Talk:List of fighting games/Archive 1

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I'm removing external links and redlinks from the list. Of the ones that may be notable, I may come back and create stubs for them. Marasmusine 15:34, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Bible Fight is a flash game
Bible Fight is free flash game and it should be removed from the list. Flash games should never be considered as fighting game. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.223.34.124 (talk) 12:15, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Requested move
What is the reason for the title of this article? "Computer" is redundant, as "video game" includes computer games. "Video" itself is redundant, as "fighting game" is really only used to refer to fighting video games. There are no fighting board games (that I know of), and professional fighting is possible one of the only sports that doesn't refer to matches as "games". So the title of this article is long and redundant. I propose "List of Fighting Games", or if a long title is really necessary, perhaps "List of Versus and Scrolling Fighting Games" or some other useful title. JohnnyMrNinja 11:04, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

This article has been renamed as the result of a move request. --Stemonitis 05:57, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

The Misc. section is excessive
I have been trying to organize this list and clean it up, but I don't see the Misc. section as fitting in with the idea of a "list". This seems to be information about possible features for versus fighters, which should be in a main article. I also am not fond of a Misc. section in general, as all information can be categorized. More to the point, even if this section could be brought to fit within the "list" format, the information itself seems excessive and confusing. I just don't feel that dividing games up by these features would be useful or helpful, or even interesting to readers.

I am very new to WP and don't like the idea of deleting anyone's work (and for now I will just leave it), but does anyone have any suggestions? JohnnyMrNinja 01:17, 18 June 2007 (UTC) Deleted the section. ~ JohnnyMrNinja {talk} 20:50, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

and so we come full circle.
Ha! This article was originally broken off from "list of beam 'em ups", which was subsequently deleted, and now beat 'em ups have been added to this list. Wikipedia is such a wonderful mess sometimes. :) Luvcraft 19:45, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

List format and homebrew games
List is becoming a pain in the ass to read and modify. Maybe a new format should be introduced? Like a table listing with additional columns (publisher, year of release).

Also since Homebrew category was removed from list, where should free games go? Little Fighter series spawned a very popular in Hong Kong Little Fighter Online, which is even mentioned in Wiki, though the previous games aren't. Neoforma 16:30, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Added Ballz
I added the best fighting game ever to the list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.106.170.212 (talk) 22:34, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Smash Bros.
I'd say Smash Bros is a versus or 4-way fighter, but not a beat-em-up. Only the adventure modes would really be beat-em-ups, so it's more of a game with beat-em-up elements. I deleted it from the 2.5D section and added it to the "with beat-em-up elements" section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Headcase88 (talk • contribs) 01:26, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
 * er, "Games with beat 'em up sections" to be exact (thanks SineBot!)--Headcase (talk) 01:29, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Hack and Slash?!
I find this to be an irrelevant genre, why are characters who have edged weapons so different? Does an Alt-Fire feature make an entire sub-genre in FPS games? Think about it, that has adds possibly even more to the dynamics than having a sword in your hand at all times. Klichka (talk) 00:42, 8 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Furthermore, its not even a cohesive theme all they have in common is that they are using the same weapon all the time in the game. Klichka (talk) 07:09, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Split beat 'em up
The article's becoming quite large, and this seems like the best section to split. - A Link to the Past (talk) 22:58, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * There already WAS a separate list of beat 'em ups, but it was deleted. I've kept a copy of it here. I think it's kind of sad (and indicative of the "bad" side of Wikipedia) that an article can be deleted, and a less-informative article can spring up in its place and NOT be deleted. Luvcraft (talk) 18:05, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Incorrect breakdown
There seems to be an unclear distinction with "2D" and "3D". Games can be one or the other, both, or neither. Here are some examples. Perhaps we need a 2x2 matrix (four lists) to illustrate this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.229.148.244 (talk) 00:46, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Wow, I'm flattered that my idea above has been taken up so quickly and so enthusiastically.

Anyway, in response to valid points by Neoforma, Headcase88, Klichka, Luvcraft and others regarding 4-way/adventure mode/beat-em-up elements/Hack & Slash, I've been thnking, and came up with the following idea. We could do away with the various arbitrary distinctions as groups, and include everything in one list, with sortable columns so that the reader can group as they see fit. I've just written this example off the top of my head, but play with it for 5 minutes and you'll see how powerful and useful it is:

This is a sortable list of fighting games.

So the way I see it, we could ever rewrite the versus and subsequent sections into the 2x2 grid above, or put the whole list into this format. Any ideas? And if so, any takers? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.229.148.244 (talk) 17:26, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

I like the sortable list. I don't think the current page layout is very useful. It's silly to break up a series like Mortal Kombat into 3 sections because some entries play 2D, some play 2.5D and some play 3D. It's also silly to list the same game twice on the page because it is both 3D and weapons-based. A sortable list solves this problem. Are we still waiting for consensus on this change? Or has it not been done because it's a lot of work? Giganutz (talk) 17:31, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

I'm also in favor of this format. I've been waiting for literally years at this point for someone to be bored enough one day to go ahead and do it. I may tackle this project at some point if no one objects. StuOnThis (talk) 18:36, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Incorrect Link
The link under 2D to Gladiator leads to the history of roman gladiators. There is no (appearant) page for such a game. I suggest this link be corrected or removed (by anyone better at doing this type of thing than me.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.127.68.125 (talk) 22:45, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Konami's Fighting Bujutsu Fighting Wu-Shu Omission
Why is there no mention of Fighting Bujutsu Fighting Wu-Shu? It was released on Konami's COBRA board around 1998 and was a great game. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HolyB144 (talk • contribs) 20:16, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Street Fighter EX series
It's wrong! Although little, the Street Fighter EX series is classified as 3D! I warn you that I have corrected it! Then... but KOF series? --79.0.203.164 (talk) 10:09, 21 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Indeed, it's a 2D game with 2D gameplay and 3D graphics.


 * I prefered the list as it was presented at the start of April 2009 .  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.175.39.200 (talk) 18:47, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Street Fighter II omissions
It looks like the Street Fighter series list has omitted Street Fighter II': Champion Edition (should be between World Warrior and Hyper Fighting). The list should also include HD Remix, since it is a distinctly separate version of the game. Yjmfan (talk) 00:28, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Developer or Publisher?
The article intro says "Games are in listed in a "Common English Title/Alternate Title 'series' - Developer" format, where applicable." However, at least some list the publisher, not the developer. For example: "Street Fighter EX series - Capcom". Arika developed these games. Going by the intro, looks like this needs some cleanup. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.110.89.212 (talk) 00:07, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

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