My biggest thing was never with the graphics: I just want to see the game play in action. With any fighting game, that's always going to be my number one concern.
And as far as other posters being 'close minded': I actually agree with that statement to an extent. Not in the sense that if you don't like the artwork or graphics, that automatically makes one so (it was obvious that with the art decision, more so sense the characters in certain cases don't quite look like their original selves, and I'm looking at you Maria... ).
But I do agree in the terms of the people that literally saw one or a few screenshots and just jumped to conclusions that the game was automatically going to suck and hell, that's that. Then there were some (and I'm not even saying here) that were like the entire darn franchise was in jeopardy for because of this one game. Now THOSE people to me are close-minded.
Now if the artwork sucks, it just sucks. It's a sad state of affair but, it happens. However, if everything else is on mark, then I'm all for this game. As for the graphics, I honestly didn't think they looked bad but then again, since the E3 version is suppose to be a *better* build, we'll see.