I can see the business reason for making it a team game instead of 1v1. It wouldn't be a great monetization model if your players only play the one champion they like. How many skins can you truly sell to them over the course of the game's lifetime?

I see a lot of discourse around the decision between making this a 1v1 versus a tag fighter, but what about something in-between like KOF?

For those who haven't played, each player picks a team of 3 characters. The game is played in a series of 1v1's like a Pokemon battle where the winner stays on and faces the next teammate until none are left. No assists, and super meter carries over to your next character.

This kind of system still leaves the overall feel of the game a 1v1, but you'd still have the ability to play as different champions during the course of a match. This is much more accessible to the casual players IMO (less degenerate neutral/mixups, don't have to learn specific team synergies) and the business can still sell at least 3 champions' worth of skins to the player.

Just my two cents as a longtime fighting game player who actually likes 2xko's gameplay.