping that in as a #metoo level of conduct. In which case are we at a level for canceling people for being rude or awkward now? Good for Skullgirls for keeping on but I question the current team of devs. Id love to know why Alex Ahad the character designer no longer works there as he never brings up skullgirls anymore in his social media. I hear rumors he was kicked because his art was too NSFW and they didn't appreciate his social media presence which if this is true makes me wonder how sensitive this team is.
@@YelenaSkunky It would be great to know what that means. I'm curious what they mean by hostile. I just find it odd for a guy who created the visual identity of these fighters is avoiding talking about this game anymore. Overall I just find it a damn shame that 2 essential people behind this game are removed from their accomplishments. Mike Z is always gonna be lumped as a sexual offender and Alex Ahad is gonna be quietly left out of the Skullgirls community.
Fun fact, Mike Z's recommendation for helping to sleep actually is a thing, since why else do you think guys fall asleep after doing the horizontal tango, but that not being something you typically bring up in polite company and today's internet dwellers being clueless about anything outside their hobbies and having paper skin would of course lead to the streamer taking that as harrassment.
side note: bunny ayu began the conversation sexually and omitted those parts in her twit longer. not trying to defend mike, but there was a ton of lies/omission of the truth on both sides going on.
Now if only the Season Pass and updates were available on the Switch. Ever since the Skullgirls developers revealed that there will be new characters added to the roster as DLC, which I should mention were confirmed to be available on every console Skullgirls is available on, naturally I was eager to pay for the Season Pass on my Switch. But for some reason, despite it being nearly a year since Annie, the first character added to this Season Pass, as well as Umbrella being released and a brief reveal that Black Dahlia is next, there hasn't been a single indication of the Season Pass being available on the Switch. And I checked multiple times. Whether it be checking to see if Skullgirls on the Switch received an update, or checking the Nintendo eShop. And both times, and multiple times ended with the same result; nothing.
There are issues that need to be figured out when it comes to the Switch version, we understand the frustration that switch players are feeling right now, but the amount of red tape that Future Club has to go thru is quite large, they will give an update when they have news on the matter.
Hearing "stellar netcode" really makes me want to give the game a chance, but the 3-character teams are daunting. Compared to GG Strive, how much more complex is Skullgirls?
It's more complex. Specially the combo chains can be extremely long. And many characters have unique and different mechanics. BUT the tutorials are amazing. And in your team you can choose 1 character with a lot of health instead of the 3 characters. If you can play strive you can definitely play this one. I really recommend it! During the pandemic I tried getting into fighting games (besides my favorite Super Smash Bros Ultimate) and of the 20+ games that I bought and tried, GG Strive and Skullgirls are the only ones that I really love
@@XastherReeD for pro players? I haven’t seen them doing it. For you to try out of the game and see if you like it and get some wins online? It’s totally fine
I wish skull girls mobile got a bigger mention here, if not for the money the game was making, there was no chance we were getting the first new character, no less a whole season pass
the first game was great the second game was fantastic, the third game was fun, but before it could reach it's full potential, EA struck. I think it made it well in the genre, just EA mainly stopped the third from being what it could've been
Despite me not playing the game, because fighters are way to hard to play, even casually, I’m loving what I’m hearing about this game refusing to die and even being a main title in EVO next to thee biggest names in fighting game history.
I'm always saddened when I see steamcharts show how small players are on average, though I always take it with a grain of salt. I love the game, so I hope the new season's pass pulls in a new audience
That's pretty much the genre in general. Even though dozens of games have fairly active scenes and regular tournaments, every year there's only ever around 5 or so fighting games that can consistently pull in a 4-digit daily avg. player number on Steam. Those games are usually big IPs or new releases from a big developer, while many other fighting games are in the triple digits. Skullgirls is really one of the luckier ones that has managed to keep triple digit average for a whole decade, and is really the only indie fighting game to do so. Skullgirls and Blazblue have shared a similar curve over the years too, where a big sale or announcement will occasionally bump them up to 4-digits for a little while, (Skullgirls had a big spike last year from EVO+Season Pass, and then Blazblue got a huge spike in the last couple months from the netcode patch) but eventually things end up leveling-off around the triple digits again. Even the new Melty Blood shares this situation.
I mean, luckily with solid netcode you often don't need crazy player counts to have a solid experience. Really, you only need one person with a solid connection to you! And if you were to cycle through each of the ~50 or so viable connections you'll still be spending a lot of time fighting different players with different characters and playstyles! While it's a bummer sometimes that fighting games aren't more popular, they're also in a bit of a unique situation compared to team games or battle royales in that you don't necessarily NEED a ton of players to still have a great experience (but it's definitely a plus for sure) 🙂
Everyone: "How are you not dead?"
Skullgirls: "I have no idea!"
Skullgirls is just Heavy on Ubercharge
@@GamingCreed47
*The Medic salutes you*
I realise just like team fortress 2
Skullgirls refuses to die
@@mikeratomn3475 yeah but overwatch and paladins is on nick or neck on who goes dead first
@@mikeratomn3475 ive compared sg to tf2 alot in terms of community tbh, we actually get alot of overlap between the two
This entire game's history is a comeback story, like a true anime protagonist it just wont give up
The game has a harem but the entire harem is just composed of diehard fans
Despite it being a dead discord fighter..
@@ElpheltStan Dead?
@@lucylu3342 yep, can hardly find good connections without discord
@@ElpheltStan Uh...I don't think you running into a bunch of people with shoddy internet connections means that the game is dead.
The thought of a Skullgirls "Finale" when the game ultimately meets its end genuinely makes me sad.
Does it have to? With its growing resurgence and main eco stage feature alongside legacy titles, it could grow to become a legacy title in its own right. Long road ahead, but it's possible.
Could get a season 2, hopefully
It's season pass is literally called "Season Pass 1".
With the game depending on SGM's success, which is doing very well right now, there's still hope for SG on getting another Season Pass in the future! 🙏
If any thing i feel like with the following its getting and all the new content they can add we might eventually get a Skull girls 2
THE SKULLGIRLS RELEASE PARTY NEVER ENDS BABYYYYY
2012 to infinity, afterparty in the next universe baybee
Hell yeah baby!
The party was dying down, only because the party people were leaving to get more drinks to bring in more hype!
Any useful tips for a new player pls ?
@@olakpasa6486 the ingame tutorials are a really good place to start. I would say go through all of them so you have an idea of what each fighter does. The biggest thing to keep in mind though is your defense, people are fucking crazy at going in on this game or at least that's how i see it lol.
This game really deserves more. Everyone talks about it, but it still feels like nobody actually plays the game
“Everyone talks about it”
Who?
@@sullivans2004 many people really. Might've been living under a rock mate.
To be fair, the game is incredibly hard to get into and try to play competitively
In other words, it's the Melty Blood of the 2010s lol
It's soooo hard
It’s surprising how tenacious indie games can be
The book Blood, Sweat and Pixels had some great stories about the development of indie titles like Stardew Valley and Shovel Knight. It takes an inhuman amount of drive to work the way indie devs do
And more so if the game in question is GOOOD
INDIES WILL NEVER DIE
I find AAA multiplayer games so soulless when both the players and publishers pump and dump multiple titles each year
i mean, there's still an active following for FTL, and it's been over 10 years XP
Indie games are _very_ sturdy once they get going.
Seeing Skullgirls next to four legacy titles from franchises that have been dominating the scene since the 90's was amazing. The game absolutely deserves it.
Skullgirls is like Medic from TF2. He's the most well-designed class in the game, but everyone seems to ignore him to opt to play other classes that they enjoy better, yet they still beg for a Medic on their team.
Fuck that Skullgirls is like having a 3 val varients in one team that just revive each other if one is taken down.
Medic is hard but a rewarding class!... yeah just like skull girls!
I bought Skullgirls on sale during late 2021. It was my favorite game I played that year. I’m so mad I’m late, but I’m so thankful I’m finally here. I got the season pass as a gift for Christmas, but I haven’t tried it yet. It’s on my post Christmas to-do list, though. It’s quickly become one of my top fighting games ever, right up there with DBFZ and Smash Ultimate. I absolutely cannot wait to see what comes next for this game in the future, as I know it’ll be fantastic.
Here’s hoping we finally get that complete, canon story mode sometime eventually.
Smash is not even a fighting game lol
@@popo237 Shut up.
@@Mystic-Aidan Sure, but how would that stop me from typing things? Smashers be like
@@popo237 You can have your opinions, but don’t be annoying about it.
@@Mystic-Aidan Man I don't opinions. I got facts
It's been almost 10 YEARS? Jesus. I remember getting SG day one on PS3 back when there was no move-list in game lol. Time absolutely flies.
I swear, I don't even know the first thing about this game but I had a fucking chill up my spine when you said that it was going to be an EVO main event. Holy shit that must be such an honor for devs and community alike.
I mean we've been fighting for Evo since the game first came out back in 2011.
@@Ninja-The-Red-Shinobi Man...
Almost 11 years already? I feel kind of old now.
It was very much a long time coming and well-earned with how fate just shat on Skullgirls whenever an opportunity to get into EVO presented itself.
Calm down on the cussing 💀
@@POOKESEE Bro your on the internet
Proof that if you love something enough and give it the love and care it needs to grow, success with it is inevitable.
I'm truly blown away by how strong the SG community is. I hope they continue to grow
One Year later...
2 years later
When I finally come back to Skullgirls this is what I see. I love the games community and everything about it. I’m glad it’s still alive
Skullgirls recently feels like a brand new game
Brand new 10 years old game
This aged both poorly and very accurately.
The old game is gone as of a few days ago...
yeah....about that
Honestly what i love is the design philosophy of this game since rarely you see this Type of art style
never played this game but I'm truly happy for the community, the players and the devs alike (aside from the dirtbag left alone in his company of course). That's a really refreshing story and the game looks like it really deserves it
This company behind skullgirls went through a lot just to make games, but the bravest thing about this company is that they spent all year making skullgirls alive without getting paid for one year.
I'm so, so happy that this franchise is finally able to stand up after being kicked on the floor again and again since it came out. You may or may not like the gameplay, the style, the devs or even the franchise in general, but if there's one thing that everyone is forced to applaud is its resilience and sheer fucking will. For an indie title (and a very niche one at that), it has recieved many blows that an indie of its size just shouldn't be able to handle. But it did.
Even though I don't play the game that much and I don't consider myself a part of the community, I was rooting for this game since the moment I discovered it around 2016. I'm really glad it finally can catch a break.
3:28 Quotes marked to be from Brian Jun are marked Brain Jun.
let's not forget that what happened to the studio also canceled development on their other game Indivisible. because development was cancelled all of the Kickstarter goals would never be put into the game like guest characters and backer made characters. no one cares about Indivisible though unfortunately.
Man I wish indivisible could be saved, such a cool game. I think the issue is that the IP is owned by 505 games, who are a bigger publisher than autumn and have very little incentive to either continue supporting the development or to sell the IP to someone who will. The only consolation I can think of is that Future Club has projects in the works, and they contain basically the entire art team from Lab Zero, the best we can probably hope for is a spiritual successor.
This aged like milk
RIP Skullgirls
What happened
@@shezyam460 The ESG update dropped
@@goldensaiyan4 rip lmao
@@BlightestBlight bold claim, basically saying that this game contains CSAM for a decade. Do you think, buddy?
@@shiawase8694 filia is literally 16
Until now*
This certainly aged like milk left out in the sun.
Skullgirls is the TF2 of fighting games, but this one have developers
Im happy to see people comparasing my both favourite game as similar but kinda sad reading the last part
Only reason why I got this game was because of that big dude with the musical coat. Now I know his name is big band and I don't regret getting this game ever since.
Same
Amazing an indie game has a whole ass tournament series and support from its devs. This the passion project every dev strives for.
they made a fighter with 2d animation when people werent doing those... and they werent popular in mainstream, cudos to them.
0:03 *parasoul takes a walk then fucking dies*
Yeah, that title ain't gonna age well anymore.
And for good reason.
As someone who started to learn this game between these videos and has a group of friends they’ve gotten into it, seeing this was a trip
I got into skullgirls last year and addicted to it. I'm glad to see this series survive to much and now in a happy position
What a terrible man. Wonderful for everyone else to not only stay together but continue working on such a deserving game
What did he do that was terrible?
@@shinbakihanma2749 even if those allegations were false, forcibly taking over and firing a bunch of people is absolutely the wrong move
@@unintentionally_edgy5867 @Unintentionally_ Edgy @Unintentionally_ Edgy Nah, it wasn't the wrong move. His company wanted to fire him or have him resign, and he agreed to do so if certain terms were met that benefited him. Those terms werent accepted, so he pulled rank and did things his way. It's HIS company. You can't fire a guy from his company for unsubstantiated allegations. You can't blame him for protecting his interests. Put yourself in his shoes? Would you quit your company if you were accused of sexual misconduct, yet it was unsubstantiated? Wouldn't you then fire and layoff anyone who was against you? Common sense.
@@shinbakihanma2749 …okay, I’ll bite. So even if there was no harassment, which given a lot of factors would appear unlikely, and even if it was a smart idea to layoff everyone “against you”, it still was such an unpopular decision a lot of people quit, and joined up with those laid off. That’s not even bringing up that saying “terms that benefitted him” sound like he wants to make off with more money instead of being recompense for the damage to his image. I’d love to see how you spin that fact into somehow defending someone who doesn’t even respect coworkers and after not getting his way, taking power and firing people for what, to my little knowledge of laws, sounds like illegal reasonings.
Edit: oh yeah, and that’s after conceding I don’t know if those allegations were true, but you immediately said they were false
@@unintentionally_edgy5867 First off, I'm not trying to "defend" Mike Z in anything. I'm not his keeper. I'm just making my point of view known due to what was said in this video, because I feel he was unfairly thrown under the bus with no due process. But as far as this topic is concerned, your response is nonsensical. What I'm saying is why would Mike Z. think about anyone else's wellbeing when those same people aren't thinking about his? These same employees were accusing him of multiple instances of sexual misconduct, and were trying to oust him from HIS company, yet there was nothing to ever substantiate these accusations. It's not unreasonable to understand why he would fire everyone. Why would he keep and be concerned about employees who accuse him of sexual misconduct, and are ready to throw him under the bus? Put yourself in his shoes, you'd do the same thing.
Now, what makes me question the validity of these accusations, is the text messages between Mike Z and BunnyAyumi. That's what kind of kicked everything off. I read those texts when the accusations first surfaced, and I was dumbfounded with how many people were saying that his texts were sexually inappropriate, when they were clearly not. Not to mention that BunnyAyumi (who has a history of playing victim) initiated contact with him, and now all of sudden she posts these texts claiming he said sexually inappropriate things to her in them. The reactions from the FGC when they cancelled him, made me realize that everyone is out of their fucking minds. My common sense while reading into it as it was happening told me something was off. Mike Z is an awkward nerd dude who isn't used to talking to chicks. That isn't a crime.
Skullgirls launch party still raging, baby!
Cant believe skullgirls finally died
Looks at the lastest comments: STOP HAVING FUN!
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Very accurate profile pic
I’m glad you represented Mike a 🗑 it’s honestly deserved
To think a mobile game revived this gem, because for those that don't know, Annie was originally intended to be mobile exclusive
She never was. Where did you get that from??
@@stale_cheeto
I'm a mobile player and follow the development very closely, in the Mobile Forums you can look for the thread with "Plans for 2020" in its name or something like that, in this thread they mention they are working in an all new fighter (Annie, though nobody knew at the time) for the (mobile) game, and in the QnA for the same post they clearly state two things:
How much work does it take to create a new character? Making a character for the mobile game takes 60%-70% of work relative to a 2nd Encore character
Another question was "So is this new fighter coming to 2nd Encore?" and the answer was a rotund "Maybe, we'll see".
That was in april of 2020 if I'm not mistaken
She was never confirmed to be mobile exclusive. infact they almost always said, "it depends on how well the character does in sgm"
@@youcantbeatD
I'll quote since you're too lazy to research for yourself (all of these quotes are from MightyZug, game director and Hidden Variable developer):
"BRAND NEW CHARACTER
That’s right, we’re working on a BRAND NEW SKULLGIRLS CHARACTER with Lab Zero that has never been released to date! For more info on this mysterious new addition, check out our FAQ posted earlier this week."
Then in the FAQ regarding this very comment:
"What?! You read that right! We are currently actively developing a BRAND NEW CHARACTER for Skullgirls Mobile that was not included in the original 2nd Encore roster!"
"D-DOES THAT MEAN THIS CHARACTER IS GOING TO BE ADDED TO 2ND ENCORE?
We’ll see! The amount of animation and design work needed to develop a character for mobile is only 60-70% of the work needed for a full 2nd Encore character (not accounting for all of the overhead that comes with a new content release for consoles). As such, although we’re obviously a LOT closer to doing so than if we hadn’t made a new character for mobile, there’s still a fair amount of work that would be necessary to make them 2E-ready."
@@youcantbeatD
Also you can check out the 5 minute video on Skullgirls' official channel titled "Skullgirls Mini-Doc - The Rise of Skullgirls Mobile" and towards the end they say explicitly "The mobile game is almost entirely responsible for the revival of 2nd Encore" and they mention Annie exists because of the mobile game IIRC.
You know what they say, come for the booba, stay for the heart
I’m glad they still continued on even after that drama with mike and I’m so happy that they’re still pushing our characters to this day
They recently just announced black dahlia as a new upcoming character after umbrella
I'm still extremely upset at Mike. For what he did, and what it caused. I realize that Skullgirls gets to live on but he took down Lab Zero. And that *could have* been the end for Skullgirls, and very much _was_ for Indivisible, their other game which I was even more invested in.
The situation with "Indivisible" sucks.
Such a letdown for the fans, to put it mildly.
@@YelenaSkunky You can say _that_ again. Matthew Mercer himself didn't lend his voice for *this!* So so so many cut characters
Ill never let this game die! No matter the man, nor the company, as long as this game has one fan, Its got a fanbase. Its one of those indie games that was built to last and fire could never squander. To the animations to the music, all love placed was in this game and its characters. Skullgirls will always have a place in my heart
Are you sure about that?
This one's starting to age like milk.
it aged like fine milk as it is tho
censorship sucks
Oh?
based on the 'design' and some 'animations' this game has, I'm not surprised that the creator is a perv
especially with the cut animations they had back in the early days
weird comments
Wdym they are all prevs, like a good chunk of the animators are nsfw artists
I thought it was just a weird porno game, but it’s actually good. It also reminds me of my “default” art style as an artist, so I decided to experiment with it more.
Im a new Skullgirls fan and i hope this game never dies hands down the best fighting game ive played
if you came for the gameplay, stay for the gameplay. it's an masterclass in that sense
Honestly, this game is just TOO GOOD.
The characters all slap.
I have the opposite type of character crisis for this game that I get for smash.
Where it feels like I wanna play Half the skullgirls cast because they all slap.
Probably my favorite fighting game that isn’t named CVS2.
It is a tough spot since it’s also having Guilty Gear +R and Street Fighter 4.
Great video and keep up the content.
Amazing analysis of the game’s lifespan so far
Haters and setbacks such as funding and lab zero may cause problems but the pure passion of the team working on the game keeps it running
God I love this game
I don’t even like fighting games I just bought this game because I was so obsessed with the characters/art style and omg that music I bought Skullgirls mostly because the music is a work of art
YAY I’m glad u revisited this game your channel got me into it and it’s very fun to watch you go back
This video is totally a lesson to us it means do not give up in what ever you do no matter what this is a great comeback
I hope we get Season 2 DLC! This is just the beginning, the party never ends~
That's dependant on the sales and support from the community. If things go well, we can see a mini second season of sorts.
@@Ninja-The-Red-Shinobi the mobile game absolutely carried skullgirls proper through a whole season pass lmao #thankyouwhales
@@notimeforcreativenamesjust3034 it is true that sales thru the mobile game has greatly helped with the possibility of dlc characters to the main game, but remember the mobile game uses the same engine as the main game does, meaning any work done to the mobile game could very easily be patched over to the main pc build. This allows the work for both games to be done at nearly the same time between both Future Club and Hidden Variable. Without this partnership the season pass wouldn't have been possible, or at the very least be very limited and would have taken much longer to produce.
I'm just honestly glad that I got to join this wonderful community. Although I'm on the Mobile version one but yeah the community is way too wholesome. Even though it has its ups and downs you can never stop the games Hype Train!!!
Gotta love that net code
Well this aged quite...... bad especially with the recent event
what happened??
@endme76 Recently, there is a controversy regarding skullgirls where the dev censored most of the game fan service, especially on fillia and censoring the digital art book for it, too. They also censored things such as police brutality scene, ww2 germany clothing and more. The reason they do this is speculated because they want to put the game on the EVO tournament, and this means censoring stuff so it can be audiences "friendly." People, especially the old fans, are pissed about this because it basically remvoing one of the main appeals of skullgirls in the first place, which is the fan service, and i guess the edgyness of it.
You can find a lot of videos about it if you search it up tbh
@@MichaMundy ohh okay thanks for explaining it and i get why yall are mad it’s unnecessary but saying the game well end is a little overreacting since i didnt notice it while playing the game untill now but i get ur frustration tho
@@anon-e9v They censored Filia is because she's literally 16, it shouldn't of had backlash because yk? I don't get why would they would get upset because you can no longer see a 16 year olds panties? No hate to you by the way you were just curious lmao
(No hate to anyone at all)
ngl my thing is that they censored some of big band's backstory which is whack. Like police brutality is real and just censoring it doesn't make it disappear. I think it was pretty clear that its not supporting police brutality or corruption yet they censored it. The other stuff I thought was whack on principle but the censoring of Big Band's backstory was the biggest turnoff.
Thanks for your great work and quality videos.
I don’t even play that many fighting games because I suck at them, and think Skullgirls is one of the most impressive games out there in terms of its development story. That and I like the characters, they have no right being as unique as they are
Agreed!! This is one of those fighting games that everyone needs to try out!! I haven’t bought the game yet but I’m looking forward to doing so…
Skullgirls be like: Do you think murdering me is enough to kill me?
Censorship law: yes, we are removing your sexiness for uh modern audience
Certainly died inside from the way things look now.
The fact this game is having a "2nd encore" I'm honestly crying tears of joy. I know I haven't properly played it (I played the demo back when I was in middle school) but the style, music and some of stories.. I love watching and I wish I could play soon
So much for a come back story
It still seems like a dream come true for skullgirls to be back cheers for another bright future for skullgirls I'll drink to that any day
PROOF!! that if you have a game made out of love and passion, it SHALL persist and survive. Long live SG! Long Live the LOVE for INDIES!!
This game is interesting me to join part of Skullgirl community
Ngl
This aged incredibly poorly
Has anyone seen the arcade story's for the character's like a few a cool the rest are depressing 🤣😵 also can't wait for black dahlia
Still waiting for a Gundam EXVS episode.
Top 5 best OSTs of all time.
Ah yes the phenix of fighting games reviving each time stronger than ever
Game industry: "Why won't you die!?"
Skullgirls: "Rule 34, son"
Akshon!! You Will make a New vídeo about Activision Blizzard joining Team Xbox?! What's your thoughs about this Announcement?
Oh how the mighty have fallen
AHH YOUR SOUND MIXING IS MUCH LOUDER THAN THE AVERAGE VIDEO I LISTEN TO OWW.
GOOD VIDEO THOUGH
AM DEAF A LITTLE NOW
I discovered this game thanks to TotalBiscuit RIP
Miss him. He’d even go through the Options menu in order to get the best experience of a game. Makes me wish other reviewers talked about that in the reviews
Ended up buying it after the last video, forgot to play it in true skull girls fashion, and now this is my reminder
Well, this didn’t age well.
This game just can’t catch a damn break.
yeah censorship is suck
The game is undying! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES AAAHHH!!!
I first heard about skull girls when I was in the 8th grade and I did try to play it on my tablet at the time but shortly after I started I got robbed and never got my tablet back and my phone was in no way new enough to support the game. Over the years I would download it on mobile and play for a few minutes before just straight up deleting it. I never even knew it could be played on console until like my junior year of high school. I've been graduated for about a year and gave just started working a few weeks ago. So once I get my first paycheck I'll definitely be buying skull girls and giving it a real try for the first time ever.
Such an amazing story!
I just watched your previous video on Skullgirls (and subbed after it) the exact day you released this video, lol!
I haven't played the game yet, but its art style is so good that I want to watch it all day! Kinda reminds me of Cuphead.
Well... It's dead... :(
And then the devs decided to kill the game THEMSELVES by censoring it and calling the fans creeps and trash!
Got it for $2.5 in a %90 Steam sale today now i end up having to learn the history behind it cuz i felt like i've scammed some dev somewhere lol.
The fight this game went through, from Zaimont to the Final Blockbuster, god it makes me smile just how much love the devs have for this game. Even without Zaimont they rose from the ashes and made a fighting game that is Evo levels of great. I love this game with all my heart, and i know the devs do too, which is why it's my favorite
Man must suck to be cancelled for just saying cringe comments. Mike Z ain't no saint but ending a mans career/ accomplishments over what he's done seems a bit extreme in my eyes. I suppose I don't know all the details with Cartwright's situation but Bunnyayu being the nail in the coffin sound ridiculous to me. Those tweets sound very rude for sure, but they're related to asking questions about her profession. Its not like he's asking for nudes or sexual favors but man are people lumping that in as a #metoo level of conduct. In which case are we at a level for canceling people for being rude or awkward now?
Good for Skullgirls for keeping on but I question the current team of devs. Id love to know why Alex Ahad the character designer no longer works there as he never brings up skullgirls anymore in his social media. I hear rumors he was kicked because his art was too NSFW and they didn't appreciate his social media presence which if this is true makes me wonder how sensitive this team is.
@fong, Brian Jun said that Alex wasn't meeting the standards. On top of that, he was pretty hostile and hard to work with.
@@YelenaSkunky It would be great to know what that means. I'm curious what they mean by hostile. I just find it odd for a guy who created the visual identity of these fighters is avoiding talking about this game anymore. Overall I just find it a damn shame that 2 essential people behind this game are removed from their accomplishments. Mike Z is always gonna be lumped as a sexual offender and Alex Ahad is gonna be quietly left out of the Skullgirls community.
Fun fact, Mike Z's recommendation for helping to sleep actually is a thing, since why else do you think guys fall asleep after doing the horizontal tango, but that not being something you typically bring up in polite company and today's internet dwellers being clueless about anything outside their hobbies and having paper skin would of course lead to the streamer taking that as harrassment.
Final blockbuster is on my birthday
yey
hey guys where i can be in contact with the skullgirls community/tournaments?
side note: bunny ayu began the conversation sexually and omitted those parts in her twit longer.
not trying to defend mike, but there was a ton of lies/omission of the truth on both sides going on.
Now if only the Season Pass and updates were available on the Switch. Ever since the Skullgirls developers revealed that there will be new characters added to the roster as DLC, which I should mention were confirmed to be available on every console Skullgirls is available on, naturally I was eager to pay for the Season Pass on my Switch.
But for some reason, despite it being nearly a year since Annie, the first character added to this Season Pass, as well as Umbrella being released and a brief reveal that Black Dahlia is next, there hasn't been a single indication of the Season Pass being available on the Switch. And I checked multiple times. Whether it be checking to see if Skullgirls on the Switch received an update, or checking the Nintendo eShop. And both times, and multiple times ended with the same result; nothing.
There are issues that need to be figured out when it comes to the Switch version, we understand the frustration that switch players are feeling right now, but the amount of red tape that Future Club has to go thru is quite large, they will give an update when they have news on the matter.
@@Ninja-The-Red-Shinobi What issues are you referring to exactly? Legal dispute?
@@OmnicidalClown1992 yes there are issues with Skybound Games the studio that ported the game to switch.
well, its a good fighting game and i like it a lot since release and good game can't die easily, the community always got it's back :3
It just won't die!
Hearing "stellar netcode" really makes me want to give the game a chance, but the 3-character teams are daunting.
Compared to GG Strive, how much more complex is Skullgirls?
It's more complex. Specially the combo chains can be extremely long. And many characters have unique and different mechanics.
BUT the tutorials are amazing. And in your team you can choose 1 character with a lot of health instead of the 3 characters.
If you can play strive you can definitely play this one. I really recommend it!
During the pandemic I tried getting into fighting games (besides my favorite Super Smash Bros Ultimate) and of the 20+ games that I bought and tried, GG Strive and Skullgirls are the only ones that I really love
@@senarodrigo Yeah, I heard you can also play with one or two character teams. How viable is that?
@@XastherReeD for pro players? I haven’t seen them doing it. For you to try out of the game and see if you like it and get some wins online? It’s totally fine
@@XastherReeD there are pros that play 1 character, but most play 3 and weirdly enough 2 is the least scene in the pro play I’ve watched.
I wish skull girls mobile got a bigger mention here, if not for the money the game was making, there was no chance we were getting the first new character, no less a whole season pass
Video Idea: Why Plants vs Zombies didn’t make it in the hero shooter genre.
the first game was great the second game was fantastic, the third game was fun, but before it could reach it's full potential, EA struck. I think it made it well in the genre, just EA mainly stopped the third from being what it could've been
Me : boy do I love this game
Me 5 minutes later after losing against Beowulf: FUCK THIS GAME
Great video, just a small correction is that Annie and the Season Pass were announced before Mike Z became the senate and was removed.
Despite me not playing the game, because fighters are way to hard to play, even casually, I’m loving what I’m hearing about this game refusing to die and even being a main title in EVO next to thee biggest names in fighting game history.
This game basically pulled a "My death was...greatly exaggerated" every year since its debut and I respect the devs for that
Exactly more respect of of the top responsibility they put on
Not anymore
Not this time..
It's death is unfortunately not exaggerated this time...
Unless the Old Devs get the geame back via lawsuit.
@@_-Lx-_what happened
Whoa, I wasn't expecting to see footage of myself in there. Thanks for covering everything that happened since the last Skullgirls video!
Why not Mr European champion?
Congratz, GL next :)
I'm always saddened when I see steamcharts show how small players are on average, though I always take it with a grain of salt. I love the game, so I hope the new season's pass pulls in a new audience
That's pretty much the genre in general. Even though dozens of games have fairly active scenes and regular tournaments, every year there's only ever around 5 or so fighting games that can consistently pull in a 4-digit daily avg. player number on Steam. Those games are usually big IPs or new releases from a big developer, while many other fighting games are in the triple digits. Skullgirls is really one of the luckier ones that has managed to keep triple digit average for a whole decade, and is really the only indie fighting game to do so.
Skullgirls and Blazblue have shared a similar curve over the years too, where a big sale or announcement will occasionally bump them up to 4-digits for a little while, (Skullgirls had a big spike last year from EVO+Season Pass, and then Blazblue got a huge spike in the last couple months from the netcode patch) but eventually things end up leveling-off around the triple digits again. Even the new Melty Blood shares this situation.
I mean, luckily with solid netcode you often don't need crazy player counts to have a solid experience. Really, you only need one person with a solid connection to you! And if you were to cycle through each of the ~50 or so viable connections you'll still be spending a lot of time fighting different players with different characters and playstyles!
While it's a bummer sometimes that fighting games aren't more popular, they're also in a bit of a unique situation compared to team games or battle royales in that you don't necessarily NEED a ton of players to still have a great experience (but it's definitely a plus for sure) 🙂
@@KillYounglings 100%