Melty Blood is a visual novel fighting game, co-developed by Type-Moon and French-Bread.
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“… and players, new and old, are invited to test their strength under the blue glass moon” has to be the best way to end the video
Excaliburrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
"This is what it means to kill something."
Was NOT expecting a shot of me at the beginning when talking about community.
post more bro
The Gims always wins 🤷🏻♂️
Smol hit box energy
Who is else is known for killing an entire community? :D
Free PM
The only reason why this game got into my radar is because of fighting game players complaining about the character designs so thanks for the additional info when it comes to the series!
HookGangGod said they were and I quote "Dripless"
Didn't think that dumbass meme would get this wide spread. Welcome.
lol
I know about it because of the countless images of people playing Melty Blood in the weirdest venues.
What's crazy is that alot of the content creators complaing are gonna buy the game and play in tournaments
"How long can a game meaningfully survive with little developer support and no updates to speak of?" * cries in TF2 *
I sell all my tf2 items to buy type lumina lol
@@chalermlab8925 shit now i kinda wanna do it too
@@chalermlab8925 meanwhile I can’t because freaking premium account
Oof, also wasn’t expecting to see you here
I'm gonna say which tf2, but at the current time I'm realized both of them are on the same fate
There is no rise. Neco arc is forever
Who?
@@TheREALHugo4 funny cat
@@jonaak7 Never heard about him before.
@@TheREALHugo4 Neco Arc was on the news yesterday for burning down a neighborhood and killing millions.
@@skunthundler Oh, you mean the cat form of Arcueid? I see now.
No matter how popular Melty Blood gets, we shouldn't stop the Denny's Restroom Tournaments, it"s tradition by now!
New York alley ways will always be our home
Ah yes the restroom tournament, can't beat the classic
uhh what
The Melty Blood equivalent of "grand finals on the main stage" is "grand finals in the Popeyes parking lot". Glorious.
the McDonald’s parking lot is a classic
And with type lumina coming out, the neco arc memes are pumping out in full force
Specifically, the Moon Style system was only introduced in Actress Again, which was around the third revision. If you're familiar with the variation system of MK, that's where NRS got the idea.
So MK, the biggest american fighter, got inspired by a japanese fighter. So japan pretty much owns this genre. And I wouldn't have it any other way.
1:50 Oh, that version of Tsukihime had action... just not the kind that you can make a fighting game out of. That said, the remake of the visual novel does not have that 'action' anymore. It is a testament to how the franchise is so popular and beloved that they don't need it.
They type of action you can't make a fighting game out of...? That's debabtle my friend. Highly debatable.
Its a direction that Type Moon has taken since Realta Nua so it can have a broader market reach. And honestly? I always hated the context in which Nasu introduced those scenes. Very unpleasant.
@@kenim IIRC, Nasu hated having to put them in Tsukihime and Fate. Thankfully, they proved to be very strong stories and universes. The only acceptable spin-offs now are Carnival Phantasm, Carnival FGO, and the one where the Fate universe becomes a cooking anime.
Nasu not doing those "Kind of actions" anymore is a gift to everyone. Like Nasu can still write and imply the actions happen in future visual novels. BUT NEVER ASK NASU TO WRITE IT AGAIN IN DETAIL
@@RaifSeverence they're talking about sex scenes so yeah I don't think you can make a fighting game out of that. or at least you shouldn't
When Tsukihime Remake is officially here, I cried listening to the menu theme lol. I am a really new player to the Type-Moon Franchise (Like heck I played the OG Tsukihime on emulator in 2016) and seeing all these developments and hype around it really teared me up. Thank god we Tsukihime players are no longer a meme :))). And now I am ready to throw down some money for the Melty Blood.
I hope Tsukihime remake gets translated to english
@@LordlyWeeb Right? There was a screenshot from an interview saying they're hoping for AT LEAST English and Chinese(?), but the question was in regards to a Steam release.
@@Raidanzoup unfortunately they dont have human resources for translating to english and chinese yet. I guess nasu wants to directly involve in translating
There is already but it's fan translated .
@@harrysliyoko8809 for the original yes, but not yet for the remake AFAIK. The remake is console only atm
Just one thing, the new Tsukihime is a remake, and was announced in 2008 but Type-Moon has been radio silent until last year, when they re-announced the remake with Type Lumina, what a time to be a Tsukihime fan.
I'll believe it when I have a copy of the game on my computer. I've had my hopes stomped on for over a decade at this point.
@@Thalanox do you now?
"How long can a game survive with no updates?...the FGC is a fast paced world" *shows footage of SSBMelee*
Melee gets updates... From the community
You know its bad when the devs in Melee is trying to downdate the game instead of upgrading lol
He was making a point of "This is an exception to the rule"
Ah Carnival Phantasm… A Nasu drug fueled dream
Three reasons why I'm aware of Melty: it's from the same devs as Under Night In-Birth, it's become a meme in the FGC because of being played anywhere but on the main stage (especially in bathrooms for some reason), and it's currently impossible to play all the "required reading" games to understand the plot, unless you learned Japanese first or decide to sail the seven online seas
Both Tsukihime ans Kagetsu Tohya, the VNs that Melty follows up, have been fan-translated for ages now, people just don't want to read them lol And I'm pretty sure the older versions of Melty like the original and ReAct can be found translated on the internet or their cutscenes on youtube as well
@@JulioCruz261 this. I swear people just pretend it is impossible to go on the type moon discord and get access to all the games easily.
@@someguy5319 Possible yes, legally not yet
@@csolisr probably never, it is apparent that Type Moon has no interest in releasing their VNs in the west.
@@csolisr TYPE-Moon believes western fans do not like visual novels.
The Among Us Arena video will happen eventually, I'm calling it.
Finally getting the recognition this game deserves. Thank You Akshon!
Let's thank our Lord and savior neco-arc
and the dripless meme
Thank you Neco arc(some)
Gurenyuuuu
Literally never heard of this game. Thanks for sharing how huge it is.
10:55 "A player granted the Mystic Eyes of Mash Perception" I'm going 6 feet under with that one
You talk about these games like a history lesson however it's extremely entertaining. I never knew this game even existed and yet I want to support the game and get hyped over new releases. Awesome job!!
Glad you enjoy it!
Melty blood looks really cool, it has such a unique vibe and I love balls to the walls fighting games
So much legacy with a miraculous return and yet, it's mostly just getting dismissed because of "anime" and being "dripless". Much less the other stuff that's been popping up lately. Gotta love the FGC. It certainly does one thing very, very well.
Complaining about dripless, is the most weirdest hill to die on. and yeah, dismissing "anime" when 90% of the FGC main stays are anime fighting games.
@@Kaimax61 i dont think anyones dismissing it cause its anime but because its THE most generic looking anime on earth they have the default templates for schoolgirl and maid on lock
@@_holy__ghost look another one willing to die on this weird hill.
@@_holy__ghost well its more urban Fantasy than Martial Arts, i mean VN character design is noticeably different that OCs in melty
@@Kaimax61 im sry but Anime Games need to look cool untop of having good mechanics atleast for me wich is why ppl Play Strive but the gameplay is lacking and i just went right back to DBFZ lol cause sauce is important browski
My first introduction to Tsukihime unironically came from Carnival Phantasm. Out of curiosity combined with neco arc, and watching random FG “super art” compilations hooked me into the franchise
"New and up and coming players like GO1" If only they knew back then
There was a time in my life back in college that I'm installing almost every doujin I find in the "high seas" of the internet. Melty Blood, is the one that opened my eyes to the beauty that is animu fighters.
I have a friend who's super into this series and is very excited for the next installment. I've never played a Melty Blood game and I'm excited to hop into the series with that new installment! Hopefully its not too complicated lol
It's absolutely one of the more complicated games that will require a lot of work before you can begin enjoying the full gameplay experience. As is common with indie-developed fighting games, aimed at the hardcore niche audience who want their games to be as complex and (as a result) unapproachable to non-hardcore audiences as possible. Clear evidence being how much this game is appealing to those who complain about/hate on Guilty Gear Strive for being "too simplified". Feel free to try it of you really want to, especially if you know someone who will be buying it and can play it with them before you buy it. Just don't expect it to be anywhere near as approachable as any other game genre you may already enjoy. It will likely not feel very rewarding until after at least 10 hours of matches and training mode and it will not have a playerbase size comparable to Guilty Gear Strive, Street Fighter, Tekken, Dragonball FighterZ, or Mortal Kombat. So there probably will not be a lot of beginner level players to be matched against. You WILL lose a lot and you WILL get locked down, made to feel like control of your character is taken away from you for many seconds per round and unable to deal with what's being thrown at you, due to the insane grimy pressure and mixups inherent to fighting games like this. If that sounds fun, then have at it. If not, then your money and time would be better spent elsewhere.
@@davis1228 I prefer to play fun games with good combos, I think that strive is very hated because his company destroyed a game that was very good, the problem with strive is not that it is simple, the game has many defects: excessively high damage, too short combos, very, very few obtions, I prefer 13 output characters than 15 characters who do not have the freedom to play as I want, a single character of melty blood type lumina is equivalent to 4 of guilty gear strive
It's lookin to be pretty easy to get into the first one was too.
Ignore what Davis1228 said, Melty is a very accessible fighting game. It has plenty of depth and a high skill ceiling, as any good fighting game does, but it is also designed to have an easily reachable skill floor so that brand new players can find their footing and start having fun quickly.
@@davis1228 you've never played, or watched a French Bread game have you?
Can't wait to see some tournaments being held behind an alley
Back Alley Alliance indeed
I only heard about this game through MUGEN. Ah, MUGEN, such great memories and the good old days.
I remember there being an INSANE amount of Shiki clones in MUGEN.
Me too. I’m still in the Mugen community. Just dropped a stage today.
Honestly I'm still trying to figure out how to make my own characters there
And here comes another video on fighting game thank you so much akshon you are doing amazing work, keep on bringing us these unseen games ✌
Wow i think i used to go to College and play with Scrawtvermillion in my car, i remember him showing off the game (bc he compared it to longevity of Melee)and mentioning he won Ceo Otaku in 2016. I'm just now discovering he went on to become the CHAMPION of Melty? Mad respect.
I've been subbed to this channel since it had less than 10K subs. I'm super happy to see how far this channel has come in just a year or so. All your work is awesome and your success is well-deserved. Keep it going!!
I love seeing the progression of this channel, amazingly well made video once again Akshon :)
Cadenza: musical improvisation performed by solo-ists. Credenza: a diningroom side cabinet. Js.
A combination of development hell and Nasu accepting every other writing job under the sun 🙃😂
And also his hyperactive imagination. Sometimes I want to both curse and thanks that mushroom See, when Nasu want to be directly involved with the writing of FGO chapter 2.6, it was initially written as a simple good vs bad story (and I reckon if he stayed that path Tsukihime would probably released faster). But then thanks to something, that writing evolves to a monstrosity huge enough to require two timelocks in-game to properly deliver the story, with the first two parts comparable to one standard chapter each. But that also gaves us many new characters who are now very loved by the fans, so I don't know if I want to thank or smack him in the head 😂😂
@@agnessiaasianb.4123 We need to clone the mushroom ffs. We need FSN remake AND FGO stories written by Nasu.
@@micheledelloglio5820 PLEASE. We the FGO players are basically at the edge of our seat with Lostbelt climax nearing (LB 6.5 and 7 left, and maybe last showdown with Alien God). Not to mentions the long-awaited Proto and Tsukihime collabs (but esp. Proto for me, because Arcade has been heavy on hinting that their 7th singularity might feature Proto servants and if they get Proto Gil can u imagine the chaos. On the other hand idk how Tsukihime collab will work given the whole "they're different timeline" and "no Servants in Tsukiverse" thing ) He does say he'll leave FGO after Part 2 is finished, but this is Nasu, so who knows, he might have a change of heart… (Also your Arjuna pfp is so beautiful! Can I know where u find it?)
@@agnessiaasianb.4123 Agree on every word, but my PFP is actually Seto Kaiba from Yu-Gi-Oh.
@@micheledelloglio5820 Oh! I was not wearing my glasses, sorry for that 😅😅 This is purely personal opinion, but I think FGO is not gonna end after Part 2. JP just announced rerun for all their Halloween events, and I think that was partially aimed at new players so they can get old welfares, and I don't think they'll do that if they're ending it soon. Also I think I remember reading somewhere that they have enough content to keep going until 10th anniversary lol (and I hope that includes Strange Fake collab, because that spinoff has some of the coolest Servants I ever see)
Thursday can't come fast enough! Let's go!! (This'll be my first Melty Blood game, but I used to watch footage all the time)
Happy to see MB coverage from you guys! Thanks for putting it more into the spotlight especially just before the release of Type Lumina.
So this is the reason I keep seeing that smug cat everywhere on KZhead and Twitter. I'm not complaining.
I love these videos! They make me hyped about a new fighting game and it's community!
Type Lumina hype is real
I particularly loved this video. Between the detailed history and player interviews, this channel really is the gold standard for esports documentaries. Keep up the phenomenal work!
Akshon > Thescoreesports
@@thadex454 For real. I had to unsub from thescore. They're truly terrible.
@@gnardawgyt Thorin exposed them for plagiarism
I've been following this game since it was announced. I got into the natsuverse recently and this is the first work I'm here for the release of.
Great vid. Love the history taking me back in time. Been playing this game since 2008, and actually own a physical copy of MBAACC 1.07 lol. Cant wait to melt in the new game. I saw myself in some of the live footage from Evo 2010 in the hotel room lol. To me, what makes this game so great is the freedom of movement it offers, and the freedom the reverse beat cancel system offers for offense/pressure. Its really those two things that you just wont find in other fighting games. They all want to limit your option, where Melty just gives you more. Aside from that I'm a super bias Type-Moon fan. :)
Been with Melty since January 1, 2021. It is truly the most influential game for me of 2021, it got me into the fgc and it’s so cool seeing players like Yuu and Scrawt playing CSion as it opens my eyes on as to how she can be pushed. Melty also introduced me to many good friends and led me to going to locals to play with others in-person. The game is truly a masterpiece and I hope that the community grows bigger so more and more people can experience the joy that myself and others have experienced with the game.
Thank you for covering this game! I am so hype to play this in just a few days. The game truly needs more attention
2021's new year is the first one where I stay awake at midnight (yes, my timezone is one hours late than Japan) And of course, the trailer for both Tsukihime Remake and Fate/Grand Carnival were released. I also didn't know that there was a Type-Moon livestream that night. I don't remember the exact time, but damn, it's the most memorable new year I've had. Heck, even few days before 31st Dec, I joked about Tsukihime Remake being non existent at that time.
I got this series in my radar because I play a bit of uniclr, and found it while just looking at unique fighters and arc fighters that had arc system involved. Finally picked up lumina, and it's p cool so far.
"How long can a game meaningfully survive with little developer support and no updates to speak of?" *cries in Overwatch*
Oh no...
1:52 No it was the other way around, Frenchbread came to Type Moon and Type Moon gave it ago. Cause that is for some reason the continued history of how things happen with TM, outside of FGO, someone always comes to them first.
This didn't age too well I think...
Can we take a moment to appreciate the transition at 0:47
This just in, Saber is in Melty blood. For Better or Worse, Saber is in Melty Blood
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Such a solid video about the history of melty blood huge props for ya.
As a fan of tsukihime and melty I must say I love the attention to detail in everything in this video, specially the interviews! Excellent work
I remember back in the days when I watched the anime and downloaded RE-ACT, played it quite a bit in my corner, I always told myself I would come back to it if I ever wanted to train reading japanese while playing a good fighting game :p It's cool to know there's a devoted FGC community around Melty Blood which is here to stay :)
To be honest, I thought I knew quite well about the FGC eventhought I barely have played them since 2007. This game has really gone off my radar and after its release, I had struggle to find where this thing has its roots. Thanks a lot for the video - this pretty much set up to get the game at some point :)
Wait, a new Melty Blood game? Thx for the video, would prob fly under my radar if not for it. Used to play Act Cadenza back in the day with my brothers and nefew. Love that game still.
"Shieldspammer by day, Shitposter by night."
I'm subscribing to this channel now. Amazing vid!
new melty blood is actually coming out at the end of this very month! cant wait!
Oh wow, I never would have thought this game has such a deep and rich history, it's awesome that this video taught me this much, even though I'm already a decently deep Type-Moon fan to begin with.
Great video! But I wanted to correct some misinformation on the type moon front since there’s some glaring misconceptions in this. There were never any plans to “update” tsukihime with more chapters. Tsukihime in and of itself is a complete game, and after its first release in 2000 there were two updated versions: Tsukihime plus-disk which contained some new character scenarios and Kagetsu Tohya, a fan disk semi-sequel. What BDTerra is referring to in 13:56 is the Tsukihime remake project. The remake project was teased in 2008 but actually, formally announced in 2012 with updated character designs and some small bits of info, but after that it stayed in development hell thanks in part to type moon’s main two creators, kinoko nasu (the main writer) and takashi takeuchi (the main illustrator and CEO of TM) were heavily hands-on with Fate grand order (the mobile spin off of the fate franchise), and the game stayed in limbo for the most part from 2014 to 2017 when development went back into the swing of things, all culminating in the New Years 2021 announcement This “20 years of development hell” part in 13:50 is 100% wrong btw. If anyone has any questions on this end I’d be happy to respond!
I was gonna comment because of the mistakes in the details, the video is clearly aimed just at fighting game elements while loosely searching on the rest. I'll add that Melty Blood isn't a "fanmade" game on top of the writer and artist being involved in it. The new Melty Blood is a reboot for the Tsukihime "remake", or more precisely a reimagining/different retelling/alternate timeline, and this time it's a prequel (which might explain the lack of Sion).
Like your content bro! Keep up the good work 😊👍🏾
last time i played this game was in 2004. really looking forward to the new chapter in this series.
Hot off the press! 5 second ago and I just casually check my subscriptions lol
Neko arc resurgence has arrived. More FGC coverage let's go! And now for my usual spiel: I am humbly and kindly asking for a Guild Wars 2 PvP scene video. We may be in an MMO that most people think us dead, and most people in the community may think that the gamemode is dead, but we have tournaments, announcers, prizes and even a bit of support from the devs.
Thank you for this video!
Small correction, Tsukihime Remake was revealed on December 31st 2020 not January
I found about melty a couple years ago through the whole bathroom meme. I'm still garbage, but this game makes even garbage feels good.
Never got the chance to play the old melty but I'm versed in many fighting games. I played the visual novel and maaaan I'm playing tohno
i was looking for a melty blood video from akshon like two weeks ago
Neco arc will arise. Hold my words.
I would love to see more love for Battle for the Grid
That representation of French Bread... Oui~
No reference to the Melty Blood bathroom setup photo?
Great video, my first shot at Melty was with Act Cadenza. Is there a possibility to have a video about the other French-Bread fighting game, Under Night In-Birth?
Waldstein main here, 'sup?
god the ryougi shiki theme of melty blood is pure fire
I'm really happy to see this game blowing up like this
Comiket is for a specific type of game and comic.
Thank you for this.
I am 100% getting type lumina, but i have trouble juggling games. I gotta choose between strive and melty if i want to go competitive and i just can't decide. Whichever i go for gets all my effort for the rest of my fighting game days
stoked to try melty blood tomorrow!
I cant wait for this game
Thanks for the Melty Blood feature! I didn't know the game still had a community of players going on, ever since I couldn't afford paying several hundred dollars to import the phantasm carnival DVD many years ago.
I hope you still found a way to watch Carnival Phantasm. It's fun stuff.
Melty Blood Type Lumia coming out Sept.30th might go down as a classic. Its set up to be the GOAT fighting game at the moment just off the OST alone
Holy shit....I've been wishing a video on Melty for months, didn't think it'd actually come
As a long time Nasuverse enjoyer, my first dip onto the fgc was through melty blood.
Great video!
"How long can a game meaningfully survive with little developer support and no updates to speak of?" *Laughs in Street Fighter 3rd Strike and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future*
never expected melty blood to get popular still waitin on that tsukihime remake translation
I seen gameplay of it just recently and I was like wow why haven’t I heard this game before
Well damn I didn't know one of Melty's best players is originally from my country, that's honestly so awesome! It makes me want to play Type Lumina even more
Thanks for the vid
starting from the Bathroom... and now we're in the Ballroom
Dude, French Bread is legit. They made my favorite brawler of all time, Ragnarok Battle Offline.
man, I'm glad Tsukihime and MB got more recognition now. I'm always a fan of Type-Moon works
Bruh, I loved the Carnival Phantasm anime and had assumed it was from FGO. I can't believe I've been living a lie.
To be fair, FGO recently got its own Carnival anime: Fate Grand Carnival.
SHIELD SPAMMER BY DAY, S**TPOSTER BY NIGHT Gonna have to use that one someday
Thanks for covering Melty Blood, hope type lumina does well.
Shits 😴 asf lmao
The titles of the interviewees are dope lol
I really hope after this, Type Moon and French-bread make a new Fate fighting game thats 2D.
Heres hoping for an FGO fighting game.
@@edboy5418 spend 500$ to try get a chance to unlock your character
@@ceoofbrunestud5894 rate up is a lie
Cu as training partner. Feel free to you know, the usual.