Free Step Dodge

I remember when the cast all had hop punches.

I remember the jump mechanic...glad they took it away, the game felt very clunky with it

It freaks me out when I go back to a previous game where you can jump. Some characters had really good jumping attacks though.

Clunky? The hop punch helped extend stuns, and had good mixup potential on wakeup. You could feint a hop punch and use the move that executes just as you land, or just empty hop and throw.