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"Contemporary Battle Planners Explain How to Make Fighting Games: Arc System Works & French-Bread Round Table Discussion". 4Gamer.net. 2015-11-21.

Should we make separate pages for specific fighting game subgenres?[edit]

Shooter games has pages for some of its important subgenres like hero shooters and tactical shooters. Considering that there are specific popular subgenres of fighting games too, should we make separate pages for 2D, 3D, and platform fighting games? I didn't want to just create them without first consulting others.Suriwashi (talk) 19:29, 18 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Platform fighter subgenre should have its own article.[edit]

The platform fighter subgenre should have its own article, it has increased in popularity recently and has information that cannot be covered by this article do to its nature. Person077777777 (talk) 21:20, 11 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Virtua Fighter isn't the first 3d fighting game[edit]

there are dozens of 3d fighting games from the 80s. Note, 3d doesn't mean nor imply polygons. 120.21.102.190 (talk) 22:40, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]