So what was your first fighting game?
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My first first, firstfirstfirst fighter game was the original SF2 at arcades, but I was absolutely horrible at it. I couldn't really do anything and relied on Dhalsim for his reach. Oddly enough, preferring long-reach characters is something I still do today, because I'm all about prediction and if they have to take some distance to get to me, I can predict their moves more easily. My real introduction to fighter skills, though, was Super Turbo... on the PC! No joke, I played it on the keyboard, no controller, and actually got good at it! Furthermore, that was almost the exclusive game I played for an entire year. I got it as a birthday gift and realized on my next birthday just how much time I had sunk into it. Needless to say, that was my first transformation into understanding the fighter genre.
I hate to call Smash Bros. Brawl a fighter, but that game did expose me to true competitive play level. I had won local Soul Calibur 1&2 tournaments before, but really, the competition was totally lax. Brawl forced me to think far differently than I had been previously, and here I am now. (I never played Melee competitively and never intend to.)
Lemme just put in an interesting story. I was working at a church festival in the Boy Scouts, and wanted to take a break. I asked another scout's parent helping out if she'd give me a quarter to play MvC2 in there. The parent probably expected I'd lose quickly and be right back. I was gone half an hour (I didn't learn true competitive play yet and just spammed Unibeam to turtling AIs). The other scouts just had to watch me do it when they could, too. They knew it after I kicked their butts seriously in Killer Instinct at an arcade without ever having played the game before.
I hate to call Smash Bros. Brawl a fighter, but that game did expose me to true competitive play level. I had won local Soul Calibur 1&2 tournaments before, but really, the competition was totally lax. Brawl forced me to think far differently than I had been previously, and here I am now. (I never played Melee competitively and never intend to.)
Lemme just put in an interesting story. I was working at a church festival in the Boy Scouts, and wanted to take a break. I asked another scout's parent helping out if she'd give me a quarter to play MvC2 in there. The parent probably expected I'd lose quickly and be right back. I was gone half an hour (I didn't learn true competitive play yet and just spammed Unibeam to turtling AIs). The other scouts just had to watch me do it when they could, too. They knew it after I kicked their butts seriously in Killer Instinct at an arcade without ever having played the game before.
Slartibartfast42
[08] Mercenary
I'm so surprised no one has said Smash 64 yet. That game is amazing. I still play it.
Ahrezmendi
[01] Neophyte
My first was SF2 in the arcades, though I put in most of my SF2 time on my SNES.
Years later I found an arcade that had the original Street Fighter. Damn, that game was hard, couldn't even pull off a fireball.
Years later I found an arcade that had the original Street Fighter. Damn, that game was hard, couldn't even pull off a fireball.