2021 Fighting Games
This game won fighting game of the year at the 2021 Game Awards
Guilty Gear Strive
Smash Ultimate brought back every character ever in their franchise, this fighting game also made an Ultimate version but didn't bring back all 77 characters
Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate
This player stopped Zero's 56 tournament winning streak at MLG World Finals 2015
Nairo
In Byleth's gameplay video, Sakurai says their speed and weight is similar to Robin's. He should've reserved that statement for this DLC character, who, like Robin, is bottom 10 in speed and only 1 unit heavier than Byleth
Pyra
In the child's nursery rhyme, these 2 kids go up the hill to fetch a pail of water and meet this Resident Evil 3 protagonist
Jack and Jill Valentine
In Guilty Gear Strive, the army fighting against the Gears is called this
Sacred Order of the Holy Knights
With a recent announcement of a new character, this fighter is one more DLC character away from their base roster being the same size as their DLC roster
DragonBall FighterZ
This player came so close to a 9 stock in his top 16 losers set at Smash 'n' Splash 5- he got the first 8 unanswered, at least
Leon
2 characters can change their grab range- Olimar by having certain Pikmin, and this character
Pokemon Trainer
This Ubisoft FPS meets the final battle in the European Theatre of World War 2
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege of Berlin
This game was created in 2007, but was remastered in 2021 and released with this name
Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown
The top 5 largest fighting games rosters all come from different franchises. This franchise's 2011 entry is #3. Their 2015 entry didn't usurp it despite getting new characters til March 2021, ending up #9 all time
Tekken
At Melee's Smash World Tour, this bottom 10 character on the official tier list made an appearance in top 40
Link
This character has the best out of shield options in the game- the best option takes 3 frames, 2nd best option takes 5 frames, and his 3rd best option takes 8 frames
Little Mac (up B, nair, up air)
This tourney in Arlington, Texas meets the nickname of Philadelphia
Low Tier City of Brotherly Love
The Nickelodeon All Stars Brawl creators were reached out to by Nickelodeon after the success from their previous platformer, named this
Slap City
The 4th installment of this franchise had Darth Vader and Yoda as guest characters
Soul Calibur
Armada and this player have tied for most finals appearances at Smash Summits, each with 6- but Armada has 4 wins to his 3
Hungrybox
The slowest smash attack in the game is this character's forward smash, at 41 frames
Snake
A horror survival hide and seek game taking place after we turn back our clocks one hour
Dead by Daylight Savings Time
Melty Blood: Type Lumina is categorized as an anime fighter, but this anime actually had a fighting game made from its cast in 2021
Demon Slayer
Smash Ultimate famously brought back every previous character, but this franchise was the first to do that with its 64 character Armageddon entry
Mortal Kombat
This Melee pro made some huge waves at Smash 'n' Splash 5, getting top 8 in his Ultimate debut
Wizzrobe
There's a 4 way tie for 10th heaviest character in the game- Samus, Dark Samus, Terry, and this Mario character
Bowser Jr
The virus that has caused a global pandemic for 2 years meets this dystopian science fiction novel written by George Orwell
COVID-1984