Talk about making a lot of people happy. This may actually be a game I’ll purchase on Xbox Live! The game was announced earlier this week and it will be $15 on both Live Arcade and PSN – a steal compared to the astronomical prices for PS2/Xbox versions of the game since they went out of print. A PSN demo will be released tomorrow, but sadly, no Live demo has been announced. I guess the d-pad is really making the PS3 home to fighting games.
The game will feature online ranked matching as well as quarter match modes where 4 people can sit in a room to play and chat, something that was noticeably absent with Street Fighter IV. It will also have several graphics options – the original Dreamcast pixels or better filtering for a smoother look on HD tvs. Looks great to me.
I don’t know if I can go back to Marvel vs Capcom 2 after getting into Street Fighter IV, but my friends and I played that game in college for hundreds of hours so I may just pick this up for nostalgia alone. I guess it’s time to dust off my team of Cyclops, Omega Red, and Jill. Or maybe I’ll learn some new characters…because after all, there’s 56 of them!
Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 Confirmed With HD, Online Support, Demo Coming [Kotaku]
