The EWB Beat-em-up tourney. Pick your character

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Okay. Let's say that EWB were going to get together for a three part fighting tournament. However we're not going to go with the latest incarnations of games with hundreds of characters to pick from.

We're just going to play Street Fighter II, Mortal Kombat and Tekken.

You can pick one character for each that you use throughout the tournaments.

I'd go for Chun-Li in Street Fighter, Sub Zero in Mortal Kombat (I used him and Johnny Cage about the same and Cage DOES have the cheap-tastic package check but Sub Zero is cooler) and probably Kazuya in Tekken as my preferred characters don't enter until later editions.

[GoGo Yubari]

E. Honda and King were my childhood favorites, and Scorpion will probably get enough votes so instead I'm going with Johnny Cage for MK.

[Noah]

I have no feelings either way on Tekken and I can't vote in the poll, without selecting one of their fighters. :/

Blanka-King of cheap moves. Won so many street fighter battles with that glorious creature.

Sub-Zero-Most fun thing to do was freeze someone and then uppercut them.

[Pesci]

I had Street Figthter 2 Champion Edition where you could play as Vega, Balrog and Sagat too and Vega was always my favourite, probably Sagat in second - but of those choices, I'd say Dhalsim because of his insane reach.

I actually played Tekken after I played Tekken 2 as well - Tekken 2 and Crash Bandicoot came with my Playstation I think - but I played the original Tekken a decent amount and it'd probably have to be Paul or Law - Law probably edges it because I preffered him in my childhood.

Mortal Kombat I played less (and again was more of a Mortal Kombat II fan) but Liu Kang was always my choice.

[Your Mom]

Chun li because I thought she was cool. Raiden because I liked doing that thing where he flew across the screen over and over. Law because I thought he was bad ass and he had that move where you run up the front of the guy and then belly flop on them

[SeanDMan]

Chun Li is the best Street Fighter character. Her ability to wall jump wins me shitloads of matches against Kens and Ryus who are used to backing people into the corner and using crossovers.

[Steeb]

Vega was my first choice for SF, as he was badass, but Blanka and Guile split me then. Went for Blanka, as he's just awesomely bizarre. Yoshomitsu in Tekken for exactly the same reason. Plus, sword, y'know. Raiden was a clear winner for me in MK due to being a badass God.

[Gazz]

King all the way for Tekken, I used to love finishing people with the figure four.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Dhalsim, Liu Kang, King. I only picked King because he's the only Tekken fighter I know. >_>

[Maxx]

Johnny Cage for this reason:

Couldn't find a good screen shot of him doing it in MK1.

That being said, MK3 is my favorite, Trilogy is the best version and Kabal is my homie.

[Sousa]

Dhalsim in a walk. Dhalsim was my bestie.

Sub-Zero gets the nod over Scorpion for freezy ridiculousness, obviously.

I haven't played Tekken in a dog's age, so, uh, King I think? Tekken was my least favorite of the fighting games from that generation (yes, I prefer Battle Arena Toshinden and Virtua Fighter 2 to Tekken).

[Your Mom]

How can you not like Tekken? I mean like most fighting games it's kinda played out now but back then it was the best!

[Benji]

I'd go for Chun-Li in Street Fighter, Sub Zero in Mortal Kombat (I used him and Johnny Cage about the same and Cage DOES have the cheap-tastic package check but Sub Zero is cooler) and probably Kazuya in Tekken as my preferred characters don't enter until later editions.

Snap.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Decided to play through Soul Calibur (4 maybe, released a number of years ago. PS3 got Darth Vader, 360 got Yoda).

I used to love Soul Blade/Edge. I've owned this edition for quite a while but only ever played it twice (once at 4am in the morning with a friend when we were reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally drunk). When I tried to play with friends the other day I realised that half the characters weren't unlocked, which was disappointing.

It's really good actually. Story mode is as cheese-tastic as ever but loving the sheer number of fighters they throw at you (even if they're just alternatively dressed and named versions of other characters) and the character edit options are good too. Reverted to my two favourites - Ninja demon-hunter babe Taki (with tiny daggers) and Mitsurugi (gruff Japanese samurai with katana). Keep getting excited as stories have been throwing up other characters from the past that aren't available to play as from the start (like other fave Seong Mina and the big bloke with the axe Rock).

Most ludicrous weapon I need to learn how to use well is the bladed hula hoop thing.

[Sousa]

Soul Calibur is of course better than all of the above.

[DMN in the House]

Guile, Johnny Cage, King. Back suplexes, nut shots, and vertical suplexes for all.

[Kaney]

Blanka, Johnny Cage and Jack. I loved making Jack fall over onto people to win a fight. Though Hwoarang is obviously the best fighter ever.

[thatshortguy]

but Sub Zero is cooler

I read what you did there.

King all the way for Tekken, I used to love finishing people with the figure four.

King is far and away my favorite from Tekken. He hasn't been a top-tier, end-all character like the 267 different Mishimas in ages, but there's such a tactile pleasure in taking someone down with the Roaring Elbow.

SF: E. Honda. Played as him in SF2, but didn't really master him until SSF2: Turbo, which is when I believe they added a legit air game for ol' fatso.

MK: Cage, solely because I managed a Double Flawless against a friend of mine using nothing but Nut Punches.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

In later Tekkens I liked Bryan Fury (partially because he reminded me of former Aston Villa manager Brian Little), Hwoarang (because you could change his stance around to open up more moves) and Ling Xiaoyu (like Hwoarang, great kicking character, without the cheapness of Eddie Gordo). I also like Julia Chang - she's not the easiest to play as but feels pretty rewarding.

[deli]

Ken for Street Fighter all the way. I almost exclusively played as him in SF1, 2, 3 and 4.

Also, Blanka is a fucking cheap bastard. Fuck Blanka.