A way for some to get out frustration. A way for others to be mega-competive. Some can be so strategic, that casuals can't complete the tower... some can be so easy to participate in, but rewarding after mastering that one character(I'm looking at you Smash Bros)
Top 15 Fighting Games
Special Honorable Mention: Karate Champ: One on one fighting game. No special moves. Just... timing. The true "original" fighting game.
Honorable Mention 2: Fatal Fury(series): A franchise from SNK that TRIED to rival Street Fighter back in the day. I liked it, but the controls scheme was always weird to me. They did what they could to not copy Capcom, but it didn't stop other franchises. Only as a series... I played the original, didn't like the original.
15. Primal Rage: Mortal Kombat with Kaiju. No other way to explain it.
14. Bloody Roar(series): A unique 3D fighting game which allowed the contestants to turn into animal humanoids. Almost like going Super Saiyan, but werewolves. Interesting, but a dead franchise.
13. Samurai Showdown(series): SNK developed a series based around 1800s Asian culture. The sword fighting, the monsters, the music. Most people haven't tried this game, because it was mostly on the Neo Geo systems. But a few ports here and there were great.
12. Mace The Dark Age: A sleeper from Atari in arcades, and Midway on the Nintendo 64. A unique 3D fighter, wasn't as good as some others, but it was still pretty good. And Lord Deimos looks bad ass!
11. Tekken(franchise): Speaking of 3D fighters... Tekken. Hand to hand 3D fighter, with combos, and precise countering.
10. Darkstalkers(franchise): Street Fighter with monsters. Legit. Made by Capcom... with monsters like vampires, succubus, werewolves, a Frankenstein, a mummy. You get the idea.
9. The King of Fighters(franchise): SNK's Ultimate Amalgamation Fighter. Characters from all of their IPs going at it and new characters in the mix. Depending on the version, you could be making your own teams of 2 or 3... or there might be premade teams based on the games they came from.
8. Killer Instinct(franchise): Arcade and Console rival to Mortal Kombat, but it was not a full on clone. Killer Instinct had a really weird cast of fighters and finishers, but Killer Instinct made waves due to the combo system. The bizarre, gonzo combo system. And the Xbox exclusive modern sequel gave away the "Fatalities", and put MORE focus on the combos. C-c-c-c-c-combobreaker!!!!!!
7. SoulCaliber/SoulBlade(franchise): A series that has evolved and devolved throughout the decades. 3D fighter that focuses on the weapons each fighter carries, and EACH fighter is unique because of it. Earlier games, the focus was so much on the weapons, they even included weapons breaking, adding more strategy.
6. Super Smash Bros(franchise): Nintendo's ultimate fighter. Each entry adding new events, functions, and fighters. Ever want to see Mario vs Kirby vs Sephiroth vs Simon Belmont? Well... you can. And instead of health bars, fighters have damage meters. The more damage you take, the further you fly. And eliminations happen when you fly off the screen.
5. Injustice(franchise): From the makers of Mortal Kombat, a fighting game series featuring DC Heroes and Villians beating the hell out of each other. And... it is GREAT! No finishing moves, but it doesn't need it. And a wonderful story to go with. Can't wait for Injustice 3.
4. Dragon Ball Z(franchise): DBZ had many different styles of games. But fighting games, the Boudakai series was a hoot. Learning the new fighters, adding new transformations, and just kick ass "easy to learn, hard to master" combo system. And then FighterZ was a gonzo team based fighter. DBZ deserves the spot.
3. Marvel vs Capcom(expanded franchise): So I'm going to expand on this one. Capcom started with games based on Marvel Properties called "X-Men Children of the Atom" and "Marvel Superheroes: War of the Gems". Then it led to "X-Men vs Street Fighter", keeping the style from those first two. Then we got to "Marvel vs Capcom". This series is exactly what sounds like. Marvel Characters vs Capcom Characters. Huge finishers, giant rosters, teams of either 2 or 3, and Infinite brought back the Infinity Gems for added strategy.
2. Street Fighter(franchise): The Fighting Game series that started the genre of fighting games. EVERY OTHER FIGHTING GAME SERIES OWES THEIR EXISTENCE TO STREET FIGHTER. The quarterturn forward punch motion shows up in nearly every series, and yes... it throws a projectile. And this series features two of my favorite video game villains of all time: M. Bison and Akuma. The 3D EX Street Fighter games were pretty epic too...
And the number one fighter game/series is...
1. Mortal Kombat(franchise): With all of the praise I can give Street Fighter, I can say that Mortal Kombat has BIGGER impact on the gaming industry overall. Hyper violent, pushing every envelope. And it forced the industry to create the ESRB ratings. It has had some ups and down, weird transition in and out of 3D, but one of the most successful reboots of any gaming franchise. And reinvented the idea of the guest character, with such mega franchise characters like Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhies, Leatherface, Alien, Predator, Robocop, Terminator, John Rambo, The Joker, and Spawn.(Judge Dredd would've been perfect). Mortal Kombat is THE fighting game franchise...
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There is the list, folks.
What did you all think? Did I miss one? Out of order? Comment share...
Until next time...
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