Super Smash Bros. Melee
Street Fighter Alpha 2
Soul Calibur 1

Very interesting list you guys have. Keep em coming :)

Smash Bros is the only one I've ever loved. I played a good deal of Tatsunoko vs Capcom but it was just so hard to wrap my head around...

I plan to play some Persona Arena eventually though...that game looks fun

Tekken is my franchise, I love it and am good at it. The 4 button system works perfectly and I moan at anyone who uses L and R buttons to do throws.... amateurs they are.

Tekken 5 is the best made so far. It has the playability of 3 yet had the smoothness of modern games. Tekken 6 was good but the juggling mechanic broke it a little. Characters were designed for the game with juggling in mind, yet many characters are so old and their styles didn’t adapt as well so online became a game of every other character was Lars. :P Tekken Tag 2 is a joke, get lifted in the air once and more than 50% of your energy can disappear. Not only that, people learnt it as a sequence of buttons, they’d repeat the same few opening moves and then everything is a set pattern, no different from a Dance game. Very sad, while old Tekken was all to do with outsmarting your opponent.

Tekken Revolution is a nice addition but make me fearful for the series future. Can a new Tekken be made if a Tekken can be given for free. Then if they do a new one, it has to be like Tekken 5 and not 6 or Rev. The flash moves in Rev can be exploited a lot, and juggling is a crap mechanic.


Also, I am a big fan of Star Gladiator on PS1, fantastic game.

Played SC2 a lot, and alright at Streetfighters a bit.

The Mortal Kombat series for me. With special props going to MK2, MK5, and MK9.

I also played a fair bit of Soul Calibur 2 (Gamecube version with Link).

Still eagerly awaiting the third installment, I just know it'll come out one of these generations.

Any day now.

No Soul Calibur = fail!

Street Fighter and Smash Bros

BlazyBlue or Melee.