Marvel vs Capcom 2 - Coming to XBLA and PSN

Tsukento

So the highly sought after MvC2 is finally heading our way. Now before you ask for a source, allow me to point out the following things.

It was classified as a 360 and PS3 title on the ESRB site.
A list of achievements were leaked during the weekend on Xbox360Achievements.com
A countdown site from Capcom has been launched, with a large 2 and the URL bearing the name TU4AR, which stands for "Take You For A Ride", which are the lyrics of MvC2's character select screen.

I think it's pretty much safe to say all of this confirms that Capcom worked something out with Marvel and that we'll finally be getting this game with online play (as it shows in the achievements list). No word on a possible cost, though I'm willing to bet it'll likely be either 1200 or 1500 Live Points (likely the latter).

For those of you with the inferior PS2 and Xbox versions; might wanna start selling those off right away before the value on those drop.

Thoughts?

Insider2000

"The hills are alive with the sound of music!!!"

Words cannot define how happy I am! T_T

Captain Shmeckie

I'd be more excited if this series wasn't horribly imbalanced, which kinda kills the fun. Online is gonna be boring with everyone using the same handful of people. Plus MvC2 lacks the coolness of Onslaught.

Greg

Wow that's bullshit. I was all excited for a new game after I heard about the countdown.

Tsukento

@Captain:

I'd be more excited if this series wasn't horribly imbalanced, which kinda kills the fun.

The funny thing about MvC2 was that not only is it broken, but it's actually…balanced in some kind of weird ass way.

Captain Shmeckie

…Care to explain that one?!

Insider2000

I suck at fighting game, so I really don't care if it's balanced or not.

I always win.

mpz777

I really enjoy this game. I have an original copy for the PS2. I was lucky enough to find it used at a game stop. It is probably one of the best games I've ever bought. Sure it has its flaws, but getting to play as 3 of my favorite characters at once blows my mind. I hope capcom make a third one in 3D.

Tsukento

@Captain:

…Care to explain that one?!

Because everyone is broken, they're all balanced out.

@mpz777:

I hope capcom make a third one in 3D.

Only if it's in the styles of either Tatsunoko vs Capcom or Street Fighter 4. More preferably the former.

Captain Shmeckie

@Tsukento:

Because everyone is broken, they're all balanced out.

Cable begs to differ.

Tizoc

@Greg:

Wow that's bullshit. I was all excited for a new game after I heard about the countdown.

If only you knew how popular MvC2 is with some of the US scenes-
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You might've been excited with them as well.

…and I kinda agree with Tsukento, but to add on what Shemckie posted, it's Storm, Mag-fucking-neto & Cable.
AVHB FTW!

Captain Shmeckie

Yeah, I'll probably pass on this. As large as the roster is, it's pretty lame. Only a few characters I like, and it's so horribly imbalanced that I can't have fun playing with who I want. Plus, it lacks the greatest Marvel villain of all time, unlike the first one. No reason to get it, sadly…

Buccaneer

Plus, it lacks the greatest Marvel villain of all time, unlike the first one.

What? Thanos is in this one, not the first.

I have the game, so this doesn't matter so much. But I will try my damndest to take it to all the scrubs out there when I can.

Captain Shmeckie

@Buccaneer:

What? Thanos is in this one, not the first.

Talkin' 'bout Onslaught, bitch! What!

Buccaneer

Man, hell no. I'll admit that Onslaught was better than Abyss as a boss but that's about all you get.

Captain Shmeckie

Man, hell yes. Deal with it.

NGeno

@Captain:

Cable begs to differ.

Eh… I can beat Cable users easily... I just exploit the rest time after a [Hyper] Viper Beam…

Zkaiser

@Captain:

Yeah, I'll probably pass on this. As large as the roster is, it's pretty lame. Only a few characters I like, and it's so horribly imbalanced that I can't have fun playing with who I want. Plus, it lacks the greatest Marvel villain of all time, unlike the first one. No reason to get it, sadly…

Finally! Someone makes some sense when talking about MVC2!

myogatheflea

MVC2 is legendary but I will agree that it's incredibly imbalanced. I usually use the team of Spider-Man, Captain America, and Wolverine/Gambit. Usually works out well for me I suppose. Anyways, I'll probably buy this if for nothing other than the nostalgia factor and I sure as hell will play it. It better not come with every character unlocked, that would be some bullshit.

Tizoc

My main team still includes Kobun, Jugheadnaut & Colossus

mpz777

My main team is Charlie, Gambit, and Guile. I also use an Avengers team made up of Hulk, Captain America, and Iron Man.

Tizoc

Damn the site'll be active at 4 AM over here on Tuesday @_@

Greg

You might've been excited with them as well.

Oh I'm a big fan. I purchased my Dreamcast for it…well that and RE:CV...but still, I was all excited for a new one.

Not with flashy NEW 3D ANIMATIONS HERP DERP just more characters.

Oh well.

dragonfrost

muhahaahhahhahaahahahhahahahhaha JUST as PLANNED first brawl then red alert then Mvc2.

you guys can cry bitch or whine all you want. I for one am buying this game and am very excited that is back with online play. its not going to be like street fighter 4 where i play for one week and get board of it. Ill be playing this one for a long time to come.

just wait for me to get all the colors for every character and get 3 sentiel team muahhahaahahhahhahahah

Tizoc

@Greg:

Oh I'm a big fan. I purchased my Dreamcast for it…well that and RE:CV...but still, I was all excited for a new one.

Not with flashy NEW 3D ANIMATIONS HERP DERP just more characters.

Oh well.

Darnit Greg….
It is possible that the release of this game is to see if there is enough interest from gamers and fans for a 3rd game.
It's the same when SF2 Hyper Fighting was released a few years ago, due to its success, Capcom gave the green light for SF4.
So basically; big purchases of game= 1%+ chances of a 3rd game being released/worked on.

Anyway here's some quick info-

Music Options – We love MvC2 but the original “jazzy” music has long been criticized even by ardent fans. Independent music volume controls and support of custom soundtracks on PS3 and 360 we deemed an important feature. Purists will still have what they love and fans of customization are also served.

And as an added bonus, some of you will get to play it sooner than you think. The US PlayStation network will have the demo available for download this week (Europe’s PSN should follow not far after). Surprise.

HD upscaling options - Given that most people play Xbox 360s and PS3s on HD TVs, it's important to help make the game look better. We've refined our real-time sprite filtering to use even more advanced techniques and we're providing two upscaling options for the sprites… one we've termed "Crisp" the other we've termed "Smooth". It's a matter of personal preference for which one you'll enjoy more. For purists, if you'd like you can use the "Classic" setting, which leaves the sprites completely unfiltered. Because the filtering is applied in real-time, you can change these settings on the fly, mid-match if you choose. Our producer will be showing you some comparison screenshots in the coming days to better clarify the differences. The backgrounds in MvC2 are all 3D, and when rendered at higher resolutions look fantastic. The original textures and assets from the Dreamcast were actually much higher quality than the Dreamcast could really display at the time and when shown in HD, the impact is really quite amazing.

Oh and the game is for $15.

Zkaiser

I bought the PS2 version two years ago for $19.

Captain Shmeckie

Ooooo, custom soundtrack options! Balance it, and we're golden!

Zkaiser

@Captain:

Balance it

Bad news , bub…

TakinawaTonfa

I'm actually kinda tempted in getting it.

I remember having fun with this at an arcade in Disney World a few years back and I like that theres a Resident Evil character in the roster.

Zkaiser

"I'M A MEMBER OF STARS!"

Best taunt ever.

Toshiya

Loving this pic.

Damn 360 owners have to wait for the demo later

Tizoc

@Zkaiser:

I bought the PS2 version two years ago for $19.

Well this one has online play, lobbies & customize-able soudtrack.

Greg

Darnit Greg….
It is possible that the release of this game is to see if there is enough interest from gamers and fans for a 3rd game.

Oh I don't doubt that.

But it doesn't take away the sadness welling up within like so much Berserker Rage.

Tsukento

@Zkaiser:

I bought the PS2 version two years ago for $19.

You got ripped off. The PS2 version was probably the worst version out there due to it being ported rather poorly.

No idea why, but PlayStation and PlayStation 2 have been seeing their fair share of problems with arcade ports.

Green_vs_Red

I think in the case of the Playstation it was ram issues.

Tizoc

@Greg:

Oh I don't doubt that.

But it doesn't take away the sadness welling up within like so much Berserker Rage.

Wait you're not actually…wanting something to pass the time? ...like something....fun to play?

Zkaiser

@Tsukento:

You got ripped off. The PS2 version was probably the worst version out there due to it being ported rather poorly.

No idea why, but PlayStation and PlayStation 2 have been seeing their fair share of problems with arcade ports.

I looked online and it was worth $70.

dragonfrost

hey dose any one know if this well have turbo 2 in it, i know the ps2 version didn't have it. Also well you be able to play online with turbo 2?

Yoska

@Tizoc:

Oh and the game is for $15.

Hm. I dunno. I might buy it. But I'm not sure if I end up playing it much at all. But a sequal with fluid 3D graphics ?

myogatheflea

Alright, so all the characters and costumes come unlocked. Bullshit.

Green_vs_Red

Who want's to sit through the task of unlocking the characters and costumes (again?)

RuNa

^

Me. I never did it the first time (since I don't own the game) and I find it boring as hell to have everything when I start the game (they could have at least have unlockable endings or other things).

Green_vs_Red

^ I could see them doing that if the entire game was being redone like SFII and a large majority of people weren't going to get this primarily to play against one another but that's not the case. Which is more or less why everything is going to be unlocked outright and why nothing new is being added gameplay wise.

myogatheflea

Eh, they did the same thing with SoulCalibur (minus no online). I would at least like the single player/local matches to involve some unlocking, that's half the fun. Single player has no meaning without unlockables. They could of at least kept the alt costumes unlockable.

Yoska

Having no unlockable characters is definitely a plus for me. If unlocking stuff is the only reason I'm playing single player mode then there's something seriously wrong with the game.

myogatheflea

Really? I mean, I've beaten the story mode more times than I like to admit, but was their any purpose other than to build up points to buy charcters/levels/alt costumes? Time Attack on the other hand I'm glad they kept so I guess I retract my previous statement to a certain degree.

dragonfrost

:ninja:uMMMMMMMMMMM your still going to have to get all the colors in the game to be able to play as more then one of the same person

myogatheflea

I don't think so. Unless they said otherwise, Capcom said everything comes unlocked. Did you read differently?

ArtieBoy

This will be on my TO GET list

Green_vs_Red

Something regarding the graphics.