I might be going out on a really bad limb here but The Darkstalkers characters are far more colorful then the other fighting genre characters that Capcom has, so if they aren't willing to do another Darkstalkers fighter then why not do a Darkstalkers game in another genre.. like an action game or possibly, going ever further out on that limb, an RPG.
I think there's a ton of ways these guys can tell a story, I just don't understand why Capcom is so unwilling to tap into that. #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
@BoomingEchoes: I remember thinking some time ago that Capcom should do a Devil May Cry-style game featuring Morrigan, making use of her shape-shifting powers to do some really incredible stuff.
Just like the previous Darkstalkers comic series, I will be buying every issue and every cover variation.
It wasn't enough to resurrect Darkstalkers as a video game series that time, let's hope this time lightning strikes.
Seriously, Capcom - bring Darkstalkers back. I will take back all the negative things I've said about Lost Planet, Devil May Cry 4, Dead Rising: Chop 'Till You Drop and Street Fighter IV... Well, I won't take them back, but I'll at least stop talking about them! #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
Please...one more Darkstalkers game. Just one. Street Fighter got their sequel. It took a while, but they got it. Now come on...just give the Darkstalkers ONE more game so they can at least tie up the loose ends, and then I'll be quiet. #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
So I don't get it...is Morrigan and Lillith a couple or what? Everytime I see a pic of them together they are wrapped around each other like pretzels. #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
@Zelyre: Lilith is 1/3 Morrigan's soul. She was given her own body by Jedah, who's essentially a dark messiah. As a result, Morrigan and Lilith are considered "sisters". The ending of the third Dark Stalkers game has the body Jedah gave her deteriorating, so Morrigan takes her back.
As Morrigan's a succubus, the fan following usually has two things occur as a result of this: One, Morrigan lets her journey with her own exterior body on occasion, and Two, they're usually wrapped up with each other. #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
Darkstalkers MUST have the greatest ever inverse ratio of fans to number of actual games in existence.
The Darkstalkers games came out between '95 and '99, and only had one popular console worth of home versions (though I imagine/hope people specifically bought Saturns and Dreamcasts to play this game).
The PS2 version didn't come out in North America... Capcom Fighting Jam was unpopular... that leaves... the Capcom vs. series.
Seeing as it's a 15 year old franchise that hasn't had a game in 10, there's definitely something special about it. #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
@Nawara_Ven: It's hard to place. To me it just felt like a Street Fighter game with a cooler skin on it, as opposed to a Rival Schools, or Techromancer which were really their own games. Still, I'd be lying if I said I didn't want more Darkstalkers stuff to come out.
The best version I played was back when I was a feelthy pirate - I found Vampire Chronicles: For Matching Services. If there was anything you liked about any part of the series, you could have it. :D It was limited to 5000 copies, only available through Sega Direct in Japan though, so it may have been impossible to get a legit copy... #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
@Nawara_Ven, @fuchikoma: I've always loved the characters, but I never got into the actual game... I was always an SFA2 & Xmen vs SF boy...
Though I will admit that Rival Schools got my interest for a while... though it could've used a bit of cleaning up in the combat aspects. #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
@Rachel Fogg: I'm pretty sure the picture you linked is actually Trunks cross-dressing again...
Anyway, Morrigan's breasts are a bit too big and Lilith's are obviously too small. I think they need to make a new character and apply the Goldie Locks rule... #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
@fuchikoma: I know very little about the lore surrounding Darkstalkers, but I'd assumed BB Hood was just a child from playing MvC2. Is she older than I thought and just dresses as Little Red Riding Hood? #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
I loved this series growing up. I even had a a huge crush on Felicia which now that I think about it feels a little creepy. #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
I'm gonna go play some Vampire Hunter now. Or maybe Vampire Savior. I need to brush up on my Q-Bee in case of Capcom rerelease. #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
Geez, Morrigan. Your top keeps getting smaller and smaller. I mean, is the corner attached to your nipples now? Doesn't that hurt? What if you snag the fabric on something and rip your nipple off? #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
whoever that company was, they sure made huge bank being commissioned to make the same derelict freighter that everyone seems to use. also those shelters on every planet you saw.
@ithyphallus, lazy beareaucrat: Yeah; though the freighter did look pretty good in the comic, couldn't they have come up with a design players hadn't seen a hundred times before?
Anyway, this comic entices me almost enough to pick it up. It all depends how desperate I am for Mass Effect story when it comes out.
Personal beliefs aside, Orson Scott Card is a pretty good writer, and has some excellent works under his belt. Disliking the comic simply because of the writer and their personal views seems, well...
...stupid.
But I digress, I don't read enough Orson Scott Card to know his stances and all that, so I'm just going to enjoy the comics for what they are.
...if I still had the money to buy comics. Damn this recession!
@JoeyJavs: So, do you go out of your way to not watch Mel Gibson flicks, because of his antisemitism? Do you avoid anything that may have been influenced by H.P. Lovecraft, due to the fact he was a believer in Social Darwinism? Do you avoid humming along to Kanye West songs, just because you don't approve of his extremely high opinion of himself?
You can enjoy the work of a person without sharing their beliefs. When you buy Orson Scott Card's stuff, you aren't promoting intolerance and hatred, you are promoting good science fiction.
@the7k: That being said, if the funds are used to actiely promote his propaganda. It's not about the reading, so much as lining his pockets. Another example, Axl Rose is a prick, and I will happily pirate Guns n Roses albums (as I enjoy the music) but not put a penny into his pockets. So if I want to read Orson Scott Card (and I might) I'll use the library, go to a charity shop or read it online. But he won't get a penny off me. And I'm happy not paying for Mel Gibson's (mostly crap) films by the same token. My choice as a consumer, yours as one also.
@the7k: well let me take this route then - as a GAY MAN I am not going to support someone who actively believes and promotes that I should not have the same rights as every other American citizen.
@TearsandScreams: That's a good idea. Deprive everybody who helped make those Guns n Roses albums exist because you don't like the way one of them behaves.
You do know that books, movies, music and such aren't just the work of one person, right? It's kinda a team effort.
If one of OSC's books does have a very anti-gay message, then sure - don't buy it. In that case, it is the content of the book that you are disagreeing with, not the beliefs of the author. If you are not buying it purely because you disagree with the author's beliefs, how is that any different from the people who avoid watching The Daily Show because Jon Stewart is Jewish?
All I'm saying is, even after Mel Gibson showed his true colors, Mad Max is still one of my favorite movies. There's no reason that should change just because the main actor is socially backwards - these forms of media should be enjoyed or not enjoyed without you having to know who the author is.
@the7k: Actually it's more to do with Axl's worryingly racist views and the fact I've had the misfortune of sitting through a concert they played all of about ten minutes of before storming off. So yeah they've got their cash off of me. I disagree with a lot of DLC, so I vote with my wallet, arguably denying plenty of hard working people wages. I don't buy Nestle, it's not the workers fault their company is pretty disgusting. And plenty of people here don't buy Activision games because of ONE MAN and nobody bats an eyelid.
Whilst I find any form of discrimination pretty abhorrent, somebody refusing to watch the Daily Show due to a Jewish host is not in any way offensive, freedom of choice/thought is open to all. Somebody standing in the street/writing an article telling ME to not watch it because the host is Jewish is absolutely unacceptable.
It's a difficult one, I totally see where you're coming from, and I'm just trying to imagine if it was a different topic it would matter to different people. Say if the most critically acclaimed game came out tomorrow, and the profits went towards the KKK or something. It's not always easy to separate the work from the person, certainly not for everybody.
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I think there's a ton of ways these guys can tell a story, I just don't understand why Capcom is so unwilling to tap into that. #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
11/11/09
Lo and Behold, Bayonetta. #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
11/11/09
It wasn't enough to resurrect Darkstalkers as a video game series that time, let's hope this time lightning strikes.
Seriously, Capcom - bring Darkstalkers back. I will take back all the negative things I've said about Lost Planet, Devil May Cry 4, Dead Rising: Chop 'Till You Drop and Street Fighter IV... Well, I won't take them back, but I'll at least stop talking about them! #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
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As Morrigan's a succubus, the fan following usually has two things occur as a result of this: One, Morrigan lets her journey with her own exterior body on occasion, and Two, they're usually wrapped up with each other. #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
11/11/09
1. I never read an Udon comic before, how are the stories, are they good?
2. Why do they draw girls with jaws bigger than Superman? It annoys me!! (Chun Li and Cammy on HD remix, Morrigain in this pic, etc)
3. Where is my HD Darkstalkers Capcom??
#darkstalkersthenightwarriors
11/11/09
The Darkstalkers games came out between '95 and '99, and only had one popular console worth of home versions (though I imagine/hope people specifically bought Saturns and Dreamcasts to play this game).
The PS2 version didn't come out in North America... Capcom Fighting Jam was unpopular... that leaves... the Capcom vs. series.
Seeing as it's a 15 year old franchise that hasn't had a game in 10, there's definitely something special about it. #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
11/11/09
The best version I played was back when I was a feelthy pirate - I found Vampire Chronicles: For Matching Services. If there was anything you liked about any part of the series, you could have it. :D It was limited to 5000 copies, only available through Sega Direct in Japan though, so it may have been impossible to get a legit copy... #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
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It wasn't impossible, online import shops had a handful. #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
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Though I will admit that Rival Schools got my interest for a while... though it could've used a bit of cleaning up in the combat aspects. #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
11/11/09
Capcom, we really need a new DS game!! #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
11/11/09
@cjlopez:
Your memory has failed you...Lilith anit NEVA had a full chest...it was kinda a running theme, she WANTED a bigger chest (IE more developed body).
Then again...my memory failed me too..LOL! #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
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Actually....you're kinda right...
:thundercrashes: #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
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Anyway, Morrigan's breasts are a bit too big and Lilith's are obviously too small. I think they need to make a new character and apply the Goldie Locks rule... #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
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@Senpuu: Bulletta/B.B. Hood may fill that role... or may not - it's hard to tell. #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
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If Bulletta/B.B. Hood is you version of the woman who is "just right" for you then you, sir, are a pedophile. #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
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I'm gonna go play some Vampire Hunter now. Or maybe Vampire Savior. I need to brush up on my Q-Bee in case of Capcom rerelease. #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
11/11/09
"Darkstalkers return..."
OMFG YES.
"To comics."
OMFG NO. #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
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The wonders of double sided tape and wire my friend...
Anything is possible with IMAGINATION!! :Sparkles: #darkstalkersthenightwarriors
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Shouldn't this bridge the gap for ME2 rather than remind me how far away it is.
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Anyway, this comic entices me almost enough to pick it up. It all depends how desperate I am for Mass Effect story when it comes out.
10/05/09
...stupid.
But I digress, I don't read enough Orson Scott Card to know his stances and all that, so I'm just going to enjoy the comics for what they are.
...if I still had the money to buy comics. Damn this recession!
~Otaku-Man
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You can enjoy the work of a person without sharing their beliefs. When you buy Orson Scott Card's stuff, you aren't promoting intolerance and hatred, you are promoting good science fiction.
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You do know that books, movies, music and such aren't just the work of one person, right? It's kinda a team effort.
If one of OSC's books does have a very anti-gay message, then sure - don't buy it. In that case, it is the content of the book that you are disagreeing with, not the beliefs of the author. If you are not buying it purely because you disagree with the author's beliefs, how is that any different from the people who avoid watching The Daily Show because Jon Stewart is Jewish?
All I'm saying is, even after Mel Gibson showed his true colors, Mad Max is still one of my favorite movies. There's no reason that should change just because the main actor is socially backwards - these forms of media should be enjoyed or not enjoyed without you having to know who the author is.
10/05/09
Whilst I find any form of discrimination pretty abhorrent, somebody refusing to watch the Daily Show due to a Jewish host is not in any way offensive, freedom of choice/thought is open to all. Somebody standing in the street/writing an article telling ME to not watch it because the host is Jewish is absolutely unacceptable.
It's a difficult one, I totally see where you're coming from, and I'm just trying to imagine if it was a different topic it would matter to different people. Say if the most critically acclaimed game came out tomorrow, and the profits went towards the KKK or something. It's not always easy to separate the work from the person, certainly not for everybody.
10/05/09
Expect the Dragon Age comics to be about a supernatural kid doing supernatural things in supernatural ways.
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