It's interesting how Alessi bullying characters that are weaker than him, while crumpling to those who are stronger than him directly parallels how he is in the show

Capcom was bold for the decision to give him no anti airs, to symbolize that he only attacks those below himself

I love how when a character's move description starts with "X pulls out a gun" it's either a bog standard projectile or some of the most bullshit you've ever seen with absolutely 0 in-between.

Khan becoming a cow is a thing from the manga where the anubis sword is broken and one half just sticks to a cow that goes nuts because a freaking sword blade is stuck on its ass

I love how they just gave alessi a gun. He is one hundred the type to bring a gun to shoot a child

youngseph's kid mode buttons have better frame data and hitboxes than his regular normals, this is fine

My favorite part about Alessi is how his posture changes when he turns his opponent into a kid. Cuz he isn't confident when facing against someone stronger than a child. Edit: I guess it is pretty fitting Alessi even on a metagame tier list level is great at bullying people weaker than him (low tiers) but folds spectacularly against people stronger than him. Also the reason Khan turns into a cow is that its a reference to that one cow that Anubis impaled by accident before he fell into the Nile

>Just coming out for a cupcake Holy shit lmao

I literally said "oh no" when you mentioned hitbox placement, I should have known he couldn't have proper disjoints even in this silly game

Funny to see that Happy Chaos' reticle is a JoJo reference

I'm impressed they managed to make his place in the meta match his character so perfectly.

That sub-pixel animation in his idle stance though, incredible

I'm surprised that Alessi's Stand On forward dash bug wasn't mentioned because it's a funny one and I know some people are crazy enough to utilize it in matches from time to time (at least I remember Guruslum using it back in the day). If you time an attack right at the end of the dash, Alessi's attack will either not come out at all or will recover MUCH QUICKER. Now, if you managed to time it so that the move did not come out at all and if you were to plink another normal on the next frame, Alessi would perform TWO ATTACKS AT THE SAME TIME out of his dash WITH REDUCED RECOVERY, one move's recovery cancelling out the other one, resulting in insane advantage on block, possibly leading to extended combos as well. It is frame perfect and as long as you can time another attack on the last frame of previous all of his moves will have reduced recovery. Pretty sure we dubbed it "Genei Jin Alessi" at one point. Really hard to do but very fun to look at.

8:38 at the end of the Anubis chapter the sword tries to find a new host. First taking control of a random kid (black polnareff's deaged form) and when the kid trips and drops the sword, with it somehow being thrown at a ox on a boat (khan's deaged form) somewhere which Anubis tries to control it but loses control and is send to the bottom of a river, doomed to rust for eternity.

It's really funny how they gave Alessi, of all characters, a slot. The dude is probably the least popular character in the entire run of the manga. I wonder if it was just to enable Young Joseph. The fact that he ended up being genuinely well-liked as a result is pretty great.

I love how his hitboxes are just "Who the fuck did this?? First fighting game?"

I love how Alessi is one of a handful of characters who can run, but he can only run backwards, because he's such a coward. Also Rubber Soul video when

Every weird transformation off Alessi mode is a reference in the original work. Off my head Hol Horse - The kid J-Gail tried to use to kill Polnareff Mariah - The old lady Joseph encountered while he's magnetised Robber Soul - The guise he assumed Khan - The cow Anubis stabbed while he's trying to save himself from getting thrown into the river Dio - Nukesaku, one of his henchmen Shadow Dio - Wanchan, also his henchmen, and his severed head Dark Polnareff - The kid who got the broken Anubis sword

Best way I can understand it is that alessi mode is an install for you and an uninstall for your opponent.

I love his 236 Super, while the stand is just beating the crap out of the opponent he just stands there and poses Such an expressive character

alessi walked so happy chaos can run

I didn't know that Alessi could extend his shadow by holding S, lmao.

Brother, I was listening along, going 'Alessi is so sick, maybe I should try out Heritage for the Future' and then you hit me with the hurtboxes extending before hitboxes come out. This is the exact issue that made me drop Paprika in TFH after her being my first FG main of over 500 hours played, and it wasn't even that bad for her, mostly affecting hard read moves like cart C. What a crying shame, how do you even hit a shadow 😭

One of russian online tournaments called slavic clash was won by an alessi player vs jotaro in finals. Just something funny i remember

Guilty Gear would go on to shamlessly steal half of Alessis moveset for Happy Chaos in 2021 and god bless them for doing it my boy deserved a second chance

the main big reason he was Top 2 or 3 in venture is based off a few things 1. Most chars dont have dashing crouch attacks in venture,However alessi Not only still has his dashing Crouch normals they are way more plus to the point you can do a Legal loop of 3 dash c 3 dash b>5c>236aa 2.Alessi mode lasts 8 seconds so if you can time your corner meaty you can get like 6 axes which is insane 3.Damage scaling In venture is much less harsh so the combo i mentioned in point 2 does like 65% before child mode is even accounted for (92 damage)

I kinda wonder how much the hurtbox issues are due to the devs wanting him to only be dominant in Alessi mode (and keep a weirdo side villain from beating the main cast like in vanilla).

Mad respect for dissecting this game

cant believe they put a pro smash player into this game

His hit boxes seem like they are designed for another game entirely. Like they made him last or something while they were making other games.

Your commentary is so fun to listen to no matter what game you're talking about... really good stuff man. Also apparently I liked your videos so much that KZfaq was showing me them all without being subscribed. Woops.

I love putting on your videos while working on my own fighting game. Great video, I would never have really given Alessi any thought before this.

"just coming out for a cupcake" that's fucking crazy dude no way 💀

0:34 ah hell naw 💀

Never heard of this game until today but the sprite work is quite gorgeous and I can tell there is some real depth to the mechanics.

Alessi unironically my favorite character in this game man is a massive shitpost

Alessi mains when dio hits them with the 1 frame link into 1 frame link cancel and they hit one custom combo and now dios the worst character in the game and loses 40% of his hp from 66C

"Just Coming Out For A Cupcake" LHAUDUBFHS SHUT UUUPP!! 😂😂

Also Alessi's CC is much harder than Chaka and Joseph, because Alessi is the only active stand character without strings/chain/target combo, this makes him somewhat unique because even as an active stand char, he still plays like passive stand chars on offense, while his stand is mostly used for defensive purpose. If you hate links (newer player or shitass connection), don't play Alessi! lol

I love the design of his stand. It's a unique stand that stems from his own shadow. It's creepy and cool at the same time with the sick secondary ability to gain a shadowy copy of whatever Alessi holds like his axe. That on it's own could have been a cool premise for his stand! Also his ability to turn back the clock on someones age would be a cool premise for a good aligned character. I imagine if he were a good guy he would own a beauty salon and make people literally younger! Kinda like the woman in part 4. Also I always wondered if Alessi could use his own ability on himself, if so he could live forever! Though I doubt it as Joesuke couldn't use crazy diamond on himself either. His stand is pretty darn powerful and kinda feels like he could be a main villan if he was a lot less skittish and cowardly. Eternal life, a creepy stand and presence followed by a damn powerful ability and you have the set up for a truly formidable main villain just like Dio!

Goated video for goated character. Also good explanation of the crash reset

"Wake up, Babe! New Heritage for the Future video by MrMixtape dropped!"

I'd love to see a video on the Josephs. Such fun characters (that are also bad)

I’ll never get tired of watching videos about a fighting game I love that I only play once year for about 2 hours

Always a treat to see one of your vids show up in the notifs. Really like the down-to-the-earth and straightforward nature of the videos and the general pacing of everything.

“Just coming out for a cupcake” Omfg😭

amazing video, i love seeing these analysis videos on some of the least talked about characters, everyone talks about the high or low tiers, but no one talks about the mid tiers, a video on Iggy would be really interesting.

I can actually answer why Alessi was top tier in ventures! friends with potoatoboih who did a bunch of hftf tas, and according to them its a combination of him being one of the few characters with a dashing low, which also loops into itself which gives him an infinite, and also child mode lasts twice as long in ventures.

If you’re open to suggestions I’d like to see a Devo video since he’s one of if not the first ever puppet fighter in fighting games

I was REALLY hoping you'd do an Alessi video, super glad to see it.

the guruslum shoutout at the end 🤘‼️ my glorious king 🙏🐐

my dyslexic ass readed "The Strongest Character" 💀💀💀

Even though the end result isn't very good, you gotta respect the unreal amounts of effort Capcom put in to translate this random ass one off villain from the manga into a fighting game character. I don't think there's a single person that would have cared if Alessi wasn't even on the roster, but he is and Capcom decided they were going to pull out all the stops to preserve his character as faithfully as possible.

i love alessi in this game he's so funny he's my favorite character in it

Love your videos dude, especially on more niche stuff like this! But mainly commenting because Tobacco rules and I popped off a little when I saw some of his stuff lol 14:32

I like these character analysis

yippee yippee yippee my name was said!! (became a member roughly around the time your "MORE best top tiers" vid dropped, keep making amazing content :))

The cow is a reference to when the blade broke and it flew into a cow forcing Anubis to possess the cow for a bit before polnaraff picked up the handle

Now that I think about it, Active Stand characters should've had one particular change about them: The chip damage they would've taken should've hurt the Stand Gauge. This still gives them the No Chip Damage benefit, but there would still be a cost of some kind. If I had some way to have made changes, I would've done that or made it so that your chip damage is halved, but you wouldn't be able to die to chip damage.

Tbh, Alessi being the strangest member of HftF makes sense considering he’s arguably the strangest antagonist in a part already chock full of weirdos. He’s got a really unique kit (too bad it seems to be a mixed bag) and I wonder how that sort of thing would translate to a different fighting game!

Hope you talk about the rest of the characters in this game.

Alessi turning Joseph back into his Part 2 Self made me think about what a huge missed opportunity it was in the anime.

no way they gave this guy a better gun move than hol horse

That quote is insane

queston, why are you giving me nuclear launch codes instead of just saying "quarter-circle back, half-circle forward + attack"?

I dont care for the character itself but seeing this gameplay might make me consider playing him

Thank you, after this video I thinked to learn Alessi

Satan just means adversary

15:22 Turtleyoin? LOL I wonder what Polnareff thinks of that?

You should lowkey how they turned Midler from an absolute nothing burger to an actual character

I think rubber would be an interesting character for you to talk on due to his meta evolving

When i see Alessi I keep thinking he has a mustache

Second most based too

12:27 best part

ive played this game on and off for years, and while i think about the game quite regularly - i forgot that iggy was in it until a single clip in this video 😅

the cow is a reference to the blade he's holding being defeated by hitting a cow and falling into a river

VAMOOOOOSSSSS VIDEOOOOO NOVOOOOOOOOO

Still don’t know why he was added

8:35 in the anime khans sword killed a cow before it possessed him. I think the thought process is that the sword possesses whoever wields it and the cow sort of wielded it here.

The cow is a reference to the cow that Anubis (the spirit inhabiting the blade) gets stuck to near the the end of the arc, after his defeat but before it falls into the river for the rest of time (you can see the blade stuck to the cow's butt). Either that, or it references the cow that Chaka phases through with the blade near the beginning of the arc, but I think that's less likely since the cow is panicking.

Next do DIO for hftf

Some of his animations look similar to happy chaos 😮

19:01 "Being a big ass *cow* makes it easy to *farm* damage in Alessi mode." I see what you did there

2:10 cause them to play their death scream?! bro that is creepy af

I think a herirage for the future remaster would be amazing. I have more fun with it than All Star Battle in a browser emulator, the game would be amazing revamped.

Great video!!

Irrai, irrai!!

tbh i first read the title as "strongest" and i was utterly confused

Mfs at Capcom made his gameplay lore accurate lmao.

"yeah i main the diddler, what of it." statements dreamed up by the completely derranged

15:40 can't believe I've never heard anyone say "play the game instead of playing the lame" before... wow

We need a video on Ice if there is none

Alessi is definitely the weirdest character in this roster. But a close second for me would be young Joseph. I mean. He is not even in part 3. And he also doesn't have a stand at all. And i find how they nanaged to make him fit into the game really interesting. and i also think his voice actor in this game is goated

APHEX TWIN MENTIONED!!!!!

Can we get Young Joseph next?

Alessi's not like us

8:29 and Midler turns into a lawsuit!

I would love to see you cover gran lue fantasy versus:rising in some way

This game’s community should just take up the mantle of patching it themselves. Imagine heritage but more people are viable

Alessi is a short man. And his special power is to make others smaller than him, lol. Villain advice: Become great by diminishing others, lol, very hilarious.