Console Monster - This isn’t the first fighter featuring characters from the Marvel series of comics and game characters from Capcom’s videogame titles as might already have been guessed from the name of the game. A couple of years back MvC2, a port of the Xbox and PS2 game originally released late 2002, was made available on PSN and XBLA. Although it had a little spit-and-polish to spruce it up, it was still a bit ragged around the edges but not without its charm. Marvel vs. Capcom 3 on the other hand is a total makeover, the vs. series equivalent of Super Street Fighter IV.
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?
