ihira on 18 September 2007
It doesnt hurt to have nice eye candy does it?
Well considering the majority of the people that buy the console version of the game are 'casuals' that aren't going to play seriously in a long run, Developers have to fish potential customers (= sales #s) with elements that attract them, weather it be the newest number in the series, brushed up visuals, new cool characters etc.
Fighting game genre is too minor and will continue to decline no matter how good the so called game play is. What is gameplay without an opponent to play against?
crappy old school NES games are more entertaining than next-gen games.
