Darkstalkers/Trivia


 * Divorced Installment: The original game was supposed to be a licensed Universal Horror fighting game, much like how Star Gladiator was going to be a licensed Star Wars fighting game.
 * Executive Meddling: The creative teams at Capcom want to do a fourth one, but the suits won't let them, even despite A) the massive fan demand for one, and B) Capcom constantly including the series' characters in crossover games.
 * Fake Russian: The cartoon version of Hsien-Ko despite still being from China.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!:
 * Demitri is voiced by Nobuyuki Hiyama, in any game he was present. Even while voicing a character like him, this doesn't stop Hiyama from doing some Hot-Blooded battle cries.
 * Paul Dobson voices him in the Night Warriors OVA.
 * Akio Ohtsuka voices Demitri in the Vampire Hunter OVA.
 * Richard Epcar is his English voice in the Cross Edge dub.


 * Morrigan is voiced by Yayoi Jinguji in most of the games where she was present. The only exceptions in Japanese are Marvel vs. Capcom 3, where she was darrin'd by Rie Tanaka, and her guest appearance in Gunbird2, where she was voiced by Rei Sakuma, who also voiced her in the Vampire Hunter OVA.
 * Yumi Touma voiced her in the Dengeki Bunko drama CD.
 * Kathleen Barr is her VA in the western cartoon and the English dub of the Night Warriors OVA. Her past roles include Dot Matrix, Roll, Kevin, Marie Kanker, Evil-Lyn, Mrs. Test, Gali, Roodaka and Gaaki.
 * Erin Fitzgerald voices her in the English dub of Cross Edge. You might currently recognize her as Mila-Rose and Mizuho Asano, but her true claim to fame (and perhaps her most notable roles) were that of Nazz and May Kanker from Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy.
 * Siobhan Flynn is her English VA in Marvel vs. Capcom 3.


 * Felicia's main voice actor is Kae Araki, except in Marvel vs. Capcom 3, where she was darrin'd by Kana Asumi.
 * Lisa Ann Beley voices her in the western cartoon.
 * Yukana Nogami voices her in the Vampire Hunter OVA.
 * Janyse Jaud voices her in the Night Warriors OVA.
 * Melissa Fahn voices her in the English dub of Cross Edge, which makes her Ed, Rika, and Gaz.
 * Gina Bowes is her English voice in Marvel vs. Capcom 3.


 * Yuji Ueda voices Jon Talbain.
 * Fumihiko Tachiki is his Vampire Hunter OVA seiyuu.


 * Kan Tokumaru is the voice of Bishamon.
 * Don Brown is his Night Warriors OVA voice.
 * Masashi Ebara is his voice in the Vampire Hunter OVA.


 * Hannya (Bishamon's sword) is voiced by Shozo Iizuka and Michael Dobson in the Vampire Hunter and Night Warriors OVA, respectively.
 * Yuji Ueda is the voice of Lord Raptor.
 * Koichi Yamadera is his seiyuu for the Vampire Hunter OVA.
 * Scott "Dinobot/Rattrap/Waspinator/Silverbolt" McNeil is his voice in the Night Warriors OVA, and is the only one to reprise their role from the cartoon.


 * Jurota Kosugi is the voice of Huitzil in the games.
 * In the Night Warriors OVA, he's voiced by Ward Perry. You're listening to Geese Howard (OVA only) and Rowen of the Strata. Armor of Strata!


 * Pyron is voiced by Nobuyuki Hiyama.
 * In the Night Warriors OVA, he's voiced by David "Megatron" Kaye, yeeeeeeeeessssssss...
 * His voice actor in the Vampire Hunter OVA is Shinji Ogawa... Oh dear... it's Hyoh! (head asplodes)


 * Donovan is voiced by Nobuyuki Hiyama in Vampire Hunter. In Vampire Savior 2, he gets darrin'd by Jurota Kosugi, the voice of Huitzil.
 * Gary Chalk voices him in the cartoon. Darkstalkers, transform and roll out!
 * Unsho Ishizuka voices him in the Vampire Hunter OVA.


 * Akiko Yajima is the voice of Anita in the Vampire Hunter OVA.
 * Michiko Neya voices Hsien-Ko in the games, except in Marvel vs. Capcom 3, where she's voiced by Saori Hayami.
 * Yuko Miyamura and Nicole Oliver voice her in the Vampire Hunter OVA.
 * Maya Okamoto voices Mei-Ling in the Vampire Hunter OVA.
 * Hunter Mac Kenzie Austin voices her in the English localization of Marvel vs. Capcom 3.


 * Miyuki Matsushita, the voice of Q-Bee and B.B.Hood, has also voiced Erina "Eririn" Goldsmith and Monkey Pink.
 * You might recognize the name Hiroko Konishi, the voice of Lilith, as the voice of T.K. and Guilty Gear's most infamous character: Bridget.
 * Stephanie Sheh is her English VA in Cross Edge.
 * Yuka Imai is her seiyuu for Namco X Capcom and Cross Edge, which counts as a case of The Other Darrin from the original series.


 * Isshin Chiba is the main voice of Jedah, which makes Jedah the Darkstalkers's version of Dio Brando. So, expect a lot of WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!~-like laughter.
 * Travis Willingham is his voice in the English dub of Cross Edge.


 * Two voice actors from Neon Genesis Evangelion also star here. Gendo Ikari is Jon Talbain, and Asuka Langley Soryu/ is Lei-Lei/Hsien-Ko.
 * And Felicia's voice actress also voices Sailor Chibimoon.
 * No Export for You: Vampire Hunter 2 (which features everyone in Vampire Savior sans the characters introduced in that game) and Vampire Savior 2 (which features everyone in Vampire Savior except Jon Talbain, Rikuo and Sasquatch; plus Pyron, Huitzil and Donovan) never left Japan. We did get Darkstalkers 3 though, which is sort of a mash-up of the two.
 * One of Us: Four words: Morrigan enjoys video games.
 * Playing Against Type: He's voiced by Nobuyuki Hiyama. This doesn't stop him from having some Hot-Blooded battle cries.
 * Talking to Himself:
 * Nobuyuki Hiyama voices both Demitri and Pyron. In Darkstalkers 2/Vampire Hunter he gets a third character in the form of Donovan.
 * Yuji Ueda voices Jon Talbain, Lord Raptor and Rikuo.
 * Kan Tokumaru voices Anakaris, Bishamon, Sasquatch, and Victor.
 * Jurota Kosugi voices both Huitzil and Donovan in Vampire Savior 2.
 * In the english dub of the OVA and the western cartoon, Scott McNeil voices both Rikuo and Lord Raptor.
 * Miyuki Matsushita voices both Q-Bee and B.B.Hood in Darkstalkers 3/Vampire Savior.
 * What Could Have Been:
 * Every character's final design and story is a far cry from the original intention.
 * Demitri had a much more minimalist, agile-looking design.
 * According to the Darkstalkers Graphic File, Morrigan was originally going to be the "cute" character of the series, while all of the sex appeal would go to Felicia.
 * One of Morrigan's preliminary character designs eventually became Jedah, which is probably where they got the preliminary sibling relation from.
 * Lord Raptor was supposed to be a vengeful zombie soldier.
 * Bishamon himself was going to be possessed and not wear any armor.
 * Rikuo looked "like something straight out of the Cthulhu Mythos".
 * Anakaris was a slender pyramid guardian.
 * John Talbain looked more man than wolf and had extremely long claws on one hand.
 * Sasquatch was an animalistic brute bound in chains.
 * Victor was a complete lift of Karloff's Monster before being modified into a robot.
 * Huitzil was a much more modern robot designed for labor. He also had an unfinished super in the first game that was abandoned and never brought back in any of the sequels.
 * Pyron's looks varied too wildly to do justice in such a small space as this.
 * Donovan underwent through a large amount of changes:
 * He was originally a stereotypical Caucasian Vampire Hunter with a broad-brimmed hat that covered his eyes, resembling a masculine Vampire Hunter D or Van Helsing. As designs changed some Asian martial artist themes were added with braided hair and a nunchaku like weapon. Finally we were given the Hinduism/Buddhism themed dhamphyr.
 * He was also much stronger in the location test build of Vampire Hunter than he was in the finished product. Some of his strengths that were lost include a completely different Blizzard Sword special that caused his ice-covered sword to come crashing down from the top of the screen, a Kill Shred special which had his sword spinning through the air vertically rather than horizontally, thus covering a much wider area, and a Change Immortal EX that would cause huge amounts of chip damage when blocked.


 * Hsien-Ko's design, though consistent throughout the games, was originally going to be much younger.
 * In the early stages of development, Lilith was Morrigan's older sister who had the blood of angels mixed in her. She physically resembled Morrigan, the only exception being a pair of angel wings on her head that she hid out of embarrassment.
 * Q-Bee was a mutated insect with command over other bugs.
 * Early in development, Jedah was an angelic bishie called "Belial, Jr.", which would have made him Morrigan's adoptive brother.
 * Some rough animation concepts shown in Darkstalkers Official Complete Works give insight into ideas for moves that didn't make the cut. An anchor could have been among the many weapons Hsien-Ko produces from her sleeves, Huitzil's Confusioner could have involved him summoning a large radio-controlled drone with a grabber claw, and Demitri's Demon Billion seemingly could have been a utility super that allowed him to perform different moves while transformed into a cloud of bats, including jabs, uppercuts and converging bites.


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