1. Tekken
2. Mortal Kombat: Annihilation...no that's not the name, the latest one that came out that let's you play multiplayer.
3. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
4. Virtua Fighter
5. Tao Feng

Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo (Most Complete of the SF2 series)
King of Fighters 2000 (Great 2D fighter)
Dead or Alive 2 Plus (The X-Box Remake)
Tobal 2 (A very nice fighter for PS1 designed by Akira Toriyama)
Samurai Shodown (Nice sword-based mideval Japanese fighter)

I think you'll notice that 3 out of my 5 are 2D fighters... I think you can read something into that about my general opinion of the modern fighter.

1. Tekken 5 - I've always been a fan since Tekken 3, this is the best Tekken thats come out.

2. Capcom Vs SNK 2 - I was so obsessed with this game back then. I've already lost interest in it now but just a mention as an homage.

3. Soul Calibur 2 - I played this game a lot at my college. I dont play much anymore but I thought it was a lot of fun

4. Street Fighter III: 3rd strike - Same reason as SC2, just that SC2 was more fun

5. Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 - Same

Mine would have to be
1. Soul Calibur Series
2. Tekken
3. Street Fighter
4. Marvel vs. Series
5. Dark Stalkers

Hmmm they are all good but Melty blood series I think is better,

1. Melty blood Series
2. Street fighter Series
3. Soul Calibur series
4. Super Smash Bros series
5. Tekken Series

-Oliver

Man I could feel pretty lame with my answers, because I have played so many of the MK and Street Fighters that it is hard to think of others...

1. Mortal Kombat (Especially Armageddon)
2. Street Fighter ( Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers)
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
4. Super Smash Brothers, Melee
5. Killer Instinct... should do something more recent...

I guess there were more than I thought.

1. Dead or Alive - Nice chics, good graphics and gameplay!
2. Rival School - Another good game I like. The concept is good but I dont know why it ended up in the sack
3. Marvel Fighting Series - Great gameplay, fast and a lot of excitement even from its 2D predecessors
4. Street Fighter Series - Nothing beats the original
5. Samurai Showdown Series - Best Sword fighting game I have yet played, Nice storyline and gameplay

Not on the list is Mortal Combat - I didn't love the concept of gore fighting, extremely violent even from its fist release. Tekken - I dont know, I just didn't like the way they have cloned Virtua Fighter, but I didn't like the concept of boxing like fighting game either(my opinion only).

My list:  

1. Unthinkable Natural Law (Touhou 12.3)

2. Blazblue

3. Mugen

4. Big Bang Beat

5. Scarlet Weather Rhapsody (Touhou 10.5)

You people really should try these out.

-reply by TheFlameFox

 

 I'm a big fan of fighting games, despite the fact that I'm far from an expert.
In no particular order, I have:

Melty Blood series (Act Cadenza is the best yet)
Guilty Gear series (XX #Reload is awesome, but stay away from Dust Strikers if you have a DS)
Tekken series (I love Tekken Tag, just because you can KO Dr B with a bowling ball =D)
Capcom's Vs. Series (Marvel vs. Capcom 2 will forever be the best in that series)
Street Fighter series (You know why)

-reply by heartLESS-one