What's YOUR Favorite Arcade Fighter?

[-Seraph-]

The main reason I say "action platformer" instead of "fighter" is because

A) there's no "rounds"
B) there's no HEALTH (there's weird %'s)
C) you don't Kill or KO your opponents instead you throw them off a platform

true they "fight" each other, but it matches nothing that falls in the category of a "fighter" game

and this isn't just me not liking the game; back when I DID like it I still called it an "Action Platformer"

Those are rather nitpickey reasons to disclude it though. Rounds are not a necessity of a fighting game, they do not contribute anything to the actual 'fighting' part of the game, and you can set fighters to simply have one round as well.

The health thing is another thing that boils down to semantics. It functions similarity to health as eventually you will go down if you take too much damage. It's just...different.

Kills, KO's it's all the same thing. It's just this game take the battle royal approach.

None of those factors really discredit it from the fighting game realm. it still follows the basic gameplay concepts of fighting games at it's core. It just likes to mix some of those concepts up.

Man...I never thought I'd be defending I game I very well despise. But hey id deserves it's place within the genre.

 

[Dapper Ninja]

BlazBlue. That's all I need. Except maybe Guilty Gear, but I have no idea where to begin with that series.

 

[Gigaguy64]

Hmm.

Can i leave a top 5?

1:Guilty Gear
2:Marvel VS Capcom(2)
3arkstalkers
4:JoJo's Bizarre Adventure:Heritage for the Future
5:Samurai Showdown

I love Fighting games, and i am ecstatic about MvC3.
I one day hope to have a Game Room filled with Classic Fighter Machines.
As a little memento the the age of Arcades.
There is nothing like going to an arcade and playing fighting games with a huge group of people, who just happened to be walking by the arcade, its a lot of fun.

I went out and bought a 360 slim JUST for MvC3 (okay okay, and castle crashers)
but yes you can have a top 5, you can have a top anything so long as there's at least 3

btw, what's your completely awesome/very overkill avatar of?

Why, its a clip of a Combo video i made from my current favorite Fighter Tatsunoko VS Capcom
Only reason its not on my list is because iv never played it in a arcade, but its easily one of my favorites.

 

[-Seraph-]

BlazBlue. That's all I need. Except maybe Guilty Gear, but I have no idea where to begin with that series.

X2 RELAOD or Accent Core, they are widely considered the best and most commonly played. Although the differences between these two mainly boil down to character tweaks/balance and Accent Core has special attacks called 'Force breakers'.

 

[Armored Prayer]

I think of it more as a fighting/platformer Hybrid. But its still a fighter(at least I think it is) and a damn fun one as well.

The fun part is arguable, but thanks for not being like the people here about it...
the reason I set it apart is because of it's uber hype

wasn't trying to be rude or offending to you directally

(on an off note before brawl fans tell me "you hate it because you suck at it!" I should mention I have all but 3 squares in the checklist, and I have all 5 golden hammers, those 3 squares are, "Play for 100 hours/Play for 300 hours/Play for 500 hours")

Your welcome, and no worries you never offended me. As for they hype, well I was never really into it. Sure I got exited when new info was released, but I wasn't going crazy about it like other fans.

 

[ZZoMBiE13]

Street Fighter 2 for me. Loved that game.

okay I have to ask... and this is sad...

Which Street Fighter 2?
last I checked there were like 8 or 9 different versions of that 1 game

Well that's a fair question as I didn't specify. But I was basically referring to the entire series. I grew up in the arcade era, lived through the early 80s crash, and SF2: World Warrior blew my mind when it originally came out. I followed it pretty faithfully through it's first 2 expansions (Champion Edition and SF2 Turbo) but when SUPER Street Fighter came along I had pretty much moved on.

I'll endeavor to be more specific next time.

 

[WOPR]

for anyone wondering why I posted this subject is because I was and still am playing Killer instinct 2; I'm playing as Glacius too lol (best as Sabrewulf, fav is Fulgore)

 

[WOPR]

*snip*

I really need to buy that for my Wii... it'll breathe some life back into the poor thing

 

[AbsoluteVirtue18]

Garou: Mark of the Wolves and the Tekken series.

 

[Gigaguy64]

*snip*

I really need to buy that for my Wii... it'll breathe some life back into the poor thing

I absolutely love it.
Its a blast, and the characters on both sides fit really well.

 

[WOPR]

Why, its a clip of a Combo video i made from my current favorite Fighter Tatsunoko VS Capcom
Only reason its not on my list is because iv never played it in a arcade, but its easily one of my favorites.

that's your combo, here's mine
True it's not as long of a combo, but it was still REALLY fun (I was fighting a friend in it)

EDIT: go I love that announcer... ULLLTRAAAAAAA COMMMMBOOOOOOO!!!

 

[-Seraph-]

for anyone wondering why I posted this subject is because I was and still am playing Killer instinct 2; I'm playing as Glacius too lol (best as Sabrewulf, fav is Fulgore)

*high fives* Glacius was my favorite and main. Funny enough Sabrewolf and Fulgore were my secondaries, all such awesome fighters.

People should list their mains from their games as well, it's always fun to see who everyone playes and subs.

I use:

Guily Gear- Chipp (main), Baiken (sub), Millia (sub), Sol, Ky, Jam (last three are moer casual characters)

Blazblue- Hakumen (Main), Jin (sub), Ragna (sub), Nu-13 (when I feel like being a noob)

Dissidia - Golbez (Main), ExDeath (sub), Jecht (sub), Cloud, Squall, Cecil, Gabranth, Sephiroth, Emperor (all subs but more like SUB subs)

 

[Durxom]

For me...hmm..

1. Street Fighter 4
2. Guilty Gear XX: #Reload
3. Melty Blood (if i'm allowed to count it...hey, it was at EVO x-x)

SF4 because it was my first true fighting game experience..and I have stuck to it through thick and thin(though it does piss me off sometimes), and for having one of my newest favorite fighters in it (guess who??)

Guilty Gear because at first it pissed me off cause of Boss I-no, but then I grew to love it, and its gameplay, difficulty and rocking soundtrack

And Melty Blood...because dang..its just so much fun to watch..

Mortal Kombat can go fuck off and die in a corner, it's such a horrible series.

*hugs* Oh man such truer words have never been spoken.

I'm going to have to agree with Seraph here....bleck =S

 

[Dango]

I'm down to Guitly Gear and BlazBlue. Which to pick... I'll just pick BlazBlue, I mean it has Rachel for Christ's sake, Rachel!

 

[Gigaguy64]

Why, its a clip of a Combo video i made from my current favorite Fighter Tatsunoko VS Capcom
Only reason its not on my list is because iv never played it in a arcade, but its easily one of my favorites.

that's your combo, here's mine
True it's not as long of a combo, but it was still REALLY fun (I was fighting a friend in it)

Ahh i remember that game.
Its been a while.

 

[Red Right Hand]

Soul Calibur 2. That's my only suggestion.

 

[Dapper Ninja]

BlazBlue. That's all I need. Except maybe Guilty Gear, but I have no idea where to begin with that series.

X2 RELAOD or Accent Core, they are widely considered the best and most commonly played. Although the differences between these two mainly boil down to character tweaks/balance and Accent Core has special attacks called 'Force breakers'.

I'll be sure to buy them as soon as I can; thanks a ton for the help.

 

[Conqueror Kenny]

1. Street Fighter 3: 3rd strike
2. Street Fighter 4
3. Tekken tag (any Tekken works really)

Not many people playing 3rd strike now though, but I just find it really fun and more exciting than Street Fighter 4, not to mention that Super Street Fighter isn't in the arcade yet and I don't really like playing the original as it throws me off my game. Also, <3 casual Tekken

 

[WOPR]

*snip*

This is what I did while I was making this forum
enjoy!
(GO GLACIUS!)

 

[saphiren]

I've only played like 3 arcade fighters anyway...Street Fighter 2, UMK3, and Tekken...3? I don't remember. And is the game the OP mentioned Killer Instinct by any chance?

Yes it is and you too get a cookie

EDIT: are you looking forword to MK9 or MvC3?

*ow* now excuse me while I remove my baliyo from my elbow

YAY COOKIE

I'm looking forward to both, although to be honest I've never acually played any MvC games before. I saw the blowout on MvC3 in Game Informer the other month though. It looks awesome