Here we are with the latest installment of this series! Since Dan's been in the news lately with the SFV season V announcements, I figure its a great enough time to showcase what he's been all about! I will say that while Dan might think SNK is a pretty silly company, I think they are a pretty cool company :) *edit* boo boo in the video, Capcom actually lost the lawsuit against Data east, I guess I was remembering in my personal court of moral opinion cause Data east was 100% guilty of what was being thrown at them heh.

I wish you had mentioned that Dan once used the Raging Demon, Akuma's signature move, but tripped before it landed

As goofy and silly as his character is, Dan's story is actually compelling.

I love Dan story, makes me wish they made him stronger every game showing how he develops his own style

We also gotta talk about in the SvC games Ryo and Dan get mad at each other because they think the other is ripping off their style

If I remember correctly, the SNK connection came full circle in SVC Chaos where SNK made him pretty strong

One little known fact, Dan hibiki also has Yuri's winning Victory pose and says "Yeah yuutsu!❤" just like her Art of fighting/King of Fighters days.

Dan and Blanka are basically like the Mr. Satan and Majin Buu of Street Fighter

"I hate the art of fighting, but I wanna be the king of fighters!"

Make no mistake, people choosing Dan in fightcade games are no joke.

And here I always thought Dan was a parody/spoof of Steven Seagal lol

I thought that Saikyo Ryu was a jab at Ryo and Robert's Kyokogenryu (which I've seen translated as "Extreme Style"), and Dan's revenge story ripped on Terry's revenge on Geese. Dan is just too deep with parody!

Capcom lost their lawsuit against Data East.

Maybe I missed it in the video but the creator of Street Fighter made Art of Fighting. You can't steal from yourself. But both styles are based off the real life Kyokushin style founded by a man hated in Japan for being Korean. Mr Karate is based off him. Gouken somewhat too.

You probably already know this, but Dan is now the official MC of Street Fighter V shop section. I just recently started working as quality assurance for Capcom Japan, and we are still tune fining his “Summary” dialogues for shop items such as alternate costumes, alternate colors, stage descriptions and BGM’s. His lines are hilarious.

If I connect in a jump kick in the corner with Dan.... It's over.

he is considered mid to high tier now in sfv 👀💦

Bro, the same guy that made Ryu in Capcom made Ryo in SnK. This is just marketing. But I love this love n hate relationship between ex-employees. Same happened with Rockman and Mighty Number 9. inafune who created megaman's design, left Capcom and made his own character without right problems. He failed, but Capcom employees copied what's interesting in that game and pasted it over Rockman/Megaman 11. Funny and sad at the same time.

I hope Dan has a short hop in SFV. Ya know, just as another jab at SNK.

As silly as the character is, he’s one badass fighter in the hands of good players. S class

Dan The Man Hibiki Nuff said

Cool factoid about Dan is that he first appeared as a bonus character in Alpha 1 but despite being a joke, his alpha move actually had the most damage of anyone in the game and appeared to influence Ken's own Alpha moves in subsequent games!

the director of Art of Fighting also worked at Capcom and helped make Street Fighter 1 as a designer and planner.

The super taunt in SF4 actually did have two uses. There was a combo that required it to cancel into Ultra to make the ultra connect. Plus you could use the super taunt to bait out an attack and cancel into ultra for the punish

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He also made a commercial about going to his dojo but he forgot to put the address in it's commercial that's why he doesn't have many students. He is his own worst enemy.

man, we heard that KoF 14 Iori theme so often now, you HAVE to make one of him already.

Dan is unironically one of the key reasons I really got into Fighting games. I mained him in SF4 just because of how much of a joke he was, then a while later, I got CvS2 on my PS3, which is how I found out about him being a knock off of Ryo, which made me learn more about Ryo, along side the rest of SNK, and the rest is history. Just putting this out there, 'cause I'll always love seeing Dan get some attention.

Describing SNK fighting games as being Street Fighter clones is not super accurate, given that one of SF's original creators Takashi Nishiyama went to SNK. Art of Fighting is more like a successor to SF... Top Hat Gaming Man has a great video on this.

The Funniest SF char.

And even years later, the SNK references do. Not. STOP. His whole character is built to be a parody, and it will not stop every time he makes his return. Makes me wonder how SNK’s revival and a potential Garou sequel will factor more into Dan’s, well, EVERYTHING 😬

Hey now, super taunt is a very important part of dans toolkit. It lets him cancel into ultra lolol

Dan as he stands. That rhymes. 😆 I always kinda knew Dan's an amalgamation of Ryo and Robert back then though I didn't knew it was intentional until later. Makes me think their stories in Capcom Vs. SNK. Also yes, despite Dan's goofiness he does have a good back story. And in the hands of a good player, Dan can be a cool fighter.

I love this series! I was pretty excited earlier when I saw that you not only made a new video in the series, but that it was Dan! Couldn’t wait to watch it after I got home from work!

Why is Dan's story low-key fucking cool? Like dude, who doesn't just need a win every now and then (Good guy Sagat).

The fact you used a theme (more specifically, Iori's Team theme) from King of Fighters XIV is legendary.

I kind of wish you'd covered Dan's meetings with his inspirations in the crossover games (CvS/SvC). Good video though.

I’m calling him jimmy from now on

Knx "Dan's infinite"..dope track. Alpha 3 was my first intro to Dan. I appreciate that he's a underdog character. Never knew that he was a middie from CAP to SNK. Dope, it adds.

I remember when alpha 3 came out, my group of friends hated me cause I built him to top level and fought with him lol

Omg the mid 91-96 almost every game company at the time was pulling out fighting games. It was soooo fun.

the king of strong style himself, hell yeah i can't believe i'm seeing capcom diehards saying that dan needs to be strong in street fighter v. esports isn't ready for dan and his goonery/buffoonery

One interesting thing about Dan is that his move set looks to be a blend of Muay Thai and Ansatsuken. His gadouken and koryuken are obviously based off Gouken's teachings, but his Dan Kicks are strikingly similar to Tiger Knee, especially the light versions. Other examples are how both Dan and Sagat have similar cl.HK, cl.LP., and in generally Dan uses more elbows and knees in his normals a la muay thai. The deep lore implication is that he sees muay thai as having techniques worthy of the Strongest Style since those were what killed his father.

Robert's head, Ryo's stance, and the backstory of Terry

I never knew any of this about Dan. Thanks!

Back in the days i got alpha 3 on psx and dump so many hours in this game, when i got bored i started playing with Dan and ho boy it was an amazing ride 👍

In Marvel Super Heroes VS Street Fighter, Akuma's ending has him defeating "Cyber Dan "w/only 1 shoryuken

Amazing video, would love to see more videos like this!

I would love too see a video on Blanka in the future!

6:19 Sagat immediately put on the patch after his eye got gouged out and then proceeded to kill Gou

Cool vid. I was well aware of circumstance behind Dan's creation, but never really knew it went that deep (I was never really into SNK games). Also, I enjoy when fighting games have lore and characters have an actual history that continues through multiple games.

3:37 Nevermind Pyscho ball, you made me remember Goenitz and now I''m not sure how I'll sleep tonight It's also funny that even though Gadouken is just sad, when I used to play the old versus games, I always liked Dan more than Ryu or Ken, largely because to me his kick tatsumaki always felt so much better to me.

this is probably my favorite video you have made. I dont even play street fighter but this kinda cool.

We need a video on Hakkan

1:31 Dan is wearing Takuma Tengu mask here

Capcom lost the lawsuit horribly against data-east 😂

His pink Gi is also a reference to Yuri’s outfit in AOF1 and her secondary color in AOF2.

It should be noted that Hiroshi Matsumoto was the lead character designer for Street Fighter AND Art of Fighting. SNK wasn't ripping off Capcom, it was the same guy who just didn't have control over his self-created IP anymore, so he tweaked it slightly for his new project. That makes it even more spiteful and disrespectful that Dan was created.

When playing as Dan in the Capcom VS SNK 1 games,the A.O.F. characters mistake him for Ryo or Robert

In street fighter 4, theres a DLC called Omega mode that turns Dan into basically Ryo with all his moves. A very good player can stomp with dan. Back when we had game times at the local fast food place we brought out a TV and a Playstation and had people come by and play with us. Nobody wanted to pick Dan, however i was the only one that could play him at maximum efficiency and a beatdown from Dan by me is a ton of giggles. Guys didnt get mad, they just were laughing at how goofy they were beaten. It was good times.

Thanks for fr subtittles 🥰

Hi-Gadoken's Dan is NO JOKE!

You make really good videos man, one of the best quiality here in youube nowadays Keep it up i enjoy them so much

Dan is my favorite street fighter character something about his personality and appearance just makes him ridiculously fun to me

Great video, Dan's the Man. He did kinda use 10:35 moves before, in omega mode of Ultra street fighter IV. I would like to see more videos like this.

Omg another "avenge my dead father" at this point the game should be call street therapy: Daddy issues!!

Ah, yes, Dan Hibiki, my favorite Fortnite

Capcom lost the case with data east, remember that data east made karate champ witch has a red and white karateka

I've always liked Dan, because, I am Dan. You know? That one guys that tries really hard but he still sucks.

The best form of flattery is imitation.

I loved Dan. Cool 3-kick-move.

Does Dan have the potential to be one of the strongest characters but he's just so weird and ridiculous it basically acts as a handicap for him?

These are your best videos!!

Dan is the Yamcha of street fighter

What a silly lad Dan Hibiki be. Ridiculous history must continue and grow!

A surprise to be sure buy a welcome one

My favourite SF character, so happy he made it to SFV. I hope he has his demon

Those who are good with Dan are those who are not to be fcked with.

Correction: Capcom lost the lawsuit on Data East's Fighter's History. Alpha1 Dan is the best Dan, more serious than his joke later iterations.

Back then they didn't want me NowI'mHot, they all on me! SNK and CAPCOM weren't on good terms back then as competitors. After business went south with SNK the first time around, Capcom agreed that it would be good marketing to make a cross-over game as it could help Capcom sales (to which it did) and Capcom Vs. SNK was born a hit. It was so successful, both companies flourished and agreed that as 2 aspiring Japanese development companies, setting aside differences to tackle the foreign market would benefit everyone, and Capcom Vs SNK 2 and SNK vs Capcom: Chaos was a critical success as a result, showcasing all of both stables in glorious fashion (Dan and Yuri have the best opening IMO). They wanted to try for something more, bit SNK went and suggested some funky things for Ryu as a costume and Capcom said the f-bomb (which is funny because that costume is now present in SFV). They went separate ways for a decade. Well SNK goes bankrupt right? But lots of their Fighting Game staff were already reputable to Capcoms fight game staff since they worked so closely together. I assure you now thatmany of SNK's fighting game staff is employed by Capcom because SNK host company has issues. SNK are of the likes of MetalSlug, Sukoden, as well as KoF and AoF. Capcom are of the likes of Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, as well as their SF series and numerous Cross-overs like Tekken V, MvC, and survival horrors.

Where I live, Street Fighter 2 was never that big, but Art of Fighting and, eventually, The King of Fighters, oh my!!! Almost every little store, pharmacy, office materials store (I don't know the names in English, it's a little store where you can buy paper, pens, pencils, eraser, scissors, all that stuff) had one or two arcade machines with either Art of Fighting or the newest installment of KoF, even as back as 1994, but my personal favorite was Fatal Fury, and when KoF '96 changed dodging into rolling, I became a real fan, but I abandoned KoF's bandwagon in '98. My personal favorite still is '97, with a team made of Kensou, Yuri and Shermie (regular, not orochi Shermie), but when someone uses orochi Leona or Iori, to easily win, I'd use normal Leona, who, along with Kensou, allowed me to defeat those cheating players (not always, but usually enough). Oh, the memories! The 90s were the best.

As a kid, I always just saw him as a spoof of a young Steven Seagal, but it's just as funny knowing he's just a cheaply sandwiched amalgamation of Ryo and Robert. XD Something else to add to the Dan Hibiki Legend: Dan Hibiki and Joe Higashi were official team mates in the first Capcom vs SNK crossover. And cannonically, regardless of which team you play through in arcade mode, they wind up being the true winners of the entire tournament. While the team you play as is busy messing around with Geese, Joe and Dan just bypass them and win the tourney off screen. And if you play as those two, well, they just put Geese through a wall before they win, anyway. To top it off, if you see their personal pre-match interactions with each other in a versus match, it's obvious that Joe and Dan HATED each other! Hopefully you've tried out Dan in his official launch for SFV, by now. This seems to be his strongest iteration, yet! SAIKYO!

Don’t forget about Yuri in Dan’s character The a thumbs up that Dan does is one if Yuri’s Victory poses.

Dan is my personal favorite character. Looking back its amazing that a character created as a joke, and is made to be a pathetic fighter, i feel this kind of character on paper could have been an annoying one and done character. I'm glad he stuck around.

Dan Hibiki will always be a favorite of mine, and has been ever since he debuted!! It always feels good to win with him, I'm team hibiki for life😁😁

How about Pichu from Super Smash Bros. Melee & Ultimate next time?

Nice info. tyvm

A big point about Dan that makes him a bit meaner as a joke Is the fact that art of fighting was made by the guy who made SF1 after he left for snk because he wasn’t satisfied with where they were taking things at the time. It’s kind of interesting to look at as his background matches Keiji inafune’s eventual history with capcom. He left to make a spiritual successor to his own work.

Dan comes from the JCVD movie double impact right ?

what's the game where one of Dan's moves is hitting the other person with... Dan on a stick...? seriously, that was an actual move in some game.

I have always felt he looked a bit like Steven Seagal.

It is sad to see you did not show Ryu and Robert how they originally were. Dan is not copying Ryo's short range fireball. He has a bad fireball because he sucks. Ryo's fireball was just fine

*Ri*diculous? More like RADiculous!

Boy, that's a unique way to pronounce Sakura. Is that how they pronounce it in the dub?

I main dan so when you lose to me you feel 20 times worse

Turthfully i kinda like dan hibiki design, and his pink-ish karate gi is iconic, so capcom should thanks also to snk because of this case lol #ironic

Dan is a better martial artist than Sakura. He just does things his own way.

I stopped playing street fighter because of dan

Looooong time coming.

Roshi was revealed for FighterZ. Thoughts?