Darkstalkers 4: Vampire, known in japan as Vampire 4: Dark Stalkers, is the 4th entry in the Darkstalkers series.
This title not only serves as a comeback for the franchise, but also serves as a way to introduce new players to the characters and the lore with the content and its gameplay mechanics.
Gameplay[]
Most of the elements from Vampire Savior were carried over in this new chapter.
Game Modes[]
- Story Mode
- Arcade Mode
- Night Warriors: Darkstalkers Revenge route
- Available: Demitri, Morrigan, Felicia, Hsien-Ko, Jon Talbain, Anakaris, Rikuo, Sasquatch, Victor, Lord Raptor, Huitzil, Dee, Anita, Bishamon, Pyron.
- Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire route
- Available: Demitri, Morrigan, Felicia, Hsien-Ko, Jon Talbain, Anakaris, Rikuo, Sasquatch, Victor, Lord Raptor, Lilith, Bishamon, Q-Bee, B.B.Hood, Jedah.
- Darkstalkers 4: Vampire route
- All characters are available in this route.
- Night Warriors: Darkstalkers Revenge route
- Versus
- 1P vs 2P
- 1P vs CPU
- CPU vs CPU
- Survival
- Online
- Gallery
- Options
- Shop
Characters[]
Returning[]
- Demitri Maximoff
- Morrigan Aensland
- Hsien-Ko (Lei-Lei)
- Felicia
- Jon Talbain (Gallon)
- Anakaris
- Rikuo (Aulbath)
- Sasquatch
- Victor
- Lord Raptor (Zabel Zarock)
- Huitzil (Phobos)
- Dee
Newcommers[]
- Anita: Now as an adult, Anita is on a quest to track down Dee and help him regain his mentality as Donovan.
- Ruby Heart: From Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes. She makes her debut on the series she was supposed to be originally on.
- SonSon III: From Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes. She makes her debut on the series she was supposed to be originally on.
- Amingo: From Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes. He makes his debut on the series he was supposed to be originally on.
- Golem: A living statue possessed by an evil spirit, he moves very slow but hits like a truck.
- Mizore Kagiyama: A Yuki-Onna who is the queen of the Dark Cold Forest, she is an old friend and rival of Morrigan and, like her, tends to travel to the human world and put on some attractive clothes.
- Hollow: A headless dark knight who has a pumpkin for a head. He is the loyal servant of Hades.
- Hades: The owner of the netherworld. He is the main antagonist of this sequel and wishes to expand darkness and chaos to the human world.
DLC Characters[]
Year 1 Pass[]
- Marionette (Season Pass exlusive character)
- Lilith Aensland: Her role in this game is to be a what-if scenario where instead of Morrigan absorbing her, it is her the one who absorbed Morrigan. The Darkness Illusion animation is swapped, with Morrigan being summoned instead of Lilith.
- Mei-Ling: Similar to Lilith, Mei-Ling's appearance in general is swapped from Hsien-Ko, with her sister taking her role.
- Bishamon: Now back to his human form, Bishamon wanders the world in search of the darkness that attempts to take over more victims the same way the cursed armor did to him in the past, with the purpose to rescue them from their same fate, or is he?.
- Baby Bonnie Hood (Bulletta)
Year 2 Pass[]
- Shadow (Season Pass exlusive character)
- Medusa: A greek monster, she is the right hand of Hades.
- Q-Bee
- Pyron
- Jedah Dohma
Year 3 Pass[]
- Shizuka: A tall and pretty ghost lady with a little child accompaining her. She tends to be dominant towards her opponents and tricky at the same time.
- Dante (Guest character from Devil May Cry)
- Arthur (Guest character from Ghosts 'n Goblins)
- Akuma (Guest character from Street Fighter)
Stages[]
- Feast of the Damned (Demitri's stage)
- Aensland Castle (Morrigan's stage)
- Ancient Temple (Hsien-Ko and Mei-Ling's stage)
- Casino (Felicia's stage)
- Alley (Jon Talbain's stage)
- Pyramid (Anakaris' stage)
- Green Swamp (Rikuo's stage)
- Cold Cave (Sasquatch's stage)
- Lonesome Land (Victor's stage)
- Live House of the Dark Realm (Lord Raptor's stage)
- Civilization (Huitzil's stage)
- Revenger's Roost (Dee's stage)
- War Agony (Anita's stage)
- Ghost Pier (Ruby Heart's stage)
- Wall of Fantasies (SonSon's stage)
- Dizzy Desert (Amingo's stage)
- Rocky Hills (Golem's stage)
- Dark Cold Forest (Mizore's stage)
- Sleepy Woods (Hollow's stage)
- Netherworld (Hades and Medusa's stage)
- Deserted Chateau (Lilith's stage)
- Mountains (Bishamon's stage)
- Concrete Cave (B.B.Hood's stage)
- Soul Bees' Honeycomb (Q-Bee's stage)
- Hellstorm (Pyron's stage)
- Fetus of God (Jedah's stage)
- Iron Horse, Iron Terror (Shizuka's stage)
- Lost Souls Nirvana (Dante's stage)
- Haunted Graveyard (Arthur's stage)
- Kousyu Street (Akuma's stage)
- Training Stage