With the upcoming release of Guilty Gear: Strive looming over our heads, we decide to gush about some of our favorite fighting game character designs.From zoners to grapplers (paint eating scum), from waifus to husbandos, it's hard to argue against the idea that fighting games have some of the best character design in the industry. The art, the gameplay, the music - they help create a player identity that may be the most important part of the genre - look at the wild popularity of the character reveals for top titles like Smash Bros, Mortal Kombat, etc. and you'll get an idea.What are some of your favorite fighting game characters? I'd say to leave a comment, but this is an audio podcast primarily released on platforms that don't support comments. Can't say I'm sad about that.---------------------------------------------------------------------Here are some clips of some of the characters we talked about.Fino playing VENOM from Guilty Gear Xrd:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q---XOZBhdkPepperySplash with a legendary Venom set at Combo Breaker:https://youtu.be/T0cNVMMI_Vc

Lost Soul with an amazing Jack-O set at DTN 2016:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvIQSqEj0qw

The best Chun-Li costume in action from Street Fighter Alpha:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2c5tYMnt1k

Sub-Zero vs Liu Kang (from the original movie): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEElB5UTv-4

Sonic Fox goes 13-0 in first to 10 with Perfect Legend (Kitana and Erron Black vs. Kung-Lao):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2i--tikO9w