I think it’s really good and a solid balanced fighter. Granted, I think every character has some sort of cheap move. But, not anything that makes the game broken. It requires accurate timing and appropriate distance to be overly cheap with anyone. The characters easily balance each other. Even though I think they’re a bit heavy on the Ryu/Ken move set or style (6 total). However, I think there is enough variation between them to have them not overly identical.
Anyways, I’m open to suggestions on the upcoming LAN tournament rules. I’m thinking best of 3 rounds, best of 3 matches up until the semis. Semis would be best of 3 rounds, best of 5 matches. As far as specifics on character selection and stage selection.. not sure if that makes much of a difference or not, but I’m willing to take input and opinion from anyone who has played the game.