“ Too good for your friends but not good enough to make it out of pools in a tournament” when he said this I audibly shouted “ fucking mood”

People talk about Todd Howard and Skyrim but can we take a second to talk about how many ports and rereleases, special editions and remasters of Street Fighter 2 there are?

Consider me subscribed for the “7 characters and a homeless man” joke. That was perfectly timed. LOL

As someone who's been playing fighting games for over a decade now, no amount of single player will prepare you for the most heart-crushing bosses of online mode. Ragequit Randy, No-Rematch Norman, and Laggy Lucy

Balrog's boxing is also a reflection of the man he's s based on. Mike Tyson wasn't known to be a defensive fighter. He was a heavy hitting inside boxer. Attack WAS defense for him.

You make fighting games sound like puzzles that need to be solved in a specific way. It's pretty amazing how you do that

I love when Vega hops on the gate. Cause that I means I can time a well placed DP and crunch his shit.

interesting how the four kings' main strength is their neutral, but in different ways Balrog is defensive, Vega is pure Footsies, Sagat is Zoning and Mike Bison is Pressure

20:32 "You come here prepared to fight a madman, and instead you found a god?!"

I remember being able to semi-consistently beat Street Fighter II on highest difficulty in middle school. I have no idea how much practice I put into that game to be able to pull that off. Nowadays I'm challenged at the average difficulty levels.

22:29 Here the CPU actually has some interesting info on it. The scissor kick here that Dictator is using is not actually the input version. He's just pressing HK because St.HK is his scissor kick and it is possible to keep them in blockstun just by pressing this button however it will not chip damage since it is a normal :)

M. Bison is terrifying because he always seems to have an overpowered counter option even for your counters of his already overpowered moves

"Terrence Booger" absolutely made my day

It’s funny that their sprites on average are way taller than everyone in the game

The "Four Heavenly Kings" title makes them sound like gods.

Bison needs to be in the next MVC so I can have him, Sigma, and Wesker on the same team for the ultimate Smug-Asshole Villain trifecta. And it also needs to be good. Solid video, love the use of the blueprint from the Punch-Out! videos. If there is a boss gauntlet of any kind, I want YOU to tell me about it. Well done!

Mr. Designing For strikes again! Excellent writing, exquisite presentation, perfect references in every single section and incredible execution! Kudos to everyone that work on these underrated masterpieces of the Internet!

Just love the fact this was a Zangief main

I'm glade that Capcom had explained that Vega went to Japanese to learn Ninjitsu witch make sense if you think about it.

I remember being really young and watching older kids in the arcade play this game. And then at one point, someone finally got to the final four. I had no idea that they were even in the game. I was mesmerized. But alas, he was unable to beat M. Bison. I've always loved fighting games despite middling skill and the seed was definitely planted with the arcade version of this game.

Now you gotta make Super Street Fighter 2 Turbos Akuma: Designing for Perfection

You put as much passion into this video as much as we fight to learn and become stronger. One of the best parts about the journey of playing fighters is looking back. Things that seemed impossible before are second nature now. It's really fulfilling.

Don’t feel bad. I’m pretty bad at fighting games as well. And yet, I still enjoy playing them.

This is a great video, love going in depth on these guys. It only solidifies that Vega is my favorite street fighter character.

Man maybe it's just me but i always completely blew though these guys, even as a kid, lol. I never had any trouble at all with the 4 heavenly kings. I had WAY more trouble with Geese, Rugal, Akuma, Shao Khan, etc. This was a great video non the less, this made me subscribe, excellent job.

"Diplomatic immunity!" "Has just been revoked!"-Sgt. Murtaugh 💪🏻👊🏻😎

"seven unique chars and a homeless man" me: Laughing to death

2:03 Is that... Joy Mech Fight ;)

so what this game does well is that the bosses were originally designed as singleplayer only content that enforced the learning of fundamentals, so that its singleplayer isnt just a spam of versus matches against the whole cast?

bison's head press is one of the coolest move in fighting games

7:45-8:16 This part sounds incredibly unfair and alien until you realize he’s literally just describing May

I'm glad you added definitions because while I like fighting games since my youth, I never got really good at them due to not knowing what to do and having access to games to practice. The only fighting game I've ever really practiced with was Soul Calibur 2 with Voldo. I was able to hold my own to at least some of the known better players around my block.

This is amazing. I had a very similar idea, just a few days ago, that I wanted to get into fighting games by going back to where it all started, Street Fighter 2: World Warrior, and everything you said in this video, while not conceptualized in exactly the same way, was going through my head while I was going through the game as Chun Li. And after 88 battles, I did finally defeat M. Bison, and after that, I understood the appeal, because there were very few feelings I ever had playing a video game that came close to the catharsis I felt when seeing that end screen.

Red Hearth also has a similar arcade mode philosophy, especialy since it consists not of characters, but all bosses

Fantastic video... You explained the Final Four and their strengths and weaknesses... I remembered learning them myself... That feeling of being undefeated, 12-0 is unmatched in the galaxy...

"And a homeless one" cmon dont do ryu like that 😂😂

Always loved street fighter II, glad to see this!

19:37 Throws in Sf2 were actually really fucked. no wiff animation, no noticeable startup. no way to tech out. that shit made people fist irl the same way brazilians fist fought the moment one of the them chose Omega Rugal

YES! Another Street Fighter video!

Was just going back to your videos the whole day yesterday, perfect.

Damn this video felt so good to watch... It's unbelievable how sometimes people that don't play that many fighting games can still give such great insight into them.

Man, I’ve recently been grinding SF2 on the SNES Mini. When I tell you this video is the EXACT experience you feel climbing the mountain that is arcade mode. It grew my my love for street fighter and overall fighting games as a whole. Awesome video essay man. Take this sub homie 👍🏼

Bravissimo! Excellent coverage of the 4 Kings! Though you say your not considered competitive, you clearly see HOW to fight them and know their weaknesses! Mad respect my Street Fighter Brother! Mad Gear Respect!

Designing a game that teaches you how to become a master through iterations of play with four final bosses each their own individual test of your skills is really fun to learn about, and is totally not something I had the vocabulary for when 9 yr old me was trying to blitz through Arcade Mode on every difficulty on the SNES in 1992/93. Thank you for this thoughtful breakdown of the process of beating Street Fighter 2 Arcade mode, and for explaining to me exactly what was happening as I was learning to win this mode. The effort definitely put me in the the best among friends category, and was a solid foundation for playing fighters in the future.

The content you put out alone, makes you deserve at LEAST 100k subs

Loved the analysis of these four iconic boss characters. Consider yourself subbed, sir. That said, fighting M. Bison at the arcades on the original Street Fighter II was an exercise in frustration for my younger kid self until I figured out his patterns and learned that a simple vertical jump and spamming unpredictable kicks could defeat him as he came in from an aerial or he simply walked into your kick. Just have to watch out for the timing of his psycho crusher.

Good job bringing the frame data to back up your statements! I appreciate research!

Over 30 more minutes of solid content! Thank you!

Pressing 'Start' to use a continue fills you with determination.

This video is perfect. The original SFII is the origin of FGs and a lot can be learned playing it. Two years ago, I decided to relearn to play FGs and decided that the best way was to learn SFII. Not the original, the Super Turbo version. It made me a better Marvel and even a better GG player. Awesome video!

Great video. Gave me back my PTSD from my childhood trying to beat these guys. I tended to struggle mostly against Sagat.

This Is a wayback machine for me. I beated Bison when i was 6, the sense of accomplishment of several hundreds of tries culminated with my first ever accomplishment in a videogame. My first, videogame. Magnificent video that unlocks great memories, thank you

Sagat's Tiger Uppercut, at least in the SNES version, also had an additional flaw. If it hits you, you take a lot of damage, but if you hit him, he will be the one taking a lot of damage.

A detail on M. Bison left unsaid is in regards on the fact the game itself goes on harder mode if you win 1 round. His jump stop becomes so high you cannot see him and can only wait for whenever is he coming back. And he comes so vertically most players don't have any way to counter it and can just stand blocking

As someone who got into Fighting games from SF2 around the time MvC3 came out... I can say it's an indispensable experience to play it if you enjoy fighting games.

Fuck yea fighting games my obssesion lets go

your bit on Vega was amazing btw lol

I always thought Bison originally was just a really powerful Vega, in the World Warrior he basically just is, he has a weird insane flashing tap that hurts and constantly uses that cursed psycho crusher that hits 6 times (or more)

I’m surprised you didn’t talk about more with TAP. Final TAP is the strongest single hitting move in Street Fighter II

Badass thumbnail of the four heavenly kings ! 👍

I love how people still reference Ivan Ooze. I remember when someone made a video just about him...

Too good for your friends, but not good enough to escape pools in tournaments. Wow that sums up exactly how I feel!!!😆👍👍👍

Ah yes, my favorite martial art, “Mooee Thai”

You’re so good, man. Keep up the brilliant work!

Ive watched a couple of your videos and I some reason was under the impression that youve only been on YT for a little while due to your subscriber number, but turns out you e been on here for years! Your stuff is really well done and engaging, you are undersubbed sir. Good job!

SDo what I learned here is the 4 Shadaloo members are a game mechanics and fundamentals tutorials. I've never seen it that way and now being mentionned and explored on, yeah I see it

Disagree about Balrog not dictating the pace due to no projectile. I remember how aggressive this boss fight was at the arcades. Sometimes the cpu was so relentless with his dashing straight that often you couldn't do anything but block till he chip damaged you to death. Would normally have to rely on cheap trip tactics to beat.

I love you included Ivan ooze as final boss

20:43 When i play missing link, i actually find testament way harder than justice

This is my first new channel subscription of the year. I've watched a few of your videos today. Great job.

quality content right here. subbed.

Bison crushes you with Ultra Psycho Crusher yesterday. But for him, it was tuesday.

Bison in Alpha 3 taught me to not do random moves, because an opening means you're screwed. Also Ryu in Sagat's story. You're gonna find out the difference between spamming an zoning by the time you get to him.

Narrate was 10/10 !

I completely agree. These four do teach you about the mechanics of fighting games and how to strategize for each encounter. However, it also taught me that humans can't replicate all of the cheap mechanics the cpu gets away with.

After watching this video for like the 6th time I finally decided to give this challenge a try, E. Honda and Chun-li gave me trouble up to the heavenly kings but nothing too bad, just a couple of lost matches, but when I got to balrog, wow it was easy just block and punish with a low kick, then Vega showed up I was terrified at first but yeah it was all about patience I did lose 1 round but won the game, Sagat was kinda difficult and I definitely lost a few rounds but I was over thinking it, it really was as easy as jumping over his TIGER! And then hitting him. Now Bison was definitely the hardest and what was worse is that I kept winning the first round but then he would wreck my health bar but my hurricane kick pulled through eventually, when I was in high school the only way I could beat this game was using Bison himself so I was super excited to finally beat this game with Ryu. This video was extremely well done great job D4.

Why do I feel this is Ryu narrating his experience in fighting?

Aw man, I was literally just going through your punch out vids again

It’s funny because fatal fury 2 pulls the exact same thing with the final 4 boss characters

M.Bison=Dictator Balrog=Boxer Vega=Matador Sagat=Guardian? Because you have to go through Sagat before going up against Bison and Sagat means ''Intercept/Block''

"Wait, Sagat was the ORIGINAL FINAL BOSS from the first Street Fighter?" On that day I found this out, Sagat got like a hundred times more cool.

Tiger uppercut is toooooo cool. Sagat

Late to the party here, but great video and editing man

CHEESING THE AI BOSSES: Balrog: He will jump when you throw out low kicks. Hit him out of the air when he does. Eventually, he will get dizzy. Combo his ass to death in the corner. Vega: Pummel him with forward jumping attacks timed to hit him out of the air when he's on his way down. Once you're on top of him, combo his ass to death. Sagat: He is programmed to Tiger Uppercut when you jump near him. Jump backwards until you're in the corner and he will chase you and desperately Tiger Uppercut. If you're on the ground and he's coming down, you will hit for 25% damage. Watch his fireballs and attack either when he throws a low one or you've baited him into whiffing a Tiger Uppercut. M. Bison: He likes to go for his Head Stomp. Anti-air that. The good news is that NONE of his moves, not even the Psycho Crusher, do chip damage. The bad news is that his throw does a lot of damage. Counter attack him a lot and when he poses for a Psycho Crusher, hit him with a fireball if you have one.

Really cool move to let Terry be in Smash but not a single KOF is on the system

This was awesome dude. Great job!

And later when the bosses became playable good Vega and Sagat players were scary as all heck

Epic video ever made

This is an awesome and informative video!! I've always wondered the logic of Balrog and Vega as Heavenly Kings and you explained it awesomely thank you very much! Do you have a vid on the Mortal Kombat series, by any chance?

FOR I BEHELD SATAN, AS HE FELL FROM HEAVEN, *LIKE LIGHTNING!*

M bison wrecked my shit as a kid when I was shit at fighting games. A ran through the first 3 heavenly just to get stomped by him for hours till one lucky win.

Do a follow-up video on the New Challengers: Cammy, Dee Jay, Fei-Long and T. Hawk (and Akuma, I guess...)

This was a very well made video the way your convey your information and use voice clips for the characters winning and losing is great i was not actually interested and only watched this by chance as a sf fan but the composition of the video is very grabbing

I really liked how you analyzed the bosses in their gameplay. You should do it with other characters.

Awesome video, man.

Thank you man. I needed a video from you.

Even with all that great explanation, I still pretty bad at fighting games to beat those four XD Great vídeo!

I can't stand it that the Fighting Game Community refers to M. Bison as "Dictator". He's not a dictator in anything but the live-action movie and the two versions of the game based on the movie. Everywhere else, he doesn't rule a country. He runs a crime syndicate. Illegal weapons, drugs, brainwashing and assassination. He's a crime boss, not a dictator.

After sagat bust your ass and he laughs at you always made it personal for me

Awesome video!!!