A some time ago, I remember thinking about what series of games existed as the greatest fighting series. At that time the answer was quite clearly Street Fighter. Street Fighter II was an instant classic. Later Mortal Kombat managed to wrestle that crown away, because of it's graphic depiction of the violent acts. I don't believe for a second that MK II was a better game then SF II, but that is an arguement for another day. Later when 3D gameing became the standard, the king was Virtua Fighter, then Tekken, then Soul Caliber, then Virtua Fighter again, followed by Soul Caliber once more.

Where am I going with this? Although both Virtua Fighter 5 and Soul Caliber 4 are great games, both have dropped the ball in terms of how great they were expected to be. So we are left without an extrodnary current generation fighter. Although I am not a huge fighing game buff, I cant help but think that this is a problem. At least for now, we can't look to either Virtua Fighter, or Soul Caliber for the answer.

Where do we have to look? I have been looking recently, and no new series appears to be ready for the crown. So we must look to the past. As much as I loved Tekken, I don't believe Tekken 6 will be that game. We have to look farther back. Street Fighter 4 might be the game we all need. On top of that, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe seems just crazy enough to work!

Maybe there is hope for us yet?