Line #53 VideoGame/CapcomVs


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5	[[caption-width-right:300:Followed by ''Creator/{{Rankin Bass\|Productions}} vs. Capcom''.[[note]][[http://www.capcom-unity.com/snow_infernus/blog/2009/09/15/capcom_vs_insert_idea_here This was made by a former Capcom employee]], by the way.[[/note]]]]
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7	->''"Games like this make it seem like Capcom has a lot of enemies. Everybody wants to fight them."''
8	-->-- ''WebVideo/ClassicGameRoom'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYNuLKukyQg review]] of ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom''
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10	A lengthy series of MassiveMultiplayerCrossover {{Fighting Game}}s, all of which feature Creator/{{Capcom}} and another company.
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12	It's composed of several crossover series, which are listed chronologically:
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14	[[index]]
15	%% This is just an index. Unless a game of the series has its own page, DON'T ADD IT.
16	!!{{Fighting game}}s
17	* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom''
18	** ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'' (featured [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Akuma]] as a SecretCharacter)
19	** ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes'' (featured [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Anita]] as a Secret Character)
20	** ''VideoGame/XMenVsStreetFighter''
21	** ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesVsStreetFighter''
22	** ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfSuperHeroes''
23	** ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2: New Age of Heroes''
24	** ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3: Fate of Two Worlds''
25	*** ''Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3'' %% Don't pothole this one, it screws the index %%
26	** ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite''
27	* ''VideoGame/SNKVsCapcom''
28	** ''VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomTheMatchOfTheMillennium''
29	** ''VideoGame/CapcomVsSNKMillenniumFight2000''
30	** ''VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium2001''
31	** ''VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos''
32	* ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom: Cross Generation of Heroes''
33	** ''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars'' %% Same deal as ''[=UMvC3=]'' %%
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35	Also see ''VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomCardFightersClash'', a CardBattleGame series which acted as a precursor to the above-listed fighters.
36	[[/index]]
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38	!! Related:
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40	* ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'', which stars the titular game companies, but is a {{RPG}} instead a fighting game.
41	** The ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'' series, which added two more companies (Sega and Nintendo) to the mix.
42	* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsUnite'', a comic book event that involves several game worlds besides the title two and is effectively a "Creator/{{Sega}} vs. Capcom" story.
43	* ''Taisen Net Gimmick: Capcom vs. Psikyo All Stars'', a TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}} game for Platform/SegaDreamcast starring various characters from Capcom and Creator/{{Psikyo}} companies, with Ryu and [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Morrigan Aensland]] playing against [[VideoGame/SengokuAce Tengai and Koyori]], as other characters from different franchises of both comapnies.
44	* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'' pretty much only features those two series, the exceptions being their companies' respective mascots and three [=PlayStation=] exclusive characters owned by Sony, despite also being a fighting game.
45	* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' features Mega Man and Ryu being able to face off against the heroes and villains of Creator/{{Nintendo}} ([[GuestFighter as well as]] Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog, VideoGame/PacMan, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife]], and VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}). ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' sees the two return with Ken Masters in tow to battle all of the previously mentioned characters, [[VideoGame/MetalGear along]] [[VideoGame/{{Castlevania}} with]] [[VideoGame/Persona5 some]] [[VideoGame/DragonQuest new]] [[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie faces]] [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} thrown]] [[Franchise/KingdomHearts in]], including [[VideoGame/FatalFury the Hungry Wolf, Terry Bogard]] & [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Chucking People Off of Cliffs, Kazuya Mishima]] fighting game characters who the ''Street Fighter'' cast has faced off with in the past, with additional content from ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'', ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'', ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'', and ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' also being present.
46	* ''Capcom vs. Creator/OsamuTezuka Characters'', a 2020 art exhibition whose [[https://twitter.com/reploid_21xx/status/1306185698895114241 promotional art]] plays up the concept as a traditional ''Capcom vs.'' title.
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49	!!Tropes:
50	* BootstrappedTheme: This is a recurring element for the Capcom side. For instance, characters like [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]], [[VideoGame/RivalSchools Batsu]], and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Alex]] have their home stage themes as their background music, even though in their original games the background music are not tied to them but to the stages. Another example is [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Mega Man Trigger/Volnutt]] receiving the theme that accompanied the Flutter vs. Gesselschaft BossBattle in ''[=MML1=]'' which followed him from ''[=NxC=]'' into ''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom''. (Tron herself would later get this theme for herself in ''Marvel vs. Capcom 3''.)
51	%%* TheCameo: If a particular character isn't a playable fighter, there's a high chance that they'll instead be found on the sidelines or (if they're lucky) as an AssistCharacter.
52	* CardBattleGame: The ''VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomCardFightersClash'' series, which is the first official {{crossover}} with Creator/{{SNK}}.
53	* ContinueCountdown: Many of the games would have a Continue Countdown for a losing player. The second and third ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' games would even give the player a message of encouragement if they decided not to continue.
54	-->''"Don't give up! Challenge again!"''
55	-->''"You're not gonna go out like that, are you? Get back in there and try again!"''
56	* CoolVersusAwesome: The whole point behind these series. The most beloved characters in video game history clashing it out between each other, and with [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom comic book]] and [[VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom anime]] superheroes and villains.
57	* CostumeEvolution: Certain characters change outfits as the series progresses to keep up with their updated designs in the original media, most notably Iron Man, Hawkeye, Wolverine and Storm. The Hulk's The Professor/Merged Hulk incarnation was also used in the earlier games, before reverting to the more iconic Savage Hulk persona from ''3'' onward.
58	%%* CounterAttack: Pretty much a staple thing in these games. In some of them, some super attacks are counters as well!
59	* EnemyMine: The plots usually revolve around heroes and villains from both companies working together to take down a threat that endangers their respective worlds, such as ComicBook/{{Galactus}} in ''Marvel vs. Capcom 3'' or [[VideoGame/{{Okami}} Yami]] in ''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom''. As a result, it's entirely possible to build a team of characters who are mortal enemies in their own series. ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' references this in [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/02/18 this strip.]]
60	* FakeCrossover: There is no continuity between the games, and the storylines are not referenced anywhere else. However, there's a surprising aversion during the ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse storyline'', where the villain Morlun drops in on Spider-Man of Earth-30847, who is explicitly shown to be the ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' version of the character, up to and including having a confused player standing at the arcade machine, [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/spiderman/images/7/70/P37_2_copy.jpg watching the scene unfold.]]
61	* TheGrappler:
62	** The Capcom characters Zangief and Haggar retain their movesets from ''Street Fighter'' and ''Final Fight'' respectively.
63	** Hulk, Nemesis, Juggernaut, Colossus, Sentinel and Omega Red all have at least ''one'' extremely powerful grapple ability to supplement their [[MightyGlacier slow but powerful attacks]].
64	** ComicBook/SheHulk's primary fighting game involves three variations of the same grapple: the basic grab, a long-range version with slow startup, and an aerial version. If it lands, it stuns the opponent long enough to follow up with combos for big damage. Thanks to having off-the-ground attacks, even her aerial throws can also be used to start combos.
65	** [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] has an extremely powerful command grab which is one of the main tools of his moveset, and can be done in both the air and the ground. One interaction with Mike Haggar even has Haggar praise Thor's grappling power and [[RousingSpeech "mic skills"]] and say he'd gladly get Thor in touch with his agent.
66	%%* {{Fanservice}}: The sheer amount of [[ShoutOut references]], [[ContinuityNod nods]], and [[MythologyGag throwaway gags]] to each company's individual mythos (and, in certain cases, preceding games in each sub-series) is ''staggering'', to the extent of having [[ShoutOut/CapcomVsWhatever a page dedicated for that here]]. ''Something'' [[DoubleEntendre is going to appeal to you]].
67	%%* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Naturally.
68	* NewWorkRecycledGraphics: A hallmark of the pre-3D installments. This began to become an issue as time went on and the arcade hardware and home consoles running the games started to get more and more sophisticated. Examples include:
69	** The ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' series reused sprites from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'', ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'', ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes''. The characters who got new sprites were generally ones who hadn't appeared in any prior 2D fighting games, such as ComicBook/{{Rogue}} and ComicBook/{{Gambit}} in ''VideoGame/XMenVsStreetFighter'', [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man]] and VideoGame/CaptainCommando in ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfSuperHeroes Marvel vs. Capcom]]'', and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil1 Jill]], ComicBook/{{Cable}}, [[VideoGame/StarGladiator Hayato]] and the OriginalGeneration characters in ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 Marvel vs. Capcom 2]]''.
70	** The Capcom-produced installments of ''VideoGame/SNKVsCapcom'' fared better in this regard. All the SNK fighters had to be redrawn in the more anime-inspired Capcom style, in addition to Capcom characters who'd never before appeared in 2D fighting games, such as [[VideoGame/RivalSchools Kyosuke]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFight Maki]]. Capcom also went a step further and did brand new sprites for returning fighters like Ryu, Chun-Li, Akuma, M. Bison, Dan, Eagle and Yun, which served to make the blatant recycling of sprites from the early-to-mid '90s games look ''even more'' blatant by comparison.
71	** This goes all the way back to ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'', the unofficial start of the ''Vs.'' franchise. Akuma just reuses his more realistic-looking ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII Turbo'' sprite, which clashes badly with the anime-style sprites used by the X-Men characters.
72	* PowerCreepPowerSeep: Kind of necessary, especially in the Marvel crossovers, where you have Ryu and Zangief taking on the likes of [[PhysicalGod Thanos]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction Phoenix]], and [[EldritchAbomination Shuma-Gorath.]]
73	* ShoutOut: With [[ShoutOut/CapcomVs its own page]].
74	* {{Superhero}}es: You'll see (most of) the best known ones from the West (Marvel) and the East (Tatsunoko). [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And Bravoman and Wonder Momo (Namco).]]
75	* SpotlightStealingCrossover: ''X-Men'' and ''Street Fighter'' characters usually tend to dominate the cast, with ''Marvel vs. Capcom 2'' being especially infamous in this regard (with over half the roster being more ''Street Fighter'' and ''X-Men'' than anything else), though ''Marvel vs. Capcom 3'' and its ''Ultimate'' update toned things down a bit (only four ''Street Fighter'' characters, and while there were still a considerable amount of ''X-Men'', there were plenty of other characters as well), and ''Infinite'' keeps Ryu and Chun-Li as the only ''Street Fighter'' representatives with the ''X-Men'' characters getting removed due to [[ExecutiveMeddling Marvel's corporate pettiness]] over their film rights then being owned by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox. ''Capcom vs. SNK'', meanwhile, is almost exclusively ''Street Fighter'' and ''The King of Fighters'' characters.
76	%%* SuperMovePortraitAttack
77	%%* SwitchOutMove
78	%%* VersusTitle
79	* WolverinePublicity: One could say that's the whole point of this series with the non-Wolverine examples.
80	** Expect [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]] and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Chun-Li]] to be present in any crossover game.
81	** To a much lesser extent you also have [[VideoGame/StreetFighterI Ken Masters]] (who usually only appears in crossovers that are specifically focused on fighting game characters and/or exclusively have the ''Street Fighter'' roster on the Capcom side; he was absent in '' Marvel vs. Capcom 3'', ''Infinite'', and ''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom'' and and is an alternate mode for Ryu in the original ''Marvel vs. Capcom''), [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Zangief]] (who was replaced by [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Alex]] in ''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom'', by [[VideoGame/FinalFight Hu]][[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII go]] in ''SVC Chaos'', and [[VideoGame/FinalFight Haggar]] in ''Marvel vs. Capcom 3'' and ''Infinite''), [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Akuma]] (missed ''Tatsunoko'' and ''Infinite'', and like Ken is only playable through Ryu in the first ''Marvel vs. Capcom'') and [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Morrigan]] (who was replaced by [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Demitri]] in ''SVC Chaos'', a game which, unsurprisingly, was developed by SNK and not Capcom, and does not appear in any ''Street Fighter'' specific games).
82	** Let's not get started on the non-Capcom examples, ''especially'' the {{Trope Namer\|s}}. He is the only Marvel character who has appeared in every single ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' entry from ''X-Men: Children of the Atom'' all the way up to ''Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3''. He even has '''TWO''' versions of himself in ''[=MvC2=]''. The only Marvel characters to come close to meeting his near-perfect attendance record would be Spider-Man, Captain America and the Hulk, who have appeared in every installment of the series that were not X-Men only.
83	* WrestlerInAllOfUs: The only way to explain many, upon ''many'', upon '''many''', upon '''''[[OverlyLongGag MANY]]''''' of the specials and supers in this series.

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