Marvel vs. Capcom (series)

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This article is about the series. For the game, see Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes.

Marvel vs. Capcom (マーヴルVSカプコン, Māvuru versus Kapukon^?) is a series of fighting games created by Capcom in which characters created by Marvel Comics and Capcom's own characters appear together. While it was the first vs. series involving Capcom, the name Marvel exists to distinguish it from Capcom's other vs. series with SNK (Capcom vs. SNK) and Namco's crossover RPG with Capcom (Namco x Capcom).

The Marvel vs. Capcom series is perhaps considered to be the most popular among American fans of the Street Fighter series, in part because it allows their comic book heroes and villains to fight alongside or against their favorite Capcom characters.

The Marvel characters depicted in these games were often based on their incarnations in various early 1990s animated series (particularly X-Men), and were often voiced by the same voice actors.

Many of the characters and fighting mechanics used in these games were first developed and refined in two other fighting games Capcom had developed earlier, serving as precursors to the series: X-Men: Children of the Atom, which featured characters strictly from the X-Men universe, and Marvel Super Heroes, which gleaned characters from Marvel's entire roster (X-Men included).

Many of Capcom's characters, as they starred in non-fighting games were purposely made for the series, with only the Street Fighter and Darkstalkers cast being imported (from Street Fighter Alpha 2, and later, Alpha 3, as well as Nightwarriors and Vampire Savior). As such, many often see the Street Fighter and Darkstalkers characters as being inferior due to them having to be artificially "powered up" for their appearance in this series.

Although the tag-team fighting concept was not new, it was refined with this series (although fans would argue whether this was for better or for worse). New fighting game terminology, such as "Aerial Rave" (the act of performing a combo on an opponent while the opponent remains airborne) and "Variable Combination" (the act of having two or more characters on the same team to perform their super combos at the same time) were added to the fighting game vernacular with this series.

Contents 1 Games 2 Story 3 Marvel Characters 3.1 Characters from X-Men 3.2 Characters from The Avengers 3.3 Characters from Spider-Man 3.4 Characters from Ghost Rider 3.5 Characters from Fantastic Four 3.6 Characters from Doctor Strange 4 Capcom Characters 4.1 Characters from Street Fighter 4.2 Characters from Darkstalkers 4.3 Characters from Mega Man (Rockman) 4.4 Characters from Resident Evil 4.5 Characters from Star Gladiator 4.6 Characters from Cyberbots 4.7 Characters from Strider (Strider Hiryu) 4.8 Characters from Captain Commando 4.9 Characters from SonSon 4.10 Original Characters 4.11 Other characters 5 External links

[edit] Games

• X-Men vs. Street Fighter
• Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
• Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes
• Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes

[edit] Story

There does not appear to be a concrete story behind each game in the series (drawing many criticisms from longtime Marvel fans that had hoped that Marvel's writers would cover for Capcom's apparent weakness in storytelling), although several plot points run across the various games of the series. However, various pairs of characters - typically one Marvel and one Capcom, were often partnered with each other during gameplay (although later games randomized the partnerships so that it was possible to complete the game facing all-Marvel or all-Capcom teams).

However, several interesting (but noncanonical to both Marvel and Capcom continuities) sideplots did emerge throughout the series, some of which contradict the others:

• Psylocke is the one who rescues the amnesiac Cammy, who lost her memory after the battle with Apocalypse in X-Men vs. Street Fighter, from The Hand and its leader, Matsu'o Tsurayaba.
• Zangief and Colossus defend Russia against Omega Red. In one ending, Omega Red apparently kills Ryu, prompting Ken to also seek revenge.
• Wolverine seeks Akuma as he believes Akuma has information about his own past. However, in order to get the information from Akuma, he must win a fight to the death.
• Chun-Li was made an honorary member of the X-Men, despite the lack of mutant powers on her part. Ryu is also offered membership in both the X-Men and Avengers, but turns it down both times, preferring to continue on his own path.
• When Onslaught emerges, Charles Xavier subconsiously calls the Capcom heroes to help stop himself. Jin Saotome is attacked by Onslaught after defeating him and is near death, but the two cyborgs, Shadow Lady and Shadow, revive him as a being like themselves. In the Hulk's ending, Captain America makes the sacrifice (in a scene similar to the canonical Onslaught Saga). Meanwhile, Zangief battles Jin's Cyberbot, Blodia.
• Magneto and M. Bison team up, intending on betraying each other at a later time. Magneto eventually manages to get the upper hand and kills him. Bison's Shadoloo henchmen (Balrog, Vega, and Sagat) join him afterwards, fearful of Magneto's power.
• Apocalypse captures Akuma and turns him into Cyber Akuma.
• Charlie is kidnapped by Bison, who uses Shadowloo's technology to transform him to a super-soldier henchman known as Shadow. However, Shadow turns on Bison, who then tries to subject Chun-Li and Jin Saotome to the same fate.
• Akuma is hinted to be the father of Dan. However, this ending, much like Dan himself, is a parody of the Art of Fighting series. In this case, the ending to the first game.
• In Ken's endings, the events of the games never actually happened. In X-Men vs. Street Fighter, he was playing the game itself with his son Mel, while the events of Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter appear to be a dream. He wakes up and continues his training with Ryu.

[edit] Marvel Characters

This is a list of all the Marvel characters that have appeared in the Marvel vs. Capcom series, most of which have appeared in various Marvel comic books:

[edit] Characters from X-Men

• Apocalypse
  • Voice Actor: Lorne Kennedy
• Cable
  • Voice Actor: Lawrence Bayne
• Colossus
  • Voice Actor: Dan Hennessey
• Cyclops
  • Voice Actor: Norman Spencer
• Gambit
  • Voice Actor: Tony Daniels
• Iceman
• Jubilee (unplayable character)
  • Voice Actor: Alyson Court
• Juggernaut
  • Voice Actor: Rick Bennett
• Magneto
  • Voice Actor: Lorne Kennedy
• Marrow
• Omega Red
  • Voice Actor: Len Doncheff
• Onslaught
  • Voice Actor: Maurice Wint
• Psylocke
  • Voice Actor: Catherine Disher
• Rogue
  • Voice Actor: Lenore Zann
• Sabretooth
  • Voice Actor: Don Francks
• Sentinel
• Silver Samurai
• Spiral
  • Voice Actor: Catherine Disher
• Storm
  • Voice Actor: Catherine Disher
• Wolverine
  • Voice Actor: Cathal J. Dodd

[edit] Characters from The Avengers

• Captain America
  • Voice Actor: Cathal J. Dodd
• Hulk
  • Voice Actor: Andrew Jackson
• Iron Man
  • Voice Actor: Chris Britton
• Thanos
  • Voice Actor: Andrew Jackson
• Thor (nonplayable character)
• U.S. Agent
• War Machine

[edit] Characters from Spider-Man

• Spider-Man
  • Voice Actor: Patrick Chilvers
• Venom

[edit] Characters from Ghost Rider

• Blackheart
  • Voice Actor: Jaimz Woolvet
• Mephisto

[edit] Characters from Fantastic Four

• Doctor Doom
  • Voice Actor: Lorne Kennedy

[edit] Characters from Doctor Strange

• Shuma-Gorath
  • Voice Actor: Franck Perry

[edit] Capcom Characters

This is a list of all the Capcom characters that have appeared in the Marvel vs. Capcom series, most of which have appeared in other Capcom games:

[edit] Characters from Street Fighter

• Akuma (Gouki)
  • Voice Actor: Tomomichi Nishimura
• Cammy White
  • Voice Actors: Susan Hart
• Charlie (Nash)
  • Voice Actor: Toshiyuki Morikawa
• Chun-Li
  • Voice Actor: Yuko Miyamura
• Dan Hibiki
  • Voice Actor: Osamu Hosoi
• Dhalsim
  • Voice Actor: Yoshiharu Yamada
• Guile
  • Voice Actor: Tesshō Genda
• Ken Masters
  • Voice Actor: Tetsuya Iwanaga
• M. Bison (Vega)
  • Voice Actor: Tomomichi Nishimura
• Ryu
  • Voice Actor: Toshiyuki Morikawa, Katashi Ishizuka
• Sakura Kasugano
  • Voice Actor: Yuko Sasamoto
• Zangief
  • Voice Actor: Wataru Takagi

[edit] Characters from Darkstalkers

• Anakaris
  • Voice Actor: Kan Tokumaru
• Baby Bonnie Hood (Bulleta)
  • Voice Actor: Miyuki Matsushita
• Felicia
  • Voice Actor: Kae Araki
• Lilith Aensland
• Morrigan Aensland
  • Voice Actor: Yayoi Jinguji

[edit] Characters from Mega Man (Rockman)

• Mega Man (Rockman)
  • Voice Actor: Kaoru Fujino
• Roll
  • Voice Actor: Kaoru Fujino
• Servbot (Kobun)
  • Voice Actor: Chisa Yokoyama
• Tron Bonne
  • Voice Actor: Mayumi Iizuka

[edit] Characters from Resident Evil

• Jill Valentine
  • Voice Actor: Catherine Disher

[edit] Characters from Star Gladiator

• Hayato Kanzaki

[edit] Characters from Cyberbots

• Jin Saotome
  • Voice Actor: Yuji Ueda

[edit] Characters from Strider (Strider Hiryu)

• Strider Hiryu
  • Voice Actor: Tomomi Fuube (Kosuke Toriumi)
• Ton Pooh (non-playable character)

[edit] Characters from Captain Commando

• Captain Commando
  • Voice Actor: Takashi Nagasako

[edit] Characters from SonSon

• Sonson

[edit] Original Characters

• Abyss
• Amingo
• Cyber Akuma
• Norimaro
• Ruby Heart
• Shadow
• Shadow Lady

[edit] Other characters

• Arthur (from Ghosts n' Goblins) (nonplayable character)
• Lou (from Three Wonders) (nonplayable character)
• Michelle Heart (from Legendary Wings) (nonplayable character)
• Pure & Fur (from Capcom World 2) (unplayable characters)
• Saki (from Quiz Nanairo Dreams) (nonplayable character)
• Unknown Soldier (from Forgotten Worlds) (nonplayable character)

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[edit] External links

• Marvel vs. Capcom at the Killer List of Videogames - Arcade version
• Marvel vs. Capcom at MobyGames - Console version

v • d • e Marvel vs. Capcom fighting games

X-Men: Children of the Atom • Marvel Super Heroes X-Men vs. Street Fighter • Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes • Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes