Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes is a fighting game published and developed by Capcom. It is the fourth installment in the Marvel vs. Capcom franchise and a direct sequel to Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes.

It was released for the arcades in 2000, followed by a Dreamcast port in the same year. One year later, it was also released for the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox. In 2009, it was rereleased digitally for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, but was delisted from the respective stores four years later due to Capcom's license with Marvel expiring at the time.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) This game features a grand total of 56 characters, making it the largest roster in history of Capcom fighting games.
 * 2) It introduces a 3-on-3 tag-team system, as opposed to the traditional 2-on-2 system from the past games.
 * 3) You can now use one of your own partners to assist you in a battle, instead of using an NPC to do it, like in the game's predecessor.
 * 4) A new feature called "Snap Back" is added to the game, which allows you to kick your opponent out of the fight and have one of their partners come out and fight you instead.
 * 5) Many characters from the Marvel side (Cable, Thanos, and Psylocke) and the Capcom side (Felicia, Jill Valentine, and Hayato) have been introduced to the Marvel vs. Capcom franchise in this game.
 * 6) Original characters that are part of the game's story are also introduced, such as Ruby Heart, SonSon, and Amingo.
 * 7) The gameplay is fast-paced and very addicting, which keeps you pumped up for more action.
 * 8) The stages in the game are very amazing to look at and the three-dimensional graphics on them add to the atmosphere of said stages.
 * 9) The soundtrack is very memorable, including the character select theme.
 * 10) Abyss is an epic final boss, and you get to face each of his different forms each round.
 * 11) You start with your meter at Level 1, which allows you to use your Hyper Combo. However, if you use it Level 2, two of your characters will both perform their Hyper Combos, and using the meter at Level 3 or higher will allow all three of your characters to perform their respective Hyper Combos at the same time.
 * 12) The console ports add plent of additional content, like a shop that lets you buy characters, stages, portraits, and color swaps, a Time Attack mode, and a Survival mode.
 * 13) The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 ports added another feature that obviously wasn't present in the original, and that is online multiplayer.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The character selection screen theme says "I Wanna Take You for a Ride" over and over again, which gets very annoying and repetitive, much like the theme song for mh:terribletvshows:The Nutshack.
 * 2) The AI can be really cheap at times, like whenever they excessively block your attacks, making it difficult to damage them at all.
 * 3) There are too many X-Men characters from the Marvel side. Same thing can be said for the Street Fighter characters from the Capcom side.
 * 4) Though not a bad port, the PlayStation 2 version has some issues such as replacing some of the original sound effects with ones that were already used for characters' attacks or the beginning of battles.
 * 5) Some of the jazz-themed music in the game can throw off other players who are used to more rock or techno music from the past games.
 * 6) None of the characters have any specific endings and all you get after beating Arcade Mode is a slideshow of Ruby Heart holding an ancient relic related to Abyss and then throwing into the sea.
 * 7) This game has a manual save system instead of auto-save, so you have to save your progress manually in the menu or if you turn off the console you will lose your progress.

Trivia

 * 1) This game spawned some internet memes, like "Mahvel Baybee!", a video from 2006 where a fan was playing the game as Magneto and made some bizarre comments like "Where yo curly mustache at?!".
 * 2) One of the portraits of the game can be found in the character select screen of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
 * 3) In 2021, there came potential for a Nintendo Switch port among other modern ports in the form of a hashtag trend #FreeMvC2, started by Maximilian Dood. It worked as it caught Digital Eclipse's interest in porting it. Since then, negotiations have started and are still ongoing.
 * 4) Michael B. Jordan is a big fan of this game, and he would like to see it return on the PlayStation 5. Plus, his signature team in it is Guile, Hayato, and Cable.
 * 5) * This is also coincidental since he's been in a handful of live-action Marvel films like mh:awfulmovies:Fantastic Four (2015), and mh:greatestmovies:Black Panther.

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