Maybe not, but I just recall enjoying it on some level. Like I said, I just enjoy fighting games that have one player experiences that break up the monotony of fights with cutscenes. Obviously, they should be skippable, but someone like myself that plays one player appreciates when effort is put into character stories beyond what's in the manual.
I can't really say if it's better or worse than other fighting games, but there's more of it than normal in my experience, and I recall enjoying it.