Nintendo killed the fighting genre.
Nintendo was the flagship console that brought the Street Fighter world-craze to our homes. Upon that foundation grew an entire franchise of out of this world entertainment. Games like Mortal Kombat, Tekken, and Dead or Alive owe their roots to the popularity of Nintendo bringing the arcade fighting genre to kid's homes...even Neo Geo owes that to Nintendo for hosting the Street Fighter series and creating a fanbase for SNK titles.
Bearing this responsibility, Nintendo was charged with carrying the torch for the genre to the next generation. Did they? No. With N64 they vomited out FPS's and racing games. Even the Gamecube only hosted 2 poorly designed Mortal Kombat games and again no Street Fighters or SNK faves (except for Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO which was secretly released at the end of its lifetime).
Thankfully, consoles like Dreamcast, Saturn, and Playstation gave homes to these orphaned, yet once worshipped titles. Now in 2008 with games like Street Fighter IV, King of Fighters XII, Samurai Shodown Edge of Destiny, and others, we see fans of old demanding to be served what once ignited the flames of their video game cravings. I'm sure Wii will jump on the bandwagon when these new titles hit.......but I hope the publishers refuse rights to them as retribution from old.
And no.........Melee is not a true fighter. It's Powerstone reprogrammed with Nintendo characters.
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