For those of you uninitiated in the Marvel Universe, the man pictured above between supervillain Dr. Doom and alien experiment Super-Skrull is the one and only Silver Surfer, former herald of Galactus, the Devourer of Worlds. Assuming this is not simply a photoshop (it looks genuine), here are some other details that you may choose to believe or not to believe.
Artist Chris Cayco, who we’ve featured a few times before on Kotaku, grew up playing Marvel vs. Capcom (and Marvel vs. Street Fighter) games. His tribute to this, which took him over 175 hours, was to combine every single character to ever appear in Capcom’s crossover series in the one enormous image.
Makes me despise Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite that much more
So much wasted potential
As common as it is today, it is hard to believe that there was a time where gaming franchises crossing over was just a pipe dream. Capcom broke down the wall, but they took the combination of some of the most unlikely of franchises and made it the norm.
Whether it was a colossal successful partnership with Marvel Comics or a collaboration with rivals Namco and SNK, the “Vs.” series brought unforgettable experiences to the fighting genre.
Marvel doesn't just have a bright future ahead of it in films, but in the gaming realm as well. Some exciting new titles are showing up on all hardware, so does that mean gamers are finally catching up with the MCU?
Havent they already accidently leaked the whole roster of the characters =/
The Surfer would be the most broken character ever... he's too serious.
SAMANOSUKE AKECHI FROM ONIMUSHA PLEASEE!!!!!!!!!!
I'd love to have Squirrel Girl as a playable character, but she'd probably be a game breaker weirdly.
So...we've got Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, Street Fighter X Tekken, Marvel vs Capcom 3, etc. When....oh when....will we get Marvel Universe X DC Universe? I want so badly to play as Deadpool against the Joker. Spider-Man vs Lobo. Captain America vs Green Lantern (Hal Jordan). Iron Man vs Batman. The Sentry vs Superman. Yeah, maybe I'm dreaming a little big with the Sentry, but goddamn, the guy took down Asgard and tore Ares to shreds with his bare hands, he could give Superman a fair challenge.