[Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection] I Wanna Take You For A Ride... out now!

Jazz · June 20

MvC2 is freed, and it's bringing its old friends with it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLS4-W4Yq84

7 legendary games, one Super Heroic collection:

X-MEN: CHILDREN OF THE ATOM
MARVEL SUPER HEROES
X-MEN vs. STREET FIGHTER
MARVEL SUPER HEROES vs. STREET FIGHTER
MARVEL vs. CAPCOM: CLASH OF SUPER HEROES
MARVEL vs. CAPCOM 2: NEW AGE OF HEROES
THE PUNISHER

MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics, on sale later this year for MSRP $49.99, also brings a ton of new and enhanced features for players to enjoy, including:

Battle It Out Online – All of the fighting games in the collection will have online ranked, casual, and lobby matches unlocked for players to showcase their abilities with friends, family, and other players from around the world!
Robust Rollback Netcode – Online play for the collection is supported with rollback netcode for a strong and stable online experience!
Be the Best! – Global high score leaderboards come to every game in the collection so players can track their journey to the top of the list!
Practice Makes Perfect – Training Mode comes to all fighting games in the collection so players can learn, practice, and master their moves!
A Rare Gem – The classic beat ‘em up arcade game THE PUNISHER comes to PC and modern consoles for the first time ever in the U.S.!
Watch This! – Spectator Mode is available so you can enjoy watching your friends and co-combatants battle it out!
Additional Features – Check out the collection’s enhanced features like a music jukebox, in-game Museum, new display filters, and more!

(Thank you to @Stabbity Style for linking these pics!
Original credit to https://x.com/strayhoundstd/status/1803808761586299278 and https://x.com/ChrisFCB_/status/1803842189614592505 and, of course, Marvel & Capcom.)

Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics releases:
September 12th 2024 digitally on PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch, and PS4 (playable on PS5)
November 22nd 2024 physically on Nintendo Switch and PS4 (playable on disc drive PS5)
Unspecified date in 2025 on Xbox One (playable on Xbox Series X/S), formats tbd.

Controversially, Xbox has so far not been announced and both Xbox and Capcom are being very quiet as to why, leading to much speculation on social media.

Spotlight trailers for individual games:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-oPDVt2wCc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br3CXUUzoJ8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EA8rVFoSTQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jBk6rDKork

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJzTYJlEmVA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1OEXtLVW3c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw-AZsHudlk

Also, Capcom Fighting Collection 2 has been announced!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl0D5FK3a50

8 more legendary games:

Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Pro
Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001
Capcom Fighting Evolution
Street Fighter Alpha 3 UPPER
Project Justice (sequel to Rival Schools: United By Fate)
Power Stone
Power Stone 2
Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein (sequel to Star Gladiator)

Capcom Fighting Collection 2 is coming in 2025 for PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch, PS4 (playable on PS5), and Xbox One (playable on Xbox Series X/S).

KoopahTroopah · June 20

My favorite announcement from the direct, and I can't fucking believe it's real. MvC2 alone has been in IP jail for like 9 years? And 7 games for $50 with online and lobbies and rollback etc... is a deal.

Jazz · June 20

KoopahTroopah wrote: »

My favorite announcement from the direct, and I can't fucking believe it's real. MvC2 alone has been in IP jail for like 9 years? And 7 games for $50 with online and lobbies and rollback etc... is a deal.

I know, right. I couldn't believe it when I saw it. Absolute jaw-dropping moment. I got such an itch from the announcement that I was happy to find Capcom Fighting Collection on sale for cheap on Fanatical, and picked that up and have been playing it on my Steam Deck, both handheld and on my TV. That collection is focused primarily on the Darkstalkers series (but with a bunch of other games too including Hyper SF2 and Puzzle Fighter, 10 games in total). I've been impressed by it so far, with good emulation and features, and if MvC FC is as good (MvC already has even more features announced) then I'll be happy. Granted I've not tried online - as I understand it the playerbase is gone now anyway, but I'm old and have always preferred fighting games in local couch multi. Unfortunately I no longer have anyone to play them with... but that's another problem

Pretty much all the 2D MvC games, all of which are in this new collection (again, pinch me!), go for a small fortune now for legit copies. Even more so the Sega Saturn versions of the first four which were markedly better than the PlayStation ports of the same era. $50 (so probably £40 here) isn't cheap for a retro compilation, but it's absolute chump change compared to getting these games elsewhere.

Stabbity Style · June 20

Gonna be dope! Honestly probably not gonna play it much but I'll buy it and be glad to have it.

Jazz · June 20

Also, while the inclusion of The Punisher is very cool, I think it's wasting the opportunity to include the X-Men arcade game, which has been unavailable on any platform since at least 2014 except in an Arcade1UP machine.

BigJoeM · June 20

That's Konami. So Capcom couldn't include it.

Jazz · June 20

Somehow that had escaped me. Thank you for clarifying that! (Oops.)

At least Konami finally seem interested in video games again. So fingers crossed.

TexiKen · June 20

The best team is Ken/Cyclops/Cammy, because you just bum rush everyone and keep them down on the ground.

People who use Sentinel and Magneto are losers, I would love for it to be patched with a fuck you of making Sentinel old pre SF4 Dan bad.

Jazz · June 20

Dan was intended to be bad, right? I remember with the friends I used to play fighting games with in the '90s, winning with Dan was always worth a bit of kudos because he's deliberately nerfed to the point of being an effective handicap.

I haven't played SF4 or later to know they'd changed him.

Taramoor · June 20

Jazz wrote: »

Dan was intended to be bad, right? I remember with the friends I used to play fighting games with in the '90s, winning with Dan was always worth a bit of kudos because he's deliberately nerfed to the point of being an effective handicap.

I haven't played SF4 or later to know they'd changed him.

He is a joke character, made to be silly and usually weak. He’s a parody of the main characters from Art of Fighting because Capcom thought one of them was a mashup of Ryu and Ken. Sometimes they accidentally break him, as happens with all fighting games, but generally speaking he’s supposed to suck.

Jazz · June 20

As regards the price, I've just gone looking; and despite the surprise that apparently a copy of X-Men: Children of the Atom would be significantly cheaper on Saturn than on PlayStation here, it would still cost me several hundred pounds (UK) to get these games together, several of them into 3 figures per game. To say nothing of re-acquiring (and of course maintaining) old hardware, and dealing with - certainly on PS1 - significant corners cut in the unfortunately iffy ports as well (Saturn versions, where available, would be much better).

KoopahTroopah · June 21

Jazz wrote: »

Somehow that had escaped me. Thank you for clarifying that! (Oops.)

At least Konami finally seem interested in video games again. So fingers crossed.

Yeah, I want Simpsons and X-men somewhere as well. TMNT already had their revival with the Cowabunga collection, maybe we'll get some other kind of Arcade Collection outside of the classics.

TexiKen · June 21

Hori makes a fight pad for the Switch, so it looks like I'll be dusting off the ol' Nintendo for this one. But then I think the wifi netcode will suck, so now I'm thinking maybe just go for a PS5 then, fuck you Microsoft seriously.

With this reveal and Unicorn Overlord and the Elden Ring DLC I'm actually feeling UwU about games this year, but I don't know if it's drop five hundo good...

Jazz · June 21

Can always run a Switch with wired internet... when it's docked at least.

I really hope we get a statement soon from Xbox and/or Capcom, I'm sure both companies have taken note of the outcry on the socials. I really really hope they get their shit together and find a way to get the thing out on Xbox as well... the very non-specific (so far) date of "2024" makes me wonder if options are being left open. It'd suck in a different way if it were to come to Xbox later than the others, and it would be utterly insulting if the Xbox release announcement were to come after the launch on the other platforms.

So my guess is, sooner rather than later if it's just not coming to Xbox at all, and later in the year if somehow they can get it together. There's already no crossplay so could it be done on RE Engine on Xbox, say, if MT Framework is the problem... so much is up in the air and so much unknown about what's going on. But the intentional vagueness of the release date has me wondering if stuff is going on behind the scenes.

cooljammer00 · June 22

I assume like the rumors we are hearing from other devs, it's a cost analysis thing. Why release a game on a system that nobody seems to care about, nobody is buying, and those who do buy the system don't buy games because the platform pushes a subscription service?

Jazz · June 23

I wish someone would stick their head over the parapet and at least say "this is why: <reason>" and scotch the endless speculation churning from the rumor mill. This is why I didn't dwell on it in the OP, there's several possible reasons here, it's extremely noticeable (it's the main topic of conversation about this collection besides "holy shit it exists"), and it's only made more apparent by Capcom announcing other forthcoming titles - including other retro collections! - that are coming to Xbox! So clearly they're not writing off the platform entirely.

Although obviously the ideal solution would be for MS and Capcom to work it the hell out, and before launch on PC/PS4/Switch at that so people can change pre-orders if they need to (which is why the lack of a release date is so damn curious). The series has a strong and appreciated history with Xbox machines from MvC2 onwards, after all. The noise on the socials cannot have escaped MS and Capcom's notice.

LBD_Nytetrayn · June 23

I've mentioned it elsewhere, but I've dreamed of this kind of release for literal YEARS, if not longer, so the announcement of this game made my day, and seeing no Xbox logo ruined it just as quick.

Since then, finding out that there are adapters that will allow me to use my Xbox controller on Switch instead of dealing with Switch's crummy Dpads has left me content enough, even if not fully satisfied.

I can't imagine a world where Ace Attorney Investigations would be considered less risky and more profitable than Marvel vs. Capcom. And if it's an MT Framework thing -- then why are they still using an outdated engine for it while other collections are using RE?

As for Xbox, upon seeing that this is coming to literally everything but their platforms, leadership should be asking themselves two important questions:

1) Why?
2) What can we do about it?

Even if it's not going to be a triple-platinum seller or whatever stupid metric is used to gauge success these days, it's just bad optics, and they don't need that right now.

It's also the second time this has happened (albeit WAY bigger than the first), and I get the feeling it won't be the last.

shoeboxjeddy · June 23

Recent Xbox snubs:
MvC Collection
Rocket Knight Collection
Animal Well
Shantae Advance

And probably others. Limited Run Games seems to be a culprit, but they're not the only ones.

Jazz · August 13

Still no release date, but there's a "game spotlight" trailer up for X-Men: Children of the Atom - so hopefully ones for the other games will follow soon.

So here's a quick look at the first game in the collection, all the way from 1994...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-oPDVt2wCc

Jazz · August 15

Rumblings of a release on 22 November. Still awaiting official confirmation though...

cooljammer00 · August 15

I'm more excited for Punisher

LBD_Nytetrayn · August 15

Well, that's my holiday title, then.

Jazz · August 20

Spotlight trailers for Marvel Super Heroes and Marvel vs Capcom 1...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br3CXUUzoJ8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJzTYJlEmVA

TexiKen · August 20

If only they released this on September 9th, I would just look up to the sky, a tear forming, and go "this is for you, Dreamcast-chan."

Jazz · August 27

This is getting ridiculous. Capcom Fighting Collection 2 has been announced:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl0D5FK3a50

Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Pro
Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001
Capcom Fighting Evolution
Street Fighter Alpha 3 UPPER
Project Justice (sequel to Rival Schools United By Fate)
Power Stone
Power Stone 2
Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein (sequel to Star Gladiator)

Once again announced only for PS4, Switch, and Steam (oh MT Framework), with no release date other than "2025". EDIT: Also confirmed for Xbox the same time MvC Collection was, thankfully (see below...)

cooljammer00 · August 27

Why do they keep putting random beat em ups in there?

shoeboxjeddy · August 27

cooljammer00 wrote: »

Why do they keep putting random beat em ups in there?

Because beat em ups are literally games about fighting and the characters continuously crossover.

Reynolds · August 27

None of those are beat em ups though.

Jealous Deva · August 27

Jazz wrote: »

This is getting ridiculous. Capcom Fighting Collection 2 has been announced:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl0D5FK3a50

Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Pro
Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001
Capcom Fighting Evolution
Street Fighter Alpha 3 UPPER
Project Justice (sequel to Rival Schools United By Fate)
Power Stone
Power Stone 2
Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein (sequel to Star Gladiator)

Once again announced only for PS4, Switch, and Steam (oh MT Framework), with no release date other than "2025".

That is a great collection.

I am interested in what they are doing with alpha 3 upper. Are they emulating Naomi boards or is it a new implementation a la PSP alpha 3?

If they are going to do actual new implementations of stuff I would love a version of Alpha 2 with all the Alpha 3 upper characters (because the actual system is much better than alpha 3), but I know that’s a pretty niche ask.

Jazz · August 27

TexiKen · August 27

POWER STONE!

Jazz · August 27

Jazz · August 27

Spotlight trailer for The Punisher:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw-AZsHudlk

Jazz · August 27

OP updated to get everything in one place.

Stabbity Style · August 27

I know they won't do it cause there's no money there, but I still really want them to go back and clean up the SF 30th Anniversary Collection. That or just do a new version of it in-house like with the fighting game collections they've been doing.

Jazz · August 27

Stabbity Style wrote: »

I know they won't do it cause there's no money there, but I still really want them to go back and clean up the SF 30th Anniversary Collection. That or just do a new version of it in-house like with the fighting game collections they've been doing.

With SF3: 3rd Strike Online Edition.

LBD_Nytetrayn · August 28

So, with this, there's still Star Gladiator and Rival Schools, but besides that, what's left for Capcom fighters?

I've got:

Final Fight Revenge
Street Fighter EX 1-3
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom

And I'm honestly a lot more optimistic about those last two now than I would have been just a year ago.

Oh, and I guess by this point, maybe SSFIIHD Remix/Ultra Street Fighter II, SFIV, SFV... all the modern stuff, really.

Taramoor · August 28

LBD_Nytetrayn wrote: »

So, with this, there's still Star Gladiator and Rival Schools, but besides that, what's left for Capcom fighters?

I've got:

Final Fight Revenge
Street Fighter EX 1-3
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom

And I'm honestly a lot more optimistic about those last two now than I would have been just a year ago.

Oh, and I guess by this point, maybe SSFIIHD Remix/Ultra Street Fighter II, SFIV, SFV... all the modern stuff, really.

Tech Romancer, the game MvC2 Jin comes from

https://youtu.be/3Q7HpVfS13U?si=i_8ruQGnvihgPcd-

Fencingsax · August 28

Jazz wrote: »

Spotlight trailers for Marvel Super Heroes and Marvel vs Capcom 1...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br3CXUUzoJ8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJzTYJlEmVA

They really like showing Cyclops Optic Blast!ing Storm

Jazz · September 2

Spotlight trailer for Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jBk6rDKork

And yes, Cyclops is Optic Blast-ing Storm again.

Jazz · September 3

Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection and Capcom Fighting Collection 2 will be coming to Xbox in 2025.

@LBD_Nytetrayn

https://x.com/CapcomUSA_/status/1830984496260219001

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