Hey readers! new week, new blog, new useless stuff, how are things going on the gaming world? well recently I borrowed my girlfriends Wii just so I could play Super smash Bros. Brawl in peace, and well if I have to give it a score and an overview, the game is a solid 9, plenty of game modes and content, and well the same mindless fun, and here we are making a blog entry dedicated to fighting games, why? becaue I can, and I want, I'll name some of the major franchises and differences between it and other games and maybe I'll name a few more underground.

Street Fighter: the series that put the fighting genre in the map, whit one on one fights, life gauges, powers, and the most famous cast of all fighting series, it is the only game to blame for the boom! of arcades in the early 92's and has created lots of iconic content

Main entries in the series:

Street Fighter,Street Fighter II, Super Street Fighter II, Street Fighter Alpha, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Street Fighter EX, Street fighter 3 and Street Fighter IV

Best game in the series: Street fighter II; who has not played or seen this game in the past back in 1992 it was all about mastering those moves, and chalenge whoever was playing in the arcade

other notable games: Street Fighter 3; 2-D fighting at it's best. Street Fighter IV; Street Fighter II reimagined and with new mechanics

Worst in series: Street Fighter EX...Street Fighter was not meant for 3-D, if we imagine Street Fighter the movie ever existed

why is everyones biceps are bigger than their heads?

The King of Fighters: SNK created a series that rivaled Street Fighter in popularity with some big changes it included charcters from other SNK games (Art of Fighting, Fatal Fury, Ikari Warriors) and it introduced the team battles the game was a 3 on 3 match in the first entry with settd teams, and in later one it would let you create your own, it used a lot the supers, ultras, and evasive maneuvers

Main entries in the series:

KoF '94, KoF 95. KoF '96, KoF '97, KoF '98, KoF '99, Garou Mark of the Wolves, KoF 2000, KoF 2001, KoF 2002, KoF 2003, KoF XII, KoF XIII, KoF Maximum Impact

Best game in the series: The King of Fighters 98: it was a best of...from the past entries, all characters were included some in more than one version, gameplay was balanced and you could customize your offense

other notable games: Garou Mark of hte Wolves;although a Fatal Fury game Garou was set in the King of Fighters storyline and was SNK's answer to Street Fighter 3,

King of Fighters '99: it introducd 3 on 3 battles and 1 striker per team, gameplay changed heavily on this entry

Worst in the series: King of Fighters XIII just no enough ontent less characters with less powers....a shame

and SNK is nominated for the game with the most girly male characters

Mortal Kombat: Midway decided to do a more violent approach to the fighting genre, they are the responsibles for the creation of the ESRB and have created one of the best storylines and richer universes in fighting games, it has the best character design (in my opinion) and intrroduced the Fatality!

Main entries in the series:

Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 2, Mortal Kombat 3, Mortal Kombat 4, Mortal Kombat 5 Deadly Alliance, Mortal Kombat 6 Deception, Mortal Kombat Armageddon, Mortal Kombat vs DC universe, and 3 spin offs: Mortal Kombat Mythologies Sub-Zero, Mortal Kombat Special Forces and Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks

Best in the series: Mortal Kombat 2; its the favorite of most MK players, it had a balanced roster and was more agile than the first one, it lacks the useless stuff added in later entries

other notable games: Mortal Kombat Deception: it was the best 3 D game of Mortal Kombat, with a balanced gameplay and incredible deep on the combo making.

Mortal Kombat Trilogy: a recap of the firt 3 MK games with all the roster

Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks: althouhg an action/adventure game, the Multiplayer mode putted two players facing each other in a open 3-D stage

Worst in series: Mortal Kombat 4; broken tons of spammin made this mortal kombat one to forget about

Sandman Challenge: tell me the name of all the characters in the picture...I know who all of them are

well this is it for today, sometime this week part 2, with series like tekken, soul calibur, virtua fighter, smash bros., killer instincts, capcom vs, and some sole fighters that impressed me