This page explains in detail the interactions between the Darkstalkers series and the Street Fighter series.
The page also includes an interaction between the Darkstalkers series with the Tekken series (Street Fighter X Tekken section) and Minna to Series (Street Fighter × All Capcom section). It also lists an interaction between the Tekken series and the Star Gladiator series (Street Fighter X Tekken section).
Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors[]
June 30, 1994
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Felicia's ending in the first Darkstalkers game includes a mention of Blanka, the wild man from Street Fighter II. During the ending, Felicia manages to fulfill her dream of becoming a star, signing a contract to produce several films of her adventures. While taking a bath, she comments on her desire to have Blanka as her leading man.
While this makes a type 1 link between both series, it is worth noting this reference is exclusive of the English version, with the original Japanese script for the same ending making no reference to Blanka at all.
Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge[]
March 1995
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One of the moves from newcomer character Hsien-ko, known as "Anki Hou", has her throwing a random item in an overhead arc at the opponent. Two of the possible items that she takes out of her sleeves is one of the big spiked bracelets worn by Chun-li and the claw weapon wielded by the Spanish ninja Balrog (Vega in Japan). Both items have a very low random chance of being thrown from among a list of generic items including rocks, small barrels and a boomerang. In the sequel Vampire Savior, both items return unchanged and Hsien-ko gains a third Street Fighter item hidden under her sleeves: a small, white Akuma doll which spins around as it flies. Unlike the previous items, the Akuma doll appears more often when performing the move.
A second, possible reference can be seen in Donovan's ending, where a grown-up Anita appears wearing a red dress with large, yellow buttons and a yellow scarf, loosely resembling the standard attire used by Rose from the Street Fighter Alpha sub-series. Although whether this was intentional or not is unknown, several fan theories were created around the resemblance between the two characters, most notably that Anita would grow up and become Rose herself, helped by the fact both characters possess extremelly powerful psychic powers. Officially, no such connection actually exists, however.
Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dream[]
June 05, 1995
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A piece of official art created for Street Fighter Alpha shows Chun-Li at three stages of her life: as a little girl, as the young adult in the Alpha series, and as the full-grown adult in Street Fighter II. For some reason, however, kid Chun-Li is designed completely after Anita from Darkstalkers, wearing the same blue dress and shoes and holding a similar headless doll in her hands, which in this case is a doll based on fellow street fighter Cammy.
Street Fighter Alpha 2[]
February 27, 1996
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Ken's stage in Street Fighter Alpha 2, titled "San Francisco Bay", is set within a cruiser of his ownership where he's holding a birthday party for his girlfriend (and future wife) Eliza. This stage features several character cameos from an assortment of Capcom's franchises, appearing as guests of the party and visible in the background tending to themselves as the battle unfolds. Among the many cameos stand five Darkstalkers characters.
- Standing on the far left of the stage one can spot Lord Raptor, Hsien-ko and her sister Mei-ling. Raptor appears on his living or human form before becoming a zombie, and can be seen sitting on a large gift, slumped forward while tuning his guitar. The sisters stand next to him and observe the battle, both wearing normal dresses with their standard costume's color schemes (blue and red for Hsien-ko, yellow for Mei-ling). Hsien-ko also has a normal skin tone instead of her usual blue.
- Next to them stand the Unknown Soldiers from Forgotten Worlds and Morrigan, wearing a rather revealing black dress, hot pants and violet thigh-high socks instead of her usual attire. She also lacks the bat wings on her head and back, which makes her appear as a normal human being.
- Finally, Felicia can be spotted at the right side, inside the pool. She's fully submerged and only her head and shoulder can be seen, but her blue hair and white cat ears make her easily recognizable.
For a full list of characters in this stage as well as an explanation about this link's nature, visit this page.
Street Fighter III: New Generation[]
The three characters in the background, above Ibuki
February 04, 1997
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One of the stages in Street Fighter III: New Generation features a cameo by Felicia. In the onsen area of the "Tokyo" stage, one can spot three females bathing on the upper left side of the background, in an elevated area. There's one with Chun-Li's identifiable hairstyle; one standing up with a long ponytail, a beige towel and what appears to be a shoulder plate and a third, blonde woman sitting in the water. As confirmed by the developers these characters are Chun-Li, Linn Kurosawa from Capcom's Alien vs. Predator Arcade game and Darkstalkers' Felicia, who appears to be in her 2nd player color which gives her blonde hair.
Despite this being an aknowledged official cameo of a Darkstalker character in Street Fighter, it is not considered to canonically tie both series in any meaningful way. This stage is also present in the sequel Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact without alterations.
Capcom Summer Special 2004[]
August 01, 2004
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Capcom Summer Special 2004 is a special comic book issue part of UDON Studios' Street Fighter comic book line, featuring three separate and unconnected short stories: "Pa Pa's Gift" is centered on Street Fighter's Chun-li, "The Eye of Belial" focus on Morrigan's father Belial Aensland, and "Junior High" features the cast of Rival Schools. "The Eye of Belial" is UDON's first work based on the Darkstalkers series.
Within "Pa Pa's Gift" there's a minor reference to Darkstalkers: in one panel where Chun-li sits on a bench, there's a poster behind her depicting Darkstalkers artwork, specifically one of the variant covers for this very issue depicting Morrigan, Lilith and Demitri Maximoff.
Street Fighter X Tekken[]
March 08, 2012
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A direct link between the Darkstalkers series and Street Fighter X Tekken can be seen in Paul Phoenix's official artwork for the game. In it he's punching an alien (a common occurrence of his backstory being his insistence on challenging aliens to battle) while Pyron from Darkstalkers and Saturn Dyer from Star Gladiator (two aliens characters) observe from the background, covered by shadows.
A second link can be seen during the Street Fighter X Tekken episode #2 trailer, release in June 4th. In it a kid who appears prominently is wearing a red t-shirt with the phrase "Darkstalkers are not dead" written on it. This detail was believed to be included as part of Yoshinori Ono's campaign to drum up interest in a possible Darkstalkers sequel, which sadly never materialized.
Street Fighter × All Capcom[]
November 19, 2013
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Darkstalkers was one of the 24 series chosen to represent Capcom's 30 years of history in the RPG/fighting card game Street Fighter × All Capcom, including 13 of the series' roster represented in a total of 31 playable character cards, plus several stages from the series. The characters included are Rikuo, Sasquatch, Victor von Gerdenheim, Lord Raptor, B.B. Hood, Pyron and Jedah Dohma in a single card; and Morrigan Aensland, Demitri Maximoff, Lilith Aensland, Felicia, Hsien-ko and Huitzil in more than one card. Characters with more than one card usually include atleast one where they are represented in an alternative color scheme, such as Morrigan and Huitzil using their 2P colors, Lilith using her Morrigan or "Liligan" color and Felicia in her tanned MP color from Vampire Savior.
Besides characters, the game's training/story mode "Street Fight" featured two mission courses set in Darkstalkers locations: one set in Morrigan's Deserted Chateau from Vampire Savior and another set in Lord Raptor's Australia stage from Vampire Hunter.
Street Fighter Battle Combination[]
April 14, 2015
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The Darkstalkers series appears as the first of four collaboration events between the mobile card game Street Fighter Battle Combination and other Capcom series.
The collaboration in question featured three Darkstalkers characters in special cards together with a Street Fighter character. As cards in this game represent the actual characters while they engage in battle, this is considered a type 1 link. The three cards in question are:
The collaboration was available only for a limited time, with Morrigan and Lilith featured from April 14 to May 8 and Felicia being available from May 8 to May 26; although the collaboration became available a few more times at later dates.
Street Fighter Puzzle Spirits[]
April 30, 2015
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As part of a celebration over breaking the 200.000 downloads threshold, Street Fighter Puzzle Spirits held a special event in which Darkstalkers characters Morrigan and Felicia became available for play. Both characters were introduced as playable fighters obtainable during the event for a limited time, from April 30 to May 12. The event also included moves from both characters to be unlocked, including most of her standard techniques such as Morrigan's Soul Fist, Finishing Shower and Felicia's Dancing Flash.
A second collaboration event held shortly after the first introduced a third Darkstalker to the roster of playable characters: Hsien-ko, as well as unlockable skills for her such as the Tenraiha. Hsien-ko, as well as Morrigan and Felicia who were available once again, were all obtainable during this event.
As before, the event lasted a limited time starting in July 23 and ending July 30, 2015.
Ultra Street Fighter IV Femme Fatale Horror Pack[]
November 27, 2015
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Cammy's costume in the Femme Fatale Horror Pack DLC appears to be based off Q-Bee, one of the new characters introduced in Vampire Savior. The resemblance is primarily due to the black and yellow pattern in the costume's body and the similar appearance on their insect legs, while the rest of the costume appears mostly original.
Whether this resemblance was intentional, however, is uncertain, and this choice of costume for Cammy could also be a nod to the codename she used during her tenure as a Shadaloo assassin, "Killer Bee".
Street Fighter V[]
February 16, 2016
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Color 14 of Chun-Li's Battle Outfit 1 appears to be inspired by Morrigan Aensland, specifically by giving Chun-Li green hair and darker colors for her dress. This reference was further addressed in the official website, where the description for the Battle Outfit ends with the note "Colors 14 and 15 have kind of a dark, stalkerish look... I want them both!". While Color 15 is also listed, its hair color is a lot more muted, and so the reference is a lot less noticeable.
Street Fighter Unlimited #11[]
October 26, 2016
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The second-to-last issue in UDON's Street Fighter Unlimited comic book series features a brief cameo of Jedah Dohma, the Dark Messiah from Vampire Savior. After being sent to what appears to be Hell and having defeated a number of demons, Gill is approached by Jedah Dohma with an offering to form an alliance with him. This scene serves as the set-up for the following crossover comic series Street Fighter VS. Darkstalkers, which features both characters as the main antagonists.
Street Fighter V Halloween update[]
November 10, 2016
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2 out of the 7 Halloween-themed costumes in the 2016 Halloween update for Street Fighter V are inspired by Darkstalkers characters. Ryu's costume is based on a ghost samurai, and heavily resembles the possessed suit of armor Bishamon, most notably in the mask and helmet with the crescent-shaped crest at the front. Although the costume is not a complete replica of Bishamon's design, the official Street Fighter V site does aknowledge the resemblance directly in Ryu's "Costume" section.
Nash's costume is based on the Frankenstein's Monster, and inspired in the design of Darkstalkers' own version of it, Victor von Gerdenheim. The costume uses a very different palette of colors (with brown and black instead of the brighter green and yellow used by Victor), but selecting the 6th color option gives it Victor's exact palette, completing the resemblance.
This costume pack was available for a limited time, from October 11 to October 29.
Street Fighter VS. Darkstalkers[]
February 22, 2017
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Street Fighter VS. Darkstalkers is a crossover comic book series written and drawn by UDON Studios, pitting characters from both franchises in a series of confrontations within the Darkstalkers' Majigen world. The series consists of 9 issues, with the first (issue #0) released in February 22 and ending at issue #8 in January 19, 2018.
The story is a direct continuation of UDON's previous Street Fighter comic series Street Fighter Unlimited and their own Darkstalkers comic line from 2010, and is an adaptation of the plotline from Vampire Savior. Following Gill's defeat in issue #11 of Unlimited, he ends up in the Makai, the main world of the Darkstalkers, and is greeted by Jedah Dohma, who has returned after thousands of years and is brewing a plan to reshape the entire universe in his image. Asking for his help, both Gill and Jedah create an alternate dimension known as the "Majigen", and have several Street Fighters and Darkstalkers trapped within, as Jedah's plan requires harvesting a lot of worthy souls to succeed. The Street Fighters find themselves in a strange realm and are soon forced to defend themselves from some of the Darkstalkers, setting the story into motion.
The crossover features almost the entire cast of the Darkstalkers series and most of the more popular and recent Street Fighters, including newcomers from Street Fighter V like Necalli and Rashid. Following this crossover series, the UDON Street Fighter line started including Darkstalkers characters as part of the setting, both in small cameos and as major parts of the plot, such as the September 11, 2019 issue "Akuma vs. Hell" which has Akuma fight monsters in the Darkstalkers' Makai world.
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition Patch ver.03.020[]
April 04, 2018
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As part of the ongoing addition of DLC costumes based on Capcom's several franchises, Darkstalkers gets a 3-costume pack for Juri, Urien and Menat.
Juri is given a costume based on Lilith Aensland, the little succubus and other half of Morrigan who first debuted in Vampire Savior, while Urien's costume is of the half-human/half-vampire Dark Hunter Donovan Baine from Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge. Juri's costume also includes a palette choice (#4) based on Morrigan's colors as well.
Menat's costume, on the other hand, is a "Khaibit costume" and an indirect reference to Anakaris: the costume is based on the female form assumed by Khaibit, a little servant of Anakaris who can be seen in some of his techniques, during a move known as "Pharaoh Decoration" in which four of them surround the enemy as Anakaris attacks with several different spells, electrocuting and freezing them on the process. This appearance was also used as a second, rare form assumed by Anakaris when caught in Demitri's Midnight Bliss attack (a technique which transforms the victim into another, usually humorous, form before Demitri sucks their blood) from Capcom Fighting Evolution.
All three costumes were later included together with all other released costumes in the February 2020 update Street Fighter V: Champion Edition.
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition Darkstalkers Costume Bundle[]
September 25, 2018
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A bundle set of Darkstalkers costumes became available as paid DLC in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition as part of the Halloween season. The bundle includes the initial three costumes detailed above (Juri's Lilith, Urien's Donovan and Menat's Khaibit) as well as three brand new ones: a Morrigan costume for Chun-li, Demitri costume for Ed and Felicia costume for Menat. All three new costumes feature atleast one extra nod to the series:
- Just as Juri's Lilith costume had a Morrigan-themed color, Chun li's Morrigan costume features a color (#5) based on Lilith's default palette.
- The Easter Egg code for Ed's Demitri costume changes its appearance to match Demitri's full vampire/demon form. This winged demonic-looking form of Demitri is visible during some of his strongest special moves.
- The Easter Egg code for Menat's Felicia costume adds a small white cat with a puff of blue hair in her head to the costume's shoulder. This is Felicia's little cat form she adopts in some of her winning animations.
- Unlike the other costumes, Menat's Felicia costume features 3 color choices taken straight from the Darkstalkers series:
- Color 2 (black fur with crimson hair) was introduced as her LP+MK color in Night Warriors.
- Color 3 (crimson fur with white hair) is her SK color in Vampire Savior.
- Color 4 (beige fur with brown hair) is her MK color in Night Warriors.
The whole bundle was later rereleased as part of the Capcom Costume Bundle 1 in April 2019, and the Morrigan costume was reissued in the Chun-Li Costume Bundle. As with the other bundle, the three costumes were later added to the February 2020 update Street Fighter V: Champion Edition.
As part of this update patch the in-game store saw the addition of Yuriko Hibiki, Dan Hibiki's little sister. Dan Hibiki is the one running the in-game store, offering the player his commentary on the DLC and costumes they purchase; following this patch Yuriko joins him in the same capacity, coming in and offering her own comments on the items. As this was almost at the beginning of the Halloween season, one of Yuriko's text artworks has her donning a Lilith cosplay costume for the occasion.
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition Patch ver.05.001[]
December 16, 2019
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The 5th Season 4 DLC character Gill comes together with several different costumes, and this includes a crossover costume of Pyron, the main antagonist from the first two Darkstalkers games. The costume faithfully recreates Pyron in full 3D and adds a heat and fire effect around it to copy Pyron's status as a being made of pure fire/energy. Despite the effect the costume is not meant to be Pyron itself but a cosplay costume worn by Gill.
Performing the Easter Egg code on this costume adds a little angry fire wisp floating above Gill. This is the form Pyron adopts when affected by Anakaris' "Pharaoh's Curse" special move.
Street Fighter V: Champion Edition[]
Seth performing the Mad Cradle, next to Demitri's Demon Cradle
February 13, 2020
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Street Fighter V: Champion Edition added the final Season 4 character and boss of the previous installment, Seth. One of Seth's techniques, Mad Cradle, has Seth performing an upwards spiral attack. Seth's V-Skill I allows this move to be followed up by a diagonally-descending drill kick named Mad Spin, while Seth's V-Skill II allows him to perform an ascending version at 45º angle called Mad Spiral as a follow-up to a dash. All three moves are based and named after moves used by Demitri Maximoff in Darkstalkers.
Mad Cradle is an identical copy of one of Demitri's moves called Demon Cradle; Mad Spin is based on a similar follow-up move of his called Bat Spin, and Mad Spiral is inspired by Demitri's ability to perform the Demon Cradle at an angle when done during a dash. If left idle after performing Mad Spin, Seth will formally bow down to his opponent in the exact same way Demitri does after performing Bat Spin, further confirming the intention of this reference.
Seth was given these moves likely as a nod to his ability to copy the moves of other fighters, and is likely not intended as a serious connection between both series. As the moves are also named differently, this link is listed as a Type 3. Seth was also given moves based on Dio Brando from Capcom's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure fighting game and a move based on Albert Wesker from Resident Evil.
Street Fighter V: Champion Edition Patch ver.07.001[]
March 29, 2022
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The final balance update for Street Fighter V: Champion Edition introduced a brand new stage called "Ring of Arcade", set in what appears to be an amusement theme park with several elements and characters from old Capcom Arcade games visible in the background. Darkstalkers is among the represented series, with a number of references.
Two Darkstalkers characters make a cameo in the background alongside other Capcom characters. Standing to the left of the large background board, one can spot Demitri Maximoff and Morrigan Aensland, the first standing in place watching the battle while the latter beckoning with her hand. Both were originally crossover costumes available for Ed and Chun-Li respectively, which is why it is believed they are people in costumes within an amusement theme park. Right behind them and far in the distance stands a castle that's a recreation of Morrigan's castle as seen in her Vampire Savior stage "Deserted Chateau". The castle appears on top of a rocky hill and is generally a close 3D copy of the original sprite, even including the arc of twisted rocks that's visible on the original stage.
The third is a cameo by two Huitzils, the series' fighting Mayan robot: the two can be spotted flying around the upper part of the stage in the robot's flight mode, rapidly going from left to right on the screen in a constant loop. While most elements in this stages are considered to be Type 2 links, the fact is these two Huitzil appear to be the genuine article instead, and as a result this link can be argued and is listed as a Type 1 instead.
For a list of all cameos and references in this stage, go here.
Street Fighter V: Champion Edition Extra Battle Mode Defeat Morrigan![]
April 08, 2022
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A few days after the Extra Battle challenge "Defeat Morrigan!" was made available. This is a battle against Chun-Li wearing the Morrigan costume, and the prize for winning is an unique Fight Title (decorative titles for use on a player's account) called "Soul Fist". The title is named after one of Morrigan's moves, and its graphic is designed after the health bars from Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge.
Street Fighter 6[]
June 02, 2023
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There are three small references to Darkstalkers in Street Fighter 6. The first is found in the art for Luke's 4th Bond in World Tour. The accompanying artwork shows him relaxing as he eats pizza and plays video games, with the video game shown in the TV being Vampire Savior. The image on-screen shows a battle about to start between Morrigan and Demitri on the stage "The Tower of Arrogance".
The second reference is found in Li-Fen's laptop, which has a lot of stickers on it including one of Lilith, Morrigan's other half from Vampire Savior.
The third reference is found in the Beat Square area of World Tour, where there's a list of games displayed on the ground in the style of the Walk of Fame, mostly chronicling Capcom's fighting game history. As such Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors, Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge and Vampire Savior are all included in this.
License[]
Copyrights for both series are held by Capcom.