Fun fact: If you play as Zero in arcade mode, you'll get the Warning screen from the MMZ GBA games when facing bosses. Someone at SNK was a Mega Man fan lol

i love this game because demitri is in it with snk quality sprites

IF SVC CHAOS HAS A MILLION FANS I AM ONE OF THEM IF SVC CHAOS HAS ONE FAN I AM THAT ONE FAN IF SVC CHAOS HAS ZERO FANS I WON’T BE ALIVE ANYMORE

SNK's natural state is entering bankruptcy or bankrupt.

I don't think people give this game enough credit for having WAY more franchise variety compared to Capcom's SNK crossovers like Mars People from Metal Slug, classic Athena, a ghost and goblins enemy, Tessa from Red Earth and Mega Man Zero alongside making the bold choice of choosing Dimitri over Morrigan including his Midnight Bliss form

It’s so jarring that SVC Chaos’ story is literally just *the world is destroyed, everyone is dead*

Here's a fun factoid worth bringing up regarding this game's development: Falcoon (one of the SNK artists) stated at Twitter back in 2017 that *Dante (from the Devil May Cry series)* was among the planned playable characters during SvC Chaos' early stages of production but he eventually got ditched out. Side note, the pixel artist who was initially assigned to work on Dante eventually did Demitri.

It's fascinating to think that the whole Capcom-SNK crossover bookends with games made by the latter. The SvC Chaos iterations of Geese, Goenitz & Orochi Iori were backported into the PS2 port of KOF '02, and for some reason that was enough for the former two to be added in the UM ver. as bonus characters as well. Most of the non-KOF characters from the SNK side here (Genjuro, Shiki, goddess Athena & Mars People) were also given another chance to shine in NeoGeo Battle Coliseum, which is a game that's worth covering another time.

What's funny is the follow-up "Self vs. Self" titles are the other way around. NG Battle Coliseum is kickass but Capcom Fighting Jam is gross.

Dan's interactions are worth an entire video all on their own; there's so much comedy and in-jokes that are a joy to see.

Couple things worth noting from the SNK nerd side : While the grim stages are all this game's own, the "more realistic artstyle" is more or less because that's mostly what the KOF sprite artstyle was throughout the NEOGEO era, pretty much anyone who was in any of the NESTS era games in these besides Kyo swapping back to the classic uniform are all using their sprites from those games. Balrog's not the only trace job here. All the shotos looking... strange is because they seem to be using the original sf2 shoto sprites as a base, complete with their weirdly bent legs. Also Hugo for his SF3 sprites, which is why he's noticeably larger than the other SF characters than he was in those games thanks to the scaling carrying over. Funny enough, as far as I can recall hearing, it was actually Capcom as the iniator on this game, as apparently the deal had included both sides making at least X number of games, they got mad SNK apparently hadn't matched them on that end as per the deal, and then immediately marched over as soon as they reformed post bankruptcy, and demanded the final game from their side. Given the already stressful circumstances they were already under, this apparently did a good deal to re-sour the relationship between the 2 companies for at least the next decade or so.

NGL I really like the proportions on the SVC Chaos sprites - always felt like an attempt to go back to the vanilla SF2, rather than do Alpha's look like most of the other versus games

This game is a cursed masterpiece and I love it to death. Serious Mr Karate is a walking AoF reference (one of his winposes and quotes reference his original winquote as well as the 3 Bonus Games) It takes place in purgatory and your actions send you to heaven or hell... The amount if weird details is hilarious

It is speculated this game was already in development before SNK's bankruptcy, so when they came back they just dusted off what was already done, made some adjustments and released it to make a very needed quick buck.

it's so funny that no matter the game and his design zero is always top dog even when capcom isn't at the wheel

Off-topic, but it's both funny and sad how the two times Demitri was in a fighting game crossover without Morrigan in it (this game and Capcom Fighting Jam) ended up being some of the most despised games in the genre. Dude can't catch a break.

Gameplay aside, the fact that you could have Ryu fight Gouki/Akuma on an MVS would explode people's minds if you time-traveled back to 1994.

8:50 definitely has vibes of Benimaru's "Lambs are tougher than you" win quote from KOF 95. Lol

CVS2 gets a ton of praise for its aesthetics despite the fact that the majority of the Capcom cast are reusing alpha sprites that do not blend very well with the updated "CVS Style" spritework. Game looks great when you got Maki or Kyosuke fighting the rival company, but it looks low budget when Morrigan or Sagat was on the screen. Those sprites date back to early CPS2 titles. At least the SNK style sprites look consistent. You could throw the Capcom cast into an old-school KOF game with a little touch up work.

SVC Chaos is a cool game. It's the SNK type fighter to the Ryu vs Terry crossover.

I dug SVC Chaos when I first played it in the arcade. I still dig it today.

I don't understand this game at all but I love how terry engrish is the announcer voice.

I was at the test held in so cal by Playmore back in 2003. I think there are photos of the event on the neo-geo forums. I remember playing it and feeling the mechanics were “off”. Many of the attendees felt lukewarm to it as well, but remained positive. I remember loving how they did Demitri, Shiki and Tessa. I also remember being in awe seeing the Hugo sprite on the neo (besides Earthquake). Thanks for the video,this brought back a lot of memories.❤

Oh, THIS is the game that Zero sprite came from! That's existed in the corner of my mind since the Spriter's Resource days. For good reason, this art is a weird kind of gorgeous.

"NO ESCAPE, FIGHT!" is one of the best round start voice clips

I remember seeing this game online early on and thinking the roster was really cool but had no idea why no one ever talked about it. This video was really interesting!

Zero being consistently top tier in every fighting game he’s in is just… awesome.

I like the character art style because it's coherent, consistent and feels unique CvS2 just reuses a bunch of sprites (looking at you Morrigan), so it looks cheap and clashes a lot

I have to commend SNK for making a better parody of themselves than Capcom could with Dan. They gave him two new moves, one is the Haoh Shoukou Ken motion, where Dan prepares a huge fireball that lets out a big wave that moves as far as his already pathetic gadokens. The second is a huge charged punch that's unblockable, when it hits, Dan dislocates his arm. He turns away from the camera, fixes his arm and turns back to the camera, giving a thumbs up. Still makes me smile every time I see it.

I always loved the art style of this game, which made me enjoy playing it as someone who knew nothing of fighting games.

In the first half I thought "this just looks like the typical SNK art style; if people didn't like it, doesn't it mean these were people who just didn't like SNK's art style?" And then the four buttons thing was brought up as the very first point in the gameplay discussion... and now it really sounds like the primary factor was that people who didn't like it mostly just didn't like SNK games.

At last someone is doing a video on this game, i always loved the presentation but game mechanic wise its a mystery to me :D

It always seemed interesting to me how out of all the Fighting Game Crossovers between these two, SvC Chaos is the one where the roster DOES FEEL like SNK vs Capcom proper as opposed to mostly SF vs KoF

How have I never clocked that Balrog sprite being a Heavy D trace over lmao But yeah, Demitri has never looked as cool as he does in SvC Chaos. The promo art for him is probably my single favorite bit of character art from the game.

I do have a soft spot for SVC. I was glad to hear you pointing out that a lot of the choices made were done to distinguish it from CVS1/2, from the cast choices to the mood and probably even the unified no-groove-selection system. The game does feel half baked but in a way so did CVS1, and I think a sequel to SVC could have made it as beloved as CVS2. And in a way SVC2 does exist in the form of Neo Geo Battle Coliseum, which builds on a lot of the stuff SVC did (similar movement, whiffable throws, and the same guard-cancel dash mechanic, even most of the SNK cast that can't normally appear in a KOF showed up for it with reused sprites etc.) and NGBC is great.

Being recommended this video after capcom announced terry bogard and mai to join sf6 is wild

I feel like the backgrounds must have been repurposed from another game. They have a very muted & strange feeling to them. Maybe that's what they were going for?

The first SNK dark age, the eolith/Sammy era.

the use of stock punch effects (and not the stock anime ones they've been using) is kinda funny.

it did give us some REALLY good spritework so I forgive it

I like this game mostly because the roster is kind of unique. You Zero from Megaman Zero, not the X version, You also get to play Tesa from Red Earth. You can even play as one of the Aliens from Metal Slug, and even Athena from the original game, not the one from Psycho Warriors King of Fighters.

SvC : Oops, All Shotos

I literally ran into an SVC Chaos cab a few weeks ago on a trip I went on and I'm kicking myself I didn't have enough time to check it. Really rare you can find actual arcade games like that in the average modern day arcade

It's not the shading, it's SNK sprite style that has always been more realistic compared to SF's anime exaggerated style.

I love how they used the Mega Man Zero design for Zero in this game.

I don't know why but there's something about this game weird aesthetic that I love. The sprites of the characters to me all look incredible and some of the music tracks are stuck in my head forever and even if playing it really feels weird and the busted AI doesn't make it fun in slightest, I can't help but having a weird appreciation for this game.

SNK with it's marketing decisions makes SEGA look smart.

I think the art of this game is top notch.

I really like the soundtrack of SVC Chaos 🎵 I like atmospheric music in fighting games, same reason why I like the soundtracks in Tekken 2, Tekken 4, Aggressors of Dark Kombat, Ninja Master's, etc.

Some Japanese fans must've really liked what midnight bliss did to Zero because there's still fanart of that version popping up from time to time.

as someone who doesnt know much about SNK or capcom, this game's asethetics are genuinley beautiful. so dark & dreary, yet rich. genuinley such amazing sprite work. yeah sure a lot of the characters look a bit off from what i'd expect, i think there are geenrally more hits then misses & every background is just drop dead gorgeous. idk im a weirdo who thinks not enough media takes place in the rain or durring overcast weather so what do i know lol.

Game has better reps then previous titles behind.

I'm still playing this game religiously on ps2 even if there's not much to do besides arcade mode and the roster is small. Ultimately I consider this game a big missed opportunity because had it some more time in development, it could have been even better than the first Capcom vs Snk at least

As someone who mostly plays fighting games solo for the characters, aesthetic and (when it's there) story, I am absolutely here for this games moody, somber atmosphere just because of how different it feels. I also love the unexpected roster picks, especially Mars People and Megaman Zero... of course if put a Megaman character in a fighting game, I'm probably gonna like it xD

the PS2 port (pal and us) will crash if you put athena and red arremer against each other, as the game will attempt to load untranslated text the japanese version however will correctly display the dialogue, which isn't present in the arcade version since you're never meant to use those two characters, outside of hacking of course

Ngl you are one of my favourite content creators in any platform

I appreciate you giving proper respect to Violent Ken. Playing with his command dash is what got me into fighting games.

TERRY AND MAI ARE GOING TO BE IN STREET FIGHTER 6 !!!!!!

I freaking love this game and its cast, the insane sprite work, the ost and Nona's awesome artwork! He's my favorite SNK artist!

It is pretty popular in Mexico and South America. So I wouldn't go as far as saying that this game sucks

Didn't really play SVC but you have to appreciate the retro optimism of modern FGC compared to the time it was released in. "SNK games were outdated" was so prevalent in US media that it wouldn't have had a chance even if the end result was better.

SVC Chaos gotta be one of the most beautiful snk games...

This game holds a special place in my memory banks. We had an arcade version of it in the break room of a job I had from 2010-2014. I still hear voices, music, and sound effects in my head any time this game is brought up. Also the stage called "Nude Place" gets a chuckle from me still.

I always, and will always, love this game. The asthetic, the OST, the sprites, the mechanics. Everything. I just like the gritty feel it all has

SVC Chaos came out at a time when both 2D fighters and new arcades were in a serious decline (here in England at least) , so seeing this game in the wild at an arcade in Tottenham court road in London in 2003 was a genuinely exciting surprise (i remember texting friends about it and everything lol ) . I was more hyped by the existence of the game rather than the game it self ( which was okay , but not amazing ). I would have loved to have seen a sequel to the game that expanded on the foundations of the first game and included even more great SNK interpretations of Capcom characters but it wasn't meant to be. Ah well . Great video GWQ

It has Zero so it's awesome

I don't like to play this game at all but I seriously think this is one of the best rosters in FG history. It has bold choices that bring a lot of variety, which is exactly what I want from a crossover game. If both companies ever do a crossover again, this is the kind of roster I want to see.

Man your channel is way underrated. I’ve been subbed to you for so long like 3 years? and I always look forward to a new video from you, and your videos are always so interesting and informative 😊

So… how about a SNK vs Capcom 2 instead of a CvS3?

I remember playing in a tournament which allowed Geese and Firebrand. One dude kept picking Firebrand if they lost the first match and would just cheese with the fps drops and bullet hell his opponents. Took a Geese main a lot of patience to finally end that dude's run. Dunno if that was okay since Geese is busted, its like fighting fire(brand) with fire.

Fun fact: SVC Chaos Goenitz was the moment I turned casual. Getting that guy in the 4th round is borderline demonic.

The problem for me was the gameplay. Snk made a capcom-kof hybrid instead of making a kof game with capcom characters. Although the graphics does look lanky but the gameplay always make a game

i think what people forget about zero is that he is technically a boss character hence why he is busted

Covering the NGP fighting games collectively is a good idea of video in the future. Those are very interesting projects because of how different they are, especially looking at them from the perspective of the current market. Remaking classic fgs like FF, SS and KOF in cute chibi art style, instead of aiming for an accurate port, would be unthinkable for the game development mentality after the early 00s. And that has little to do with the quality of the conversion either, because there are and 16 bit ports (and even 8 bit ports) of arcade fgs, that obviously are not arcade-perfect, but the companies aimed for an accurate style... whatever fit the console. But SNK just wanted to explore a different art direction and deliver a new experience, which was also on brand with the portable gaming culture at the time.

Dude, I have always thought SVC Chaos looks BADASS. It's probably my favorite looking fighter of that era, and it's still one of my fave looking even today. Seeing Capcom characters get "SNK-ized" was/is sick!!

Nona is very underrated as an artist. They really shine in KoF XI. The cutscene art is pretty cool.

The roster of SVC Chaos is the definition of 'quality over quantity'. That is the main reason why I like this game. I am not a fan of how safe the rosters of the CVS games are. To see the same classic/popular faces all the time is boring In fact, that is something I really like about the fighting games in the SNK Playmore era. KOF 2003, KOF XI, KOF MIA and Neo Geo Battle Coliseum have amazing rosters because the choices were very strange and unique.

I played this game a lot at the time and it was really fun.

I will never recover from Shonkiro's departire from SNK.

I'm from south america (Argentina), and i can confirm that KOF was HUGE in the late 90's early '00 arcades. Only the Marvel vs series could compite. Tekken only in playstation, SF3 never made it, and thats all the FG we have in late 90's. But Kof was very very huge, there were notes on the Arcade cabinet that said "YOU CAN´T PLAY RUGAL" made by the arcade owners. When SVC chaos arrived, the Arcade culture was fading out, but had its followers. Great vid!

I think the problem with SvC: Chaos is the overall aesthetics. The game is very taciturn and empty, and the music is too atmospheric, although the overall cast is phenomenal (I mean, they added Dimitri with the Midnight Bliss transformation to ALL the characters and freaking Megaman Zero) and SNK has the merit of actually making the sprites with a consistent art direction compared to Capcom's games (cough, cough, Morrigan, cough, cough). Capcom, on the other hand, hit the nail on the head with the “celebration” nature of CvS1 and 2, giving a “broadcast Olympics” vibes to their crossover games, with GYM eurodance music (nothing beats the catchy “Tuna with Bacon”) and the TV broadcast theme, giving the impression that this reunion of these two companies was so historical that it deserved to be on TV.

Am I the only one that prefers SVC Chaos over CVS2?

I love these videos! I found your stuff through the bootleg fighters vid and I love how approachable you make this stuff seem.

SVC Chaos, DDR Extreme, House of the Dead and Area 51 made my childhood arcade experience.

Am i the only crazy person that loves this game? And i actually love snk take on capcom sprites. Maybe its a matter of taste but i do think the shotos look great in snk style sprites. Im not trying to be a contrarian. I know this game didnt do well because of the fighting game fatigue at the time. Anyway i respect your opinion my friend. Thanks for the video.

Throws costing meter is crazy 💀💀

There's something about this game that is hard to put my hand on, but I absolutely love this game and its aesthetic. The roster is incredible and gets some sick stuff in it. Love it

There’s a fantastic early 00s Hong Kong movie called Throw Down that has a scene set in a Sega arcade where they’re playing SVC Chaos (also VF4!). That movie is all I think about when I see this game.

Omg perfect timing, i just started getting obsessed with this game

I kinda like the art and graphic style of the game

The intro of SVC Chaos is incredible to look at. The graphics and presentation is well made. Despite with its flaws. This is the game where Akuma jumped all the way to heaven, and fought God.

I won a cabinet of this at a local tourny. Had it in my kitchen through my early to mid 20s. So there will always be a soft spot in my heart for this game. The drunk matches at parties, the overcooked meals from this distraction, and getting to heaven or hell with everyone just to see the dialog. Such good memories. It is definitely jank, but a jank that you can get accustomed to. By the end of my run, it felt like I had this game down frame by frame. Felt unstoppable with Kim.

Hello guile, sorry for my bad english because i dont know if you take requests but by seeing you love obscure fgs i recomend you to check the Dual Blades and its sequels Slashers and Dual Souls Dual Blades is a *Turkish* indie fg released on the *gameboy advance* , and one of the 5 gba games with M rating. By the gameplay you could say that is a mix between SamSho, SF3 and Guilty Gear, with things such as a roman cancel, parry, burst, super select and fatalities. The game also have an Arcade, training, survival, score attack, time attack and a *combo challenge / tutorial for a gba* and *A COMMAND LIST THAT EXPLAINS ALL SPECIALS AND UNIVERSAL MECHANICHS* , something that other gba fgs such as ggx, sfa3 and tekken didnt had for the console (and even other consoles). About the gameplay most characters have simple inputs shuch as in Akatsuki, with them being quarter circles, down down, foward down and back foward (but they're not charge moves). The buttons are slash (kinda like a medium slash from sam sho, that you can do a 3 frame jab if you input foward too), big slash ( heavy slash, also grab foes if you press foward while close), kick ( a medium attack that if you input foward will be a 3 frame kick too) and the power button. The power button is special because if you tap two times you do a taunt that gains meter, and if you press power + slash you do an overhead. Also all supers are done with this button. The gimmicks of this game are pretty intersting too, let me explain. There is a parry in this game that works exactly like sf3, input foward before getting hit (that is called block, because the game calls standart blocking guarding for some reason). Recovery, the roman cancel is done by pressing both slash + big slash while perfoming a move ( and costs some meter ). The burst is called breaker and is done by pressing back + slash + big slash while taking damage (costs a full meter bar). You can dash and back dash by pressing one of the side buttons two times. Now the plot and characters are very unique in my opinion. The setting is a more *realistic take of the middle age* , but unhapply i didnt finished the arcade mode yet. The cast is composed of: Kanae and Brendan are the shotos with all the toolkit of one and command grabs. She is a samurai wanting revenge and he is an adventurer who loves danger (His motto is nothing venture nothing gain) and simps for all women in the game. Andre is a templar knight who is also a parry/ big body and maybe a grappler ( he is slow and have a follow up to his throw ). His taunt also throw a rose like dudley, and is a insanely good projectile. He fights to save his kingdom from the lizard people. Efe is an ottoman warrior and a zoner with his high low mixup of projectiles. He fights for Türkiye as far as I know. Rungard is also a zoner who cant dash but have a special teleport. He have fire, eletric and ice projectiles that give you unfair hit stun (he is a psycho who wants to destroy the world, thats it). He is based in a viking/ celtic sorcerer probaly. Shin is a rushdown zoner with the most damaging and safest projectile in the game, its insane diagonal range is impossible to jump or crouch over it. To his design he is green testament who uses crows who loves the blood of a slit throat and people screaming ☠️ (Not even The Boys have that shi ) Nagashapa is an elderly Mongolian sorceress and farmer, who give you all kind of curses like no jump, no specials and backwards controller. She uses ghosts for those attacks. And we have Jaman, one of the lizard man that attacks Andre's kingdom. He looks like a mix between an armadillo, akuma and blanca and plays exactly like those with the exception of summoning lizards for his attacks (also a 1 frame active overhead aimed at the foe). Well, that its Dual Blades for today. I could say something about the sequels but thats another history. Also sorry for the big text.

One thing that has always bugged me about this game is how it sounds like everyone is rushing their lines out. Normal Buster Wolf: "Are you okay? BUSTAH WOLF" This game's Buster Wolf: "AREYOUOKAYBUSTAHWOLF"

This was the first fighting game I really got into. Was emulating it on a DS of all things. I eventually discovered Kof 98 and realised what a good game plays like hehe. Having recognisable Capcom characters helped me appreciate the SNK side. It wasn't the best but no regrets with the time I spent with it.

With gameplay aside, this game is anything but a "failure", from an artistic standpoint imo (despite the constraints it had). It has a lot going for it. For one, it has all original sprites (CVS1/2 lacks that....Morrigan sprites....oh my). I think the legacy of this game is simply getting a glimpse of the SNK makeover of the classic Capcom fighters, and that, in and of itself, is valuable and cool to see. I always thought the aesthetic vision of this game was far superior to its counterpart, but, gameplay, at the end of the day, is king. Its very interesting piece of history.

With all due respect, Street Fighter characters always had exaggerated build proportions so the Sagat one was already a buff man to start, I mean look how he looks compared to Earthquake🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

At my local arcade back in the day, SVC Chaos was always the most crowded arcade machine. Love the soundtrack, the art, the movement, the character diversity. Really great game, one of my all time favorites. Oh! And the over the top announcer is fantastic. 🎉

as a casual player and huge fan of both franchises I enjoy this game from the day 1! Still playing it from time to time! Violent Krn was badass surprise for us playing this back then, like whooow! :)

One downside about this game that wasn't talked about was that the controls were too unforgiving. For example, the Flash Kick motion couldn't be done from a crouch block to up. You either had to move from Down-Back to Up-Forward, or roll from Down-Back to Down then to Up. DP motions also had to precisely end on Down-Forward