

It was the era of Capcom's arcade fighting classics. Capcom 2's popularity was born in the arcades. Indeed, this year's Evolution Championship Series (or Evo) is hosting an MvC2 exhibition to honor its legacy it's part of the lifeblood that kept Evo going for years, and a game that seems impervious to the passage of time. Despite its age, it remains perhaps the insurmountable peak of fighting game hype. When you heard the Marvel music boot up, saw that globe spin onto a cabinet and heard a voice asking if it could take you for a ride, you went. Capcom 2 player at the height of its popularity, puts it, they were the dark days. The turn of the millennium was a tough time for the competitive fighting game scene-arcades were on a downward trend.

The scene that grew up around it latched onto its energy. It put more characters on the screen, more fighters in the roster, and more assist options in the menu. series and its ongoing partnership with Marvel Comics. Capcom 2 was a major step for both Capcom's Vs. Released in Japanese arcades two decades ago, Marvel vs. It is both a symphony of movement and distilled chaos. Between Capcom classics and Marvel's finest, three fighters on each side could fly onto the screen and fight at any given moment. Capcom 2 is a fighting game about literal gods.
