Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
💥 Is The New Golden Era of Fighting Games a Lie? 💥
We’re living through the busiest era in fighting games — Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, Guilty Gear Strive, MK1, Granblue Rising, DNF Duel, 2XKO, FighterZ — but when you look closer, something feels… wrong.
In this video, I break down the truth behind modern fighting games: how the “New Golden Era” is built almost entirely on external licenses, why new original IPs have basically died, and what this means for the future of the genre.
🎯 What You'll Learn:
The Rise of Licensed Fighters: Why all new fighting games rely on anime, MOBAs, mobile games, comics, crossovers and nostalgia.
The Death of Original IPs: How we went over a decade without a single successful new AAA universe — and why studios won’t take the risk anymore.
The Indie Struggle: Why only indies create new worlds… but none of them scale.
The Lost Era: What happened to iconic original franchises like Bloody Roar, Rival Schools, Darkstalkers, Power Stone, and Bushido Blade.
🔥 What You’ll Understand:
✅ Why so many fighting games are releasing — but none are original
✅ How licensed IPs became more profitable than new universes
✅ The last surviving original IPs (Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, Under Night)
✅ Why publishers abandoned originality for safety
✅ Whether a brand-new AAA fighting game IP will EVER happen again
📢 Comment Below:
Do you think we’ll ever get a NEW original AAA fighting game IP again? 👇
📩 Business Inquiries:
buttonmashers05@gmail.com
Thank you for watching!
If you love fighting games — from Tekken, Street Fighter and Guilty Gear to 2XKO, MK, DBFZ and more — subscribe and join the fight!
👉 Subscribe Here
youtube.com/channel/UC_Pgwo8-w_JYHgnPLOEVRiw?sub_confirmation=1
🎥 All official content, logos, and gameplay footage belong to their respective publishers and are used under fair use. Full credit and respect to their work.
#FightingGames #Tekken8 #StreetFighter6 #GuiltyGearStrive #MK1 #FGC #DragonBallFighterZ #2XKO #GranblueFantasyVersus #KOF #virtuafighter #mortalkombat1 #ffcotw #fatalfury #snk #capcom #bandai #bandainamco #arcsys #arcsystemworks #retrofighters #FightingGameHistory #FGCEssay #FightingGameIPs
💥 Is The New Golden Era of Fighting Games a Lie? 💥
We’re living through the busiest era in fighting games — Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, Guilty Gear Strive, MK1, Granblue Rising, DNF Duel, 2XKO, FighterZ — but when you look closer, something feels… wrong.
In this video, I break down the truth behind modern fighting games: how the “New Golden Era” is built almost entirely on external licenses, why new original IPs have basically died, and what this means for the future of the genre.
🎯 What You'll Learn:
The Rise of Licensed Fighters: Why all new fighting games rely on anime, MOBAs, mobile games, comics, crossovers and nostalgia.
The Death of Original IPs: How we went over a decade without a single successful new AAA universe — and why studios won’t take the risk anymore.
The Indie Struggle: Why only indies create new worlds… but none of them scale.
The Lost Era: What happened to iconic original franchises like Bloody Roar, Rival Schools, Darkstalkers, Power Stone, and Bushido Blade.
🔥 What You’ll Understand:
✅ Why so many fighting games are releasing — but none are original
✅ How licensed IPs became more profitable than new universes
✅ The last surviving original IPs (Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, Under Night)
✅ Why publishers abandoned originality for safety
✅ Whether a brand-new AAA fighting game IP will EVER happen again
📢 Comment Below:
Do you think we’ll ever get a NEW original AAA fighting game IP again? 👇
📩 Business Inquiries:
buttonmashers05@gmail.com
Thank you for watching!
If you love fighting games — from Tekken, Street Fighter and Guilty Gear to 2XKO, MK, DBFZ and more — subscribe and join the fight!
👉 Subscribe Here
youtube.com/channel/UC_Pgwo8-w_JYHgnPLOEVRiw?sub_confirmation=1
🎥 All official content, logos, and gameplay footage belong to their respective publishers and are used under fair use. Full credit and respect to their work.
#FightingGames #Tekken8 #StreetFighter6 #GuiltyGearStrive #MK1 #FGC #DragonBallFighterZ #2XKO #GranblueFantasyVersus #KOF #virtuafighter #mortalkombat1 #ffcotw #fatalfury #snk #capcom #bandai #bandainamco #arcsys #arcsystemworks #retrofighters #FightingGameHistory #FGCEssay #FightingGameIPs
