Soul Calibur II. III is pretty swish, but II is the classic right now. Anybody who thinks button bashing can win a game of SCII can come along to my place and I will show them otherwise.

I got nothing against Tekken, but the series never going to beat Tekken 2.

Dead or Alive is also smurfing brilliant. I do not understand those who say otherwise, or those who claim the game requires no skill. It's like they don't know the countering system exists.

The only 2D fighters as good as any of those are the Marvel vs. Capcom games. Guilty Gear comes close. Everything else is lamesausages.