The MAD Story of MARVEL VS CAPCOM 2 : THE GREATEST EVER MADE !? - RARE GAMING HISTORY 

"Gonna take you for a ride..."

"I'm a member of STARS"

We need this remastered or released on a CAPCOM collection

This game was the only reason I bought a Dreamcast

Dammit man, your capcom videos are like finding money in a piece of clothing you forgot about. Unexpected and well welcomed. Brilliant stuff matey

This game was litterally THE reason to have a Dreamcast back in 2001. I mean there were other great games but this was a gem. So glad they brought it back for 360....now if they could only bring it out for Switch.

Soooo basically the lore of Marvel vs Capcom 2 was this. *Ruby Heart:* What have I done. Everyone quick! Get in my ship! *Everyone in the roster:* LETS FIGHT EACH OTHER AROUND THE WORLD!!!

I would love a modern re-release of MVC2, Even though I have the Dreamcast version. One of the best fighters ever.

This is my favorite fighting game ever. When I was younger, I used to play this game for hours upon hours. Cable, Gambit, and Captain Commando were my go-tos. I've loved this game so much that I'm currently building an arcade machine with a Naomi to finally be able to own my own cabinet in my house. Thank you for making this video, it gives me inspiration to finish my build!

The music in this game is objectively good, idk what this guy's on about.

Bra you forgot Bulleta from Darkstalkers and Hayato from Plasma Sword/Star Gladiator!

Impossible to describe what it was like to have several arcade sticks and MvsC2 on the Dreamcast with a group of friends. It was an amazing experience that I wish I could experience again.

Mvc2 is by far my favorite cross over of all time! The roster, charm, stages, announcer, catchy music and replay value is a 10/10 for me. I'm a big X-Men fan and the roster delivers in MVC2!

The music of Marvel vs Capcom 2 is great. I can't imagne the game without it.

Unlockable characters. Also known today as DLC.

You forgot Hayato from Star Gladiator as one of the new characters in MvC2 on the Capcom side

I love how low key the music was, especially in juxtaposition of how epic the game was. "Look, Juggernaut, Venom, Mega Man and Akuma are fighting... welp, time to throw on some Chuck Mangione".

Ruby heart: I brought you all here to defeat a great evi- Teddy Long: Wait a minute playa. We're gonna have ourselve a tag team match.

I own the PS2 version and I purchased it for PS3. It’s the best fighter ever in my opinion

“You’ve Got That KILLER INSTINCT”

I wish this game was back on PSN/XBLA

Still a proud owner of the PS2 version of this game.

If there will be a MVC4 I hope it's an anime like art style to pay homage. Photo realistic just doesn't work in the mashup imo.

I could play this game forever and never get tired of it. The nostalgia , the music, the fact that I remember having to pay a quarter everytime I wanted to play. Can’t take this game for granted even years later.

I was a tournament player back in the day. MvC2 might seem badly balanced, but so was SF3:3rd Strike (only Chun, Yun and Ken in most tournaments), Tekken 4 (Jin was a tier on his own), TTT (Mishimas and Ogres), and CvS2 was also dominated by Blanka, Cammy and Sagat (later A-ism Bison and Sakura joined in). I played all the fighters heavily, and in the end, my favorite is either Guilty Gear X2, or Super Street Fighter II Turbo. Soul Calibur 2 was my favorite 3D fighter. Later on, SF HD Remix was released, and that got me back into competition. But the best fighter of all time I actually believe to be FANTASY STRIKE. It's designed so extremely well.

One of my favorite childhood games for my Dreamcast and a game I still play to this day on my 360.

I own an arcade machine of this and making one for a customer currently.

I’m gonna take you for a ride, that music makes me so happy 😀

never realized what a step up and how beautiful the stages were

Aww so many memories of ditching school to hang out at the arcarde back home. The Family Arcade on Vermont in Hollywood C.A back in 2001 arcades where le shite. Nowadays kids dont know what they missed out on.

This game is one of my favorite titles, because it shows how Capcom realized that they needed to setup for the SNK collab by developing a team-of-3 format. Thanks for the vid!

I loved the music in MvsC2!

I still own this game on dreamcast and PlayStation 2. Its one of my favorite fighting games ever! Capcom vs snk 2 is a close second place.

Oddly enough, Spider-Man's theme was being played when you ragged on the jazz soundtrack. That and Captain America's theme were two of my fave themes from the Marvel side. Ouch.

I hope we see a Capcom vs Snk retrospective following this series.

I’m surprised Capcom hasn’t featured Ruby Heart in any of their later crossovers

Been waiting for you to go over MVC2!! Keep up the good work, my guy!!

Intro didn't have the characters unlocked and wasn't even in sync? Not up to your usual great standards sir D;

this is the first time i saw someone saying the soundtrack of this game is bad, since everyone seems to treats like its one of the greatests soundtracks of videogame history. I personaly thinks its a "ok" soundtrack.

BB Hood is also a dark stalkers character but you didn’t mention her. I love playing as her she has some great combos

The soundtracks pretty much my favorite part of this game.

Finest fighting game ever made!!!! Protip, if you have a ps2 version, it needs a little tape in the center of the disc bc its was too thin and kept the disc spinner from getting a firm enough grip.

The music is part of the reason why it's so unique

It's the fighting game I've personally had the most fun with, at the mid-to-high skill arena with friends (right before 56 characters get honed down to 6)...and I've tried all fighting games.

I was 15. I worked at Arbys. I bought my Dreamcast on September, 9th. When Mvc2 came out, I bought 2 arcade pads and quit my job. Smoked alot of cannabis, made alot of money. My mom kicked me out because of MVC2. I still talk to a guy I met on Xbox360 everyday, to this day because of this game. Thanks Top Hat Gaming man. This video means the world to me. Yeeaah!

I had this on the Dreamcast. I miss my Dreamcast.

What a vlog. I actually felt like I went back in time. Shouts out to the vlogger

Absolutely glorious! Great memories of unintended 104 hit combo, part way through which the screen turned into a mecha cockpit as the characters were obscured by a preposterous amount of effects. Good times 😁

I'm so glad i still have this game, not my favorite mvc game or even my favorite overall fighting game but you can't go wrong with it.

Points viewers to comments section to discuss greatest fighting game of all time. Shows comment section discussing how hot Kylie Minogue is in the Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game. I approve.

Damn I loved loved the music, anyway good video and can't wait for you to do the CvS franchise.

Just having watched this .. I think MVC2 is *one* of the best fighting games ever made. It looked amazing when it came out, it had a huge roster, it got more attention (that I saw) than any other release I think I've ever seen. Saying there were "better options" on re-release comes down to what you'd call better, it was still one of a kind.

Best fighting game ever for sure. I am still playing on my Dreamcast.

Dangit a Teddy Long joke? Here's your like.

You’re a real one for that teddy long joke, that deserves a subscription lol

I love the mvc2 music.... lmao I just found out your yt and love these videos! Keep up the good work

Imagine saying the game's music is awful when literally everyone vibes to it LOL

The need to just re release this on next gen consoles

really excellent video TopHatMan, different and solid approach as always! Cheeriooooo!

As always Incredible video on such an incredible game! Also just a heads up, Madeline prior was the mother of cable with Cyclops but that's just some technical Marvel info.

If only this were available on the Switch

This game had an iOS port on iPod touch years ago. It was officially licensed and only 99 cents. It contained all of the unlockables but the touch controls made it impossible to play. It was such a cool novelty, though.

This game was doing Smash Bros Ultimate work way before. Sure, just two brand were playing, and actually not so many IPs, because Street Fighter and X-Men ruled, but were enough to get that feeling of big party, a multiverse clash along well known and not so know but interesting characters. Something I will never forget is in my local arcade place back in he days, Marvel vs Capcom 2 arcade was the biggest and loudest one, there were always big guys there and felt like the pro gamers stage.

How dumb THGM is not a fan of the MVC2 soundtrack. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I’ve skipped many classes in college do to this game. The line of opponents quarters never ends. 💪

An excellent MvC2 revisit, Top Hat Gaming Man! I’ve been enjoying your trip down Capcom fighting game memory lane and like most of the reviews and attention to detail you give in explaining how each title and game works! If anything surprised me, it’s a pity that you’re not a fan of MvC2’s soundtrack. I know it’s subjective and it’s jazzy - but there were awesome tracks like the airship stage’s BGM and of course “I wanna take you for a ride” at the character select screen. Not for everyone, but it was a strange kinda good experiment for the time - especially during the Dreamcast era with so many awesome titles for that system. Also! The Japanese release of MvC 2’s Secret Shop was tough and more challenging to unlock characters - there were two sets of point systems and one needed online play iirc!

keep these videos coming, i enjoy your content.

Tekken Tag Tournament and Marvel vs Capcom 2 are the best fighting games ever made.

Considering that the Playstation 1 was still a thing at this point for 3-4 more years.., imagine if they STILL had a limited port of MvC2 for the ps1?

Great video. I hope that you make videos on Marvel vs Capcom 3 & Marvel vs Capcom Infinite in the future.

I really enjoyed this, great video!

The fact that u don't appreciate the beautiful and astounding music in this masterpiece...

Yup, with the greatest fighting cactus in video game history!!

56 characters with only about the same 10 people were picked competitively.

Hayato from Star Gladiator Was new too

There was a game for the Dreamcast called Samba de Amingo, although I could be mistaken...

The versions of the Marvel vs Capcom games that I would recommend are: 1. X-Men vs Street Fighter (Saturn). 2. Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter (Saturn). 3. Marvel vs Capcom 1 (Dreamcast). 4. Marvel vs Capcom 2 (Dreamcast/Xbox/PlayStation 2). 5. Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 (PS4/PS Vita/Xbox 360/Xbox One) (Physical copies only). And 6. Marvel vs Capcom 4: Infinite (PS4/Xbox One) (Physical copies only).

Funny how the views on 2D/3D was back then. This game now tends to have aged better than most 3D games from that time.

honestly it didnt matter if the main intro didnt have gameplay, at the time just seeing that come up got people so hyped. It did its job

MvC2 is the best in the series

Thank you for doing this video, but some things struck me as weird. You showcase and criticize the intro, but you are showing a VERY poorly emulated version with cut off art. All the footage (both intro and in-game) is strangely low frame rate.

Dude you gotta do the Capcom vs series now. This video was done very well! You could start with the SNK vs Capcom??

At 56 characters MvC2 held the title for the largest roster in a fighting game for the longest time. Nowadays I doubt any fighting game can ever top EA Sports UFC3’s 270 characters

I mean your opinion on the Music being awful is Subjective.

If you played this in the arcade, there were actually only three characters you'd face off, against: Magneto, Storm, Psylocke.

This game is the reason I play fighting games to this day, a true masterpiece 👍👍

The main reason I love this game was at my local arcade (Gameworks at the time), I dominated a whole evening by winning about 26 matches in a row without loosing. I felt amazing that day. I think it was against 13 different people from mostly adults and a couple of teenagers (I was a teen myself, 16 to be exact). The cabinet was the first game on the second floor, there was a line from the top of the steps that went all the way down to the first floor to the billiards. I heard cheers, boos, and some insults hurled my way, it was amazing. I will never forget that day, and I think that's why I hold MvC2 a special place in my heart. Unfortiantly, when MvC2 came out for download on Xbox 360, I played online and I did well, but nothing like how I did at the arcades. You can say, I met better talent online but atleast I know I'm a Don in South Miami 20 years ago... damn, it's has been 20 years? Now I feel old lol. Also, Dreamcast and MvC2 are paired together in my heart, the best times in my gaming history.

This is and always will be best fighting game due to the roster ! And it wasnt DLC

Teddy Long was upset “Duh Undahtaykah” wasn’t in SmackDown vs. Capcom, playa!

The soundtrack is AMAZING. I've always loved it

My starting squad is Spider-Man Captain America Iron Man. My back up team is Cammy Cable Thanos. The best team I fought against was Rouge Gambit Gulie, they have a team chain combo that is super dominant. I still have the blocking pattern memorized. Thumbs up soldier!!! 👍

I really enjoy the Guilty Gear series. The art style the character and the music just captured me. I miss the fatality mechanic from the first game but I understand why they took it out. As for the modern fighters. I have to say there is a lot of fun to be had with Dragonball Fighterz. It may be one of the best modern fighting games out there.

4:35 Mega Man, Venom, Srider, and Captain Commando and Jin, are all fresh characters. Their sprites weren't pulled from other games. 19:00 PS2 and Xbox versions of MvC2 aren't similar to the Dreamcast version. They each have their own unique set of bugs, and bug fixes. And, they both have frame drops. 8:30 Sonson in MvC2 is the grand daughter of that character. And for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, they were extremely buggy as well, and most of the bugs were fixed. We could even report bugs on the forum to be fix. However, everyone, myself included reported the Blackheart super bug, where his mid-air green demon spray super (whatever it's called) sometimes wont deal chip damage. It was said that the final patch of the game was already finalized. Magneto had the same issue with his mid-air magnetic tempest, however that was fixed. And the bugs that were fixed in the PS2-Xbox versions of the game were reverted. So Ruby Heart can use a snapback before the chest has spawned a ghost to lock his position. Though, it doesn't sink off screen anymore. Anyway, nice video.

I played this game while deployed until the disc stopped working... it was a sad day indeed.

The music is wha?! This is one of the best soundtracks from a fighter. (Great review all the same.)

Bruh the music is awesome idk why ppl hate

I love this game with all of its madness and i want a MVC4 in MVC2 style and amped up to the max with madness 🤣

Nice video. I never really got into this one because the graphical style was so garish and chaotic, also the camera moving all over the place with the air jumps, and the high novelty factor with the outlandish cast. However, your video has made me want to give it another chance. For me the best fighter of all time would be something like Garou or Street Fighter 3 or Street Fighter Alpha 3 which has stylistic cohesiveness within it's own universe, beautiful sprites and deep gameplay

Refreshingly out of place music, blows the doors off of its predecessor in gameplay, one of the highest skill curves in fighting game history and possibly videogame history. It's got my vote. Hard to believe this game is 20 years old!

Watching this makes me want to cry and I miss how gaming was