And with only 23 characters drawn from five games (13 being from Street Fighter), more fan faves were left out than included. But Evolution’s characters were locked into the fighting styles of their original games, resulting in weird matches between incongruent game systems with none of the flexibility of CvS2’s grooves or Alpha 3’s “-ism” styles. SNK 2, Evolution sought to combine characters from numerous Capcom franchises into one big battle royale. In any case, the ranking we arrived at is not beyond reproach and is far from scientific.but it is correct. And it’d be pretty nonsensical to try and assess Marvel Super Heroes or Tatsunoko alongside, say, Street Fighter 6. They’re a whole other gameplay universe unto themselves and would have made this endeavor twice as lengthy. One: “Street Fighter” must be in the title (we only made one exception). We set two ground rules to keep this from getting unwieldy. Games will be judged on historical importance, but more so on gameplay, aesthetics, continued relevance, and how fun (or not) they are to play today.

We love ‘em, you love ‘em, and today we’re going to assess them all to sort the best from the worst, reminisce over Street Fighter’s rich legacy, and remind you that you really, really ought to play some Su…wait, sorry. Now, over 30 years later, Street Fighter remains the most respected franchise in fighting games.

Street fighter 6 tier list