I Got Next is going to be some good.
This past weekend, I was in Ashburn, Virginia for a tournament, C3 Revivial Night. The main event of the day was the Street Fighter 4 3v3 Team Tournament, which had some of the East Coast's top players. Our team finished 7th out of about 28 teams, largely thanks to some crazy good teammates. SF4 3v3 is a very interesting format; each team sends out one of their players to fight (at point), and the winner stays on the machine. The losing player's team gets to choose who to send out next; for instance, if our M. Bison just lost to their Balrog, we send in our Zangief, since Zangief has a favorable matchup against Balrog. Sending in Zangief, however, means that if we win, they're likely to bring in their Sagat, who's a bad match for Gief. Making teams that are able to handle a wide variety of the entire roster and figuring out team order is part of the fun, on top of cheering for your teammates. It's an absolute blast, and goes to show that 1v1 isn't the only way to make a competitive fighting game entertaining.
Games can really shine when the game extends past the ruleset and actually fuels player interaction / emotion; when something happens in the game that lives on far after the game has ended. In Fighting Games, the most infamous moment is likely the Evolution Daigo / Justin Wong Street Fighter 3 video. Street Fighter 4 just got its first. If you haven't seen this video, it's about time you have.
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