Your favorite fighting game franchise is...?

[G-Boobie]

Which one are you the most fond of? Are you a Street Fighter purist, or a Fatal Fury iconoclast? Do you rock the 3D games like Virtua Fighter or Soul Calibur, or are you more comfortable in the 2D paradigm?

Myself, I'm a huge Virtua Fighter and Soul Calibur guy. I play VF 4 or 5 an hour or so a night, and I used to participate in SoulCal III tournaments pretty regularly. My roots, though, are pure Capcom(Street Fighter II and III especially).

After a lot of thought, I'm going Soul Calibur. I love the guard impact mechanic, and the weapons add a lot of inter-character strategy. I've been playing a ton of 2D fighters lately, and while they have their charm, nothing is better for me than being able to side step a mouthy opponent and stab him in the kidney.

[p_b]

I'd have to say Tekken, simply because it's the fighting franchise I've played the most. OTOH I'm not too fond of the genre and generally don't bother unlocking each and every item. I prefer fighting against some friends.

[Icarus Moonsight]

Why must I choose?!?!?

I don't care for Tekken... that's about it.

I have a special place reserved for SvC Chaos... SF characters with KoF gameplay = bliss. In fact, I love most of the blended fighters. If I had to choose a favorite, they would be it. Is that cheating?

*racking the old brain for an actual answer for the poll*

Virtua Fighter, I guess. Just slightly ahead of Soul Calibur... Ack! My head hurts...

[Wraith Storm]

As far as 2-D fighters, I have to say King of Fighters!!! Street Fighter is really good, but it never "clicked" with me like KOF does.

As for 3d Fighters, I have to go Virtua Fighter. I believe Virtua Fighter 2 to be the best fighting game ever made. Virtua fighter has always had great graphics, great music (Except part 4... Seriously WTF happened?), excellent character designs, and above all gameplay.

My all time favorite is without a doubt Virtua Fighter! And I got 5 installments of the franchise on my beloved Saturn!!!

[Nebagram]

Soul Calibur, but VF was very close behind in second with Street Fighter equally close behind in third.

[Damaramu]

Street Fighter, please.

[Lerxstnj]

None of the above.
Ready 2 Rumble.
Oh, I guess boxing games are excluded, never mind then.

[megasdkirby]

I like any fighting game that does not have an end boss that is so unfairly hard that I want to destroy the game or break the disc in two.

I have played many great fighters that are easily destroyed by an unfairly hard last boss.

[GnawRadar]

Street Fighter is my favorite franchise, but Garou: Mark of the Wolves is my favorite fighting game.

[darkhades]

Without a doubt, King of Fighters!

[Steven]

None of the above.

WORLD HEROES

Street Fighter 2nd and Fighter's History a close 3rd.

[PSerge]

Street Fighter... I mean Street Fighter 2 was the game, but when it came out..
I've never waited soo long for a game to be released on a console..

I even ordered it from Japan to get it a month early, and that was back when you actually had to call in an order, no internet back then, for me at least.

[Kyle15]

Guilty Gear for me!
The character designs and gameplay are very good.

[CosmicMonkey]

Last Blade 1, 2 and Pocket. Only three games, but all of them are incredible. Quality > Quantity.

As for the Street Fighters, I'd like to differentiate between SF2 (SF2 - SSF2X), Alpha/Zero and SF3. Super Turbo is a very good game, but I'm more partial to the Zero series, specifically Zero 3. I really can't say I've spent that much time with SF3 other than 3.3 on the Dreamcast. Maybe one day when it's possible to Phoenix dead CPS3 hardware I'll splash out on a 3rd Strike set-up.

Guilty Gear is another great series but I've not had the opportunity to keep up with all of the updated versions.

[Nebagram]

I like any fighting game that does not have an end boss that is so unfairly hard that I want to destroy the game or break the disc in two.

I have played many great fighters that are easily destroyed by an unfairly hard last boss.

Name me some that aren't. (except Smash Bros- though brawl just edges into this territory)

[The Shawn]

What! No Mortal Kombat choice?


Shamey,Shamey...

[kaedesdisciple]

How can you choose between 2d and 3d fighters? Apples and oranges, IMO.

[Sudo]

Gotta go with Street Fighter.

[MarkMan]

Street Fighter

Tekken

[modest9797]

What! No Mortal Kombat choice?


Shamey,Shamey...

I was thinking the exact same thing.