I think a fighting game like this should have unlockables, but not fighters. At least that's how I prefer it. I could understand why others would feel differently.
I liked that in Tekken 6 I could start playing with my favorite characters against friends as soon as I got the game. The story mode required you to unlock characters and only gave you one of your choice though that you get after the first boss (What sucked was that I picked Bryan...who was the first boss, lol. Completely wasted a choice). Then there was stuff like costumes which had to be bought with money you earned by playing. Tekken 6 wasn't the best execution of this but I like the general idea.
Naruto Ultimate Ninja on the other hand annoyed me. I really didn't like the story mode on that one... it was just annoying to those non-option side missions and having to sit through Naruto's victory jump after ticking off each successfully completed objective. Perhaps I just wasn't patient enough for that game but there were were a lot of little quips like that I had with it. Eventually I just ended up downloading a save from Gamefaqs with all the characters so my bro, cousin and I could start really enjoying the Free Battle mode.
In short, game modes, story characters, costumes, items, etc being unlockable are fine with me but some people wanna just fight with their friends with their favorite characters as soon as they get the game.
4 ≈ One
