"Mortal Kombat is not a cool adult on a cool motorcycle, it's a prepubescent teen sneaking into an R-rated movie." That is the single most accurate statement about the essence of Mortal Kombat to have ever been uttered in history. And with that out of the way, this was an awesome list! Well worth the wait.

The fact someone learned how to play happy birthday with Big Band specifically to troll is amazing.

Man, you've come such a long way. On one hand your videos are a throwback to the simpler, better days of KZfaq at least 10 years ago and your channel remains true to itself, but on the other hand the quality of your takes and videos has increased! Also can't believe you got help from some big FGC names!

I’ve had a concept for a fighting game for a good while now, and it keeps popping in my head. It’s called Season’s Beatings, and it’s based on holidays. Characters representing many different kinds of celebrations from all over! Of course we’ve got the big ones like Christmas, Easter, Valentines, Halloween… but I definitely want to do a few curveballs as well. Game Day (mixture of many different sports finals), Mother’s Day (because we could use another kangaroo fighter besides Roger), Arbor Day (just trust me on this one)… I just don’t have a way to flesh it out with making a prototype or drawing. I don’t even know if they should just be the icons themselves or representations of the holiday as a whole! Anyway, great video as always. And thanks again for your original list giving me the push to play Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm.

Fighting games are usually an acquired taste for me. While I don't play them competitively or not that of an expert in all of them I usually like them based of of a diversity of good characters, style, and even a good story or lore behind them. With tons of games and franchises out in this genre it will be a big competition to see which one will come out on top.

Why does no one ever list Dead or Alive? It's by far the most technical, fluid and realistic fighting game ever. The "Free" button mechanic allows so much tactical options like real fighting.

Man, I remembered watching the first version back when I had admittingly binge watched all of your countdowns. What a throwback this is

SF2, Mk3, SFA2, VF2, MvC2, TvC2, KOF, Power Stone, Soul Caliber, and maybe techno romancer are my fave fighters of all time and never get old for me : D

Man Oscar can sell me anything with his enthusiasm

Killer Instinct is insanely good. I can barely describe how much sheer fun that game provides. Fantastic list!

When I was still a young lad, I made a KZfaq account specifically to follow you! To see your old videos reworked feels so rewarding, but also reminds me that I still enjoy the originals

Here's an idea for a possible list in the future: Top Ten Guest Characters. This could be a far more flexible and cross-genre list, as long as a given game includes some manner of guest character. Granted, Mortal Kombat kinda gets off on their guest characters, but other games pull it off as well, such as Geralt in Soul Calibur 6, Spawn in MK 11, Prier in the Disgaea games (since, even though La Pucelle and Disgaea are both NIS titles, Prier is still treated as a guest character in my eyes), 2B & 9S in FF XIV, etc.

I love seeing you evolve Scorpion. I'm looking forward to seeing your next project. Please, can you try and remake your first weapons month countdowns? I really want to see how much things have changed since then.

I’m glad to see you remake this list because when I first watched the old video during my freshman year of high school in 2013 I agreed with a lot of your choices except for your number 1, mostly because at the time I haven’t played the game and I wasn’t fond of reason. I wasn’t mad I was more disappointed. However seeing this updated list and see you go more in detail and knowledge it shows how far you have come.

I didn't even know how long this video was until this end, great stuff!

What a hype video!! I have to admit I started rocking out when I saw Killer Instinct get so high. Best soundtrack in gaming tbh.

Great Video, I watched it complete and it was very informative and entertaining

As others've said, you've really come a long way man - looking forward to seeing more in the future!

Man, you've come a long way. I loved this list. I agree with almost everything on the list, and the few things i don't are really small stuff. Hope you continue to make awesome lists like you always do. Take care man!

The way you described the Neutral is something Dale Wilson aka Low Tier God could learn a thing or two about as opposed to his constant garbage zoning that's so predictable it's cringey. Anyway, great countdown, Oscar! This must have taken so much work to make perfect in your eyes.

I am actually amazed how great this list is. I personally would have made a couple of different choices myself, especially leaving out KOF was a bit of a shock to me but still. 10/10 list

I gotta appreciate the button mashing sound effects during the #6 segment. That cracked me up! XD

Perfect video cept the gaffe where you had a clip that gootecks in it next to Max, an association I’m sure he vehemently wants nothing to do with

Ok Here are my Top 10 Personal Favorite Fighting Games 10. TMNT: Tournament Fighters (SNES) 9. Samurai Showdown 8. Tekken 7 7. Dragonball Fighterz 6. Soul Calibur VI 5. Injustice 2 4. Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 3. Street Fighter V Championship Edition 2. Mortal Kombat 9 1. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Green Scorpion is always welcome at my fighting game locals

Thank you for the Blazblue honorable mention. That game rekindled my love for fighting games. And the first of all the fighting games I've played that I wanted to be competitive in. Even though it's brother(Guilty Gear) didn't make the list over it. Thanks for the shout out of my favorite fighting game.

Max is such an influence, I completely relate

Here’s a short story for you I got into fighting games after I actually became a black belt in Taiquando. It became a new outlet for me cause in my mind I had new combat knowledge but no vessel to use it in. Then I played DOA Dimensions on my 3DS and then my world was opened to fighting games and that following year fighting games where just a core part of my personality and since I don’t want to make this story to long I’m glad fighting games and the community involved with them has helped me grow as a person much like the martial arts I took up. Oh and before I forget my favorite fighting game is Skullgirls and I’m not mad that it’s at number 5 I totally understand and keep making amazing countdowns I always find enjoyment in your work.

Super happy to see KI ranked so high

25:22 - 25:29 Oh my god, it's the King of Skill cameo! (Playing as K. Rool, as per tradition)

Well done with the list as usual, boss. Excellent picks. I trust your judgement and research. I'm especially surprised you were able to talk to so many pros and content creators, good on you man. Not sure what topic's next but it'll be a good one. ...But no DOA, huh? I had a good chuckle over that one. I'm coming after you, The Green Scorpion.

I'm still so sad we haven't gotten a new Killer Instinct game in 10 years... Great video btw!

Soul Edge was actually for the PS1 and was one of the first fighting games for the console that had a fast growing avid fanbase. This was a really nice video to watch and a lot of thought was put into it so kudos.

When I saw you dancing to the Marvel vs. Capcom music, I thought "Joshscorcher was one of your inspirations, wasn't he." I love you style of videos, btw.

Great video.

A much better list then the original Well articulated, well researched and covering my favourite genre of video game in a way that’s both passionate and critical, fair but firm, emphasizing the feel and mechanics along with the cultural impact of the game, as I feel anyone seriously talking about fighters should While not necessarily a list of straight Foward personal favourites (as I prefer most of time) I was more than fine with it here as I was sold on each placement as….. idk I just felt you appreciated what each subsequent entry brings to the table and what they represent in this wonderfully dumb genre we all know and love, both the positive and the negative This list is phenomenal, probably my favourite one of yours, can’t wait for the next one, much love ❤️

All I'm going to say is I basically agree with everything you said... Except the diss against Arcana Heart in the Skullgirls section. Sure, the cast is all female and it tends to be fanservicey, but its quite the good game and series... And calling it a "cheesecake" when you're discussing Skullgirls just feels cheap and unfair to me

so... about the Tekken 8 guest characters thing... according to some videos i've watched, it's confirmed that we'll be getting none other than a father and son combatant from a somewhat-new anime series. the father of that duo is mostly known for his out of this world fame and attack prowess and his son is almost his equal. i am of course talking about Yujiro Hanma and Baki Hanma. that's right. Jin Kazama is going to trade blows with Yujiro Hanma himself! the monster who can tear your face off without breaking a sweat!

Yay can't wait

I'm not really surprised, but I was wondering if either of the Injustice games would make it onto this list. I understand they may not have the history of some of these others, and may not be as refined in terms of gameplay and roster balance, but I feel like they set the bar as the first fighting games to have really solid story modes, something Nether Realms would take with them into Mortal Kombat X and 11. Also, while I understand why you may not have put them on the list, I've got to shout out the Dragon Ball Budokai Tenkaichi games, and the Xenoverse games which followed a similar format, for giving us maybe not the best fighting game mechanics, but in really capturing the feel of the fights from the series in a way even other anime arena fighters haven't been able to match. You may prefer FighterZ (I can't say it as 'fighterz' but have to say 'fighter-Zee', if they didn't want it pronounced that way they shouldn't have spelled it that way), but I feel like it was a downgrade in terms of mechanical immersion.

Green Scorpion, my good sir... You've done it again! Splendid video, informative and entertaining, and just plain agreeable (imo at least). SPOILERS: I knew deep down there was no other #1. SF III is indeed legendary! Also Q is GOAT fight me

Oh yeah, another green scorpion top ten!❤ He called himself reptile! 10/10

I still prefer MK11 It’s what got me into playing fighting games online and the controls are better I have really bad stick drift when I play X, game thinks im jumping when im trying to do a Down Back input

Good list and agree in many spots

Awesome

Don’t think I didn’t notice that you purposely put in the TOTSUGEKI! whenever it was performed on the GG part.

Excellent list ❤❤❤

(I meant to post this reaction on the same day, but I went bowling with my family, so let me post this reaction.) OH MY GOD, THANK YOU MAN, THIS IS THE GREATEST GIFT I COULD EVER ASK FOR FOR MY BIRTHDAY, I LOVE THIS GENRE, SO MUCH!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH MY MAN!!!!!!!!!

if i recall correctly, in Killer Instinct, each ultra combo music is actually based on the characters theme music

49:04 Something like Killer Instinct shouldn't be forgotten nor ignored

Wait... something's missing. ... *GASP!* There was no end of video tease!

As one who got into the FGC with DOA, seeing it just name-dropped in this video is enough for me 😅

Would be interested to see you do a top ten “anime” fighting games list. You know the ones that may not be super fair or balanced. Or heck even competitive. But you play it and see the cool characters do their flashy finishers and it’s like epic! If that makes any sense.

I wouldn't be too upset about Budokai 3 reaching your top ten years ago, both because you were younger with less fighting game exposure, and because on top of that, more games came out year after year to increase competition. From a subjective narrative it makes sense to put a game you like on there with the experiences you had at the time.

Even tho I don't agree with most of the placments,I still really enjoyed the video and just listening to someone who just loves fighting games like me.

40:01 Maximilian doods face when that was revealed will always be priceless 🤣

I can't say I'm good at any fighting games coming from someone whose only fighting game series he's played is the Smash Bros. series plus playing Mortal Kombat X and the 2 Injustice games a few times at a video game club in high school it was always kinda cool seeing people play them knowing that would never be me and I accepted that fact for awhile now but that's besides the point this was cool to watch keep being awesome arachnid man

SPOILERS KI at 2 and SFIII in 1? Yup, he’s a Maximillian fan lol

Ngl, I really don’t like fighting games. I don’t enjoy button mashing or just spamming the same combo over and over, and also don’t want to spend dozens of hours memorizing and practicing combos and button inputs needed to get good with a single character (and I’d prefer not to be confined to a single character). Nevertheless, you still made this video very enjoyable. You really show your passion for the genre and what makes each game unique. Always a pleasure to see you upload, and congrats on the wedding!

Yo cool it with the Arcana Hearts slander Oscar, it's more than just cheesecake Overall good, if not very surprising list

LETS GO!!!!!

everything past entry N4 gave me nothing but chills.

1. Tekken 8 (I hope) 2. Tekken 7 3. Tekken 5 4. Tekken 3 5. Tekken 6 6. Tekken Tag 2 7. Tekken Tag 1 8. Tekken 2 9. Tekken 4 10 Tekken 1 11. (As Tekken 8 is not yet released, Id go for International Karate + on Commodore 64 or Double Dragon 2 on Nintendo 8-bit, but as DD 2 is more a beat `em up side scroller, IK+ takes the last spot) Well that was easy, no need to watch the video =)

As hilarious and on the nose as Big Band's Happy Birthday clip is, the funniest clip to me is still that one match Woolie had against Big Band and Valentine

Some good picks. My favourites are Smash Ultimate, Soul Calibur II, Ultra SFIV, Skullgirls & Vampire Savior. When it comes to fighting games I tend to like ones where I can enjoy the single player content & things to do outside the competitive fighting game modes especially since a lot of fighting games live & breathes on whether or not people are playing them. If they are two games I wanted to play a lot more on this list it would be Samurai Shodown & Killer Instinct especially the latter. I freaking love the soundtrack.

a video idea top 10 best snipers in games rules: 1. Do not limit to just sniper rifles, bow, firearms, magic, kunais and ki as long as they are precision and long range based 2. in addition to the main weapon, the skills that the character has should help it in mobility, field control, obtaining information, debuffs, traps, in addition to the use of the environment 3. can have any function defense, attack, support 4. game characters that can use multiple weapons will only count if the skills and lore connect characters must have the mentality of a home-office assassin

9:50 I assume anyone noticed it but it wasnt on the Dreamcast that Soul Edge (Soul Blade) was released but on PlayStation (Based on the Arcade game of the same name). Still, I'm so hyped for your list.

I wish I got more into fighting games. I do consider myself reasonably good at Smash and Pokken and I've dabbled around with plenty of other fighters (UMvC3, both Injustice games, Soul Caliber VI, Skullgirls, and Arcana Heart 3 Love Max), but the ones I've dabbled around with I've just never gotten that great at. Heck, in SC6's case, the character creator is my favorite part about it.

Great video, Oscar. I keep meaning to pick some of these up despite not being good at fighting games. And unfortunately, feom what I heard Skull Girls ran into more drama since the new dev team decided to remove some of the art assets they found exploitive, despite some of this art being used to help sell the game through trailer thumbnails and most aggregiously REMOVING SOME OF THIS ART FROM THE ART BOOK PEOPLE ALEEADY PAID FOR. I'll probably still pick it up eventually along with all the others that I don't have but yeah that potentially drama's gonna sting a bit.

AND THE BATTLE CONTINUES! FIGHT!

Here we are. Expecting big changes from last time. 10. I was expecting a KoF game when SNK was mentioned but I do admit this reboot is really good and Galford is awesome! (Love the avatar reference) 9. Ah this guess was correct! I really need to see more fan-made characters for this game. 8. As soon as the viewer discretion came up this franchise would come up. I guess the time travel plot of XI was too confusing 7. Well I was thrown for a loop there. No Goku in sight. 6. Number six on your games of all time too... coincidence? 5. Skullgirls was on my mind when the Indie scene was brought up 4. So here's the massive list entry. I knew Infinite and 3 wasn't making the list 3. No surprise given the story mode and how much you gushed about it 2. No duh this was going to be high on the list! 1. I haven't heard much on 3. Usually it's the long wait until 5 or how great 6 is currently

In these fighting games, my strategy is simple: button mash like my life depends on it. Sometimes it works, most times it's just a spectacular display of confusion and chaos!

18:00 my chiropractor when i have a slight back ache

Rq before I watch this giving my own top 10: 10. Dead or Alive 5 9. Tekken 3 8. Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown 7. Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 6. Ultra Street Fighter IV 5. Skullgirls 4. Sailor Moon S 3. Super Smash Bros Melee 2. Guilty Gear Strive 1. Super Street Fighter II Turbo

I believe this quote is rather fitting... "Round 2, FIGHT!"

Darkstalkers and blazeblue continuum shift are nostalgic childhood favorites of mine. Tao, her sister and Felicia made me a rush down main fo life. For the moveset i swear.....yeah, the moveset.....

I'm hoping Pokken Tournament is on here, nobody talks about it enough.

¡Bienvenido de vuelta, y felicitaciones por su boda, Oscar!

It's weird how Brawlhalla doesn't get much attention when it has 100 million players with 20million monthly players (crossplay). Insanely good tournament entries online and LAN, massive prize pools, consistent developer support, extremely active community. It's not nearly as recognized as Smash (it does not have the massive legacy or storied history of it), but it deserves some praise imo. It's different from Smash in basically every way but the genre. People are very quick to discount it without giving it a serious try and how good high level competitive play is. Also one of the most balanced fighting games ever.

As a Dutchman, I hope there will be a Dutch character in a fighting game one day. And it’s not like we don’t have basis for it. Anton Geesink was the first non-Japanese judoka who became world champion and even won gold at the Olympic Games in Japan. And our kickboxers are nothing to sneeze at either, they won 15 out of 19 K1 World Grand Prix’s

19:55 Speaking personally, basically all of the complaints about Arksys simplifying the gameplay in Strive was a fear of lowering the skill ceiling. In fact, the general belief was that it would be easier to beat newer players.

While I personally don't agree on much of this top 10 list I do sole heartly respect it. And I mean you're not wrong I do love most of these games, however 3 games that are my personal favorites are Tekken 4, Street Fighter 6 & Mortal Kombat 11. Tekken 4 was my first experience of the franchise and features some of my favorite characters and arcade storytelling within the roster like Hwoarang,Raven,Christe,Eddy & my favorite Lee Chaolan. Street Fighter 6 the latest addition to the series has now become a favorite staple in my heart with different modes like World Tour where you customized you avatar and explore city like a Pokemon rpg esque game, The Battle Hub where I would play other players and have fun in the dj booth,old school arcade and even get into the some avatar fights and Fighting Grounds where it have various other modes with a great assortment of characters old & new (I play Luke & Juri as my mains btw). And lastly as someone who is favorite fighting game genre is being Mortal Kombat, MK11 was just perfect for me with a great roster of characters that all looks so good including surprise guest dlc characters ranging from voice actors like Keith David's Spawn to freaking movie Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. And not only that other modes like the Krypt and a cinematic story mode which in itself feels like an actual movie (I know there are very much mixed opinions on that but I personally love it). And while I do agree the whole meter system mechanic sucks ass at it's own it still a fun game to play, for me at least MKX is also amazing and I do play that game from time to time but it was a little bit more difficult compare to 11(i'm not a pro player so I can't handle that level of difficulty at times).

Not the biggest fighting game fanatic, but here are some predictions: Skullgirls Killer Instinct 2013 Darkstalkers 3 Mortal Kombat XL Tekken 7 Street Fighter VI King of Fighters XIV Super Smash Bros Ultimate Blazblue: Central Fiction ARMS Dragon Ball FighterZ

THe fact that Primal Rage isn't mentioned here is a rotten shame due to how well constructed it is!

5:20 I Forgive You. 12:03 14:14

it was a bit more then a studio swap there with skullgirls, the new guys hit the whole game with the censorship hammer so hard it lefts fan's heads spining, gameplay is still the same though so *shrug*

First off, this list is amazing and its reason is for what im about to say about one of the entries, so, to anyone reading this, DON'T unless you already watched the video. I do agree with these entries as a casual fighting game fan myself, but, just as this list is a love letter to fighting games, Super Smash Brothers Ultimate is a love letter to the gaming industry as a whole. It's that reason why its one of my favorite games of all time. Its not prefect, by any means, but when passion like this is being shown on display with a cast as large and iconic as Ultimate, does it really need to be? I can't say this enough that i love this game because of what it represents. It didn't need to be a better fighting game than the other competitors, which it tried in some aspects. It just needed to be fun, easy to play, and memorable. In that regard, the game is sheer amazement.

Honorable mention for 3D fighting. Bloody Roar

I love you're video friend for me top 3 Fighting Games 3 naruto ultimate ninja storm 4 2 Street Fighter 4 Ultra 1 soul calibur 6

Is GS gonna do an LP on Blasphemous 2 or will they wait until story updates or dlc are added? 🤔

I've just always found fighting games so hard to get into. Where to step in, how to learn them, and how not to feel cornered enough to instinctively button mash...

40:10 42:32 Now that you mention Walter White, many people want him to be in Multiversus as a guest character.

I really like your list 😎😎 Tekken 7 is my favorite, Guilty Gear and SF6 are just pure fun, and for SF3 Third Strike, Ryu's Shin Shryoken and Akuma's Raging Demon are the best supers, and Im one of the few people that loves to play Necro with those wacky mixups 😂

I miss Break The Targets, too. Also I liked Board the Platforms from Smash 64. Never really came back despite how simple it was and how it provided movement training. Break the Targets providing special move training... Just so much cool stuff in many entries in Super Smash Bros. that either only came back very few times, were changed for the worse, or never came back at all.

I want a remake of Soul Calibur 2, but on the Switch just so I can play as Link

for me my favorite fighting game series in no order mortal kombat street fighter soul caliber dragon ball fighting games super smash bros.

So nice to see soul calibur 6 being there in the top 10 I LOVE THIS GAME TO DEATH The character creator has been something i loved from this game

Knowing nothing about Tekken characters whos last name isn't Mishima, judging just on appearance; Lucky Chloe looks like she would either be best friends or bitter rivals with Iono from Scarlet&Violet.

The picks in the list all make sense. Can I ask, though? What made you pick X over 2011? At least from a glance, it seemed 2011 had everything X had to offer and more. Then again, it's been a while since I've played those games.

The GREATEST video game genre.