Marvel vs Capcom History: Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter

Marvel vs Capcom History: Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter

Robert Lewis Knuckles III

“Darkhorse”

Here we go with another Marvel vs. Capcom History with probably the darkhorse of the entire vs series and that's Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter. Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter was released in arcades in 1997 and later ported to the Sega Saturn in 1998 and ported to the Playstation in 1999. The playstation version once again doesn’t feature the tag team system.

This crossover game features characters from the Marvel side and the Street Fighter side. Wolverine and Cyclops are the only X-Men characters that return in this game. Spider-Man, Hulk, Captain America, Shuma-Gorath and Blackheart return from Marvel Super Heroes with new Hyper Combos. Omega Red from X-Men Children of the Atom makes a return as well with a new air Hyper Combo. Most Street Fighter characters return from the last versus game except for Charlie and Cammy. Sakura (one of my favorite Street Fighter Characters) and Dan make their versus debut and they play differently. Now Dan is pretty much the comic relief in the Street Fighter series but man I really think Capcom made Dan a bad character in this game on purpose. His one Hyper Combo the Shinku Gadoken is a very small multi hit projectile. Granted Dan can still do some nice damage combos but that one hyper combo really scratches my head. Sakura plays a bit differently from her Alpha counterpart. Her quarter circle forward punch is her multi hitting dragon punch. Her quarter circle back punch button is her projectile attack that shot diagonally up and if done in the air to shots down like Akuma. I’m not sure why Capcom changed Sakura’s moveset but I was still able to adjust. So when you really look at it there wasn’t really any new character sprites in this game.

Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter features a couple secret characters. Most of the secret characters are palette swamps of characters.There is an armored Spider-Man that has some armor and jumps lower than the original Spider-Man.

The gameplay in Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter is the same as the previous game. Players choose two characters for crazy tag team battles. One new feature is the Variable Assist. The player is able to call upon their partner for an attack. Some attacks can set up certain combos. Other than that not much has changed. The same stages return from the last game but different highlighted colors.

Apocalypse returns as a boss but this time he’s not the final boss. The Final Boss is new character Cyber Akuma. Basically an Akuma with robot parts made by Apocalypse and almost everyone in the fighting game community can agree that Cyber Akuma is one of the hardest bosses in fighting game history. He’s super fast and his special moves come out fast and he’s really cheap. I really hate Cyber Akuma.

In the end Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter is a fun game but at the same time it's kind of a weird title. For me Marvel against Street Fighter seems like an unfair matchup for the Street Fighter side. The announcer for this game is definitely the most hypest one ever. When you finish your opponent with a Hyper Combo he screams the name of the move. One of the coolest thing ever. This game might be the least played from the versus series but overall it's still a fun game.