sevin0seven wrote:additionally (from what's already mentioned), I love the sprites on these ones:
SNK vs. Capcom: Chaos (It was nice to see SF characters with KOF art pixel)
Street Fighter III: Double Impact (for some reason I love the pixel here more than third strike)
Art of Fighting 2
Fatal Fury Special
World Heroes Perfect
Last Blade II
X-Men Children of the atom
TMNT: Tournament Fighters (SNES ver)
Some great choices here, although snk vs capcom cant hold a candle to capcom vs snk 2 in terms of gameplay, I loved the aesthetics of that game.
Also World Heroes 2 was my favorite niche beat em as a kid, I actually owned a neo geo and the 3 games I had for it were world heroes 2, fatal fury special, and art of fighting 2.
and since you brought up x-men, we can't leave out marvel superheroes war for the gems, as well as the 2 vs games they spawned.