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| Darkstalkers | |
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| 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 release | Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors July 12, 1994 |
| Latest release | Capcom 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 series is set in a pastiche gothic fiction universe with characters based on monsters from international folklore, and features a stylized 2D graphic style. Its first game, Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors, was released in arcades in 1994 and its third and final main game is Vampire Savior, released in 1997. 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.
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- ^ "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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