>>718130268
For me, games are all about movement. If your game consists of 2 dudes looking at each other and your options are, slowly walk in either direction, the most boring jump ever implemented, or duck, then it's a shit game for slow brained geriatric monkeys, and that's almost every fighting game.
Smash Bros. Melee is a rare exception, every fighting game should have at least that level of freedom of movement and variety in movement expression.