This became unnecessary due to the active portions of jumping light attacks being shortened to only a fraction of a second in this game as opposed to continuing indefinitely as in the previous two.Ī pair of unused lifebar portraits and associated names exist: one for Huitzil (aka Phobos in the Japanese versions), who is not present in this game, and one for an older version of Anita, who has never been playable at all.Īccording to an interview with producer Noritaka Funamizu in Gamest's Vampire Savior mook, the three characters that were removed in Vampire Savior (Huitzil, Pyron, and Donovan) were actually intended to be in the game earlier in the development process. They allow for a looping motion on the active portion of the attack, similar to the previous two games in the series. He wouldn't become legitimately playable until the next release.Įach of the 5 standard hitspark graphics (light, medium, hard, special, and ES/EX) have an unused frame intended for the beginning of the animation.ĭemitri has one unused frame each for both of his jumping light normal attacks. Normally he is not playable, but setting addresses FF8782 (for player 1) or FF8B82 (for player 2) to 18 will allow the player to select him.
Instead, the games' English ports was packaged together with Darkstalkers 3.By meeting certain requirements during a single player game, the player can face hidden boss Oboro Bishamon.
Oboro Bishamon is now a playable character through code input on the character select screen. Like Vampire Hunter 2, Shadow receives an addition 5 colors to his pallet and stages share the same recoloring. Marionette allows the player to fight in mirror matches throughout the game. Pre-bosses fights are no longer varied but set so the player must fight Darkstalkers' original boss, Pyron.Īlong side Shadow a new character, Marionette has been added. Character specific boss fights are now replaced with a singular boss fight against Jedah Dohma, with only Jedah himself receiving a unique ending. The primary default color schemes for CPU opponents are now the default color schemes from Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge, selected by pressing High Punch. Vampire Savior 2 retains most of the cast, as the characters Jon Talbain, Rikuo and Sasquatch were removed from the roster and opening themes in order to incorporate Donovan Baine, Huitzil and Pyron. Original Darkstalkers 3 compared to Vampire Hunter 2 (middle) and Vampire Savior 2 Compared to Vampire Savior