Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics announced, meaning Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is finally free
The June 18 Nintendo Direct took us all on a ride Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics was announced during the 40-minute presentation.
Like other Capcom compilations before it, Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics packs in seven legendary arcade titles, many of which are considered some of the best fighting games of all time, including X-Men vs. Street Fighter And Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes.
The collection includes plenty of modern updates, such as training modes, as well as fully online play, sound tests and art galleries. Online play will use rollback netcode, long considered the industry standard and more often than not leads to the smoothest online fighting game experience. Ranked and casual matches, as well as custom lobbies, will all be featured in the collection for each game.
The full list of games included in Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics is as follows:
- X-Men: Children of the Atom
- Marvel superheroes
- X-Men vs. Street Fighter
- Marvel Superheroes vs. Street Fighter
- Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes
- Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
- The punisher
That has to be the cream of the crop in this collection Marvel vs Capcom 2, a crossover fighter featuring characters from different franchises of each brand. This 3v3 team fighter has a legendary reputation and is still played to this day by fighting game fans around the world, even at major tournaments like EVO.
What makes this so special is that until now it’s been impossible to play all the games in this collection on modern hardware, with people instead using programs like Fightcade to get their fix. Other versions of these games have come and gone, but have largely been removed or stuck on older consoles.
There is currently no concrete release date for the collection, but it is confirmed to release on all consoles and PC sometime this year. Marvel is back, baby.