The Making of Dragon Claw

[pat08ful1]

RIP reuben :(

[rRagnaBR]

Oh Lord! I need to start modelling and rendering with 3Ds Max NOW!

[MetalSonicMkIV]

The legend will never die.

[jeffhardy836]

Rest in Peace Reu

you were one of the best creators in M.U.G.E.N

[DCCV95]

this is the best char

[DSt3alth]

R.I.P. Reuben you're characters (Dragon Claw, Evil Ryu etc) were amazing and so was your music. Inspiration to many!!

[braigus09]

so he was the one to first use 3d in making his original characters? Amazed

[xKingx16]

............man R.I.P i hope to meet you in the next life.......man you were one talented amazing guy

[bombsrulez]

I wonder if anyone will ever be like reuben kee and make a charcter named dragon blade or dragon fang.R.I.P reuben kee

[shinobikurisu]

Who Knows... but he gave me inspiration for working on my characters.

[mctrizzle]

rip reu

[beavoru2]

This char is the best!

[DragonShinobi11]

The theme of Dragon Claw is a song called Arise Dragon, disponible in Reuben Kee's site.

[bxmonsta164]

damn thats crazy he died...dragon claw (hands down) the best character of that game so imagine what other characters he wouldve made...all the important people die and it suck

[varitnun1234]

totally agree with you.. it sucks

this is sad

[PropellerBusted]

The video ID: M-_-yQ8Rl88

That's just crazy!

[WinMugen09]

This is what motivates me in life.

[Spartan229]

He means Reuben Kee.

[Dgotlengthonit]

Wow. I never knew that this was made. What beautiful, inspirational genius. God wanted him home that's all. R.I.P. & Joy! I wish I could have met him to tell him that what a great job he's done or just to say thanks. All that work was done for everyone to enjoy. I'll never forget it was the video of dragon claw vs thor that sent me on a MISSION years ago to know just WHAT THIS GAME IS. So to Reu, to his family and friends. THANK YOU and may your blessings multiply!

[Jextreme7]

He is the person who created dragonclaw and he died in a dragon boat accident weird huh ? anyway when i die i wish i will  see again,in haven .....as dragonclaw

the only bright side of his death i see is he will not continue living in a world that is falling apart, who knows what others characters he could created? :,(

congratulation for your creation and rest in peace.

[PsycoCutman]

He was on a development on a another character that sorta resembles Dragonclaw a little and Samus Aran, but they weren't finished yet.

[KenHedgehog]

mugen creator rest in peace

thanks to you we can handle characters

games that maybe we do not reach deal

but now this is possible thanks to your

mugen, rest in peace and remember you every time you

to use dragon claw ....

david leon Ferreyra Volpini

argentina

[KenHedgehog]

creador del mugen descansa en paz

gracias a ti podemos manejar a personajes

que en juegos a lo mejor no llegamos a manejar

pero ahora eso es posible gracias a tu

mugen, descansa en paz y te recordare cada vez que

use a dragon claw....

david leon ferreyra volpini

argentina

[thebirdislost54]

everyone wishes they could make what the see come to like, rest In peace. REU

[greatmuta2]

wow this looked like it took many months to create R.I.P. Reu you'll always be remembered

[snakefh]

el era de los creadores mugen...que mas le daban amor a su trabajo......le compuso una cancion...estaba hecho en 3D y lo paso al mugen en 2D (por asi decirlo por que aun asi se ve en 3D), es de los mejores, si no el mejor creador del mugen, lastima que no lo conoci hasta su meurte...descanza en paz Reu, ya ahce un año que te fuiste, pero te seguimos recordando por tu musica y siempre que jugamos al mugen y vemos a dragon claw te recordamos.

[xicorAF]

probably the best mugen character there is and ever will be

R.I.P my friend

[djjonwong]

...R.I.P.

[bwakawtaklaw]

Reuben Kee R.I.P much respect

[1flame3]

one if not the best character ever made for mugen

R.I.P REU

[arrogantwormer]

Wow, Ruben will be remembered forever, RIP

[keiga999]

R.I.P dude

[NaruSaku]

R.I.P Reuben. We'll all miss you.

[ThoseOnesGuys]

man it sux this guy died. R.I.P dude

[darkkloud666]

RIP ....:(

[vgmaster20000]

R.I.P. Reuben Kee. You shall not be forgoten.

[TheAmazingAwesomeGuy]

this dude is great at what he did, but he took it really seriously. he even made a theme of his character?

[Killri0t]

:( RIP

[boiswatching]

reuben kee was an extraordinary man R.I.P. Reuben :'(

[souichirou26]

un hommage a quelqu'un qui nous manquera a tous

[creativehotbox]

I give My up most respect to Reuben Kee for developing dragon claw rest R.I.P. Bro.....

[Kamikazi303]

reuben had a big future ahead of him...

[MrJSays]

OH MY! I just noticed all the "RIP"s. I didn't know the guy was dead! I love his work. Dragon Claw is one of the greatest characters ever created for a fighting series. He was brilliant. Thank you and RIP ReubenKee.

[1LegendofLegends1]

I agree. This is what happened:

For no reason I look up MUGEN on goog and click on the wiki. Then I read the DC part and say "wow merchandise on a mugen char" but the think "alright let me dl him" tho I was never interested. So I find an old version of his site without anything about his death. Then I watch the DC trailer and click on this vid and see R.I.P. comments and just shocked for a sec. So then I definitley downloaded him. He had a lot going for him in the future, and it's a shame.

[ravenous31492]

same here

[Pakkistani]

pure genious! if capcom made street fighter the same way as Reuben made Dragonclaw then it would have been much better! R.I.P

[HitecDevil]

rest in peace!!

[GaeliktheWarrior]

This guy wasn't lazy at all... This is many years of works I approve ! Rest in Peace, you really deserves it.

[vguyver2]

yeah, people also told figured he was a nerd when I told them he did this, but then I told him he was an athletic boatman. Reuben diproved any stereotyps morons could label him.

[WaveNX]

Why does someone as talented as him have to go!! R.I.P. Reu.

[RSX1304]

i have DC its an awesome character well balanced and not cheap at all, more can learn from Reu's type of character making

[bovery23]

R.I.P Reuben Kee

Dragon Claw is the greatest designed character

of all time and the most fliud moving character.

also i love his music its very soothing, i didnt know reuben but he was too young to go and its such a shame.

[MrWishes90]

i know kee is cool.....awesome....it sucks dat i cant install dragon claw....idk i put dc in select and it does not work.

[sudadedah]

sometimes you must enter into select.def Dragonclaw/Dragonclaw.def to personally address the def file.

[Wisewind]

Im pretty sure this is the same technique that was used by SNK and Capcom to make their next-gen fighters.

[Gigasphoenix]

WHY DAMNIT WHY!!!!

RIP REU

trys not to cry and bursts out in sadness

[Kingofeurope]

RIP Reu =(

[ShionHibikiIsHugable]

He made Dragon Claw In 3D First then put Him in Mugen. What an awesome guy and character. I'm going to make a video in His Honor. Its going to be a 3D Mugen battle.

[SBYRD5x]

what irony...the example you set...helped me understand the right path to take with my goal..I appreciate it man.. R.I.P.

[mugenheru]

Hey Reu, I will never forget you and how a good person you were. I we we had more time to try and work with one another on mugen projects, but dont worry. To honor you i will finish Heru and I will take the knowledge you have provide us here and try my best to continue on new projects. I will miss you man, but i will only remember the way you lived. skies are the limit and now you have broken that bondery. Til we meet again, Reu.

F.James Fernandez

aka

darkdez

[ixidor1302]

Who died? Excuse me but i dont know!! can anyone inform me?

[1983parrothead]

Reuben Kee, the one responsible for creating Dragon Claw for MUGEN.

[ixidor1302]

How did he died?

[calamitykid]

boating accident :(

[ixidor1302]

Lol!! and How? everyone says that it was a PAINFUL death but i dont know a shit about it.. Sorry explain me deeper please

[calamitykid]

all i know is its a boating accident... i wish he didnt die tho

[IZIEIRIOI]

How is that funny?

[calamitykid]

ya why laugh at this guy he kicked much ass indeed

[jackdaslayer]

He made three of the best mugen characters ever and his music was just as good, he didn't deserve that.

rip reu

[calamitykid]

indeed... RIP

[kecikenit]

in a sad dragon boat tragedy.

he was representing the nation of Singapore.

5 of them including Reuben lost their life

when the boat capsized.

:(

[BAL22]

R.I.P Reu...your'e creations were the best.

[TooMuchTimePro]

when i first heard, i couldn't believe it. One of my favorite musicians was gone, the creativity you gave us in life shall be remembered always.

[holoocryptic]

He had a lot of potential in his life.

R.I.P reu

[Kehos]

Admirable

[DaMattMaster]

I won't report your death to youtube! I will keep your account standing! Please listen to my little words! Your characters rules!

[randomyoshi]

Your talent will always be remembered.

R.I.P. Reu

[SBYRD5x]

ShadowDenat when someone actually goes the extra mile...and passes away before they realize thier full potential that shit pisses me..off..

[SBYRD5x]

Man.....he went that far....*sigh* man...I'm starting to cry...this dude.....he went that far?

[MDBProductions]

This... i don't know why really hurts. I just can't believe he died.

R.I.P Reu we all miss you

[ifritsparda]

So, did Rueben's other characters get online, or were they unreleased before the accident.

[Artmarqy]

R.I.P. your art will go on and thats how LEGENDS are made

[memorycard21]

We're you trying to make a joke because no one is laughing. This is serious. He died from a horribly death and you try to make a joke about it. Seriously grow up. I wish you would die instead of him. Fuck you and your stupid comment. This why you got spammed.

[ShadowDaNet]

Didn't expect anyone to laugh.I knew that from the beginning before I posted the comment.But the thing is, what makes death different from the other? What makes his death any different from anyone elses? And why is it that we consider death to be so horrible in the first place?I never understood this.

[ShadowDaNet]

No one actually understands what happens after death, so how can we consider it to be horrible? We can't make a judgement like that based on Nothing. However your comment that I should have died instead of Reuben was rather immature and an unnecessarily threatening. Plus it's not like I didn't like the man.

[necroblazer]

FUCK YOU LAME SHIT! he was more than a regular person that his death was unexpectable, he was so ambitious , skilled at anything, sucessfully taught disabled people to swim...yet he was the kindest and the most modest person we've ever seen

[memorycard21]

No, but it hurts like hell.

[marioandsonic]

Why is this marked as spam?

[sammygiggs2k7]

RIP Reu, waht an amazing character maker, dc must have taken years

[dannyljh88]

Is it reuben speaking in this video?

[sudadedah]

Yeah.

[NFS4LFE]

such talent, such skill, such a man... RIP Reu...

[Andx56]

r.i.p Rueben kee... sniffle

[Vanta]

rip...

[Bozeefus]

Reubenkee R.I.P

For A Respectful thing to do for this man is put his main man DC (Dragon Claw) In Super Smash Bros Brawl

[JakexCore666]

Dude, that would be so fucking sweet.

[Shirleya]

Please bring our Reuben Back to Life...You Dunt deserve to go....No....Never Ever....RIP

[ITriggerI]

No...........

[Nik565]

Dragon Claw is one of my favorite characters in MUGEN.I only found out recently that you died,dude that sucks A LOT,you will be missed

R.I.P. Reuben Kee

[randommario3]

Seeing this presentation, the theme song you've created, and the amount of work you put into this character makes this vid intriguing. I also heard that you were going to make another character, but it was sad that you never got a chance to finish that character. I only hope that your legend lives on through DC.

R.I.P. Reubenkee

[sudadedah]

He was actually working on 2. Samus and an unnamed black figure with a large blade. Both would join Dragonclaw as the only 3-D to 2-D original characters in the game.

RIP, man.

[marioandsonic]

Reu, if I ever work at Nintendo, Sega, or any video game company, I'll suggest they make an entire video game based on Dragon Claw.

RIP.

[Ultimatethinker721]

I'm sorry to hear that he died. :( Poor guy. What happened? Anyways, I never met him, but he inspired me to do characters in a game of mine with a similar process that he did.

Reuben Kee

God speed...

[Demonicdan3]

I heard somewhere that Reu took 3 years to complete DC, that was amazing...

R.I.P Reu, i'll miss you...

[xWeix]

I'm so sad you leave us at the back.... Reuben RIP

[Sicatrix]

I work with Maya(3D software) and I tell you all that Reu's work with DC is no walk in the park.

Talent, Effort, and Patience...Rest In Peasce Reu...

[FinalShinobi]

Reubenkee's spirit will live on in Dragon Claw as well as Evil Ryu, Evil Ken, and his incredible works of art that are music. I regret never knowing you. However, I will never forget you. I promise.

[JordanoDaMano]

I heard about his death R.I.P

[VergilDante100]

Like a rising dragon, slow but steady yet always never stopping, that was probably how he intended to make dragon claw, a work that will never be forgotten, genius lost before it's time.

[rimuhanrun]

i will always remember u my friend, reuben kee(1984 - 2007)

[redSG]

Asians are good at everything! :( I love you Reuben Kee!! Thanks for great music and a great MUGEN character!

[Morbidskizo]

Thank you for this amazing char!

The best created char i ever seen.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I really hope to see new works in the future!

[Gicane]

I wish we could see...

[hymlok005]

I'm a graphics-designer, and I use 3d rendering for 2d models. Plus, I agree with maggotman6sic6, if 2d fighting games were created using 3d models, then they would be much smoother and fun to watch.

[marioandsonic]

DDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMM­MMMMNNNNNNNNNN!

You should work for Nintendo, or something.

BTW, it is possible to find that theme for download?

[TinyThong]

It's still only a concept. Use RecordPad or something if you want it really bad.

[SupMaximi]

DragonClaw is my favorite orginial anime character, 1 year ago. I thought he was the popluar character but Zemichi hate his guy because he is too cheap. He ain't no cheap just because he is spaming, he is just normal tough ass character.....

It been for years since he was my only favorite.

-Favic

[Xoelaras]

Dude, Dragon Claw is probably the greatest and most ferocious non-cheap character i have ever seen. Only Homer Simpson and Ella come close, Dragonclaw, The Gift from the gods of Fire and Wind... Created to defeat the evil ones... Great story, great character, GREAT JOB MAN.

Your work and time spent on Dragonclaw...

... WAS WORTH IT.

[kronoxxx]

It's not that original. It looks just a copy of KATANA from One must fall 2094

[OrionDenali]

Reuben... That was awesome. Thank you for taking the time to show this.

[maggotman6sic6]

man, every character should have the 3D look that dragon claw has. that would make it so much more fun to watch.

[ApolloSol]

lol I felt like I was watching another halo 3 documentary video. The music. The 3-d stuff. Even the voice over. XD Very good.

[Grinzorc]

It excuses my English badly, it is that I am Spanish, and I am writing with a translator, who program of design in 3D you used to do to dragoon claw? , I also am a creator of chars mugen, and I would like to make char with that program of design in 3D.

Thanks for your attention

[onnotangu]

Autodesk 3d studio max is the name of the program.

[AnimeAccess]

Dude your character is top notch!!! keep up the excellent work!!!

[Flameblade10]

way to go man iv never used mugen or dragon claw but what iv seen has been awesome it put dragon claw #2 on the top 5 greatest chars ever though up (sephiroth will alway hold #1 lol ) but nice job anyway didn't realize so much went into making him ^^

[xin0]

i can't believe they actually went this deep to create a cool character

[omardapimp123]

I admire your work a lot Reuben Kee my friends and cousins love playing as Dragon Claw so we made a vid of Dragon Claw vs a dark part of Dragon Claw named Dark Claw the palette being used for Dark Dragon Claw was downloaded from the site posted on my vid's description

I said it before I'll say it again

"We love playing as your Dragon Claw"

[DropoutBear]

That was amazing. Dragon Claw really is the best original Mugen character ever made, and you're very talented.

[martyxcallsiefer]

Hey reu is evil ryu or evil ken made using 3d studio max and the same way dragon claw was made?

[NeoSpearBlade]

If you look at them carefuly, Dragon Claw moves like it was made with a 3D program (obvious, isn't it?) and Evil Ryu and Evil Ken was made using art from existing games (Street Fighter Alpha, Marvel vs. Capcom) and modifing them to Reu's style. in short, no, they are not made with the same 3D program Dragon Claw was made with.

[benndover]

I was going to say that, the difference between the two isn't because it was made in a 3d program. The whole idea was that the frame by frames of street fighter skip a few steps which makes it not look as fluid. Check out SF vs MK the flash show, It'll show how fluid it should be. In addition, if they used brushing instead of pixel art to make them, it'd be hard to tell the difference. But I see where you're coming from :D.

[NeoSpearBlade]

Wow, did you just read it or did you wait 3/4 MONTHS to say that?

[benndover]

Lol, I just was reading the comments D:. Didn't realize how old it was. I just was trying to inform incase you still cared about the information is all :D

[neozero497]

You're so talented reu. Been enjoying your work for almost 5 yrs!

[ramb05]

i was wondering where dragon claw was from,,, i thought he was from some kinda game... mad props to ya

[DMajorBoss]

I must say, in my own opinion, you have created one of the coolest, if not best, M.U.G.E.N. characters around. In a way, it would seem as though DragonClaw is the mascot of M.U.G.E.N., right next to Kung Fu Man.

Thank you for sharing this with us all; I hope that, one day, you will make another character with as much skill and creativity as you have done with DragonClaw.

[calamitykid]

he is

[DMajorBoss]

Indeed, I just found out about a week ago.

^_^

[calamitykid]

lol me too, looks like gray fox from metal gear solid XD

[thydeus]

DA is the best original character I've ever seen. Thank you so much for the awesome char!

[TimeSpliTT]

sweet

the legs look a little bubble-ish though

id love to see this ported to an unreal/quake game

[Vecta]

I must say that the best 100% original character creators are, hands down, Reu and Aiduzzi. This chara was just perfectly well designed, not to mention he has a killer AI. Excellent job, Reu and thanx for the presentation.

[ShadowReubenKee]

For everyones information, it took time to create Dragon Claw, 3 years. If someone is putting effort into his work, that's Reu.

[KamidoguKid]

Err...Why is your name Shadow ReuBenkee?

[barsoup]

it's Reuben Kee (if i'm correct). not Reu Benkee

[SaintNiggalin]

That looks hard!! Hope you might have a career in game development cuz that's some talent right there.

[KnightMysterio]

Dragon Claw may be an overly powerful character, but there's no denying that he is indeed a high quality pieace of work. Great job. :)

[TwinNarutoRPG]

very good work! i envy your talent i would like to do something like that as well very nice

[Matsute]

Wow... I never thought anyone would put so much work into something like mugen. You have surpassed all my expectations,which rarely happens.

No matter what people say about Dragon Claw,remember,you have support from your work,quality and the people who like Dragon Claw.

And by all means,do not stop doing this type of work if you've ever thought about it,because this will get you far in the future.

[skunch]

This is real creativity. This isn't a sprite rip or rehash. You put real effort into your character and that's what counts. If only others tried (and succeeded) as much as you.

[viciousstrifeay]

men, youre awesome, here in Colombia, i'm playing with your hard work, that would make me feel very very good, congratulation men, very very good work.

[aznctguy00]

wow good job reu, very impressive

[UptownGoonie]

wow (this is shadowkarma from the forum) dont tell me i gotta go through all that to make a character!! lol

[linpark1]

O_O Awesome Job...

[alexlexus]

i am breath taken.

[Sorlanx]

You own man ^_^b

[LordMiD]

Amazing, man... its interesting to see the process. Your hard work did in fact pay off to!

[MysteriousBob]

... he has a theme tune? Anyway, a very nice video, I never really contimplated how hard making the character must have actually been.

Nothing says 'professional presentation' like a wireframe model.