What really gets me is how Shaq was apparently a huge fan of fighting games and was thrilled to get his own. I'm sure he's just as upset as everyone else that this game sucks as much as it does, although likely not to the extent of wanting every copy destroyed.

Street Fighter 6 introduces character creation. Now we can all be Shaq, and he is clearly made for that game's setting

At least the mugen version of Shaq will always be amazing

Has anyone tried to mod Shaq-Fu? I am surprised some dedicated fan has not tried to rebalance the game.

I worked at EA in Redwood City around 2012. There was an office where the Shaq Fu art was very prominently featured. Asking around, I found out it belonged to someone who worked on it and was still at EA. He did not entertain any irony or memeing about it. He was proud of it and did not appreciate any BS about it. Good for him.

Man the day I get strike/throw mixed by Shaquille O’Neil is the day i give up

No one will ever destroy my copy of ShaqFu!

If there were ever a game to mod, this would be the game. Release the Shaq-fu balance patch!

Someone should invite Shaq to a real good fighting game. The guy seems like a great dude to end up with his videogame legacy as only bad games.

Imagine somebody taking the time to rebalance the game and releasing a tournament edition ROM hack

For what it's worth, playing Shaq Fu with friends makes for a pretty entertaining time.

What are you talking about? Shaq fu sounds like the greatest thing ever! Now I need to find myself a copy and play it!

Aw yeahhhh, my favorite fighting game to bring along to the locals

What a weird game

If Shaq-Fu was made into a 3D fighter, it would be amazing tbh

Love the Battleblock Theater music you guys used as light background noise

If I had a nickel for every time Shaq was at the center of a bad video game, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

Ahahaha love that AVGN clip hahaha that's where I first found out about this game

Shaq Fu's gameplay may be bad, but at least the game wasn't super offensive like the later beat-em-up.

I never knew the backstory for the shaq fu games, now im informed! great vid

great topic idea, and amazing editing too. v good job guys :)

Shaq know his stuff 🔥

3:03 TOKYO MIRAGE SESSIONS SHARP FE SPOTTED LETSGOOO BEST AKSHON VIDEO OF ALL TIME

Shaqtin' a Fool, in video game form.

shaq deserves better, we need 1 more shaq fu game thats actually good

Battleblock theater OST just hits!

I almost want to learn how to program fighting games just to try and fix shaq fu.

I got this game as a birthday present. I was secretly disappointed, but I still played it. And I have to admit -- while it certainly wasn't my favorite game ever, I ended up not hating it, either.

Thanks for the vid

I recall Shaq fu being pretty mid-tier for its day. Just one of a flock of cash-grabby tournament fighters which clogged the shelf of your local rental shop next to Power Instinct and Ultraman: Toward the Future. I'd rank it higher than Street Fighter... one. (The first Street Fighter from 1987 was not that good, more of a proof of concept.) Now Rise of the Robots, despite having a more conventional sci-fi setting, played like trash, ran like trash and, depending on which port you had, looked and sounded like trash. There's probably a handful of scam games on Steam that are worse, but I cannot overstate how little Rise of the Robots had going for it. Ports of Pit Fighter also ran like a cancerous lung, though the arcade version might have been ok.

I remember hearing about Shaq Fu being so bad from ScrewAttack, that they got their hands on enough copies to put one in each urinal at a ScrewAttack Gaming Convention.

Was that before or after Shaq was rapping with Michael Jackson?

4:11 the dedication tho

1:35 okay Thanks for that XD

glorious king shaq fu

Was that the frieren battle music around 10:20 or am I going insane?

Most "bad" gsmes are not as bad as people say.

As a kid i had a blast playing this game with my brother and my cousin. Maybe it was because i was just a kid but it was actually fun and i liked the characters and simple mechanics of the game.

NGL I use to do air combos in this game , I was nice son

Ooo this game.

Um. I loved that fucking game so ...

It was bad, but I still played it a bunch when I was a kid...and I still listen to the soundtrack every now and then

What I don't get is that even if you do crazy stuns in the game, it fires off as no damage at times. 🧐 (SNES version) Either way.. the cat girl is probably one of my favorites to play as.

Man I use to play the hell out of that game 😂

How has nobody told me Michael Jordan is in a Metroidvania

less shaq more fu

let ArcSys remaster ShaqFu imo, it looks so nice and smooth

Battle Block Theater background music I hear

And dj diesel is his greatest accomplishment

I actually played this game and actually liked it but I was a very easy to please little kid at the time

wait is there a soundtrack for this video?

This game isn’t bad and I’m standing on it 😭

We need shaq fu 3 and it needs to be goon on level of mvc3 and guilty gear strive imagine tag team fighter with shaq

Cover the finals

6:36 SARA ANDJACKYBRYANT VIRTUA FIGHTER NOT TEKKEN

Hear me out... Shaq Fu 3

No its NOT Rise of the Robots, Brütal Paws of Fury and Clayfighter 63 1/3 are All worse.

IT REALLY ISN'T AND MATT MC MUSCLES PROVED IT WITH HIS SERIES THE WORST FIGHTING GAME.

2:32 the one I didn't play... Q_Q

What is the music in the end ?

Big black shaq

Really pondering to that chinese audience huh

Has ares vr come out yet orrr

Obamna

does this include the reboot beat em up?

This is NEVER the worst game ever. I've seen games waaaaaaaaaaay worse than THIS. Y'all need to shut up.

Shaq Fu >>> NBA2K

This game sucks. But this game is awesome.

Yap yap yap

3rd

You don't need to condemn Chris brown jokes. Most people aren't that sensitive.