>doujin >pc game >early 2000s yep, it's peak.

10:39 She's a demon. It's a grab. She does a flip. I would totally call that a demon flip.

I was so on board after gun maid broke out the zweinhander 🤣

Seeing a guy actually make a 3D anime fighter with a story mode by himself gives me hope for my own dreams

Man, so much passion. He thought of all these different designs, modeled them, C++ programmed it without a modern game engine, added HUD, whacky effects for air combos, balanced it, you can tell he was 20something and dreaming. It makes us older dudes feel young again. The amount of care for the CD case? I'm sad no official publisher struck a deal with this man.

I really like your definition of doujinshis as “by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts” as I think the communal aspect of doujins are their defining characteristic. In terms of scope and end product, they are very much equivalent to indies. But historically they have more in common with the old freeware PC game scene imo (despite most doujin works being sold for a fee), and with an even bigger focus on in person communities (which I assume has its origin in the old manga doujin circle communities, but I’ve never actually researched that myself).

Thanks for talking about Hinokakera. This game was absolutely revolutionary on the Doujin scene when it was released at that time not only because it was 3D but also because of the netcode: yep, it's delay based, but considering that era is one of the best delay based netcode ever made, and works just amazing and with almost no lag even if you're like 150/200 ping with some people. You need to consider that this netplay mode was released in a time neither Melty Blood or EFZ have "Caster" and some other doujin games sadly never had proper online modes or there were just plain bad... try to play an online match of Fuuka Taisen right now... it is almost impossible to have a playable match. Because of that I played a crapton of Hinokakera between 2003 and 2010, and I even meet some friends that I still hang around thanks to this game. It is probably the best 3D Doujin fighter, in fact the only one that you could consider a proper rival is Crucis Fatal+Fake that is also really cool. As you commented at the end of the video, sadly the only weird note about Hinokakera is that the dev is totally MIA since 10 years ago, and the last post on his blog was just like "yeah, I'm still updating the game, see ya at next comiket" and things like that. If you go to that post you will see that the comments section is basically a lot of japanese, english and chinese post asking what happened to him. I hope Ryuka Akaishi is okay.

This is incredible, you never see doujin fighters with impressive 3D visuals like this! I definitely want to play this.

Holy crap,ONE DUDE MADE THIS!? THIS LOOKS SICK If I had this I'd play it all day Thanks for mentioning this game man

Japanese indie fighting games were something back in the day. We got a lot of good stuffs like Touhou Hisoutensoku, Vanguard Princess, Acceleration of SUGURI, etc. I remember our tournament setup was just a laptop at any local cafe.

Nah this is sick one dude made all of this alone is absolutely crazy mad respect

In early 2000's this game was even sold in Brasil in magazines that came with CD's with tons of flash and other small games ! Ooooh boy this one easily one of the best u could find in those! nice vid in this geeem!!

This video was beautiful and I absolutely ADORE hearing about these Japanese doujin games but it's so hard to find videos on them because are their seemingly intended obscurity. If anyone has a recommendation of other videos to watch that discuss little known doujin games please recommend!

"Wagner mains can finally downplay appropriately" got me good.

In before the creation of Ky(le)WinQuote, a second channel focused entirely around anime fighters

I can't get over the fact that the round timer is replaced by an FPS counter

> Cute waifu with Beast Cannon > Slow, heavy-hitting swordman > Maid with knives, uzis and a massive sword > Easy to pick, hard to master > Stupid (in a good way) mechanics and combos Sign me up. Big shoutouts to Reddish Region for making this!

I was there in 2002-2003... The best doujinshi to date... One guy made this ! And remember all the Easter eggs present in the game (like Kyo and Rock outfits for Raven, Silvis with Ky Kiske, etc...) A truly commitment from Reddish Region and a pure gem for fighting games lovers !

"i love anime fighters" I WAS DUPED, I THOUGHT YOU WERE A GOOD CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTAL STREET FIGHTER PLAYER. ALL THIS TIME I WAS SUBSCRIBED TO A GUILTY GEAR PLAYING HARLOT !!! jokes aside great video as always. it's inspiring seeing someone make an FG by himself seemingly from scratch. the games aesthetic looks real nice. it's got that infinite dreamscape that alot of psx looking fighters have that i love still holding out for an EX2+ special someday I can show my friends to shill psx rollback.

Funny story about this era I would spend HUNDREDS OF HOURS just playing this stuff, it was like this massive verse that no one spoke about. I hope to one day contribute to that vest net of creativity!! So many beautiful memories

The fact it's made by a single dude inspires me to work on my own fighter myself lol. Mad respect to the creator

Something about the development of indies and doujins developed by one person is always interesting

These system mechanics are the type of stuff that Daisuke Ishiwatari was thinking up when it came to guilty gear and I'm kind of sad that the system mechanics got incredibly dumbed down from the previous games when it came to strive. This reminds me of the golden age days of guilty year like guilty gear midnight carnival in accent core

man this takes me back to 2007 or so hinokkakera, big bang beat, melty blood react, fatal fake... peak doujin era

You should cover Kenju for the Atomiswave. Its pretty much a fully complete unreleased fighting game with a cool artstyle and cool air combos and air dashes and other stuff

I played this a ton when I was younger, you're bringing me back so much nostalgia. Back then I mostly played obscure Doujin games like Crescent Pale Mist (sadly literally impossible to get now even pirated), Blitz, Melty Blood, etc. Hinokakera was probably the shadiest shit I ever bought and I had to explain it to my dad who's first impression was that I was using his card to get scammed on some "Chinese Site" lul. Damn... What a wonderful time of discovery. Today's internet just doesn't let you do that. You should make a video about Big Bang Beat too!

Another certified GWQ banger 👌 Glad more people will check on the game now, like you said it's WAY ahead of it's time and will please both casual anime FG fans as well as hardcore labrats. (Ashley weapon switch combos are SO rewarding) One thing that should be mentioned again is that the Delay based netcode the game has is probably the BEST delay netcode I've ever played (and I played my fair share of delay based FGs), so don't be afraid to hop on the Discord to ask for some matches.

Bloddy Rage is not something I've thought about in yeas, lmao Always found the doujin fighter scene to be rad as hell, glad to see more parts of it that I wasn't aware existed!

I remember playing this as a kid, so seeing this in my feed unlocked some crazy memories

In Brazil we had these cds with a lot of flash games bundled. And one of them had the hinokakera installer! I fell in love with the series on that moment!

Just got to finally get my first matches in the Hinokakera Chaotic Eclipse FGC Discord Server last night. Super helpful tutorials and people more than willing to help set up connections. Definitely was just a sandbag for at least 15 matches with this one gentlemen who seems to know all the tech as I watch his anime cut scene, but we all gotta start somewhere lol. Excited to play this gem more and get better, ty so much for popping up on my page. Much love and stay safe 😊🤙❤️

Man, I remember playing a demo of this game countless times back in the day, but I never had the thought off writing down the title and, eventually, I forgot the name of the game. Whenever I tried to locate this game all i had was a vague description to give: there was 4 cahracter, one was a bishop who summoned giant blades from the sky and the other was "human shadow the hedgehog" with dark flames and a giant sword. For around 20ish years this game was lost media to me, and suddely it came back with all its memories. Thanks for making the video.

You’re one of my favorite fighting game youtubers dude, never stop

It's really bittersweet how many fantastic fighting games were made that never got their deserved recognition, in one hand it's really cool to go to fightcade and browse games with 0 players and having your night set, but on the other hand it's sad that it is almost impossible to find other people to play them with LOL

I knew you were cooking something up when saw you in the Hinokakera discord server. can't wait to watch!

The game looks so damn smooth. Very impressive work for one man, some teams cannot even make something that looks so good.

I talk about this game all the time, I'm glad you mentioned other games like EFZ and Blitz. Called it The Wasteland Years with a friend of mine.

I had somehow never heard of this game before your tweet about it, and now having watched this vid I'm fully on board. Time to make yet another mid 2000s doujin fighter my personality for a month!

This takes me back, because I've lived that doujin era. Getting this games "unofficially" because i was a early teenager without work, messing around with applocale. I've lived that

You're doing God's work covering this game. I had no idea this existed, and upon searching that there's little no content or discussion about this game is such a shame. It looks amazing! Especially for a solo project. This is such a labor of love from someone who definitely had great vision. Seeing how well your video is doing is great because it's a big step in the preservation of Hinokakera's presence and legacy in an already niche genre of games. I'm literally commenting to boost this video in the algorithm.

Thanks for covering on this game. Been waiting to understand this game every time I see eagle epsilon post a combo haha

If you're looking for another solo developed FG you might wanna take a look at Wonderful World, it was made by one Japanese dude back in 2008 and is STILL being updated with new characters every year or so! It's a really fun game even if you have to go through a few hoops and hurdles just to get netplay to work

Man, I’m so glad this video got recommended to me. I remember seeing gameplay videos of this game a long ass time ago, but had forgotten the name. Glad it found its way back to me.

I remember playing Clestis and having a blast with a friend who was a Raven main. We played it for about a month straight during covid and its way better than it has any right to be

8:48 I spent hours on this stage labbing Kasumi, this game was great

Oh man, that unlocked some memories I didn't know Hinokakera latest version was from 2010! Big bang beat is a name I haven't heard in a while... it needs a video too I used to have fun with that and melty blood act cadenza

Thanks for highlighting this game! Looks absolutely amazing, I need Hinokakera side tournaments in 2024.

love the enthusiasm you clearly have for this sort of thing. it's so infectious.

I had never heard of this game before. It does look pretty cool and I definitely want to check Hinokakera out now! Great video!

I'm definitely impressed that only one guy made this on a windows 98 rig in (Kinda) 2001, the fact that even the first version of the game doesn't look all that bad is definitely a show of how much went into this small game, it's really a shame that the guy who made it isn't active anywhere anymore because this series has a lot of potential from what I can see, also is it just me or does the color for Raven at 3:04 look like Kyo in the NESTS saga to anyone else?

Awesome as usual. Thank you.

Glad you made a video on this cause I would've never seen this, game looks so cool.

You had me at the first frame of the maid. LET'S GO!!!!!!

Fantastic video. It's always cool to see a game like this.

I've been waiting for someone to cover this game for so long, thank you so much guile win qoute I'd recommend checking out Monster, a 2D fighting game. and Crucis Fatal Fake, another 3D-2D fighting game like this, but based on the fate series all of these can be found in doujin style btw!

this looks actually amazing!!!!

Truly incredible. Great video!

Wow remember playing a demo as a kid and thinking how awesome it was. Never knew that there is a fascinating story behind this game.

Damn i love these pallets man, the references are so funny!

This game looks so fun! Thanks for making a video on it!

This was an awesome video! I would love to play a 3D fighter with anime mechanics. It's even more incredible that this was developed by one person!

Yooooo bloody rage wow that takes me back also hinokakera looks fun af

00:48 bro, I see that background and get SMT3 Nocturne PTSD, already listening the background music of Amala Labyrinth, Lord spare me! Anyways, I love your vids bro, I've seen quiet a bit of them and I'm subbed for life.

So glad you finally got around to this one, it's probably my favorite doujinshi fighting game I've played

Ayyye! I remember playing this back when I started college and was discovering doujin fighting games. this one was so cool to me because of all the crazy combos you could do, and that first video of Ashley was EXACTLY what I was experimenting with in the game lol. Glad that's what you started with.

I remember this game back in the day; it was so fun and I loved its OST.

So cool hearing people talk about this game after so many years First time I played Hinokakera I must've been 8 years old lol, so seeing this video awoke some hella old memories Got it from a shareware compilation CD from a magazine here in Brazil. It was probably my first time playing something like it, and I barely had any idea of what was happening, but I still loved it because of the character designs and the flashy vfx. Knowing it was made by a solo dev only makes it more special now

Just found your channel right now through the algorithm, holy shit what a great recommendation from KZfaq for once. Your channel is full of some really fantastic content

🤯🤯🤯that is totally loco .. awesome story dude !!

I can't wait for the Kenju video!

Rarely do I see something on YT that I haven't heard of before. Thanks for the video, you rock!

Thank you for shining a spotlight on my childhood!

Looks awesome as hell

damnnnn this game looks so fucking sick i HAVE to play this you are the goat fr for shinging a spotlight on this dude!!!

This is incredible work for 1 guy!

Dropped a fat like. Good stuff.

Incredible to see that one guy made this amazing fighting game, for everybody to enjoy.

I played the first game before, now I wanna play it again now that you mentioned it had an update. Thanks man.

That gameplay showcase at the start made me immediately hit Like. The fact that was done by one person is legit 🤯

Lol I was looking for doujin fighting games yesterday after getting my hands on Melty Blood Type Lumina. And to probably no one's surprise there are barely any videos that discuss that topic. Thanks GWQ!

Yooo thank you so much for talking about this game it's so fucking cool!! I hope this gets more people playing it! Does the community still nickname it "Hot Cakes" or was that only a thing back in the IRC days lmao? Reddish Region is definitely an inspiration for me, especially now that I'm finally trying to make my own fighting game.

Knowing that one dude made a game this awesome and dripping with style has renewed my confidence in my ability to make my own game. Thanks for this video, the game looks sick and I'm gonna get back to work lol

God damn this is my favorite fighting game channel. Thanks for profiling these gems.

In all honesty, you don't get to see fighting games made by one person, looking this good, nowadays. And the fact that this was made by a single individual, deserves a recognition, cause it actually looks pretty well done for being made in the 2000s. Since The Black Heart (which was made by a single person as well), i haven't seen an indie fighting game that looked pretty interesting, until now. Nice review, by the way, gotta give a try on this one.

One guy made this? That's super impressive! I hope this guy works in the video game industry. Everyone tried out fighting games but people who really get into fighting games (learn combos and frame data) are a very small niche group so it is sad that many fighting games do not get the recognition they deserve

Thank you for recommendation 👍

yo this game looks SICK love the video also

this takes me back, i played a little bit a long time ago. kakeru was a lot of fun

Awesome vid as always

Thank you for showing me this gem.

This man really did have a passion project. One man made something to give to others at Conventions and worked on it some more and upgraded the graphics and added characters, and finally this man was the OG roman cancel from Guilty Gear.

Such a great video thank you. I am shamed to never have known this existed.

It's impressive this was made by one man. Thanks for sharing.

Such nostalgia The music in this game was amazing.there was only one track but i still remember clearly! The version i had as a kid only had four characters,there were not that many mechanics either. I remember playing with a friend in the same keyboard😂

Juat hearing the names Big Bang Beat and EFZ makes my day, and this game looks fire. Im gonna try and hunt this down after work!

It’s a good day when guile post

I'm very much into several of the character's playstyles.

Game looks so fun and man thats a lot of system mechanics lol. Hoping, like you, the dev sees your video and gets inspired to rework it and rerelease it with rollback of course. I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

3D visuals for a solo doujin project is incredible, especially for the time! Very impressive stuff

this looks really cool