/vr/ - Retro Games

There's no way this guy could hurt anyone.

>>5475887
Dan is the only right answer

>>5476001
This. OP's thread can't go anywhere causehe posted the best already. There's a special joy when you beat people with him.

This guy just cracks me up.

>>5476014
BASED Sonic bringing the bants to /vr/. I haven't laughed this hard in ages. Well fucking played lad.

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>>5475887
Jokes aside Dan is actually OP.

Ebi is silly!

>>5475887
Beating people up with Dan on Street fighter alpha 3 was the best. Imagine losing against the weakest character by far

SURE YOU CAN

>>5475887
I think it's interesting that people seem to forget that when Dan debuted in Alpha 1 he was intended to be a fully serious character and only later Capcom said "fuck it, make him a joke character. I feel like it only makes him even funnier really.

>>5476338
Funnily enough Alpha 3 is so badly balanced that Dan isn't even the worst character despite being the joke character. R. Mika and Birdie are agreed to be even worse.

>>5475887

>>5476423
>Alpha 3 is so badly balanced
It's kind of understandable since it had so many characters for its time. I think most games of the time that had rosters that large were poorly balanced to some degree. Games with much smaller rosters were probably balanced much worse than Alpha 3. But make no mistake, I'm not calling it a well balanced game because it's not.

>>5476429
All three Alpha games have pretty bad balance. Honestly as memorable as Capcom's fighting games from the 90's were terribly competitively in retrospect. I guess it's mostly me thinking more along the lines of fans getting together to play when the audience was was probably kids and teens with little knowledge but still, balance was not Capcom's strong point.

>>5476071
Which of the N64 games is this?

>>5475887
How is Dan a joke character?
I've played against solid Dan players.
Dan's a fuckin' beast.

>>5477080
Was intended to be, but I agree with You that he's actually a good balanced character (in most games)

>>5477273
I kinda get the intent. But he's really just a more over the top Ken. because Ken's a cocky bastard too, isn't he?

>>5476875
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon

>>5477080
Dan is a parody of SNK's Ryo.

>>5477080
Dan is designed with less useful hitboxes and lower damage output then other characters, he is a joke character.
>>5477314
It's funny as SNK seems to love him too. In SvC Chaos he was one of the few non SFII characters to make it in and they seemed to really love animating him.

>>5476423
>when Dan debuted in Alpha 1 he was intended to be a fully serious character

Citation on that? He's clearly a joke about SNK, is a shoto with only short range attacks and wears a freaking pink gi.

>>5477314
He's a combo of Ryo and Robert.

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>>5479460
What's your point?

>>5479490
Dan's ending is a parody of the first Art of Fighting ending.

>>5479389
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2CgxgrkTW8

Unlike other games in the series Dan is presented as fully competent in Alpha 1. His attacks and damage output is on the level of other characters and his win quotes all have a serious nature to them. Originally avenging his father after Sagat murdered him was his main background, only with Alpha 2 did he become a true joke character.

Capcom seems to modify aspects of characters depending on their popularity it seems. Sakura's backstory in Alpha 2 being changed for possibly being a bit dark and Carlie/Nash coming back despite dying in the canon shows this. I feel it was a good change, if Dan stayed as he was in Alpha 1 he would've been just some shoto and a forgettable character, turning him in a complete joke has made him genuinely endearing and among the most entertaining characters in the series.

>>5476425
I think this dude is legitimately a high tier character in Matrimelee lmao

>>5479518
Felicia in Darkstalkers 1 was a cunning catwoman on her late 20's who wanted money, fame and the chance to live in peace with humans.
From Darkstalkers 3 onwards she kept getting younger and dumber with every new game.

>>5479527
Darkstalkers is another example of Capcom modifying characters as soon as they became popular. While obviously "sexy" Morrigan's sex appeal was only really played up starting with games like Vampire Savior and Marvel vs Capcom 1. When the series first debuted Japan actually saw it as even more cartoony then SF, even today Japanese fans sometimes refer to it as having a "western" style unlike other Capcom fighting games. After they realized Morrigan was sort of becoming popular with her sex appeal only then did they start to actually capitalize on it. It was also around this time that she changed from a true succubus to being explained as only needing constant excitement to live. I imagine they eventually thought the idea of a true succubus may be a bit too mature to use.

>>5479557
During Darkstalkers' developement stage, Morrigan was supposed to be the token cute character while Felicia was meant to be another generic sexy catwoman. As time passed and several character revisions piled up, the developers decided to turn Morrigan into a sexy character and felicia was changed into a "cute" one to avoid making each other redundant.
After that, Felicia was turned into an airheaded bimbo with her naivity and buttmonkey status used as a running gag. Also, during Namco X Capcom's events Felicia was fucking terrified of Morriggan and Demitri, while on the later games she's completely relaxed around them and even calls them out on their bullshit while the succubus and vampire consider her as a beloved aquitance.