See also:
- Germans Love David Hasselhoff: For some strange reason, Shuma-Gorath is popular in Japan.
- Harsher in Hindsight: Cody and Jessica cameo in the Mall stage, with the former wanting to fight so badly, and Jessica being horrified. Come Street Fighter Alpha 3, they broke up due to Cody being addicted to fighting, which then puts Cody in jail.
- Hilarious in Hindsight:
- This winquote from Cap sums it all:
- Similarly, one of Zangief's winquotes:"No one can compare to me. Not even a mayor!"
- As is par for the course, Dan's ending is a hilarious but clearly non-canonical spoof of Art of Fighting. (Cyber-Akuma as Dan's father?!) About twenty years later, it became a little less out there than originally portrayed thanks to Capcom canonizing his younger sister introduced in that scene. At this point, all that's left is for Capcom to hint at a legitimate connection between Akuma and Dan.
- It's the Same, Now It Sucks!: Though not hated, the game is usually criticized for being a thinly-veiled reskin of its predecessor, right down to reusing the same stages and even Apocalypse as a boss character (though now a sub-boss rather than the final one). This, coupled with the lack of new sprites (as with the exception of Norimaro, all of the newcomers like Sakura, Omega Red and Dan just reused their sprites from the Street Fighter Alpha series or X-Men: Children of the Atom) and the fact that the game's "secret characters" like U.S. Agent and Mephisto were all just simple Palette Swaps, has given rise to the perception that Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter was a lazy rush job.
- Memetic Mutation:
- Some of Webhead's lines, such as, "One for J.J.!" and "Do your job!" (or alternatively, "DO YOUR GODDAMN JOB!") are minor memes in the community.
- And then, suddenly, CYBER-AKUMA!
- Porting Disaster: The PS1 port omitted the tag team gameplay due to the system's limitations. Nothing new as X-Men vs. Street Fighter did so too. The faster gameplay and extra color schemes more than made up for it and there's a somewhat limited version of the tag team included.
- Sophomore Slump: Most serious players find the game to be stale and boring due to all the nerfs and balancing done to the game in reaction to the sheer insanity of the previous game. Also, despite all this, Wolverine is still broken. That said, the game maintains a respectable following overall. It wasn't until the sequel that said sheer insanity returned.
- Squick: One of Norimaro's planned attacks
for the Japanese version had him fantasizing about a certain Capcom character and spouting a nosebleed. Two of these characters were Anita from Darkstalkers (a young girl) and... Zangief. - Suspiciously Similar Song: The beginning piano notes of Wolverine's theme have been remarked on for their similarity to the opening section of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean."
- Unexpected Character: Shuma-Gorath once again. Omega Red as well, as he hadn't been featured since X-Men: Children of the Atom.
