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Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (マーヴル VS. カプコン クラッシュ オブ スーパーヒーローズ Māvuru vs. Kapukon Kurasshu Obu Sūpā Hīrōzu?) is the fifth Marvel Comics-licensed fighting game by Capcom, the third to feature Capcom characters and the third installment in the Marvel vs. Capcom series.

In contrast to X-Men vs. Street Fighter and Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, the game features characters from numerous Capcom franchises such as Mega Man and Strider, rather than just Street Fighter characters. The game takes place within the Marvel comic continuity, as Professor Charles Xavier calls out for heroes to stop him before he merges with the consciousness of Magneto and becomes the being known as Onslaught, the final boss.

Gameplay[]

While the gameplay was typical of the Marvel vs. Capcom series, Marvel vs. Capcom was distinguishable by two features: the ability to summon assist characters, and the Duo Team Attack.

Unlike the previous game in the series, the point character of a Marvel vs. Capcom team could not summon the off screen partner for an assist attack; instead, an assist character was randomly selected before the match began. This character could be summoned a limited number of times in battle to attack the opponent in parallel. Codes could be used to force the system to select a certain assist character.

The Duo Team Attack allowed a player to control both characters on his or her team simultaneously for a brief period of time; the characters had unlimited use of their super moves during this time. Since some characters had hard-to-avoid super moves that did substantial damage if blocked, the Duo Team Attack led to tactics that were oriented around activating it before your opponent could. Since the PlayStation port only allowed one character to play a point, a Duo Team Attack would call the assist character repeatedly without cost during its duration.

Characters[]

Marvel

Sprite Character Origin
Capstand Captain America Marvel Super Heroes
Gambit breath Gambit X-Men vs. Street Fighter
Hulk-stance Hulk Marvel Super Heroes
Spider-Man-stance Spider-Man Marvel Super Heroes
Venom-stance Venom Series Debut
War Machine War Machine Series Debut
Wolow Wolverine X-Men: Children of the Atom

Capcom

Sprite Character Origin
CaptainCommando-stance Captain Commando Captain Commando
Series Debut
Chunny-original-stance1 Chun-Li Street Fighter II
Mega Man-victory-pose-yay Mega Man Mega Man
Series Debut
Jin-Saotome-stance Jin Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness
Series Debut
Sf-morrigan Morrigan Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
Series Debut
Ryu-marverl-vs-cacpom Ryu Street Fighter
StriderHiryu-stance Strider Hiryu Strider
Series Debut
Sf-zangief Zangief Street Fighter II


Secret characters[]

Marvel side[]

Sprite Character Summary
WarMachine-gold-stance Golden War Machine A form of War Machine that cannot block, but also cannot be hit-stunned or dizzied. His power and defense increases dramatically, but his movement speed is greatly decreased.
Red Venom Red Venom A sped-up form of Venom with afterimages. He's the fastest character in the VS. series itself, but he takes about two times more damage than everyone else.
OrangeHulk-stance Orange Hulk An Orange-colored faster version of Hulk with his moveset from Marvel Super Heroes sans Hulk's super-armor.

Capcom side[]

Sprite Character Summary
LilithModeMorrigan-MvsC-stance Lilith-Mode Morrigan A form of Morrigan with Lilith's palette and moves.
Roll-MvsC-stance Roll She is the only secret character in this game to have her own unique sprites. She is short enough to be able to duck from most attacks. However she tends to hover in the air due to her dress and runs slowly due to her short legs. Her attacks mimic that of Mega Man, but are weaker and come out slower because of added animation of equipping a Buster weapon.
Shadow Lady
Shadow Lady A cyborg palette swap of Chun-Li, similar in style to Shadow from Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter but with a different variety of cyborg-based moves. Similar to Shadow, she gains an increase in speed, but her hyper combos have very long start-up times.

Special partners[]

Marvel side[]

Sprite Character Origin
Colossus-stance Colossus X-Men: Children of the Atom
Cyclops-stance Cyclops X-Men: Children of the Atom
Iceman-stance Iceman X-Men: Children of the Atom
Jubilee-stand-bubble-gum Jubilee Series Debut
Jugstand Juggernaut X-Men: Children of the Atom
Magneto-stance Magneto X-Men: Children of the Atom
Psystand Psylocke X-Men: Children of the Atom
Rogue-stance Rogue X-Men vs. Street Fighter
Sentinel-stance Sentinel
(secret character)
X-Men: Children of the Atom
Storm-better-stance Storm X-Men: Children of the Atom
Thor-mvc1 Thor Series Debut
US Agent U.S. Agent Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter

Capcom side[]

Sprite Character Origin
Anita-MvsC Anita Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge
Arthur-MvsC Arthur Ghosts 'n Goblins
Series Debut
Devilotte-MvsC-assist Devilotte Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness
Series Debut
LouPF MvsC Peace 1f Lou Three Wonders - Midnight Wanderers: Quest for the Chariot
Series Debut
Michelle Heart-stance Michelle Heart Legendary Wings
Series Debut
Pure-Fur
Pure & Fur Adventure Quiz: Capcom World 2
Series Debut
Saki
Saki Omokane Quiz Nanairo Dreams
Series Debut
Shadow-0
Shadow
(secret character)
Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
TongPooh-MvsC Tong Pooh Strider
Series Debut
UnknownSoldier-MvsC Unknown Soldier Blue Forgotten Worlds
Series Debut

Final Boss[]

Sprite Character Summary
Ounlauge Onslaught Onslaught initially appears in his best-known form, armed with powered-up versions of moves used by Magneto, as well as the ability to summon Sentinels and brainwashed versions of other characters. When defeated first, he vanishes, and appears screen-sized with mostly new moves. Can be selected once the player completes the game once with any team of characters in the PlayStation version. Unlocked on Dreamcast version after unlocking all secret characters. Onslaught is located below Wolverine. He can only be played in one stage (the stage in which the player would fight Onslaught originally).

PlayStation port[]

The PlayStation version of the game (titled as EX Edition in Japan), differs from the arcade version in that players are unable to switch characters on-the-fly, reducing the secondary character to an assist role only. Significantly, this removes the tag-team aspect of the game, which is considered by some to be one of its defining characteristics. The PlayStation version instead offers a "Cross over" mode where each player chooses one character, and the second character for each team is a mirror of the opponent's pick. In this mode, the players may switch characters at will, but the teams must always be identical. This compromise is necessitated by the console's small memory size -- the use of identical teams alleviates the memory requirements.

Reference to other Capcom games[]

  • Ryu has the ability to switch between his own movesets and that of Ken and Akuma in this game; one of the PlayStation version's loading screens dubbed him "'Complete Change' Ryu". His theme in the game is also a remix of the title theme from the Street Fighter II series of games up till Hyper Fighting and the character select screen from Super Street Fighter II Turbo.
  • Mega Man's theme is a remix of the opening title screen music of Mega Man 2. He also has his own unique victory music when he wins a match, which is the same victory fanfare heard when a Robot Master is defeated in a few Mega Man titles, such as Mega Man 2 and Mega Man 7. Mega Man can even "copy" Onslaught's weapon; after defeating him in the PlayStation version, the player can replay the game using Mega Man with an extra Hyper Combo move, Magneto's Magnetic Shockwave.
  • The opening fanfare of Strider Hiryu's theme is a remix of the opening fanfare in the arcade game he appears in, with the rest of the music being a remix of the level 1 theme. Hiryu's ending also has him remark "Target eliminated. Mission complete" before he flies off on his hang glider. The next screen shows a humpback whale surfacing up to the ocean, then Hiryu jumps off his hang glider and rides on the back of the whale; this is based on the ending in the original arcade game after he defeated Grandmaster Meio.
  • Zangief can transform into Mech-Zangief from previous installments via the use of Iron Body, an ability retained for his appearance in the sequel.
  • Captain Commando's ending has him appear on the Avengers HQ's monitor, informing them of his and his comrades' victory over Onslaught. When asked who he is, he simply says "I am Captain Commando." This is a recreation of the ending from his own game. He also has two win quotes that reference past Capcom games:
    • "Thank you for playing this game!" refers to the ending quote after the end credits roll.
    • Commando also tells the player the first Capcom game, which was "Vulgus, back in 1984!".

Trivia[]

  • The secret Capcom characters (Roll, Shadow Lady, and Lilith-Mode Morrigan) are the only secret characters to have their own endings.
    • They are also the only female secret characters to have real endings programmed. The male secret characters have a generic "congratulations" message.
  • This is the second game in the series that doesn't feature any playable female characters from the Marvel side (all Marvel females who do appear are assist characters), the first being Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter.
  • The home versions of the game had an additional two palettes for each character with the exception of Onslaught, who only has one set of colors.
  • The announcer is voiced by Sally Cahill, who also voiced Ada Wong in Resident Evil 2.
  • War Machine/Golden War Machine and Red Venom may competitively be the strongest characters of this game due to incredible spacing/zoning potential and range for War Machine, invalidating most of the casting.

Gallery[]

Promotional Art and Packaging[]

Official Art[]

To view all official character artwork, see: Official Art.

Video[]

External Links[]

Marvel vs. Capcom Series
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: Fate of Two WorldsUltimate · Marvel vs. Capcom Origins · Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite
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