Ok, read the whole thread.
Most of you SERIOUSLY need to really play other fighting games besides NRS games at a competitive level. In the end the reason why SF4 and Tekken have less counter picking is that the FIGHTING ENGINE AND MECHANICS of the game itself make it so it becomes a battle of who plays these FIGHTING ENGINES AND MECHANICS better. A Zangief player who is known to have 1,000 bad matchups just got 4th at EVO because his fundamentals in Street Fighter are strong, not because his character has broken tools like NRS games.
NRS games are just a battle of tools that each character has. Tekken and SF4 are a battle of who plays the core mechanics moreso than tools.
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Belial you seriously must not play SF4 or Tekken if you think those games don't have matchup specific counter picking. Most characters have bad matchups. Its just that it doesn't matter as much.
This argument is entirely way too early not because we don't know who's broken yet, but because we don't know the size of the role of engine and game mechanics.
Most of you need to stop hoping for just perfect character balance which will NEVER happen. Instead hope for a solid game engine that will make the game balanced just because it will be a battle of who plays the core game better.
Some of you have it right but are just not explaining it well enough. But I hope most of you try to understand what I'm getting at here.