Whats the greatest 1-on-1 fighting game series ever?

[masschamber]

King of fighters,
5 great games 96-2000, 1 very good game, neowave, 5 decent games, 03, 02,94,95, 11 and only one medicore game 01, so with a 90+ percent good games rate it is a quite impressive series
massive character line ups,
technical gameplay, auto guard for dragon punches instead of priority, plus things like input counters
no fire balls, for the most part,
far more robust movement, running, rolling, 3 types of jumps

more limited air blocking than sf alphas reduces turtling
Excellent character design
great animation (post 96), great music, great looking backgrounds