I've never played any Darkstalkers games, but they sound really cool. Aren't there some Darkstalkers characters in the early MvC games? Those are great.
I think the MK series often gets discredited as a game for buttonmashers, or it's gore gimmick (which is just icing on the cake). If you develop your skills enough, there's no way anyone obliviously pressing buttons could destroy you.
The one fighting game series that I'm an absolute beast in is Super Smash Bros. It's to the point where absolutely nobody likes playing any version with me because I always win.
I think HAL made a really smart move by giving a general special attack scheme for the characters. This really allows newcomers to get engaged in the game much more swiftly than most fighters. Although it's simplistic in design, there's an obvious difference between veteran and rookie smashers.
In a sense, it's sort of like Othello's slogan "a minute to learn... a lifetime to master"
Oh yeah, and my friend and I just got done playing -
