Capcom Fighting Collection

Capcom Fighting Collection
Release Date(s)
Developer(s):
Capcom
Publisher(s):
Capcom
Release date:
June 24, 2022
Genre:
Fighting
Modes:
Single-player, multiplayer
Platforms:
PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows

Capcom Fighting Collection is a fighting game compilation by Capcom. The first of Capcom's Fighting Collection series, the Capcom Fighting Collection contains arcade versions of ten fighting games originally released by Capcom between 1994 and 2003, including all five arcade Darkstalkers games. It was released on June 24, 2022 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows through Steam, and Xbox One.

Gameplay

Capcom Fighting Collection is a compilation of arcade versions of ten fighting games originally developed and published by Capcom. Most prominently, all five arcade entries in the Darkstalkers franchise are included, marking the first time the full series will be made available outside Japan. The collection also includes Red Earth for its first ever release outside arcades. The compilation features online play with rollback netcode, training and spectator modes, save states, concept art, design documents, and a music player.

• Darkstalkers:
  • Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (1994)
  • Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge (1995)
  • Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire (1997)
  • Vampire Hunter 2: Darkstalkers' Revenge (1997)
  • Vampire Savior 2: The Lord of Vampire (1997)
• Pocket Fighter:
  • Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (1996)
  • Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix (1997)
• Other games:
  • Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness (1995)
  • Red Earth (1996)
  • Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition (2003)

ROM Versions

The 5 Darkstalkers game utulizes the following ROMS:

• Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (Japan 940705/USA 940818)
• Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge (Japan 050302/USA 050406)
• Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire (Japan 970519/USA 970519)
• Vampire Hunter 2: Darkstalkers' Revenge (Japan 970929)
• Vampire Hunter 2: Darkstalkers' Revenge (Japan 970913)

Version Differences

Capcom Fighting Collection made several changes to the original 5 Darkstalkers games. While most consist of issue and bug fixes, there are some direct adjustments to the game's contents.

Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors

• Huitzil: Fixed a bug where Huitzil's Circuit Scrapper move would not trigger a sound effect when the opponent hits the ground after a successful hit.
• Fixed a bug where the first two digits of the high score would disappear.

Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge

• Demitri: Fixed an issue where the game would sometimes crash when Demitri was hit by a throw move.
• Fixed an issue where combos of 100 or more hits would cause text corruption.
• Fixed a bug where the first two digits of the high score would disappear.

Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire

• B.B. Hood: Fixed a bug where, in rare cases, a Guard Cancel would end in an incorrect position.
• Morrigan: Fixed an issue where, in rare cases, Morrigan's Normal Throw would crash the game.
• Anakaris: Fixed a bug where trying to perform Pharaoh Decoration would sometimes perform Pharaoh Salvation instead.
• Anakaris: Fixed the position for grabbing an opponent with Mummy Drop.
• Anakaris: Fixed a bug where it would become impossible to progress after performing certain inputs during the victory pose.
• Bishamon: Fixed an issue with the animation of Karame Dama.
• Lilith: Fixed the position with Lilith's Dark Force clone, which would sometimes become incorrect after Lilith performs a high jump.
• Fixed an issue where combos of 100 or more hits would cause text corruption.

Vampire Hunter 2: Darkstalkers' Revenge

• Fixed a bug where a match between the characters Shadow (while possessing Anakaris) and Felicia would not start correctly.
• All characters now have a single ending (secret endings have been removed).

Trivia

• This game marks the first release of Vampire Hunter 2 and Vampire Savior 2 outside of Japan. However, it will not have its English translation as seen in previous console releases such as Darkstalkers 3, due to being a direct port from the arcade build.
  • Due to these two games being the only ones that lack an English version, highlighting either of them would switch the version for the other eight games to the Japanese version.
  • Despite Capcom being able to alter the ROMs for bugfixes, English translations for Vampire Hunter 2 and Vampire Savior 2 remains unlikely.
• This is the first time that the entire Darkstalkers arcade game library has officially been released for the PC.
• Coincidentally, Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors, Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge, Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire, Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, and Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix would later also be included as part of Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium that would be released a month later after this game on July 22, 2022.
  • Since Cyberbots was part of the original Arcade Stadium, it also means that aside from Red Earth, the remaining Darkstalkers games Vampire Hunter 2 and Vampire Savior 2 are the only games in the franchise not included in the Arcade Stadium releases.
• As both games mainly use music from previous Darkstalkers releases, the music player does not have music tracks for both Vampire Savior 2 and Vampire Hunter 2, despite having musical scores exclusive to the aforementioned games.

Videos

Capcom Fighting Collection – Announcement Trailer

Announcement trailer.

Capcom Fighting Collection - Pre-Order Trailer

Pre-Order trailer.

Capcom Fighting Collection - CAP-JAMS Interview

CAP-JAMS interview.

Capcom Fighting Collection - Launch Trailer

Launch trailer.