Hmm…
Street Fighter II series: Chun-Li
Street Fighter Alpha: Dan
Street Fighter Alpha 2: Rose
Street Fighter III series: Ken
Street Fighter IV series: Rose
Virtua Fighter series: Akira
Tekken 2: Lei
Tekken Revolution: Lili
Soul Calibur series: Mitsurgi
…really not sure what that says, to be honest…
Well… for Street Fighter the only real ones I can think of are the fact they all have fireballs. I dunno for Rose but Dan/Chun/Ken/Lili/Lei are a little cocky personality wise. Mostly Dan/Ken/Lili. Gameplay wise… other than Lei the characters are all very “basic” and straight forward in how they fight. No tricks or gimmicks or weirdness just what you see is what you get.
O and for the most part they all got solid normal attacks, though A1 Dan’s IIRC weren’t as good as A2 Dan but I could be wrong there.
Do me Eternal please 
*=Main
SF2 WW: Blanka
SF2 CE: Vega (Claw)
SF2 hyper fighting: Ken
SSF2: Dee Jay
ST: Ryu
SFA3: Akuma Vism*, Karin Vism
KI: Orchid
TMNT: Shredder
MvC: Spiderman&Venom
SF4: Rose*, Oni, Ibuki
Skullgirls: Parasoul, Squigly, Ms. Fortune
Guilty Gear series: Millia Rage*, Slayer, Dizzy
Vampire Savior: Rikou(Aulbath), BB Hood (Bulleta)
Garou MOTW: Bonne Jenet
Samurai Shodown: Genan
Samruai Shodown 5P: Rera
JoJo: Devo
Bloodstorm: Hellhound
MK2: Baraka, Scorpion
Time killers: Leif
3s: Makoto
Last Blade 2: Setsuna
Red Earth: Tessa
Tekken TT: Ogre&True Ogre
Soul Caliber: Voldo
MvC2: Morrigan, Spiderman, Venom
Kof 98: Ralf, Iori, Joe Higashi
Eternal, your analysis?
Lemme see here:
For the team games, I will just list the characters I have a liking/affinity for.
VSav: Anakaris (by and far my favorite of any game)
SF3 & SF4: Dudley, Urien
CvS2: Rock, Geese, Mai, Eagle
KOF/SNK: Rock, Geese, Mai
MSH: Shuma
MvC2: Anakaris, Cammy, Blackheart, Shuma, Amingo
UMvC3: Ammy, Akuma
GG: Faust, I-No, Slayer
BB: Arakune, Platinum
P4A: Teddie
Tekken: Lili, Xiaoyu, Lee/Violet, Roger/Alex
I think I tend to gravitate toward characters who defy logic and rules in anime fighters. Not sure what to make of my SF, SNK, and Tekken picks though. They aren’t too important anyway, seeing as I mostly play anime fighters now, with the occasional CvS2 emulation or set in 3rd Strike.
Tier whore.
Thanks for the compliment.
I think you should go talk to someone. Only people who hate themselves play Anakaris by will 
If you gonna play Mummy, might as well play him in CFJ where he was top tier.
Interesting thread, nice to see why people choose the characters they choose, concious-or subconciousely.
Overview of actual characters/teams i use(d):
SSFIV:AE: Cody, Guy, Ibuki, Cammy
SFxT: Jin, Nina
TTT2: Steve, Leo, Dragunov
MK9: Ermac, Sub-Zero, Noob Saibot
KOFXIII: Kyo, Terry, King
MvC3: Iron Man,Dante, Doom
DOA2: Jann Lee
DOA4: Jann Lee, Christie
DOA5: Akira, Sarah, Mila
SCIV: Setsuka, Taki
SCV: Natsu
VF5:FS: Jean
I’ve reflected before on my choice of characters and the* majority* of characters i choose can be described in one word “Straighforward”, but there are exceptions.
Gameplay
Like i said most character have a very straightforward type of gameplay without many gimmicks, on top of that they take chunks of the lifebar and are heavily capable of comebacks. In AE i pick character that can seemingly hit buttons in your face for days due to frame advantage or agressive rushdown. Aside from the characters actually dealing big damage it also looks they do it. The female character i choose have a more varied playstyle comppared to the male characters…huh, how about that.
Personality
Mostly “cool” nonchalant type of characters. The female characters i choose tend not to be “cute” but ones with a bit of an attitude.
Eventhough i don’t play Guilty Gear, i’m probably looking at Sol and Baiken as characters i would choose i i played the game.
What i’ve noticed is i never choose grapplers…
Lastly, i almost always stick to the initial characters that i’ve chosen when picking up the game, not because i’m a character loyalist but because i’m lazy.
Can’t be bothered to learn more characters.
*Noticed alot of characters i choose look very bland and simple design wise…lol.
sf4:adon
tt2:Jinpachi+ak
in most cases i just pick an under used top tier, but adon also plays to my liking so a win/win situation
SFII*: Gief, Boxer, Ken, Claw in that order
SFIII: Chun, Makoto
SFA2*: Sakura
SFIV*: Sakura, Juri
KoF98*: Terry, Iori, Yuri, Daimon
KoFXIII**: King, Daimon, Leona, Iori 98, Yuri, Terry, Billy, Clark, Shen, with my main team being King, Daimon, Leona
CvS2*: Cammy, Sakura, Sagat
Tekken: Lili, Asuka, some Violet
SC: Hilde, Tira
Injustice: Harley
Divekick: Shoals
MvC2: Cable, Commando, Sentinel if I wanted to win, Ryu, Spider-Man, Sakura as a fuck around team
MvC3: Chun, X-23, Sentinel, Dante, Morrigan
Melee: Peach, Link
MK: Sub-Zero
GG: Bridget
SG: Parasoul, Peacock
BB: Noel
Chaos Code: Rui
AH3: Zenia
for completion’s sake
Def Jam FFNY*: Slick Rick, Sticky Fingaz
Gundam Vs: Exia
JoJos ASB: Hol Horse, Narancia
*game I take seriously enough to play in tournament when its available
**main game
Those games I’m picking characters with a lot more weight on their gameplay merits.
My other, for-fun games (most of which I’m terrible at), aesthetics and personality play a larger role. That’s not to say I completely overlook character design even in my main game though.
You guys are a bunch of haters. Anakaris is usable in VSav unless the opponent picks Q-Bee, Felicia, and arguably Talbain.
Will have to see his CFJ movelist. If he’s missing shit like he does in Marvel 2, no thanks. VSav Anakaris has the funnest collection of normals and specials ever. Just wish his super were a bit more practical…
http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Capcom_Fighting_Evolution/Moves#Anakaris
EDIT: Looked at his CFJ list. COBRA BLOW AS A GUARD CANCEL?! HOLY FKING TTIES!
But… no absorb/release kind of offsets the value. At least it seems like he had a neutral jump and an air dash there.
Lots of posts, I’ll have to go through these at some point. (And in many of these cases, actually google the characters / games lol)
You know that big slow character no one seems too worried about? That character is a threat, and I will prove it.
That weird, ugly and/or obscure character that’s not appealing enough for the front cover? I main that character.
Don’t hate on the old man. Just cause he old don’t mean he can’t kick ass.
Kid characters. If a little kid can kick your ass, then you must suck at fighting.
Then why do you play She-Hul…
Never mind.
But he can keep most of the cast at the other end of the screen though.
I’ve been playing FGs for a long time, started with the “shoto” characters but in recent years the “vanilla/default/shoto” characters don’t really do it for me (Marvel Akuma is the exception). Anyway, in kind of chronological order (of games played):
Street Fighter 2: Ken.
Street Fighter Alpha: Ken, Rolento.
Killer Instinct: Jago, Fulgore, Cinder.
X-Men COTA: Wolverine, Cyclops, Psylocke.
Marvel Super Heroes: Wolverine, Ironman, Psylocke.
Darkstalkers: Bishamon, Donovan, Talbain, Zabel.
Rival Schools: Sakura, Akira, Chair Person (? the one with the camera), Natsu, Kyosuke, Batsu, Ryoga (? Shoto teacher), Edge.
X-Men Vs Street Fighter: Akuma, Wolverine, Ken, Cyclops, Rogue, Gambit.
MSHvSF: Akuma, Cyclops, Wolverine.
**MVC1: **War Machine, Venom.
MVC2: Akuma, Venom, War Machine, CapCom, Jin, Sabretooth, Hulk, Psylocke, Rogue, Gambit, Cable.
Guilty Gear: Sol, Chipp, Jam, Zappa.
WakuWaku7: Arina, Slash.
KOF: King, motion Robert, Iori, Shermie, Vanessa, Leona, Angel, Mature, Vice, K’, Chris.
Samurai Shodown 4: Genjuro, Basara, Sogetsu, Kazuki.
Last Blade 2: Hibiki, Setsuna, Moriya, Kojiroh.
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Dio, Chaka, Polnareff, Kakyoin.
SF4: Bison, Sakura.
*UMVC3: Akuma, Viper, Sentinel, Hulk, Captain America, Dormammu, Hsien Ko (mainly for assist as she is kinda trash).
*Blazblue: Noel, Hazama, Hakumen, MuNumbdawhatever (the blades one), Litchi.
*Arcana Heart 3: Saki, Weiss, Lilica, Dorothy, Clarice, Leiselotte.
Skullgirls: Painwheel, Valentine, Miss Fortune.
*Persona 4 Arena: Chie, Yukiko, Elizabeth.
Ougon Musou Kyoku X: Posh lady with the minotaur butler, posh lady with the gun, posh lady with the damaging teleport (Rosa/Virgilia/Beatrice).
Nurarihyon no Mago Hyakki Ryouran Taisen: Chick with the animals (Venison Uppercut and wolf/elephant cancels FTW!).
Wow that’s a lot, and not even all of them, also didn’t want to touch 3D.
Anyway, I seem to have gone from “basic” characters to what I consider more interesting ones (sometimes, but not necessarily more technical). I like female, fast, glass cannon type characters with a bit of brute force mixed in. Also, I will pick any character with a Dragon Kick, the only reason Akane isn’t listen under AH3 is because I don’t spend much time playing her (and when I do, it’s Dragon Kick all day erry day).
Ones with a * next to them are the ones I consider myself somewhat good at currently if that makes any difference.
So, thoughts?
Hmm… character’s that I’ve enjoyed…
Full Moon Nrvnsqr-Chaos in Melty Blood.
Baiken in GG… back in #Reload.
Gill and Akuma in SF3
Akuma in Alpha 3.
Iori, Akuma, and Rugal in CvS2.
In KOF 98 UM… I guess EX-Geese and Krauser? I suck at KOF.
Not a fan of anyone in SF4, period.
Heihachi in Tekken.
Cervantes in Soul Calibur/Soul Blade.
Stryker in Mortal Kombat 3.
Guile in early SF2. I especially love his “Sonic Jab” and his “Flash Jab” combos.
I got nothing.
Street Fighter: Adon, Sagat, Hugo
Tekken: Paul Phoenix, Dragunov
Soul Calibur: Raphael
KOF: Joe, Hwa, Goro
Mortal Kombat: Kano
Blazblue: Tager
Guilty Gear: Millia, Potemkin
Marvel: mostly Sentinel
Darkstalkers: Demitri
Injustice: Flash
I mostly like big guys, bad guys and Muay Thai users.
