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twesterm said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
Apples and oranges.

I think 2D fighters and brawlers should be two different subgenres.

See, I see them both as 2D fighters though.

What do they have in common really?  You pick a character with special moves to defeat the other character.

Everything from movement to the stage to weapons to even how you win is different.

I think there are enough similarities to call them fighting games but too many differences to put them in the same category directly.  It's kind of like turn-based RPGs, strategy RPGs, and action RPGs.  Sure they're all RPGs, but the way each type of game plays is totally different so they're subgenres.