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Daily Q: What is your favorite fighting franchise?

Category: Features, Posted: 05/09/2008 at 12:10PM CDT by Brendon Lindsey, Editor-in-Chief

Fighting games seem cyclical in nature, rising and falling in popularity by an invisible schedule.

In the early 90s Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat reigned supreme (with King of Fighters and Virtua Fighter on the up and up), then other games took over, then Mortal Kombat came back, then it left, then Virtua Fighter got popular again, etc. But no matter how good (or bad) recent titles in a series are, all gamers have that one fighting series that they value above all others.

What is your favorite fighting franchise?

There are many to choose from. Do you enjoy the over-the-top fatalities of Mortal Kombat? Do you like the licensing of Marvel vs Capcom? Are you a technical purist giggling with joy when you play Virtua Fighter? Are you one of those people who considers Smash Bros. a fighting game?

(I don't want to give away my answer, but let's just say I had a figurine of Sub-Zero on my desk for a few years.)

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Posted by Tankcommander on 05/09/2008 at 12:24PM

Smash Bros, though Soulcaliber is awesome.

Posted by dooganking on 05/09/2008 at 01:13PM

street fighter

Posted by Wasabi on 05/09/2008 at 01:37PM

Used to love Tekken. The characters were just awesome/

Posted by JSnake on 05/09/2008 at 01:52PM

Smash Bros.

Posted by Winged One on 05/09/2008 at 02:17PM

Dead or Alive.

Posted by eight on 05/09/2008 at 02:24PM

A-B-A-C-A-B-B. That I can still recite the mortal kombat blood code tells you I was a MK guy a while back. I still have a certain affinity for those characters. I am looking forword to Street Fighter Two Turbo HD Remix though.

Posted by lskennedy on 05/09/2008 at 02:44PM

Franchise? SSB, favorite fighting game? Mortal Kombat 2.

Posted by Coyotegrey on 05/09/2008 at 02:47PM

Screw you guys.

Virtua Fighter.

Posted by Archem on 05/09/2008 at 03:06PM

Hmm... Either Smash Bros. or Soul Caliber. I guess SC wins for traditional style fighting, but Smash Bros. wins for how it mixes things up so successfully.

Posted by Archem on 05/09/2008 at 03:07PM

Oh, and this is coming from someone who can't get into fighting games. These two series' are almost the only ones good enough for me to enjoy.

Posted by Requiem on 05/09/2008 at 05:43PM

Soul Calibur!

Posted by Lopez on 05/09/2008 at 06:07PM

Tekken or DoA. The 4th installment of each is also the best.

Posted by Raven on 05/09/2008 at 10:51PM

Soul Calibur. The soul burns forever!

Posted by biggman15 on 05/10/2008 at 12:09AM

I used to enjoy Tekken and Soul Caliber... Virtua Fighter 4 was good... But My favorite is Smash Bros.

Posted by ninjalegend on 05/10/2008 at 08:24AM

Street Fighter 2. By far. Now for 3d, you can't beat Soul Calibur or Virtua Fighter. Button mashing will get you killed in any one of them.

Posted by lskennedy on 05/10/2008 at 11:10AM

I'm a firm believer in the combo system, but button mashing can still whoop some ass in Soul Cal. (not saying i do)

Posted by Eddie R Inzauto on 05/10/2008 at 08:51PM

How did I miss this?

Street Fighter (II)

Posted by Because on 05/11/2008 at 02:31PM

probably tekken as far as traditional fighting goes, but if smash bros. qualifies i'm all about it.
I can't forget street fighter though

Posted by ChristIllusion2 on 05/11/2008 at 03:03PM

mortal kombat or street fighter