Man, i can tell you took a lot of time into researching for cammy's stage. Talk about a confusing amount of information and castle inspirations for one stage is a lot. That being said, i do love this stage with the northern lights, the background details and the cute little ravens too! You did a great job on this analysis! I learned a lot from this!
As an English person myself I can only assume this castle is meant to be in the North somewhere, the North is where you tend to get your mountains and lakes Either way fantastic video, you deserve a ton of subscribers!
As someone whose lived in the UK their entire life and dragged around endless castles for school trips, I can 100% say the architecture is German and not British, also the giant house in the valley is a German design. Finally, the UK doesn't have cliffs with bridges spanning across then like that. Most of the UK is either a bit hill-y or entirely flat.
As beautiful as this stage is I do wish there was more accurate representation for England than a grab bag of castles from Germany and a bathroom in street fighter alpha 2s case.
@@baberuthless If if was an accurate representation of the UK today, Cammy would be fighting in a McDonalds :P but they could have used the white cliffs of dover or beachy head, thats very british.
@@Larry Haha for the US I'd say the same thing 😅 Beachy head is very picturesque and I'm surprised that hasn't been already used as a backdrop in a fighting game already. That could look incredible!
I was a kid when I first saw The English Manor stage and it blew me away at the time. It still does. The visuals, music and mysterious nature of it are amazing!
I think there is a clue in that crest. It can be a Pegasus or a Winged heraldic dragon and. There is a Highclere Castle that uses the dragon. The crest alone can throw you down so many rabbit holes. If you look up castles with Angels where gargoyles usually are, a Castel Sant'Angelo comes up which is in Rome but looks very much suspiciously like this, with the crenulations on the bridge and water features. If you google castles you can see the northern lights, most are Scotland and like Dunrobin Castle comes up. I think instead of looking at the very samey architecture, look into things like that.
Cammy's stage was also my favorite back during its release. The music too! Glad to know there is others out there! When I got older, I realized the inaccuracy of it... as Dan said, it's VERY rare to see the northern lights in England lol.
Fantastic video! Thank you for all your effort!! 🥰 I definitely think Cammy's main castle was inspired by Schloss Lichtenstein. I think the background was inspired by Schloss Neuschwanstein, where you can see a 2nd castle, lake, village, and mountains in the background. The 2nd castle in the valley doesn't look the same, but it does actually look a lot like Schloss Neuschwanstein from behind (which you can see if you walk over a long narrow bridge).
I can see Capcom just saying "Throw some castles in there!" and just moving on. Really interesting possible connection to that old English flag. Another super interesting watch! I can't wait to see more stages!
I love so much exploring fighting games stages, so finding a channel dedicated to that is a God's send. It's true, I could watch you talking about stages all day
that extensive research you provided here shows how much capcom was working with diverse ideas for their games at the time. this was a great analysis and cammy is one of my favorite capcom characters next to chun li and juri so you did her stage justice with this video.
Yes! So glad this came up in my feed, this is the level of deep dive I love. There’s way too many SF videos about the fighters which just go over stuff people know. This feels fresh. Keep up the good work!
4:34 The Type A theme is the FM Synthesizer version of her theme from the Sharp X68000 port of Super Street Fighter II. The FM synthesizer in the Sharp X68000 is similar to the one found in the Capcom CPS1 arcade board.
Thank you so much for pointing this out it was driving me insane what are the Type A and B themes are from! I felt like it was some insider secret that my dumbass just could not find the info for 😆
Nice In-depth Video :). I've always been fascinated by Cammy's stage due to the music as well as the sky in the background. I love all renditions of the stage but the Original and SFV are the best. Also keep it up these Videos are amazing. You have earned a new subscriber
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Listening to all those cammy themes did not get old. I think it just sounds so different compared to the other street fighter themes I love it!
Though the castles might have taken inspiration from the German castles, the countryside in the background is actually located in Derwent Water in the Lake District of England. That little town near the lake might be the town of Keswick. :)
Well THIS is some fun content! Fighting game backgrounds has a lot to tell, usually telling a story for the character when we couldn't do it before. I'm excited to see where this series go!
So glad you enjoyed it! I agree in terms of a stage can tell you a little about the characters background and personality. I wish literally any modern fighter would bring back individual character stages for their whole cast 😢 but I do understand why that’s not realistic to do any more
@@baberuthless Oh definitely. I am not a fan of most modern stages in that regard, but we usually get some personalized stages in the form of DLC sometimes. Especially in SFV! It'll be fun to see you cover those sometimes too! :D
@@pirajacinto4 Oh yea I certainly would love to talk about all of those sometime! SFV was a big return to form in terms of personality in the stages from what I felt lacked in 4 a little imo
got recommended this by shockbrawler's community post. very well made video. capcom definitely did so much for cammy's stage in street fighter. would love to see more videos like these with other capcom franchises and fighters from you soon
Shock is the OG he has been so supportive and amazing since the beginning, everyone from his community has been incredible. Thank you so much for watching! My next video is certainly another Capcom game so look forward to that!
The passion, interest and curiosity you took with this vid is astounding. As much I like the scenery and the serenity of Cammy's stage as its such a breathtaking stage, I do wish it was a more accurate depiction of the stage instead of a mish mash of different set pieces in on country (stage). I'm more familiar with Cammy's SFA3 stage Mykonos Greece which is a vibrant stage with a cheery atmosphere and music just thinking about it just gives me nostalgia again :) Excellent vid as always
You did a great job. Your conclusion was correct. They do this for a handful of stages. They just mash different parts of a geographic area together and make it look nice. Chun Li's stage has things mentioned from totally different parts of China. Chun Li was Pan China. These are mostly conventions from the first generation of SF games when there were many countries and major cities not represented by fighters. So for example in Cammy's stage, she is the new European fighter. Cammy is Pan Western and Central Europe, basically all the rest of Europe that wasn't currently represented in the game, the countries being Spain and Russia. "No German character? That's fine, we'll put a German inspired castle in the new girl's stage!" They also name moves after certain unrepresented areas as well. Good video!
This is an excellent point! Since there was very little European representatives in SF2 they could have just tried to make up for it through cammy,s stage. Perhaps they didn’t know if they would get the chance to properly represent those countries in a future game. Just a theory though
Wait, there's someone on UA-cam who researches the hell out of fighting game stages!? I've never hit the subscribe button so hard in my life. Awesome info on this mysterious stage!
Great vid! The algorithm blessed me with stumbling across it. Always loved how amazing this stage looked in its SF2 versions, it's one of my all time favorites. Looks like you've covered some of my other favorites as well with Aomori and Gairyu Isle, so I'll def be checking those out!
Can not wait to see what's in store with this channel just of off the Cammy stage video. Great ideas and video concept. Your researched paid off fully.
There's a superstition that crows bring luck and even professional bird whisperers are hired to keep them around, or that's what a king thought until he got decapitated.
Lichtenstein Castle being used in a recent photoshop fake, putting it on top of James Bond Island, brought this video up in the search results. To my eyes, it looks like a mashup of the Lichtenstein, Neuschwanstein, and Hohenschwangau castles. Mad King Ludwig's Neuschwanstein (the one Disney models their logo after) has the background buildings, and Hohenschwangau (where Ludwig grew up) has the lake. Lichtenstein's so committed to the bit of literally bridging the gap, between the old and new, that they remodeled the castle to match how it was described in a historical-fantasy novel. Once, they even rebuilt the castle within earshot of itself.
you should ask one of those guys who find locations from pictures alone for fun. i feel like the building in the background is just the jojo estate too. so many jojo references in these games its totally possible.
Super Turbo is easily my most favourite Street Fighter game ever and I actually looked into cammys stage as I'm from the UK and wanted to try and visit it. I too found out that the developers based the castles appearance on the Lichtenstein castle in Germany, even though it was meant to be located in England. I don't know why because England has some beautiful castles... with bridges! Great video BTW.
This Castle in in Bath, England. If you haven't still, please do watch the movie Ladyhawk which is all shot in Medieval towns and of a beautiful medieval story.
Oh my god!!! After decades of playing SF, this month I had finally really looked and wondered where the heck Cammys stage is supposed to take place in England... 😂 This is so crazy, what a coincidence! Thanks for the vid!!!
No problem ! Glad I could help! I always had this goofy dream to visit all the stages in Street fighter in real life when I was a kid. Now I know I need to go somewhere in Germany/Scotland instead of England for this stage 😅
Hey nice content, this video is great, interesting and fun. Its cool u share moments from your own research process. As many others I have those stages printed on my memories, this one always amuses me bc of the mood.
Amazing channel, subbed ! Back then i remember there was a channel named crappycapturedevice that did in-depth reviews of smash bros' stages and their details and i really enjoyed it, he stopped making videos at some point and i haven't scratched that itch since then. Fighting games have so much fun details and things to talk about, keep it up ! :)
This stage blew my mind back in the 90's. In a game full of great stages, Cammy's stands out as one of the most beautiful and dramatic. I know that fighting game budgets tend to be low and that character-specific stages are a big suck of limited funds, but MAN do they add to the character's story and overall vibe. I don't think the SF cast would be nearly as iconic if they didn't each debut with a whole moving backdrop that reinforces their characterization.
That was a really nice in-depth dive into stage. As an Englishman I've always been a huge fan of Cammy. It's funny that this stage is referred to as English manor and announced as England during the stage select, however, the flag displayed is for the United Kingdom. The UK being England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Looking at the background landscape it's more likely this is set in either Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland than England.
I have a theory capcom saw some castles and locals in a book about Europe and just kinda threw it in together and thought good enough 😂 not that the result was bad of course! Just poorly researched on their end
Got recommended this by chance, I wasn't expecting the breakdown to go so indepth and be quite the mystery to solve. This was a very informative and entertaining video, I'll definitely sub to keep an eye out for future vids
Love the video but one minor nitpick at 2:13 regarding the "stage left" comment. When saying "stage left" or stage right" it's always from the actor's perspective and not the audience. For the player, the little town in the background would be to our left (and "stage right" to Cammy)... but "stage left" would be to Cammy's left (our right) since she is facing the player/audience.
Wow! I remember getting lost in my mind while watching my uncle play Super SF2 on the SNES and telling myself, until this very day of commenting this video, that I'd love to visit this place one day :'( I also agree that the original version of the stage is the most beautiful 100% Great video!!!
I was similar growing up having this idea of visiting all the SF2 stage locations. At least with this stage we know we need to most likely need to go somewhere in Germany 😅 also thank you you for watching! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
In one website that reveals the origins of the stages of Street Fighter 2, Cammy's stage was said to be based on Castle Lichtenstein in Germany (which you showcased). In that case,; Cammy's stages should've been in Germany and not England. But yeah, Cammy's stage was popular back in the day and to this day. Not just for the scenery of the stage, but Cammy herself.
I'm gonna guess that Cammy's Stage aka Fraserburg Castle aka English Manor might be an amalgamation of various places in Europe because of these: 1 - The castle you're fighting on might be based on either Edinburgh Castle in Scotland or Kronborg Castle in Denmark 2 - The Northern Lights aka Aurora Borealis are normally seen in Scandinavian countries like Norway and Sweden 3 - The lake might be based on either Lake Windemere in England or Lake Saimaa in Finland 4 - The manor might be based on Schloss Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany 5 - The mountains are probably fjords which are found in Norway
I remember reading that the Castle Bridge which Cammy fights on is Lichtenstein Castle in Germany. Weirdly I saw a snap shot of the sprawling landscape scene in Cammys background compared with a real life picture that was located somewhere in Cumbria or on the border or Scotland. I cant find it now, but I'll see if I can link it if I do
Please do! When researching I did see a thread on Gamespot that might be similar to what your referring to being this www.gamespot.com/gallery/15-incredible-street-fighter-stages-you-can-visit-/2900-93/#7
I know for certain the background lake and mountains is supposed to be from the lake District which is situated in between England and Scotland, I know this cause I took a landscape photo from the middle of the lake and it matches up. SPECIFICALLY the SF2 version
It was always those Northern Lights that drew me in initially. The music grew on me and the stage in general. I was glad they put it back in 5, definitely one of my favorite stages in the iterations of the 2 games.
I do hope its a stage they keep in circulation in future street fighter games. I always had a wish they had this stage return but covered in snow. Probably will never happen but a girl can dream.
This reminds me of another common misconception in Tekken 2, which also has stages unique to every character. Old Chinese master Wang Jinrei's, in particular, is widely believed to be somewhere in the Szechwan mountains. But the stone structures in the backdrop bear no resemblance to any Asian architecture whatsoever and are actually the ruins of Machu Picchu, all the way over in Peru. Jinrei's stage is even further off the mark than Cammy's, but they both prove that a character's identity shouldn't be tied down to where they come from.
I actually did not know that about wang,s stage in tekken 2! To your point though that is very true in terms of attaching a stage to a characters identity. I think that some stages mail a character perfectly but they are many cases where it just can’t work. For example M.bisons SF2 stage being Thailand
wasn't the castle itself crumbled out of existence 3-4 centuries ago? that's why you only see the lighthouse stlll intact. northumberland also has some other castles as well.
While not complitely same in design, the castle in the background looks very similar to Neuschwanstein Castle in Fussen Germany. Capcom used this castle's image multiple times in their Resident evil series starting from the 1996 original to RE4 in 2005. I wouldn't be surprised if this trend started from SSF2.
I need to say this I’m sorry, but you are gorgeous, I’m new to your channel and I’m enjoying your work. I grew up playing Street Fighter at the arcades in my time living in Mexico when I was a teen 🇲🇽
For Cammy Type A and B that people will hear from Smash Bros is this while you do hear while it is from the Anniversary Edition which had both CPS1 and CPS2 music and for those confused by this let me explain. CPS1 was used for the earlier version of Street Fighter 2 so from World Warrior and up till I believe Hyper Fighting and if you listen to those tracks those were the OG version of songs. Then if that is the case how dose Cammy, Dee Jay, Fei Long and T. Hawk have there own versions of the CPS1 even though the music was changed to CPS2 where the music sounded better? That's Where the Anniversary version comes in and gave the those characters there own CPS1 music of the stages. Many people would have heard this from the home ports of the Anniversary Collection back on the PS2 and OG Xbox Days since with those you can change the music. After when New Challengers comes in is what most people would know which is the Type B version = CPS2 version of each stages in the game. I believe that Akuma dose not have a CPS1 version of his theme? but I could be wrong about that. So I hope that helps someone out for those wondering about the differences with CPS1 and 2. Also good job going over this Cammy stage was one of my favorites from the game and thought it stood out from the other tracks.
Thank you so much for breaking it down for me like that! I was losing my mind trying to find out by they were these different versions and incorrectly assuming they came from hyper street fighter 2 only which just added to my confusion when both versions were added in smash
@@baberuthless Hey it is all good and happy to help out with something like this I mean I think it's cool that someone is doing research on fighting game stages and Cammy's was one of my favorites back in the day since it was different than most of the other stages and I think the one we got from Super Turbo days was good and also was surprised to see how SF5 made this stage look great. Also like I said some people would have gotten confused by why there are two different versions of same track and how they sound differently this is just me being a bit of a nerd when it comes to sharing this kind of information. :)
When i was a kid playing Super Street Fighter II on the SNES, i figured the stages are more the FEEL of the culture that that character is from more than a specific place. Fighting games back then didn't really have story mode. Guile's stage was stereotypical American air force base. Coulda been a McDonald's or something LOL. Some of them might be real places but that was before the internet so i would have had no way of looking that up. Or the developers. They probably went to the airport and picked up travel brochures and stuff. "So Segat is from Thailand. Whats Thailand look like??" "Uh ... Buddha statues?? IDK lol" I remember at the time reallly liking what they did with T-Hawks stage. Its like a native Mexican theme. Like Aztec or something instead of Native North American Pueblo or Sioux . Figured T-Hawk was more the kind that ignored modern borders. Native American is Native American. I also dont remember anything about his backstory. So i have no real idea LOL.
To their credit it was probably really hard to come up with stages beyond their own country of Japan. Assuming they ever left Japan and might have just looked up stuff in books and movies for reference.
Must sucks you don't have a program or something that would let you take the camera out of bounds of the stages to let you get a better look at the 3D stages.
me as a kid - wow ! i love cammy's stage, that thing in the sky looks beautiful !!.... i wish i could see it with my own eyes me as a teenager - that sky in cammy's stage, i've never seen it in my life, so it can't be real me 20mins ago - what ? you mean the northern lights is real ???? now i really wanna see it with my own eyes hahaha
I believe the British royals actually do have some Germanic blood in their lineage due to marriage back in the day. During WWI and WWII, they changed their name away from their Germanic roots, naturally due to the hostility the British people felt toward the Germans at the time. This could explain some of the confusing mish mash of German-Austrian castles mixed in with Cammy's "English manor" stage.
Man, i can tell you took a lot of time into researching for cammy's stage. Talk about a confusing amount of information and castle inspirations for one stage is a lot. That being said, i do love this stage with the northern lights, the background details and the cute little ravens too! You did a great job on this analysis! I learned a lot from this!
Thanks shock! I truly appreciate it! I def hope capcom can replicate this stages aesthetic if they intend to bring it back in SF6
@@baberuthless i hope so as well. They have a lot of memorable stages and with the way sf6 is looking, it would be awesome to see them again
What i love about this stage is the soundtrack
Scotland
As an English person myself I can only assume this castle is meant to be in the North somewhere, the North is where you tend to get your mountains and lakes
Either way fantastic video, you deserve a ton of subscribers!
Also, the north is the only part of England you're likely to see the Northern Lights.
As someone whose lived in the UK their entire life and dragged around endless castles for school trips, I can 100% say the architecture is German and not British, also the giant house in the valley is a German design.
Finally, the UK doesn't have cliffs with bridges spanning across then like that. Most of the UK is either a bit hill-y or entirely flat.
As beautiful as this stage is I do wish there was more accurate representation for England than a grab bag of castles from Germany and a bathroom in street fighter alpha 2s case.
Butt hell, oh you!
@@baberuthless If if was an accurate representation of the UK today, Cammy would be fighting in a McDonalds :P
but they could have used the white cliffs of dover or beachy head, thats very british.
@@Larry Haha for the US I'd say the same thing 😅
Beachy head is very picturesque and I'm surprised that hasn't been already used as a backdrop in a fighting game already. That could look incredible!
Hmm
As someone that lives in england, no stage had me more mystified than this one. Thank you so much
Definitely one of the most iconic stages in SF history. Top tier in both visuals and theme music.
Just simply breathtaking
I was a kid when I first saw The English Manor stage and it blew me away at the time. It still does. The visuals, music and mysterious nature of it are amazing!
I think there is a clue in that crest. It can be a Pegasus or a Winged heraldic dragon and. There is a Highclere Castle that uses the dragon. The crest alone can throw you down so many rabbit holes. If you look up castles with Angels where gargoyles usually are, a Castel Sant'Angelo comes up which is in Rome but looks very much suspiciously like this, with the crenulations on the bridge and water features. If you google castles you can see the northern lights, most are Scotland and like Dunrobin Castle comes up. I think instead of looking at the very samey architecture, look into things like that.
Cammy's stage was also my favorite back during its release. The music too! Glad to know there is others out there!
When I got older, I realized the inaccuracy of it... as Dan said, it's VERY rare to see the northern lights in England lol.
Haha that's right very rare indeed 😂
Its Scotland
@Mr Jayboo So jealous, that will probably look incredible
Fantastic video! Thank you for all your effort!! 🥰
I definitely think Cammy's main castle was inspired by Schloss Lichtenstein.
I think the background was inspired by Schloss Neuschwanstein, where you can see a 2nd castle, lake, village, and mountains in the background. The 2nd castle in the valley doesn't look the same, but it does actually look a lot like Schloss Neuschwanstein from behind (which you can see if you walk over a long narrow bridge).
I totally agree Lichtenstein castle looks very similar and even the bridge! I love the look of that castle so much I would love to visit it someday
Ye
I can see Capcom just saying "Throw some castles in there!" and just moving on. Really interesting possible connection to that old English flag. Another super interesting watch! I can't wait to see more stages!
Yea I feel like Capcom just looked at some books about European castles and just said eh good enough 😅
I love so much exploring fighting games stages, so finding a channel dedicated to that is a God's send. It's true, I could watch you talking about stages all day
Thanky ou so much for saying that! Im glad you found my lil ole channel :)
I like this stage breakdown, look forward to seeing more in other games!
Absolutely more to come soon! Thank you so much for watching!
that extensive research you provided here shows how much capcom was working with diverse ideas for their games at the time. this was a great analysis and cammy is one of my favorite capcom characters next to chun li and juri so you did her stage justice with this video.
Thank you so much! I’m happy to hear you say that 😁
Yes! So glad this came up in my feed, this is the level of deep dive I love. There’s way too many SF videos about the fighters which just go over stuff people know. This feels fresh. Keep up the good work!
4:34 The Type A theme is the FM Synthesizer version of her theme from the Sharp X68000 port of Super Street Fighter II. The FM synthesizer in the Sharp X68000 is similar to the one found in the Capcom CPS1 arcade board.
Thank you so much for pointing this out it was driving me insane what are the Type A and B themes are from! I felt like it was some insider secret that my dumbass just could not find the info for 😆
Great video! I would love to see another part of the castle become Cammy's stage in Street Fighter 6.
I agree! There’s definitely more cool areas to explore and showcase I feel
Nice In-depth Video :). I've always been fascinated by Cammy's stage due to the music as well as the sky in the background.
I love all renditions of the stage but the Original and SFV are the best. Also keep it up these Videos are amazing.
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I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Listening to all those cammy themes did not get old. I think it just sounds so different compared to the other street fighter themes I love it!
Though the castles might have taken inspiration from the German castles, the countryside in the background is actually located in Derwent Water in the Lake District of England. That little town near the lake might be the town of Keswick. :)
At least it seems like they do have a little bit of actual England in the stage
Well THIS is some fun content! Fighting game backgrounds has a lot to tell, usually telling a story for the character when we couldn't do it before. I'm excited to see where this series go!
So glad you enjoyed it! I agree in terms of a stage can tell you a little about the characters background and personality. I wish literally any modern fighter would bring back individual character stages for their whole cast 😢 but I do understand why that’s not realistic to do any more
@@baberuthless Oh definitely. I am not a fan of most modern stages in that regard, but we usually get some personalized stages in the form of DLC sometimes. Especially in SFV! It'll be fun to see you cover those sometimes too! :D
@@pirajacinto4 Oh yea I certainly would love to talk about all of those sometime! SFV was a big return to form in terms of personality in the stages from what I felt lacked in 4 a little imo
got recommended this by shockbrawler's community post. very well made video. capcom definitely did so much for cammy's stage in street fighter. would love to see more videos like these with other capcom franchises and fighters from you soon
Shock is the OG he has been so supportive and amazing since the beginning, everyone from his community has been incredible. Thank you so much for watching! My next video is certainly another Capcom game so look forward to that!
one of my favorite street fighter stages but lol didnt expect to find out that capcom went all over with the stage design for this one
Same here they just kinda slapped in some castles they thought looked cool 😂 which is fair
you did a great job researching this stage. i never knew about anything this stage and i learned much from this
The passion, interest and curiosity you took with this vid is astounding. As much I like the scenery and the serenity of Cammy's stage as its such a breathtaking stage, I do wish it was a more accurate depiction of the stage instead of a mish mash of different set pieces in on country (stage).
I'm more familiar with Cammy's SFA3 stage Mykonos Greece which is a vibrant stage with a cheery atmosphere and music just thinking about it just gives me nostalgia again :)
Excellent vid as always
You did a great job. Your conclusion was correct. They do this for a handful of stages. They just mash different parts of a geographic area together and make it look nice. Chun Li's stage has things mentioned from totally different parts of China. Chun Li was Pan China. These are mostly conventions from the first generation of SF games when there were many countries and major cities not represented by fighters.
So for example in Cammy's stage, she is the new European fighter. Cammy is Pan Western and Central Europe, basically all the rest of Europe that wasn't currently represented in the game, the countries being Spain and Russia. "No German character? That's fine, we'll put a German inspired castle in the new girl's stage!" They also name moves after certain unrepresented areas as well.
Good video!
This is an excellent point! Since there was very little European representatives in SF2 they could have just tried to make up for it through cammy,s stage. Perhaps they didn’t know if they would get the chance to properly represent those countries in a future game. Just a theory though
Awesome vid! As a brit, I always wondered where the hell Cammy's stage was.
Glad i could shine some light on it! 😁
Wait, there's someone on UA-cam who researches the hell out of fighting game stages!?
I've never hit the subscribe button so hard in my life.
Awesome info on this mysterious stage!
Great vid! The algorithm blessed me with stumbling across it. Always loved how amazing this stage looked in its SF2 versions, it's one of my all time favorites. Looks like you've covered some of my other favorites as well with Aomori and Gairyu Isle, so I'll def be checking those out!
Glad you liked it! Definitely have more on the way soon!
The stage music rivals the original street fighter stages from 2 Truly an awesome new edition
Can not wait to see what's in store with this channel just of off the Cammy stage video. Great ideas and video concept. Your researched paid off fully.
I truly appreciate that! There is absolutely more to come very soon!
There's a superstition that crows bring luck and even professional bird whisperers are hired to keep them around, or that's what a king thought until he got decapitated.
I admire you for diggin so much into finding the real life place of this stage this was very interesting.
Lichtenstein Castle being used in a recent photoshop fake, putting it on top of James Bond Island, brought this video up in the search results.
To my eyes, it looks like a mashup of the Lichtenstein, Neuschwanstein, and Hohenschwangau castles. Mad King Ludwig's Neuschwanstein (the one Disney models their logo after) has the background buildings, and Hohenschwangau (where Ludwig grew up) has the lake. Lichtenstein's so committed to the bit of literally bridging the gap, between the old and new, that they remodeled the castle to match how it was described in a historical-fantasy novel. Once, they even rebuilt the castle within earshot of itself.
Definitely subscribing, such depth and super informative, thanks for all your hard work, totally worth it ;)
Her stage continues to amaze
Ma favourite stage in street fighter 2. I'm happy i discovered your channel, i love these stages breakdowns
Great in-depth video of the obscure
Great vid! Please continue making stage breakdown vids like this. They're fascinating!
That means a lot! I certainly will! I have so many I still wanna talk about !
First video I've seen of yours, it's excellent, great job.
Blimey, given how much exhaustive research you did for this video I had to subscribe.
Thank you very much! Thank you for checking it out!
This was awesome to watch! Definitely got my subscription.
I felt alsleep yesterday with that video XDD but GG for your great investigation!
My favorite stage and my god that research you do is to be commended. Excellent job on this
you should ask one of those guys who find locations from pictures alone for fun. i feel like the building in the background is just the jojo estate too. so many jojo references in these games its totally possible.
Wow I never would have expected so much information on a 30 year old computer game stage, and you have a very pleasant voice to listen to. Great job!
Cammy's stage and ending theme in super turbo is my favorite.
Well done, very informative 😊 also a fav stage and music.
Just popped up in my recommended but great vid definitely subbed 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed it!
Stage breakdowns? Hell yeah instant sub
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You sound like a natural
I appreciate that so much! That really means a lot 😭
Love that the plural of pegasus is pegasi and not just an additional apostrophe. 💫
This stage is beautiful. Nice job with the research.
Subbed!!!! Videos like this are very underrated!!!
Super Turbo is easily my most favourite Street Fighter game ever and I actually looked into cammys stage as I'm from the UK and wanted to try and visit it. I too found out that the developers based the castles appearance on the Lichtenstein castle in Germany, even though it was meant to be located in England. I don't know why because England has some beautiful castles... with bridges! Great video BTW.
This Castle in in Bath, England. If you haven't still, please do watch the movie Ladyhawk which is all shot in Medieval towns and of a beautiful medieval story.
Oh my god!!! After decades of playing SF, this month I had finally really looked and wondered where the heck Cammys stage is supposed to take place in England... 😂 This is so crazy, what a coincidence! Thanks for the vid!!!
No problem ! Glad I could help! I always had this goofy dream to visit all the stages in Street fighter in real life when I was a kid. Now I know I need to go somewhere in Germany/Scotland instead of England for this stage 😅
Hey nice content, this video is great, interesting and fun. Its cool u share moments from your own research process.
As many others I have those stages printed on my memories, this one always amuses me bc of the mood.
Glad you enjoyed it! This stage does have a mood that I love and can’t get enough of! Despite its inaccuracies of England 😅
thanks for the effort you put making these. very nice quality work.
Amazing channel, subbed !
Back then i remember there was a channel named crappycapturedevice that did in-depth reviews of smash bros' stages and their details and i really enjoyed it, he stopped making videos at some point and i haven't scratched that itch since then.
Fighting games have so much fun details and things to talk about, keep it up ! :)
I think I remember seeing that channel too a while back? Im so glad you enjoyed it! Certainly not going to be stopping anytime soon.
Great review, I have always liked Cammy and her stage.
Nice breakdown. Looking forward to more of these!
This stage blew my mind back in the 90's. In a game full of great stages, Cammy's stands out as one of the most beautiful and dramatic.
I know that fighting game budgets tend to be low and that character-specific stages are a big suck of limited funds, but MAN do they add to the character's story and overall vibe. I don't think the SF cast would be nearly as iconic if they didn't each debut with a whole moving backdrop that reinforces their characterization.
I 100% agree! I miss that era if fighting games where every character gets their own stage. Perhaps street fighter 6 may bring that back?
This was always one of my favorite looking stages and one of the best songs in the game
That was a really nice in-depth dive into stage. As an Englishman I've always been a huge fan of Cammy.
It's funny that this stage is referred to as English manor and announced as England during the stage select, however, the flag displayed is for the United Kingdom. The UK being England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Looking at the background landscape it's more likely this is set in either Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland than England.
I have a theory capcom saw some castles and locals in a book about Europe and just kinda threw it in together and thought good enough 😂 not that the result was bad of course! Just poorly researched on their end
Got recommended this by chance, I wasn't expecting the breakdown to go so indepth and be quite the mystery to solve. This was a very informative and entertaining video, I'll definitely sub to keep an eye out for future vids
Thank you so much! Definitely more more videos to come soon! 😁
You know you’re old when you still see Cammy as one of the New Challengers!
Just earned yourself a new subscriber 😁 love the research and attention to detail you put into these, and giving fighting games more love!
Cammy is my favorite, been playing for years and was in the top 200 on HD remix, thanks for this video
Glad you enjoyed it! I’m certainly not even close to your level but Cammy is my main too in SF2! I love her so much!
The HD remix was easier to do the Hollugan combo and backfist, and you could go through fireballs with spinknuckle
@@TheSTeWMaN29 for my scrubness the HD remix inputs helped a lot 😆
Love the video but one minor nitpick at 2:13 regarding the "stage left" comment. When saying "stage left" or stage right" it's always from the actor's perspective and not the audience. For the player, the little town in the background would be to our left (and "stage right" to Cammy)... but "stage left" would be to Cammy's left (our right) since she is facing the player/audience.
oooo that is a very valid point. Thank you for bringing that up
Great video! Always loved the chill look of this stage
Wow! I remember getting lost in my mind while watching my uncle play Super SF2 on the SNES and telling myself, until this very day of commenting this video, that I'd love to visit this place one day :'(
I also agree that the original version of the stage is the most beautiful 100%
Great video!!!
I was similar growing up having this idea of visiting all the SF2 stage locations. At least with this stage we know we need to most likely need to go somewhere in Germany 😅 also thank you you for watching! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
awesome vids! keep em comin plzz
I certainly will thank you so much!
My first time seeing the northern lights was Cammy’s stage!
I was hoping for people to talk more about things around the fight, thank you for that.
In one website that reveals the origins of the stages of Street Fighter 2, Cammy's stage was said to be based on Castle Lichtenstein in Germany (which you showcased). In that case,; Cammy's stages should've been in Germany and not England. But yeah, Cammy's stage was popular back in the day and to this day. Not just for the scenery of the stage, but Cammy herself.
I'm gonna guess that Cammy's Stage aka Fraserburg Castle aka English Manor might be an amalgamation of various places in Europe because of these:
1 - The castle you're fighting on might be based on either Edinburgh Castle in Scotland or Kronborg Castle in Denmark
2 - The Northern Lights aka Aurora Borealis are normally seen in Scandinavian countries like Norway and Sweden
3 - The lake might be based on either Lake Windemere in England or Lake Saimaa in Finland
4 - The manor might be based on Schloss Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany
5 - The mountains are probably fjords which are found in Norway
I remember reading that the Castle Bridge which Cammy fights on is Lichtenstein Castle in Germany.
Weirdly I saw a snap shot of the sprawling landscape scene in Cammys background compared with a real life picture that was located somewhere in Cumbria or on the border or Scotland. I cant find it now, but I'll see if I can link it if I do
Please do! When researching I did see a thread on Gamespot that might be similar to what your referring to being this www.gamespot.com/gallery/15-incredible-street-fighter-stages-you-can-visit-/2900-93/#7
Awesome job! I love fighting games, the designs and the lore. You earned a sub from me! Keep up the great work!
Ok but why is this video so relaxing
I always heard that the castle in the middle was inspired by Neuschwanstein castle....which is in Germany.
10:00 Thank you Babe, but our Cammy is in another castle!
I know for certain the background lake and mountains is supposed to be from the lake District which is situated in between England and Scotland, I know this cause I took a landscape photo from the middle of the lake and it matches up. SPECIFICALLY the SF2 version
It was always those Northern Lights that drew me in initially. The music grew on me and the stage in general. I was glad they put it back in 5, definitely one of my favorite stages in the iterations of the 2 games.
I do hope its a stage they keep in circulation in future street fighter games. I always had a wish they had this stage return but covered in snow. Probably will never happen but a girl can dream.
Gained an appreciation for the design of the stage that I didn't have before.
This was refreshing to hear tbh keep it up 🎉
Maybe the stage platform their fighting was in Scotland but on it's viewpoint, you can see the whole area of England as the BG?
This reminds me of another common misconception in Tekken 2, which also has stages unique to every character. Old Chinese master Wang Jinrei's, in particular, is widely believed to be somewhere in the Szechwan mountains. But the stone structures in the backdrop bear no resemblance to any Asian architecture whatsoever and are actually the ruins of Machu Picchu, all the way over in Peru. Jinrei's stage is even further off the mark than Cammy's, but they both prove that a character's identity shouldn't be tied down to where they come from.
I actually did not know that about wang,s stage in tekken 2! To your point though that is very true in terms of attaching a stage to a characters identity. I think that some stages mail a character perfectly but they are many cases where it just can’t work. For example M.bisons SF2 stage being Thailand
Mannn I love this video!! You want into so much details in this video! 🥹🥹 so good!!! Instant sub! I’m a big sf fan since the beginning
Thanks so much! I truly appreciate it!
Great video! Glad I stumbled across your channel.
Thanks so much glad you enjoyed it!
wasn't the castle itself crumbled out of existence 3-4 centuries ago? that's why you only see the lighthouse stlll intact. northumberland also has some other castles as well.
I feel your passion. I was so obsessed with street fighter growing up.
While not complitely same in design, the castle in the background looks very similar to Neuschwanstein Castle in Fussen Germany. Capcom used this castle's image multiple times in their Resident evil series starting from the 1996 original to RE4 in 2005. I wouldn't be surprised if this trend started from SSF2.
SFV's rendition of this classic stage is just perfect, it's beautiful as in the original game (unlike the HD Remix version which was all washed out).
I agree! I’m glad they brought the color pop back for the SF5 version. I don’t know why SF5 brought back so many classic stages but I’m glad they did
You forgot to check out Eagle's stage in SF1. It looks like the place where cammy stage takes place is in the background, at a distance.
I need to say this I’m sorry, but you are gorgeous, I’m new to your channel and I’m enjoying your work. I grew up playing Street Fighter at the arcades in my time living in Mexico when I was a teen 🇲🇽
For Cammy Type A and B that people will hear from Smash Bros is this while you do hear while it is from the Anniversary Edition which had both CPS1 and CPS2 music and for those confused by this let me explain. CPS1 was used for the earlier version of Street Fighter 2 so from World Warrior and up till I believe Hyper Fighting and if you listen to those tracks those were the OG version of songs. Then if that is the case how dose Cammy, Dee Jay, Fei Long and T. Hawk have there own versions of the CPS1 even though the music was changed to CPS2 where the music sounded better?
That's Where the Anniversary version comes in and gave the those characters there own CPS1 music of the stages. Many people would have heard this from the home ports of the Anniversary Collection back on the PS2 and OG Xbox Days since with those you can change the music. After when New Challengers comes in is what most people would know which is the Type B version = CPS2 version of each stages in the game. I believe that Akuma dose not have a CPS1 version of his theme? but I could be wrong about that. So I hope that helps someone out for those wondering about the differences with CPS1 and 2.
Also good job going over this Cammy stage was one of my favorites from the game and thought it stood out from the other tracks.
Thank you so much for breaking it down for me like that! I was losing my mind trying to find out by they were these different versions and incorrectly assuming they came from hyper street fighter 2 only which just added to my confusion when both versions were added in smash
@@baberuthless Hey it is all good and happy to help out with something like this I mean I think it's cool that someone is doing research on fighting game stages and Cammy's was one of my favorites back in the day since it was different than most of the other stages and I think the one we got from Super Turbo days was good and also was surprised to see how SF5 made this stage look great. Also like I said some people would have gotten confused by why there are two different versions of same track and how they sound differently this is just me being a bit of a nerd when it comes to sharing this kind of information. :)
@@ParadoxialParodies No please do! I'm doing the same thing on these vids so trust me when I say I don't have any place to judge 😅
When i was a kid playing Super Street Fighter II on the SNES, i figured the stages are more the FEEL of the culture that that character is from more than a specific place. Fighting games back then didn't really have story mode. Guile's stage was stereotypical American air force base. Coulda been a McDonald's or something LOL. Some of them might be real places but that was before the internet so i would have had no way of looking that up. Or the developers. They probably went to the airport and picked up travel brochures and stuff. "So Segat is from Thailand. Whats Thailand look like??" "Uh ... Buddha statues?? IDK lol" I remember at the time reallly liking what they did with T-Hawks stage. Its like a native Mexican theme. Like Aztec or something instead of Native North American Pueblo or Sioux . Figured T-Hawk was more the kind that ignored modern borders. Native American is Native American. I also dont remember anything about his backstory. So i have no real idea LOL.
To their credit it was probably really hard to come up with stages beyond their own country of Japan. Assuming they ever left Japan and might have just looked up stuff in books and movies for reference.
Must sucks you don't have a program or something that would let you take the camera out of bounds of the stages to let you get a better look at the 3D stages.
me as a kid - wow ! i love cammy's stage, that thing in the sky looks beautiful !!.... i wish i could see it with my own eyes
me as a teenager - that sky in cammy's stage, i've never seen it in my life, so it can't be real
me 20mins ago - what ? you mean the northern lights is real ???? now i really wanna see it with my own eyes hahaha
I believe the British royals actually do have some Germanic blood in their lineage due to marriage back in the day. During WWI and WWII, they changed their name away from their Germanic roots, naturally due to the hostility the British people felt toward the Germans at the time. This could explain some of the confusing mish mash of German-Austrian castles mixed in with Cammy's "English manor" stage.
That very well could be. I actually did not know that at all. Perhaps it was then a happy accident on Capcom’s part?
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