Is 2008 the best year for fighting games this decade? I think so!

[bork]

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! 

[Ichirou]

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! 

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.

[bork]

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.

[Rman]

In before someone sez Smash is not a fighting game.

This makes my happy, but not my bank account.  :'(

[CurseoftheGods]

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.

[Van Cruncheon]

plz remove smash bros from that list, it is not a fighting game

[CurseoftheGods]

plz remove smash bros from that list, it is not a fighting game

[Joe Molotov]

Best year for fighting games since 2001 when Super Smash Bros. Melee came out.

[bork]

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.

[CurseoftheGods]

I would be interested in BlazBlue if the animation didn't look like shit, especially after seeing the KOF XII trailer. 

[bork]

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. 

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.

[Smooth Groove]

Sorry, but SF4 looks much more interesting than KOF XII.  That new KOF video shows that it's just the same shit as always. 

[Van Cruncheon]

why must they keep including ash fucking crimson

[T234]

why must they keep including ash fucking crimson

Because the dudes at SNK are total homosexuals. Not Freddy Mercury great, but great.

[bork]

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.   

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

he's okay.

Just not like this every again, please.

[CurseoftheGods]

I loved Ash's character design until I found out he was a guy. This was last week.

[Himu]