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What’s the best fighting game of all time? More importantly, what’s the history of the best fighting game of all time? The games that came before, and the inspirations it took.
Chances are you’ll say either Street Fighter or Smash Bros, depending on your preference for high skill caps or arcade-y-ness, though the answers start to break down from there. Maybe you’re one of those guys who wants to pull out the third party candidate with Mortal Kombat 2, Marvel Vs. Capcom 2, or Soulcalibur 2.
There’s a lot of contenders–more than I can possibly mention, so instead of the Best, let’s just look at the History–how did we arrive where we are today, and what games led us here.
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Best There Ever Was . History of Fighting Games
MRIXRT
mrixrt
31.03.2023I told everyone on Twitter to expect stupid rhyming so I hope you're not surprised.
Nick Poeschek
16.06.2022I don’t want to know how many quarters I dropped into Street Fighter 2 back in the day….
savage duck
16.06.2022Powerstone is fun because its ridiculuos. I also like vehicle combat games which is technically "fighting"
Also arms.
Speedy Acorn
16.06.20223:14 "look at these animations"
Meanwhile a very mad sensei just goes back and forth in a very hilarious matter └|∵|┐♪♪┌|∵|┘♪
mrixrt
16.06.2022I meant Brawlhalla.
caubert
16.06.2022I played FX Fighter a lot
The Walking Virus
16.06.2022Blazblue was definitely a personal favorite of mine as well, a lot of really intriguing character designs and systems
Billob Bonafrog
16.06.2022where's brix
Gametesterboy
11.06.2022i adooore your videos
chris saeteune
11.06.2022I love your videos you should have way more subs.
TheVoiceJ
11.06.2022Dude, your videos are great and I want the algorithm to know.
TheVoiceJ
11.06.2022Would you consider For Honor a fighting game?
Abcdefghijklmnop
11.06.2022My favorite fighting game is Tekken 7. Why? Because it is the only one I have ever played.
XXI George
11.06.2022I liked the video overall. I do have some things I want to share thogh.
Smash Bros. is more or less a party game is it not? It shares some of the core values with more traditional fighting games but I don't think they can be equally compared. So when people go all "bestselling fighting game franchise" I don't think it's really fair to franchises like Tekken, Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat.
Also the late 90s-early 00s period was honestly not that dry. Tekken 3, SoulCalibur, Dead or Alive 2, SoulCalibur II, Dead or Alive 3 and Tekken 5 are all notable examples of really successful (either critically, commercially or both) fighting video games. It's more or less the post-Tekken 5, pre-Street Fighter IV period were fighting games pretty much became completely irrelevant.
True
11.06.2022Trying to hard with the voice but good vid, ty
Man & A Mic
11.06.2022Mortal kombat is the best!
Ali Ahmed
11.06.2022Tekken 7 is indeed my all time favourite
Coolxnick
11.06.2022my favorite fighting game has to be samurai shodown, the reason is its not your typical fighting game where you need to do much damage as much as possible its the exact opposite, now you might think that its boring cause whats the purpose its going to take forever for you to defeat your opponets with no combo, now the reason why i love samurai shodown is becouse its very easy to understand one heavy attack is cappable of dealing 20% of your opponets hp and its the first game to introduce fightng weapons to the fighting game universe and yes you can drop your opponests weapons so you can have the advantage. overall its my favorite fighting game even though not much people heard about it
Leon JO
10.06.2022KOF series.
XIII being my favorite
BBQshapesKING
10.06.2022Marvel vs Capcom 2 FTW
Irishstile Perryman
10.06.2022I can't really just pick one fighting game, that I love the most. The reason why is, ever since I played Street Fighter II Champion Edition arcade game, I've had a love for playing fighting games since then. From time to time I play Killer Instinct, or Super Street Fighter II, on my Super Nintendo. On my SNES Emulator, I have a lot of fighting games. Battle Master, Fighters History, Street Fighter II Turbo, and World Heroes 2, just to name a few! I love fighting games, because it allows me to let off some steam. As the Sega Genesis version of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie states: "Please remember the difference between fantasy and reality. Do your own fighting on the screen, not at home, or at school!"
Sic Semper Beats
10.06.2022hmmm my favorites? Street Fighter 3rd strike, MK 9 and Injustice, and marvel capcom 2 and 3 as they all have seriously good controls for novices to learn and become seriously good over time. Some more I like are Darksiders, tekken 6, the new killer instinct are other ones I like a lot. For some reason outside of 3rd strike im not a fan of any of the other street fighter games' (tried them all believe it or not…i mean every single one haha) movement and timings. 3rd strike has a seriously nice flow to it
IamXhedo
10.06.2022Only 1.6k views in this amazing video? What the hell.
STEFI, Lord of Smugness
10.06.2022So much of these 20+ yo games still slap ass. I still play Street Fighter alpha 3 with the bois at the weekends.
Rickster Drummer
10.06.2022Tekken 3 will always be my favorite. Every character was memorable. The soundtrack was great. The “cutscenes” were well-done for the time. Winning additional characters in Arcade mode never made the game boring and Tekken Force mode was always a blast.
Marcus Jackson
10.06.2022Great video mate👍
animechann
10.06.2022Virtua Fighter 4 was definitely my favourite
jnk mal
10.06.2022It's funny how Ultra Street Fighter II wasn't received very well by newer modern fighting game fans because it's too hard and you must have have good timing. But, older gamers were like, yeah this is what fighting game are like and it's great. You can't just pick up SF2 and be good, unlike modern games like SFV which basically reward players for sloppy play.
Emil Caven
08.06.2022Not even mentioning tekken in the most influential and best series when it took over after street fighter and mortal kombat and became the king…
Crøwn Official
08.06.2022Y'all clowning yourselves if y'all don't think mugen is the best fighting game of all time
Joey Green
08.06.2022Sifu the best ever now.
brrrrrr
08.06.20224:00 rappers Eminem is afraid to diss
Logan Slocum
08.06.2022Killer instinct babay !!!
man satoo
08.06.2022Brawl Stars? I think you meant to say Brawlhalla
Miguel Rodriguez
08.06.2022Sad how Killer Instinct wasn't even mentioned 😔
Zaire Haylock
08.06.2022My favorite is King of Fighters because I am a Neo Geo SNK fan myself.
TipnSunny
08.06.2022Thanks for the rundown, robert california.