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I'll be blunt... this game's
gotten a royal screw job by reviewers, particularly certain
fanzine editors who really should know better. They've
misrepresented Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, griping
about its small cast of characters and similarities to X-Men
vs. Street Fighter while glossing over or completely ignoring
the fact that it's easily one of the three best fighting games
ever released for the Saturn.
 Well, let's
address their complaints, shall we? Yes, MvSF is a minor
step up from Capcom's first tag-team fighter, but they took
everything (and I do mean everything) that was annoying about
X-Men vs. Street Fighter and either removed, modified, or
improved it. The gameplay is tons better, with a more
reasonable difficulty, new super moves for every character,
and more interaction with your partner. Capcom even
added some zing to the graphics... instead of the generic
sunbursts you'd get from flooring an opponent with a super
attack, the playfield is engulfed by multi-colored warp
streaks, solar eclipses, and vibrant planetscapes. As
for the limited selection of heroes, I'll just point out that
Marvel vs. Street Fighter has more superfriends and superfoes
to choose from than in the original game, and that Storm was
taken out of the action and locked into a stasis tube where
she belongs. Besides, where else are you going to find
Norimaru? Nowhere, that's where! This would be the
nerdy Japanese comedian's first and last appearance in the
Marvel vs. series, and it's a memorable one.
I do agree with the whiners just
a bit... half of the game's stars are, um, very Ryu-esque, and
Capcom could have loaded a few more fighters into the
proverbial van before taking off. Still, anyone who
didn't buy Marvel vs. Street Fighter because of the endless
criticism heaped upon it (by folks who interestingly enough
had no problem with Super Mega Mighty Ultra Street Fighter 2'
Turbo With A Light Dusting of Powdered Sugar) was cheated out
of a whole lot of fun. |
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Marvel vs. Street
Fighter
Capcom
Tag-Team Versus Fighting
 
Norimaru is surprisingly
effective, despite looking like a twisted cross between
Pee-Wee Herman, Ben Stein, and Jerry Lewis. Press down,
down right, right, and two punch buttons to overwhelm your
opponent with a screen full of Norimaru's favorite
souvenirs!
Pretty limited... the menus are
all in English, so the game is very easy to play.
Unfortunately, you can't change the in-game text to English
like you could with Vampire Savior.
There's a twenty second wait at
start up, but each match only takes a few seconds to
load.
The Marvel vs. series ended with
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 on the Dreamcast. Years later,
Electronic Arts would develop its own fighting game starring
the Marvel comic characters. It sucked. A
lot.
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