While Street Fighter IV is garnering most of the press here in the US, and for good reason: it's the granddaddy of the genre, there are other 2D style fighting games coming out (in the arcades of course, at first) that deserve your attention. You have probably seen some clips of King of Fighters XII via Gamespot's coverage, but you may have missed another huge title: BlazBlue.

This is going to be the world's first true HD hand drawn fighting game (maybe any game?). It's being developed by the same guys who brought you the Guilty Gear series, which had the first hand drawn 2D fighter in 480i.

Now this may not seem interesting for those of you playing in HD for a few years now, anyone who is a fighting fan is salivating at the influx of 2D.

For a look at BlazBlue by Arc System Works go here.

I love me some SoulCaliber, but you can't beat 2D!