| fkusumot said: And are other fighting games going to evolve some in response to SSBB or is SSBB too much of a casual game for other fighting games to be affected by SSBB's style and scope? |
No, to both.
Fighting games can't evolve. Games like Street Fighter and Soul Calibur already have followings. There are people who will buy Street Fighter IV because it is the next Street Fighter game. They know how it plays because they've played the same game more or less in several different incarnations. This will be no different.
In fact, if Street Fighter tried innovating too much, it would distance itself from those fans. Same with all the other fighting games. Just imagine what your reaction would have been to SSBB if they took away the multiple stage types, gave health bars instead of %, and took away all the items. Would it still be SSB anymore? Fans of Street Fighter and the rest would feel the same way if their game suddenly started completely changing.
