Darkstalkers

align=center colspan=2|Darkstalkers
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a href="/encyclopedia/Video-game-developer" title="Video game developer">Developer: Capcom
a href="/encyclopedia/Video-game-publisher" title="Video game publisher">Publisher: Capcom
elease date: 1994
a href="/encyclopedia/Computer-and-video-game-genres" title="Computer and video game genres">Genre: Fighting
ame modes: Up to 2 players simultaneously
abinet: Standard
ontrols: Joystick (8-way);
6 buttons
lign="center" colspan=2|Monitor
rientation: Horizontal
ype: Raster, standard resolution
bgcolor=#99B1FF
Darkstalkers (Japanese: ヴァンパイア, Vampire) is a fighting game series created by Capcom, where various mythical and fantastic monsters (as well as from horror fiction) fight each other.

Development

Darkstalkers was the first Capcom fighting game made exclusively for the CPS-2, as opposed to a port such as Super Street Fighter II. It was the largest leap of gameplay and graphic innovation that Capcom ever made in fighting games since Street Fighter II, and remains so to this day. It featured very fluid animation, hyper-exotic normal and special moves, a variety of dashes, ex-moves, and more. It never became as popular in the US as it did in Japan, however.

Games

  • Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors / Vampire: The Night Warriors
  • Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge / Vampire Hunter: Darkstalkers' Revenge
  • Vampire Hunter 2 (Japan only)
  • Darkstalkers 3: Jedah's Damnation / Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire
  • Vampire Savior 2 (Japan only)
  • Vampire Chronicles for Matching Service (Japan only)

TV series

There is a 4 episode limited anime series of Darkstalkers, including most of the characters of the series. Viz Communications publishes the anime in North America. There was also a American Darkstalkers animated series. It spanned a season of 13 episodes in 1995, and featured an additional character, a young teenage wizard named Harry Grimoire who followed Felicia. It was not a well received cartoon, especially by fans of the game. It is also considered by many as the worst of the three American Capcom cartoons.

Characters with appearances in other series

Note: Several characters from Darkstalkers appear in the Pocket Fighter game, in superdeformed versions. Many are seen in cameo appearances, while others are playable characters.

Other characters

See also

 

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