(LAST UPDATE: 6/24/2009)
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Developer(s): Capcom Production Studio 5
Publisher(s): Capcom
Platform(s): PSP
Release Date(s): December 4th 2004 (
), March 24th 2005
(
), September 1st
2005 (
)
Characters:
Demitri, Talbain,
Victor,
Zabel,
Morrigan,
Anakaris,
Felicia,
Bishamon, Rikuo,
Sasquatch,
Pyron,
Donovan,
Hsien-Ko,
Phobos,
B.
B. Hood, Q-Bee,
Lilith,
Jedah
Related Games:
Darkstalkers, Darkstalkers
2, Darkstalkers 3
Review:
With Darkstalkers Chronicle, Capcom
launched it's first ever 2D fighter for Sony's Playstation Portable, which shows off what it
really can do with 2D fighting games... The widescreen nicely smoothes out
the dated sprites, makes the hand drawn backgrounds a bit more intense,
and no doubt; Darkstalkers never looked better. You can also change the
widescreen and bring the dimensions back to normal, if you so prefer.
Chronicle is actually port
of the Japan-only Dreamcast game Vampire Chronicle for Matching Service,
which is a version of Vampire Savior that allows players to choose their
fighting style from all five Darkstalkers arcade games (DarkStalkers,
Night Warriors, Vampire Savior and the Japan-only Vampire
Savior 2 and Vampire Hunter 2). It features all the characters from
prior installments of the series. Much like
in Street Fighter: The Anniversary
Collection, players choose their character, then the particular "version"
of the character from either DS1, DS2,
DS3,
or DS3(SP). Another great feature is choosing the mode in which the game
is played, which can either be Darkstalkers (Matches split into rounds),
Night Warriors (Matches split into rounds, with different gauges), or
Darkstalkers
3 (Matches split into downs). So fans of the series get to play exactly
how they want it... seeing a trend here? Thanks Capcom.
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The new "Tower"
mode lets you pick 3 characters which you can alternate between fights
to scale up the Chaos Tower (in which, you unlock some great content).
Surviving on one life bar alone, your 3 characters must climb the tower
of matches and survive tough challenges as: No punches, no kicks, no throws,
no specials... what? Yeah... It's quite a challenge since there are literally
a ton of levels. This mode also lets you build up your super meter like
crazy, which is always fun!
The
"Chronicle" Mode is your museum mode to view your unlocked content. Again,
as a long-time fan of the artwork, it sure looks pretty on the PSP... Those
of us that appreciate the eye candy might just get teary eyed.
Along with art, you'll unlock all character endings from all games, AND
all of the intros from previous games as well. How cool is that?
So PSP owners...
Let this hold you over until Street Fighter
Alpha: Max, and train your thumbs so you'll be ready for some shoryukens.
I read some crappy mainstream review of this game, that stated since the
moves were hard to consistently pull off on PSP, the game gets rated lower. 
I can understand why some people may have trouble... due to the fact that
pressing two buttons at once (for super moves) can be difficult on the
PSP, but... 
I can pull off
everything just fine. Why? Perhaps I'm just god-like. No. It's not that.
It's because most people suck at 2D fighting games. So that lowering-the-score-because-I-suck-thing
doesn't apply here at the Fighter's Generation. Just mod your D-pad if
it's giving you that much trouble.
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9 / 10 |
Closing Comment:
This portable package rekindled my love for the Darkstalkers series...
it's a beautiful game all together, and at it's debut was one of the best
handheld fighting games to date.
I also thoroughly enjoyed the Tower Mode, very innovative, and quite hard. I actually still
haven't been able to beat it. All in all, some would say this is the best
version of Darkstalkers to date... Long live Darkstalkers! ~F.Yagami,
Webmaster
of TFG
