If your backgrounds look boring, the game is going to look boring.

Otherwise, thered be like five Street Fighter entries.

Lets keep things interesting, hey?

Mai Shiranui, Mario, and Ryu stand in front of a collage of character select screens from some of the most notable fighting games ever made.

Nothing quite matches up to the most notorious and memorable level from Darkstalkers 3: Fetus Of God.

Its exactly what it sounds like.

Just look at the amount of reference Arc System Works shoved into Dragon Ball FighterZ.

Game images for Persona 4 Arena, Injustice Gods Among Us and Dragon Ball FighterZ.

The real magic is how Capcom incorporates the Danger Rooms real purpose as a holographic training room.

Were taking two goliath properties and shoving them both together for your entertainment, and thats awesome.

You know, the musical shorthand for youre boned, mate.

Chun Li from Street Fighter 5, Jin Kazama from Tekken 7 and Ayane from Dead or Alive 6

Perfect, excellent, ten out of ten, with no notes.

CVS 2s stages are another level though, with the best being London.

One round on this stage, and youll be singing the song for the rest of your life.

A wide image of the Lost Cathedral stage from Soulcalibur 3.

Everything is descending into chaos, but nothing else matters beyond whos going to win between these two combatants.

Nothing encapsulates that idea more than the Large Fire At Wadamoya stage in The Last Blade 2.

An orchestra combined with someone going ham on an organ?

A collage of images showcasing X-Men vs. Street Fighter, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, and Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe

3The Pit - Mortal Kombat (Various)

“Get Over Here!”

One stage that the Mortal Kombat series has returned to again and again is The Pit.

Fighting games aren’t typically known for their stories.

The background for the Darkstalkers 3 stage, Fetus Of God.

But these ones tell compelling tales.

Its the definitive MK stage and one of the best ever.

You cant fake an impact like that.

An image of the Danger Room stage from X-Men: Children of the Atom.

You’re going to need to practice a lot to master these difficult fighting games.

The Daily Bugle background from Marvel Vs Capcom 3.

The interior of Stroheim Castle from the video game Fatal Fury 2.

A screenshot of the London stage from Capcom Vs SNK 2, complete with big red bus.

An image depicting the Large Fire At Wadamoya stage from The Last Blade 2.

An image of the stage Lost Cathedral from Soulcalibur 3.

An image of the stage The Pit from Mortal Kombat X.

The subway stage from Street Fighter 3: Third Strike.

The Moonlit Wilderness stage from Tekken 5.

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