>>11827916
>I understand having a main is emergent with online play, but that makes most people only get into 5% of the game.
I don't think that's really true. When you have a main you also have to fight and understand every other character to win consistently. Obviously the more popular ones you will come to know very well, but you'll also learn the tricks or the lesser known ones.
I'm almost certain this was true to some degree in the arcade times too.