Tekken 3, Melee, and the most recent MK. In no particular order.

Edit: And Budokai Tenkaichi 3. Can't believe I almost forgot about that glorious game!

GC version of SC2 I loved. Smoother framerate than the PS2 and it had Link which was more interesting than Heihachi. Spawn was kool, but I didn't like how he was implemented.

SSF2 I find a great game. Best SF game to date imo.

Has anybody played these fighters? They are less well known.

Have you guys ever heard of Killer Instinct and Virtua Fighter?
Just read 1rst and 2nd 5th page and there was not mention of those 2 franchises.

Also, MK3 the only fighting game that best implemented running.

Tao Feng, I heard about it and people that played it loved it but ever since Xbox OG it dropped off the grid.

VF is a great series. I personally loved VF4 a lot. I have 5 there as well.

MK3 and trilogy are my favorite after the new one. Great times in the arcade with those 2. KI is great too. Played Gold a lot back in the day.

Here's another XBOX OG game. It was kool. Not exceptionally great but solid.

1. KI and KI2
2. MK2
3. Newest MK
4. MK DA
5. SF2T

1. Smash Bros. Brawl
2. Street Fighter IV
3. Smash Bros Melee
4. Capcom vs SNK 2
5. Soul Calibur 2
6. Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
7. Power Stone

You have a fine choice in Tekken characters, although my main choice, Lee Chaolan, while he's been improved, in recent games, he hasn't translated as well as others.

This whole thread has made me think, most new fighters at the moment are 2.5D games, or 2D. There haven't been any real new 3D fighters for a long time now (I don't know a single one). We have Soul series, Tekken, Dead or Alive and VF (last of those was a while ago)... that's it. I'd like a new 3D fighter to appear or at least Capcom to have faith and revamp an old one, Rival Schools or Star Gladiator (my personal preference is that latter). In terms od 3D fighters the genre is extremely stale, you don't have much choice.

Some punish moves are far easier to perform with certain characters, Lee doesn't have the same ease of moves especially those that benefit the juggling system. Much to my annoyance.

That said on the seriousness, I have a friend, he bought Tekken Tag 2, he's not really a Tekken player. He wasn't really playing the game though, me and others came from Tekken 3 and carried on but he didn't, he essentially was learning a combo string perfectly instead of learning to play the game. His idea, as long as he hits the first part, the rest is just a sequence of buttons. I can't play like that, you have to recognise if your opponant is changing their play because of yours or exploit their weaknesses. He wasn't a great player but would be very frustrated when he lost against our button mashing friends. I could beat them all easily because I know the game.