Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter

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Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter title screen
Developer(s)	Capcom
Publisher(s)	Capcom
Release date(s)	June 25, 1997
Genre(s)	Versus fighting
Mode(s)	Up to 2 players simultaneously
Platform(s)	Arcade PlayStation Sega Saturn (Japan only)
Input	8-way Joystick, 6 Buttons
Arcade cabinet	Upright
Arcade system(s)	CPS-2
Arcade display	Raster, 384 x 224 pixels (Horizontal), 4096 colors

Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (called MSHvSF or MSHSF by Street Fighter fans) is the second game in the Marvel vs. Capcom series of fighting games. In an attempt to balance the previous games' problems, the game engine was altered, although it remained aesthetically the same. The game was released for the arcade in 1997, Sega Saturn in 1998 and Playstation in 1999.

1 Characters
2 Story
3 Ports
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] Characters

[edit] Marvel characters

[edit] Street Fighter characters

[edit] Secret characters

U.S. Agent: Although a distinctly different character than Captain America in the Marvel universe, he is just a palette swap in the game, with no noticeable differences.
Mephisto: His physical basic attacks ignite the opponent when they connect, doing a little extra damage. This seems to be the only gameplay difference between him and Blackheart.
Armored Spider-Man: A grey version of Spider-Man that has limited armor, based on a metallic suit he wore in the comics.
Mech-Zangief: A version of Zangief that can neither block nor be put into hit stun. A prototype machine/robot created by Shadowloo. Because Zangief can turn into this character in later installments to the series, many mistakingly called it "Evil Zangief".
Dark Sakura (Sunburnt Sakura in Japan): A sunburned Sakura who throws fireballs horizontally instead of diagonally, and also has Akuma's Ashura Warp and can perform the Shun Goku Satsu (sometimes mistakenly called Evil Sakura; see Satsui No Hadou).
Shadow: A darkened version of Charlie with powerful moves that have incredible start-up lag. A version of Charlie that suffered harsh experiments at Shadowloo's hands, now serves them. By Marvel vs. Capcom though, he's broken free of their control.
Norimaro: (he is in the center space in the Japanese version; it is replaced by an unselectable logo in the American version). Based off the comedian.
Cyber-Akuma: A cyborg, amped up version of Akuma created by Apocalypse. Also serves as the game's final boss.

[edit] Story

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Apocalypse re-appears in the game as a sub-boss; after defeating him, your team will face a mechanized, super powered form of Akuma called Cyber Akuma (Mech Gouki in the Japanese version). Although the fight is two against one, he makes up for it by having overpowered strength and speed. The character that can beat Cyber Akuma will have his or her ending viewed upon completion.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Ports

Just as the previous game, X-Men vs. Street Fighter, the Sega Saturn version, released only in Japan, was a complete 100% translation of the arcade game. The PlayStation port was similar to the previous port of X-Men vs. Street Fighter with noticeable improvements. Due to the limited RAM of the PlayStation only 2 unique characters in one battle can be used to switch. For instance Captain America and Spider-Man would face off against Spider-Man and Captain America. Animation was improved over the previous installment and sound was no longer glitchy, but still paled to the Saturn version.

[edit] Trivia

Due to RAM limitations, U.S. Agent and Mephisto are palette swaps of Captain America and Blackheart, respectively.
This is the only Marvel vs. Capcom series game where the Capcom characters have original background music themes that aren't just remixes from older games.