TOP 10 FIGHTING GAMES - Happy Console Gamer
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Also of note 25 years ago today The King of Fighters '94 was released!
Persona 5 Royal is released in Japan the same day the UK 🇬🇧 leaves the EU 🇪🇺
HappyConsoleGamer So now I am curious, have you played Dead or alive or Battle Arena Toshiden?
HappyConsoleGamer king of fighters XIV Love that game and soundtrack
Oww and Soul Calibur 2 and Tekken 3
I'm more sadden there's no vampire savior/darkstalkers 3 on you're list.Darkstalkers,even today is a underrated fighter by capcom.
Tekken 3 and Soul Calibur II for their sheer fun/content, and excellent rosters.
Yes! You mentioned Rival Schools! That’s my all-time favorite, I really hope they make another. The JP version even had a visual novel-esque story mode which would be great these days
The design & presentation was unique for each character. Every path was different. Plus every time you played, something unlocked.
I love Rival Schools. Capcom had so many good fighters, but still managed to do something different with all of them. The little mini games they included were awesome too.
No honorable mention to bloody roar? I love that series. Wish they would still make it. Soul Calibur and DOA on Dreamcast were mind blowing
Ahmen
BLOODY ROAR. Man i loved that game
One of the Best Fighting game for the ps1..
Ultra street fighter 4
Marvel vs capcom 2
Capcom vs snk 2
Street fighter 3 3rd strike
King of fighter 98
Last blade 2
Street fighter alpha 3
Garou mark of the wolves
Mortal kombat 9 (that's right, the reboot)
Rival schools
Street fighter ex plus alpha (underrated game).
Honorable mentions to soul calibur 3, umk3, tekken 7 and dbz f.
MK 9 is considered the best one.
Where’s bloody roar 2
Solid list. My list is the exact same but in different order
King of Fighter 98 is the best in the series to this day imo.
Ngl,this is a pretty solid list
Capcom vs SNK 2: Millionaire Fighting (or Mark of the Millennium) never gets the credit it deserves. SamSho2 or SF2 are probably my overall favorites though.
Couldn't agree more. CvsSNK2 is probably my all time favorite fighting game.
@@nostalgia_factor And same here. So much versatility to character selection/creation. Ultimate Rugal is my favourite cheap boss of all time.
Johnny, you're passion and enthusiasm for retro video games is the reason I watch your shows. Love every one of your videos. Keep up the amazing work and continue your infectious positivity!
I never forget the crowds around Street Fighter 2 arcade machines. So many great memories of gaming in the 90s.
Soul Cal 1 on the dreamcast holds up through time. Visuals ,mechanics its about as close to a 10 of 10 for a 3d fighter
I got all ready for this vid like you describe playing a game for the first time, got my coffee ready, smoked a bowl, have a snack all set, such a fun channel!
Dude,been watching your videos for a long time..when you bust out a box for a game that I havent seen you show yet !collection is epic
Great list! I am almost 40 so I have a lot of memories of the arcades and these franchises on consoles over the years.
Your enthusiasm is contagious. Probably gonna go and play some of these :)
For me and my house:
10)Bloody Roar Series (PS1)
9)Killer Instinct (SNES)
8)Mortal Kombat 2 (SNES)
7)Tekken 2 (PS1)
6)Virtua Fighter (Arcade)
5)Street Fighter 2 (SNES)
4)Tekken 3 (PS1)
3)Soul Calibur (Dreamcast)
2)Tobal #1 (PS1)
1)Soul Blade (PS1)
An old school gamer I see.
Great list. Got some new games I have to check out. Great job, glad you too the time to make this list! SF II Championship Edition and MK 4 are my favorites.
Awesome Top Ten Johnny!!!! Thanks for sharing. Makes me remember the good ol' days of the 90s and 2000s when all I ever thought about besides school was...well, fighting games.
Mark of The Wolveeeees, that game is in my top 10 in general. That and The Last Blade 2 basically live in my MVS.
Max Paterra The Last Blade is amazing!
Bought those titles on the Switch, surprisingly they're cheap
Never got a chance to play them but saw they're Digi on the Switch 🤓
Love that you included Erghiz... You are da man!
So glad you mentioned Killer Instinct! omg what a fighter for the time and the soundtrack!!The fighting genre was my first love in the early 90s. In terms of fluidity and control:
3rd Strike
MVC 2
KoF Dream Match 99
Tekken 3
For nostalgia:
Super Street Fighter 2 (Sega)
Mortal Kombat (Sega)
KoF 1994 (Arcade)
Killer Instinct (Arcade)
Good top 10 idea! I love fighting games.
My Top Ten Fighting Games:
1. Street Fighter III: Third Strike
2. Marvel VS Capcom 2
3. Capcom VS SNK 2
4. Tekken 7
5. Street Fighter Alpha 3
6. Street Fighter 2
7. Killer Instinct (1994)
8. Soul Calibur 2
9. Tekken 3
10. Mortal Kombat 2
Very honorable montions are King of Fighters 94, King of Fighters 98, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Killer Instinct (2013), Marvel VS Capcom, Capcom VS SNK, DragonBall Fighter Z.
Great Video Johnny. Really enjoyed watching this. I forgot about some of these games. As soon as I saw them from your list, I was sat here saying to myself "I owned that game" 😊
I love watching your videos! Thank you so much
High School Favorites:
Tekken 3
DOA
Street Fighter 2 Turbo
TMNT Tournament Fighter
KI Gold
College:
MvC2
CvS2
Soul Calibur
DOA2
Project Justice
Bloody Roar PF
Today:
KI
BBCTB
Soul Calibur 6
DBFZ
Smash Ultimate
Also love the KoF series but I've been playing catchup.
Great list!! Amazing video!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
So glad you have Killer Instinct a mention, it's my fave fighting game and very often gets overlooked.
You mentioned all the good things about these and allow me to add to it by saying all your games are also very mechanically solid. Awesome list.
My favourite fighting game is Street Fighter III 3rd Strike.
Small world, i fell in love with 3rd strike, since i found out my local Fuddruckers has it last year. I use to believe street fighters: arcade edition or turbo was the best. All that blew out of the water.
nice list! my three are Killer Instinct, Mortal Kombat, and Street Fighter 2
10.Smash Ultimate
9.Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves
8.Soul Calibur
7.Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
6.THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII
5.Tekken 3
4.Virtua Fighter 5 Final showdown
3.Marvel vs capcom series
2.Street fighter 2
1.X-men vs street fighter
GunValkyrie KOF XIII wise pick!
Smash ewwww, that's not even a real fighting game.
Smash is more like a party game
@@crazyoldschool6342 exactly
@@dylansmith5206 in conclusion Smash is Trash
Street Fight 2 Hyper Fighting. I have so many great memories of beating my friend Scott up on the SNES over the summer when I was a kid =). It was really unfair because I owned the game and got to practice a lot more, but he took it like a champ.
Back before the game offically came out, there was this big tractor trailer truck driving around Canada with arcade machines in the back( It had stopped in my city. St Johns Newfoundland ). Everyone took turns cycling in and out playing the machines. Streetfighter 2 was in there. It was my first experience playing the game. I was 8 lol. Everyone was talking about how amazing it was. Does anyone else remember this??
I love you, dude. You bring so much joy into my life, keep it up man! You remind me to keep positive!
My two favorite fighting game series are any of the marvel/X-men capcom fighters and the darkstalkers series. I love how fluid the animation for those games are especially on Saturn with the 4meg cart
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike will always be my personal favourite fighting game. I got into fighting games in the late 90's/early 00's and when I played 3rd Strike I instantly fell in love with everything about it - from the unique, eccentric cast of characters, to the parry system, to the jazzy soundtrack. Here we are in 2019 and I still play it often!
Another favourite of mine is Darkstalkers 3 - that game is so underrated but so damn fun!
What is it with drinking and it always leading to a Tekken 2 all-nighter? Lol
Sometimes it's Tekken 3. Well, in my case... it was.
Clayfighters on SNES was my fav. It doesn’t get enough love.
i have both clayfighter 1 and 2 =D
FYI, Rivals Schools did get a Sequel, it was called "Project Justice " for the Sega Dreamcast, it's an amazing Gem of a game.
Yeah I know I want something 2019ish!
@@HappyConsoleGamer that would be awesome
Great list Johnny. Where would you place the DOA series?
I totally forgot all about rival schools, what a great game
It was the teenage SF I wish they did more for that series. Good luck finding a copy of those games now.
This is a great list! Being roughly the same age I have a lot of same experiences and have to agree with the order of this list. Thank you for this video.
Such an awesome video! My favourites to play are definitely SoulCalibur and Smash, but I also love watching Tekken and Guilty Gear. Hope to get good at them someday
Ive been waiting so long for this video
Great list
Superb list Johnny, you can really sense your passion for these games, which is awesome! Oh wow, this is a strange one because I am a totally anti violent person so the fact I like one on one fighters is a bit unusual. But some of my favourites are Real Bout Fatal Fury, Samurai Shodown III, Street Fighter II Turbo, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Last Blade 1 and 2, Pocket Fighter, and Tekken 2. Weird pleasures of mine include Ranma 1/2 Hard Battle and Arcana Heart. Hehe everyone has to have their quirks I guess :)
awesome list I need to play the first capcom vs snk game
Excelent vídeo Jhonny thanks regards frontera Spain
I'm glad to see Rival Schools get an honourable mention because it is my favourite fighting game of all time. The number one pick was pretty obvious because anyone who has ever watched this channel for a considerable amount of time knows how much street fighter II is important to your life. Still it is nice to see your placement of fighting games with regards to how much you enjoy them. My wife and I do play dragonball fighters Z every once in a while and we really do enjoy it even though we can't play it very often.
1. Tekken Tag Tournament 1
2. Tekken 3
3. X-men vs Street Fighter
4. Street Fighter EX 1
5. Rival School
6. Marvel vs Capcom 1
7. Capcom vs SNK 1
8. King of Fighters 2000
9. Street Fighter Alpha 3
10. Star Gladiator ( my First PlayStation Game ever )
3-5 are pretty good.
Good list! Kudos...
Some favs no order:
Mortal kombat 9
Soul calibur 2 gamecube
Smash ultimate
Bbtag
Tekken 7
Mvc2
Cvs2
Powerstone
Killer instinct
Nitroplus blasterz
Bb?
Awesome video, nice top 10!! I love snk vs capcom too, but I prefer the second game. Also, Asuka 120% Burning Fest is one of my top ten fighting games! xD Cheers from Brazil!
The first time I saw Killer Instinct ( Arcade, Coliseum Mall, Hampton Va) and Mortal Kombat 2 ( Arcade, Lynnhaven Mall, Va Beach, Va), I was completely blown away. KI really was a mix of SF and MK with an awesome fighting engine.
When I saw MK2, there was this girl kicking everyone's butt with Liu Kang and people had their quarters lined up for miles.
There were people with pages torn out of their EGM, Gamepro and Gsmefan magazine's with codes and fatalities on them.
Those were some great times. Still remember going to Putt Putt Golf and games ( Warwick Blvd, Newport News, Va) and seeing VF3 for the first time and my jaw dropping to the floor. I also saw KOF having a larger gathering than SF.
I remember the first time playing CvS was at Boomer's in San Diego. I also have fond memories of playing fighting game's at Nickel City in Cali.
Oh, I can't forget Flipper McCoy's on the Va Beach strip. Reminds me of such a great time and era.
I really want to visit/ move to Japan to see their Arcades with wall to wall fighting game's. 😄
I'm so stoked for samurai shodown for the switch, I have been holding out from buying the ps4 version. I'm so addicted to watching your show!
I loved this episode! You REALLY need to do a review of the “Hi Score Girl” anime now! I think you would love it!
He did mention it in a previous video, pretty sure, a couple months back maybe. I'm sure it was Johhny thay introduced me to it in one of his anime review vids.
Its good eh
I remember seeing a comment you left on a video for a song from the Rival Schools ost. Rival Schools is a great game but Project Justice on the Dreamcast is on a whole other level.
nobody talks about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters for the NES
Cool game, clunky controls
@@BloodlessWolf that game is also on the NES actually
Didn't know it was on the NES, had it on the Mega drive & it was shit.
@@BloodlessWolf the game on the SNES wasn't very good either tho, very unbalanced and clunky, so what's the difference?
@@BloodlessWolf obviously is not very beloved as noone has that game in noone of their Top 10 fav fighting games, Sorry But TNMT Tournament fighters is just not a beloved game due its shitty mechanics.
I found out about Garou Mark of the Wolves thanks to you and I truly appreciate it. Playing it on the PS4 is epic
Not a popular opinion but I love Pit Fighter for the Arcades/Mega Drive, Really underrated game
I don't know if your joking, but i am not. Pit fighter is one of my favorite fighting games. I never get tired of it. I know its supposed to be awful...but i love it.
@@MrTuco40 Im not joking lol, I love the game, When I first saw back in 1990 it blew my mind. Remember that this was before Mortal Kombat I
I loved it in the arcade.
Who's big?
@@psychopoison saw it in the arcade. Still have an old magazine with an article about it from 1990. Its creepy too with the digitized characters. Love the graphics.
Garou is such a great game, happy you included it on your list =)
1. Street Fighter 3rd: Strike
2. GG:xrd seriea
3. Darkstalkers series
4. Kof 94, 97, 2001
5. street fighter 4: 3D edition
6. MK 3D series: Aramageddon, deception, deadly alliance
7. Tekken tag tournament
8. Mortal kombat: Trilogy
9. Street fighter 2: turbo and SF2: arcade edition.
10. Killer instinct amd modern KI
My personal list of favorites.
You omitting Giulty Gear broke my heart, but I respect the rest because while growing up in the 90's you had too many fighting games to pick 🙂🍻
It's a shame nobody mentions Real Bout Fatal Fury Special 1996 for Neo Geo. It is seriously one of the most fun fighters ever made. Great fighting combo engine, backgrounds, and animation, an amazing soundtrack... especially on the Neo Geo CD version.
My favorite fighting game of all time is the first Marvel vs Capcom game. That was the game that got me into fighting games I remember my local laundromat in my old hometown had it there were no other kids or teenagers there so I decided to play it and it won me over I had some great memories playing that
So glad you like tekken 7 Johnny!
It’s the best fighting game out there right now. I came from street fighter and it’s fallen on bad times. Played t7 and I’m hooked.
Hey Man, great Fighting Game Top10.
Tekken 3 for Dragon Ball Z than its fine for me. 😉
Loving & playing the genre for 30 years, starting with International Karate for the Amiga 500.
Street Fighter 2 definitely changes everything.
Keep up your amazing channel, love to see your passion for our beloved hobby.
All the best from 🇩🇪 🤙🏼
The original Tekken trilogy for PS1 are my favourite fighting games of all time. From those Tekken 2 stands out. Of course it was my second video game ever which I owned but the story is captivating and the soundtrack is absolutely beautiful and it takes the listener to its vibes. Just saying. It gave me shivers when I heard the Heihachi's theme in this video!
PS: It's always great to watch the newest Happy Console Gamer's video. Greeting from Finland John!
I think almost every lifelong Street Fighter fan's story of discovering Street Fighter II is the same: "I saw a crowd gathered around an arcade machine, I managed to wade my through to the front to get a glimpse of the game...and my life changed changed forever."
That was certainly my experience. I remember it as if it was yesterday: Ken vs. Dhalsim on Dhalsim's elephant stage. I could not comprehend what I was seeing. Like others, I had played the first Street Fighter to death, even though it was thought of at the time as the adults' game (I was around 7 or 8 when it came out, and kids played games like Double Dragon and arcade platformers) and I had the scars on my palms to prove it. So when I saw Ken looking the way he did (compared to how he looked in the first game), and this outrageous new character who's limbs stretched out the way Dhalsim's did, my 11 year old brain was in complete and utter shock. When I finally got to play it days later, I of course picked Dhalsim, because I thought his outstretched limbs gave him an obvious advantage. I can still remember my abject horror at his limbs being punishable. I lost my first battle of what would be hundreds, if not thousands of quarters spend on SFII against a Chun-Li player - and of course I immediately switched to Chun-Li as my main afterwards. That's the effect that Street Fighter II had on one emotionally right from the start: losses stung bigly and you didn't want to experience that pain again, so you immediately tried to figure out strategies that would give you a competitive edge.
There is no way of underestimating Street Fighter II's influence on gaming. You're absolutely right to say lives changed because of that game. The next time I would feel a shock to the system comparable to that was seeing Soul Calibur on my friend's Dreamcast. I could think of virtually nothing else for days on end. That's why fighting games are so great; when the developers get it right, it's impossible to contain one's hype and excitement.
When I was a kid - i rented Clayfighter 2 for SNES constantly lmao. kinda under rated.
For dreamcast - Virtua Fighter 4 - good memories with my dad fighting him - so much fun!
Smash bros 64 - good times with 4 player sleep overs back when I was a kid.
Good one!
i always kinda liked figthing games but not always had friends to play with so its not the genre i played the most. street figther was always one of my most desired games as a little kid but only got to play a bit older. i remember seeing gameplay and thinking it was so cool. there was a dragon ball game called budokai tenkaishi 2 in wich the camera is sligtly behind your character. it may have not been a great game but me and a friend played so many hour of it, we had a rivalry and were always trying to prove one was better than the other. but my most important figthing game of all time is tekken 3, i remember on summer vacation going to my cousins home and playing on their ps1, loved that game, so nostalgic.
You should do a follow up of this episode with your favorite fighting game stages.
Solid list. I would have loved to see Fighters megamix on the list.
great list. I'll play darkstalkers on dc this evening. greets!
good list. I see you´re a man of culture
With so many honourable mentions maybe you should do a top 100 fighting games next time, Johnny? ;-)
Nice list. There’s a few I probably would’ve swapped out because Last Blade 2 and Tobal 2 should be in the top 10 without fail.
This guys sick! I watch loads of his videos but I can’t help shake the feeling that his voice reminds me of South Park 🙈 but carry on the good work big fella!!!
Would you consider doing a PS1 collection video? It's really entertaining listening to your good memories with your SNES and Genesis videos
Amazing list, Johnny. I'm a huge fan of the genre despite not being great at it; I've played so much of these over the decades and I'll keep on doing so as long as I can.
I hope you read comments 'cause this is my list... & hopefully you'll feel curious enough to try a couple of the ones you haven't already! In no particular order:
Blazblue Central Fiction
Under Night In Birth EXE Late ST
Guilty Gear Accent Core Plus
King of Fighters 2000/ XIV
Capcom vs SNK 2
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Tekken 7
Soul Calibur III/VI
Samurai Shodown II/V
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
Honorary Mentions: Mortal Kombat XL / Smash Bros Ultimate
Darkstalkers III / Rival Schools 2 / Virtua Fighter II
UMvsC3 / Garou / Gowcaizer (NEO GEO) / Yu Yu Hakusho (Sega Genesis)
Injustice 2 / Last Blade 2 / Real Bout Fatal Fury 2
JoJo Bizarre Adventure (the capcom one)
Hello Johnny ! Cool subject. I don’t have a toplist(impossible) , but here is the biggest fighting game WOW!-moments for me over the years :
1st one ever played ”Way of the exploding fist” on Commodore 64 in 1985
Street fighter II on Amiga500 in 1991
Virtua fighter arcade game in 1993
Tekken 2 for Playstation in 1996
.....of course , a LOT of others in between all those , but these were the WOW moments for me personally.
Yep great list johnny... I agree with 95% of your list
Id replace dragonball with Killer Instinct on Xbox One.As i never play dragonball and watched the anime that much.
MKII with MK9. I love MKII very much. But wasnt very good at it,MK9 was the 1st time i learnt every character in and out. And went to tournaments and played the best i could online and in person.1000s of hrs played online and off.
SF2 is the best by far no doubt. I lived in the arcade growing up and got really good at SF2.
I also got to go to Japan 5 years ago, and got to play a japanese player at SF2 hyper fighting. It was a dream come true :) And one of my best memories of Japan! I played out of my mind and so did my Japanese opponent.
Good list man! It’s nice to see how someone rates things. With video games it’s like trying to order pizza in a large group of friends.... someone isn’t going to be happy with the selection. The one for sure to me that is undisputed champ is Street Fighter 2 New Challengers. Basically SF 2 and its many versions were just ground breaking period. KOF 13 was an absolutely gorgeous game by SNK. Do we count wrestling games because if so than THQ’s WCW vs NWO for n64 was the absolute shit!
Love you Johnny x
A lot of the games you mentioned bring back memories. I have to go with street fighter II and marvel vs capcom 2.
Capcom Vs. SNK 2, Marvel Vs. Capcom 2, Guilty Gear X2, Soul Calibur 4, and Mortal Kombat Trilogy
I knew what #1 was going to be and it’s hard to not agree with you hehe especially for people who got to play that on the arcade and sometimes almost get beat up by the bigger kids for winning in the game lol. The Arcade culture was definitely something back then hehe. Great video.
Tekken 5, Soul Calibur 2, King of Fighters 13, Samurai Shodown. And for nostalgia's sake, the first one I remember playing, Justice League Task Force.
I remember when early 3d models were impressive but they do not hold up, its funny to hear johny talk about an old game looking incredible. It would be kind of cool to see the old virtua fighters and tekkens to be remade with hd graphics, and new models but to keep the mechanics. In the age of remasters its weird that fighting games havent recieved the same treatment.
Haha. I'm sat here waiting for Johnny to name Street Fighter as his #1... Ehrgeiz lol
Killer Instinct. Absolutely #1 no question. When that cabinet rolled into the arcade for the first time, it was an event. None of us could believe the graphics, it looked like something 10 years ahead of its time. And the crazy characters and combos, weird sci-fi atmosphere reminded us of Mortal Kombat meets Running Man. On my 13th birthday I spent $100 just on this game.
FINALLY! 30+ years in the making!
I am such a huge fighting game fan and it is hard for me to list as I love some games for there historical impact but others for how much fun they are to play today. I would say Alpha 3, KOF 98, and Virtua Fighter 4 evolution are always at the top of my list.
This was a very awesome list sir! Good commentating and facts throughout video! Your a very awesome person who Definitly knows his fighting games :v here’s my top 10 if your curious. Once again thanks for this awesome video. (Fighting games in no particular order)
Super Smash Bros Ultimate
Dragon ball z budakai 3
Street fighter 3 alpha 3
Tekken 7
Mortal Kombat (2, 9, or 10) (there all to good lol)
Dragon ball z raging blast 2
Super smash bros melee
Soul calibur 3
Street fighter 2 world warrior
Dead or alive 5
Just clicked the video, I haven't watched it yet and I know what's #1 going to be.
Street fighter?
Dynamite ducks the fighting game
How could it NOT be SF2? It's like the Beatles of fighting games.
No mention of Eternal Champions 😞
Dude I'm so happy that you included Dragon Ball FighterZ it's just amazing the adrenalin is insane while playing it I just love it. My number 1 would have to be Mortal Kombat though.
My favourite fighter this generation is still Killer Instinct on Xbox One. I absolutely love that game.
Yeah for Sunday video drops from HCG, you should do a video revisiting Kim's dragonquest builders 2 town. Give us the grand tour and update us on thoughts after putting more time into it.
Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution, X-Men vs Street Fighter, and Street Fighter II are probably the fighting games I have the fondest memories with.
Great video and great list as always!
Here's my top fighting games:
1. Super Smash Bros. series
2. Tekken 3, 5 and Tag Tournament
3. Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3
4. Super Street Fighter 2
5. Dead or Alive 2
My fav was "One Must Fall 2097". Greetz from The Netherlands