Street Fighter 4

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The_vagabond7 said:
I essentially agree naznatips, but I think that it stays so similar because of the highly competitive fanbase. Starcraft 2 looks like a mere update of the first starcraft. After aaaaallll this time there will be mildly improved graphics and a few new units. Why? The highly competitive nature of the game. It was perfect the first time around, and the players had the game down to a sweet science. You don't want to mess too much with perfection, lest you piss off the people buying the game. Alpha 3 is definitely more complex than Street Fighter 2, but it's still a very gradual evolution. You never want to stray too far from the perfection that everyone was used to.

This man speaks the truth.

Believe it or not, Capcom fighters have a cultic following and changing the core game play, making it 3D will explode angry fans and is a very dangerous move.

Also another very important factor that determines the longetivity of a game like this these days.  LAGLESS ONLINE PLAY.  Anyone thats tried fighting games online knows what I'm talking about.  These games are meant to play against people but unfortunately are very timing oriented as the slight delay can make the difference between a win and loss.

There's an interesting movement by core fans over at shoryuken.com (Portal for Capcom fighting games) check this out if you're interested in LAGLESS ONLINE FIGHTING GAMEPLAY.

http://www.capcom.com/BBS/showthread.php?t=20816