History VideoGame / Darkstalkers

* MoralityPet: Emily for Victor, Anita for Donovanan and Cecil for Huitzil.

* ''Vampire'' / ''Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors'' (1994, Arcade / UsefulNotes/PlayStation)
* ''Vampire Hunter'' / ''Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge'' (1995, Arcade / UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn)

* ''Vampire Chronicle for Matching Service'' (2000, [[UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast Dreamcast]]) - A version of ''Vampire Savior'' that allows you to select specific variations of characters from previous games (essentially making it the ''Darkstalkers'' equivalent to ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Hyper Street Fighter II]]'').
* ''Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower'' (2004-2005, UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable) - Port of ''Chronicle'' with an extra game mode named Chaos Tower.
* ''Darkstalkers Collection'' (2005, UsefulNotes/PlayStation2) - Compilation of all five arcade games, with secret arranged versions of the three ''Savior'' games.
* ''Darkstalkers Resurrection'' / ''Vampire Resurrection'' (2013, UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} and UsefulNotes/PlayStation3) - Downloadable re-release of ''Vampire Hunter'' and ''Vampire Savior'' with online play added.
* ''Capcom Fighting Collection'' - An Anthology celebrating ''Franchise/StreetFighter'''s 35th anniversary. Includes ''Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors'', ''Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge'', ''Vampire Hunter 2: Darkstalkers' Revenge'', ''Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire'', ''Vampire Savior 2: The Lord of Vampires'', ''[[VideoGame/SuperGemFighter Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix, Super Puzzle Fighter II]]'', ''VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}}'', ''VideoGame/RedEarth'', and ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition]]''. The UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port marks the first time any of the ''Darkstalkers'' games have been playable on a Nintendo console.

* FinishingMove: Some attacks leave the opponent mutilated if they're used to deplete their last health bar. Finishing every opponent with such an attack in ''Vampire Savior'' is one of the prerequisites to fight [[BonusBoss Oboro Bishamon.]]

* Gashadokuro: One very similar to the famous Kuniyoshi print is painted onto the wall of the Abaraya stage in Vampire Savior.

* ''Capcom Fighting Collection'' - An Anthology celebrating ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'''s 35th anniversary. Includes ''Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors'', ''Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge'', ''Vampire Hunter 2: Darkstalkers' Revenge'', ''Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire'', ''Vampire Savior 2: The Lord of Vampires'', ''[[VideoGame/SuperGemFighter Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix, Super Puzzle Fighter II]]'', ''VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}}'', ''VideoGame/RedEarth'', and ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighter2 Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition]]''. The UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port marks the first time any of the ''Darkstalkers'' games have been playable on a Nintendo console.

On February 21, 2022, the series would finally be revitalized ''sorta....'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXQQYL2BeHc Capcom announced the "Capcom Fighting Collection"]], a compilation of 10 fighting games, half of which are ''Darkstalkers'' entries (along with two {{Mascot Fighter}}s featuring ''Darkstalkers'' characters). Unfortunately, the project producer has stated that, at least for now, [[https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/05/26/capcom-fighting-collection-qa-with-producer-shuhei-matsumoto?s=09 this collection wil not be used to gauge interest in a future title]], but one can hope. A few months later, it was revealed that the first three games would also be among the titles available for separate purchases through ''Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium'', the second wave of Capcom's ''Arcade Stadium'' series.

* ''Capcom Fighting Collection'' - An Anthology celebrating ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'''s 35th anniversary. Includes ''Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors'', ''Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge'', ''Vampire Hunter 2: Darkstalkers' Revenge'', ''Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire'', ''Vampire Savior 2: The Lord of Vampires'', ''[[VideoGame/SuperGemFighter Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix, Super Puzzle Fighter II]]'', ''VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}}'', ''VideoGame/RedEarth'', and ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighter2 Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition]]''. The UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port marks the first any of the ''Darkstalkers'' games have been playable on a Nintendo console.

* SlapStickKnowsNoGender: ''Everyone'' suffers goofy, over the top injury in this game. Morrigan, already about as sexy as she's going to get, even gets one more than anyone else if Demitri uses his infamous [[AttractiveBentGender Midnight Bliss]] on her.

* ''Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire'' (1997, Arcade / Sega Saturn / [=PlayStation=]) - This version brought back the missing characters from ''Night Warriors''.

* PunchKickLayout: The series uses a four-button system with two punches and two kicks. Punches can be canceled into kicks for performing combos.

* ''Capcom Fighting Collection'' - An Anthology celebrating ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'''s 35th anniversary. Includes ''Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors'', ''Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge'', ''Vampire Hunter 2: Darkstalkers' Revenge'', ''Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire'', ''Vampire Savior 2: The Lord of Vampires'', ''[[VideoGame/SuperGemFighter Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix, Super Puzzle Fighter II]]'', ''VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}}'', ''VideoGame/RedEarth'', and ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighter2 Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition]]''

* HornyDevils:
** The Succubus race, whose only known members, Morrigan and Lilith, formerly provided the trope image. Notably, Morrigan is depicted as relatively benevolent and Lilith as innocent and misguided, rather than outright malicious as most succubi in fiction. Notably, neither of them have actually killed any humans in-canon as they don't need to fully absorb a soul, just a small part of it is necessary. Even then, there are other ways they can survive, from feeding on dreams to living off a fluid that they secrete when they're excited or being stimulated, hence why Morrigan despises being bored.

** [[HornyDevils Morrigan]] fused with Lilith, who was originally a part of her soul SplitAtBirth and henceforth exists as a SplitPersonality capable of [[LiteralSplitPersonality manifesting in an independent body]], as can be seen in ''Marvel vs. Capcom''.

* BeePeople: Q-Bee is a Soul Bee, a species of bee humanoid that feed on life energy.

* BeePeople: Q-Bee's race.

* FemaleFelineMaleMutt: Felicia and Jon Talbain, naturally.

* MoralityPet: Emily for Victor, Anita for Donovana and Cecil for Huitzil.