First time to play CvS millenium

I played this game for the first time in the arcade today. I don't have that much time to play video games lately and today was my first time. I played 3 games and beat in on the 3rd game. In my first game my team was Iori and Guile and I got as far as Omega Rugal then I started a new game and picked Kyo and Ken and got as far as Geese if I remember correctly then I started a new game with Evil Ryu and finally beat it. He seems to be one of the strongest characters in the game. It only let me pick him I think because he is powerful compared to the rest. I used the jump fierce into a fierce dragon punch combo a lot. He combones the skills of an offensive Ken and a defensive regular Ryu which is why I think I was able to beat the game. For my first time, the game really had a good impression on me.