WTF Is World Heroes?

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  @orlanzo2621 · 3 years ago

  Man i used to play a ton of World Heroes 2 back in the day, there was a grocery store across the street from my elementary school that had a Neo Geo machine with World Heroes 2, Fatal Fury Special, Street Hoop, and Wind Jammers. Every day after school i'd walk over to the store and play World Heroes 2 and Fatal Fury Special until i ran out of quarters and then i'd walk home. Ahhh sweet memories of the 90's man. That game brings me a ton of nostalgia. I will say tho that World Heroes Perfect is easily the best in the series, it perfectly nailed the gameplay and mechanics, it's an underrated gem in my opinion. Anyway, great video man!

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  @hawaiidkw1 · 3 years ago

  So just what was the appeal of World Heroes? I can say it in four words: <b>Not Street Fighter 2.</b> You have to understand what the arcade scene looked line in &apos;92. Street Fighter 2 was omnipresent and before long its dominance of the arcades would become downright suffocating. Everyone talked about it. All the magazines covered it. All the guides covered it. Every punch and kick and bit and pixel was overanalyzed to death. And the whole culture surrounding it was so self-serious, so harsh. (I couldn&apos;t even begin to count the cheating accusations.) Did I mention that it was <i>super hard to get good at?</i> I hadn&apos;t struggled so much since the days of trackballs. The time was ripe for something colorful, weird, a little ridiculous, and thoroughly nonserious, but also more accessible, more forgiving, easier to get down. A lot of players liked the World Heroes a <i>whole</i> lot. And then 2 came along and it just flat-out <i>blew up.</i> Seriously, we&apos;re talking early Mortal Kombat level of popularity here. The last two didn&apos;t quite reach that level, but they were interesting ideas in their own right.<br><br>In the end, the fact that this property wasn&apos;t afraid to be totally weird and shameless is why we remember it today. I actually considered it the superior alternative to Art of Fighting (inconsistent and clunky) and Fighter&apos;s History (poor man&apos;s SF2).

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  @nabeelsajid5423 · 4 years ago

  &quot;some time racisms can be a good thing&quot; <br>John Sex

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  @benjfalcon8686 · 4 years ago

  Please continue the series even if the video flops your video s are awesome 👍

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  @nicksbrown1994 · 4 years ago

  You forgot to mention that Zeus looks like Raoh from Fist of the North Star.<br><br>Cool video, loved it!

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  @masterppants2 · 3 years ago

  Dude I&apos;m SO HAPPY someone remembered this game and decided to do an awesome video about it. Thank you!! This was one of my favorite games wayyy back when!!

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  @greensun1334 · 2 years ago

  There exists an even more obscure Neo Geo fighting game from ADK &nbsp;- Ninja Masters. It&apos;s a quite fast paced, weapon based FTG with very tight, fluid, combo friendly gameplay and well done rural Japan atmosphere, I recommend to give it a try!

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  @Chewi_Kitten · 4 years ago

  The creator of Mudman also created a new completed manga of the series. I think it was like 5 books long. It&apos;s pretty neat and quality.

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  @JasonTodd971 · 1 year ago (edited)

  I bloody ADORE World Heroes<br><br>EDIT: THIS IS AN AWESOME VIDEO

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  @jensz9360 · 7 months ago

  I have World Heroes arcade machine. I remembered playing World Heroes back when it came out and came up on the machine for sale from a convenience store, same store I used to play it at and they sold it to me. So I have the exact machine that I played on as a kid. It still works. I left the function where you have to put a quarter in just for nostalgia.

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  @Kikai-Z · 4 years ago

  Finally a world Heroes video, keep up the amazing work John Sex.

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  @JavenarchX · 3 years ago

  A modern game of this would be so rad. Mudman&apos;s sounds were so solid

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