Darkstalkers
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Darkstalkers, known in Japan as , is a Japanese fighting game series and media franchise created by Capcom. The series is set in a pastiche gothic fiction universe with characters based on monsters from international folklore, and features a stylized 2D graphic style. Its first game, Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors, was released in arcades in 1994 and its third and final main game is Vampire Savior, released in 1997. Darkstalkers introduced gameplay concepts used in later Capcom fighting games, including the Street Fighter Alpha and Marvel vs. Capcom series.
Key facts
- Video game series.title
- Darkstalkers
- Video game series.image
- Darkstalkers.png
- Video game series.genre
- Fighting
- Video game series.developer
- Capcom Iron Galaxy Studios (Resurrection)
- Video game series.creator
- Junichi Ohno Alex Jimenez (concept)
- Video game series.publisher
- Capcom
- Video game series.platforms
- Arcade, Dreamcast, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Portable, Sega Saturn, Xbox 360, Xbox One
- Video game series.first release version
- Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
- Video game series.first release date
- July 12, 1994
- Video game series.latest release version
- Capcom Fighting Collection
- Video game series.latest release date
- June 24, 2022
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Video games
- Original arcade games
- Ports, remasters, and compilations
- Future
- Plot
- Introduced in ''Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors''
- Introduced in ''Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge''
- Introduced in ''Vampire Savior''
- Related media
- Books
- Animated series
- Soundtracks
- Pachislo
- Reception
- References
- External links
Darkstalkers, known in Japan as , is a Japanese fighting game series and media franchise created by Capcom. The series is set in a pastiche gothic fiction universe with characters based on monsters from international folklore, and features a stylized 2D graphic style. Its first game, Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors, was released in arcades in 1994 and its third and final main game is Vampire Savior, released in 1997. Darkstalkers introduced gameplay concepts used in later Capcom fighting games, including the Street Fighter Alpha and Marvel vs. Capcom series.
Besides video games, the Darkstalkers media franchise also includes an anime miniseries, an American animated series, a Canadian comic book series, and many books of various kinds and other media released only in Japan. Some individual characters, such as Morrigan Aensland and Felicia, appeared in later Capcom games, as well as in a few crossover games released by other companies.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Darkstalkers” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.