Just some corrections:
* All of Descolor's SF characters are SF4 styled. They have focus attacks and EX Specials, so they should be moved to the SFIV 2D Section. (Barring Sodom and Birdie, who weren't in SF4, but should have SF4 labels on them)
* Felicity's characters are mostly different styles. In order of what I know of: Alex (MVC3), Cammy (MVC3), Cody (SF4), Dhalsim (SF4), Dudley (SF5), Guy (SFV), Guile (SF4), Honda (SF4), Hugo (SF5), Ken (MVC3), Ryu (MVC3), Sagat (SF4), Vega (SF4) and Zangief (MVC3).
* Brown's Cody is based off of God Hand, not SF4.
* GDT's Alpha Akuma is specifically based on SFA2. (Also, all of his characters should be using Wayback Machine links since the hosting is down.)
* MMR's Sodom is specifically of X-ISM Sodom (With Swords), but has the other ISMs on him.
* In addition to the SSF2T modes that are enabled by default, MASA's SSF2X Ryu, Ken, and Akuma have COTA modes. Similarly, Dhalsim has a Darkstalkers/Vampire mode and Chun-Li has a SSF2/Old mode. In addition, all of his SF2'CE characters also have SF2'T and Rainbow Edition modes.
* Rin&Bat's SF2 Bosses are based on their unplayable The World Warrior counterparts.
* Adamskie, N64Mario, Kamekaze, Mouser and GDT's Ryu have a Evil Ryu mode.
* Knkn's Karin has SF5 elements: http://knknwakaba3.web.fc2.com/mugen_publication/mugen_publication.html
* Rei's Twelve also comes with a SF3-style Rolento and Sakura.
Iris.EXE and Glyde.EXE never had combat sprites for them, as they never fought in the games, so they should be put in the “Other Games” section if anything.
Multispiderman. The icon showed a lot of promise, as a Spidey with multiple modes. Guess what? He just changes costumes in his idle animation repeatedly, and is also too similar to Zvitor’s version.
Off the top of my head, with regards to poor quality characters.
Josh Geary, Wlanmania, Beanfan, MugenMundo, Chuchoryu, Mazemerald, Nexus Games/CvS Artist, KoopaKingdom.com, idiot, GooGoo64, Dark Chaos, any author who makes dumb hate characters, Adrian, Pgrs111Magen, and Kong.
I could see him using his pompadour for an attack move like Blue Suede Goo. Plus calling in other Crazy Diamonds.
I also want to have:
* Kaede Akamatsu and other DR protagonists.
* MVC-style/size Iris (Gladiacloud seems to like cute things, as seen with his Cream conversion. I’d like to see his take, for example.)
* More non-DBS-style Digimon.
* A really good Jafar.
* More Puyo characters in Tasofro style or even MVC.
- Yadon by Deathlazer
- The rest of the Fightin' Spirits roster by Cesarsombra: (be mindful that these are not so much "conversions" as they are sprite-swaps of existing characters)
Jenshi Yamamoto
Lorents O'Donnel
Rhajang
Shuzar
Tong Lee
Yuri Hishimoto
Note: I'm aware of BananaSkyGamingOP's 90mb monstrosity of Sheila Nash, but as I'm unable to locate her on any other place besides MA, she'll have to be listed as offline for now.
You know, It makes me wonder what they see when m. archive sees their handy-work: Theres people walking in streets about to get hit by cars, Planes at a distance, Planes up close in presence, Theres bicycles, Bicycle seats and a half, Bicycles with people taken without their permission, Guys on planes, Guys getting off planes, Guys getting on planes, Street lights on, Street lights off about to be turned on, Pictures of skies, Pictures of traffic lights in skies, Blurry people waking near bikes, Blurry bikes with half corners of streets with people walking on them, Cars about to hit the camera-guy, Locations with no names, Bicycles in locations with no name, Planes in runways, Planes being refueled for takeoff, Planes about to take off, Zoomed-in-pictures of bikes, Zooming-in pictures that will be about bikes, Guys driving old cars, A lady driving a new car, Train photos taken at bad angles, Trains pictures taken for no reasons, Guys on streets near cars, Guys walking away from cars near bikes and cars, Theres locked bikes near grass, Security-risk pictures for terrorists of planes at a distance flying away fast, Bicycles with seats, Bicycles about to be stolen, Bicycles near other bicycles, Blurry planes landing on the runway lanes, Pictures of planes that dont work anymore, Peoples hands on bikes near cars, Locations at a distance, Locations too blurry to make sense of, Mountains near planes, Bicycles about to drive away, People shopping for shoes near cars, New cars with old people in them driving near parks, Pilots driving planes at a quarter-distance, New bikes near people who dance, Custom cars on a six highway lane, Traffic lights that just turned green, Guys on bikes colored the same, People who were just inspected boarding planesbikesandthecarsandpeopledrivingtogetnewsneakerstrafficlightpoleswhosfuckingwithmyymeds
Ramaya and Sindbad from Arabian Fight have been made, along with some stuff from DD Crew and Riot City. It would be nice to note some of these characters as cheap, WIP, crap, etc using colors like a lot of other collections.
If anyone wanted to know which specific games the sprites of the Puyo characters are from, M3’s characters are taken from Gamecube Puyo Puyo Fever, Sugio’s Arle is from Big Kindergarten Kids, Suketoudara is from Madou Monogatari Saturn, Yu-Rei is from Fever 2 and 15th anniversary, Hoho is from the GBA version of Fever, and the rest are custom.
I tried out the Yuga we have here... he’s actually an unfinished character who keeps on disappearing during the match, and also uses recreated sprites, by the way. He should be marked as purple too. Also, Electro didn’t make Cham Cham’s SS2 stage, he made Nakoruru’s SS3 stage and Tam Tam’s SS1 stage.
BIG MEGAUPDATE!!
First of all, as seen in my recent NGP collection and my other ones, changed blue for a lighter blue
Added a lot of chars from MegaMan X4 and some from Emiliano Balleres and Lukasxd I don't have before (sadly, all are offline, new links are welcome)
Finally made a section for Rockman 7/8 FC chars made for MUGEN (the NES demakes of MM7 and MM8 made as PC fangames)
Since CrusaderCast went offline, replaced the links of bdc's NES Marvel chars with the archived versions (all tested and working)
Separated the edited chars by style: NES, 16-bit, Pocket, etc.
Not in the collection yet, but... I found MM9 fullgame by Emiliano Balleres, but since it's a closed game I'll unmolebox it to get you his creations uploaded here soon =D
Also found Omega32able collection in a fullgame pack, so I'll check out which chars are missing and I'll reupload them into separate downloads ;)
Oh, I almost forgot it... added all soundrips from Sounds Resource (the sound version of Spriters Resource) from all Classic games
I could see him using his pompadour for an attack move like Blue Suede Goo. Plus calling in other Crazy Diamonds.
I also want to have:
* Kaede Akamatsu and other DR protagonists.
* MVC-style/size Iris (Gladiacloud seems to like cute things, as seen with his Cream conversion. I’d like to see his take, for example.)
* More non-DBS-style Digimon.
* A really good Jafar.
* More Puyo characters in Tasofro style or even MVC.
I could see him using his pompadour for an attack move like Blue Suede Goo. Plus calling in other Crazy Diamonds.
I also want to have:
* Kaede Akamatsu and other DR protagonists.
* MVC-style/size Iris (Gladiacloud seems to like cute things, as seen with his Cream conversion. I’d like to see his take, for example.)
* More non-DBS-style Digimon.
* A really good Jafar.
* More Puyo characters in Tasofro style or even MVC.
For some reasons, I like writing about random stuff. This is why I want to talk about something that happened 10 years ago, the JudgeSpearer era in Youtube.
Remember that despite I Iook into forums and Youtube videos in order to find sources, there is a possibility that I could be wrong in certain subjects. This is why you colud threat those essays as any MUGEN creations, as those could receive feedbacks for possible improvements.
Anyways, let's finish this small introduction and begin with the subject, which is possibly the main cause why I know MUGEN for so long (almost 10 years). I call it...
The JudgeSpear Youtube Community
Youtube was a revolutionary item for the Internet. With this website, anyone could easily create a random video and posted it to be shown to the general public. It wasn't owned by Google, whose ownership caused pain and chaos ! It was also clear that Youtube would be used to showcase various MUGEN fights. There was one user that was not necessary a masterpiece, but somewhat memorable enough to be talked about; Judgespear He was mostly present form 2006 to 2009. He created a lot of MUGEN videos, and some of them, such as his Homer vs. Peter, gained at least 1 million views. In case you are wondering, the linked video was an archive whose original got taked down by a copyright strike long ago that took down all JudgeSpear videos ! This is a proof that Youtube wasn't a paradise back then. During the early Youtube, JudgeSpear codified the typical MUGEN series, and inspired a lot of other users to copy its style. He did have a forum based around him, called JSMugen, which sadly got removed form the Internet. To understand why JudgeSpear got a community based around him, I am going to talk it in general and the fads it spawned.
The VariousMUGEN Series
MUGEN Teams
Most MUGEN Youtubers used a small set of characters and create a team around them. They like to nickname their members such as ''The Chef, The Beserker'' and the likes.
You can do a lot of things with your team members as long it is done inside MUGEN. Usually, the most common video showcased 1vs1 matches that featured a player controlled team member, fighting a troublesome opponent.
They usually have a title like this: ((Video Author) (Player controlled character) (Serial Number) (Character that he fights against)). Here is an example.
Obviously, such videos aren't limited to 1vs1. Team members fight alongside allies for 2vs2 or turns based goodness, make a run in Survival mode, or is featured in other specialized MUGEN series such as those described below.
Another interesting thing about MUGEN teams is that some video creators initiate their new members, like in some sort of indian ritual. The newcomers fought a designated character, which lost, and become a full-fledged member for future uses.
Cheap Character Beatdown
MUGEN players really don't like getting beat unfairly. This is why we like to give them a taste of his own medicine, by destroying them in one of the most famous series of this era. A character, designated as a ''cheap buster'' , defeats various overpowered characters. They have problems such as rage-inducing AI, bloated stats, unblockable attacks, spammable specials, always dodges/counter your moves, beeping your microwave and anything else that could piss off human players. A famous ''cheap buster'' is Metool, a mook from the Megaman series, which can protect itself perfectly from all attacks by hiding inside its signature helmet, and can summon a giant Metool, which is generally a OHKO, complete with an alarm sound and a flashing OWN3D! . When you heard that siren, somebody is going to be down !
Retarded Character Beatdown
This way another popular MUGEN series but curiously enough, wasn't started by Judgespear himself. It possibly has its roots in an Ampchu video in a fight against Actarus's Peter Griffin, He is described as "more retarded that Omega Tiger Woods", the latter is a a legit joke character. It doesn't take a genius that various people started doing "Retard Beatdowns". It is basically whay it says on the tin. We bascially beat up poorly-made characters. Unlike the "Cheap Beatdowns" videos, you probably won't need to use a powerful character like Metool to beat those retards, as they mostly lacks AI, but since some of them have bloated stats to compensate the abscence of a brain, you keep it in some special cases.
Everyone hates "X
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There is always some catharsis fun when seeing various fictional characters performing a powerful attack against hated suckers. This is the whole premise of the "Everyone hates X" videos. It started in a blooper video when JudgeSpear tried to do an survival run with Homer Simpson. He fought against CCI's Prince Vegeta, and taunted him because Saiyans really don't like having their pride damaged by a fat guy. Cue Vegeta responding with an barrage of attacks, culminating with a final flash, hilariously ending his run. People find it funny so JudgeSpear and his fans started their own videos starring Homer Simpson, usualy taunting a random fighter. He then unleash a Special or Hyper against him, defeating him. While Homer is usually picked, they have done the same fate against cheap characters, retardeds, and so on.
Alternatively, they have done the same fate against logos which are punching bags, because said company were invovled in copyright strikes against MUGEN Youtubers.
They are also some lesser memes, such as the "Spin attack" fad, or those "Special Challenges", but they don't need a special treatement. Also a common thing about MUGEN videos is that their authors often put an small intro before the fight. You do fell 2008 Youtube when watching these !
And now for some criticism
While the JudgeSpear community have taken a huge part of the MUGEN community in Youtube, not everything is pure white and have its detractors. These two thread, regardeless of context, definively show some disdains against this sub-community. Too bad I couldn`t explore the JSMugen for clues because it no longer exists. Anyways, by judging the MugenGuild thread and the various videos in Youtube I could possibly find some explainations.
Too many characters from popular media
Because MUGEN allows everyone to create all kinds of fighters, it is become obvious that some creator would recreate characters from popular media such those from Nintendo or Sega games or from popular TV shows such as The Simpson or Family Guy. It is also not a surprise that those fighters become extremely popular in MUGEN videos, as they are very appealing to a younger audience. That do not means that they are not necessary well-made or even good. This is the case with Warner's Homer Simpson (or most of his creation, but I will probably tell its history later), which was originally an Iori spriteswap, and has to be edited by JudgeSpear himself in order for it to feel less than a spriteswap. If you look at his MUGEN's intro (See above), you would see, Homer, Peter, Jigglypuff and Chansey from Pokémon, Goku and Perfect Cell from DBZ, Yoshi and Predator Warrior. More that half of the characters shown in this intro are popular characters from mainstream media. The rest consisted of Kung Fu Man, Iori Yagami, Amingo from MvC, Elena from the Street Fighter III, and Johnny Maximum from World Heroes. Other Youtubers would try to use more, well, characters from fighting games or something obscure, but they would still use at least some fan-favorites of Homer Simpson fame. Maybe this is good for attraction but popular characters does not really represent MUGEN as a whole.
Even today most popular MUGEN videos featured characters that were popular in the past. Other videos included fighters from big fandoms (Undertale, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic...) and NSFW stuff. We don't change a winning formula.
Too much character bashing
Character bashing is extremely present in the MUGEN community. They don't play well and are very glitchy, but I will mainly focus on the "Cheap Character Beating " fad that was present during the JudgeSpear era. The basic idea was solid. We use lethal joke characters, such as Metool or Dopefish, to defeat broken fighters. JudgeSpear himself said that this series was comedic and not to be taken seriously. Then, everyone and its pet goldfish are doing their own "cheap characters basing" series, effectively turning it into "bashing character you didn't beat" and losing much of its comedic value. It doesn't help that they use cheap characters, or cheap tactics, to lend them to victory. We have a very obvious case of hypocrisiy. Add that years later with the birth of SaltyBet, where cheap characters are seen somewhat favorably because they can put a good fight and often destroy the oppresion. Today, doing this sort of video is the equivalent of beating a dead horse.
A character being cheap doesn't mean it is not well made. Heck, most of its problems would be "removed" it you purge its AI. The most know case of this is Reu, the author who made the Evil duo, and the original Dragon Claw. They are very good, but they have very aggresive AI and they got Metool's wrath because of that. It took his fucking death for his characters to be beloved and respected by all. There are probably more examples but they are debatable. Also, most cheap characters are made because of rule of cool, rule of funny, or just for the sake of watch mode.
For the case of "retarded characters", there isn't much to say because if you put garbage on the Internet, you could be critisized for it. Today, it is mostly done by kids with the intent to bash each other, leading to popcorn grabbing. A more well made recent series is "Dumanios takes out the trash", for starter.
Sometimes, someone don't like seeing their beloved characters getting beat, and it will lead to...
...loads of drama.
The MUGEN community has its fair share of drama that are mostly done in public in hope of getting attention. Not even the JudgeSpear community is safe from this. It held a banlist that forbid usage of cheap characters for team creation, unless that character that it is a cheap buster, and there is debates regarding if a specific character should be put on the banlist or not, and this cause problems if it has a huge following. Other subject of discords included various talks about ethics and moral issues regarding MUGEN works, but these are shared among other communities, and could still be an issue today. A drama regarding a specific character was Choiyer's Haruhi Suzimaya. She is near-cheap, but is widely used by some users and apparently has a lot of haters. Then, she got an update that added questionable moves and greatly added fuel to the fire. When people bash Haruhi or even just defeating her in a fair match, there will be some fanboys or fangirls who shouts profanities, clashing with those enjoying the beating, causing some flame wars.
MUGEN dramas were one of the reason why JudgeSpear quit the community, besides copyright strikes against him, as probably seen in this quote. Apparently, JudgeSpear himself has a lot of haters, probably due to massive overexposure, and it is also one reason why people hate its fandom. He admitted to have bad behaviors, especially against trolls, as seen in the MugenGuild thread.
I seriously fell that this part could be much bigger, as dramas affected all MUGEN communites. Good information are welcome.
Conclusion ?
Maybe this is something that should be forgotten but there are people who heard about JudgeSpear but doesn't know who he is. In general, the JudgeSpear Youtube community is a denser and wackier approach of MUGEN but got too big for various veterans' taste. While it was a popular way to showcase MUGEN videos, it could be done without having it in your own computer as the engine could be used for simulating popular match-ups that weren't flash animations from Newgrounds. Maybe a huge community based around the thought of a single person wasn't the best thing for MUGEN but it did introduce the engine to a bigger audience before SaltyBet, fandoms and modern gaming channels did the same. Some of its fads still persist today becauase they worked before. As a kid, I used to watch a lot of JudgeSpear videos, and this is probably why I inform you about it, and that talking about something that was the thing 10 years ago probably leads to nostalgia for some of us.
Fell free to talk about the JudgeSpear community if you want.
Multispiderman. The icon showed a lot of promise, as a Spidey with multiple modes. Guess what? He just changes costumes in his idle animation repeatedly, and is also too similar to Zvitor’s version.
There aren't many creators whose stuff I don't recommend, largely because I try to keep an open mind and try to find positive things. Take Joey Faust, for example.
While I do greatly appreciate the fact that he made characters from Time Killers and BloodStorm for MUGEN, what I don't like is how shoddy the controls are... I also happen to be a HUGE stickler for character accuracy. If you're converting a character from an arcade game, the best idea is to attempt to make it as close to 1:1 as possible. This way, a new player can jump in with said character and not feel lost... The moves the character has in MUGEN are the same as the character in the original game. This makes the transition far easier for the player.
I get that the creations were for his fan game... but, considering that his fan game uses the MUGEN engine as well, wouldn't it make sense to try and to get it closer to a 1:1 conversion?
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