Greatest Beat'em up Series

With the release of the Mighty Mortal Kombat 8, I was wondering what people saw as the greatest series in the beat'em up genre

It's a really tough choice for me, i'd rather sit my ass on the fence but suppose i better choose one. It's between Mortal Combat, Street Fighter and Tekken. I'll probably change my mind from day to day but this time will go with Street Fighter.

Tekken for me.

Tekken 3 remains one of the greatest games ever made, not just in the beatemup genre but any genre.

Has to be MK for me. Grew up on the SNES versions of 1 2 & 3, had PC versions of the rest until I got a laptop.

Absolute class. Thinking about my 1 hour 37 minute winning streak in an arcade in Edinburgh on MKII as a kid still brings me goosebumps!

What about Killer Instinct with its 'Killer Combo!', Virtual Fighter or Soul Blade?

Of all though it has to be Street Fighter. Many a 10p got wasted in the arcades in my youth on that.

I was gonna write Killer Instinct!

I've got my SNES set up at my Uni digs & have mastered Fulgore over a number of years of sore thumbs! Ultra Combo, Humiliation, Death Cannon.

Killer Instinct needed an amazing couple of sequels, sadly didn't happen as the first one was the definitive and best IMO.

Im sorry if I missed out on games, the ones above were the only ones I could think of at the time

You just cant beat MK2, I cant wait to get MK8 its sold out everywhere over here

SOUL CALIBUR is the greatest beat em up series, and its a crime that you had not thought of putting it up.

Whats the big deal about Tekken? Complete and utter boring, button bashing, no skill trash. And I think the only reason we like Street Fighter is because we all played it when we were younger. MK hands down

Smash Brothers for me! The 64 version was superb and the Wii version is great fun. Although Captain Falcon was so overpowered...

Falcooooooooooooon Punch.

What about Deal or Alive? Never played it but looked decent.

I forgot about Killer Instinct, Killer Instinct gets my vote on that all day every day.

Super Smash Brothers.

Falcon..................................................................................















PAWNCH!!!!!

Rise of the Robots (SNES). Nah, just kidding. I'd go for Soul Calibur. Criminal that the OP missed it off yet included Smash Bros!! Honourable mention should go to Power Stone on the Dreamcast. Only two installments, but a cracking game and what a console.

Stealth Maestro Agro Love wrote:Super Smash Brothers.

Falcon..................................................................................















PAWNCH!!!!!

Yes for the Falcon

Out of that list Super Smash Bros... but of all fighters then Soul Calliber!

for biggest series it has to be street fighter, but for the best games id go for tekken

surely has to be either Way of the Exploding fist or International Karate+