Marvel vs. Capcom 2

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Product Features

• Vs Fighting System

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00006LEM1
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 19, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (96 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,008 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PlayStation 2

Amazon.com Product Description

It's a collision of the world’s two most powerful fighting universes. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is an insane tag-team fighting game with an unprecedented 56 playable characters, three-on-three tag-team battles, tight controls, and hyperfast animation. Pick a fight between your favorite legendary Capcom characters and superheroes from the Marvel universe and watch the super combos fly.

Product Description

It's a collision of the worlds two most powerful fighting universes. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is an insane tag-team fighting game with an unprecedented 56 playable characters, three-on-three tag-team battles, tight controls, and hyperfast animation. Pick a fight between your favorite legendary Capcom characters and superheroes from the Marvel universe and watch the super combos fly.

Customer Reviews

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The ultimate match up of Marvel and Capcom characters, February 22, 2005

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Ramsis Lion "ramsislion" (Long Island, NY USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (Video Game)

Truly a classic amongst classics, this is hands down one of the best and most fun fighting games I have ever played. Every Marvel character and every major Capcom character is a selectable character for you to use as a fighter in 3 on 3 battles. Super moves and air combos add to the excitement as you can make your dream team of fighters.

Imagine Megaman, Dan and Juggernaut all fighting together on the same team and the only reward is knowing that you beat up the rest of the competition. Well imagine no more.. this game will give you every combination of fighters you could ever want and it even has some never before seen characters in the Vs. series. Like a cactus character named Amingo, Cable and Marrow from the XMen and Anikarus from the Darkstalkers series.

This game is pretty much the last in the line of the Marvel fighting series (mostly due to Capcom losing the rights to the Marvel franchise) which started with Xmen Children of the Adom and then the next games would include Street Fighter characters then just all Marvel Characters and then the also great Marvel Vs Capcom 1. This takes every single character we saw in every previous game up to this point and has them almost unchanged. Characters like Iceman and Spiral which were only in Xmen return almost unchanged and just as much fun as we remember. Bosses like Thanos and Dr. Doom from previous games, are now selectable for you to use as part of your teams as well. (of course they are weakend a tad but thats only expected)

The only downsides I would have to mention are that compared to the Dreamcast version, the PS2 version is a bit pixalated. Its not as smooth and well drawn as the other version was and there is a bit of load time in between the matches that you didn't find on the Dreamcast. Besides that though, the game is totaly unchanged and a perfect adapatation in everyway. The other minus is that there is really no plot at all to this game. M vs C 1 had an ending for every character giving you something accomplished. No matter who you win this game with its the same ending which is basicaly a "You did it. Congratualtions" now you can watch the credits type of ending. The most obvious reason for no endings are that there are over 50 characters and theres no way to put an ending for all of them especialy when you are using teams of 3. But it is missed when you are just fighting just for the sake to fight. Also Rogue has been changed. Instead of copying a power of the character she drains, she now just gets a general strength, defense, armor or speed boost depending on the character she drained. again its understandable due to the amount of characters in the game and how hard it would be to have her be able to have all of them. Ken also is the weaker version of the character where the fireball only goes half across the screen before dying but hes still just as good if you know how to use Ken. (Flamming uppercuts and all)

You won't be sorry adding this game to your collection. Whether you play it one player against the computer or against a friend it has so many combination of characters you can use, you probably will never truly have every team possible. Mastering each character is half the fun and learning all the combos and what assists work best is another part of the game that adds to its long playing value.

Capcom really did a great job here and I hope to see more games like this from Capcom in the future as this is the mark of excellence that all team based fighting games should have to live up to.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 2D Cult-Classic Beat'em up - PURE GAMEPLAY!, January 9, 2003

By 

Rob Kurtis (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (Video Game)

Before I start, I would like to commend Capcom for this conversion. It was a LONG time coming, but they still persisted and went ahead with it. This game, while not appealing to a wider market, will no doubt please a lot of die-hard fans of the genre. Please read on and find out what my opinion is, of this cult-classic 2D fighting game.

GRAPHICS 7.5/10
This is where the game takes a step back in time. The 2D sprites are showing their age, and look particularly pixilated in comparison to the Dreamcast port. But what is reassuring is that all characters move smoothly and have all most, if not all of their animation frames intact. When you think about how jerky a lot of the old 2D fighting games were on PS1 back in the day due to lack of frames, it's a relief to know the PS2 can `cut it' in this area. Most of the character sprites are bold and colorful as ever, but some appear rough around the edges and recycled when compared to some of the previous installments. The game's special effects are rather impressive: when performing a tag super combo, the explosive effects are very flashy. The Backgrounds are now in 3D, but still have a cartoony edge, this is nice, but the characters being 2D, don't fit in very well - I cant help thinking the game would have had a better feel if it was 2D throughout.
So in summary, the graphics aren't too bad, it's just a pity that the character sprites suffer from pixilation and that they are not quite on par with the crystal clear sprites of the Dreamcast version.

SOUND 5.5/10
Now this is the area of the game that I find most disappointing. The sound effects during battle sound shoddy, recycled, muffled, and altogether a lot less crisp and clear when compared with the Dreamcast version. Sometimes you can barely hear the impact of a blow. The vs. games on the PS1 packed a real good punch and sounded solid - so why in the world does this PS2 suffer and have worse sound? The PS2 has greater audio capabilities than the PS1 but for some reason suffers in this area. Perhaps it is due to the large amount of memory usage for all of the animation frames processed at any one time during play. It just takes a lot away from the solidity and impact of the game and slightly effects gameplay quality. It is as if all of the sounds have been dubbed over from the Dreamcast version and have lost audio quality in the process. The Music on the other hand, is what prevents me from giving Marvel vs. Capcom 2 a completely bad score on the sound front. The music is excellent. It gives the game a good feel and is very fitting for super heroes. However the character select music can become extremely tedious, especially when taking longer to choose your characters as the roster increases. The continuous repetition of the "I wanna take you for a ride" riff is sometimes enough to reduce you to tears of tedium and anxiety! Just joking, but then you'd probably guessed! The music is extremely Jazz influenced, so depending on your taste; you may either love it or hate it.

GAMEPLAY 10/10
Now this is where the game cannot be faulted! The usual razor sharp control system is once again present with the exception of one minor alteration: the traditional six button configuration has been brought down to four, but don't panic! This increases combo ease and speeds the gamelpay up. The difference is that you now have light & medium punch as one button, and light & medium kick also as one button. Upon activation of the button your character will perform a light attack but when pressed repeatedly your character will go from light to medium performing easy chain combos and super combo openers! (Opportunities to link regular chain combos to super combos) And of course you have your heavy attack buttons for kick & punch. This control system works incredibly well and makes gameplay a delight!
But what makes Marvel vs. Capcom 2 astounding is the sheer amount of characters available. There are 24 to begin with and a total of 56 when all are opened. This makes for an incredible amount of gameplay possibilities and character teams, especially now that you have three characters to a team! Difficulty levels are good, ranging from very easy, where you can cheaply super combo your way through the game, to intense difficulty, where you will struggle for victory in the first battle! All in all, an amazing amount of FUN gameplay.

LIFESPAN/LONGEVITY 9/10
This game has a massive amount of replay value; you'll keep coming back for more. It has 7 additional backgrounds to open up; character galleries and all characters have variant costume colors to access along with the aforementioned multitude of playable characters. All of which are bought with points earned through playing the game in training, arcade and score attack mode. You have an incentive upon playing the game due to how much more you can gain through buying new features with the points you earn. Excellent.

OVERALL OPINION
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is a great bumper value package of a fighting game! But in the end of the day, it will only really appeal to the die-hard fans. The majority of the fighting fans these days would opt for the next generation fighters like Tekken 4, Virtua Fighter 4 or the upcoming Soul Blade 2, but if you are a fan, I strongly recommend this game. The good easily out ways the bad.

To be exact, an overall 8/10 - Great Stuff

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps The Best, April 28, 2003

By 

Karl Jordan - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (Video Game)

The characters of Marvel and Capcom collide into an all out three on three battle. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is better than the first one hands down. If anyone tells you different label their brain isn't working. I've heard people say this game was too easy well, that's why you can adjust the difficulty level, hmmm that took some brain power. But anyways all of the fighters have moves which compliment them and seem fitting for that fighter. The moves and background are especially stunning plus the triple special combos are a real killer. The music could use a little work though, someone singing about holding someone else tight doesn't seem to fit at all. But besides that this is an awesome game and the music can be fix with volume control a stereo and a c.d. of your choosing. People who aren't fans of fighting games I believe will enjoy this one too, it's just that fun, plus it's always a thrill to see your favorite characters. Fans of fighting games should be warned, you just might pee in your pants.

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