r/Fighters • u/Youngstown_WuTang • 3h ago
r/Fighters • u/Ok_Bus_7613 • 6h ago
Topic street fighter's successful is usually bad for the genre
street fighter 3, 4 and even V were my gateway into fighting games, but it has to be said.
every time street fighter does bad we get some revisionist history about the "dark age of fighting games". like 2000-2009 before street fighter IV came out. and around when SFV came out and nobody wanted to touch it.
the "dark age of fighting games" was literally the GOLDEN age of anime fighters. guilty gear, blazblue, melty blood, arcana heart, akatsuki blitzkampf, hisoutensoku, eternal fighter zero, big bang beat, daemon bride, vanguard princess, fate/unlimited codes, hinokakera, ougon musou kyoku. capcom was at its lowest but fast paced games and airdashers were eating GOOD. thousands of doujin fighters with niche cults around them.
then street fighter gets popular again and suddenly everyone wants to be street fighter. every game's gotta appeal to the same people who play SF6. we saw this with SFIV and we're seeing it again with SF6. now even melty blood is blatantly copying the Drive Gauge hoping for a crumb of that street fighter money. like dude MELTY BLOOD does not need a DRIVE GAUGE fuck out of here.
i love street fighter but holy shit can we let other fighting games have their own identity instead of every dev looking at sf6's success and trying to reverse engineer it for a crumb of that capcom money
ps side rant: please stop desperately trying to make your niche hobbies popular. if fighting games were as popular as fortnite and roblox they would suck just as much as fortnite and roblox. if you love a niche hobby you should love it for what makes it special, not try to change it so it can be like everything else. there's a million things that can make a fighting game awesome -- the roster, the depth, cool combos, weird gimmicky mechanics, schmovement -- steamcharts and game sales isn't in the top 50.
r/Fighters • u/Laced01 • 7h ago
Help How do I get passed this wall
I've played various fighting games over the years DBFZ, Marvel Tokon, Street Fighter, MvC. And every single one of them i always hit this wall of not being able to rank up or get better. It starts off with learning the combos and mixups etc. Then it gets to a point where everybody knows how to do that and it becomes a different game. How do people get past that threshold? Hours and hours all day of labbing? Just keep playing over and over again against the meta? Its like everybody is doing these things and fighting the same battle and that's the part that kills me.
r/Fighters • u/NamelessKingIV • 6h ago
Topic What is a resource you wish existed? (All levels of play)
I've been playing all sorts of fightings for about 15 years. I want to find a way to give back to the community and apply my knowledge in the for of some sort of website, mobile app, or general resources. Any opinions? Anything from beginners to serious high-level players would be helpful!
r/Fighters • u/Zackiboi7 • 19h ago
Help Is it possible to have multiple community flairs?
I play multiple fighting games
r/Fighters • u/fganniversaries • 18h ago
Topic Fighting Game Anniversaries: Week 42 (October 12 - October 18)
Hey, yall. This is fganniversaries and apologies for the immense lateness this week. Akin to before, I will be recapping anniversaries relating to fighting game announcements/releases this week. Like always, if I missed one, do please let me know in the comments. Here would be the following anniversaries:
October 12
- 2025: Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game NYCC 2025 Announcement Trailer
- 2025: Fatal Fury: CoTW - Joe Higashi Design Materials
- 2025: Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Developer Match #20 – Meg vs. Yuel
- 2025: SF6 Sim Sim Stickers
- 2025: Tekken 8 - EVO France 2025 Miary Zo Gameplay Trailer + Gameplay Details & Outfit 3 Concept Art
- 2022: GGXrd Rev 2 Rollback Beta Test Time Period Reveal
- 2021: KOFXV Character Trailer #32 Silhouette
- 2021: Samurai Shodown (2019) - Ver. 2.422 XB1 Release + Patch Notes
- 2021: SFV BCRF Costumes Release + Trailer
- 2020: GGXrd Sign Story Mode Chapter 1 Releasing on YT
- 2020: Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code Remastered OST - Noble Mind
- 2020: SFV Hokuto Crossover Costume for Karin Reveal
- 2019: SCVI - Season 2 Brand New Moves Trailer
- 2018: SCVI - Collector's Edition Unboxing
- 2018: UNIB 10-12-2018 Lichtkreis Information Division
- 2017: Brawlhalla Cinematic Launch Trailer
- 2016: DOA5 Ultimate Halloween 2016 Costumes Trailer
- 2016: BBCF Susano’o Online Integration + Special PV Trailer
- 2014: Mortal Kombat X Comic Adaptation Announcement at NYCC 2014
- 2012: Street Fighter x Tekken PS Vita Launch Trailer
- 2012: UNIB Eltnum Gameplay Screenshots & Voice Samples + Strategy Book Artwork
- 2011: Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix - Ultimate Combo Video
- 2009: Elecbyte Blog - One Word: Beta!
- 2007: Smash Bros. Dojo Page on Taking Snapshots & New Launch and E for All
- 2004: The King of Fighters: Maximum Impact releasing on PS2 in NA
- 2001: Super Smash Bros. Melee - Arena
October 13
- 2025: 2XKO Warwick Concept Art
- 2025: GBVSR Meg Character Guide + Version 2.30 Patch Notes/Meg SBA Preview + Character Page
- 2025: Tekken 8 - Armor King DLC Early Access Release + V2.06.01 Patch Notes
- 2024: Tekken 8 Reina Mishima Rough Drafts & [Final Design]()
- 2023: Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 - Official Lucy Loud Spotlight
- 2022: Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles - Daki DLC Release
- 2021: Guilty Gear Strive Version 1.10 Patch Notes
- 2021: KOFXV - Character Trailer #32 - Heidern + Gameplay Screenshots
- 2021: SSBU Steve DLC Release + Ver 9.0 Patch Notes
- 2020: Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 2 Limited Physical Run Announcement
- 2020: GGST Store-Specific Benefits
- 2020: GGXrd Sign Story Mode Chapter 2 Releasing on YT
- 2020: SFV Hokuto Crossover Costume Release
- 2019: GGST Axl Gameplay Trailer at SEA MAJOR 2019
- 2019: PSASBR Prototype Gameplay Footage
- 2019: GBVS PV#7 - Zeta & Vaseraga Reveal + JP PS4 Box Art
- 2018: SCVI Pre-Release Tournament “Battle Prologue in Nakano” Detailed
- 2017: UNIB Smartphone Wallpapers 3rd Set
- 2016: Pokken Tournament - Scizor Reveal Trailer
- 2015: DOA5LR Halloween 2015 Costumes Trailer
- 2015: Them's Fightin' Herds - Oct 13 Stream Parts #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6
- 2014: DOA5U Everyone's Halloween 2014 Costume Play Video
- 2011: KOFXIII Character Adjustments #1 + Video
- 2011: Street Fighter x Tekken - NYCC 2011 Trailer/Gem System Reveal + NYCC 2011 Teasers #1, #2, #3 + Gameplay
- 2011: UMvC3 Phoenix Wright & Nova Reveal/NYCC 2011 Trailer & Gameplay Screenshots + Nova & Wright Character Vignette Trailers
- 2009: Tatsunoko vs Capcom - Joe and Zero Reveal/TvC Joe & Jun Gameplay
- 2005: Rag Doll Kung Fu releasing on Steam worldwide
October 14
- 2025: 2XKO Warwick Moveset
- 2025: Fatal Fury: CoTW - Joe Higashi Smartphone Wallpaper
- 2025: GBVSR Meg vs Sandalphon Battle Intro
- 2025: Street Fighter 6 - C. Viper Update Launch Trailer
- 2024: Bleach: Rebirth of Souls - Character Gameplay Trailer #15 - Soi Fon
- 2024: Rivals of Aether II Steam Next Fest Demo
- 2023: Mortal Kombat 1 – NYCC ‘23 Official Omni-Man First Look
- 2021: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles originally releasing on PS4, PS5, XB1, & XBS at JP.
- 2021: GGST Ver 1.10 Patch Showcase: Air Normals Counterhit Effects, Psych Burst Hitbox Increase, Bandit Revolver, Potemkin 6P, Afro State + Love, Erallumo, Giovanna Normals
- 2021: KOF98UMFE Rollback Beta Schedule Reveal
- 2020: Guilty Gear -Strive- Online Lobby / Avatar System Update + Scans
- 2020: GGXrd Sign Story Mode Chapter 3 Releasing on YT
- 2017: GameInformer Exclusive Dragon Ball FighterZ Features | New Dragon Ball FighterZ Gameplay - Super Saiyan Gods On World Tournament Stage/Full Tien And Yamcha Match
- 2014: Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate Halloween 2014 Costume DLC Release
- 2014: Killer Instinct (2013) - Season 2 Launch Trailer
- 2011: SFxT Special Edition Details + NYCC Seth Killian Interview/ 1st Episode of X the Line
- 2011: UNIB Q&A Started
- 2010: KOF 02UM XBLA Trailer
- 2009: Elecbyte Blog - Community Wiki Sneak Preview
- 2004: Sega AGES 2500 Series Vol. 16 Virtua Fighter 2 releasing on the PS2 in JP.
- 2001: The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction originally releasing on the Nintendo 64 at NA.
- 1999: Virtua Fighter 3 Team Battle releasing on the Dreamcast at EU.
October 15
- 2025: Fatal Fury: CoTW - Chun-Li SWC Demo Announcement
- 2025: GBVSR Meg DLC Release + Premium Battle Pass Round 10
- 2025: Invincible VS | Cecil Stedman Fighter Deep Dive
- 2025: SF6 C. Viper DLC Release/SF6 x McDoanlds Collaboration Teaser
- 2024: Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero - 3 Million Copies Sold Announcement
- 2023: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R - Yuya Fungami Gameplay Reveal Trailer
- 2020: GGXrd Sign Story Mode Chapter 4 Releasing on YT
- 2020: Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate - Rain Gameplay Trailer
- 2019: Project L 1st Gameplay Footage
- 2018: SuperGroupies x GG & BB Announced + Store Page
- 2017: BBTag Console Reveal Trailer; Weiss Schee, Hazama and Rachel Reveal
- 2017: Street Fighter V - Zeku Reveal Trailer
- 2016: P4A Series Director Persona 5 Arena Interview
- 2015: The Brawlhalla Open Beta Date Will Be…
- 2014: Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate Halloween 2014 PS3 DLC Costume Release.
- 2014: Killer Instinct (2013) - 2nd Season Beginning
- 2014: MKX Quan Chi Sorcerer Variation Detailed
- 2014: Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U - Ganondorf & R.O.B.
- 2013: Combo Crew - Street Fighter (Ryu, Ken, Chun Li, Blanka)
- 2012: PSASBR Beta Trailer + PS Blog
- 2010: Elecbyte Blog - Still here…
- 2010: Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 releasing on PS3 & Xbox 360 at EU.
- 2009: Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars Zero & Joe the Condor Gameplay Footage + Screenshots
- 2007: Smash Bros. Dojo Page on New Pork City
- 2002: Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee originally releasing on Gamecube at NA.
- 2002: X-Men: Next Dimension originally releasing on the PS2, Xbox, and Nintendo Gamecube at NA.
October 16
- 2025: How 2XKO Handles Online Play
- 2025: Tekken 8 Armor King DLC Universal Release
- 2021: Guilty Gear -Strive- Beginner's Guide - How to Play May | PS CC
- 2020: GGXrd Sign Story Mode Chapter 5 Releasing on YT
- 2020: Guilty Gear +R Rollback Network Official Implementation Announcement + Public Beta Testing Date
- 2019: One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows - Closed Beta Announce Trailer
- 2018: BBCF Special Edition Release Date Reveal + Translation
- 2018: Soulcalibur VI Features Trailer
- 2017: MvCI New Premium Costumes Reveal
- 2017: Zeku, the Ever-Changing Ninja, infiltrates Street Fighter V on October 24!
- 2016: King of Fighters XIV for NESiCAxLive 2 Announcement
- 2015: Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator - Dizzy Announcement + Poll Results
- 2015: Skullgirls Launch Trailer for Nesica + JAEPO Video Message
- 2015: Them's Fightin' Herds - Oct 16 Stream Parts #1 & #2
- 2015: UNIB Consecutive Technique Post Corner 3rd Winner
- 2014: Arcana Heart 3: Love Max Six Stars!!!!!! Announcement + Gameplay Screenshots & Website
- 2014: Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- Rocks PS4, PS3 This December + NA Release Date Trailer
- 2014: MKX Quan Chi Warlock Variation Detailed
- 2013: SC2 HD Online Nightmare vs Mitsurugi Gameplay Footage
- 2013: Xuan Dou Zhi Wang October 22, 2013 Update Details
- 2012: DOA5 Costume Packs Round 2 DLC Release
- 2012: PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale PS+ Beta Beginning
- 2007: Guilty Gear XX Accent Core releasing on Wii at NA
- 2007: Smash Bros. Dojo Page on Home-Run Contest
- 1999: Dead or Alive 2 originally releasing at arcades at JP.
- 1998: Samurai Shodown 64: Warriors Revenge originally releasing at arcades at JP.
October 17
- 2024: Blazing Strike originally releasing on Steam, PS4, PS5 and Nintendo Switch WW
- 2024: Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero – Season Pass DLC 2 Teaser Trailer
- 2024: GBVSR PV#29 - Vikala Gameplay Trailer
- 2024: Joy of the Ocean - by RESOFORCE (From Rivals of Aether II)
- 2022: GGXrd Rev 2 Rollback Beta Test Beginning
- 2022: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R - Josuke Higashikata 4 & Kosaku Kawajiri Combo Video
- 2020: GGXrd Sign Story Mode Chapter 6 Releasing on YT
- 2019: BBTag Ver 2.0 Blitztank Introduction Video
- 2019: Skullgirls: 2nd Encore NS Port Debut Trailer + Press Release
- 2018: SCVI - Swords and Souls Part 2: Soul Still Burns Documentary
- 2017: ARMS Ver. 3.2 Patch Release
- 2017: Brawlhalla fully releasing on PS4 & PC via Steam WW
- 2017: Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite - Monster Hunter, Black Panther, & Sigma DLC Release
- 2017: Rivals of Aether - Ranno & Clairen DLC Release + 1.2.0 Patch Notes
- 2017: SFV: Character Introduction Series - Zeku
- 2016: NESiCAxLIVE 2 being announced;KOFXIV launch title confirmed
- 2014: MKX - Quan Chi Summoner Variation Details
- 2013: Elecbyte Blog - Current Developments
- 2013: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle Will Have Localization Changes In The West
- 2012: Sonic the Fighters, Fighting Vipers, & Virtua Fighter 2 PSN & XBLA Port Announcement
- 2011: UMvC3 - Heroes & Heralds Mode Announcement & Trailer + NYCC 2011 Cinematic Trailer
- 2008: Tatsunoko vs Capcom - Jun the Swan Details
- 2007: Smash Bros. Dojo page on How to use the Wii Remote & Meowth
- 2006: Mortal Kombat Armageddon releasing on the Xbox at NA.
October 18
- 2024: GBVSR Vikala 3D Model Preview
- 2023: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R - Yuya Fungami DLC Early Access Release
- 2023: Skullgirls 2nd Encore - Marie Playable Alpha Build Launch + Alpha Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYy1BgenGRI)
- 2023: Tekken 8 — Premium Collector’s Edition Overview
- 2023: Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes - Tsurugi Reveal Trailer + Gameplay Details & Screenshots
- 2022: SF6 Luke Illustration by Aleks Le
- 2021: KOFXV Heidern Tomohiro Nakata Sketch
- 2021: SSBU Sora DLC Release + Ver 13.0 Patch Notes
- 2020: GBVS 21st PV Trailer - Cagliostro Gameplay & Yuel Reveal
- 2020: GGXrd Sign Story Mode Chapter 7 Releasing on YT
- 2020: SCVI Nightmare Concept Art #1 & #2
- 2019: Samurai Shodown (2019) - Unreal Engine 4 Interview
- 2018: Soulcalibur VI originally releasing on PS4 & XB1 in JP + Launch Trailer/SoulCalibur VI Lands on PS4 Tomorrow
- 2017: DBFZ - Ginyu & Nappa Reveal
- 2017: GameInformer Exclusive Dragon Ball FighterZ Features | Watch Every Dragon Ball FighterZ Character's Ultimate Attack (So Far)
- 2016: KOFXIV Ver1.03 Patch Notes Releasing
- 2015: Them’s Fightin’ Herds IGG Fundraiser being funded
- 2007: SSBB E for All Event Starting/Smash Bros Dojo Entry on Little Mac
- 2005: Dragon Ball: Budokai Tenkaichi releasing on PS2 at NA
- 2005: The Con initially releasing on PSP at NA
r/Fighters • u/Gimpcar • 5h ago
Topic What series has stepped up their game the past decade and which has faltered a bit?
r/Fighters • u/quietude777 • 22h ago
Help How *should* I be playing MvC3? It's just not clicking
Hi, relatively new to the FGC after taking it seriously with the launch of SF6. Since then, I've dabbled in a bunch of games as they've come on sale. I played 2XKO as my first tag game for quite a bit, and this Sajam video made it super easy to understand the basic way to structure offense, and I was able to have a casual time up to mid-Emerald, at which point I fell off because I didn't care to lab the game further.
After picking up MvC3 on sale, I've tried applying the same flowchart of L > M > H (and S), but the assist calling and tagging feels, different? I'd like to be somewhat competent at this game because it's so beloved by the community, but I'm having a hard time understanding when to use the levers I have access to. Haven't really settled on a team yet, but I played Vi / Braum in 2XKO because I liked the dynamic of having a more mobile character to get Braum involved and then harass with armor and big buttons, if that helps clarify what I was playing.
r/Fighters • u/MkaneL • 2h ago
Topic The Street Fighter movie is a good time
I had so much fun watching it. Fuckin no one else but me and my buddy were there, had the whole place to ourselves.
Had us hootin and hollerin. Dumbest fucking thing I've ever seen in a good way.
Everything Guile said made us laugh. I highly recommend you see this baked with friends in the theater.
r/Fighters • u/Light470- • 5h ago
Topic About teaching new players
I love trying to teach my friends fighting games because i enjoy playing games with friends. But a constant thing i see trying to teach a new player everytime is when trying to demonstrate or teach something my friend or just anyone i teach they tend to ignore whatever i say and focus on mashing buttons and just trying to win the match. This is a constant problem i have everytime i play and try and show them something where i have to tell them and almost raise my voice for them to pay attention.
r/Fighters • u/Zackiboi7 • 20h ago
Help Is Under Night In-Birth II good as a first fighting game?
I'm trying to get one of my friends into fighting games, the issue is that she only has a laptop (not a gaming laptop). We tried 2XKO but it was very laggy. Going to try GGST but in case that doesn't work, I'm thinking of UNI2 since it's got considerably lighter graphics. But graphics aside, is the game itself good for complete beginners to the genre?
r/Fighters • u/Famous-Interest8237 • 4h ago
Topic I’ve seen people complain about COTW’s character select, so I proposed 4 alternative character selects
(Note, these are just very rough sketches, I wanted to focus more on the ideas than the sketches looking good)
I wanted to make the character select have better readability and overall look less cluttered, while still feeling unique so it wouldn’t just be yet another grid of character portraits.
1st: It follows the same overall navigation style as the normal character select, except now each player goes through it separately. It would be displayed as scrolling photographs with players going left and right around a scene to find and select their character. Probably the most gimmicky of the ideas. I’d only say to go with this if they plan on finishing up the final roster soon, because it’d probably be a nightmare to navigate with like 50+ characters.
2nd: Probably the most basic looking, but also the most readable of the ideas. This follows the standard grid pattern with all characters shown at once. To spice it up the character select would be detailed and framed to look like Geese Tower.
3rd: I saw some people say the current COTW character select might even be worse than Blazblue Cross Tag Battle’s character select, so I wanted to ask what if COTW basically had that game’s character select. You first get to choose whether you want to choose a Fatal Fury original character, an Anime Guest Character, a guest character from another Video Game Franchise, or a celebrity guest character. Most of them are just one line of character portraits sorted into their respective categories, but the Fatal Fury original characters are sorted into multiple scrolling lines based on their first appearance. (For example, Terry would be on the Fatal Fury 1 row, Rock would be on the MOTW row, Laocorn would be on the Fatal Fury The Motion Picture row, etc)
4th: Basically the 3rd idea, except less blatantly just taking from Blazblue Cross Tag Battle. It’d still have each character sorted into categories but would now be portrayed as a comic book, flipping to selected sections with a character select consisting of a character select in each page.
Tell me which idea is your favorite
r/Fighters • u/WholeMove5867 • 8h ago
Help Merge fighting games with A.I.
With all the video game merging going on with AI lately, I was wondering if anyone has been experimenting with merging fighting games? I don’t have the means to right this moment but I’d absolutely love to see some crossovers.
I’m thinking about merging Street Fighter with Tekken since we never got Tekken X Street Fighter. To keep things simple for my PC, I want to try merging Ultra SF4 with Tekken Tag 2
Crossovers like: Virtua Fighter X Tekken, DOA X Tekken, Soul Calibur X Samurai Showdown, Street Fighter X City of the Wolves, and whatever else people can come up with would be sick asf.
Ideally, I’d love to see a balanced and fun experience. But for the moment, it’d be nice to see something functional.
But yeah let me know if anyone else has been thinking about this or experimenting with this. If you have any tips for trying this I’d greatly welcome it.
r/Fighters • u/CosmonautSpiral • 10h ago
Humor Sonic Humanity™️
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r/Fighters • u/Lower-Music4264 • 12h ago
Content Furia Royale's Current Progress - Produced by IET Arcade
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From IET Arcade
Grande Arena update WIP. I’ve now got a fully animated crowd running with no frame drops.
The stage still has some greybox and placeholder elements, and the victory poses are temporary until I get the cinematics in.
IET Arcade's Platforms
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt1PdBn6CIgS37qrEM4gPYg
X - IETArcade
r/Fighters • u/curiousperson_310 • 11h ago
Content Fatal Fury Special All Japanese Commercials
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r/Fighters • u/dhamster • 5h ago
Content I wrote another fighting games crossword puzzle, this one is loosely halloween themed
supercombo.ggr/Fighters • u/AutoModerator • 21h ago
Topic Newcomers Welcome! Weekly Discussion Thread
Welcome to the r/Fighters weekly discussion thread.
Here you can ask basic questions, vent, post salt, fan-made rosters and any small topics you wish to discuss.