Examining the Ports of Marvel vs Capcom 2 

The PS2 and Xbox versions of MVC2 were developed in a very short period of time because Capcom's contract with Marvel was expiring, it led to those ports being rushed (with Xbox Live support for the Xbox port being cut despite the fact that it was advertised in magazines) and were sold in limited quantities, leading to them being rare and expensive to buy on second hand market.

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Maximilian basically debunked this "balancing" myth. Most changes are more the result of the porting process and not so much the result of the devs attempting to "balance the game". Every glitch change in the ps3/360 port are literally confirmed by the devs (to max) that the glitches just disappeared upon porting the code. They did zero touches to the gameplay

3:26 The Dreamcast version plays a little quicker than the arcade version, but other than that, it has no balance changes or glitch fixes from the arcade version. In the music department, you'll notice the arcade version has some music tracks that sound differently from all the other versions. The Character Select screen, both Ranking themes, Continue music, Game Over fanfare, and some stages like the Clock Tower get affected.

Something to note about the PS2/Xbox versions is the updated Marvel logo in the title screen. It's different than the Arcade/DC title screen. In my opinion, it clashes with the original logo as a stylized fighter, and more like a Branded Product, which is where Marvel games were headed at the time.

To this day, I still wonder how online play on Dreamcast worked.

Thank you, No one has made a full on video on this subject, as mostly people say certain things and I don't see it, but I can hear it

Thanks for putting the music in the bio, I would have been stuck trying to remember where that Outrun2 track was from for hours if not for that

Never fail to impress me, Khan ❤ I had to go back and watch all your mvc2 guides now that I can FINALLY play MVC2 for the first time! Venom, Spidey and Storm is my mains! Idk who I'll pick up next but can't wait to see what the future holds for me

Finally a video that shows the difference between the versions. The Xbox one was the first console version that I played and had no idea it was considered "the worst" couldn't find much videos detailing why.

You used Yuri's "Diet!" From KOF XI!!! You're a hero for that!!!

Theres definitely slowdown on the PS2 when there's too much going on onscreen and not just slowdown, but some insane screen tearing that makes the game looks even worse than it already does with its lack of anti-aliasing. The reason for the game's low quality audio and heavy compression is due to Capcom deciding to press the game on a standard Compact disc as opposed to DVD-Rom. And yes, while the Dreamcast version does run at 480i by default, it also natively supports a 31Khz hi-res progressive scan image (just like its NAOMI counterpart) with the use of a Dreamcast VGA Cable, and it looks absolutely stunning with the right display screen.

Respect for disclosing some versions shown were emulation, I hate when RU-vidrs make a video saying “game on so and so console”, only to realize halfway through it’s on emulator but they didn’t say it Also had no clue the Japanese version of Dreamcast port had to get both online and Arcade points, which is a cool Japanese only feature (they always got the coolest stuff we didn’t as Americans), the arcades over there were still very big. I traveled and lived in Japan summer of 2003 as a high school foreign exchange student and the Tokyo arcades were still always packed with people due to fighting games and their culture. Hello Kitty was also starting to get big too lol. But yeah I wish we had the VMU Arcade point thing if there was a backup way to get points at home and trade them in for like Arcade points at a lower rate

Well done with this video. In addition, the PS2 / Xbox versions are the only ones with transparency problems with some textures (option menu mostly)

Man, that Dreamcast version? /chefkiss It's perfect. Like, Homelander meme perfect. I got it when I was in the Navy and we played it all deployment. So many great memories, between this and Spawn: The Demon's Hand, which had an... interesting multiplayer mode. Great video. Thanks for all the memories.

Something that you didn’t mention that I find interesting is the in early advertisements the Xbox version was said to have online support (according to Justin Wong) but it’s not present in the final game

Great video. I was looking for something like this.

Still an incredible game no matter what system you play it on. But I recommend the recent collection because it's on all modern consoles (Xbox version comes out 2025), you get the previous Capcom-developed Marvel fighters and crossovers and The Punisher as a bonus. Also because it's convenient and more affordable ($50 is a steal when compared trying to get Sega Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, PS1/2 and Original Xbox copies) as well as being crystal clear HD.

2:45 this is mainly why JP mvc2 is cheaper than US mvc2. Unless you know how to hack your vmu, there's no way to unlock all characters. If you unlock characters with d points (btw, you can sit in training mode to max out those points), the game will only give you that option for half of the cast. The other half will need those other points to unlock. Great video.

Your guides are so good, cant wait to see more !

I think there was also 2 physical formats of the game on PS2 also, the CD (purple disc) and later versions were put onto a DVD (silver disc).

12:36 THE RUBY HEART'S NAME?????????????

Can't wait till they make MVC playable on my car dashboard 🤡

I own the DC, Japenese Ps2, Og xbox, and Ps3 hd versions. I for one love unlocking all the charecters in the DC ports. It gave me incentives to keep playing it w/ my friends. The Ps3 and xbox 360 ports were so broken thou as you could select the same charecter for your whole team which having 3 Cables was just overkill lol.

Aint no way you were pulling off infinites on that iOS version 😂😂

I think the reason why the xbox version feels so much slower and it also looks slower is because the xbox version either doesn't have a Turbo mode (which is just frame skipping) or if it does have a turbo mode its frame pacing isn't done correctly which means that it will feel laggy since between frames the inputs are being dropped. from the looks of it, it seems to be the former but i dont know if there are any speed settings within the options menu to enable turbo mode. Turbo mode is what people play on competitively and for capcom games from the era it was achieved through frame skipping so frames would be skipped in order to make the game appear and feel faster but at the cost of inputs being dropped between those frames and the buffer for everything being much tighter. as far as i know when turbo modes are enabled both in SF2 and MvC2 its consistent enough that the drawbacks from frame skipping ultimately become null and void because its the standard mode that EVERYONE plays on. but thats just my theory on what i think is happening with the Xbox port

Fbneo plays any Capcom games without much delay and plays better than MvC collection, I still prefer playing fighting games on Dreamcast

I had the OG Xbox version of MVC2 back in college and it had flickering, messed up sprites like how your emulator did. We were playing it on a 360 though so maybe that's what was causing it.

12:33 Another presentation-related object affected by widescreen upgrade: If you start the match with Jin or use his supers, the Blodia sprites' cut-off points are also visible due to them only being designed for 4:3 edges. An example from one of Dood's old online play videos: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VF-OgV-ZoxY.html

2:48 N-points are used for arcade connectivity (Dreamcast only), while V-points are used for winning online battles (absent from all of the Xbox releases, affecting Japan). So my difficulties for character unlocking in the Japanese version of MVC2 are: Xbox (Easy) PS2 (Medium, can't play online today due to Capcom Matching Service servers shutting down in 2004) Dreamcast (Hard, cabinets with VMU slots can be hard to come by, and online servers were terminated in 2004) I was lucky to buy a Japanese Xbox copy since the ISO dump online prior to my purchase was bad and can't be converted to an XISO.

PS2 version has NO SLOWDOWN.. I don't know where people got this ... I guess just people just hating on that version

MY DREAMCAST SETUP MENTIONED

it felt weird becuase you are playing in widescreen.

Just a nitpick but calling MVC2 for Dreamcast a "port" is like calling a MVS game on the AES a port.

I regret thinking the PS2 version was good now :V

Mvsc2 on Dreamcast is the best console version because it's basically the same as the arcade board with less ram. I have the physical copy of both Mvsc1 and 2 on Sega Dreamcast.

1:29 Even so, the starting rosters and ending pictures differ between the arcade and home versions. In the case of the home versions, some of the starting "arcade" characters cannot be accessed until a net total of a 9999+ D-points (P-points on PS2) gets accumulated.

fighting collection tops Dreamcast

There’s something interesting I’ve heard about the XBOX version but I wasn’t sure it was true. I have seen sources online stating that the XBOX version of MVC2 supports custom soundtracks (the XBOX had a feature where you could copy music off of a CD onto your XBOX harddrive and then you could play that ripped music in compatible games). However, this was not advertised as a feature on the back of the box so I’m not sure if the feature is even in the game.

Its super sureal that mvc2 got an ios port,imagine if mvc2 was on 3ds

the dreamcast console glazing is insane (bc same LMAO) i grew up not knowing the dreamcast was a shitter commercially had a ton of fun with it though Spawn, Powerstone, Godzilla Generations, Soul Calibur

Interesting. When another video whit capcom vs snk2?

I used to love the iOS version 😂anyway to get it now ?

Man they need to bring back the iOS port. It was surprisingly good on my iPhone 4 and 7.

If only I had marvel 2 on my phone, then I’d be happy

Good luck to everyone trying to learn to play Marvel on 2024 from 0

Still waiting on Lego Marvel vs Capcom ❤

The home console version, the soundtrack is extended and the stages have alternate versions as well. Different from the arcade version

Dreamcast baybee!!

Yoo i have marvel vs capcop 2 in PS 2

MVC2 soundtrack is mid, the earlier MVC games had better ones.

I have the PlayStation 2 version. Playing it for years and compared to what the negatives are stated; other than the short slowdown when the final boss Abyss changed forms THERE WERE NO ISSUES AT ALL. Some old combos don't work - possibly a bug and exploit that were fixed/removed from AC/DC. Colors are way off - None. Just DC fanboy rage when they know their DC console is dying (it did). Sounds are off - It isn't. Sounds are perfect. Game crash in odd situations - There wasn't any. Terrible framerate and slowdown issues - other than the short slowdown when the final boss Abyss changed forms there was no slowdown Lack safe counters - no idea what's that but no other issues. Those negative rants was because PlayStation 2 finally has the game. The DC DIED in 2001 compared to the PS2 while it died in 2013 (WW, 2012 in Japan). As you stated your tests for the PS2 version was done on an emulator. Mine is on a PS2! From Best to Worst (I correct for you) - DC - PS3/Xbox - PS2 - Xbox - iOS