I know shoot em ups have a bad reputation regarding games being considered as art, but I think fighting games, especially those from Japan, come close in being quite similar to each other, also not having the capability to present themselves as an epic experience (think Ikaruga or Silpheed's cinematic flair) and most of them falling into cliché animesque art style, characters and story, and often having an excuse to introduce fan service, like here which has a final match against a characther from another fighting game. I don't care about your pandering, do your own thing, game!

That said, the final match being against a wealthy man who put an orchestra playing in the background of his palace is pretty damn charismathic and unique