There was another character too. This kid won a contest for 63 1/3 and was supposed to be a character in the game. He was cut too but they did have a model for him. I bet it was crushing for him.
@@koriharpoon3357 No, but he donated his sculpture to a private collection recently and there's more than one video about Clayfighter out there to learn stuff from
@@TheCrabbyArchives twitter.com/ArtofNP/status/1392279526441308160?s=19 Here's a link to the Twitter post about the sculpture being donated. There are two pictures of it's as well as one of the Clayfighter 63 1/3 boss character Dr. Kiln
Fun fact, peeps at Interplay were once interested in making a Forgotten Realms (Dungeons and Dragons) fighting game and the Fallout series' Deathclaw design comes from the clay model they had made of the Tarrasque. Source is the Fallout Bible by Chris Avellone when discussing the Deathclaw's design origins.
@@Bklyn93 No, not at all. I used to think it had ties to Baldur's Gate - but I revisited the bible again recently, I can confirm that Chris doesn't hint at Gates and only makes direct reference to a Forgotten Realm fighting game idea in terms of the Deathclaw's clay model's origins.
I liked how the original Clayfighter had such ridiculously small stakes; the fighters were just mutated carnival denizens who were battling to be ruler of the park. That was quaint and it fit with the parodic nature of the game. The sequels had their moments, but they failed to capture that simple charm that the first one had.
I still have/play Clayfighter 63 1/3 (Sumo Santa main). It holds up pretty well. Still amazes me that such a janky game was able to get so many incredible voice actors behind it, like Charles Adler and Tress Macneille... and the uncredited voice of Goro.
The attention to detail that is having the Strong Mad clip being from when he himself dabbled in claymation is the kind of quality I've come to expect from this channel.
@@OptimusCrime1223 The description has the editor listed, and it's not Matt. However I'm sure he does write the scripts and plan some of the gags out as he's writing.
The 90's, the REALLY loved doing digitization, especially for fighters. Like with Primal Rage, I only khow of this game through passing Matt references lol
@@Ricekrispy10 there was a new tex murphy game a few years ago with 2k fmv cutscenes, though literally all the budget was put into them and the actual game looked like a ps2 game, but the puzzles were still pretty hard
were you not around at the time? clayfighter and primal rage were _everywhere_ (for a brief period). granted, i don't recall ever hearing about the sequels… ime, everyone who was even slightly interested in fighters was almost exclusively into either tekken or virtua fighter by that time.
Can't wait for "Fallout Van Buren: What Happened" where you go over the truly desperate times at Interplay where they hide in their offices to avoid paying devs.
Double Helix is part of Amazon, a fate worse than death. Iron Galaxy? I'd like to have hope, but I really don't see it in the cards with what fighters are out there.
Alright since nobody else could find it, search "bad game hall of fame clayfighter", click the first result then click the link where the article mentions 4chan. I can't paste the link directly since this piece of garbage site will censor it
I will say Visual Concepts most likely got te inspiration to make clay based games as Acclaim hired them to port Trog! to the NES, and Trog! was the first ever game to use claymation.
@@El_Keck It was Acclaim, they snapped up any old shit back then. Plus they were best buds with Midway at the time, so probably needed the money as they lost a ton on it.
I really wish I could listen to you talking about games endlessly. Your sense of humor and dedication are incredible. Thank you for the content and sorry I can't help financially.
Small thing not mentioned in the video: 63 1/3 is Killer Instinct flavored in its combo system (as mentioned in the video), but Sculptor's Cut is closer to a Street Fighter Alpha style system. The beta of 63 1/3 plays almost identically to Sculptor's Cut, suggesting that change happened relatively late in development.
Well I would say yes, NARC is a joke to me, but then I remember that it is the game that feels all crimes require lethal violence, and I decide not to antagonize it.
Fun Fact: The trailer for Clayfighter Remake was done Chris O'Neill of OneyNG/Oneyplays and Zach Hadel AKA Psychicpebbles, where they out right mock Interplay in the trailer.
"Clay Fighter Clay Clay Fighter, come on fight them if you dare, oooh! Clay Fighter Clay Clay Fighter, hit 'em smack' em they don't care!" I haven't played that game in forever but I still remember the catchy song!
Clayfighter on the Genesis was one of my favorite games as a child. I'll still be mid-dnd meet and a fight breaks out and be like, "The Blob versus...BAD MR FROSTY!" in the announcer voice lol It actually blew my mind when I was an adult and found out there were more Clayfighter games, I didn't even know they existed, smh lol
I remember loving this game as a kid. Then very recently replayed this on a rom and realized how jank and borderline unplayable it actually was. I miss having much lower standards for video games. The ps2 era of video games is where I feel video games really started upping their game. So people just expected a lot more.
Had a hell of a time playing this game as a kid but it was usually just play it for 15-20 minutes and then on to the next but we always came back to it.
I remember always seeing these games on the shelves in stores as a kid and not liking the art style. Me as an adult, I kind of like the goofy style it goes for. I might have to search out a copy haha. Love watching these videos! I learn quite a bit about games I've either heard of or not! Keep up the good work!
I was a loyal Clay Fighter Fanatic as a kid, only because I loved stop motion and would play through their poor games for hours just to see admire each wonderfully sculpted frame of animation. I never thought they were truly good games though. With the exception of C2: Judgement Clay. I loved the Terminator theme, and the design of the rabbit character, the new "bad dude" in town to take Frosty's place. Also this one had the best Frosty design and animations and he had a cool backwards cap. The controls were tighter and faster in this one too and I also liked the smaller character size. They should have included "claytalities" in this one, which we didn't get 'til part 3. Too little too late. It's abouit the worst one, even with all the new features. I thought the multi-colored pieces that flew from your body and bounced around were quite out of place, as were the flashes that constantly happened from punches and super moves.
@@Jigahaganaga You're finally awake. C&C 4? A rushed Asian market port? Mobile cash grabs? You must have hit your head pretty hard. Let's play some Kane's Wraith.
Thank God for RUclips. For decades I couldn't remember the name of this game or even the platforms. It was a fading, subconscious, memory and you revived it!
The marketing campaign bit actually looked pretty brilliant for this game. Clearly trying to play on people's perception of those well-known properties and piggybacking off of their success... just like the game itself. It's both meta and clever. Also Matt your use of MvC2 music is *chef's kiss*. Love it.
One of the funniest fighting games of all time. Love the cartoony look, and the characters were crazy. And yes, I still defend Clayfighter 63 1/3, and find it to be funny and underrated. Very, very underrated.
Ah, the 90's, a decade of exaggerated rebellion and cringeworthy games and ideas. But also gave rise to many classics...this isn't one of them. What sucks more is that this brand had the potential to make waves, but....that's not the case
Also! Recently Interplay released two volumes of collection's of their old games onto the "Evercade" it's a cartridge based handheld system and it even has games on it from Namco.
I remember seeing this game in Magazines, always looked Bizarre as hell. Learning what happened behind it should be interesting. Also, please do a Wha Happun on Sonic Forces. Edit: Clay almost doesn't sound like a word now.
Damn, that's great idea. I really loved those games. Interesting to note that Sekiro actually (supposedly) started as a Tenchu game but they decided to make it into a new game instead.
Awesome work as always, Mr. McMuscles! I hope one day someone can bring this series back, it has so much potential! But I can understand it would take so much time, patience, and money for what could be such a risk... but damn it, it would be so awesome! #ReleaseTheSculptorsCut...Again
I played the crap out of the original ClayFighter on SNES. I loved the world they created, and I still love the characters. The game itself is still fun, though admittedly, it is not balanced at all.
From my understanding, it's basically a mix of bad Marketing ("THIS GAME SUCKS".Is just...bad as a stratety) and kinda not reading the room on what people at the time were looking for in RPGs. (Chrono Trigger came out the same year, PS1 was out, and it was kind of a lull in RPGs in the West)
Thank you for providing the track list. Flash train really brought me back. The Ex games, Alpha 2, Tekken 2, and Rockman & Forte are some of my favorites
And you can add shutting down fan projects to Interplay's wrapsheet. Someone was working onna fangame: ClayFighter Rescuplted that would run on the Unity engine that allowed for vibrant coloring and claylike texturing. But then InterPlay cunts that they are issued a C&D earlier this week. Good thing the team is working on an independent project with their assests but it's horrible that companies like InterPlay will hoard IPs, not do shit with them and try to stop anyone else that tries to do something out of love for the franchise
I wonder, is Jak 3 worth of a „Wha Happun“? I read that the development of the game was actually very troublesome and had a lot of problems surrounding it, which explains why gameplaywise Jak 3 is near identical to Jak 2 who actually did a 180 to Jak and Daxter.
@@MakoShiruba you might be right, but i always thought Lost Frontier and Jak X were self explainatory. Just like Crash, the game after the Trilogy would be a racing game and even thou the racing itself wasn’t great, the story was actually far better than Jak 3‘s story which was mediocre at best. And Lost Frontier was a PSP port to the PS2 and i think ND tried to see if the game could still sell because Uncharted came out 2 years prior and ND simply saw the buisness practice of a new, more profitable franchise on the next gen console snd Uncharted was a big success. So why spend people working on a series that run it‘s course? But Jak 3 was marketed as „the grand finale to the Trilogy“ and considering the gameplay was identical to Jak 2, Kiera and Samos had bareley any importance or even lines (to the point getting Ashley at the end) and a story that felt rather rushed, it will have a lot more to talk about. So i do think Jak 3 has some more stories than Jak X or Lost Frontier. But again, you might be right after all.
One video and I'm already subscribed. I love questions like these especially surrounding games I played as a kid. I think I'll end up liking your content as much as I enjoy Mandalore Gaming!
The whole 2015 remake promise and mention being developed by "someone that doesn't exist" is very shady, or gives the impression that it's all now managed by one person. I can only guess this was a bid to try and increase value in their company but why they can't just say "The series will not be returning in the forseeable future" Instead of a empty promise?
omg I used to love watching bump in the night. so happy to see someone talk about even for a brief period as I tend to get weird looks of confusion when I mention the show to people lol.
I really love Clay Fighters, I have a big underdog mentality when it comes to the games. I know the game is super clunky but it's really fun. The idea is there and I think Bad Mr Frosty, Taffy, Ickybod and Blob are cool characters. If they could give us a new game modeled after the KI reboot with the same people I think it has potentional to be a sleeper hit. I think Clayfighter 63 1/3 really improved the series added Claytalities, combos, and super moves but it fell flat because no one took it serious. Please bring back a new Clayfighter.
Remember playing this series back in the day. Sadly as newer sequels came out they just kept on getting worse. It still has potential, but unfortunately due to certain publishers it might as well be an indie made game.
My brother and I enjoyed Clay Fighter 63 1/3 a lot back in the 90's. We rented it from Blockbuster a couple of times but it was the normal edition, they didn't have the Sculptor's Cut.
There was another character too. This kid won a contest for 63 1/3 and was supposed to be a character in the game. He was cut too but they did have a model for him. I bet it was crushing for him.
He was never going to be a fighter. They made him a model and gave him a tour.
@@MLJ-zp3ju Let me guess, you were that kid.
@@koriharpoon3357 No, but he donated his sculpture to a private collection recently and there's more than one video about Clayfighter out there to learn stuff from
What did the character look like?
@@TheCrabbyArchives twitter.com/ArtofNP/status/1392279526441308160?s=19
Here's a link to the Twitter post about the sculpture being donated. There are two pictures of it's as well as one of the Clayfighter 63 1/3 boss character Dr. Kiln
fun fact: That Clay Fighter remake trailer was made by Oney! He was hired to do it and he made fun of the company in the trailer. He wasn't paid.
Oney Lorcan? 🤔
OneyNG aka Christopher O'Neill
I think Mick and Zach also helped with the trailer
@@caydan4009 Zach referred to the guy trying to make the game as brain dead
@@KEATONSTOOS When did they say this?
I guess now we'll see a Wha Happun on Ballz, the "3d fighting at its ballziest" at some point down the line now.
That game was an incomprehensible mess.
Turbo main here
@@chrisprescott2273 Hey now, one pile of balls was usually slightly different colors than the other pile of balls.
This is so fun
I don't know if it was out when you made this comment, but he did do a Worst Fighting game episode on it.
Fun fact, peeps at Interplay were once interested in making a Forgotten Realms (Dungeons and Dragons) fighting game and the Fallout series' Deathclaw design comes from the clay model they had made of the Tarrasque. Source is the Fallout Bible by Chris Avellone when discussing the Deathclaw's design origins.
@@Bklyn93 No, not at all. I used to think it had ties to Baldur's Gate - but I revisited the bible again recently, I can confirm that Chris doesn't hint at Gates and only makes direct reference to a Forgotten Realm fighting game idea in terms of the Deathclaw's clay model's origins.
But the most important part of this story is *HOBOCOP LIVES!*
He was the main character in Disco Elysium.
Fuck it. Hobocop.
Hobo cop is best cop
And it only took 24 years later, But hey! we can rebuild him in MUGEN at least.
Surely you mean *FLABALANCHE!*
I liked how the original Clayfighter had such ridiculously small stakes; the fighters were just mutated carnival denizens who were battling to be ruler of the park. That was quaint and it fit with the parodic nature of the game. The sequels had their moments, but they failed to capture that simple charm that the first one had.
I still have/play Clayfighter 63 1/3 (Sumo Santa main). It holds up pretty well. Still amazes me that such a janky game was able to get so many incredible voice actors behind it, like Charles Adler and Tress Macneille... and the uncredited voice of Goro.
The voice director for that game is also the man who wrote a number of memorable song for Lazytown.
A couple of the characters like the Asian karate guy and the African witch-doctor definitely do not hold up well lol
@@andrewcutler1380 Oh yea, especially since they're both voiced by white dudes (Jess Harnell & Jim Cummings respectively).
Like the classic film Goro? Because that should be Kevin Michael Richardson if so. If not film Goro, I don't know then.
@@blackmercury2796 Goro from the first Mortal Kombat movie... voiced by Frank Welker aka The Blob.
“It was 90’s as FU$k “
Lol that should be on a T shirt
I want that shirt
The attention to detail that is having the Strong Mad clip being from when he himself dabbled in claymation is the kind of quality I've come to expect from this channel.
I don't know if he edits videos himself but if he does, man he has a huge repertoire of oddly fitting obscure references and clips, which is amazing
@@OptimusCrime1223 The description has the editor listed, and it's not Matt. However I'm sure he does write the scripts and plan some of the gags out as he's writing.
I'm dumb, it says right at the credits that its credited by "Jesse Guarascia. In which case, excellent taste and repertoire, Jesse.
The algo only just introduced us but I have to say both the channel and the comment section are great credits to themselves.
Honestly, the idea of a HD modern Clay game is so cool
Armikrog is probably the most recent attempt, made by former devs who made The Neverhood.
Ultra Clayfighter Link: www.romhacking.net/hacks/6807/
Oh wow didn't know about this. Thanks for making me aware.
You won't review the scary movie series because you're too scared. It's fine bb 😘
I use to love playing this and Ready 2 Rumble.
You should do the scary movie franchise
13:37
"more than 60,000 times..."
Where the copies data at?
The 90's, the REALLY loved doing digitization, especially for fighters. Like with Primal Rage, I only khow of this game through passing Matt references lol
@@Bklyn93 So like that Black Mirror interactive episode? Or are we talking a bit more complex in terms of gameplay
@@Ricekrispy10 there was a new tex murphy game a few years ago with 2k fmv cutscenes, though literally all the budget was put into them and the actual game looked like a ps2 game, but the puzzles were still pretty hard
were you not around at the time? clayfighter and primal rage were _everywhere_ (for a brief period). granted, i don't recall ever hearing about the sequels… ime, everyone who was even slightly interested in fighters was almost exclusively into either tekken or virtua fighter by that time.
My dad did all the artwork for ClayFighter! So many memories of us playing his game together growing up :)
That's so cool! I am a big fan of the advertisements and art for the manual, glad to see you both enjoyed the game as well.
No he did not. I did. Son?
Nice!
Can't wait for "Fallout Van Buren: What Happened" where you go over the truly desperate times at Interplay where they hide in their offices to avoid paying devs.
When’s the “What happun” of the Scary Movie series?
@@thecunninlynguist your comment if true,just pissed me off so much and the day only begun, damn greedy assholes
@@thecunninlynguist yep the wayans only had anything to do with the first two, even though the studio kept using their names
@@thecunninlynguist that's explain a lot the shift of the jokes
No pensé jamás ver un comentario tuyo en un vídeo de este canal
It will happen when the “Mega reseña” of Megaman X come out.
Get the people who made Killer Instinct to make a remake of this
Double Helix is part of Amazon, a fate worse than death. Iron Galaxy? I'd like to have hope, but I really don't see it in the cards with what fighters are out there.
I would love this. Fighting games take themselves too seriously these days. Dan in SFV is a step in the right direction though
@@MrRuano825 that sucks like hell
Used to play clay fighter all the time. Sumo Santa made me laugh my ass off. "Santa's gonna sit on YOUR lap!"
There's a whole imageboard thread out there of ex-Clayfighter devs dunking on the CEO of Interplay, I implore everyone to read it
Can't seem to find it myself. Typed in "Imageboard Clayfighter" on Google and got a thread of someone asking for Clayfighter hentai.
Is there a link?
You got the link?
Alright since nobody else could find it, search "bad game hall of fame clayfighter", click the first result then click the link where the article mentions 4chan. I can't paste the link directly since this piece of garbage site will censor it
I will say Visual Concepts most likely got te inspiration to make clay based games as Acclaim hired them to port Trog! to the NES, and Trog! was the first ever game to use claymation.
Oh fuck its this guy
Trog had a NES port? But why?
@@El_Keck It was Acclaim, they snapped up any old shit back then. Plus they were best buds with Midway at the time, so probably needed the money as they lost a ton on it.
Hello you.
@@Larry I loved trog as a child I have vivid memories of playing it for hours when I was young
I really wish I could listen to you talking about games endlessly. Your sense of humor and dedication are incredible. Thank you for the content and sorry I can't help financially.
Small thing not mentioned in the video: 63 1/3 is Killer Instinct flavored in its combo system (as mentioned in the video), but Sculptor's Cut is closer to a Street Fighter Alpha style system. The beta of 63 1/3 plays almost identically to Sculptor's Cut, suggesting that change happened relatively late in development.
I love your channel!
Thanks so much!
Don't we all?
I see Merry too, has good taste.
Hi merryweather I did not expect you to be here.
Is this a crossover?
8:28 "You made me swallow my gum. That's going to be in my digestive tract for SEVEN YEARS!" - Gideon Graves, Scott Pilgrim VS The World
“To be fair, digitization really started with Pit Fighter...”
N.A.R.C.: “Am I a joke to you?”
Well I would say yes, NARC is a joke to me, but then I remember that it is the game that feels all crimes require lethal violence, and I decide not to antagonize it.
N.A.R.C.: "You're busted!"
@@Gatorade69 "You're BUSTED!"
@@chosento2988 The fuck are you even talking about?
Lolz
The use of Stop motion as well as Hand Drawn graphics are my ultimate aesthetic when it comes to video games , anyone else ?
Dude, hear me out.
Go look at Shining the Holy Ark, the enemy graphics looks like legit claymation, it's great.
go take a look at the Hylics games if you haven't already
Valkyrie Profile looked amazing on the PS One.
You're in luck, Legend of Mana remastered is coming soon.
Check out “The Neverhood” if you haven’t yet. One of my absolute faves.
I remember loving ‘Clayfighters 63 and a third’ on the N64 as a kid, and then reading game reviews and finding out all the critics thought it was ass.
That's why there are Critics and Players Reviews honestly, the amount times people disagree In that regard is astonishingly high
Growing up I had clay fighter 64 for the Nintendo 64.... good times.
Thanks for the nostalgia, great video.
Fun Fact: The trailer for Clayfighter Remake was done Chris O'Neill of OneyNG/Oneyplays and Zach Hadel AKA Psychicpebbles, where they out right mock Interplay in the trailer.
That's cool
I miss the ClayFighter Series so much I do anything to see It revived or at least a decent spiritual successor to It!
same my fellow intellectual but hey e3 is around the corner coming soon tho so there could be a chance to see clay fighter come back (:
Whoever came up with these clay puns deserves more praise.
It's ashame Primal Rage and Bloody Roar haven't return yet.
I wish Bloody Roar would get another entry so much 😫
@Grima the Fell Dragon LOL so we’ll never see another entry, then.
"Clay Fighter Clay Clay Fighter, come on fight them if you dare, oooh! Clay Fighter Clay Clay Fighter, hit 'em smack' em they don't care!"
I haven't played that game in forever but I still remember the catchy song!
Clayfighter on the Genesis was one of my favorite games as a child. I'll still be mid-dnd meet and a fight breaks out and be like, "The Blob versus...BAD MR FROSTY!" in the announcer voice lol
It actually blew my mind when I was an adult and found out there were more Clayfighter games, I didn't even know they existed, smh lol
I remember loving this game as a kid. Then very recently replayed this on a rom and realized how jank and borderline unplayable it actually was. I miss having much lower standards for video games. The ps2 era of video games is where I feel video games really started upping their game. So people just expected a lot more.
Had a hell of a time playing this game as a kid but it was usually just play it for 15-20 minutes and then on to the next but we always came back to it.
Really? I feel like we may have rented it once. I DEFINITELY remember the ads, though
The "I'm having trouble" robocop bit had me dying 🤣
i litteraly non ironicaly love clay fighter. played the first one so much when i was young. its so fun
Aside from a movie reference, I always thought it was labeled "63 1/3" because the backgrounds were 3D but the clay fighters were 2D sprites.
Nope, it was to parody "64" being put in most N64 games, which was the console's gimmick.
@@MarioMcFly If the game was in full 3D, it would be called 64, but it's not. That was my point. I'm aware of the gimmick.
I remember always seeing these games on the shelves in stores as a kid and not liking the art style. Me as an adult, I kind of like the goofy style it goes for. I might have to search out a copy haha. Love watching these videos! I learn quite a bit about games I've either heard of or not! Keep up the good work!
I was a loyal Clay Fighter Fanatic as a kid, only because I loved stop motion and would play through their poor games for hours just to see admire each wonderfully sculpted frame of animation. I never thought they were truly good games though. With the exception of C2: Judgement Clay. I loved the Terminator theme, and the design of the rabbit character, the new "bad dude" in town to take Frosty's place. Also this one had the best Frosty design and animations and he had a cool backwards cap. The controls were tighter and faster in this one too and I also liked the smaller character size. They should have included "claytalities" in this one, which we didn't get 'til part 3. Too little too late. It's abouit the worst one, even with all the new features. I thought the multi-colored pieces that flew from your body and bounced around were quite out of place, as were the flashes that constantly happened from punches and super moves.
I'm here to humbly request Command and Conquer 4
Second this I always forget there was a cnc4 despite finishing it's campaign
This one would be cool! In fact, why not go a bit deeper and talk about the Command and Conquer series as a whole? Would be amazing.
@@Jigahaganaga There was no C&C4. It didn't happen. You can't make me believe it.
I agree this would be a fairly interesting video
@@Jigahaganaga You're finally awake. C&C 4? A rushed Asian market port? Mobile cash grabs? You must have hit your head pretty hard. Let's play some Kane's Wraith.
To this day I'm so sad Hobocop was never playable. I still have the Nintendo Power poster showing him and his special moves.
There's a dumped build of Clayfighter Xtreme from a month ago with hobo cop playable.
Damn...
Dan Calent...
Dan Sateca...
Dan Canestall...
Homer Simpson.
Genie from Aladdin every time Robin Williams didn't voice him
Bump in the Night? Now that takes me back.
That bullshot of the libertystatue clayfighter at 11:00? THAT takes me back even more.
This series has been my favorite to watch since quarantining. Thank you for the consistent uploads! :)
Nice, Man
Thank God for RUclips. For decades I couldn't remember the name of this game or even the platforms. It was a fading, subconscious, memory and you revived it!
I was literally asking myself “what happened to Clayfighters?” yesterday
You should've asked yourself "Wha Happun" instead.
First time i have seen Dan Castellaneta mentioned without adding that he is the voice of Homer Simpsons
Nice Dusty Rhodes transition. Hard Times! Hard times, baby!!
back in my day; this was the 1st game to actually have an in game theme song.
Not my old ass screeching in joy at seeing ANYTHING related to Bump In the Night for their first time in 30 years. NOT ME AT ALL. 😭🤚🏾
Literally same. I was like whattttttt and even paused it
The marketing campaign bit actually looked pretty brilliant for this game. Clearly trying to play on people's perception of those well-known properties and piggybacking off of their success... just like the game itself. It's both meta and clever.
Also Matt your use of MvC2 music is *chef's kiss*. Love it.
Clayfighters is one most unique fighting game with it’s cartoonish art style that makes it very memorable.🧐
I own me a clayfighters tournament addition. It’s good and fun. Me and my brothers played this game a lot. Thanks for covering it
One of the funniest fighting games of all time. Love the cartoony look, and the characters were crazy. And yes, I still defend Clayfighter 63 1/3, and find it to be funny and underrated. Very, very underrated.
Ah, the 90's, a decade of exaggerated rebellion and cringeworthy games and ideas. But also gave rise to many classics...this isn't one of them. What sucks more is that this brand had the potential to make waves, but....that's not the case
One of the most bizarre and silliest fighting games of all time.
Thank you, Matt McMuscles.
Agreed
Love your work man! It’s amazing how you put out so much quality content so frequently!! Much love :)
Also! Recently Interplay released two volumes of collection's of their old games onto the "Evercade" it's a cartridge based handheld system and it even has games on it from Namco.
What Happened?: Imagi Animation Studios along with Astro Boy. I loved your series.
T-hoppy was my boy and blob was the cheapest bastard ever.
I loved Killer instinct and there was not many games that were influenced by that....that is why i got clayfighters 63/3rd
Same! I feel that game is very misunderstood, it was supposed to be silly and the gameplay was actually really descent.
Its sad what happened to Interplay. They were a great company. I would love to see a Wha Happun on the Scary Movie franchise.
If you want to have your opinion ruined about them, check out how they treated the Fallout devs/series. Interplay was really an awful company.
@@PhyreI3ird You gotta be kidding me, Man.😠😟
Wtf?
I remember seeing this game in Magazines, always looked Bizarre as hell.
Learning what happened behind it should be interesting.
Also, please do a Wha Happun on Sonic Forces.
Edit: Clay almost doesn't sound like a word now.
This one's gonna make me fucking sad, I just know it.
Aight but let me know if you do “Ouya - What Happened?”
@@giloguy101 And Matt would also explain that it was also a Kickstarter project unlike most other consoles.
Imagine a world where Interplay never made Descent into Undermountain and kept in the black. We would have been spared from Fallout: BOS.
Can we have a "Wha Happun to Tenchu"? Man I really miss that game!
@@silverreaps6803 oh I really hope so. That would be so cool
Damn, that's great idea. I really loved those games. Interesting to note that Sekiro actually (supposedly) started as a Tenchu game but they decided to make it into a new game instead.
I remember that game.
Wasn't this game suppose to have return years ago like Killer Instinct did?
Dear god, no
It was supposed to be an HD Remaster/'Ultimate Edition' iirc.
Guessing you didn't finish the video before commenting?
@@stopthisatonce you gotta be kidding me.😠😆
thanks, matt, I just got that clayfighter theme song out of my head after 25 years and now it's back
God I hope Clayfighter makes a real comeback, someday 😫🙏🏻
“Clay Fighter! Clay-Clay Fighter! You can fight them, if you dare! Smash then, squish them, they don’t care!”
Awesome work as always, Mr. McMuscles! I hope one day someone can bring this series back, it has so much potential! But I can understand it would take so much time, patience, and money for what could be such a risk... but damn it, it would be so awesome!
#ReleaseTheSculptorsCut...Again
I played the first two on SNES. The lasting impression the whole series gave me was that song at the end of this video. Can never forget that.
Only thing I know about clayfigther is that there was supposed to be a ds game and they had earthworm Jim
17:45 "I've never seen a game try to revive itself and fail so spectacularly". Well then you've never heard of SEGA!
I played the crap out of the original ClayFighter on SNES. I loved the world they created, and I still love the characters. The game itself is still fun, though admittedly, it is not balanced at all.
15:22 Nice AVGN reference.
Cool sense of humour. llike ur channel
For a suggestion, I'd love to see a "what happened" on earthbounr's poor sales in america, though I doubt it's TOO interesting a story admittedly
From my understanding, it's basically a mix of bad Marketing ("THIS GAME SUCKS".Is just...bad as a stratety) and kinda not reading the room on what people at the time were looking for in RPGs. (Chrono Trigger came out the same year, PS1 was out, and it was kind of a lull in RPGs in the West)
@@MegaKH2fan Agreed
Thank you for mentioning a bump in the night no one ever talks about it but it was my favorite show growing up
I don't think I was this early for an Wha Happun episode
Thank you for providing the track list. Flash train really brought me back.
The Ex games, Alpha 2, Tekken 2, and Rockman & Forte are some of my favorites
There's a tineline where there's a full version of the intro... I need to get to that timeline
And you can add shutting down fan projects to Interplay's wrapsheet. Someone was working onna fangame: ClayFighter Rescuplted that would run on the Unity engine that allowed for vibrant coloring and claylike texturing. But then InterPlay cunts that they are issued a C&D earlier this week.
Good thing the team is working on an independent project with their assests but it's horrible that companies like InterPlay will hoard IPs, not do shit with them and try to stop anyone else that tries to do something out of love for the franchise
Hopefully this means interplay will do something with the IP, but that's coping.
"LET'S GET READY TO CRUMBLLLLLLEEEEEE"
Oh my god hell YES I've been hoping Clay Fighter would be covered by someone who goes quite in-depth like you,Matt.
I wonder, is Jak 3 worth of a „Wha Happun“? I read that the development of the game was actually very troublesome and had a lot of problems surrounding it, which explains why gameplaywise Jak 3 is near identical to Jak 2 who actually did a 180 to Jak and Daxter.
@@MakoShiruba you might be right, but i always thought Lost Frontier and Jak X were self explainatory. Just like Crash, the game after the Trilogy would be a racing game and even thou the racing itself wasn’t great, the story was actually far better than Jak 3‘s story which was mediocre at best. And Lost Frontier was a PSP port to the PS2 and i think ND tried to see if the game could still sell because Uncharted came out 2 years prior and ND simply saw the buisness practice of a new, more profitable franchise on the next gen console snd Uncharted was a big success. So why spend people working on a series that run it‘s course?
But Jak 3 was marketed as „the grand finale to the Trilogy“ and considering the gameplay was identical to Jak 2, Kiera and Samos had bareley any importance or even lines (to the point getting Ashley at the end) and a story that felt rather rushed, it will have a lot more to talk about. So i do think Jak 3 has some more stories than Jak X or Lost Frontier. But again, you might be right after all.
One video and I'm already subscribed. I love questions like these especially surrounding games I played as a kid. I think I'll end up liking your content as much as I enjoy Mandalore Gaming!
Do X-Men: Destiny. I heard that That game has an interesting nose dive of a background story.
8:28
heyy my childhood was watching that show back in the day.
awww, thanks matt.
I was having this feeling of deja vu, as if this game was covered already.
But then I remembered it was pan pizza the one that made a video on it.
Thankyou !!! It all makes sense now ! I never could find sculptors cut back in the day :( ... and now I have an answer why!
The whole 2015 remake promise and mention being developed by "someone that doesn't exist" is very shady, or gives the impression that it's all now managed by one person.
I can only guess this was a bid to try and increase value in their company but why they can't just say "The series will not be returning in the forseeable future" Instead of a empty promise?
Because that would be less scummier.
omg I used to love watching bump in the night. so happy to see someone talk about even for a brief period as I tend to get weird looks of confusion when I mention the show to people lol.
Love the LL Cool J “Phenomenon” reference lol
i used to love playing as The Blob on my sega genesis back in the day
"Clayfighter 63 1/3rd" is an amazing title for that era. That alone justifies the entire game.
I really love Clay Fighters, I have a big underdog mentality when it comes to the games. I know the game is super clunky but it's really fun. The idea is there and I think Bad Mr Frosty, Taffy, Ickybod and Blob are cool characters. If they could give us a new game modeled after the KI reboot with the same people I think it has potentional to be a sleeper hit. I think Clayfighter 63 1/3 really improved the series added Claytalities, combos, and super moves but it fell flat because no one took it serious.
Please bring back a new Clayfighter.
Remember playing this series back in the day. Sadly as newer sequels came out they just kept on getting worse. It still has potential, but unfortunately due to certain publishers it might as well be an indie made game.
My brother and I enjoyed Clay Fighter 63 1/3 a lot back in the 90's.
We rented it from Blockbuster a couple of times but it was the normal edition, they didn't have the Sculptor's Cut.