Kotaku: Darkstalkers

The Smooth, Sexy Fan Art of Will Murai

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:30:00 EST

Brazilian artist Will Murai has worked extensively in the video games, comics and advertising industries. But that's not why we're here today. We're talking about Will because of his amazing fan art. More »

Capcom's Bringing Darkstalkers to PSN Later This Month

Evan Narcisse — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:40:00 EST

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With the resurgence of Street Fighter and the Marvel vs. Capcom series well under way, there's one franchise in Capcom's stable of fighting games that enthusiasts have been clamoring for the last few years. Ported to the PlayStation in 1996, Darkstalkers sported gorgeous 16-bit art and several innovations that won it a core of dedicated fans. Felicia and Hsien Ko showed up in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 this year but the series hasn't had a new entry in a long time. More »

Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors Coming Soon to PS3, PSP

Owen Good — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:00:00 EDT

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If you've given up waiting for Capcom to announce a new entry in the Darkstalkers series, take solace in the fact one of the originals is primed for a re-release over the PlayStation Network. More »

The Amazing Nerd Art of Andrew Jones

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:30:00 EDT

British artist Andrew "Bones" Jones is a man after my own heart. In his works paying tribute to the video games of yesteryear, you won't find much Mario or Mega Man. You'll find Wing Commander, Zombies Ate My Neighbours and old Amiga games. More »

Hello Morrigan, You're Looking Lovely Today

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:30:00 EDT

Indonesian artist Admira Wijaya pays tribute to one of the most popular ladies on the fighting game circuit, Darkstalkers' Morrigan, in this great piece of fan art. More »

What Is Japan's Fetish This Week? Catgirls

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EDT

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Damn, they're cute. Not the girl—her ears. She is a catgirl—a female with cat ears. To underscore their feline traits, some have cat teeth,and even cat eyes. In Japan, the cat ears are called "nekomimi", and they're more than a simple personification of cats. More »

The Loving Embrace of a Darkstalkers Statue

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:30:00 EDT

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Toy company SOTA will be taking quite the exclusive to the San Diego Comic-Con later this month: this statue based on fighting game series Darkstalkers, showing Morrigan and Lilith in what they call a "loose embrace". More »

The Beautiful Fighting Game Art of Stanley Lau

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:00:00 EDT

Stanley Lau has been asked by Capcom to provide the official artwork for the upcoming Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Online Edition. Being both an accomplished comic artist and a Street Fighter nerd, his work does not disappoint. More »

Booth Babe Costume Reborn as Cosplay Sexy

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 16 May 2011 04:00:00 EDT

Out of all of Capcom's fan service characters, Morrigan Aensland from Darkstalkers is one of the most fan servicey. So is this cosplay. More »

This Morrigan Painting Could Have Beaten The Nazis

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 04:40:00 EDT

Darkstalker's Morrigan goes all classic 1940's pin-up in this amazing piece by Kazeki. More »

Darkstalkers' Most Versatile Voice Now Managing Popstars In Heaven

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 03:00:00 EST

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You may not know his name, but if you like Japanese games with mechas, fighters or idols, you probably know his voice. More »

Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Adds A Chinese Vampire And A Robotic Mutant Killer

Mike Fahey — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:40:00 EST

We've got less than 20 days before the release of Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds and Capcom is still rolling out the new playable characters. Here comes the purplish pairing of Marvel's Sentinel and Darkstalkers' Hsien-Ko. More »

Darkstalkers Cosplay Has Never Been Classier

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:30:00 EST

What is this, a high fashion editorial? An ad trying to sell me an expensive bottle of cologne? Nope. It's some exquisite cosplay featuring Morrigan, star of Capcom's fighting game series Darkstalkers. More »

Is This Marvel vs. Capcom 3's Newest Challenger?

Brian Ashcraft — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:00:00 EDT

No sadly, not the monkey man. A photo from Capcom's office Halloween hijinks (above) shows Mike Haggar on a monitor. The Final Fight character looks like he's in a stage from the forthcoming Marvel vs. Capcom 3. . More »

One Mother Loving EarthBound Cosplayer

Mike Fahey — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:00:00 EDT

If you think Linda Le aka Vampy's EarthBound cosplay is adorable, wait until you get a load of her Morrigan from Darkstalkers. More »

Street Fighter IV Creator Teases Comic-Con Timed Game Reveal

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:00:00 EDT

At this weekend's EVO tournament in Las Vegas, where the world's best Tekken 6, Super Street Fighter IV and Melty Blood players battled it out, the man who made Street Fighter IV teased the unveiling of his next game. More »

This Week In Comics

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 07 May 2010 17:00:00 EDT

I don't read many Wolverine comics. My leeriness of Marvel's most famous X-Man is equal to my apprehension for video game's Tony Hawk: Great in the past, but so over-exposed that maybe there's no new greatness to come? More »

The Histories Of Fighting Games

Brian Crecente — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:30:00 EDT

Last week's unveiling of Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 came with an interesting walk-through by Capcom of their take on the history of fighting games. More »

A New Darkstalkers Would Be Street Fighter Producer's Dream Project

Brian Crecente — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:00:00 EDT

The man behind Street Fighter IV doubts that Capcom would want him to work on a Hyper Street Fighter IV after iterative Super Street Fighter IV hits stores this year. Instead Yoshinori Ono has something else in mind: Darkstalkers. More »

Darkstalkers Statue Purrs For Your $300

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:30:00 EDT

Sideshow Collectibles show no signs of easing up on their imported gaming statues, with the impending Western release of this Pop Culture Shock piece based on Darkstalker's Felicia. Obviously, your $300 isn't paying for clothing. More »

Cross Edge Crosses The Sexy Line

AJ Glasser — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:20:00 EDT

Cross Edge is the ultimate fan service game where characters from Capcom, Gust, Namco Bandai, Idea Factory and Nippon Ichi all collide in an epic turn-based role-playing game. More »

Curvy Capcom Demon Gets New Figurine

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:00:00 EST

Morrigan, the green-haired bat-winged vixen from Capcom's Darkstalkers fighting franchise, will once again be remembered in plastic. More »

UDON Wants Your Darkstalkers Fan Art

Mike Fahey — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:20:00 EST

UDON is giving Capcom's classic horror fighting franchise the royal treatment with Darkstalkers Tribute, a giant-sized art book celebrating the franchise's history, and your artwork might just make the cut! More »

Darkstalkers, Street Fighter Get Pop Culture (Sticker) Shock

Michael McWhertor — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:20:41 EDT

Sideshow Toys always brings some serious sculpts to Comic-Con, catering to fans of horror, sci-fi and, of course, video games. The Pop Culture Shock label has a few Capcom licensed products for the second half of the year and beyond, including an excellent Morrigan and Cammy, each in two styles, plus a very sweet looking Vega. More »

Morrigan Statue Does Not Beat Around The Breast

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:30:00 EDT

Wow, two Morrigan mentions in one night! Count yourselves lucky, Darkstalkers fans. Standing 16.5" tall, and going for the princely sum of $275, these statues by Pop Culture Shock will be limited to only 400 units worldwide when released in November. If you don't think you can muster the clams, click through for bigger shots that better highlight the sculptor's attention to...detail. More »

Lord Raptor's Most Embarrassing Moment

fdemarco — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST

It seems that in the world of cartoons, our favorite video game characters sink to ungodly depths. Just ask Link, Sonic, Mario, Pac-Man or any other of the myriad other characters who have turned to TV to help extend their careers. Anyone who has ever played Darkstalkers will be familiar with Lord Raptor, the Australian rock star turned zombie fighter. Watch in horror as the cartoon universe turns him into a rapping, catch phrase spouting, olde tyme bathing suit wearing idiot. "Party hardy, dudes!" Yes, he actually says that. And aren't those bikinis a little racy for a kid's show? More »

Udon To Issue Flood Of Capcom Comics In 2008

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:20:00 EST

With the original Street Fighter now twenty years long in the tooth and Capcom planning to issue Street Fighter IV and Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Udon Entertainment is capitalizing on the license in a big way in 2008. It's planning on issuing no less than three new Street Fighter comic book lines next year, including Street Fighter II Turbo, Street Fighter Legends: Chun-Li and Street Fighter III: New Generation. Details on the involved artists, plus teaser artwork shots have been added to the publisher's official blog. More »

SOTA's Street Fighter & Darkstalker Toy Line-Up

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:00:19 EDT

SOTA is the current license holder for Capcom's 2D fighters Street Fighter and Darkstalkers and at this year's Comic Con, they company is showing off its latest gaming plasticware. Three exclusives are available for purchase at the show, a pink Felicia from Darkstalkers, an Evil Ryu statue and a blue Dan Hibiki, both from Street Fighter. Loads of shots of SOTA's 2007 and 2008 releases are available in our easy to navigate gallery below. Don't miss the giant-handed E. Honda! More »

Hardcore Gaming 101 Takes On Darkstalkers

fdemarco — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:00:00 EDT

GameSetWatch points us to a terrific article over on Hardcore Gaming 101 that explores the history of Capcom's other fighting game, Darkstalkers. As they note, Darkstalkers never attained the kind of widespread attention as it's brother Street Fighter, but it still has quite a strong following nonetheless. Morrigan and Lilith alone have inspired countless cosplay costumes and fan art. I share GameSetWatch author Simon's love for the Darkstalkers series as I have been monster obsessed since practically falling out of the womb. More »

Take Home TGS Companion Girls

Michael McWhertor — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:51:31 EDT

After running out of virtually every costume color variation and suggestive pose in the Capcom character canon, the company is delving into real-life territory. The upcoming Capcom Companion Character collection commemorates the bizarro, skin flaunting get-ups from Tokyo Game Show companion girls past. The line up features Darkstalkers' Lilith and Morrigan alongside Street Fighter's Chun Li and Cammy, with Mega Man's Tron Bonne and Kobun all sporting what were previously suggestive, but now just kind of creepy, outfits worn by size 0 booth babes. Michael McWhertor More »