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General: No doubt Capcom's Street Fighter 2 series was partly successful due to the great character designs... Knowing that, Capcom decided to start from scratch, and create a whole new fighting game series with some "horror" stereotypes this time around. With the help of some badass art by Capcom and a cool presentation, this series made it's debut in arcades around the world, and even spawned an anime as well as a (rare) television series.
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The gameplay of Darkstalkers is solid, and similar to that of Street Fighter Alpha, where all characters not only have special moves but also some pretty unique and entertaining super moves. Fans of Street Fighter should be able to jump right in and start fighting effectively due to the similar motions of doing special moves. The character animation is also on par with the Alpha series, and many of the 2D character sprites have even been re-used in in later games such as Marvel VS Capcom 2 (2000) and Capcom VS SNK 2 (2001).
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Manufacturer: Capcom
Platforms: Playstation,
Arcade
Release: 1994
Characters:
Demitri,
Talbain,
Victor,
Zabel,
Morrigan,
Anakaris,
Felicia,
Bishamon,
Rikou,
Sasquatch,
Pyron
Related Games:
Darkstalkers 2, Darkstalkers
3, Darkstalkers Chronicle: The
Chaos Tower
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Closing Comment: Whether it's the werewolf, swamp creature, abominable snowman, vampire, mummy, Frankenstein, or female succubus; you'll find all of them here. Capcom does horror, who would have thought... The gameplay wasn't quite as addicting as the first Street Fighter 2 or Street Fighter Alpha, but the series had some room to grow. ~F.Yagami, Webmaster of TFG
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