If Tekken Is G.O.A.T, Street Fighter’s God

Black Nerd Problems recently published an article about Tekken 3 as the G.O.A.T. of fighting games, spurring conversations on Twitter about genre-defining games and every fighter from Soul Calibur to Injustice. Look, let’s get right into this Staff Beef. I wouldn’t have qualms with individual praise of any game, especially Tekken 3’s greatness – it’s one of the best fighting games of all time, so I’ma feel you on that. But when my fam starts making claims outside the lane? About the strength of the series and its influence in relation to other fighting games? We take it to the streets. Kendall Santavion Bartley and any of his people, don’t comment on Facebook, don’t hit me on Twitter, don’t register a comment under a fake email with an IP address routed through Jamaica, Brazil, and Ghana. If Tekken is G.O.A.T., Street Fighter is God. “All you ninjas is my sons, and I ain’t talking ‘bout Phoenix” Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Sagat, Cammy… a whole squad of killers became so iconic from 1987 to now even its late additions have more name recognition than Tekken’s starting five. A genre-defining game, Street Fighter became so iconic that Capcom basically re-released the same game for almost 30 and years and counting. Street Fighter is the most-known game of the best controls format in fighters, and one that has been released, and will be replicated, probably until the end of time. It’s so successful that competitors bought into the game design themselves, creating clones so similar to the S…