I love fighting games, so I'm making this thread for general discussion on them. What are your favorites and fondest memories? What do you think of the current "new age" of fighting games?

I must say that I wasn't too into them before and only fully jumped in when Street Fighter IV was released. Even though the game is furiously frustrating I loved it so much I just had to have more. Before that I had only been playing Mortal Kombat. Funny thing, I didn't like those games either at first but then I bought the hack n' slash MK game Shaolin Monks. Even if it wasn't a true fighing game (tho it still had versus mode) it brought me to the MK story and made me want to play more. Anyway, as I said, SFIV finally brought me to the full genre and now I have a load of fighting games old and new.

The first fighter (or brawler) I ever played was Digimon Rumble Arena. Oh man, that was a blast.

Previous threads related to fighters:
http://www.residentevilforums.net/t2133-resident-evil-characters-in-fighting-games
http://www.residentevilforums.net/t1863-resident-evil-fighting-game-characters-mugen


Hey, here's a pic of my current collection! It's missing my NeoGeo Battle Coliseum (I borrowed it to a friend) and has Jurassic Park Warpath which isn't mine.

Back row: Street Fighter Alpha and Street Fighter IV: Wages of Sin (manga), SFIV Collector's Edition (includes SFIV movie bluray, small art booklet and two figurines), BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Limited Edition (includes a tutorial DVD and an artbook), Hyper Street Fighter II Anniversary Edition (a collection of all the SFII editions)
The stuff in front:
-DC: Soul Calibur and Power Stone
-PS: Destrega, Digimon Rumble Arena, Pocket Fighter (loose) and Jurassic Park Warpath (not mine)
-PC: Mortal Kombat 3
-PS2: SmackDown: Shut Your Mouth, DragonBall Z: Budokai Tenkaichi, Digimon Rumble Arena 2, MK: Shaolin Monks, MK: Deception, MK: Armageddon
-PS3: King of Fighters XII (trying to sell it), MvC3, Mortal Kombat 9

-Downloaded titles: MUGEN (PC), Super Smash Land (PC), Street Fighter Alpha (PSN) and Guilty Gear (PSN).

Propably gonna sell SFIV and buy the Arcade Edition, same with MvC3 and the Ultimate Edition. Got it but still haven't sold the original MvC3.

I've never really been into fighters. I've heard that Tekken 3 is one of the best fighting games ever.

My favorite fighting game is Super Smash Bros. Melee if that counts. I've played that for over 200 hours with friends. Brawl is cool but just not the same. Barely played the N64 one.
I've played a bit of MK (don't remember which one), SC for Dreamcast, SF2 and 4 and DoA 4, and it was pretty fun.

SSB counts. Technically it's a brawler but it's the same thing to me. About Tekken, I'm really looking forward to Street Fighter x Tekken.

It's looking awesome.



Btw. Remembered a fun story. I had once played a 3D fighting game called Destrega as a demo with my firend to no end. It was so awesome at the time we just couldn't get enough, even though the demo had only two characters and one stage. Years later I had forgotten the whole game existed but I just happened to notice a familiar title in some antiquarian shop on display. I really didn't think I would ever stumble upon it so I immediatley bought it and completed the story the same night.

I'm thinking brawler is the same as what I call a 'beat-em-up'?

How I miss those type of games. So much fun in my early teenage years.

I'm talkin about games like Streets Of Rage, Vandetta, Ninja Turtles Arcade, Alien Storm, Battle Toads, Double Dragon, Golden Axe, Final Fight, Shinobi...I'm sure I've missed a good one there somewhere.

As for fighters...same things. I love all the oldies like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. I used to live on these type of games. Tekken was the next step forward for me. I played a lot of Tekken 2,3,4. I still bust out a bit of Street Fighter 2 on my Capcom Classics for PS2.

Ever played Shaq-Fu? it was actually an ok fighter when it first came out lol

the fighting games i have

mortal kombat 1 (from MKD special edition)
mortal kombat 2 (PSS)
mortal kombat trilogy (PS1)
mortal kombat mysologies sub zero (PS1)
mortal kombat 4 (PS1)
mortal kombat 4 (N64)
mortal kombat gold
mortal kombat deadly alliance (PS2)
mortal kombat unchaned (PSP)
mortal kombat deception (PS2)
mortal kombat armagetton (xbox)
mortal kombat sholin monks (PS2)
mortal kombat 2011 (PS3)
tekken 2 (PS1)
godzilla destroy all monsters melee (GC)
godzilla destroy all monsters melee (xbox)
godzilla save the earth (xbox)
godzilla save the earth (PS2)
godzilla unleashed (PS2) < THIS VERSION SUCKS!!! WII VERSION IS SUPERIOR
godzilla unleashed (WII)
dead or alive 2 (DC)
dead or alive ultimate (xbox)
dead or alive 3 (xbox)
dead or alive 4 (360)


i know i have more fighting games, but that is all i can think of right now


MK4 used to be my favorite MK game but not anymore after MK2011 came out


shao kahn has the most badass x ray





if u dont think thats badass, something is wrong with you

MKM:SZ is like the RE survivor of mortal kombat. most fans hate it but i love it. its a fun story mode eventho ive never beaten it. theres really not much to say about it but alot of people hate the N64 version which is why i wanna buy it lol



check out this review of the 64 version with gameplay, this made me on the floor laughing








you hate shao kahns x ray beacuse of the damage? then you'll hate kintaros x ray, it takes up 53% of your health, kahns takes up 52% lol

shaolin monks was awesome. i never beat it tho, i got stuck on something after i beat reptile.

I found a great article on beat-em-ups if you're interested Mass...

http://www.racketboy.com/retro/beatemups/2010/08/beatem-ups-101-all-you-need-to-know-about-brawlers.html

There's a new and pretty interesting looking fighting game coming up:



Some of the characters remind me of Guilty Gear.

Fighters are cool but I always sucked at them. I only play Mortal Kombat. The new one's a blast!