"Akuma's Legendary Backshots" - Maximilian Dood

"Legendary Akuma Backshots" Raging Demon means something else now

“Legendary back shot with the shhhhooosshh…..shhh” gentlty strokes you as he commits Messatsu.

The Shun Goku Satsu in Street Fighter 6 looks absolutetly incredible however my favorite version of it will always be the 3rd Strike Shun Goku Satsu. The image of Akuma engulfed in flames is just so raw.

3:46 Akuma! He can really move! Akuma! He's got an aaattituuude! Akuma! He's the strongest thing aliiive! He's the strongest thing aliiieeiiive! HE'S THE STRONGEST THING ALIIIIIIIIIVE!!!!!!

Fun fact: Kara cancel is japanese slang for empty cancel, because you cancel into a move while touching air. I guess empty cancel doesn't sound cool though... The demon flip barrel roll had me laughing 😂

After all of these legacies, all the tutorials, all the playthroughs, just listening to Max talk about the games he loves, hates, or feels so-so about is incredibly entertaining. He's so genuine with his joy or displeasure, and it's always great to listen to someone talk about things they are interested in and are excited about. We just need a history of fighting games with narration and commentary by Max. He'll be the Richard Attenborough of fighting games.

I agree that Third Strike Akuma is the best mechanically, but SF4 Akuma will always hold a special place in my heart.

We kinda get a tease of the Kongou-kokuretsu-zan in Street Fighter ZERO2 in Ryu's ending - if you pay close attention, you'll see a particular frame where Gouki whacks the ground to sink his island, leaving Ryu sopping wet in the ocean all alone with the thoughts of a hidden power that Gouki mentioned.

1:39 goddamn

I really liked the Raging Sunflower design. There were limitations to how good the design was going to look in that engine, but it's the stepping stone that brought us our modern-day hermit berserker.

The Tiny Desk Akuma in the background is a nice touch.

1:39 Oh, Boy... 😅

1:40 "I play street fighter for the plot"

Its a little bit sad that Shin Akuma in 2nd impact wasn't that big of a deal because his intro from Akuma into Shin Akuma is just gorgeous

When Akuma kos the opponent with the Raging Demon, his heaven kanji glows on fire

Despite the fact I first became aware of Akuma around the MvC2 days, as a Tekken guy, the version that immediately comes to mind for me when I think about him is Tekken 7. Akuma was a top tier menace for the *entirety* of that game.

In this timeline, Akuma just Shin-Shoruken'd the Titanic before they sent that submersimble down there!

Akuma in street fighter 3… so much fun, this is the game that usually comes to mind when thinking of this character. ❤

Akuma vs Gill The debate begins

What I love about him is how each of his endings foreshadowed a new move you could use in the next game

Loving watching through this Akuma legacy. Great stuff. Keep it up!

3:12 some Earth Worm Jim crow vibes there 😂😂😂

So good! Such great stuff Max... really brings me back.

I remember when SF3 was first being advertised and they were showing off the revamped art style. It was a huge step forward, so much more detail and fluidity, animations looked amazing. As far as the 2D versions go, these might be the best.

I love how many of Akuma's endings are just him smashing random things.

This video format Is so good man, Is so fun to watch i love it

3:00 I know how that feels when I was younger, Max lol.

Funny - I always thought that Akuma's 3rd strike KKZ was a reference to Geese Howards deadly rave super from the SNK games.

It’s funny about the history of SF3 and the struggle it had to go through before it became the fun loving icon that it was always meant to be thanks in part to legendary fighting gamers like Maximilian dood and his friends from Yovideogames, Justin Wong, and gaming info from Matt McMuscles.

Man the 2nd Impact UI is just so much better looking

I didn't know who JR Rodriguez was until his FT10 against gootecks about a decade ago. Man never stopped playing 3S.

Oh sf3, what a game, the memori- 1:40 GYYYAAATT

Some artist in some weird forum will have a field day after hearing "Akuma Legendary Backshots"

Flemon in spanish is a big amount of viral mocus , so enjoy your fries with that dip

6:07 legendary

That divekick from 2nd Impact is cursed. It's a natural option select where you can also parry because of the down input. Very fair move imo.

the 2nd impact logo in the intro is sooooo crisp its beautiful

I was playing Street fighter 3 in the collection when it came out. Thought I got pretty good at it and went online with it.... I think I was consistently getting beaten in about 10 or 20 seconds. Good times! Great game.

One of Akuma's new moves in this game reminds me of Geese Howard's Raging Storm

….:why Elena losing picture got her face down, ass up like that lol

Akuma: Destroys mountain and ship Akuma now: Destroys Statue after casually DP'ing a child.

Alpha 2 Akuma is my 'go to for initial reference

Also shin Akuma theme in second impact is amazing

Is SF3 Akuma the best version of the character? Possibly. Is Killing Moon from 3rd Strike the best theme for Akuma in the franchise? Yes, absolute perfection, no notes, program it in to a brain chip so it can never leave my brain.

The KKZ is my favorite Akuma move. It's just so cool!

fleemon dip lol such a cool move but broken as hell too

I love how Akuma just gets bored and starts destroying random shit just cause

8:35 Being a 3s Gouki main , i appreciate you for giving the Demon his flowers Max

Flemon Dip Jr. cameo at 7:05

I'm just now noticing that max has Akuma's kanji behind him

SF3 2nd Impact is my favorite out of the three SF3s believe it or not. I just have more fun playing it compared to 3rd Strike. I remember having the Double Impact disc for Dreamcast and fighting the Akuma/Shin Akuma secret fight was mad hype once you got to it! Maaaan, good times.

Cap vs snk 2’s kkz is the best looking one imo. So cool!

Speaking of Raging Demons: I had this setup with it back when I played SvC on the psx where I hard knockdown my opponent and then air fireball, into a demon... fun times, doing it on the CPUs.

Yes. So powerful

The move he shows on 3rd strike ending is called "Tenshou Kaireki Jin" If not mistaken. It looks like ultra version of his Tatsumaki

Akuma's KKZ was also done for Akuma's StreetFighter V Critical Art. But the SF6 version looks so damn good.

The uppercut blocked by Urien at the 8:50 mark reminded me of a Johnny Cage nut punch

The CvSNK Shin Akuma doing the fighting pose with the red/purple flames surrounding him is the best. 👍

In the Japanese dub of SF6, the Haiku that Akuma recites while performing his raging demon even makes a reference to the time he destroyed a mountain. I believe it's the first verse of the haiku

Wait, so the tatsu spliting boat ending is foreshadowing akuma ultra 2 in sf4?

I never see anyone do that shockwave move in 3rd Strike. I always forget he can even do it.

When I think of Akuma, I think of Alpha 2 Akuma for a few reasons. First was due to this being the first "official" version of Akuma who was entirely selectable without codes or hacks or anything. Second was establishing his rivalry with Gen as masters of assassination and their fight. But third was because of Akuma's ending musical themes and HIS OWN CREDITS SCREEN ENDING. It was the ONLY time that any one character in Street Fighter history had their own credits ending; NOT EVEN RYU OR KEN HAD THAT!!!! That has to speak volumes of how important Akuma was to the Street Fighter universe in Alpha 2.

Shout outs to the "Shin Akuma"-fied version of Sean, Ura-Sean in the 4rd Strike mod.

@PIKACHUAKUMA One of the best Akuma players I've ever seen.

Oh shit! We got both 2nd Impact & 3rd Strike @ my arcade!

KKZ is one of the few ways in 3rd strike to guarantee a round win on a knockdown, since the first hit is unparryable. unless of course you're fighting another akuma, in which case he's got a teleport that's invincible on startup. he can escape aegis mixups with this teleport as well.

I feel like the KKZ lore was put in there so I wouldn't comment on it... but here we are anyway :D. Great vid!

Funny thing is... I never did that move all that much in 3S. It looks amazing, but now I see it's a great punish for a whiffed air move.

The move akuma used to break the ship in 3s ending became his ultra in sf4

You forgot to mention the invincibility frames of the kkz

just remembered akuma's misogi from svc (i think)

The KKZ in this game is my favorite non raging demon super if all time. It is so sweet, I wish it was more of a thing in 6

I too am an Akuma backshot enthusiast

Legendary backshots

id love to see a new 3RD strike like SF game but with the full SF roster that would be siiiick

i like all the weird stuff. i Hope we get the minecraft akuma skin mention as well. most people forgot there was an minecraft add-on for the world warriors. in all its blocky fun

akuma doing his geese impression with this move

when I think of akuma I definitely think of this game since this is the akuma that kicked my ass the most, I had more difficulty fighting akuma than gill

Yoo 3rd strike was my fav especially when you get the dip switches you was able to cancel everything and you were able to cancel a super art with a super art it was nuts akuma tatsu super art into air super art hadoken oh man 🔥

What about the legendary "Sheng Long" from the EGM April fools days. Had everybody trying to find him.

11:46 I'll be honest...I've never seen this Akuma KKZ Attack in 3rd Strike 😮

OFF TOPIC QUESTION FOR Y'ALL: Do you think Street Fighter X Tekken would work with the updated designs of Tekken 8 and the new graphic design of Street Fighter 6 if they were to try that cross over again today?

That "mountain" he destroys looks like Uluru lol

Hey max..... what was the purpose of Dirty Beret advert in Darkstalkers???

Nice to see that Vergil's move Hell on Earth in DMCV was actually a homage to Akuma

You could have talked more about the Akuma and Shin Akuma secret boss fight

4:45 3rd Strike

the akuma i think of when i think of akuma is cvs2 akuma/shin akuma

I have 3S akumas shury sprite as my cursor in OSRS lmao

Akuma is so sick in 3rd

MAX❗️ WHAT’S IN THE BOX⁉️

My favorite version of akuma is cyber akuma in marvel vs Capcom ,bro is BUSTED!

My favorite is Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 specially the Shin Akuma outfit

The only thing bad about Third Strike is they changed the hit sounds from this to some crap weak sound.

For me I think of Alpha 2 Akuma staring down Ryu on the cover art because, as a kid I wasn’t great at the game but I always watched my Father play the earlier games. When SFIV came out when I was 16 I spent the most time with it then went back to the earlier ones as I got better and understood the motions. Akuma always felt like the unofficial real boss. Bison or Gill may be the big bad or stock Villain but Akuma just feels like THE guy to beat 💯

@5:50 the editor was like "PAUSE".

As a tiny little baby guy, SF5 is the first Akuma (albeit the nostalgia one) that comes to mind for me. I will never forget the feeling of actually seeing what was happening in the Raging Demon for the first time.

I really wish we have a way to play 3S with more stuff from 2nd impact, stages and songs are awesome (but a different tone from 3S for sure) and the wide screen is REALLY cool. On Fightcade you have a WDS version but 2nd have better stages for that mode Imo, i always think about this when i see 2nd xD

My brain automatically goes to Alpha/Zero 2 Akuma. Most people had like 5-10 games for a console and that was one I spent countless hours playing on my Saturn.