Originally posted by SmashBro
I think EVO slacked off this year. I mean, no Virtua Fighter? No Guilty Gear? No SNK games? And finally, no Mortal Kombat? Stuff like this gets me about EVO everytime.
I disagree on EVO slacking off, there was none of those games, because to be completely real...there is almost no competition for those here in the US. Don't remember Evo2k5, where they had like...all of them games...almost nobody showed up for DoA4...you had random people going in there and even placing well in it.
VF had almost nobody entering and qualifying for that infact it's only real tournaments are within Japan, outside of that, VF doesn't recieve alot of competitive gameplay, and GG is a niche community here in the US as well, as for the SNK games...USA simply loves SF too much to ever get into SNK (although it's a great series mind you), this is how it's been since the early 90's and this is how it's still is to the present day to the SNK Series, even though world-wide it's played heavily besides in the US.
Let's get real with Mortal Kombat, although UMK3 is regarded as the most polished MK game of all time, it was Mortal Kombat II that garnered the most love and competitive play. Besides that, I haven't seen MK on any high lvl tournament exhibition, not just Evo.
EVO actually for one year, or many tried numerous other fighting games, only to see a handful of players entering in them...and with them giving out thousands of dollars away...they where losing profit. Which is why you saw a bunch of fighting games being pulled out, and the simple reason is...not enough entries to compete in them.
Like I said...if you want a game to be competitive, prove, build a community and show that "insert game" is worthy of tournament play. Remember that in the early late to early 2000, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 did not get alot of love, however people kept pushing for it seeing that there's alot in the game...and now look at where it stands in the US.
Ed's comments is seriously out of whack because even high lvl MK players do not like the new MK games that have been made, I mean, that pretty much explains alot of things. Now, I'm not hating on DC vs MK, because that actually looks fun, however it's game mechanics will ultimately decide whether this game flops on the competitive lvl or, and you also have to remember, that MK has to rebuild years of lost confidence from it's fans as well.
Lastly, yeah, that trailer is pimp...I remember seeing another vid of an actual gameplay, however more recently and it looked incredibly good. The gameplay is as stated earlier reminscent of the VS series with Marvel, but for the moment, it doesn't seem as "fast" as the MvC2, however that remains to be seen yet. If there is any character with Tri-Jumps, expect to see some serious rush down.