Capcom: Infinite, which was heavily derided for the massive number of reused assets from the previous game. This ultimately came to a head in Marvel vs. At the time, nobody really minded, but Capcom's persistent reuse of sprites and later, 3D character models, would become one of the biggest complaints about their fighting games. Capcom games reused assets from previous ones, this is really the entry where Capcom finally said "Screw it" and went all out to include as many recycled character sprites as possible. Franchise Original Sin: While all of the previous Marvel vs.Generally speaking, most members of the FGC are fine with both games (given their ties to Street Fighter), but expect more ardent fans of CvS2 to voice the opinion that MvC2 is overrated and/or CvS2 is underrated. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium, especially when it comes to arguing which is the best entry in the Vs. To an extent, also with fans of Capcom vs.Melee one when it comes to arguing which game has the best Tournament Play scene that keeps their respective console ( Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo GameCube) alive and kicking outside of the usual scopes of retrogaming years after release, which became Hilarious in Hindsight when Ryu became a Guest Fighter via DLC in Smash 4. The MvC2 fandom is at odds with the Super Smash Bros.That said, they could have meant the old-school definition of hero. Doom, Thanos, Magneto, Juggernaut, Sentinel, Spiral, Silver Samurai, Omega Red, Sabretooth, Shuma-Gorath, Blackheart, and Venom. Designated Hero: This game has the subtitle New Age of Heroes, and includes M.EVO 2020-before its unfortunate cancellation-even announced the return of this game as part of its lineup because MvC2 had reached its 20-year anniversary, which says a ton about how beloved this game is if people can still get hype for it over two decades later. Cult Classic: It may be an asset flip in many areas and a poorly balanced glitchfest in others, but it's undeniable that this is one of the most important fighting games ever made in terms of the community it inspired, and the impact it has had on the FGC at large is still felt to this day.
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Contested Sequel: While several fans of the series consider MvC2 to be the best incarnation of the game so far, a good portion of fans, specifically those put off by the game's difficulty and seeming imbalance, prefer the older entries or Ultimate Marvel vs.For more casual gamers, add Juggernaut and Tron on assist. Complacent Gaming Syndrome: If you played a drinking game for each and every time somebody picked one or two of the "Four Gods" (Storm, Magneto, Sentinel, and Cable) with Psylocke, Captain Commando, Doctor Doom, Strider Hiryu, or Cyclops on assist, you'd have died of alcohol poisoning a long time ago.