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Darkstalkers Discussion, Feats, Lore & Analysis Thread

Papa Nier

Papa Nier

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Darkstalkers, known in Japan as Vampire (ヴァンパイア), is a gothic-themed fighting game series and multimedia franchise developed by Capcom. First released during the 1990s fighting game boom, it stood out from its martial arts-focused contemporaries by featuring a cast inspired by classic monsters and creatures from global folklore. Vampires, werewolves, succubi, mummies, and other supernatural beings come to life in a stylized 2D art style rich with fluid animation and grotesque charm.

The first title, Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors, debuted in arcades in 1994. It was followed by Night Warriors: Darkstalkers’ Revenge in 1995 and culminated with Darkstalkers 3 (Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire) in 1997. Two additional upgrades, Vampire Hunter 2 and Vampire Savior 2, were released exclusively in Japan that same year, rounding out the main arcade series.

Setting & Story

Darkstalkers takes place on Earth as it begins merging with a dark parallel realm known as Makai. This fusion brings supernatural beings, collectively referred to as “Darkstalkers”, into the human world. Each entry in the series introduces new threats:

• In The Night Warriors and Darkstalkers’ Revenge, the alien overlord Pyron returns to Earth to conquer it using a robotic army. The emergence of Darkstalkers disrupts his plans.

• In Darkstalkers 3, Makai noble Jedah seeks to save the collapsing demon realm by remaking it in his image, using the souls of the strongest beings, including the Darkstalkers themselves.

The games’ characters are either homages to classic literary and film monsters, such as Dracula, the Mummy, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Wolf Man, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon, or inspired by mythologies and fairy tales from around the world.

Gameplay & Innovations

Darkstalkers was Capcom’s second major fighting game franchise after Street Fighter, and it shares many of the same mechanics, including a six-button control scheme and character archetypes. As such, GamePro famously dubbed it “Street Fighter in a Halloween costume.”

However, Darkstalkers pioneered several now-standard features in fighting games:

• Super Moves
• Air Blocking
• Chain Combos
• Multiple character variants, similar to Hyper Street Fighter II

Its fast-paced combat, exaggerated animations, and colorful cast gave it a distinctive identity. The series is also known for its unapologetic fanservice, particularly through characters like Morrigan Aensland and Felicia, whose provocative designs became icons of 90s gaming. Morrigan’s sprite was so frequently reused that it became infamous for clashing with updated visuals in crossover games, until she finally received new models in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and Project × Zone.

Main Game Releases
Arcade & Console Titles
• Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (Vampire) – 1994 (Arcade, PlayStation)

• Night Warriors: Darkstalkers’ Revenge (Vampire Hunter) – 1995 (Arcade, Sega Saturn)

• Darkstalkers 3 (Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire) – 1997 (Arcade, PlayStation, Sega Saturn JP)

• Vampire Hunter 2 / Vampire Savior 2 – 1997 (Arcade JP only) – Alternate versions with roster changes and system tweaks

Re-releases & Compilations
• Vampire Savior: EX Edition (1998, PS1) – Combines characters from Vampire Savior, Vampire Savior 2, and Vampire Hunter 2

• Vampire Chronicle for Matching Service (2000, Dreamcast JP) – Allows players to choose character variants from all previous entries

• Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower (2005, PSP) – Portable version of Chronicle with extra modes

• Vampire: Darkstalkers Collection (2005, PS2 JP) – Complete anthology of all five arcade games

• Darkstalkers Resurrection (2013, PS3/Xbox 360) – HD re-release of Vampire Hunter and Vampire Savior with online play

• Capcom Fighting Collection (2022, PS4/Xbox One/Switch/PC) – Includes all five arcade Darkstalkers titles plus five other Capcom fighters. This marked the first global release of Vampire Hunter 2 and Vampire Savior 2, and the first appearance of the series on a Nintendo console

Attempts at Revival

Capcom has teased a revival for years. In 2007, producer Yoshinori Ono expressed his desire to resurrect the franchise, stating it would require massive fan demand, joking that one million requests were needed. By 2011, Capcom had received over 100,000.

At San Diego Comic-Con 2011, Ono famously rallied fans with the phrase: “Darkstalkers are not dead!”, encouraging fans to demonstrate their support. In 2012, Darkstalkers Resurrection was revealed, with Capcom positioning it as a test to gauge interest in a full sequel.

However, despite strong reviews, Resurrection underperformed commercially. Capcom later stated the franchise was back on hold, though they continued including Darkstalkers characters in crossover titles like Project × Zone 2, Marvel vs. Capcom, and Street Fighter vs. Darkstalkers.

The 2022 release of the Capcom Fighting Collection reignited fan hopes, though the project’s producer clarified that it wasn’t being used to test demand for a new game. Nevertheless, Capcom has publicly expressed interest in reviving dormant IPs, Darkstalkers included, following the success of Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite.

Other Media
Animation
• Night Warriors: Darkstalkers’ Revenge (1997) – A four-episode OVA faithful to the games

• Darkstalkers (1995) – A western animated series that heavily altered character personalities and lore

Manga & Comics
• Vampire: Shuumatsu no Shisha – A two-volume manga centered on Victor and Emily, known for creative liberties

• Vampire Hunter: Darkstalkers’ Revenge – Manga by Run Ishida, localized as Night Warriors: The Comic Series

• Vampire Savior: Tamashii no Mayoigo – A five-volume manga starring Lilith, following her existential journey during Jedah’s tournament

• Street Fighter vs. Darkstalkers – An 8-issue crossover comic from UDON Entertainment

• Darkstalkers: Maleficarum – A crossover manga with Red Earth

• Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors – A 25-issue Chinese manhua focusing on Demitri, Felicia, Jon Talbain, and Morrigan
 
Pyron claims to have crushed stars.
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Pyron can travel from Hellstorm to Earth in a short time frame, also displaced a large amount of the Atlantic Ocean and burned a hole in the Earth.
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Pyron is able to pull planets to orbit around himself that spans over 400,000 light years.
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Pyron wears Earth and other planets as rings on his fingers in his Night Warriors ending. Also stated he will consume other planets and eventually become the center of the universe.

Anakaris in his Darkstalkers 3 ending lifted some pyramid-shaped aircrafts up high in the sky.

Q-Bee in her Darkstalkers 3 ending descends a large bee hive craft on invading the demon world.


Jedah in his Darkstalkers 3 ending destroys Makai/the Demon World and is going to do the same to the Human World.


Jon Talbain seems confident that he’ll be fast enough to reach lightspeed.
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While this comes from TvTropes, I actually remember grabbing this from GameFAQs from someone who actually did a lookthrough on Darkstsalkers lore(If you are asking why... someone did a Kakashi vs. Felicia match on the GameFAQs Naruto board and I didn't want people to act as if Felicia was some nobody) so here you go:

  • Class S Darkstalkers are strong enough demons which can be considered Physical Gods. Their powers also tend to veer into Reality Warper territory. The Three High Nobles of Makai and Morrigan are all Class S, and Belial, one of the big three, was a Class S+.
  • Class A Darkstalkers are the exceptionally strong demons (like Pyron and Demitri), most of them filling the ranks of the Eight Noble Families of Makai.
  • Class B+ Darkstalkers are the more powerful demons with sufficient training and high-caliber superpowers.
  • Class B Darkstalkers are the average demons, which make up the backbone of Makai; one can take down a small army of humans.
  • Class C Darkstalkers are your run-of-the-mill humans and weaker demons on par with normal people, who are used as slaves and livestock by classes B and above.
  • Class D Darkstalkers are the wild beasts of Makai who may reach the power of Class Bs or even B+, but are usually not civilized.
And the canonical reason why Demitri was in Earth was due to Belial beating his ass and then literally sending Demitri and his entire castle through realities from Makai to Earth as punishment.

The series’ original protagonist (hence the franchise's Japanese title Vampire), Demitri is the master of one of the seven noble families of Makai. One day he challenged Belial Aensland, Morrigan's father, one of the three high nobles, and the ruler of Makai, for the throne. The end result: he was defeated so badly that both he and his castle Zeltzereich were ripped through reality into the human world. For the next 100 years he was quietly restoring his lost powers all while drinking the blood of unlucky treasure hunters who dared to enter his castle. All of them became his servants.
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Gordo said:
Pyron has no established ranking
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Neither Papa Nier or me stated that, I did have to remove something that accidentally stated that Demitri wasn't fully powered up absorbing Pyron when he was. I should have stated that it didn't cause him to overflow or anything, just get him back to full strength which considering a not 100% Demitri defeated Pyron(potentially 70%-80%), then can be used as an estimate of where Pyron is rank wise.
 
Xhominid The Apex said:
Neither Papa Nier or me stated that, I did have to remove something that accidentally stated that Demitri wasn't fully powered up absorbing Pyron when he was. I should have stated that it didn't cause him to overflow or anything, just get him back to full strength which considering a not 100% Demitri defeated Pyron(potentially 70%-80%), then can be used as an estimate of where Pyron is rank wise.
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I didn’t say you guys said that, the post you quoted said that

Xhominid The Apex said:
  • Class A Darkstalkers are the exceptionally strong demons (like Pyron and Demitri), most of them filling the ranks of the Eight Noble Families of Makai.
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Xhominid The Apex said:
To be fair, they probably put that in due to what Pyron is capable of and in regards to where Demitri is...
I don't even think most of the playable Darkstalkers even have their ranks be stated.
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But it’s ultimately fanon and not canon information

As for most of the other Darkstalkers, they’re ranked at B+. That actually is stated
 
Old Calcs because finding this shit is actually annoying fuck you mbxx:

Pyron's Projectile Speed

More Darkstalkers calcs. You just can't beat that quality. :maybe This time it's a speed feat. Pyron's projectiles, which are crucial to establishing the speed of Mortal Pyron and Demitri, and by extension A Class Darkstalkers (like Morrigan...
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Pyron Busts a Planet

Another Darkstalkers calc, yay. :noworries sCI9puszt0w Pyron busts a planet at 7:47. By 7:50, the debris is gone and the planet was completely dispersed. The planet seemed to be Earth-like so that's what I'll assume. This is actually...
www.fanverse.org www.fanverse.org

https://www.fanverse.org/blogs/pyron-speed-calc.15137/ (true form)

https://www.fanverse.org/blogs/vivi-does-some-darkstalkers-calcs.35913/ (old Proto calcs reposted)
 
Gonna add here, but Capcom Fighting Jam confirms that Pyron’s giant size is indeed his true form

A giant midair wandering Space Alien. As for the true form it largely surpasses the Milky Way. With a lengthy endless life ahead, he arrives to summon the present warriors for battle, distracting him from his one-time boredom. Twisting and distorting space, he possesses the ability to create a different world.
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I’ve seen people on SB claim he doesn’t have one and there is no “mortal Pyron.” That’s obviously wrong
 
I'm still in a 2017 thread cause of mbxx's stupid program deleting blogs

Shrinking his energy field into a more limiting form that somewhat resembled a human being…

As an intelligent lifeform composed of pure energy, Pyron would not usually be visible to the naked eye. In order to face the Darkstalkers under what he considered to be the “rules of Earth”, Pyron adjusted his energy field to take a more humanoid form.
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this is supposedly from the Graphics Files, but the link is long gone
 
Papa Nier said:
Anakaris in his Darstalkers 3 ending lifted some pyramid-shaped aircrafts up high in the sky.
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It was his whole country which disappeared

2669 BCE - the 11th Pharaoh, Uros is enthroned.
2664 BCE - The first heir of Uros, Anakaris is born.
2662 BCE - The second heir of Uros, Eratos is born and dies shortly after birth.
2655 BCE - The third heir of Uros, Heterosos is born.
2652 BCE - Anakaris is enthroned as the 12th Pharaoh.
2650 BCE - For preperations of Anakaris' future revival, work on a pyramid begins.
2635 BCE - Heterosos dies from an unknown illness.
2634 BCE - After 16 years Anakaris' pyramid is finished. 60,000,000 laborersworked to creat it with 3,133 having died.
2633 BCE - After an invasion of his Kingdom by a neighboring kingdom, Anakaris dies and his remains are placed in the "Chamber of Resurrection.
2632 BCE - The war the ended Anakaris' life continues.
2630 BCE - Pharoah Anakaris is revived and rescues his kingdom.
2629 BCE - Anakaris' kingdom grows. He vanishes saying "A voice from the future beckons me. (Jedah)"
26XX BCE - Anakari's entire country and its people vanish.
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Proto's low end for it was town level
 
OMG this is too many pages

I'm just going to drop the links someone else can go through them and confirm



links for sources such as the Graphic Files, Complete Works, Q&A, etc.

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Triangulum
Cassiopeia
Orion
The Big Dipper
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Databook names stars/constellations Pyron's Cosmic Destruction makes nova (source lost though)
 
Jon Talbain defeated his evil side, Dark Talbain.


Someone calc Anakaris sinking all of ancient Egypt at 1.6 megatons to 3.5 gigatons.
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Anakaris Sinks Egypt

The Feat is in Anakaris’ Darkstalkers 3 ending. In short, he takes his entire country, and brings it 5000 years into the future. This includes all the pyramids, the people, and the other structures. The Graphic File very explicitly states it disappears off the face of the Earth and treats its sud...
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This YouTuber calced Q-Bee lifting her massive hive colony at 29 billion tons.
 
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