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** Anitas and Donovans relationship in the OVA is this. Anita is even more mentally gone than in the games, showing a clear hatred of humanity and signs of [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior thinking like a Darkstalker.]] She even doubts the point of helping Donovan after he was gravely injured in his fight with Bishamon, because "humans are weak" and will all die anyway. It doesn't help that Donovan shows serious doubts about his ability to fight the Darkstalkers and keep his humanity also. If this is canon with Dees ending as mentioned above, it double as heartbreaking.
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** The ''Darkstalkers'' series often comes across as "just another 90s fighting game" to those who first experience it now, likely because so many of the new things it brought to the table such as [[{{Combos}} chain combos]], guard cancels, air blocking, ES specials, [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt improved]] [[DerangedAnimation animation]], and a cast full of something other than the same old martial arts archetypes have now been copied by so many other fighters (including its own predecessor, ''Franchise/StreetFighter'').
** Apparently even some American game reviewers in the 90s didn't notice several of the mechanical differences from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', so to some extent ''Darkstalkers'' was underappreciated in its time, too.
** ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', released in 1998, is oftentimes considered the TropeCodifier of the "Anime Fighter"; Fighting games that put increased emphasis on more aggressive offensive (longer combos and faster charging of the Super Meters) and increased mobility (double jumps, air dashes, air blocking). ''Darkstalkers'' introduced these elements 4 years earlier, but ultimately got overshadowed in the popular zeitgeist due to the lack of new games.
** The ''Darkstalkers'' series often comes across as "just another 90s fighting game" to those who first experience it now, likely because so many of the new things it brought to the table such as [[{{Combos}} chain combos]], guard cancels, air blocking, ES specials, [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt improved]] [[DerangedAnimation animation]], and a cast full of something other than the same old martial arts archetypes have now been copied by so many other fighters (including its own predecessor, ''Franchise/StreetFighter'').
** Apparently even some American game reviewers in the 90s didn't notice several of the mechanical differences from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', so to some extent ''Darkstalkers'' was underappreciated in its time, too.
** ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', released in 1998, is oftentimes considered the TropeCodifier of the "Anime Fighter"; Fighting games that put increased emphasis on more aggressive offensive (longer combos and faster charging of the Super Meters) and increased mobility (double jumps, air dashes, air blocking). ''Darkstalkers'' introduced these elements 4 years earlier, but ultimately got overshadowed in the popular zeitgeist due to the lack of new games.
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** The ''Darkstalkers'' series often comes across as "just another 90s fighting game" to those who first experience it now, likely because so many of the new things it brought to the table such as [[{{Combos}} chain combos]], guard cancels, air blocking, ES specials, [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt improved]] [[DerangedAnimation animation]], and a cast full of something other than the same old martial arts archetypes have now been copied by so many other fighters (including its own predecessor, ''Franchise/StreetFighter'').
** Apparently even some American game reviewers in the 90s didn't notice several of the mechanical differences from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', so to some extent ''Darkstalkers'' was underappreciated in its time, too.
** ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', released in 1998, is oftentimes considered the TropeCodifier of the "Anime Fighter"; Fighting games that put increased emphasis on more aggressive offensive (longer combos and faster charging of the Super Meters) and increased mobility (double jumps, air dashes, air blocking). ''Darkstalkers'' introduced these elements 4 years earlier, but ultimately got overshadowed in the popular zeitgeist due to the lack of new games.
** The ''Darkstalkers'' series often comes across as "just another 90s fighting game" to those who first experience it now, likely because so many of the new things it brought to the table such as [[{{Combos}} chain combos]], guard cancels, air blocking, ES specials, [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt improved]] [[DerangedAnimation animation]], and a cast full of something other than the same old martial arts archetypes have now been copied by so many other fighters (including its own predecessor, ''Franchise/StreetFighter'').
** Apparently even some American game reviewers in the 90s didn't notice several of the mechanical differences from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', so to some extent ''Darkstalkers'' was underappreciated in its time, too.
** ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', released in 1998, is oftentimes considered the TropeCodifier of the "Anime Fighter"; Fighting games that put increased emphasis on more aggressive offensive (longer combos and faster charging of the Super Meters) and increased mobility (double jumps, air dashes, air blocking). ''Darkstalkers'' introduced these elements 4 years earlier, but ultimately got overshadowed in the popular zeitgeist due to the lack of new games.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Morrigan's actions in the first issue, where she tricked a nice man into letting her stay at his place, attempt to seduce him into sleeping with her before losing patience and outright forced herself on him before leaving him a soulless corpse, make it clear that she's not the same likable young woman she is in the games.
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* EvenBetterSequel: The first Darkstalker was a decent attempt for Capcom to try to delve into a new series with some new gimmicks like airblocking. The next game is when the franchise starts GrowingtheBeard adding some very obvious features that makes it from the onset unique from StreetFighter. The third game Vampire Savior/Darkstalker 3 basically codified all the tropes and mechanics so associated with the Anime Fighter and to this day remains has a lot of hardcore fans on top of being one of the most viable 2D fighters in the competitive scene.
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** Demitri (with this character, one may also say "Evil is Cool [[EvilIsSexy and Sexy]]"). He is a malevolent vampire who wants to conquer the demon world and sees everyone but himself as inferior, still has his fair share of fans.
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** Demitri (with this character, one may also say "Evil is Cool [[EvilIsSexy and Sexy]]"). He is a malevolent vampire who wants to conquer the demon world and sees everyone but himself as inferior, still has his fair share of fans.
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* LowTierLetdown: In ''Vampire Savior'' (he is considered much stronger in the first two games, which are slower-paced and less offensive), Anakaris is infamous for being incredibly handicapped and having no winning (and arguably no ''even'') matchups. He intentionally lacks (or is extremely gimped in) many game systems universal to the rest of the cast: he has no normal throw, can't "Tech-Hit" (aka advancing guard / push block), his Guard Cancel is meter-only and infamously is punishable on ''hit'', and he has all that combined with being very big and slow. This all comes together to him being much easier than any other character in the game to bully and pressure non-stop with him legitimately having no way out. Though he has many unique strengths (his own pressure game is exceptionally strong, and his normal attacks can do a decent job in ensuring the opponent can't get started on him) and is considered playable at a high level, he has possibly the smallest playerbase of the whole cast due to how high-risk and hard to learn he is to learn relative to the reward.
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* PresumedFlop: The series is often said to have been a perennial underperformer, with no new games since 1997 and Capcom's only interest in it being having its characters make guest appearances in crossover titles and the occasional compilation. And while not the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''-level monster hit Capcom's management expected from the pedigree of its developers, the games did extremely well for themselves, with all of them ranking in Japan's top 5 arcade game coinage charts the year they were released and the first one in particular having sold between 42 to 48k arcade boards, an outstanding number for any arcade game. For comparison, the original ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' sold 24k boards.
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* PresumedFlop: The series is often said to have been a perennial underperformer, with no new games since 1997 and Capcom's only interest in it being having its characters make guest appearances in crossover titles and the occasional compilation. And while not the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''-level monster hit Capcom's management expected from the pedigree of its developers, the games did extremely well for themselves, with all of them ranking in Japan's top 5 arcade game coinage charts the year they were released and the first one in particular having sold between 42 to 48k arcade boards, an outstanding number for any arcade game. For comparison, the original ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992'' sold 24k boards.
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* CommonKnowledge: It's usually believed that Morrigan sucks people's souls via kissing them to feed herself, and she does in fact drain Pyron in her ending in the first game. While she can drain souls, Morrigan does in fact feed from a special liquid that succubi in Darkstalkers can secret from their bodies when they are excited, and Capcom has even confirmed that Morrigan hasn't killed any humans in her life. However, most people think that Morrigan just drains people for the sake of being a succubus, and every Darkstalkers media as well crossovers don't even mention the liquid, instead having her feed on souls.
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* CommonKnowledge: It's usually believed that Morrigan sucks people's souls via kissing them to feed herself, and she does in fact drain Pyron in her ending in the first game. While she can drain souls, Morrigan does in fact feed from a special liquid that succubi in Darkstalkers can secret secrete from their bodies when they are excited, and Capcom has even confirmed that Morrigan hasn't killed any humans in her life. However, most people think that Morrigan just drains people for the sake of being a succubus, and every Darkstalkers media as well crossovers don't even mention the liquid, instead having her feed on souls.
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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Rather [[MsFanservice literally]]. Although this may be because ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' remains at best a CultClassic, and of course {{sex sells}}, [[SuccubiAndIncubi Morrigan, Lilith]] and [[CatGirl Felicia]] are the only people anyone seems to remember from the games. It's quite telling that in ''Marvel vs. Capcom 3'', the three Darkstalkers include Morrigan, Felicia and [[CuteMonsterGirl Hsie]][[ChineseVampire n-Ko]].
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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Rather [[MsFanservice literally]]. Although this may be because ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' the series remains at best a CultClassic, and of course {{sex sells}}, [[SuccubiAndIncubi Morrigan, Lilith]] and [[CatGirl Felicia]] are the only people anyone seems to remember from the games. It's quite telling that in ''Marvel vs. Capcom 3'', the three Darkstalkers include Morrigan, Felicia and [[CuteMonsterGirl Hsie]][[ChineseVampire n-Ko]].Hsien]]-[[ChineseVampire Ko]].
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** All three games have incomplete rosters to some degree: the original omissions of Donovan, Pyron and Huitzil are brought back in both updates but Savior 2 removes Jon Talbain, Rikuo and Sasquatch while Hunter 2 removes all four newcomers from Savior 1 as if it were an UpdatedRerelease of Vampire Hunter on the rather different Savior engine. The latter means that the character select screen has a conspicuously empty slot since it's only a recolor of Savior 1's.
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** All three games have incomplete rosters to some degree: the original omissions of Donovan, Pyron and Huitzil are brought back in both updates but Savior 2 removes Jon Talbain, Rikuo and Sasquatch while Hunter 2 removes all four newcomers from Savior 1 as if it were an UpdatedRerelease of Vampire Hunter on the rather different Savior engine. The latter means that the character select screen has a conspicuously empty slot slot, since it's only a recolor of Savior 1's.
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* HighTierScrappy: Part of the hatred towards Jon Talbain is because he's powerful and easy to use. Many players consider it cheesy to use him.
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* HighTierScrappy: Part of the hatred towards Jon Talbain is because widely derided by competitive players due to being easy to use and at least high-tier in every entry he's powerful and easy in, often resulting in him being [[ComplacentGamingSyndrome a common pick]] to use. Many players consider it cheesy to use him.the point of oversaturation.
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* JustHereForGodzilla: Pretty much the general public's [[IconicCharacterForgottenTitle only link to the series]] is through Morrigan's popularity in her appearances in ''VideoGame/CapcomVs'' games, which is why she's upfront and center in ''Resurruction''[='s=] cover. [[FranchiseKiller It was a good effort, but didn't work too well...]] Felicia also arguably qualifies.
* MainstreamObscurity: Has a cult following over the years, but is solely known for Morrigan Aensland, the [[SexGoddess sexier-than-sex]] {{succub|iAndIncubi}}us who has [[WolverinePublicity appeared in more crossover games than her own]]. Good luck finding someone who can name any other characters besides maybe Lilith, her {{moe}} sister, Jedah, an insane GrimReaper-styled demon who mutilates himself to attack people, or Felicia, a near-nude CatGirl. Possibly Hsien-Ko as well due to her appearance in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''. They probably won't know anything about the gameplay either. The series is BestKnownForTheFanservice, and not much else.
* MemeticLoser: Demitri Maximoff is often mocked by fans for being completely disregarded and nearly forgotten despite being the intended protagonist and title character of the series. Many of his attributes are referenced or alluded to in other games (his theme being used for Morrigan's stage in ''VideoGame/CapcomVsSNKMillenniumFight2000'', his costume and special attacks appearing in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', the Midght Blissed versions of characters making various cameo appearances) but it's very rare for Demitri himself to be playable or acknowledged. This is actually lampshaded by Morrigan and Jedah in ''VideoGame/CrossEdge'', much to the chagrin of Demitri and his fans.
* MainstreamObscurity: Has a cult following over the years, but is solely known for Morrigan Aensland, the [[SexGoddess sexier-than-sex]] {{succub|iAndIncubi}}us who has [[WolverinePublicity appeared in more crossover games than her own]]. Good luck finding someone who can name any other characters besides maybe Lilith, her {{moe}} sister, Jedah, an insane GrimReaper-styled demon who mutilates himself to attack people, or Felicia, a near-nude CatGirl. Possibly Hsien-Ko as well due to her appearance in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''. They probably won't know anything about the gameplay either. The series is BestKnownForTheFanservice, and not much else.
* MemeticLoser: Demitri Maximoff is often mocked by fans for being completely disregarded and nearly forgotten despite being the intended protagonist and title character of the series. Many of his attributes are referenced or alluded to in other games (his theme being used for Morrigan's stage in ''VideoGame/CapcomVsSNKMillenniumFight2000'', his costume and special attacks appearing in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', the Midght Blissed versions of characters making various cameo appearances) but it's very rare for Demitri himself to be playable or acknowledged. This is actually lampshaded by Morrigan and Jedah in ''VideoGame/CrossEdge'', much to the chagrin of Demitri and his fans.
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* JustHereForGodzilla: JustHereForGodzilla:
** Pretty much the general public's [[IconicCharacterForgottenTitle only link to the series]] is through Morrigan's popularity in her appearances in ''VideoGame/CapcomVs'' games, which is why she's upfront and center in ''Resurruction''[='s=] cover. [[FranchiseKiller It was a good effort, but didn't work too well...]] Felicia also arguably qualifies.
** Rather humorously, the CompilationRerelease ''Capcom Fighting Collection'' received far more attention when it was revealed that the entire ''Darkstalkers'' series (including the incredibly-obscure alternate versions of ''Vampire Hunter'' and ''Vampire Savior'') would be part of its lineup, to the point where some fans made jokes about how Capcom included a bunch of extra games in their new ''Darkstalkers'' collection.
* MainstreamObscurity: Has accrued a cult following over the years, but is solely known for Morrigan Aensland, the [[SexGoddess sexier-than-sex]] {{succub|iAndIncubi}}us who has [[WolverinePublicity appeared in more crossover games than her own]]. Good luck finding someone who can name any other characters besides maybe Lilith, her {{moe}} sister, Jedah, an insane GrimReaper-styled demon who mutilates himself to attack people, or Felicia, a near-nude CatGirl. Possibly Hsien-Ko as well due to her appearance in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''. They probably won't know anything about the gameplay either. The series is BestKnownForTheFanservice, and not much else.
* MemeticLoser: Demitri Maximoff is often mocked by fans for being completely disregarded and nearly forgotten despite being the intended protagonist and title character of the series. Many of his attributes are referenced or alluded to in other games (his theme being used for Morrigan's stage in ''VideoGame/CapcomVsSNKMillenniumFight2000'', his costume and special attacks appearing in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', theMidght Midnight Blissed versions of characters making various cameo appearances) but it's very rare for Demitri himself to be playable or acknowledged. This is actually lampshaded by Morrigan and Jedah in ''VideoGame/CrossEdge'', much to the chagrin of Demitri and his fans.
** Pretty much the general public's [[IconicCharacterForgottenTitle only link to the series]] is through Morrigan's popularity in her appearances in ''VideoGame/CapcomVs'' games, which is why she's upfront and center in ''Resurruction''[='s=] cover. [[FranchiseKiller It was a good effort, but didn't work too well...]] Felicia also arguably qualifies.
** Rather humorously, the CompilationRerelease ''Capcom Fighting Collection'' received far more attention when it was revealed that the entire ''Darkstalkers'' series (including the incredibly-obscure alternate versions of ''Vampire Hunter'' and ''Vampire Savior'') would be part of its lineup, to the point where some fans made jokes about how Capcom included a bunch of extra games in their new ''Darkstalkers'' collection.
* MainstreamObscurity: Has accrued a cult following over the years, but is solely known for Morrigan Aensland, the [[SexGoddess sexier-than-sex]] {{succub|iAndIncubi}}us who has [[WolverinePublicity appeared in more crossover games than her own]]. Good luck finding someone who can name any other characters besides maybe Lilith, her {{moe}} sister, Jedah, an insane GrimReaper-styled demon who mutilates himself to attack people, or Felicia, a near-nude CatGirl. Possibly Hsien-Ko as well due to her appearance in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''. They probably won't know anything about the gameplay either. The series is BestKnownForTheFanservice, and not much else.
* MemeticLoser: Demitri Maximoff is often mocked by fans for being completely disregarded and nearly forgotten despite being the intended protagonist and title character of the series. Many of his attributes are referenced or alluded to in other games (his theme being used for Morrigan's stage in ''VideoGame/CapcomVsSNKMillenniumFight2000'', his costume and special attacks appearing in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', the
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* {{Moe}}: Felicia. B.B. Hood, too, if you can look past the more disturbing elements of her personality.
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* {{Moe}}: Felicia.Felicia and Lilith. B.B. Hood, Hood too, if you can look past the more disturbing elements of her personality.
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* FriendlyFandoms: With ''VideoGame/FZero'' due to both franchises regularly making crossover appearances in other games while being {{Cult Classic}}s by themselves at best. Morrigan is often called "Capcom's Captain Falcon."
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** With ''VideoGame/FZero'' due to both franchises regularly making crossover appearances in other games while being {{Cult Classic}}s by themselves at best. Morrigan is often called "Capcom's Captain Falcon.""
** Also with ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', a fast paced, colorful anime fighting game that is heavily inspired by ''Darkstalkers'' in terms of mechanics and style.
** With ''VideoGame/FZero'' due to both franchises regularly making crossover appearances in other games while being {{Cult Classic}}s by themselves at best. Morrigan is often called "Capcom's Captain Falcon.
** Also with ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', a fast paced, colorful anime fighting game that is heavily inspired by ''Darkstalkers'' in terms of mechanics and style.
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* JustHereForGodzilla: Pretty much the general public's [[IconicCharacterForgottenTitle only link to the series]] is through Morrigan's popularity in her appearances in ''VideoGame/CapcomVs'' games, which is why she's upfront and center in ''Resurruction''[='s=] cover. [[FranchiseKiller It was a good effort, but didn't work too well...]]
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* JustHereForGodzilla: Pretty much the general public's [[IconicCharacterForgottenTitle only link to the series]] is through Morrigan's popularity in her appearances in ''VideoGame/CapcomVs'' games, which is why she's upfront and center in ''Resurruction''[='s=] cover. [[FranchiseKiller It was a good effort, but didn't work too well...]]]] Felicia also arguably qualifies.
