MediaStinger: "There aren’t many new big-budget fighting games released each year, but 2011 featured the return of two of the biggest and even some surprisingly fun takes on older franchises. Which was the best?"
Trevor Walker said: Fighting games have always been able to simultaneously experiment and innovate while staying true to their roots in the best of ways. Mechanics change, crossovers take place, and evolution occurs. One of the best examples of all three can be seen in the coveted guest character.
The fighting genre is full of mini-games, from Street Fighter's car destruction to Tekken Ball. Here's the best Mortal Kombat mini games.
Cultured Vultures: We've gone to the trouble of ranking the Mortal Kombat games across the series' history. Special Forces is clearly number one.
My favorite is always going to be Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. I know some people didn't like the addition of the run button. But, man that game is burned into my memory from childhood, lol.
MK2 will always be the best in the series. Been playing a lot of MK1 lately though. Definitely enjoying it more than any other NRS era MK game.
I will always have a special place in my memory for MK 1 and 2. You had to be there during that era at the arcades. Martial arts tournament fighting movies were still popular, and MK 1 was exciting. Real life motion captured characters done well (unlike Pit Fighter). A cast of characters we all liked like Bruce Lee(Lui Kang), Van Damme(Johnny Cage), the Lightning god(Raiden) from Big Trouble in Little China, and Ninjas, gotta have Ninjas. Goro was menacing as hell. The MK arcade had some of the best speakers similar to Killer Instinct as you could hear the loud crisp and bassy sound that was distinctly different than other arcades. MK 2 improved greatly on the controls and fighting mechanics
Im finally happy to see mvc3 as the best fighting game of 2011. I honestly was tired of mk receiving the awards for creating a mediocre fighting game. It was really was mind boggling to me.
GET HYPED!
BOOOOOOOOOOO MK 9 number 1 lol
MvsC3's roster is terrible. MvsC3's mechanics are terrible. MvsC3's graphics are terrible. Announcing this so-called Ultimate version just a few months after the release of the first version was a terrible decision.
Really, it's very difficult to find things that are NOT terrible about this game.
KoF XIII is better in every department, especially the graphics, that's how MvsC3 should have been.
MVC3 of course. Too many great moments this year in the MVC community