Sonic the Fighters is Cool, Actually
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- Thank you to @tiniestturtles for the thumbnail and the amazing Sega Am2 Guile model!!!
Also shout outs to @GriffyBones for playing online thru a ps3 emulator of a port for a Sega Model 2 game with me.
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I love how the game poster has the actual 3D models of the characters in it instead of more polished renders or some artist commissioned artwork. It's like they're so proud of their polygon count they're going "yeah kids, look at this, this is gonna sell, it's full 3D baby!"
And these models aged pretty well
I love these like hd low-poly models, heh~
They weren't wrong. I adore those models to this day.
@@mr.sentryanddispenser this model is honestly a much better representation of classic sonic than the one from generations.
@@Substantial-hf1rm Gladly they tweaked that model to be closer to an actual classic sonic in the new 2d game
My favorite thing about Fighters is Sonic and Knucles have their own rival theme song, 'North Wind.' I wish more fighting games did that
I believe there's something like this in BlazBlue
Guilty Gear does that! I love it
Under Night In-Birth does this too. Everyone will tell you to boot up Mutual Situation (Hyde v. Seth), but Cross Thought (Gordeau v. Chaos) also goes hard.
If Arc System Works in involved, you *know* they're gonna get the composer to make a match-up specific theme.
@@fanofsimonpeggDon't forget about Incompatible Relation (Wagner v Londrekia)
King of Fighters does this in a few games. It's inconsistently used throughout the series, but KOF98 and XV are the notable examples.
I get people disliked how easy the single player arcade mode is. Honestly though, it’s kind of refreshing to have a 90s fighting game where the AI isn’t blatantly cheating you out of quarters.
That's true, tho Metal Sonic is still a pain in the butt
The AI kicking your ass forced you to learn the game and its mechanics though, sonic the fighters can be beat in one quarter, and at that point, why play again? It doesn't matter how complex your game is on a technical level if you can beat it with one button
I really love the vibe of the game, AM2 puts such a distinct charm into their games that you just don’t see now
They could've been working on more Saturn games instead of this garbage nobody asked for.
This game always showed up in those "Top 10 Worst Sonic Games of All-Time" lists, and when I played it in Sonic Gems Collection my first thought was "What were they talking about this game's fun as hell"
As far as mid-90's Sonic games goes, Fighters is heads above the rest of the games released between Sonic 3 & K and Sonic Adventure.
Sonic the Fighters deserves alot of love and respect.
Its wild how the game that was made by the legendary AM2 and based off of Fighting Vipers is considered one of the worst but its a underrated fighting game and thank you showing it some love
I always think about the interviews saying that they weren't sure if this game would work given how stubby the classic sonic designs are so its so awesome that despite that they made one of the most faithful and expressive interpretations of the characters ever at that point
I love seeing people’s reactions to Bark deleting health bars in this game, dude’s just built different lol
Realistic depiction of getting grabbed by a polar bear
Thank you for giving this amazing game the video it deserves, and for the shoutout! We’re in agreement when it comes to other reviews of this game not exactly being well-researched or informed. Always hoping that Sega decides to release this game again so we can have more success with our tournaments!
Yee
I would love to see if they released this game to new consoles and PC too!
@@noahfloofster4271u can play the 360 version on Xbox one thats about all ik tho
Not just a re-release, Sega should really cash in on their huge cast of characters that's perfect for a fighting game and make a sequel already! The world needs Sonic The Fighters 2!
Hey man, how's Sonic tier-wise in this game? And Metal Sonic?
The Gems Collection was one of the only games I had on my PS2 for a good few months, so it was all I played. Specifically, I played Sonic the fighters all the time.
It's only until I got more into the internet that I see how many people just don't like this game. I still don't see why because it's genuinely one of the better spin off games.
When I first started I'd just mash the punch button too! It wasn't until I actually took the time to just read the move list, I realized this game actually has a lot more than it initially seems.
I wish Sony hadn't removed all its sonic games from PSN on the PS4 because I'd love to play some Sonic the fighters online and see how much it's evolved.
It deserves better
Surprisingly, it's *just* the classic Sonic platformers (1, 2, CD) that they took down from PSN and XBLA; Sonic the Fighters is still there
@@CassiDS I don't think we're speaking on the same thing. PlayStation Now was the only way to play PS3 games on the PS4, that subscription included all the PS3 sonic games like Generations, Unleashed, Adventure & Adventure 2 as well as Fighters. All of which have been removed from the service about a year ago. I still have the games downloaded on my PS4 & can't access them.
If you're talking about playing them on PS3, then they may still be on that storefront, but I'm referring to specifically playing it on PS4 and online. Which the only way I know is by playing Lost Judgment. (which unfortunately doesn't have online play).
I don't own either a PS3 or Xbox which is why I specifically brought up the PS4.
Thankfully the game is still fully accessible on Xbox One and the Series consoles! Everything (except Sonic 1 through Knuckles, because Origins exists) can still be purchased and played on an Xbox. Even Unleashed, and it plays better than it ever did on the 360!
@@BlueAizu_ Yeah, I know. But I'm not personally going to buy an Xbox for one or two games.
so glad you did this. the community for this game is very small and passionate and they've been dying for a video that actually represents the game without the snobbery that comes from both sonic fans and traditional fgc player when talking about this game.
Yessss yesssss! Sonic the Fighters is so rad. In that one interview Heidi had with the developers, I remember they mentioned giving the character modeler a 3D Sonic keychain as reference for how he should look in full 3D. I had that exact keychain!! They really did such a fantastic job converting that into a Model 2 character model, and then on top of that, gave everyone such over the top fun cartoony animations. I wanted to play it so much and waited for the advertised Saturn port so badly, but when it never came my kid Sonic heart broke.
I remember the only arcade that had “Sonic Championship,” the American name for the arcade game, was in the Sega owned Gameworks arcade in Las Vegas. Whenever I’d go with my family to Vegas, I’d head to Gameworks and try to get a 1CC with Sonic, which was pretty tough bc I was terrible at VF controls as a kid. I think they had that cabinet up until the late 2000s, or whenever Gameworks closed, because I was able to get that 1CC eventually after learning VF in VF4.
In college, my friends and I would play the Sonic Gems Collection version and get some heated battles. We’d have a bunch of sets with my buddy’s Knuckles vs my Sonic. To this day the custom versus song between Sonic & Knuckles, North Wind, traumatizes my friend if I play it for him. Good times.
Did you ever hear the vocal cover of Bark’s theme that Takenobu Mitsuyoshi did? It’s pretty killer
Here’s a link to his cover: ruclips.net/video/hTOEgYHocJg/видео.html
I never heard it in Sonic Gems Collection, only found out about it when he included it in his second solo album. I was so shocked he covered a Sonic song, I loved it. In his liner notes, I think he said he really loved the melody so much he had to include it in his album, and he wasn’t wrong. What a king, that Take-san.
OMFG I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THE COVER I USE TO HAVE IT MY CHILDHOOD MUGEN PACK AHHHH MEMORIES UNLOCKED THANK YOU
also every story I've heard about seeing the game in America has been in Vegas for whatever reason, lol.
Same with Buriki One too 🤔
@@GuileWinQuote that same Gameworks is also the only place I know that had a Love and Berry machine, which my friends and I got super into despite the gameplay being so so dumb. Strangely addictive to win little cards to dress up little Fashion Magic Witches with 🧙♀️
@@GuileWinQuoteI came across the arcade cabinet tucked away in a corner at a Sega Gameworks arcade in Texas when I was a kid. Played it for about an hour before my parents told me it was time to leave.
The graphic design is so good that the intro and character select screen have stuck around in my memories for over 20 years now. It's up there with Alpha 3 in terms of memorable aesthetics, in my opinion.
This video was a treat. You're doing a real service by evaluating and analyzing these "lesser games" in good faith.
I do believe there's a reasonable amount of love for Sonic the Fighters, mostly over Honey the Cat but there was a proper tournament arc on the comics before they were cancelled. That one featured a Sonic OC version of Jane from Fighting Vipers and just... regular Segata Sanshiro somehow.
More games need just regular Segata Sanshiro
I really miss Honey The Cat. Her design is one of the best in the series. I really wish Sega brought her back.
@@spacedoutcowboy5211 Damn right. Think his last appearance in a game was Project X Zone 2.
@@Mateus_Carvalho While not ingame, I do love that SNK actually got him to portray Haohmaru in the live action ad for the KOF All Stars x Samurai Shodown crossover😂
There are a lot of humans in the Sonic series really.
Funnily enough, the 3 obscure characters in the game, Fang, Bean and Bark, are typically paired together in side material like the comics, which honestly makes sense. Their personalities mesh together pretty well and make their group, Team Hooligan, one of my favorites whenever they’re allowed to show up.
Don’t forget Mania, where one of the bosses will transform into one of the three and cycle between them. Honestly the most memorable boss in the game, and I wish there was more representation for obscure characters like this.
@@abaddon1503 Apparently Sonic Heroes was gonna have a team of those three, I wonder what they'd being doing in the series now if that came to be
They're called Team Hooligan? That rules!
Which doesn't make that much sense considering that Bark is stated to be good-hearted, and Fang is a Treasure Hunter and Bean just wants to throw bombs.
We could say that Fang bribed Bark, maybe.
And Honey too
This game definitely has a lot of fun with its animations. The OST is killer too, even by Sonic’s already high standards there.
i love seeing you fighting griffybones, like of course of all people he would be the one to run some sets with you 😭
Fun Fact: did you know that this game released in North America in arcades under the name Sonic Championship but it was a limited release because Sega of America feared the game would be considered to be too violent despite the violence in the game being all slapstick
huh. i knew it was a limited release but i didn’t know why.
Far as I know that's also the game's JP name.
"Sonic Championship" sounds like a vague name, too.
I know that two second joke of Guile being in the character select screen probably took some doing so I want you to know that your effort is noticed, good job
I loved this game growing up! Pure BLISS when it appeared in Lost Judgement as a playable arcade cab. Picked Bark the Polar Bear cos he has a command grab lol!
So happy youre covering it Mr. Winquote
That 3D Guile model ROCKS 12:31
Its absolutely INSANE how hood Sonic the Fighters looks, some of my favourite stylistic 3D models in the series for literally every character, and their animations are spot on
This is a game I hope to see get a fan decompilation. The idea of being able to natively play this on pc with online play, new characters and updated controls is amazing!
5:26
DISCOMBOBULATE
Discobobombombulate
Block his blind jab
Nailed it.
I thought it was pretty interesting to learn the crazy history about this game. To be honest, I didn’t know that sonic and tails was playable in a fighting game for a hilarious joke. But then sega turning that joke into fighting game is pretty mind blowing also pretty cool they made that honey character from fighting vipers into an actual Sonic character. I never played this game, but I always saw it as a cool game. Never understood the hate for it though.
its because the way to unlock them in the cabinet was so ludicrously specific fan thought it was a Joke/Hoax for the longest time untill somebody dove deep into the code to actually find out that "no they are actually there!"
@alex_-yz9to I didn’t know that actually. Pretty crazy that’s the case and makes me think of a lot of secret characters unlocks for certain video games.
One of the selling points of Lost Judgment was the fact it had Sonic the Fighters playable in it, for some for the first time without having to emulate it themselves. I remember running to the arcade the first change I could so I could enjoy it for a bit lol.
The two biggest crimes of the rerelease is that there's no training mode and that it's not on more systems
Happy to see some positivity for this game, it's always been a niche favorite of mine. As a Sonic fan, who's also a Looney Tunes/classic Animation fan, who ALSO really respects fighting game animation, it brings me a very specific kind of joy seeing how creatively it brings all those parts together. I've never really wanted to pick up a fighting game more complicated than Smash Bros until I saw this and button mashed through the campaign a few times, but I'm happy to know people in it's actual target audience can get complexity and fun out of it.
Great video, dude. Fighters is definitely one of the more underappreciated 3D fighters I know of. Like you said, I think the distaste largely comes from the "anything Sonic does that isn't running fast is automatically bad" crowd and how a lot of Sonic fans who played it when they were younger probably didn't understand it.
I love that Bark got brought back for a boss in Mania and appeared in a Classic Sonic special issue in the IDW comic.
Bark looking like alex is EXACTLY why i like him. Surprised someone even mentioned this
I didn't grow up with any real arcade culture here in the UK, however I did have the absolute pleasure of playing a Sonic the Fighters machine at Segaworld in London in the 90s. It created a huge impression on me and, as stated in this video, it was Sonic's first ever polygonal appearance. Not the deepest fighter for sure but it oozes charm and honestly I wish the mainstream games had more of this Warner Bros. animation.
I remember going to Segaworld when I was very little. I also remember the Sonic the Fighters machine, however I don't think I was old enough to actually understand what I was looking at - because looking back on it now, I'm pretty sure I was just mashing player 2's buttons while the game was in singleplayer mode. So I didn't really "play" it. ... It looked amazing to my Sonic-loving child self nonetheless!
Most of the arcades shut down by the mid 90s
If you want to talk more about good FGs with bad/unfair reputations I think the DOA series is one of the best to bring to the topic, god knows how many offenses I got yelled to me by just recommending the game.
Is that just from the horny bait, or are there other things people dislike about it? The only thing I know of would be the ridiculous amount of dlc in one of them
@@no64256boobs are bad and you should burn in hell, just ignore the fact that the characters are cool and the game is fun
@@no64256 People don't understand the counter hold system, either
@@no64256 I've only ever heard people hate on it cause of how horny it is, and to be fair... it IS really horny. Still a good time though, I remember playing dead or alive 4 on my cousin's xbox because he had it for whatever reason. Spartan-458 is still the goat
Absolutely. I need to learn more about the series first myself, but it sucks how the community and games have a stigma around them.
Considering the popularity of Sonic fan games, and retro decompilation projects, I'm surprised a decomp project for StF hasn't shown itself yet.
Hopefully this game _"Blows up??"_ -after this, so we can really see some magic happen
Thanks again WinQuote, cheers!
There's one that has been in the works for ages now, afaik.
@@nobodyinparticular9640 Fun Fact: Sonic the Fighters can be played in The Man Who Erased His Name and Lost Judgement.
This video came out great and I am glad people are enjoying it. I helped GuileWinQuote with the recording of this video by playing some online matches against him. The tags are cut off due to screen size, but whenever you see "yBones" on P1 and "GuileW" on P2 that is us netplaying. I had to do a lot of troubleshooting to get the PS3 emulator netplay working right on my PC so I am glad that paid off.
wow, that sonic smackdown game looks INSANELY polished. wtf it's so pretty!
I’ve always loved this game. It was super exciting when it got re released in PS3. I really wish I’d seen this in arcades as a kid. It would have been right at home. It feels nostalgic to see these characters portrayed in this 3D super polygonal style.
Great video. I was definitely one of those kids who thought this game was bad. But when I came back to it after getting into fighters, I realized it's actually quite fun. Seems like it'd be a blast to learn with friends.
It is definitely an underrated and unique Sonic game. Glad to see the attention it deserves.
And this is thanks to this game that Honey is officially approved by Sega as their character.
The fact that some guy randomly putting sonic and tails into fighting vipers out of boredom made this entire game happen
I wanna see a sequel to this game honestly.
capcom vs sega concept is the best part of this video, i unironically think that would be the exact kind of wacky fun shit we need to keep fighting games fresh and interesting :p but really this is a great video!
DEFINITELY do a vid on the best fan game fighting games! especially for IPs that never got a proper FG
Yeah, what happened to crossover games?
I absolutely will always fall in love with any game that has cartoony physics and model stretching like a looney tunes cartoon. Cel Damage is also a game that fits into that category! But yeah. I only heard of this game via the gems collection, and even with the input lag I had great fun with it.
I think this is the best looking fighter on the Model 2 when looking at it from an artistic side, the characters are very expressive and the low poly look helps it even more, kinda sad that Sega delisted this game off the PSN store in 2020 for Europe, but not in the USA for some reason. The sound quality isn't that great when comparing it to other Model 2 games but the music slaps, especially the remastered versions that came later.
I know everyone is praising the video and the game that it is about, but I wanna highlight something low-key amazing that Guile did in the beginning of the video:
The pitch perfect description of the long enduring appeal of Sonic The Hedgehog
He manage to distill the entire Internet's ever changing conflicting feelings on The Blue Blur
and he did this in a few short sentences. Brilliant!
It's true - if Sonic wasn't a big part of your childhood, you will never understand why people love him, not even if his games where universally praised.
You either get it or you don't - it sucks that there is hardly a middle ground, but that is Sonic in a nutshell: 0 to 60 in under a minute and back again.
just the background stage graphics alone look pretty impressive & better than some of its Am2 contemporaries.
Baberuthless jump scare 0:35
12:27 Oh, man. What a great video! That was a very funny section, I'm glad you included that.
Thanks for being so positive. ❤
This game is owed a sequel. Like, I remembered my brothers making fun of this game all the time as a kid, but I never really got to play it until the Gems collection.
And I was kind of blown away. It was Virtua Fighter...with Sonic. And I loved both, so naturally it appealed to me.
The animation is awesome, especially for its time
I played this game on my PS3 and I instantly fell in love with it, and it's now one of my favorite fighting games ever.
Definitely not the only one to compare Bark to Alex, exactly why I like him myself! Haha. Was happy to see him even for a brief moment in Sonic Mania.
Sonic the Fighters has that early 3d look that I love and that keeps getting more and more popular as time goes on. Looking at it gives me a similar feeling as the old Mega Man Legends games, the colors are all super vibrant and pop, really helps the low poly models fit into the world. I'm glad to see that Sonic the Fighters has it's own small tight knit community. I liked the game as a kid, but honestly I would go back to Sonic R on the Sonic Gems Collection much more frequently. It's truly a product of it's time, in many ways it feels like a really good fan-game that's aiming for that specific era of Late genesis/CD/Early Saturn of Sonic.
I can't blame too many sonic fans for looking over the game, since unless you're a fighting game fan with at least one other friend who also wants to try to get into the game, all there really is to the game is an arcade mode, at least on the Sonic Gems Collection maybe in the PS3/360 version there's more to it. So if you're not someone looking deeply into the game's mechanics and trying hard to see what it's about (or aren't familar enough with fighting games to know what too look for in other fighting games), it's pretty easy to overlook compared to the many more single-player focused sonic games. I hope one day this game gets a rerelease with a practice and VS mode to go with it (even Tekken 7 doesn't have a way to play against CPUs in the VS mode, which seems insane to me) because it genuinely looks like a very fun game to play!
The models and animations in this game have probably aged the best out of any low poly 3D game I've ever seen from the 90's
Funny you mention the Bark/Alex parallel, Doctor Robotnik's Ring Racers actually gives him Alex's voice clips and it fits perfectly.
This channel is fantastic. I remember finding a Sonic The Fighters AND a Fighting Vipers arcade cabinet at an arcade I frequented when I was a kid. The sonic one blew my mind and I spent all my quarters trying to finish it. Had to wait like 7 years to be able to play it at home on the gems collection.
FINALLY somebody sings the virtues of Sonic the Fighters!! i remember being very impressed by it as a kid playing it on gamecube and even though i knew jack shit about how to play it i was like "this looks really really good" and "why didn't they do this again"
also i literally just noticed watching this video that bean's wind-up uppercut is a direct reference to how Bin/Pin from Dynamite Dux attack. very very cute :)
Wow the tastefully cartoony animation works perfectly for these characters
I played Sonic the Fighters at Sega Gameworks in LasVegas. It was a damn good time.
Fantastic video! I’d love to see one on bushido blade. I know it’s not exactly a fighting game but you cover a lot of those types of spin offs
I think I'll have to talk about the series eventually 🤔
As a Sonic fan since the very first game, and as a fighting game lover, I must say Sonic The Fighters is a very underrated Sonic game and also a very underrated fighting game. As said in the video, the game is simple, but really fun to play, specially casually. But I would love to see the chaos this game can offer in a serious tournament match.
I always pictured this game to have a strong inspiration in Looney Tunes / Tex Avery cartoons, and hear you cited exactly the same thoughts of mine in this video was a real surprise. Amy even have an open-guard throw move, who point away to trick the opponent to look for nothing. LOL 😂
All characters, except Bark, Metal Sonic and Dr. Eggman, can do the Weapow Grab with DOWN + Guard + Punch, but it only works against Amy (takes her hammer), Fang (takes his gun), Bean (takes his bomb), and Espio (pull his tongue). Another example of Looney Tunes vibes into the game.
As said in this video, Sonic The Fighters was last re-released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Sadly, for the PlayStation boys, the game is stucked on the PS3 up to this point. But for the Xbox boys, they are lucky to have this game on the backward compatibility catalog. So, if you have a Xbox 360, any Xbox One system, or a Xbox Series X|S, you can get this underrated gem now for only US$4.99 (and if you are from Brazil, you can get the game for only R$10,00, an even cheaper price than the today's currency convertion... It's like US$2,00 in Brazil using today's convertion). For me, I have both the PS3 and the X360 versions. ❤
But it's kinda lame the PS3/X360 re-release don't have a training mode, a sound test, and an option to turn off the "Operating Method" (a.k.a. Manual/Automatic selection after selecting the character).
Also, Sonic The Fighters is also available inside the game Lost Judgment, among other games like Fighting Vipers, VF5: Final Showdown and other arcade and Sega Master System classics. And as Last Judgment is available on PS4, PS5 Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Steam, it's an option for the current systems. It's not like a dedicated version as the PS3/X360 version, but it's better than nothing (excepting for the Xbox users, who, again, also have the option to play the X360 version on the current systems).
My favorite music in this game is "Try Again", the theme of Dynamite Plant, who is the stage of Bean The Dynamite. It's really comical, and, even yet, amazing to hear, fitting perfecly to the chaos of the battle. Well... The game's sound tracks are equally underrated as the game itself.
In Fighters Megamix, Bark and Bean are broken. It's because, I don't know why, the throws of these two characters (including special throws) just work agains themselves, and against the Kids characters, but not against the rest of the cast. So, Bark suffers the most. once he is a grapper. This fail broke my heart. 💔
In the Archie Comics, Honey the Cat is portraited as a clothing design, just like her Fighting Vipers conterpart. It's kind sad Honey is not a fully unique character in the game, taking moves from other characters, specially Knuckles. It could be awesome if many moves of the Fighting Vipers verson of Honey/Candy could be transported to this game's Honey. Also, Honey could had her own stage/theme, but was cut in the final game just like the character itself. Her theme can be listened at the opperation menu and at Sonic Gems Collection (also included at the CD Sound Tracks), and the music name is "Sunset Town", listed as a bonus track.
The barrier gauge is valid for the whole match by default, but you can config the game to restock the gauge in each round. But, again, the default setting is to not reset between rounds.
The Hyper Mode not just make your character faster, but also enable the character to use a "Super Move". This move can be a new move available during this mode, or an existing move being powered up.
Was Yuji Naka's suggestion to make Eggman to use a "clone beam" for the matches against the same characters.
And one last thing: Amy's "Head's Up!" have a difficult command: UP, DOWN + Punch. But it's possible to do this move without jumping: With at least one barrier in you gauge, hold Guard, press UP and, release Guard when enter with DOWN + Punch inputs. ;)
Oh... I almost forgot: Nice work in this video. 👍
0:01 intro music
thx
Thanks for giving praise to one of my most favourite Sonic spin-offs.
It surprisingly still purchasable on Xbox One and still works fine for what I played
Good to see some respect laid to the name for once. And for actually describing how the mechanics work, weird how I never see that mentioned amongst the sea of "game bad because reasons."
Ah yes, the real Sonic cycle.
"I heard this game is bad"
*plays game*
"Honestly it's not so bad"
The reverse sonic cd (but it's not bad)
thanks for putting this together. the looseness of this one makes it a perfect game to play casually with a fighting game-playing friend where you can just mess around with the goofy stuff you can do in it. and as you say the presentation is superb, the elasticity of the models is really impressive and the soundtrack is a real favourite too. appreciate you explaining the history too, fighting vipers will never die,
and as a few people have pointed out, it's one of the arcade games in lost judgment but we know it needs a proper rerelease. model 2 collection when, m2?
my one comment is that perhaps you could include the sources for some of your live-action footage, someone else in the comments wanted to see where one of them was from and i think it'd be good for others to be able to see 'em too.
Thanks for the look on this game! I agree with you, unless you grew up with Sonic, you really wouldn't be able to understand his appeal.
I didn't grow up with this though. Seeing it explored and explained makes me more fascinated with Sega's 3D fighters now. Maybe it's time I learned how to combo as Akira Yuki...
I. LOVED. Seeing Amy take the gun and shooting Fang. It was a real joy.
I love this game and I love Bark. So glad to see someone finally bring up Fighters in a positive light!
And yes, bring back Bark!
From what i understand about Bean is that he is the son or grandson of one of the two ducks from Dynamite Dux. He is hinted as being half duck half woodpecker.
I’ve always loved this game, I actually think it was the first fighting game I ever played, and one of the few I ever got to play on an actual cabinet, a pizza place I went to as a kid had a cabinet and I remember absolutely loving it. Glad to see you give it some love. Now if only Sega would bring the 7th gen port to modern consoles, cause I don’t have anything that has it, and it’s a pain in the ass to emulate
Great video, and a fantastic introduction to your channel!
One aspect that I think made this game less successful, and all of AM2's games for that matter, was the lack of content on their home ports. Virtua Fighter 2, 3 and Fighting Vipers 1 & 2 were leagues more fun to play than Tekken and Soul Blade, as well as performed better despite the Saturn's limitations. Despite that, Tekken and Soul Blade's massive wealth of modes and number of characters really sold themselves to both fighter enthusiasts and casual gamers alike (and that the Playstation was a wildly more popular games console).
AM2 released Daytona USA and Sega Rally, both of which outshone any arcade racing game you cared to mention. But their console ports had mere arcade races, and you could be done with them in an afternoon. As opposed to Namco's Ridge Racer Type 4 had 123 cars to collect, double the tracks, and even damn story and mission modes.
With the benefit of hindsight, I think that a port of the arcade version of Sonic the Fighters, along with a bunch of other Sonic games all bundled together, would see the game being appreciated much more now than it was back in the day. But I doubt that would happen. I'm assuming the ports of their arcade games on 360 and PS3 weren't massively successful, hence they haven't seen the light of day on newer consoles. Such a shame.
I got this game in the 360, You could say im a 2010s starting fighting game player, at the time I didnt knew there was a fighting game community and tutorial for many fighting game that I played, I have to discover how to do combos all by myself. UMVC3, MK9, MKvDC and Sonic The Fighter were my game I slowly switch back and forth on learning each game.
This game is so much fun, you learn how to play it casually to competitively without knowing youre already getting used to it. Most fighting game are missing the "fun" aspect back then and wanted to be more of a ESport, SF6 has finally stepped down a bit and let the game be a game that everyone can pick up and play as they get into it. The animation for this game is amazing for its times, the model are lively, so many cool move like taking Amy Hammer and taking it away from her, the attention to detail. This was the only game that Masahiro Sakurai used to create Sonic Moveset for Smash despite being so rushed.
Back then I has started to enjoy fighting game and over come my anxiety on playing online as I enjoy it, as a person who is on the spectrum. I enjoy the 360 era.
Bark absolutely needs to come back. I think if superstars 2 is a thing in a few years turning bark, bean and fang into an actual villain trio would be really cool
HOLY FUCKING SHIT, I LOVE THIS GAME, WOOOOOOOOOOOO, THANK YOU GuileWinQuote FOR MAKING A VIDEO ON THIS!
Also, play Sonic the Fighters Blitz, it's such a good 3D to 2D fighter fan-Game
I think there ought to be more Sonic fighting games. Sonic's inherent fast pace lends itself really well to the genre and it's crazy we havent seen more of them.
Used to run netplay sets on PS3 with a homie from Toronto, and it was SURPRISINGLY SUPER PLAYABLE (poverty Wi-Fi at the time + South Texas to Canada). This game rocks!!
wow those animations are remarkably smooth especially for the time period
It's about time someone complimented this game's character animation!
I didn't know this game had a bad rap. It's not spectacular and kind of silly, but by no means bad. The aesthetics of it all in particular are absolutely top notch
I find it so funny that the only official way to play STF on modern platforms is through the Yakuza games, Lost Judgement and Like A Dragon Gaiden
Wooow memory umlocked! I remember button mashing to this as a kid. Thanks for this man much love 👍
Me & my sister found Sonic the fighters really fun, It's just a simple tekken like game easy to learn.
I absolutely loved playing this on Sonic Gems Collection. Aurora Icefield has lived rent free in my head for years
A few years back I hosted a tournament of this game just for me and some friends and it was an absolute blast. The game is not only fun, but more deep than you'd think so it felt like there was a level of skill as we played more. Bark is my boy
THAT GUILE MODEL LOOKED PERFECT!
Great vid. Don't know if this was mentioned, but this game is fully playable on modern consoles in Lost Judgment, as well as a treasure trove of msx games. The Yakuza squad is really stepping it up for game preservation....
Thanks for being one of the few content creators for fighting games that doesn't use ugly clickbait thumbnails
Thankfully, the 360 port can still be bought and played on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S through backwards compatibility! (Or if you've got a copy of Lost Judgment, you can play it in the in-game arcades, along with Fighting Vipers and VF5:FS!)
Haven’t touched this in probably 10 years. You’ve inspired me to set up my GameCube and invite friends over for games!
Sonic the Fighters is underrated and goes hard. AM2 did a great job, with this title that has unfairly bashed over the years. It genuinely has potential to be something great with some updates and more features.
brilliant video as always mate
in fact, this was so well-researched that after I finished watching it, I thought "wait, what do you mean I grew up playing a version with terrible input lag?"
I was hurt when I found out, haha.
But we didn't know any better!!
I’m glad there’s a small fanbase for Sonic The Fighters online. It was my favorite game to play growing up and I recently got to play it on an arcade cabinet with my gf!
Thank you for shedding some positive light on this game!
Sonic the fighters is really great imo.
So that's where bean and bark came from, I played fighters megamix as a kid, and for the life of me I didn't know, where they came from 🤣. Great work as always man
first time I hear of this game and am surprised how amazing it looks for its time, the style and animation are full of charm. would love a modern sonic game in this style
as a Sonic fan, and a fighting game fan (who's bad at fighters)... I love this video and would LOVE Sega rereleasing this.
cool channel. been watching for a few weeks and this one makes me feel seen.
there was a mystical quality to this for me since i first saw it in an arcade, briefly, and then never saw it again (until compilation releases ofc). I like this game and the music is INCREDIBLE and very "Sonic". My favorite is the flying carpet stage
This video reminded me i had this game on my Xbox, i just spent forever beating metal sonic and eggman
Something similar where a tangential cxommunity got into a fighting game happened to Them's Fightin Herds too and this stuff makes me super happy.
Also you made me super curious about the game^^ I hope to get to try it some day
Ah yes, one of my favorite demos to play on the 360, despite that extremely small time limit. Wish i could've gotten that Xbox points card to work as a kid. Being older and actually knowledgeable about the genre now (despite not playing much), I can really appreciate the unique visuals and mechanics. Blocking being tied to a limited resource, one that's also used for hyper, it's a really neat idea. Kinda reminds me of how special moves work in Streets of Rage 4
Also, aren't there certain moves that can only be preformed in hyper? I think Bean's teleport was one
Man I still remember playing this game with my cousins! This was definitely an underrated fighting game!