Could a new Marvel vs Capcom game be on the way?
If Capcom has there way, that would certainly be the case. This was confirmed by Street Fighter 6 producer Shuhei Matsumoto in an interview with Dexerto, during EVO 2024.
"The development team at Capcom has big dreams,” said Matsumoto. “Maybe there is an opportunity for a new Marvel vs Capcom game. Maybe there is an opportunity for a new Capcom-based SNK game."
"I don’t know. But, if that were to happen, that would take some time and effort in order create and release those kinds of games, but the short-term with what we can do now is at least reintroduce these past legacy games to a new audience, to people who may not have the opportunity to play it, because it might not be out on modern or current platforms."
“What we can at least do now is to show that, hey, these series exist. We love these games. We hope that you do too, and maybe in the future, if people get to familiarize themselves with these series, then there may be future opportunities to make bigger games."
What Matsumoto is referring to is the recently announced Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics which is set to be released on the Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PC. Of course, with backwards compatibility, the game will also be playable on the PS5 (sorry Xbox fans).
This compilation contains a total of seven games that were released between 1993 and 2000. One noteworthy (non-fighting game) title that is included is The Punisher, a beat-'em-up that served as the catalyst for Marvel and Capcom's collaboration.
- The Punisher (1993)
- X-Men: Children of the Atom (1994)
- Marvel Super Heroes (1995)
- X-Men vs. Street Fighter (1996)
- Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (1997)
- Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of the Super Heroes (1998)
- Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (2000)
The game is without an exact release date but is confirmed to release sometime in 2024.
Hopefully, the collection has high sales and shows Marvel and Capcom that there's still high interest in the franchise.
At one point, Marvel vs Capcom was the crown jewel of the fighting game community before gamers were turned off by the change in art style in 2017's Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite, the last entry in the series.
That game severely missed Capcom's sales targets, selling only 1 million copies when the publisher expected sales of 2 million.