"Marvel vs Capcom 3 is the icing on the cake for the fighting scene and we all know Street Fighter IV brought the fighting genre back into full-force with a hadouken to the face. Sit back and relax will be the wrong terminology to describe Marvel vs Capcom 3 when its more over the top than Lady Gaga’s outfits. As a big fan of fighting games and mainly Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat oriented. Marvel vs Capcom 3 is the first proper time that I have actually spent more than 20 minutes getting my ass handed to me on a silver platter and served up for desert."
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?
