Did Darkstalkers kill this line?

[hyejinx1984]

If this was purely a street fighter line, would it have been more successful? Don't get me wrong, I love Darkstalkers, possibly even more than street fighter... but it's no where near as popular of a franchise, and if instead of Morrigan and Demetri there was, say a Guile and Cammy or something like that, would it have made the line stronger? Some people are also really sensitive about mixing franchises, especially geeks. A pure street fighter line or a pure dark stalkers ine may have been successful, but mixing them may have been too unkosher for fans... maybe they should have called it "Capcom Minimates"? That may have helped?

[vbpanizzi]

Personally the ones I really wanted were the Darkstalkers ones. I didn't mind the Chun Li and I would have loved to have an E Honda, but alas poor horatio they all sank like a big turd. I wonder if they ever let loose of those Protos for wave 2?

[drgnrbrn316]

I just think the line wasn't really pushed into any of the bigger stores, which really hurt sales. No one really carried them until the TRU 4-packs, which weren't of the same quality as the original 2-packs. So, that hurt. Add to the fact that there hasn't really been a new Street Fighter game in some time, and that depletes your fanbase some more.

[Deadpool]

I think more than anything it was the fact that they were the ONLY minimates available, and with the at the time almost certain death of minimates (what a turnabout!) they just had no other support. Right now my LCS has Star Trek, BSG, Marvel, and DC minimates (and old Street Fighter II...). Thats support.

[Reideen1313]

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