X-Men vs. Street Fighter

by Capcom

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• ASIN: B000006OVK
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
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GameSpot Review

When a system is incapable of doing justice to a game, one would think a company would be smart enough to not release the game on that system. But for reasons that are probably based entirely around making money, Capcom has released a completely butchered version of its arcade fighter, X-Men vs. Street Fighter, on the PlayStation. The only thing added to the game is super cancels, which allow you to string multiple super combos together. Super cancels were lifted out of Street Fighter EX without much forethought, so some characters' cancels work better than others. In fact, the entire game seems to have been designed without much forethought. Even if this were a perfect translation of the arcade game, the simple fact remains that X-Men vs. Street Fighter is a terrible, unbalanced, pound-on-buttons-at-random-and-win-anyway fighting game.

One of the few things the arcade version (and the Saturn version, which was an arcade-perfect translation) had going for it was the graphics. They weren't spectacular, but the characters were large, colorful, and used a lot of frames of animation. The PlayStation, a fairly weak machine when it comes to 2D, simply can't handle that much data. So Capcom chopped out tons of frames (Juggernaut does a whole lot of standing still, and his attacks are about two frames). The graphics look very washed out, and there is a completely unacceptable amount of slowdown. Ken's Shinryuken super combo had most of the frames chopped out, and it still slows the game down to a crawl. The slowdown and missing frames are so bad and so noticeable that they have a detrimental effect on the already bad gameplay.

The arcade version's big selling point was that you picked two characters and could tag-team between the two at any time during the fight. Your teammate would also come out and help in a two-level team attack, as well as in Alpha counter-style attacks. Since duplicating this on the PlayStation would require keeping four entire sets of animations in memory, the tag feature has been completely removed. You still pick a second character (cruelly taunting players expecting the full functionality of the arcade version), but he only makes his presence felt during the team attacks and counters. To make up for the shortened play time, the one-round battles of the arcade have been extended to the standard two-out-of-three format. Characters also slowly regain life, much like your backup character would in the arcade.

This game just shouldn't exist. At some point in the development cycle, someone should have stepped in, seen that the PlayStation simply couldn't do justice to the original game, and pulled the plug. It took an additional 4MB of RAM to get the Saturn, which already has more RAM than the PlayStation, to run a perfect version of the game. I like the Street Fighter series as much as the next guy, but this is taking it way too far. --Jeff Gerstmann
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Manufacturer Description

finally come home. All of your favorite characters from Marvel Comic's X-Men series duke it out with the toughest fighters ever put into a video game. Tons of super combos special moves and fast paced fighting action make this a sure fire winner.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What was Capcom thinking?, November 20, 2003

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Eric (El Sobrante, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: X-Men vs. Street Fighter (Video Game)

I actually played the Saturn version with the 4MB RAM cart, and I have to say that the PS1 version SUCKS! Why? Because tag-team was taken out because the PS1 could not handle it. It did not have enough RAM (Random Access Memory) to switch fighters since it takes about at least 40 MB of RAM, and the PS1 only has 32 MB. If Capcom did put in tag-team, then it would take forever to load up a character once you tag-team with it, you can tag-team with the same character, but it does not feel the same.
I suggest get a Saturn, (it is only $10 bucks or less) get a 4MB RAM cart which you can find at EB.com, or any Video game store, and get the Import version of X-men vs. Street Fighter, trust me you wont be disappointed.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good arcade to home version, September 12, 2000

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jasenao (Dothan, Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: X-Men vs. Street Fighter (Video Game)

I played X-Men vs. Street Fighter a few times in the arcade and when it came out for the Playstation, I couldn't wait to play it. It's not a disappointment, it has good graphics, sound controls, and it's a lot of fun playing against someone else. The combos are killer and that's what makes this game so fun. It's not hard to do the character's moves either. If you like fighting games and you have a Playstation , I would recommend getting this game.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this game is great for x-men and street fighter fans!!!, May 29, 2001

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peter danial (Bayonne,NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: X-Men vs. Street Fighter (Video Game)

this game is great for street fighter and x-men fans.the combos are realy awsome and whene you do a counter move your partner jumps in and does his with you too.this game has original favorites like Ryu,Akuma,Wolveren,and much much more even though the but the super combos are a way off because of that cut screen that comes out when you do a super combo' witch i think is dull, the animation is a 8.5 but the game play is 4.7, they should'nt have taken the team tag witch was a major point in the arcade version, next time see ya later.