Soul Calibur wins.

no,  vitrtual fighter is just stiff and limited, thats why is dificult, virtual fighter is a failed franchise, tekken is fluid, fast and dramatic, there are no dramatic battles in VF.

fatal fury 3 instead of real bout? how strange,

anyway I think the list is pretty good actually street fighter is far too good and far too important not to be #1, plus I don't blame them for not including more obscure games like melty blood, last blade or garou mark of the wolves (the last and generally considerred the best fatal fury)

personally I think the single best fighting game, not series, Snk vs. Capcom MotM for the neo geo pocket, mix and match play style, great line up, great game play, and unlike most cross overs great background and music,

plus zangief and cancel into the spinning pile

good to see king of fighter and samurai shodown get the respect they deserve

If you say so pal.

Juggling someone doesn't exactly require skill.

Timing a good 5,6 or 7 hit combo playing as akira on virtua fighter takes skill.

Maybe Virtua fighters difficulty curve is the reason you don't like it huh?

I wouldn't call Virtua fighter a failed franchise, without virtua fighter there would be no tekken.

Besides, Virtua fighter 5 scored high, further proof that the franchise is getting better and better.

only played FF 1 and 3, but i guess i should check out real bout

also glad to see someone one this thread that knows something about fighting games

And i hope that they do make another SNK vs Capcom, would be epic!

you should real bout is a significant improvement on fatal fury 3, it actually makes line switching and integral part of gameplay as well as reduce inbalance from cross ups by making them all manual

as far as snk v capcom again, just hope kof 13 is a big hit, and snk can get capcom to go in on another one, you can't tell me you wouldn't love to see capcoms guys in high definition complete with the incredibly fluid animation of kof 13

also even though I'm not a big fan of virtua fighter (i haven't really been able to get into one since 2) it's difficulty unquestionable comes from the rediculous skilled based things in it, such as counters which require very precise timing and button combinations,

tekken is a much more accessible fighting game by comparison probably one of the reasons why it was such a hit, anyone can atleast mash the button and do things that look cool against another player of similar skill or the computer opponents, certainly a better player will annihilate them but they can have fun if they good or not, this isn't to say tekken is bad in anyway, far from it, but easy to learn difficult to master is a staple to of a great product

were as in virtua fighter against another player of similar skill you'll be lucky to do a three punch combo and the matches will look boring and any cpu after stage 2 or 3 will handily floor a button masher,  virtua fighter takes a different approach, difficult to learn, insane to master, much more of a dedication required rather than optional game 

I'd have put mortal kombat on top. That game really brought the fighter genre to light.

Anyone trashing Tekken is ignorant. I have played it a lot and I'm a decent fighter. VF is less accessible than Tekken due to the insanely difficult frame timing. Fun wise I love both but Tekken is more fun and isnt as critical or deep. But to say it isnt a VERY deep fighting system (button per limb genius) is remedial. I play both you cant beat fighting games and beer with your mates before the footy or mma

Tekken > Virtua Fighter any day.  The only useful thing VF has ever done was spawn off 3D fighters.

Tekken is a lot more than juggles lol.  If you don't know your characters movement and play style, juggle's are useless.

Smash really should be on this list (since it is one of the better and most popular fighters) even if its a bit different then the rest.