Best 2D Fighter for a tournament?

[Juganawt]

if I was in the tournie I'd like to be playing a couple of these:

Capcom Vs SNK 2 EO (Xbox/PS2/GC)
Super Street Fighter II X Grand Master Challenge (Dreamcast)
Street Fighter 3 3rd Strike (Xbox/PS2)
Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper (Dreamcast)
King of Fighters Dream Match '99 (Dreamcast/PS2/PS1)
King of Fighters 2002 (Xbox/PS2)
Guilty Gear XX Reload (Xbox/PS2)

Only pick PS2 versions of 2D fighters if you're desperate, as they invariably have superior versions of the game on other systems

[ubersaurus]

It really needs to be said that SFA3 for dreamcast is NOT upper. It has the extra characters from Upper, but it's more a mix between A3 and Upper in terms of everything else. Actually it's the shittiest port of the game unless you count the GBA version.

If you're going to do A3, the Alpha Anthology is the way to go. But it's not a good game to get casual players in on since it's really, really complex.

I think DreamTR hit it on the head though. Most fighters are too complex for casual people to hop into tournaments. Something like smash bros, tekken, sf2, or sam sho 2 are gonna be the simplest ones and thus your best bet.