Top 10 Best Fighting Game Franchises

Capturing 4:3 games in 16:9, wtf No VF? But it looks like they are using sales count for "best" definition. Not into fighting games that much but I agree that SF and MK are like the only two games I enjoyed playing. Oh, and Killer Instinct, like the first game with ass kicking long combos.
 
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A top 10 list from WatchMojo... and they think Smash Bros. is a fighting game....
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Franchises can vary in quality and few are consistently impressive. Def Jam, Kengo, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai, Under Night In-Birth, Injustice, Darkstalkers, and Dead or Alive are the only franchises I can think of that had no misses. I would not say any one of their games blew me away as much as individual fighting game releases without franchises or within franchises of varying quality.
 
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This list seems to be kind of off imo. Smash? Hmmm….ok. No Virtua Fighter, Dead or Alive, Killer Instinct, Samurai Shodown anywhere on the list? If it wasn't for Virtua Fighter, there would probably be no 3D fighters so that definitely should have been up there the same way Street Fighter basically birthed 2D fighters.
 
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This list seems to be kind of off imo. Smash? Hmmm….ok. No Virtua Fighter, Dead or Alive, Killer Instinct, Samurai Shodown anywhere on the list? If it wasn't for Virtua Fighter, there would probably be no 3D fighters so that definitely should have been up there the same way Street Fighter basically birthed 2D fighters.
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A top 10 list from WatchMojo... and they think Smash Bros. is a fighting game....
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Franchises can vary in quality and few are consistently impressive. Def Jam, Kengo, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai, Under Night In-Birth, Injustice, Darkstalkers, and Dead or Alive are the only franchises I can think of that had no misses. I would not say any one of their games blew me away as much as individual fighting game releases without franchises or within franchises of varying quality.
Smash Bros has been at Evo more than some franchises on that list and the ones you list. It's a fighting game.
 
Smash Bros has been at Evo more than some franchises on that list and the ones you list. It's a fighting game.
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They had Mario Kart at EVO. Most fighting game players were happy the hygiene averse legion got booted upon Nintendo's request.


Even the director of the franchise (Sakurai) says it's a party game and not a fighting game.
https://sourcegaming.info/2015/06/11/the-act-of-balancing-sakurai-famitsu-column-vol-480/

P.S. The reason its clones never went anywhere is that its crock of shit gameplay design is held up purely by fan service.
 
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They had Mario Kart at EVO. Most fighting game players were happy the hygiene averse legion got booted upon Nintendo's request.


Even the director of the franchise (Sakurai) says it's a party game and not a fighting game.
https://sourcegaming.info/2015/06/11/the-act-of-balancing-sakurai-famitsu-column-vol-480/

P.S. The reason its clones never went anywhere is that its crock of shit gameplay design is held up purely by fan service.

Call it what you want really. Smash Bros. is a platform fighting game and the biggest fighting tournament in the world featured it and Smash consistently brought in some of the most viewed matches across all it's years.

1.» Tekken 7$261,876.7992 Players18 Tournaments
2.» Street Fighter V$219,820.0070 Players9 Tournaments
3.» Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition$209,107.3934 Players5 Tournaments
4.» Guilty Gear -STRIVE-$132,743.7953 Players9 Tournaments
5.» Street Fighter 6$113,250.0022 Players3 Tournaments
6.» Ultra Street Fighter IV$102,060.0022 Players2 Tournaments
7.» Super Smash Bros. Melee$100,480.0034 Players11 Tournaments
8.» MultiVersus$100,000.0026 Players1 Tournament
9.» King of Fighters XV$92,940.0021 Players5 Tournaments
10.» Killer Instinct (2013)$87,809.8019 Players3 Tournaments
11.» Dragon Ball FighterZ$84,140.0031 Players4 Tournaments
12.» Mortal Kombat 11$81,310.0045 Players6 Tournaments
13.» Super Smash Bros. for Wii U$74,540.0023 Players4 Tournaments
14.» Injustice 2$72,410.0013 Players2 Tournaments
15.» Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3$71,560.0036 Players7 Tournaments
16.» Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike$65,190.0033 Players12 Tournaments
17.» Mortal Kombat X$61,620.008 Players1 Tournament
18.» Mortal Kombat XL$57,130.008 Players1 Tournament
19.» Samurai Shodown (2019)$56,418.4016 Players2 Tournaments
20.» Melty Blood: Type Lumina$44,310.0019 Players3 Tournaments
21.» Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2$42,650.2118 Players4 Tournaments
22.» Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising$42,650.0013 Players2 Tournaments
23.» Tekken 8$42,650.0014 Players2 Tournaments
24.» Under Night In-Birth II [Sys:Celes]$42,650.0013 Players2 Tournaments
25.» BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle$36,448.6125 Players4 Tournaments
26.» King of Fighters XIV$35,990.2117 Players3 Tournaments
27.» Super Smash Bros. Ultimate$35,340.008 Players1 Tournament
28.» BlazBlue: Chronophantasma$35,080.008 Players1 Tournament
29.» Street Fighter V: Champion Edition$34,440.0021 Players3 Tournaments
30.» Skullgirls 2nd Encore$31,200.0036 Players5 Tournaments

Mario Kart DS was only included because Toyota (who were a sponsor at the time) requested a racing game.
 
Call it what you want really. Smash Bros. is a platform fighting game and the biggest fighting tournament in the world featured it and Smash consistently brought in some of the most viewed matches across all it's years.

Mario Kart DS was only included because Toyota (who were a sponsor at the time) requested a racing game.

People play Roblox competitively. It does not mean shit. Smash is not a fighting game.
 
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People play Roblox competitively. It does not mean shit. Smash is not a fighting game.

You keep listing side games as if trying to prove a point lmao.

Under what category was Smash Bros listed under?

Then why Nintendo pulled it from EVO?
Because Nintendo hates competitive Smash.. probably. They've never outright said the reason why but it can be a bunch of things.

Sony owns Evo, Nintendo doesn't make any money from it and the people who play Smash often times turn out to be terrible people so who knows.
 
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