I'm biased toward this one over 2, probably just because I like the stages better. Like with 2 I wish the AI had more bite to it, but this is just so extremely polished. Looks fantastic, sounds even better, and uses 3D space better than I think any other 3D fighter I've played. Well... until the boss of story mode, that is. I have beef about how that's executed, unfortuantely.