ok but to be totally fair the "it was just tuesday" line from street fighter is a COLD line i love it

Even when Matt is making a tier list video, he just can't seem to get away from "I have seen the amateur and it is YOU!" 😅

I'm noticing a suspicious lack of Blazblue: Alter Memory on the tier list

Thank God you did terrible in that report card in 1997.

One thing about Tekken Bloodline that i do adore, is that it gave Paul a lot of respect, which kind of blew my mind considering how much of a goofy character he's become.

Street Fighter 2 Victory is still my favorite Fughting Game anime series. Not huge completion, but despite its big changes from Street Fighter lore, it made me love Street Fighter even more. I watched it, the Alpha movie, and the Street Fighter 2 movie all in the same time, and discovered Third Strike for the first time. Fun fact for the SF2 movie, I think Bryan Cranston played Fei Long in that dub

Street Fighter, Darkstalkers... even Power Stone had animes. But not Rival Schools, though. The game's intro is all anime style, but that's just it. Even the "secret" endings received the anime style treatment.

If only Legend of Chun Li kept some of the cast.... We could nickname it Street Fighter: Annihilation

Obari Cinematic Universe should be top tier all the time.

Street Fighter: The animated Movie had no right being as good as it ended up being. Brilliantly choreographed fight scenes and cheesy storyline intertwined to make it the definitive fighting game anime. Surprised it came under God Tier with it being the finest movie on the list

SF V is underrated that Guile bar fight with Ken and Ryu was 🔥

Fun fact: Fei Long was voiced by Bryan Cranston in the street fighter animated movie.

I would have liked an adaptation of Killer Instinct. I feel it's a fighting game series that could be fan to adapt to another medium. I could see it as the plot device of all the characters going through an Ultratech tower and the fighting happening organically as a sort of weapon test exercise. Even the marketing could play on showing assets for the movie like it were Ultratech showcasing their products to a buyer.

I love the fact there’s enough of these to fill up a tier list .

Missing the Variable Geo and Psychic Force OAVs.

I am just glad you love the Fatal Fury trilogy so much. I feel too many haven't seen it and know how great they are, especially the motion picture, with that great ending theme.

"It's Cheesy, it's Schlocky" IT'S DEAD OR ALIVE, the one with the BOOBIES!!

I LOVED the latest live action Mortal Kombat movie. It came out during the pandemic and it's what made me subscribe to HBO Max because I had been wanting a new MK movie for years. Going back and rewatching, it definitely doesn't have that magic it had when I first viewed it, but it came out during the perfect time and was still a super fun movie.

This is by far the best tier list video I've ever seen

Thw darkstalkers animated series needs to be godlike bad, its so funny, it has dumn recurring jokes like "attractive fishman" victor has a butler and THE harnold appears to threaten lord raptor. The animations errors are so frequent too, the animators put Felicia's tail inside her ass like 3 times for no reason

You missed one rather obscure part of Samurai Shodown animation, the Nakoruru OAV. It was pretty weird as kind of a post-game story with Nakoruru having PTSD, and it was never even finished. Obviously the Street Fighter and Fatal Fury animated movies reign supreme and the rest basically don't even matter. Not a whole lot of quality in this genre.

Love seeing you doing a tier list of this. Thanks Matt!

Sweet Sunday list. Love these man!

OOOh a very fresh Matt-video!

53:47 I really appreciate the fact that you’ve used Jin’s Theme Remix from Street Fighter X Tekken, despite that game’s problems I think it has one of my favorite video game soundtracks ever.

I will die on the hill that "MK: Annihilation" is not as bad as everyone seems to think it is. It took some liberties (Shao/Raiden/Shinnok family + hamster balls)....but it stuck as close to MK3's story as they could, which was a terrible story to begin with, and added as many MK3 things as they could shove in (animalities, Sheeva/cyber ninjas, etc.) I've rewatched it more times than MK original since I find it to be extremely cheesy "turn off your brain" fun. MK took itself quite seriously so the change to Annihilation is stark, but if you look at differently, it's almost as funny as the SF2 American cartoon series. Seriously, Sonya/Mileena have a mud wrestling match for no reason other than fan service (weren't they just in the desert?)...only for Sonya to shower/change into the exact same outfit in the very next scene. And Raiden went to talk to the Elder Gods and they wouldn't help (of course) but they did give him a haircut for free, that's hilarious. Also...no one ever mentions it but it did the MK 2011 reboot game ending (Elder Gods finally step in because Shao broke the rules) WAY before Ed Boon thought of it. I'm 100% not saying it's a "good movie" by any stretch....but I find it way more watchable than a few things above it. My bottom tier adaptation is "SF Legend of Chun Li", no idea what they were going for with that one and it's not even fun to watch if you take out the SF references. Take out the MK references and Annihilation is prime MST3K material when it comes to silly action movies.

There are so many of those that I have not seen or haven't knew they existed. I agree with most of this tier list though. I like to see you do a tier list of non-fighting game film and TV adaptations of video games.

MK Legacy... Matt Mullins was so good as Johnny Cage. I was sad he got replaced in season 2, and didn't bring him back for the upcoming MK2 film

I always enjoyed the first MK flim (special place in my heart), followed by SF 2, MK (2021), MK Legends: Scorpion, Battle of the Relams, Snowblind, Tekken Bloodlines, SF IV & Super SF IV OVA, SF assassin fist, Fatal Fury motion picture, Blazblue, MK Legacy and KOF Destiny. I also agree with your list Matt some of them are very impressive.

Have a big soft spot for the Alpha movie, it has a bunch of flaws, but the style is so great, it has the DBZ Broly and Saint Seiya director, which has a very unique feel to his works.

I'm GRATEFUL you bought up SF V!! I haven't seen the whole series in years but it use to near impossible to finding back when DVDs were a thing. I'm going to watch the whole series right now!

Surprised you didn't review the sfv live action short. Had the same team that worked on SF legends & assassin's fist

Man, you clipped that bit in the Fatal Fury movie where the guy gets the bullet in the forehead. That part traumatized me as a kid back in the 90s!

When I was four years old, Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins was the hypest video ever. It's cool 3D animation just like Beast Wars! It's like a movie of your cool snes game! All the stars are here! Obviously it's just as awesome when I go back and check it out for nostalgia now, definitely, for sure.

We're missing Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer, an OVA adaptation of one of SNK's lesser known fighters and animated by Masami Ohbari.

I remember the MK webshow pre-Lui Kang stuff was solid and there were retcons from that point forward; the Scorpion Subzero backstory is one of the best live action adaption of them yet.

Good choice to do tier list

I always thought DoA movie was pretty good. I mean hot chicks, tongue in cheek, good action and Eric Roberts - everything I want

nice was wondering where you were gonna put assassin's fist, caught it randomly somewhere and was super surprised

Street Fighter II the Animated Movie is the greatest video game movie of all time 👊🏾

Favorite topic EVER!.................. But I wish Bloody Roar had an anime or cartoon

Chun Li vs Vega is the best fight scene in any film, ever. TSF2V the series was wonderful. The original Mortal Kombat film is the soundtrack to my life!

No Psychic Force OVAs ??

Great video idea

Holy cow, I own the Fatal Fury blu-rays and I never even thought to check if they had a commentary, let alone guess that Matt McMuscles was on it. I'll definitely have to check that out when I have the time.

At around 12:20 in is the best stage music in any street fighter game!

The first Fatal Fury OVA gave us Bye Bye My Love, one of the greatest insert songs in a fighting game anime, ever.

So much 90's nostalgia.👍🏾

These tier lists are perfect for dish washing. Thank you so much Mr. Skeleton Man

I haven’t watched the list yet, but the Street Fighter II movie was so amazing to me. I haven’t watched it in years but I used to love it so much.

I always believed that the animators may have thought that Andy and terry looked too much alike?

I literally cosplayed as Terry bogard a couple days ago at a convention, so I love your thumbnail. Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture was one of my first exposures to anime and how I discovered my love of fighting games. I think this list is VERY accurate, except I think the KOF Destiny should be moved up at least one click, as I will never see it again, but it did not burn my mouth like its Garbage neighbors.

Absolutely adore seeing these lists from ya Matt, to hell with how greasy it is! Potential list topic ideas for you -Capcom Beat-Em-Ups -Every Silent Hill game (Ya did RE, why not give the OTHER huge name in survival horror some love?) -Mega Man games. All of them. There's a LOT. I'm a Mega Man guy, you're a Mega Man guy, c'moooooon Matt give us starving Mega Man fans some content in celebration of the Exoprimal and Street Fighter 6 Mega Man content -Mortal Kombat Karacters (LOVE seeing peoples takes on these guys, and you already did the Tekken roster, LET'S DO MK BABYYYYY!) -Soul Calibur Roster (The OTHER fighting game I obsess over, which I'd love to see get a list)

I remember liking some parts of the street fighter v series. Mostly some of the later fights (vega/ken, chun/guile). It had its moments.

I was hoping to see memories of stray wolves there since Matt is a big Fatal Fury fan, but at the same time i dont know if that even can be considerate a short film😅

One obscure "fighting game" (i say that in air quotes because it has really odd mechanics) that really should be adapted into an anime is Evil Zone.

Let’s also not forget Johnny Cage’s recycled backward-walk cycle they reused like a dozen times in the boat fight in the MK Journey Begins .

tbh I totally forgot Akuma was even in the Alpha movie I'd also put it at the tier you did just bc I like all the new characters they made for it

Always wondered how that Kitana - Liu Kang fight ended. It just cuts. I'd think they're being made to fight to the death like everyone else on that island.

39:26 Did Hasbro copyright some Gi Joe cartoon footage? Or did someone forget to put the Street Fighter movie clip here?

My child brain had mandela effect'ed the hotel fight in the SF movie with the one in the Tekken movie, and when I rewatched SF as an adult I was so confused why Stabbing Westward didn't play during Chun Li's big fight. Like, to the point of disappointment. It wasn't until a few years ago that I remembered the Tekken movie existed and finally laid that ghost in my head to rest.

Hey, Matt McMuscles. You should definitely rank all of the Sonic the Hedgehog games, movies, and TV shows (and a anime, because Sonic X). Would you mind doing that, pretty please?

I'm still waiting for my Mortal kombat the Movie the game.

Fighting Game Adaptations these Days are always going to mostly have a lot of Misses, But for me personally, my few Favorites will always be a few of the MK Adaptations like the 1st Live Action and Scorpions Revenge, also the SF2 and Alpha Generations Animes, All the Fatal Fury Animes like the 2 OVAs and the Motion Picture I like them Equally, even the 2 Tekken Animes are still worth Watching as well.

Very good list

Hidden gems in those episodes? Guile versus Young Ryu

I have a personal fondness for Street Fighter II V. I used it buy the VHS tapes for it (eventually buying the DVDs) with my allowance from Suncoast back in the day. Also…..no Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer?! 😂

here's a thought how about Ranking all of the Akuma themes from each game

there was a Nakoruru "OVA" from like, 2000s? idk, its was a weird moe nakoruru arc...

16:19 I bought the Street Fighter cartoon, I'm watching through it again, and it's definitely in that "so bad it's good territory." People look like they should (though finding the errors is really fun) and I actually like the voice acting. The Ocean Group (the same who did Mega Man and the first Dragon Ball Z) didn't do a bad job. The first Piccolo does Blanka for corn sake, I love it! I remember liking when they did the Final Fight crossover when I saw it on TV, so I'm looking forward to seeing if there are truly good bits in it.

Loved me some early fatal fury anime’s. Some very quotable lines in em…. Remember, fighting only leaves you with emptiness!

Wha- Huh?! I was a *massive* MK fan in the mid-90s, and I have never even HEARD of MK: Conquest. That was a thing?!

As someone that also loves the Fatal Fury movies I really think you need to rewatch SF II V again. I consider that up there at least Master level. The quirky ness, the music, the eastern philosophy, the bromance with Ryu and Ken. The redemption from getting their ass kicked from Guile. I mean they came up with chakra before Naruto was even out even Avatar. Highly underrated imo and should be revisited.

So many adaptations, so little time

Oh hey i never hear criticisms of the sf2 animated movie, im glad i share your opinion on it

Matt, how could you forget the classic Neo-Geo fighting game turned into an Obari OVA, "Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer"! This is pure Godlike Material (the lower one)! The localization has the "amazing" features the voice talent of Apollo Smile, the live-action anime girl in all her glorious talent! The character designs are pure Obari for not only the women, but the men too (seriously, check out the glorious man-bra on Hellstinger)! Full of high-energy fight scenes and plot that will make you say "what the hell is going on?"! And don't forget the squicky twincest subplot! (in all seriousness, it's not good, but it's so 90's anime, so Obari, and so dumb it's almost charming and I kinda love it despite its many MANY faults))

18:23 Okay that is stupid, but in this movie's defense, that's apparently really a japanese proverbs if not a actual (mistakenly) commonly held adage. because i hear characters saying that in Japanese medias ALL THE TIME.

I agree 100% with Matt on MK Cage Match. It tires to hard to be shocking, but everything around that is pretty good. Kind of weird that the best stuff in a Johnny Cage movie is all of the Johnny-less stuff. I hope that WB keeps doing these animated movies as well.

after watching love,death and robots i gained more appreciation for Ikof another day especially the rock and terry story where less is said but action convey emotion.

If someone wants a good and funny review of the Mortal Kombat series, the youtuber Phelan Porteous has a great review of all the episodes.

I say you give Conquest another go. A friend and I watched it all (which probably helped, because we just had a laugh), and objectively speaking, there is some really good choreography in the some of the later fights that I remember to this day. You'll just have to ignore some questionable design choices like Gimp Saibot... If nothing else, remind yourself of the Cobalt Mines and the intro/ending theme. Top notch 90's techno!

What is missing from this list is the korean live action and animated adaptations of Street Fighter 2.

You covered stuff like SF Assassin's Fist, but not the one where RYU IS A POWER RANGER?

Sf 2 V is awesome the Ryu meets Sagat episode was great!. Also Dhalsim explain Ki to Ryu was awesome!

Overall quite a solid ranking. There's a good few of these on the list I haven't seen before, like Power Stone, most of the SNK OVAs or Assassin's Fist. For my money, MK '95 and Street Fighter II are the undisputed kings. The third Fatal Fury movie was stellar, and DOA was much better than I had expected. I also really liked the 2021 MK movie and the Legends cartoons, even with Battle for the Realms being three movies crammed into one. Tekken Blood Vengeance was my first foray into into that series, and I still have a soft spot for it. It was funny as hell seeing the OC thinking he could fight Heihachi and immediately getting stomped for it. On the other hand, MK Annihilation was the movie that taught me at an early age that sequels can suck. KOF was irredeemably painful, and the live-action Tekken butchered Kazuya something fierce. Street Fighter The Movie... I can't say it's good, but by God is it entertaining. Truly, it defies conventional rating.

This has become my new big "autism brain demands watching this on repeat" video, thank you!

A missed opportunity not having a Bio F.R.E.A.K.S movie adaptation with Kevin Nash as Mutilator

Kristiana Loken played as Taija= Ta-sh-sha i believe its pronounced Matt. i liked her character n i think it be interesting if she made a comeback if done right w/ Loken reprising her role with both her voice n likeness idk coulda be sometin

So i guess that means both Highlander actors have been in Mortal Kombat adaptations

3:01IIRC it's meant to be Shadow Law in the original, Shadaloo was just typical early 90's shoddy translation work.

I know its more of a motion comic but I was hoping to hear your opinion on Street Fighter Round One. I liked that. It was dumb of Capcom to package it with legend of Chun-Li.

As a latino, the one thing I remember from the Street Fighter movie with van damm was that Miklo from Blood in Blood out was in it 😂

Is there any interview or clarity on why JCVD did Street Fighter and not play Johnny in the first MK movie?

Triple KO should do a live watch/reaction to a fighting game movie

I'd like to know what possessed the live-action King of Fighters writers to make Terry and Mai CIA agents. Attempted parallels with Guile and Chun-li?

Dude i saw mortal kombat annihilation on opening day and there was only my dad, my cousin and me in the showing

Scorpion's Revenge - 10/10 - Fantastic animation. Had a smile on my face the whole time while watching it. Yeah, Scorpion's design could be better but I don't have a problem with the story. I just see it as the MK1 story, but from's Scorpion's perspective. Battle of the Realms - 9.6/10 - Almost as good as the first one. In some regards, it's "Scorpion's Revenge", but on steroids. Snow Blind - 8.2/10 - A little weird and I wish it was more about Sub-Zero, but still fairly entertaining. Cage Match - 8.2/10 - it has its charm, especially if you like '80s stuff

Surprisingly, I really enjoy the Alpha movie, but mostly for the absolutely awesome Akuma scene in Japanese. He's barely even in the movie, but he's so much more badass because of that scene. The framing choices for Chun-Li are... uh... very of the time, let me just put it that way. Very fanservicey in a bizarre way. 😆 A bit of trivia: The guy who played Sagat in VanDamme's _Street Fighter_ is Wes Studi. He's done films like that and _Mystery Men,_ but has also done absolutely legendary roles like his villain role as Magua in _Last of the Mohicans,_ which was fucking awesome, and a ton of other movies and TV. It's just so wild to see someone with such character in these weird ass movies I grew up with as a kid. 😆 Daaamn. Daniel Bernhardt is a legend, too! That guy's done a ton of martial arts films (the Bloodsport sequels, The Matrix sequels, the John Wick films, Logan, Fast & Furious, Cap: Civil War) - he really gets around and is very well-known if you're familiar with martial arts in cinema.

24:13 - Bluebies. There was a Powerstone anime?

Two things regarding the sf2 animated movie and its live action counterpart: 1) Fei Long was voiced by good ol Heisenberg (Bryan Cranston). And speaking of soundtracks... 2) the soundtrack to the live action movie was dope as well. They had songs from Ice Cube, Nas, Hammer, Ahmad ("Back in the Day"), Rass Kass, and more. Highly overlooked.