Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes

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Product Features

• dreamcast

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00000K117
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 7, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #13,185 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Who would win in a fight: the Incredible Hulk or Wolverine? What if Street Fighter's Ryu teamed up with Hulk, and Chun Li had Wolverine's back? Speculate no more as Marvel pits its comic book heroes against Capcom's video game stars in Marvel vs. Capcom.

All your favorite Marvel characters are available, each one a joy to play. The Hulk is huge, powerful, and slow, while Spider-Man leaps and web-slings around the arena, attacking with outrageous handsprings, flips, and lunging punches. Capcom's familiar Street Fighter heroes, as well as a few other heroes such as Mega Man, round out the character selection. Some of the lesser-known characters from both franchises make special appearances. It's pretty funny when Arthur from the old game Ghosts N' Goblins jumps onscreen to throw lances at Captain America. Each of the battles is a two-on-two tag-team match. Players can swap characters in the middle of a fight, and clever players quickly discover how to launch devastating double-team attacks on the opponent. Up to four people can play.

If Marvel vs. Capcom has a fault, it's super speed. The action is fast--really fast--and can quickly overwhelm a player who is used to the feint-and-strike gameplay of more sophisticated 3-D fighting games. In fact, gamer novices may be able to beat video game veterans by resorting to the old "randomly mash every button as fast as you can" trick. Aside from this, the game is a triumph in 2-D fighting. --Mike Fehlauer

Pros:

• Great cast of characters
• Tests superiority of superheroes
• Devastating tag-team moves
• Faithful hero animations

Cons:

• Cramped fighting space
• Difficult, hyper-speed gameplay

Product Description

Imagine the battle: Spider-Man vs. Mega Man... Incredible! Or, who would stand victorious in Strider vs. Captain America? Amazing! Now Capcom brings this #1 smash arcade fantasy fighter to the Sega Dreamcast! Experience the world's most insane battles between your favorite legenedary Capcom characters and Super Heroes of the Marvel Universe.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Fighting Game Ever, January 14, 2000

By A Customer

Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This game is hours of fun to play. While playing the computer is endless amounts of fun, playing other players is amazing. To the novice player, it may seem that the game is based completely on screen filling super fire balls or attacks that are "cheap." The real fun of the game, however, is it takes a little bit of skill and a little bit of practice. If you could beat anyone at SF2 just using a combination of fireballs and uppercuts, you are out of luck. This game requires that the player blocks, uses his super moves and characters strategically, and takes full advantage of combos. Only weak players who get frustrated at a game they don't understand will find this game boring.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This game is Great..!, January 30, 2000

By A Customer

Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This game is extremely fun, the best aspect of this game is the Four player crossover mode, capcom did an outstanding job translating this game over onto the Dreamcast. If they would have made this game into a 3D fighting game they would have just screw'd up the whole game, and for all the people that say that it is impossible to play on a standard pad, dont listen to them..I have no problem using that pad, and neither do any of my friends..soo right now, for the money, that game is worth it..

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You can use ONSLAUGHT as a selectable character, July 25, 2003

By	Leo Williams (Cambria Heights, NY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There are secret ways to unlock alternate versions of some of the characters, and even unlock Onslaught. You'll have to beat the game using certain techniques. In order to beat the game very easily, I personally found it best to use Ryu and Venom on Easy mode. Use them to beat the game multiple times and you'll be able to unlock all of the secret characters.

PROS:
1) The vibration feedback is extremely sensitive !!! You feel every bump and hit that you give your opponent.
2) There is an Easy mode, which strangely is not in MvC part 2. The Easy mode allows you to use Chun Li's lighting fast kicks.
3) There are a few super moves that are not in MvC part 2. Like Chun Li's has four supers in this game, while she has only three in part 2.

CONS:
1) There is a little slow-down with a few characters like War Machine and Strider. These characters move a lot faster in MvC part 2.
2) You can not select the same person twice. In MvC part 2, you are allowed to select the same person so you may have a team of three Akumas or whomever else.

Overall, it's a great game, and I urge you to buy it even if you already own MvC part 2. I own both games and love them equally.