[@Mr Allen J]Yeah I don't see this game having any real central theme. The general theme is just for those who appreciate martial art-themed games. I think in the future, the plot shouldn't just solely exist around a tournament. I know you were literally trying to make it cliche like how 90% of all video game fighters are, but I like, and this is just my personal opinion I'm not trying to dictate anything, when not everyone is jumping on the same wagon. Some characters have a bigger story than those who are linear (fighting solely in the tournament with not much else to offer in regards to story). I don't think you want to become the Arena thread. You cut it very close to the Arena thread with this game and how it could have easily been published there if all you got going is a tourney. Then again...with there being so many characters. The tournament almost seems necessary because I don't know how else you'd coordinate them all because they aren't all united under a single goal.

Maybe going away from the tournament for a future idea, you could have them transported to some crazy lair. It could be some evil fictional government, cyberpunk/alien attack or alien opponents, other dimension, etc. (I'm just throwing ideas out there) Something where they are united with a common purpose and there's a sort of fight-to-survive idea? This is starting to sound like Mortal Kombat except we're not putting each other's characters through fatalities. :hehe