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Title: Is 2008 the best year for fighting games this decade? I think so!
Post by: bork on February 17, 2008, 09:42:57 PM
So this year seems to be marking the "return" of fighting games to a more mainstream status.  There's a good number of games coming out, and more attention being paid to them for the first time in a while.  Look at this list of games:

-Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
-Arcana Heart 2 (Arcade)
-Melty Blood Actress Again (Arcade, PC?)
-Street Fighter 4 (Arcade, PS3, 360)
-Tekken 6 (PS3)
-Soul Calibur 4 (PS3, 360)
-Virtua Fighter 5 R (Arcade)
-Samurai Spirits Sen (Arcade)
-KOF '98 Ultimate Match (Arcade, PS2)
-KOF XII (Arcade)
-Battle Fantasia (PS3, 360)
-Akatsuki Blitzkampf (Arcade, PC version released last year)
-Blaz Blue (Arcade)
-Basara X (Arcade)
-KOF Maximum Impact Regulation A2 (Arcade)(Announced?  No info given yet)
-Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (PS3 PSN, 360 XBLA)
-Samurai Shodown II (360 XBLA)
-Samurai Spirits Collection (PS2, Wii)

Fighting game insanity!  :bow
Title: Re: Is 2008 the best year for fighting games this decade? I think so!
Post by: Ichirou on February 17, 2008, 09:50:24 PM
So this year seems to be marking the "return" of fighting games to a more mainstream status.  There's a good number of games coming out, and more attention being paid to them for the first time in a while.  Look at this list of games:

-Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
-Arcana Heart 2 (Arcade)
-Melty Blood Actress Again (Arcade, PC?)
-Street Fighter 4 (Arcade, PS3, 360)
-Tekken 6 (PS3)
-Soul Calibur 4 (PS3, 360)
-Virtua Fighter 5 R (Arcade)
-Samurai Spirits Sen (Arcade)
-KOF '98 Ultimate Match (Arcade, PS2)
-KOF XII (Arcade)

-Battle Fantasia (PS3, 360)
-Akatsuki Blitzkampf (Arcade, PC version released last year)
-Blaz Blue (Arcade)
-Basara X (Arcade)
-KOF Maximum Impact Regulation A2 (Arcade)(Announced?  No info given yet)
-Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (PS3 PSN, 360 XBLA)
-Samurai Shodown II (360 XBLA)
-Samurai Spirits Collection (PS2, Wii)

Fighting game insanity!  :bow

I'm very excited about the ones in bold.  I'm also rather shocked that the first Arcana Heart is being released in the US.
Title: Re: Is 2008 the best year for fighting games this decade? I think so!
Post by: bork on February 17, 2008, 09:53:55 PM
Yeah, surprising to see Arcana Heart getting release outside Japan...I think it will bomb miserably.   :-\ :'(
The game is so damn good, but I see it turning many people off with the character design.

I'm not sure when all the games are coming out, but '98 UM is supposed to be in April, and Battle Fantasia is set for May.  SF4 and KOF XII are supposedly hitting arcades this summer.
Title: Re: Is 2008 the best year for fighting games this decade? I think so!
Post by: Rman on February 17, 2008, 09:54:33 PM
In before someone sez Smash is not a fighting game.

This makes my happy, but not my bank account.  :'(
Title: Re: Is 2008 the best year for fighting games this decade? I think so!
Post by: CurseoftheGods on February 17, 2008, 10:00:06 PM
2008 looks like it will be the best year ever for fighters. We need more information on VF5R. What I've seen so far made my little dick hard with anticipation. :hyper

Title: Re: Is 2008 the best year for fighting games this decade? I think so!
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 17, 2008, 10:16:09 PM
plz remove smash bros from that list, it is not a fighting game
Title: Re: Is 2008 the best year for fighting games this decade? I think so!
Post by: CurseoftheGods on February 17, 2008, 10:25:11 PM
plz remove smash bros from that list, it is not a fighting game

:lol
Title: Re: Is 2008 the best year for fighting games this decade? I think so!
Post by: Joe Molotov on February 17, 2008, 11:02:09 PM
Best year for fighting games since 2001 when Super Smash Bros. Melee came out. :bow
Title: Re: Is 2008 the best year for fighting games this decade? I think so!
Post by: bork on February 17, 2008, 11:15:53 PM
I'd like to know what's up with Basara X since a) it's SENGOKU MUTHA FUCKIN' BASARA and b) Arc already unveiled Blaz Blue.  Capcom is putting out Basara X, but it seems weird that Arc would basically compete with itself.
Title: Re: Is 2008 the best year for fighting games this decade? I think so!
Post by: CurseoftheGods on February 17, 2008, 11:21:32 PM
I would be interested in BlazBlue if the animation didn't look like shit, especially after seeing the KOF XII trailer. 
Title: Re: Is 2008 the best year for fighting games this decade? I think so!
Post by: bork on February 17, 2008, 11:29:52 PM
I would be interested in BlazBlue if the animation didn't look like shit, especially after seeing the KOF XII trailer. 

It looks more interesting to me than Guilty Gear, quite frankly, but really just because of the character design.  And with that said, the game just looks like Guilty Gear with a changed-up roster.  :lol

KOF XII just spanked everything and makes Arc's animation look like shit.  Never before has a few seconds of footage made everything else seem irrelevant.
Title: Re: Is 2008 the best year for fighting games this decade? I think so!
Post by: Smooth Groove on February 17, 2008, 11:52:07 PM
Sorry, but SF4 looks much more interesting than KOF XII.  That new KOF video shows that it's just the same shit as always. 
Title: Re: Is 2008 the best year for fighting games this decade? I think so!
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 17, 2008, 11:53:54 PM
why must they keep including ash fucking crimson
Title: Re: Is 2008 the best year for fighting games this decade? I think so!
Post by: T234 on February 17, 2008, 11:56:16 PM
why must they keep including ash fucking crimson
Because the dudes at SNK are total homosexuals. Not Freddy Mercury great, but great.
Title: Re: Is 2008 the best year for fighting games this decade? I think so!
Post by: bork on February 18, 2008, 12:38:28 AM
Sorry, but SF4 looks much more interesting than KOF XII.  That new KOF video shows that it's just the same shit as always. 

No, my friend, NO.  This is not up for debate.  It is fact.   :P

They haven't shown anything new with the game play yet.  It's going to play as awesome as XI though, so no one is worried.  It's the new graphics everyone is spooging over for the moment.

why must they keep including ash fucking crimson

They make him cooler in every game, though.  He may be homo total, but it's also kinda cool having a character like that as the "lead."  Sorta.  Has a Guile-like charge character ever even been the main character in any other fighting game before?

As long as Ash is like this
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1141/894972895_d6da491b66.jpg)
he's okay.

Just not like this every again, please.
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1110/894972675_f47487b26f.jpg)
Title: Re: Is 2008 the best year for fighting games this decade? I think so!
Post by: CurseoftheGods on February 18, 2008, 12:40:30 AM
I loved Ash's character design until I found out he was a guy. This was last week. :(
Title: Re: Is 2008 the best year for fighting games this decade? I think so!
Post by: Himu on February 21, 2008, 01:35:16 AM
:rock