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Q: But I never win, why should I keep playing I should give up.
 
Q: But I never win, why should I keep playing I should give up.
   
A: No, you shouldn't. Everyone sucks at these at one point or another, you just have to remember that nobody is perfect, and keep trying to get a win in there somewhere. Then you'll prosper in these games.
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A: No, you shouldn't. Everyone sucks at these at one point or another, you just have to remember that nobody is perfect, and keep trying to get a win in there somewhere. Then you'll prosper in these games.
   
 
Q: I suck at guarding, I always offense the fuck out of the other person, but I end up getting bodied to hell.
 
Q: I suck at guarding, I always offense the fuck out of the other person, but I end up getting bodied to hell.
   
A: Guarding IS essential, it's basically like 1/3 of your fighting game mojo. Don't just think you can fuck up the cicuit, because if you rush into everyting, odds are, they will guard until you stop for a split second and you probably will get bodied to hell.
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A: Guarding IS essential, it's basically like 1/3 of your fighting game mojo. Don't just think you can fuck up the cicuit by offense, because if you rush into everyting, odds are, they will guard until you stop for a split second and you probably will get bodied to hell.
   
 
Q: How do I know which character is me?
 
Q: How do I know which character is me?
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A: You CAN follow those if you wish, but I would prefer making your own standards, it's usually your best option since there's so goddammned many of those lists.
 
A: You CAN follow those if you wish, but I would prefer making your own standards, it's usually your best option since there's so goddammned many of those lists.
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==The Lists==
 
==The Lists==
 
Okay, we covered a lot of things above here, but now we have the lists for these games.
 
Okay, we covered a lot of things above here, but now we have the lists for these games.

Revision as of 13:13, 2 March 2012

Daigo Nigga

Daigo Umehara, A.K.A. Fightan game Wizzarrd




This is Daigo Umehara, a badass of badasses in fighting games. Some love him, some hate him. Either way, he's a name to know. Maybe you might be on his level of fame someday as well? If so, you'd best get practicing right now!



EVO

Evologo

EVO is THE tournament, the place for every fighting game fan goes each year to try and prove himself to be the very best like no one ever was, dun dun dun. No, but seriously, this is what most people stride for. Some notable people are Daigo Umehara (seen above), Justin Wong, and 8-year old prodigy Noah. So basically speaking, if you can get your combos and shit down right, you might just be as legendary as them.

"Fightan Games"

Fightan games are pretty fucking neato things. They often have great music, characters, artwork/animation, and most notably above all else: COMMUNITIES. Most people who play these games are considered bros and know their vidya. Though, true to the expected white-knuckle style, not everyone gets along, and some participants can flat out be trolls and dicks, so beware.

If you still find yourself curious about this phenomenon and want to get in on it, or maybe you just want to casually try it out but have no idea which ones to pick, then this is your page.

Various Q and A's

Q: Why can't I beat anyone online in these games?

A: People who often play online have been practicing for a while in these games, you might need to memorize more movesets and combos to be better.

Q: But I never win, why should I keep playing I should give up.

A: No, you shouldn't. Everyone sucks at these at one point or another, you just have to remember that nobody is perfect, and keep trying to get a win in there somewhere. Then you'll prosper in these games.

Q: I suck at guarding, I always offense the fuck out of the other person, but I end up getting bodied to hell.

A: Guarding IS essential, it's basically like 1/3 of your fighting game mojo. Don't just think you can fuck up the cicuit by offense, because if you rush into everyting, odds are, they will guard until you stop for a split second and you probably will get bodied to hell.

Q: How do I know which character is me?

A: Mostly like if your choosing a weapon in an FPS, if the boot fits, and you can do all his/her specials, astral, hyper combos, etc. as well as win a lot with said character without being cheap or anything, then what does that tell you?

Q: A character from Street Fighter III 3rd Strike.

A: I see what you did there.

Q: How should I know what caracters are cheap/high in a tier?

A: You CAN follow those if you wish, but I would prefer making your own standards, it's usually your best option since there's so goddammned many of those lists.

The Lists

Okay, we covered a lot of things above here, but now we have the lists for these games.

Artwork Name Description Platforms Screenshot
Super Street Fighter II X For Matching Service
Super Street Fighter II THE quintessential fighting game. The SUPER variation is more or less an expansion adding 4 characters among the cast of already great playable characters. On like a fuckton of systems with too many to count for almost. Arcade/SNES/GEN/3DO/PS1/Saturn/DC/PS2/XB/GB/GBA/PSP/360/PS3. Super-Street-Fighter-II---The-New-Challengers
Street fighter III 2nd Impact Street Fighter III Double Impact A 2-pack of both the original Street Fighter III and 2nd Impact. Both are solid games that are nearly identical except for Impact adding more characters. 3rd Strike is superior, but this is a good try even if you own 3rd Strike. Arcade (as separate games)/DC.
Streetfighter3thirdstrijm6-1- Street Fighter III 3rd Strike:Fight For The Future One of the best fighting games of all time like SSF II, but this one is real original and has animation just beautiful to look at altogether. Way different the the game above with even more great characters to play as. Arcade/DC/360/PS3/PC Street-Fighter-3-Third-Strike-Online-Edition Launch-Announcement s1
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition The latest in the series, SSFIVAE (thats a long fucking abbreviation) This version marks the very first time a Street Fighter game was ported onto PC. This version is better than regular Super because of having Evil Ryu, Oni, Yun, and Yang. All in all, a fun fighter game with a great art style and gameplay. If you already own Super Street Fighter IV, you can get AE as an update for like 15 bucks virally. If you have just SFIV, then get this port just to save you the trouble. PS3/360/PC
Darkstalkers 3 (PAL) Darkstalkers 3 The latest and Greates of the trilogy. Well, latest home version at least. Basically it's like Street Fighter, but with a different setup of gameplay and the cast is compiled of monsters from lore. PS1/Saturn
Darkstalkers-chronicle-the-chaos-tower Darkstalkers Chronicle The Chaos Tower Takes the DS3 story and aestetic and adds music, modes, and endings and artwork from all 3 modes into one. Has an online mode and a survival mode called The Chaos Tower. Overall a real generous offering from Capcom. PSP
Garou motw flyer Garou: Mark of the Wolves Seen as SNK's answer to Street Fighter 3. The two have a small few similarities in gameplay (ex: "Just Defend" is similar to SF3's "Parry") and a similar boost in aesthetics (Garou has some really good animations when compared to Real Bout and Fatal Fury). The roster isn't too big, but each player is very distinct and pretty fun to play with. There's still a decent handful of active fans out there, so don't think the AI's your only foe! NeoGeo/DC/PS2/XBLA Garou arc
Super Smash Bros Super Smash Bros. HURR DURR NOT FIGHTAN. In a way you are right, but it is fightan bare bones enough to be counted. Just like Dissidia. A very simple entry, but still good, still good. PJ64 provides online support, so you can play this kinda like playing a fighting game on GGPO or somethin'. Beware the Falcon Punch (unless you're the one using it)! N64
Smash bros melee Super Smash Bros. Melee A.K.A. THAT GAME YOU SPENT PLAYING WITH YOUR FRIENDS ALL THE FUCKING TIME DURING CHILDHOOD. Melee is considered one of the best games in terms of Nintendo games and is packed with a lot more content than the original game on N64. This is where the infamous WOMBO COMBO meme came about. GC
Super smash bros brawl Super Smash Bros. Brawl An even better jumble of characters and content here. Supports the GC controller so that you can actually play it like Melee (unless you bought one of those Wii systems that don't have the GC controller ports). In addition to new stuff, it has some past SSB stuff such as 64 and Melee stages and songs. More or less a game mean for casual play, but some people are really good at this. 2 players can also play the adventure mode if you want a break from beating each other up. Wii
Ddff Dissidia 012: Duodecim Final Fantasy Adds more characters and story to the already large cast from the first. A good fighting game to say the least, but you'll still need to GRIND LIKE FUCKING CRAZY it's FF, you would have thought they would not have grindan here but NOPE. Not too competitive on a large scale tourney scene, but still fun to fight others with. PSP

Cool Links

These are some links to some pretty cool fightan-based websites

The Fighters Generation - Fairly catch-all site that covers artwork, animations, fighter bios, info on games and updates, and even upcoming games. One neat aspect is the large animation archive, featuring lots of animated gifs of various (2D) fighting games. There's also a number of mostly fair and unbiased reviews for games done by the owner. It's probably one of your best places to go to first and maybe even revisit sometimes.

Street Fighter Wikia - Pretty self explanatory. Goes into detail about characters, games, stories, etc. Also has a comprehensive move list of every (?) character featured. Given how Street Fighter tends to be the go-to fightan game for beginners, it might serve you well to visit this place.

SNK Wikia - Naturally, Capcom's greatest rival deserves a link as well. Although this wikia is about SNK franchises in general, there's still a good deal about the fighting games and most of everything about said games and even spinoffs of them. It might be a good idea to bookmark this too, if only for curiosity's sake.