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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 tai 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), Tatsunoko Production (Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars) and Namco's crossover RPG with Capcom (Namco × Capcom).

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).

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 hyper combos at the same time) were added to the fighting game vernacular with this series.

Games

Story

There does not appear to be a concrete story behind each game in the series, 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). There has been confirmation that in Marvel vs. Capcom 3, unlike previous installments, the subtitle, Fate of Two Worlds, will actually tie into the game storyline and plot.[1]

However, several interesting (but obviously non-canonical to both Marvel and Capcom continuities) side-plots did emerge throughout the series, some of which contradict the others:

  • In X-Men vs. Street Fighter
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Zangief and Colossus defend Russia against Omega Red.
    • 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.
    • Magneto and M. Bison team up, intending on betraying each other at a later time. In Magneto's ending, Magneto eventually manages to get the upper hand and kills Bison, with the Shadaloo Kings (Balrog, Vega, and Sagat) joining him afterwards, fearful of Magneto's power. The opposite happens in M. Bison's ending.
    • Charlie is kidnapped by Bison, who uses Shadaloo's technology to transform him to a super-soldier henchman known as Shadow.
  • In Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
    • Apocalypse captures Akuma and turns him into Cyber Akuma.
    • Confirming Charlie's ending from the previous game, Shadow appears as a selectable character. In Bison's ending, a completely mechanical Charlie (built with the technology behind Cyber-Akuma) follows Bison's orders to spread fear and destruction in the name of Shadaloo.
    • In Omega Red's ending, he apparently kills Ryu, prompting Ken to also seek revenge.
    • In Dan's ending, Akuma is hinted to be his father. 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 Akuma's ending, Dan is turned into Cyber-Dan by Apocalypse. He is very easily defeated by Akuma, though.
    • 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.
  • In Marvel vs. Capcom
    • When Onslaught emerges, Charles Xavier subconsciously calls the Capcom heroes to help stop himself.
    • Shadow turns on Bison, who then tries to subject Chun-Li to the same fate.
    • In Shadow Lady's ending, Jin Saotome is attacked by M. Bison and left near death. Shadow Lady and fellow cyborg Shadow find Jin and to prevent his death, they modify him into a being like themselves.
    • In the Hulk's ending, Captain America sacrifices himself to destroy Onslaught (in a scene similar to the canonical Onslaught Saga).
    • In Zangief's ending, he, in his Iron Body form, battles Jin's Cyberbot, Blodia.
    • An unspecified accident causes Morrigan's mind to be transferred into the body of her sister, Lillith, and vice versa. When the two attempt to return their minds to their rightful bodies, Zangief interrupts. It is heavily implied that this results in Morrigan and Zangief's minds trading bodies.

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:

Characters from X-Men

Character Appears in
X-Men vs. Street Fighter Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter Marvel vs. Capcom Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Apocalypse Voice Actor: Lorne Kennedy Yes Yes No No Unknown
Archangel Cameo in Chun-Li's ending No No No Unknown
Beast Background cameos in the Death Valley and Apocalypse stages; Cameo in Chun-Li's ending Background cameo in the Death Valley stage No No Unknown
Cable Voice Actor: Lawrence Bayne No No No Yes Unknown
Colossus Voice Actor: Dan Hennessey Cameo in Zangief's ending No Assist Yes Unknown
Cyclops Voice Actor: Norm Spencer Yes Yes Assist Yes Unknown
Deadpool No No No No Yes
Forge Background cameo in Apocalypse's stage; cameo in Storm's ending No No No Unknown
Gambit Voice Actor: Tony Daniels Yes Background cameo in The Bridge stage Yes Yes Unknown
Iceman Voice Actor: Dan Hennessey Cameo in Chun-Li's ending No Assist Yes Unknown
Jean Grey Cameo in Chun-Li's ending No No No Unknown
Jubilee Voice Actor: Alyson Court Cameo in Wolverine's ending No Assist No Unknown
Juggernaut Voice Actor: Rick Bennett Yes No Assist Yes Unknown
Magneto Voice Actor: Lorne Kennedy Yes No Assist Yes Unknown
Marrow No No No Yes Unknown
Omega Red Voice Actor: Len Doncheff Cameo in Zangief's ending Yes No Yes Unknown
Onslaught Voice Actor: Maurice Dean Wint No No Yes (as a Secret Character and Boss) No Unknown
Psylocke Voice Actor: Catherine Disher Background cameo in Apocalypse's stage; cameo in Cammy's ending No Assist Yes Unknown
Rogue Voice Actor: Lenore Zann Yes Background cameo in The Bridge stage Assist Yes Unknown
Sabretooth Voice Actor: Don Francks Yes No Background cameo in the Avengers HQ stage Yes Unknown
Sentinel Voice Actor: Dan Hennessey No No Secret Assist Yes Unknown
Silver Samurai Voice Actor: Yasushi Ikeda No No No Yes Unknown
Spiral Voice Actor: Catherine Disher No No No Yes Unknown
Storm Voice Actor: Catherine Disher Yes Background cameos in Apocalypse and Cyber-Akuma stages Assist Yes Unknown
Wolverine Voice Actor: Cathal J. Dodd Yes Yes Yes Yes (& Bone Claw Wolverine) Yes

Characters from The Avengers

Character Appears in
X-Men vs. Street Fighter Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter Marvel vs. Capcom Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Captain America Voice Actor: Cathal J. Dodd No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hulk Voice Actor: Andrew Jackson Mentioned in Juggernaut's ending Yes Yes (& secret Orange Hulk) Yes Yes
Iron Man Voice Actor: Chris Britton No No No Yes Yes
Thanos Voice Actor: Andrew Jackson No No No Yes Unknown
Thor Voice Actor: Rod Wilson No No Assist No Unknown
U.S. Agent Voice Actor: Cathal J. Dodd No Yes, as a Secret Character Assist No Unknown
War Machine No No Yes (& secret Gold War Machine) Yes Unknown

Characters from Spider-Man

Character Appears in
X-Men vs. Street Fighter Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter Marvel vs. Capcom Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Spider-Man Voice Actor: Patrick Chilvers No Yes (& secret Armored Spider-Man); cameo in the Night-Cooking stage as Peter Parker when not selected Yes Yes Unknown
Venom Voice Actor: Rod Wilson No No Yes (& secret Red Venom) Yes Unknown

Characters from Doctor Strange

Character Appears in
X-Men vs. Street Fighter Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter Marvel vs. Capcom Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Dormammu No No No No Yes
Shuma-Gorath Voice Actor: Franck Perry Background cameo in Apocalypse's stage; cameo in Storm's ending Yes No Yes Unknown

Characters from Ghost Rider

Character Appears in
X-Men vs. Street Fighter Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter Marvel vs. Capcom Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Blackheart Voice Actor: Jaimz Woolvett No Yes No Yes Unknown
Ghost Rider No Background cameos in Apocalypse and Cyber-Akuma stages No No Unknown
Mephisto No Yes, as a Secret character No No Unknown

Other Marvel Comics characters

Character Appears in
X-Men vs. Street Fighter Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter Marvel vs. Capcom Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Doctor Doom Voice Actor: Lorne Kennedy No No No Yes Unknown
Elektra No Background cameo in Apocalypse's stage No No Unknown

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:

Characters from Street Fighter

Character Appears in
X-Men vs. Street Fighter Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter Marvel vs. Capcom Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Akuma (Gouki) Voice Actor: Tomomichi Nishimura Yes (semi-secret character) Yes (and as boss and secret character Cyber-Akuma) As a moveset for Ryu Yes Unknown
Blanka Background cameos in Death Valley and Apocalypse stages Background cameo in the Death Valley stage; cameo in Hulk's ending No No Unknown
Balrog (M. Bison) Cameo in Magneto's ending Background cameo in Apocalypse's stage No No Unknown
Cammy Voice Actors: Susan Hart Yes No No Yes Unknown
Charlie (Nash) Voice Actor: Toshiyuki Morikawa Yes Yes, as secret character Shadow Secret Assist, as Shadow Yes Unknown
Chun-Li Voice Actor: Yuko Miyamura Yes Yes Yes (and as secret character Shadow Lady) Yes Unknown
Cody No Background cameo in the Mall Madness stage No No Unknown
Dan Hibiki Voice Actor: Osamu Hosoi Background cameo in Apocalypse's stage; cameo in Storm's ending Yes No Yes Unknown
Dhalsim Voice Actor: Yoshiharu Yamada Yes Yes No Yes Unknown
Guile Voice Actor: Tesshō Genda Cameo in Charlie's ending Background cameos in Apocalypse and Cyber-Akuma stages No Yes Unknown
Ken Voice Actor: Tetsuya Iwanaga Yes Yes Cameo and as a moveset for Ryu Yes Unknown
M. Bison (Vega) Voice Actor: Tomomichi Nishimura Yes Yes Cameo in Shadow Lady's and Chun Li's ending Yes Unknown
Rose No Background cameo in The Bridge stage No No Unknown
Ryu Voice Actor: Toshiyuki Morikawa, Katashi Ishizuka Yes Yes Yes (as Complete Change version) Yes Yes
Sagat Cameo in Magneto's ending No No No Unknown
Sakura Voice Actor: Yuko Sasamoto Background cameo in Apocalypse's stage; cameo in Storm's ending Yes (and as secret character Dark Sakura) No Yes (and as Dark Sakura moveset) Unknown
Vega (Balrog) Cameo in Magneto's ending No No No Unknown
Zangief Voice Actor: Wataru Takagi Yes Yes (and as secret character Mech-Zangief) Yes (and as secret character Mech-Zangief) Yes (and as Mech-Zangief moveset) Unknown

Characters from Darkstalkers (Vampire)

Character Appears in
X-Men vs. Street Fighter Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter Marvel vs. Capcom Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Anakaris Voice Actor: Kan Tokumaru No No No Yes Unknown
Anita No No Assist No Unknown
Baby Bonnie Hood (Bulleta) Voice Actor: Miyuki Matsushita No No No Yes Unknown
Felicia Voice Actor: Kae Araki No No No Yes Yes
Morrigan Aensland Voice Actor: Yayoi Jinguji No No Yes (and as secret character Lilith-Mode Morrigan) Yes Yes

Characters from Mega Man (Rockman)

Character Appears in
X-Men vs. Street Fighter Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter Marvel vs. Capcom Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Mega Man (Rockman) Voice Actor: Kaoru Fujino No Background cameo in the Mall Madness stage Yes Yes Unknown
Roll Voice Actor: Kaoru Fujino No No Yes (as a secret character) Yes Unknown
Servbot (Kobun) Voice Actor: Chisa Yokoyama No No No Yes Background cameo
Tron Bonne Voice Actor: Mayumi Iizuka No No No Yes Background cameo [2]

Characters from Resident Evil (Biohazard)

Character Appears in
X-Men vs. Street Fighter Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter Marvel vs. Capcom Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Chris Redfield No No No No Yes
Jill Valentine Voice Actor: Catherine Disher No No No Yes Unknown

Characters from Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness

Character Appears in
X-Men vs. Street Fighter Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter Marvel vs. Capcom Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Devilotte No No Assist No Unknown
Jin Saotome Voice Actor: Yuji Ueda No No Yes Yes Unknown

Characters from Strider

Character Appears in
X-Men vs. Street Fighter Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter Marvel vs. Capcom Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Strider Hiryu Voice Actor: Tomomi Fuube No No Yes Yes Unknown
Ton Pooh No No Assist No Unknown

Other Capcom characters

Character Appears in
X-Men vs. Street Fighter Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter Marvel vs. Capcom Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Arthur No No Assist No Unknown
Captain Commando Voice Actor: Takashi Nagasako No No Yes Yes Unknown
Dante No No No No Yes
Hayato Kanzaki No No No Yes Unknown
Lou No No Assist No Unknown
Michelle Heart No No Assist No Unknown
Pure & Fur No No Assist No Unknown
Saki No No Assist No Unknown
Unknown Soldier 1P No No Assist No Unknown
Viewtiful Joe No No No No Background cameo

Original Characters

Character Appears in
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 Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Abyss No No No Boss Unknown
Amingo No No No Yes No
Norimaro No Yes (Japan only) No No Unknown
Ruby Heart No No No Yes Unknown
Sonson No No No Yes Unknown

References

  1. ^ http://360.kombo.com/article.php?artid=18825
  2. ^ Protodude's Rockman Corner - Servbots Spotted in Marvel Vs. Capcom 3

External links

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