Hey, I know it's a little early to be saying "Happy Halloween!"  But I'm not sure I'm going to have enough free time to say it on time.. so here it is!

DARKSTALKERS Is an awesome franchise. I miss it dearly.  I wish Capcom would make a Darkstalkers 4 already. It can even be 3d on a 2d plane.. although I'd prefer high res sprites myself.. Anyway, back to Darkstalkers, and some history thereof.

The first in the series, fully titled Darkstalkers - The Night Warriors was released on US playstations in 1996. I played it a little bit. Capcom basically built off of the Street Fighter II engine. It added a few very innovative things to capcom's 2D fighters. Air block, chain Combos and crouch walking were welcome additions indeed.

It wasn't untill 1996's Night