Darkstalkers

This article is about the video game series. For the TV series, see Darkstalkers (TV series). For the comic book series, see Darkstalkers (comics). For the first game in the series, see Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors.
Darkstalkers
Genre(s)Fighting
Developer(s)Capcom
Iron Galaxy Studios (Resurrection)
Publisher(s)Capcom
Creator(s)Junichi Ohno (planner)[1]
Alex Jimenez (concept)[2][3]
Platform(s)Arcade, Dreamcast, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Portable, Sega Saturn, Xbox 360, Xbox One
First releaseDarkstalkers: The Night Warriors
July 12, 1994
Latest releaseCapcom Fighting Collection
June 24, 2022

Darkstalkers, known in Japan as Vampire (ヴァンパイア), is a fighting game series and media franchise created by Capcom. The first game, Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors, was released in arcades in 1994. The series is set in a pastiche gothic fiction universe with characters based on monsters from international folklore, and features a stylized 2D graphic style. Darkstalkers introduced gameplay concepts used in later Capcom fighting games, including the Street Fighter Alpha and Marvel vs. Capcom series.

Besides video games, the Darkstalkers media franchise also includes an anime miniseries, an American animated series, a Canadian comic book series, and many books of various kinds and other media released only in Japan. Some individual characters, such as Morrigan Aensland and Felicia, appeared in later Capcom games, as well as in a few crossover games released by other companies.

  1. ^ "Darkstalkers – 1994 Developer Interview". Gamest. 1994. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Darkstalkers creator on breaking into the industry". GameSpot. 23 July 2010. Archived from the original on 22 June 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
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