Darkstalkers (series)

Darkstalkers, known as Vampire in Japan, is a fighting game series created by Capcom. The series includes three games with several upgraded titles and compilations. Like many other Capcom fighters of the time, Darkstalkers plays similarly to the Street Fighter series.

In October 2012, during New York Comic Con, Capcom announced they would be releasing an HD remake bundle of Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge and Vampire Savior. Titled, Darkstalkers Resurrection, the game was released March, 12th on PSN and on Xbox March, 13th. It features on-line play and spectator lobbies as well as additional unlockables.

Games

Main series

• Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (Vampire: The Night Warriors in Japan)
• Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge (Vampire: Darkstalkers' Revenge in Japan)
• Darkstalkers 3 (Vampire Savior in Japan)

Other titles

• Vampire Hunter 2
• Vampire Savior 2
• Vampire Chronicle for Matching Service
• Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower (Vampire Chronicle: The Chaos Tower in Japan)
• Vampire: Darkstalkers Collection
• Darkstalkers Resurrection (Vampire Resurrection in Japan)

Main cast

• Anakaris
• B.B.Hood
• Bishamon
• Demitri Maximoff
• Felicia
• Hsien-Ko
• Huitzil
• Jedah
• Jon Talbain
• Lilith
• Lord Raptor
• Morrigan Aensland
• Pyron
• Q-Bee
• Rikuo
• Sasquatch
• Victor von Gerdenheim

Name Changes

Many of the characters received name changes when the series was brought over to the west.

Western name	Japanese name
B.B.Hood (Baby Bonnie Hood)	Bulleta
Hsien-Ko	Lei-Lei
Huitzil	Phobos
Jon Talbain	Gallon
Lord Raptor	Zabel Zarock
Rikuo	Aulbath

Several minor and non-playable characters have also received name changes. Rikuo's son, Ricky is Alba and Hsien-Ko's sister Mei-Ling is Lin-Lin in Japan.

External links

• Vampire Resurrection - Capcom Japan's official webpage
• Darkstalkers - Wikipedia