History Trivia / BloodyRoar

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: There were rumors about a revival to the franchise long after ''Bloody Roar 4'', which even led to an infamous ''Bloody Roar 5'' hoax in 2011. There were also rumors circulating regarding how Creator/{{Sony}} might revive the ''Bloody Roar'' franchise (similar to what Creator/{{Microsoft}} did with ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct''), but so far those have been shot down, as the expected announcement turned out to be that ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' would be a [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 PS4]] exclusive on consoles.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://bloodyroar.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Bloody Roar Wiki]].

* FranchiseKiller: ''Bloody Roar 4'' due to combination of middling-to-mediocre critical reception and being the biggest commercial failure compared to the rest of the games in the series. Despite rumors, hoaxes and speculation of the franchise coming back in one way or another for newer consoles, nothing has come of any of it, and it appears that Creator/{{Konami}} has no interest in the franchise either.

* TheOtherDarrin: It's incredibly rare for a character to be consistently voiced by the same person between two games, more so for one to keep voicing a character for ''three'' games (only five characters have had the same voice for three games in a row), and especially so in the English-dubbed versions (only Yugo and Alice kept the same voices between the first and second games). Amusingly, several of Gado's previous voices have returned, [[YouLookFamiliar but voicing different characters]] -- Barry Gjerde, his (and Greg's) voice from the first game, came back to voice Yugo in ''3'' (alongside Samantha Vega, who, appropriately, went from Fox to his SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Jenny), and then Chris Wells, who voiced him in ''3'', returned for ''Primal Fury''/''Extreme'' to voice Long. ''Primal Fury/Extreme'' is also a particularly odd case, as even the characters who still spoke English in the Japanese version had different voices in the actual English release, with Shina/Marvel and Jenny having the distinction of having three different English-speaking actresses between ''3'' (respectively Lenne Hardt and Samantha Vega), the Japanese ''Extreme'' (Rumiko Burns and Creator/DonnaBurke), and its English version ''Primal Fury'' (Creator/VanessaMarshall and Creator/TasiaValenza).

* FranchiseKiller: ''Bloody Roar 4'' due to combination of middling-to-mediocre critical reception and being the biggest commercial failure compared to the rest of the games in the series. Despite rumors, hoaxes and speculation of the franchise coming back in one way or another for newer consoles, nothing has came of any of it, and it appears that Creator/{{Konami}} has no interest in the franchise either.

* RecastAsARegular: The original game featured an opening narrated by Creator/PaulEiding. Eiding would later return in ''Primal Fury''/''Extreme'' as the voice of both Gado and the announcer, thanks in part to that game's casting and voice direction being handled by Kris Zimmerman -- who saw it fit to bring in a large number of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' [=VAs=] [[ProductionPosse she had previously worked with]].
* UrbanLegendOfZelda: There were rumors about a revival to the franchise long after ''Bloody Roar 4'', which even led to a ''Bloody Roar 5'' hoax in 2011. There were also rumors circulating regarding how Creator/{{Sony}} might revive the ''Bloody Roar'' franchise (similar to what Creator/{{Microsoft}} did with ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct''), but so far those have been shot down, as the expected announcement turned out to be that ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' would be a [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 PS4]] exclusive on consoles.

* FranchiseKiller: ''Bloody Roar 4'' due to combination of middling-to-mediocre critical reception and being the biggest commercial failure compared to the rest of the games in the series. Despite rumors, hoaxes and speculation of the franchise coming back in one way or another for newer consoles, nothing has came of any of it, and it appears that Konami has no interest in the franchise either.
* GameMod: In December of 2021, [[https://twitter.com/CaseyTheVA/status/1474744031154360322 an unofficial patch]] for the [=PlayStation=] version of ''Bloody Roar 2'' was made available which redubs the game with a number of professional voice actors including Creator/CaseyMongillo, Creator/XanderMobus, Creator/EdwardBosco, Creator/KaijiTang, and Creator/KiraBuckland, among others.

* TheOtherDarrin: It's incredibly rare for a character to be consistently voiced by the same person between two games, moreso for one to keep voicing a character for ''three'' games (only five characters have had the same voice for three games in a row), and especially so in the English-dubbed versions (only Yugo and Alice kept the same voices between the first and second games). Amusingly, several of Gado's previous voices have returned, but voicing different characters - Barry Gjerde, his (and Greg's) voice from the first game, came back to voice Yugo in ''3'' (alongside Samantha Vega, who, appropriately, went from Fox to his SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Jenny), and then Chris Wells, who voiced him in ''3'', returned for ''Primal Fury''/''Extreme'' to voice Long. ''Primal Fury/Extreme'' is also a particularly odd case, as even the characters who still spoke English in the Japanese version got different voices in the actual English release, with Shina/Marvel and Jenny having the distinction of having three different English-speaking actresses between ''3'' (respectively Lenne Hardt and Samantha Vega), the Japanese ''Extreme'' (Rumiko Burns and Creator/DonnaBurke), and its English version ''Primal Fury'' (Creator/VanessaMarshall and Tasia Valenza).

** In ''Bloody Roar: The Fang'', Mashiro was originally going to be more intelligent than Fang and would have wore glasses and have a more stern demeanor. Her current characterization is the result of Shonen Jump wanting her to appeal to a wider demographic.
** There were rumors on about a revival to the franchise long after ''Bloody Roar 4'', and it has even been hoaxed at one point. There were also rumors circulating on how Sony may revive the ''Bloody Roar'' franchise (similar to how Microsoft did with ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct''), but so far those have been shot down, as the expected announcement turned out to be that ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' would be a [=PS4=] exclusive on consoles.

** Cronos ''would'' have been in Bloody Roar 4, but in addition to complications between his differing beast forms and the game's new interface, [[WordOfGod a brief interview]] gave a passing mention that he "wasn't dark enough" to fit into the game's theme.

* FranchiseKiller: ''Bloody Roar 4'' due to combination of middling-to-mediocre critical reception and being the biggest commercial failure compared to the rest of the games in the series has rendered it the last thing to appear from the ''Bloody Roar'' franchise. Despite rumors, hoaxes, speculation of the franchise coming back in one way or another for newer consoles, nothing has came from it, and it appears that Konami has no interest in the franchise either.

* FanNickname: Crowanthropes for Reiji's human-sized Crow transformation.

* GameMod: In December of 2021, an unofficial patch for the [=PlayStation=] version of ''Bloody Roar 2'' was made available which redubs the game with a number of professional voice actors including Creator/CaseyMongillo, Creator/XanderMobus, Creator/EdwardBosco, Creator/KaijiTang, and Creator/KiraBuckland, among others.

* FranchiseKiller: ''Bloody Roar 4''.

** There were rumors on about a revival to the franchise long after Bloody Roar 4, and it has even been hoaxed at one point. There were also rumors circulating on how Sony may revive the Bloody Roar franchise (similar to how Microsoft did with ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct''), but so far those have been shot down, as the expected announcement turned out to be that ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' would be a [=PS4=] exclusive on consoles.

* NoExportForYou: The series was never released outside of Japan, nor was it ever localized.

* TheOtherDarrin: It's incredibly rare for a character to be consistently voiced by the same person between two games, moreso for one to keep voicing a character for ''three'' games (only five characters have had the same voice for three games in a row), and especially so in the English-dubbed versions (only Yugo and Alice kept the same voices between the first and second games). Amusingly, several of Gado's previous voices have returned, but voicing different characters - Barry Gjerde, his voice from the first game, came back to voice Yugo in ''3'' (alongside Samantha Vega, who, appropriately, went from Fox to his SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Jenny), and then Chris Wells, who voiced him in ''3'', returned for ''Primal Fury''/''Extreme'' to voice Long. ''Primal Fury/Extreme'' is also a particularly odd case, as even the characters who still spoke English in the Japanese version got different voices in the actual English release, with Shina/Marvel having the distinction of having three different English-speaking actresses between ''3'' (Lenne Hardt), the Japanese ''Extreme'' (Rumiko Burns), and its English version ''Primal Fury'' (Creator/VanessaMarshall).

* TheWikiRule: [[http://bloodyroar.wikia.com/wiki/Bloody_Roar_Wikia Bloody Roar Wiki]].

* TheOtherDarrin: It's incredibly rare for a character to be consistently voiced by the same person between two games, moreso for one to keep voicing a character for ''three'' games (only five characters have had the same voice for three games in a row), and especially so in the English-dubbed versions (only Yugo and Alice kept the same voices between the first and second games). Interestingly, a pair of the English voice actors from the first game came back for ''3'', but voicing different characters - Barry Gjerde went from Gado to Yugo, and Samantha Vega, appropriately enough, went from Fox to his SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Jenny. ''Primal Fury/Extreme'' is a particularly odd case, as even the characters who still spoke English in the Japanese version got different voices in the actual English release, with Jenny and Shina/Marvel having the distinction of having three different English-speaking actresses between ''3'', the Japanese ''Extreme'', and its English version ''Primal Fury''.

** There were rumors on about a revival to the franchise long after Bloody Roar 4, and it has even been hoaxed at one point. There were also rumors circulating on how Sony may revive the Bloody Roar franchise (similar to how Microsoft did with VideoGame/KillerInstinct), but so far those have been shot down, as the expected announcement turned out to be that ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' would be a [=PS4=] exclusive on consoles.