What is important to you in a Fighting game?

[Intrinsic]

That its called Tekken.

Seriously though...

I believe everyone that plays fighting games, whether they know it or not; have a natural flow to how they play. Some are defensive, some are offensive some are cheap (This is a legitimate fighting strategy) some are spammers. Now whatever the players inclination said player will gravitate to the character(s) that best compliments their natural play style.

Now I'm a defensive type, so in a game like Tekken, I'll gravitate towards a character like Paul. Cause he has punishers that deal a lot of damage since I'll usually always start an attack from a defensive position.

As for technicality in fighting games, well..... fighting games have never been simple. I feel that the problem with them today is that they have too many characters. With so much to choose from its harder for a player to find that character that best compliments his/her play style. But they are there.

Fighting games happen to be my favorite genre (even though I'm really only interested in tekken). I just feel that of all the fenders out there they are the purest form of gaming. You literally train at it, you get better, polish ur reflexes to a fine point and cast your lot against the world. It doesn't get better than that.

And as for what feature I would want them to ship their ultimate game with? Versus mode (local and online) training mode and a new mode called wagering mode. i don't care about story mode or any other filler they can put in the game.

A lack of wagering mode (which will just be a part of online play) is something i feel fighting games just need to have.

Imagine setting up a lobby with a three losses and you are eliminated type rule and with a $5 real money buy in. Winner takes all type thing. Or having sponsored lobbies on a weekly basis. The Nike trophy, where there will be a free to enter lobby created with a cash prize of like $1000 at the end of it. And while the contestants are in the character and stage select screens everyone else watching would be seeing video ads streamed to them. And you can select feed of which fighters you want to watch.

Shit like that would revolutionize the genre. And fighting games is the only genre that can effectively pull off something like that.