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[DeathSparks]

For me nothing is better than seeing your character celebrate after completing a mission or finishing a battle. There's so many good victory animations in games that range from both old and new. One of my recent favorites that inspired me to make this thread is the one from Persona 5 where it's seamless transition from the characters to the victory screen.

Now I will limit this to 3 GIF's per post to make this less cluttered because there's a wide variety of them to choose from.

That being said, what are some of your favorites?

 

[E_Darkness]

Street Fighter Alpha DOHOHOHOHOHO

 

[MSMrRound]

Leia and Alvin's handshake dance

from Tales of Xillia and Tales of Xillia 2.

 

[idonteven]

all uncharted 4 taunts

kinda counts right ?

 

[Zalman]

Donkey Kong in Smash Wii U

 

[OmnipotentO]

 

[antitrop]

Marco laughing from Metal Slug. I'm on mobile, can't get a GIF atm.

 

[SSReborn]

Street Fighter Alpha DOHOHOHOHOHO

That dance sakura does when she wins in alpha.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Garou: Mark of the Wolves - Rock Howard

 

[Kinyou]

Snake finishing a vr mission in metal gear solid

 

[DeathSparks]

all uncharted 4 taunts

kinda counts right ?

Sort of, but those you can trigger at any time during the match and the end results screen is just the scores

 

[StayDead]

Platinum the Trinity Blazblue.

 

[OmnipotentO]

That dance sakura does when she wins in alpha.

 

[RecRoulette]

Do the highlight intros from Overwatch count? I love those.

 

[Ginger Hail]

 

[FluxWaveZ]

One of the cool ones from Persona 4 Arena.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

I thought his rope belt was his testicles for a second.

 

[jett]

Garou: Mark of the Wolves - Rock Howard

Yes.

 

[BadWolf]

 

[Ishida]

The best.

 

[Zakard]

Final Fantasy VII Cloud Victory pose has to the among the best. So iconic.

Edit: Wow, Ishida!

 

[DeathSparks]

Do the highlight intros from Overwatch count? I love those.

Yes those definitely count, this one is probably my favorite

The best.

Classic

 

[Nocturnowl]

Only rivalled by his deadpan expression equivalent in SF4

Picking up the power star can wait

A wonder of nature

Annnnd I couldn't find this one animated.

Blast, beaten to both Sim and the Expand Dong party, on the other hand good taste to them.
to make up for this here's some harmony and discord.

 

[roflwaffles]

Can't find the gif of it, but the Doom pose in MVC2 where a bunch of Doombots surround the beaten fighter.

 

[Oberon]

It has to be him

 

[SZips]

Leia and Alvin's handshake dance

from Tales of Xillia and Tales of Xillia 2.

I don't know why but something about this animation is really impressive to me. Maybe it's because of how fluid it all is? Maybe the lack of obvious clipping between the characters? Maybe the way the mocap kept (I assume it was mocapped) the subtle movement nuances of the two characters?

 

[SSReborn]

Bryan fury beating shit out of the opponent in tekken when you win the match

 

[Azuran]

Leia and Alvin's handshake dance

from Tales of Xillia and Tales of Xillia 2.

The best.

It will never fail to crack a huge smile in my face.

 

[rocK`]

Garou: Mark of the Wolves - Rock Howard

great job winning the thread

 

[Glowsquid]

Yuri in Art of Fighting 2 and King of Fighters has my favourite ones. Trying to find the ridiculous little showboating she does in KOF 97, lol

 

[LordGorchnik]

Garou: Mark of the Wolves - Rock Howard

We're done here. Have the CapVsSNK2 Animation one as well

 

[Thorwaldsson]

More of a quote but I always loved in Valkyrie Profile when Lezard goes "They say one should not speak unkindly of the dead, so I say "Nice try!" after a battle.

Damn I love this game..

Found the sound...
https://youtu.be/msuyjFDhsS8?t=59

 

[papertoonz]

It has to be him

also to add to this thread

 

[Opa-Pa]

 

[WetWaffle]

Jet Set Radio Future- Doubles as introductory dance and victory dance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1XL434RAQc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSBQmuFAWks

 

[tintin1029]

This counts. I don't care.

 

[Pompadour]

 

[DeathSparks]

I might as well mention some of my other favorites

Splatoon has a lot of good ones but I love the animation when you use the bucket

This thread can't be complete without a dose of the Kirby Dance

Wolfenstein 3D's never gets old

 

[bumpkin]

EDIT: Beaten... Still good though.

The ones in Kirby Triple Deluxe make me smile...

 

[fhqwhgads]

Best part of Playstation All Stars

 

[Celcius]

Leia and Alvin's handshake dance

from Tales of Xillia and Tales of Xillia 2.

Came to say this, glad to see someone remembered it!

 

[Spinosaurus]

Yeah I'm going with this one too.

down for the count

 

[Nocturnowl]

This counts. I don't care.

Plus it's like a minigame unto itself, how far can you run before you're inevitably claimed by the tendrils of darkness?

 

[UnluckyKate]

This counts. I don't care.

No, no, it's not a vitory animation its a game over animation

 

[liliththepale]

Jak & Daxter

 

[BGBW]

Pokémon Red and Blue

 

[tintin1029]

No, no, it's not a vitory animation its a game over animation

In terms of gameplay, no

Spoiler

Thematically, yeah probably.

 

[Pompadour]

You even chose the best color.

I'm also fond of:

and

 

[RockTurtle]

You even chose the best color.

this

 

[mrmickfran]