What 2D fighting games have nice styled sprites?

[JarJar]

There's a lot of em to look up, but I want to know which ones have styles that stand out, and by that I mean simple styled shading, nothing overshaded that's outdated or looks old.

Also inb4 Tyvon. Cuz I know you know some.

[Alpha Six]

Guilty Gear X2 uses a small amount of colors and ends up looking really nice. They're also really large-scale, however.

Arcana Heart doesn't look like it uses a very large amount of colors, either. I wouldn't know; I haven't played it yet.

Samurai Shodowns 3-6 also don't use a huge amount of colors, and those look amazing.

Last Blade.

Power Instinct: Matrimelee.

Real Bout Fatal Fury.

Garou. Uses I think LESS colors than KOF, and has beautiful animation.


Notice how only two of the games I've mentioned aren't from SNK?

EDIT: Oh, and Street Fighter III. Obviously.

[Cobalt Blue]

WakuWaku7, outfoxies. and Samurai Showdown are everything thatc omes to my mind. although you could always try to emulate the lowpoly style from Virtua Figther wich i think would be more challenging.

i am not that fond of figthing games to have a somehow vast knowledge.

[Alpha Six]

WakuWaku7

HOW did I forget this one?

Waku Waku 7 uses an astonishingly small amount of colors and looks wonderful.

One of the female characters only uses like, two colors per shade.

[Cobalt Blue]

meh, as if SNK wasnt the greatest referal in terms of beatiful figthing games...

[Black Sax]

I like Fatal Fury: F-Contact. I knwo the shading style is very basic, but I still like it.

[Omega]

Marvel vs. Capcom 2

[Alpha Six]

F-Contact is a NGPC game; all of them use the same general style.

If you're going to mention F-Contact, mention KOFs R-1 and R-2, as well as SvC:MOTM and Gals Fighters.

[Black Sax]

Okay, thanks for pointing that out, I guess I like that simple style.

[JarJar]

Looking into these, thanks.

More suggestions are welcome still.

[GrooveMan.exe]

If you want smaller-scale, I've always liked the sprites from Draglade (DS). The animation frames are less, but the sprite style is simple and pretty cool.

[JarJar]

If you want smaller-scale, I've always liked the sprites from Draglade (DS). The animation frames are less, but the sprite style is simple and pretty cool.

This one DOES look pretty cool, thanks groove.

[GrooveMan.exe]

NP. There are more sprites in its sequel, Custom Beat Battle Draglade 2. It's japanese only; which is why the name is long for no good reason. >_>

[LeleleleMAXIMUM]

Most fighters look beautiful ONLY on a TV screen, because of the blurring that occurs that also looks like aa.

Take Guilty Gear, for example. Crappy antialiasing that somehow looks good on the screen.

Pocket Fighters/ Super Gem Fighters Mini Mix? Seems to fit your style.

[Boo]

Castle Crashers. Best 2D Fighting game on earth and I love the style of graphics.