Marvel vs Capcom Clash of Superheroes

The latest (and last?) in a long line of Street Fighter clones will be hitting arcades soon. If not for the 14 that came before it, this game would straight out rule. The fact is, you know the drill: a two-player fighting game in the style of X-Men (orX-Men Vs. SF or Marvel Vs. SF) with 36 characters (of which only 15 are playable). Some characters are from Marvel Comics and some have been seen in previous games: Captain America, Wolverine, War Machine, Incredible Hulk, Gambit and Venom. What makes this game cool is the fact that the "Capcom" side of the game features characters not seen in this type of game before: Strider, Mega Man, Captain Commando. Marvel vs. Capcom also has a classic group of fighters: Ryu, Chun-Li, Zangief, Morrigan and Jin from Cyberbots. These are just the straight-out playable characters in the game. The gameplay is similar to previous titles as well, with a couple changes. One addition is a cooperative attack that allows you to control both of your characters at once. In the previous games, you picked a tag team, where you would play as one character while the other is recharging. For Marvel Vs. Capcom, you still get a tag team, but you choose a special partner as well. This character isn't playable and can only be called upon for help. The roster of these special partners includes extra Marvel characters such as Thor, Magneto, Rogue and Jubilee as well as more cool Capcom characters like Arthur from Ghouls and Ghosts.

MANUFACTURER - Capcom

THEME - Fighting

NUMBER OF PLAYERS - 1 or 2