I would prefer a Street Fighter-ish game as well,but keep in mind that this game is catering to the "New School"of Japanese fighting games,that are alot more fast paced,and focused on chain comboing(Arcana Hearts,Guilty Gear,Hokuto No Ken,Melty Blood). I don't like it that much either,especially with ArcSystWorks,and the arbitrarily difficult thing's that they add to their games that make it difficult for beginners,but as for right now these games are doing well,in a Japanese market that accepts them so I'm not expecting any new trend setting changes soon.