When you heard I wanna take you for a ride, you almost instinctively had to chime in with a Dun-nun nah dun-nun nah, at which point you knew it was time for some Marvel.

Between Capcom classics and Marvels finest, three fighters on each side could fly onto the screen and fight at any given moment.

It put more characters on the screen, more fighters in the roster, and more assist options in the menu.

The turn of the millennium was a tough time for the competitive fighting game scenearcades were on a downward trend.

Capcom 2 player at the height of its popularity, puts it, they were the dark days.

When you heard the Marvel music boot up, saw that globe spin onto a cabinet and heard a voice asking if it could take you for a ride, you went.

Despite its age, it remains perhaps the insurmountable peak of fighting game hype.

Indeed, this years Evolution Championship Series (or Evo) is hosting an MvC2 exhibition to honor its legacy; its part of the lifeblood that kept Evo going for years, and a game that seems impervious to the passage of time.

The age of Marvel was also the age of Street Fighter 3 and Capcom vs.

SNK. While the general populace had moved on, the fighting game faithful rallied around its greatest cabinets and put up their quarters.

Wong remembers being drawn to the excitement and the hype when Marvel vs.

Capcom 2 apart was a brand-new approach to the fighting game genre.

These assists, mixed with many characters ability to link attacks in quick succession, made Marvel vs.

Indeed, Marvel vs.

Capcom 2 was more popular in the U.S.

Japan.

Mix in Ryu, Mega Man, Morrigan and others, and it was a crossover unrivaled in the breadth of character types it spanned.

This was a game where you could pit Servbot against Sentinel, Tron Bonne against the Hulk, and Strider against Shuma-Gorath.

Capcom 2 became a game where technical players could exhibit mastery, piloting fighters like Storm and Cyclops with utter precision.

The screen space was absolutely massive, but the heroes and villains of Marvel vs.

Storm players would flit around in the virtual stratosphere, throwing out full-screen hailstorm attacks.

Sentinel was a massive, imposing presence who covered portions of the field with a few button presses.

Frivolously tag in an assist or back-up, and a skilled Cable player would catch you with a Hyper Viper Beam, whittling away your precious health in moments.

Part of its popularity can be chalked up to its role in leading Capcoms offerings on Segas console, which helped to make it one of the greatest fighting game platforms in history.

Capcom 2 a showcase game for the Dreamcast, and even today, its aesthetic feels timeless.

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