FUN FACT: Ivy's Summon Suffering command was at the time the notation for Namco HQ's phone number. XD

My favorite "impossible input" has to be Shang Tsung's secret fatality in MK2 - turns into Kintaro and punches opponent in half. It's a simple input... but very difficult to pull off. It's just "hold low punch *30 seconds* and then let go." Yeah there's nowhere near 30 seconds after announcer says FINISH HIM, so you have to hold it down through the entire 2nd round of the fight, which disables all Tsung's morphs and his fireball.

Hardest input? Pushing the Star button

Fun Fact: If you think Aggressors of Dark Kombat has a strange sounding, almost contrived name, it's because it does. The name was chosen because the company that developed it (and the Neo Geo hardware, as a matter of fact) was Alpha Denshi Corporation whose name was changed to ADK. So they chose that name (Aggressors of Dark Kombat) to coincide with the 3 letters of the developer name, ADK.

Kazuya: Oh man, look how hard my just frame EGF is to do. Lee: MARVELOUS!

Primal Rage inputs are more like a fever dream of a cheat code than special moves

The reason, so I've heard, for SF1's odd button recognition is that the game originally shipped with _pneumatic pressure-sensitive buttons_ - one for punch, and one for kick. Yep, the light-medium-heavy was determined by how hard you pressed the button, which naturally meant that every non-light input would essentially have to bungee-jump through the lesser levels. Thus, the onset of the signal couldn't be trusted as the final word, only the outset could. I think I heard people were injuring themselves on the pneumatic buttons, though, and so they didn't even last long.

FYI - you can perform the Bobby Dance by starting with a front grapple then hitting Jump, which will put Bobby in a back grapple (so you won't need to manually maneuver to get behind your opponent). The input for the Bobby Dance itself is ridiculously tough to pull off as it is, but at least this makes the setup a bit easier.

soul calibur 3 had some truly inane inputs. setsuka had a three-part special combo that switched sides so you had to mirror the horizontal inputs in the second step.

No mention of Arcana Hearts 3 is a SIN. Akane's Shunkoku is such a hard move that it has an achievement tied to just performing it properly.

Ivy's Command grabs in SC6 still allows for the simple input of spinning the stick... BUT... it also has a just-frame version of the moves which are done by pressing each input deliberately.

For a follow-up video, I suggest you look at Arcana Heart 3. One of the playable characters, a witch named Yoriko, has a special move that is performed as 632146 + any button. That's a super move motion, but not too crazy so far. The crazier part of the move is, during this brief stance, you can draw a triangle or pentagram. If you successfully draw a shape, your moves power up. The triangle is much easier to draw, but the power up lasts half as long. Possible Triangle shapes include 8138, 8318, 2792, or 2972. Possible Pentagram shapes include 819738, 837918, 273192, or 291372. A less extreme example from the same game is Elsa, a nun whose ultimate move is performed doing 8246 + AB, i.e., you are doing the cross.

Bryan's Taunt Jet Upper is my candidate for a 10, although it's technically 2 different inputs.

Being an avid SNK player in my teenager years I had to learn things like the pretzel motion for Geese's Raging Storm (and reverse pretzel for Lawrence), Takumas's Ryuko Rambu and Yuri's Hien Houou Kyaku (these last two only in AoF 2 & KOF's 94 and 95). There is a bunch of other complicated or tricky super moves inputs. Sick!

8:54 I'm not gonna sugarcoat it

As a young kid playing Street Fighter 2 at Pizza Hut the toughest move for me for years was on a arcade joystick attempting to pull off Zangiefs 360 slam lol

One that always stood out to me is Akira's one-frame knee in Virtua Fighter (and Dead or Alive 5). The input is K+G but you must let go of G in one frame. A decent amount of Akira's moves are pretty hard but this one in particular I could never do consistently. Some pros can land this during juggles and it leaves me awestruck.

Street Fighter 1 ignores button presses, it *only* registers button releases. (This was likely a design artifact of the two button plunger version.) I want to recall that you do not have to release the final input direction before releasing the attack button, but you have to release the attack button within a couple of frames of releasing the final direction. The other critical factor is that instead of having an interruptible walk, Ryu moves with hops that cannot be cancelled after the first couple of frames. While the special move direction inputs normally have generous timing windows, any unbuffered forward input will put you on a very short timer because of the hop that gets triggered. SF1 is also fairly forgiving of incorrect direction inputs.

When I think about impossible inputs, I instantly remember about the weird inputs in Arcana Heart.

One thing I remember reading about Heavy Chicken Wing is that move specifically doesn't have input buffer, I believe you do have to push HK and up forward on the same frame

The Ivy throws were one of the main reasons I picked her up in SC2. They're easily some of the coolest throw animations out there, I never get tired of watching them!

Tbh, I feel that Vega/Claw Meteor Combo in SFEX2 Plus, Rolling Izuna Drop, is pretty insane. Having to do that weird charging down-back and then the "L" motion with a kick, THEN you gotta line up with your opponent while airborne and AT THE END press Down + Punch to grab them. And if you whiff that last part, you just lost all your 3 bars of super

The really horrifying thing about Summon Suffering and Calamity Symphony is that they actually change the input with each entry, seemingly just to screw with you. It's always a bunch of directions seemingly at random though, so for the purposes of this video it doesn't matter.

As a Dhalsim player, I always hated that they made teleports require the "Dragon Punch" input AND multiple buttons at the same time. I picked up Dhalsim because I DIDN'T want to deal with Dragon Punch inputs, and then they added a teleport and made it use Dragon Punch input in BOTH directions, AND multiple buttons. Bullshit.

The Pentagram motion from Arcana Heart, the Toy Transformations from Samurai Shodown II (along with Haohmaru's secret super), and the multiple 360 motions of Tamaki from Aquapazza.

I got two for you. Hayates ''Raijin'' command throw in dead or alive 5. half circle forward to start the throw. right, left, up, down then hit throw button again once the command throw prompt comes again, then up right, down left, up left, down right and hit the throw button on the command prompt again. its so awkward to do. And Akiras ''Teishitsu Dantai'' where you guard, release guard in 1 frame and kick. I got used to that one in command training but in a live match, idk how people did it. And its a required move for juggling.

This was interesting i hope you find more of these. Good stuff man keep it up

You are the best content creator I’ve ever seen for me personally just because you look so fun and kind and your excitement and joy in sharing these things always makes my day steer a long day in uni so thank you❤

the kof2k2 Leona transform command is pretty hard, especially if you're weaving it into a full combo

Some of the fighters I remember giving me the most troublems besides the ones you picked out here are rather obscure. I'll pull the ones from games you've heard of, more fun for you that way. ;] 1) King's Rolling Death Cradle from Tekken 2) Akira's multi input (I forget its name, sadly) from Virtual FIghter. 3) Haoumaru's Tenhafuzensan from Samurai Showdown 4) The Up+Right / Up / Up+Left inputs from "Primal Rage(Arcade)" and "Weaponlord(SNES)" I will also mention Dead or Alive's multi throws because they actually gave me troublems back in the day. Great video! Thanks for your hard work. Cheers!

Being an old school Neo-Geo fan, some of those special moves were absolutely insane. It wasn't so much inputting them, it was REMEMBERING them. Same with King from Tekken's chain throws.

A casual question, how much time do you have between the Button presses to count as a chain?

Ivy throw command grabs are INSANE from Soul Calibur Series 😂 I was an Ivy main and I loved it

Crazy inputs are fun to learn about, definitely want to see a follow-up vid

My favorite "impossible inputs" ever are Athena's "Psycho Medley" in KoF 2002 UM and Ralph's "Bareback Galactica Phantom" also in KoF 2002 UM. They're both stupidly hard moves to both land and do in the first place, but Ralph's move is an instant, One-Hit KO from full health IF you manage to land the second input (which is frame perfect and changes timing depending on the opponent's hitbox, so good fucking luck).

Man, I still remember having no idea how Zangief's piledriver was supposed to work, even though I had the booklet for SF2 Turbo. Nostalgia aside, I'm really glad that modern games give you so much info and ways to learn about playing them.

Clark's Roaring Sphere UDM super from KoF 2k2 UM comes to mind. just a flood of inputs that need to be timed perfectly to complete it.

There's a fastest input for Criminal Symphony for Ivy in soulcalibur 2 And also a "Flaming CS" which allows you to do the command throw in sword state

The funny thing about Summon Suffering is the EXTREMELY long buffer time it gives you between inputs. I think it was to the point where you could do individual fast moves using those directions and it would still count them, as long as you ended on the final direction at the same time as A+B. So you could really mask it well if you were creative. Or just start at 3 hit 7 at some point and do a quick double qcfish motion and get it in the animation of a single A attack.

Summon Suffering is easier to remember when you notice that, after the Up Back, it's just a DP input with a Down Back afterwards.

Hayate from the Dead or Alive series (specially DOA4) has one of the craziest grab commands and I don't remember it having a buffer option either. You just had to get the timing right lol. It was pretty insane when that came out. It was in DOA5 as well, but they made it easier to do.

Bryan's Taunt Jet Upper is regarded as Tekken's toughest tech.

Is there any hard inputs in super dragon ball z for the PS2? I completely forget I have that game and I don't play it as much so I don't know many of the inputs for that game.

OMG the Ivy Soul Calibur 2 move was the exact thing I was thinking of when clicking this video haha….ugh, brings back memories of playing as Link lol

If you think these are hard, I'd suggest looking at literally all critical hearts from Arcana Heart 3. I firmly believe the inputs were added as a joke by the devs as a response to people claiming moves are too hard. For an example, here's Saki's. 2A > 2B > B > C > E > 2E > D > B > C > 8C > 2C > E Looks hard, right? How are you supposed to memorize this entire string? I'm not done. This string of moves have to be entered after the initial super which is 632146+AB. Not hard enough yet? I'm still not done. You have to enter the first string of inputs after the initial super input by TIMING THEM CORRECTLY. Yeah, that's right. Not only do you have to remember that entire string of inputs, but you have to remember when exactly in the super motion to input them. This is ONE character. Most aren't as bad as this, but I remember trying to land this in training mode for several days of attempts and couldn't even do it.

There's an even way harder if not, the hardest kof2002um move called Ryuko Ranbu: Destroy by Ryo. The input displayed seems soo simple yet is very tricky to pull off. It's also unblockable

In the ancient times (roots) of games, this command was born with Geese Howard in Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting, as well as KOF, called Double Reppuken

I remember when Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Edition was released and when I was playing original Street Fighter I couldn't perform any moves by doing correct inputs, but when I was panicking, I was able to perform them. Then after few fights, I found that tactic work, so I genuinely started rotating stick and mashing buttons like some hyperactive kid. To this day, I remember beating that game by not looking at all, just rotating stick and mashing buttons.

The hardest move to pull off in SF2 is Guile and Claw's triangle super movement.

Do you guys really think he's not going to do a part 2???????

King Piccolo's pentagram input puts fear in my eyes every time I see it

As someone who plays fighting games those Tekken inputs that seem impossible are actually the easiest ones. The scary looking ones are literally just asking you to spin the stick in a circle.

"By watching Aris" Hey alright

I remember there also being a ridiculously hard grab to pull off in DOA Dimensions with Shiden, one of the hidden characters. I forget the exact motions of it, but I remember taking one look at it and being like, “I’m never pulling this off.”

I love this series of quirky fg inputs. DO more pls

Hello :) Try Bryan's Taunt + Jet Upper combo ( TJU ) - this is really difficult :) Also, try to punish -13 move with Kazuya's Perfect EWGF - this is waaaay more difficult, then standart EWGF :) TJU example - kzfaq.infoEiMSFrNkvfk?si=IeV53ynpWUs9Dhed Perfect EWGF example - kzfaq.info6Q4pgGkNi3A?si=izDHmOu4ToYzzSKd

I came here for maou rebirth ranbu in the thumbnail and was grossly disappointed. :(

I confirm that SF1’s special moves are performed most effectively using negative edge. It might have something to do with how Japanese arcade machines for SF1 had those pressure-sensitive “piston”buttons. Anyway, the negative edge theory makes sense, considering that normal attacks actually come out when you let go of the button, and not when you press the button down.

i am 2d fighter player, but i can do egwf consitently without any issues:) i just dont get what is the big problem with this input? pretzle is much worse imho

No consistent PEWGF? Too much sugar in your diet, brother)

The Bobby Dance being the hardest move in all of fighting game history is incredibly based

Awesome pretzel pic. Great video. Street Fighter Fei Long always has difficult command I love they made input better on the Nintendo Switch Street fighter. Please do hardest combo in video games.

Man jmcroft is a pro doing moves some of these are literally hard and he brushes them off

I could never do zangefs spinning piledriver in SF2 back in the arcades , honestly didn’t think it was possible for human player to actually pullit off intentionally. It was really frustrating especially as to do it you were inputting jump before move was complete. Is it still a 360 punch input ? How are supposed to do it without jumping

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Ghostpilot here! Good catch on the Bobby Dance, I'd forgotten about that one! One that's incredibly difficult is Chinnen's level 3 super from Power Instinct Matrimelee. The motion must be executed during his stress screen, with 3 meters, and it is: b, df , uf, db, ub, f + HK during stress scream. I don't know if I've ever managed to accomplish it, because it's a tough motion that has to performed in a very brief window. Another one I'd submit is Clark's HSDM from KOF 2002 UM. I think I've managed to land it once? But yeah, that's another one that's a real doozy.

bobbys dance earned my like, congrats mate

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That Guilty Gear insta-kill is crazy, and the Bobby Dance is silly. The dude looks like Skate from Streets of Rage in fighting game form

10:35 I can absolutely say that electrics are hard for sure. That timing is something else. Especially omen god fist with heihachi and hitting a combo with it? It’s insane

Summon suffering... that's the first one that came up to my ming ! Good memories though 😁

This man right here taught me how to actually do Hazama and Izanami Astrals after almost 10 years of playing them both

hahahaha!! Loving that ivy grapple🤣🤣🤣

Would King’s chain throw from tekken count?

Kumachan has a really hard throw in Fighters Megamix. The command is really long and requires precise timing. It's called Super Washington Treaty, and if you're fast enough once the move is done it's possible to chain it into another throw. Effectively allowing you to KO the opponent from full health. If you're able to initiate the grab.

Had I known you could just spam the stick to do Summon Suffering that would've spared me so much frustration back in the early 2000s, l could only ever manage to do that and Calamity Symphony in practice mode.

While not impossible I always found the ridiculously long input strings required to perform brutalities in MK Trilogy really hard

taunt jet upper maybe too? great video :) very entertaining

I'd love to see if there is an easy to input some of the moves on hayate from DoA . Truthfully don't remember the exact input but I remember never being able to never land it as a kid and just trashing the move as usable in a match. Almost did the same for hayabusa until I figured out you could spin the stick for his falling lotus stuff

In Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown you can do fuzzy guard block/attack option select. Goh Hinogami's 46p after fuzzy guard from 5 frame disadvantage proves to be quite tricky to perform.

IIRC geese's rising storm has a lot of leeway to input it. To the point of, if you are quick enough, you can input a dash in the middle of the comand to close the distance to your opponent before releasing it. DownBack, half circle back, forward forward (dash), DownForward + punch, results in a dashing rising storm.

I'm kinda struggling with Slayer's backdash cancels in Accent Core right now, but it seems similar in concept to Fei Long's move, so not sure if it's worth showing.

Me: Calmly remembers the blisters on my thumbs from growing up playing KOF 2001 and Neogeo Battle Colleseum

We had a hard time pulling off Heiderns super in kof when he first appeared. "Goto Hell" in Kof '94.

A 'lil surprised I didn't see Sol's Accent Core Dragon install in 'ere! It combines both inputs and specific timings to use.

You definitely gotta do a sequel bruh. I need to know how to do those damn charge inputs

I LOVE ur videos man!!!

I learned the concept of input buffering due to Ivy. She has a lot of short strings that it can combo out of, but this was basically pre-internet on dreamcast, so figuring it out was something else. Lol.

11:11 watching you at this point, idk anything after this point, but do you try Bryan’s “Taunt Jet Upper” ? I’ll find out when the videos done, but if you don’t try it here, you gotta do another video doing it 😊

Surprised to see no mention of Alpha Patroklos' combos in Soul Calibur V. His most infamous bnb required four just-frame inputs, Blueboy was an actual god for pulling it off consistently at tournaments.

I see what costume you picked for Ivy there. gotta keep things advertiser friendly here :p

That thumbnail is me whenever i see a crazy input string. I try like 100 times, pulling it off accidentally once, then say f that move, look on yt just to see pros doing it like its a hadoken.

Ivy's grabs can actually be buffered from literally anywhere. You can buffer while being juggled and some more. You even can press each input 1 at a time and take mad time before the db

Does Soul Steal count in SOTN even though it's not a fighting game?

I think a part 2 is in order with 720s, the Delta Motion, that pentagram in Arcana Heart, Jax’s MK4-era chain grab…

As a tekken player for over a decade who barely ever played other fighters, seeing all those weird inputs but then you coming to the EWGF as a challenge is funny lol its hard at first but with alot of practice it gets easy

What is the “star” input?

Clark's roaring sphere in KoF 2002 UM. Now that's a doozie

Just watching this video while taking a break from tying to master the pretzel for Hazama

I do remember that before you did dizzy instant kill you would have to an special taunt that gave you access to her instant kill in gg plus r. But I could be wrong