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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down the top 10 tournament
fighting game franchises and the award
goes to number 10 the King of Fighters
kicking off our list is this arcade
favorite SNK series that features
characters from the company’s other
games like fatal fury pitting them
together in a tournament designed around
realistic gameplay mechanics this series
is best known for featuring yearly
installments with an original plot
focused on a black market arms dealer
hosting a fight to lure in worthy
adversaries which he would turn into
statues neato
number nine Virtua Fighter here it is
the granddaddy of all 3d tournament
games created by Sega and am too it’s
not only the first 3d fighter but its
gameplay revolves around 30 second
rounds and realistic rules including
ring outs above all it’s best recognized
for its balanced character set designed
to prevent unfair one-sided battles
interestingly the original game has no
story whatsoever not that anyone ever
cared
you can’t beat me with that number eight
dead or alive this is the series that’s
most popular because of its plot
featuring martial arts experts many of
them generously proportioned kicking the
tar out of each other in a tournament
hosted by a shadowy corporation the Dead
or Alive series is special for its focus
on striking characters efficiently and
quickly and performing gravity defying
air juggles and combos notably quick
recovery times prevent traditional
combat number seven killer instinct
created by rare this iconic fighting
series brought mature rated combat to
the arcades and Nintendo’s Home Hardware
until eventually re-emerging on
Microsoft’s Xbox one inspired by the
gameplay of Street Fighter and Mortal
Kombat this game takes the action to a
tournament hosted by ultra tech an evil
mega corporation out to test their
creations ki is best known for its
double energy bar unique characters and
ridiculous combos
number six Soul Calibur this weapon
based 3d fighting game is published by
Namco and developed by the aptly named
project Soul updating the 3d Tournament
game genre it’s gameplay takes place in
eight Direction combat instead of just
for giving players a newfound freedom to
move about the various arenas
story-wise it’s all about a mythical
demon sword that must be destroyed one
of our favorite parts are the system
specific cameos including link and Darth
Vader
but stage
number five Capcom versus this franchise
is a gamers ultimate fantasy brought to
light here Capcom’s many characters
including its Street Fighter roster
battle the various characters from SNK
and Marvel to name a few there’s nothing
like seeing signature Capcom characters
beat the living daylights out of the
x-men or vice versa of course with so
many installments the gameplay has
evolved beyond the standard one-on-one
format trust us it gets hectic
number four Tekken created by Namco in
1994 this series follows the events
surrounding the king of Iron Fist
tournament hosted by the Mishima
Zaibatsu corporation one of the earliest
3d fighting games
it’s the successor to Virtua Fighter
with a roster of characters battling for
prize money at famous locations around
the world by the fourth installment
became the first series to have actual
staged obstacles walls and ceilings
you
number three super smash brothers making
its debut on the n64 back in 1999 this
franchise by Hal laboratories is unique
for not only being exclusive to Nintendo
home consoles but also for featuring all
of Nintendo’s mascots laying the beat
down on each other
it also ramped up the on-screen player
count to four simultaneously gave
various round elimination options while
adding challenges and a platforming
story mode just for good measure number
two Street Fighter this Capcom game
series is the one that made tournament
fighting a phenomenon with the release
of Street Fighter 2 the world warrior
improving on all of the originals
innovations it thrilled gamers with
command based special moves and a
barrage of interesting characters each
with their own unique fighting styles
and moves simply put this is the game
that made fighters go turbo
you win number one Mortal Kombat
finishing off our list is the mature
rated arcade game that made combat all
the more satisfying with its use of
realistic digitized characters over
animated sprites originally reacting to
the success of Street Fighter 2 it
bicycle kicked its competitor with a
fleshed-out story about mortals fighting
to save the earth from the outer realm
but as everyone knows the real
showstopper here was the brutal combat
that produced unheard-of amounts of
blood and gore agree with our list which
tournament fighting game is your
favorite form or face pounding top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
you
mashing
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down the top 10 tournament
fighting game franchises and the award
goes to number 10 the King of Fighters
kicking off our list is this arcade
favorite SNK series that features
characters from the company’s other
games like fatal fury pitting them
together in a tournament designed around
realistic gameplay mechanics this series
is best known for featuring yearly
installments with an original plot
focused on a black market arms dealer
hosting a fight to lure in worthy
adversaries which he would turn into
statues neato
number nine Virtua Fighter here it is
the granddaddy of all 3d tournament
games created by Sega and am too it’s
not only the first 3d fighter but its
gameplay revolves around 30 second
rounds and realistic rules including
ring outs above all it’s best recognized
for its balanced character set designed
to prevent unfair one-sided battles
interestingly the original game has no
story whatsoever not that anyone ever
cared
you can’t beat me with that number eight
dead or alive this is the series that’s
most popular because of its plot
featuring martial arts experts many of
them generously proportioned kicking the
tar out of each other in a tournament
hosted by a shadowy corporation the Dead
or Alive series is special for its focus
on striking characters efficiently and
quickly and performing gravity defying
air juggles and combos notably quick
recovery times prevent traditional
combat number seven killer instinct
created by rare this iconic fighting
series brought mature rated combat to
the arcades and Nintendo’s Home Hardware
until eventually re-emerging on
Microsoft’s Xbox one inspired by the
gameplay of Street Fighter and Mortal
Kombat this game takes the action to a
tournament hosted by ultra tech an evil
mega corporation out to test their
creations ki is best known for its
double energy bar unique characters and
ridiculous combos
number six Soul Calibur this weapon
based 3d fighting game is published by
Namco and developed by the aptly named
project Soul updating the 3d Tournament
game genre it’s gameplay takes place in
eight Direction combat instead of just
for giving players a newfound freedom to
move about the various arenas
story-wise it’s all about a mythical
demon sword that must be destroyed one
of our favorite parts are the system
specific cameos including link and Darth
Vader
but stage
number five Capcom versus this franchise
is a gamers ultimate fantasy brought to
light here Capcom’s many characters
including its Street Fighter roster
battle the various characters from SNK
and Marvel to name a few there’s nothing
like seeing signature Capcom characters
beat the living daylights out of the
x-men or vice versa of course with so
many installments the gameplay has
evolved beyond the standard one-on-one
format trust us it gets hectic
number four Tekken created by Namco in
1994 this series follows the events
surrounding the king of Iron Fist
tournament hosted by the Mishima
Zaibatsu corporation one of the earliest
3d fighting games
it’s the successor to Virtua Fighter
with a roster of characters battling for
prize money at famous locations around
the world by the fourth installment
became the first series to have actual
staged obstacles walls and ceilings
you
number three super smash brothers making
its debut on the n64 back in 1999 this
franchise by Hal laboratories is unique
for not only being exclusive to Nintendo
home consoles but also for featuring all
of Nintendo’s mascots laying the beat
down on each other
it also ramped up the on-screen player
count to four simultaneously gave
various round elimination options while
adding challenges and a platforming
story mode just for good measure number
two Street Fighter this Capcom game
series is the one that made tournament
fighting a phenomenon with the release
of Street Fighter 2 the world warrior
improving on all of the originals
innovations it thrilled gamers with
command based special moves and a
barrage of interesting characters each
with their own unique fighting styles
and moves simply put this is the game
that made fighters go turbo
you win number one Mortal Kombat
finishing off our list is the mature
rated arcade game that made combat all
the more satisfying with its use of
realistic digitized characters over
animated sprites originally reacting to
the success of Street Fighter 2 it
bicycle kicked its competitor with a
fleshed-out story about mortals fighting
to save the earth from the outer realm
but as everyone knows the real
showstopper here was the brutal combat
that produced unheard-of amounts of
blood and gore agree with our list which
tournament fighting game is your
favorite form or face pounding top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
you
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