The video I uploaded last week was a bit niche but relative to the view count, it's the most liked and commented on my channel: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/art3fK2lss3OoGw.html Thanks to everyone who gave it a shot :)

Sagat must find it very confusing to work around colleagues with such confusing and interchangeable names

Giving these overpowered boss characters weak points is a fun idea. The fact that Vega never blocks is both befitting his character and deeply funny.

Bison’s scissor kick spam was the stuff of nightmares.

I like how the bosses were intentionally programmed not to play like real characters. Makes them more frustrating to fight sure, but also makes the challenge extremely satisfying to beat.

Those little cinematics of the sprites in front of their stage backgrounds look so clean

"Scissors Kick is a normal, not a Special move" so that's why he can walk freely while doing It. Busted af lol

Fun Fact: Because the bosses were meant to be unplayable, they are unbalanced when it comes to fighting each other. For example, Sagat is able to hit a crouching Balrog (Boxer) with High Tiger Shot and Balrog was only designed to be able to jump over the playable cast's fireballs, so he gets hit by the Tiger Shot when jumping too. This makes Balrog impossible to win against Sagat. Likewise there is another bug where apparently if you use Head Press as M.Bison (Dictator) on one of the bosses, he'll go off-screen.

Let's be honest - these bosses were designed to take your quarters.

only thing boxer has to throw is hands

I believe that every character, not just bosses, had weak point specials on WW. If I recall, Blanka's weak point special was his Blanka Ball.

Just realized that you can’t be thrown by boxer or sagat in ww 😮 Mind blown after 32 years

The Dictator Dab tho 💀

Man, I'm old. I remember witnessing this at the local arcade for the first time when I was 8 years old in 1992. This game was legendary. I got the same feeling from Virtua Fighter in the early 90s as well.

Exquisitely expressed taste of nostalgia! Thank you!

you have no idea how much i needed this desk, i love your videos

This rules! All these years and I never knew about the weak point specials in WW. Wow!

This soundtrack are so NOSTALGIC Literally my entire childhood As always an awesome video bro Keep Going the great work

Just noticed Claw is freakishly tall in this version, look at him next to Ryu!

I'm having a nostalgia overdose with this music. "Ready to Fight" is one of the soundtracks of my childhood.

"MY FIGHT MONEEEEEYYYY!!!"

It felt weird when their light/medium normals had the sounds and damage of heavies, though I am thankful that the dash punches and scissor kicks that they could spam infinitely didn't do chip damage. Sometimes you'd just have to sit there blocking for 20 seconds or more.

Those weak points are going to come in handy. I didn't know about those.

Thank you for this! I love learning tiny things like this about my most favourite game in the world

Only bosses named "Vega" are granted special access to throws. ( 1:06 ,1:57 , 3:09 , 4:28 )

This hit me right in the 8 year old. Never knew Vega couldn't block or two of them didn't have throws. and definitiely not about the double damage!. Anyone used to get stuck on Vega for the longest out of the four?

the scissors kick is a normal? wow....

The editing on this video is nuts, love the effort you put in!

Some of this stuff I had figured out as a kid, but this video would've come in handy 30 years ago

In Street Fighter V Arcade Edition's intro, Ryu beats Sagat in one hit by baiting his Tiger Uppercut and punishing with a shoryuken. I know this has to do with lore because Ryu DPs him in the exact spot he got his scar but I wonder if was also another reference to his weak point in this game.

SCISSOR KICK WAS A NORMAL?

The damage of Tiger uppercut in 1:43 is ridiculous.

Man it's kinda cute how sagat is smiling in his neutral pose.

In the original SF2, prior to pattern memorization, these guys were such tools... like all of em. Balrog had that hit you from across the screen spin punch that took off all your remaining energy..Vega could Barcelona drop instant kill you despite attempting anti airs against him...Sagats projectile zoning and no setup Ti Uppercut...also a potential insta kill....and Bison??!...shit.

I love how dynamic your videos are 😊

Saved the coolest (and most mechanically unique) boss for last, kudos

I've been playing SF2 for decades and I learned multiple things during this video. I love you Desk.

What a way to start the week! Another astonishing desk video.

Love the visuals in this. Great job

I dunno why that zoom in on Dictator doing the Dab during his throw made me laugh, but it did and it was well appreciated. Thanks for the video, desk!

Lol was just binge watching all of your videos of this type and you drop this GJ.

Glad to finally see a glimpse of just how broken the Shadaloo bosses are in WW. Sagat and Dictator especially may have been the stuff of nightmares in CE, but in this game they could do such ridiculous things as Sagat linking off a jump-in into cr. HP canceled into Tiger Shot or Uppercut for an instant dizzy, or Dictator having an even easier version of his dreaded CE Scissor Kick stunlock infinite.

Loves these videos! I'd love to see more unplayable character's quirks.

3:17 - Ah, the Dab. Truly a priceless taunt before it went mainstream!

I used to love learning how to counter Psycho Crushers with normals as a kid. After weeks of losing to Dictator over and over, finally I could not only beat him, but style on him!

Bison dab gets a thumbs up from me

Man, that elephant sound effect hits me right in the nostalgia.

Great idea/topic for a video, and great song choice!

30 years and I think this is the first time I'm seeing this air throw (4:34)

I remembered Sagat used to pull insane kicking combos against me.

Wow this is truly fascinating! Great vid!

I tried to unlock the 4 bosses on the SNES version as Kid in 1992 with the Action Replay. It didn't work but I did get there move set to work with the 8 world warriors but it was gliche as hell and the game would crash. If you gave E-Honda bison psycho crusher he would do a flying hundred hand slap towards you but eventually it would glitch and crash.

Suggestion: In the occasion of the SFEX2's 25th anniversary, do you think of making a breakdown of the game's main new features, of course including combos with those mechanics?

2:51 Knee Press Nightmare!

Scissor kick was a NORMAL in vanilla SF2?!! Wow..

Damn i love the sound effects in SF2 lmao. Every hit sounds meaty

When street fighter championship edition came out, with playable boss characters, I was obsessed with trying to unlock them on the SF2 SNES.

I always hated how the bosses all had extended jump attack animations. I mean, all the characters had it where they would hold the light attacks for much longer, but the bosses, those attacks were always heavy and would beat so many anti airs! And that was the LEAST of their busted-ness...

Desk I really love that parallax effect you make for the intros of each character. Could you give me the short version of how you did it?

I would have sold my mother to be able to play them when sf2 came on the Super Nintendo.

Like all of your videos, this is a labor of love

Top content as always. Love these insights!

Oh, I was unaware that Sagat didn't have tiger knee in the original SFII.

Lots of cool information! Thanks for sharing!

You can tell he enjoyed making this one!

Bisons has the infinite Scissor kick combo. he's broken but very challenging tho.💯

2:52 Scissors knee nightmare!!!

What a great upload! Subscribed!

Me : I'm pretty knowledgeable when it comes to SF2. There's really nothing more anyone could show me about the game. Desk: Hold my beer. 🤯

Wow. We learn something new even tho this game is around 30 years old.

Never knew about the double damage or Claw's backflip being a block replacement!

1. As someone who's played a lot of Alpha 3, it is interesting to see that Capcom designed a character who has an auto-dodge instead of a block, since this is how V-ISM Cody works in that game to a certain extent. 2. Likewise, how Balrog/Vega/Bison pause before a big special attack seems like it's borrowed from platform game bosses etc, but also looks like a precursor to how super moves would be represented. 3. I forget that counter hit damage as a concept goes back so many years. I think Blanka had one of these on his ball also? But that may have started in a later game. Great video!

That was a fun video! Please do more 🎉🎉

I see a desk video... I drop everything and watch... priorities....

Some points I noticed when I played this in my childhood: - All bosses (except Boxer) only have strong attacks, even when they "press" a weak button. - You can indefinitely knock Claw down with c.hk, as he is hit again even if it's already on the ground. - All Dictator's hits sound like punches, even the kicks 😅

I doubt you'll see this, but you forgot to mention that Dictator's head press has three possible outcomes, one of which is exclusive to this version of the character. If the head press connects he will either jump back and perform the Somersault Skull Diver, or jump forward behind the opponent and kick them from behind upon landing (exclusive to WW Dictator), either of which he'll do automatically without an additional punch input. You can influence which outcome will happen by holding back or forward, back for the Somersault Skull Diver and forward for the back kick, hold neither and the outcome will be random. If the head press is blocked Dictator will not follow up with an additional attack and just jump over to the other side of the opponent.

Great video, took me back to🙏🏾🙏🏾💯

Boxers weak point gives me punch ouch Easter egg vibes

Nice. Never seen claws doing an air throw and dictator scissor is a normal???? this is op!

Thank you for this awesome video. Eap the stuff about balrog standing block.

that makes sense claw's weakness was the jump off the fence, i could only ever beat him in snes world warrior with guile flash kicks

The 90's Street FIghter movie ending fight was inspired by Dictator special weak point.

The dictator doing the dab before it even become a trend

Thank you, great video

3:45 'Its ok, hes a boss character'

Great stuff as always, have you considered doing World Heroes?

3:17 mfw I destroy a family and a friendship on a Tuesday night

The video i didnt know i needed

Have you ever played the SNES Game "Weaponlord"? It's a unique fighting game with unusual mechanics. You probably will love it!

Good stuff

The feared Dictator Dab... truly one of that insiduous villains most terrifying weapons.

I like how boxers uppercut looks more like hes forcing you to smell his pits

3:16 So nobody finna talk about Bison dabbing on you, damn 💀

Thank you

Whenever I go back and play ST Claw is always the one that gives me the most difficulty, by a mile. Dunno why I just struggle against him way more than anyone else in the game. But only on the jankfest original ST.

It'd be nice if there was finally a version of SF2 World Warrior where the bosses are playable.

Dictator's weak point is during his psycho crusher, just like in the movie

I also only recently found out claw doesnt have standing kicks(he has crouching kicks though) and jump punches until SSF2

There are some other weaknesses for the boss fights: Boxer: fighting style is vulnerable to low attacks and cross-ups Claw: He will always react to a jump attack by jumping back then kick. If you hit him with a sweep then do a jump attack as he's getting up, he will lose on his jump back and kick reaction. You can then keep jump-attacking and he will keep doing the same reaction and keep getting hit. Sagat: When he's spamming projectiles, you can predict it and jump at the same time he's about to throw another projectile and punish him. Dictator: He has floaty jumps, Ken and Ryu can simply throw hadokens and dp when he jumps. For characters with quick jumps, if you are in a corner and do a jump back and attack, he seems to react by jumping back and phsyco crusher. You can then keep doing that and keep countering his phsyco crusher.

In the British version of the game, Claw is called "Clort".