Fighting game with the largest roster (open discussion)

[KnowledgeBase]

I was hoping to possibly post a fact on the website about the fighting game with the largest number of playable characters, however in my fact finding I have discovered two somewhat conflicting facts.

The PS1 game "Tobal 2" is recognized by the Guiness World Records as the current holder with 200 different fighters.
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/reco...ting-game/

However, the PS2 game "Fire Pro Wrestling Returns" has a roster of 327 playable characters (not counting the additional 500 custom character slots).

Whilst it's possible they could be considered to be both under the same category, Tobal 2 is an arcade fighter whilst "Fire Pro Wrestling Returns" is a wrestling game. Would you consider these 2 games to be classified as part of the same genre/record or both under their own seperate categories ie. "Largest character roster in a fighting game" and "Largest character roster in a wrestling game"?

[Psychospacecow]

Well it depends whether you'd label wrestling as a fighting or a sports game I suppose.

I mean, DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi has a big roster and is considered fighting even though it has a layer of anime paint on it.
I don't see why Fire Pro couldn't be considered fighting.

[Mass Distraction]

Personally I do count wrestling games as fighters. They are just based on a 3D arena instead of the 2D style often used by fighters. Even then, and as Psycho mentioned, there are games that are definitely labeled as fighters and use a 3D arena.

[Psychospacecow]

If you consider Tekken a fighter, or Soul Calibur, then you got the 3d part down.

[Mass Distraction]

What I meant was the kind of a free-roam 3D arena, as presented by Budokai Tenkaichi, for example. Tekken and Soul Calibur, even if they have a 3D arena, are still bound by the 2D perspective.

[Shen Valor]

The only two games I know that have the largest roster are DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 3 and DB Heroes (an arcade, carddass game in Japan).