Capcom Drops A Bombshell: The Marvel Vs. Capcom Collection!

THERE WAS NO WAY I BELIEVED THIS COULD EVER BE AN ACTUAL THING!!!!
(Apologies about the static-y noise in the episode, will look into trying to fix that for the future!)
There are no words that can describe how much the Marvel games meant to James and his Fighting Game career. X-Men: Children Of The Atom started James down his path of FAQ writing and from there basically shaped his entire reputation in the scene. Journey down memory lane with James in this very special episode!
== TIME STAMPS ==
0:00:00 Intro
0:02:48 Watching The Trailer
0:06:02 Fightcade Does Exist
0:07:32 COTA, MSH, And XvSF FAQ Career
0:11:45 Combo Is The Key!
0:14:45 MSH Vs. LordBBH At The First E3
0:20:36 From FAQs To Commentary
0:23:38 Courier
0:28:57 F*** Sabretooth
0:35:24 Capcom Working On Collections
0:36:16 MvC2's "Final" Meta
0:43:15 Justin Wong's MvC2 Streak
0:46:03 Sanford's Mashing Face And Toyota
0:49:31 The Vs. Games Effect On The FGC
0:52:19 The "Bang The Machine" Story
0:57:29 Going Through The Official Website
1:02:38 Boss/Hidden Character Availability
1:08:25 MvC1's Hidden Character Selection Secret
1:13:17 MvC2 Sprite Loss
1:16:31 XvSF Version Concern
1:24:35 James's History With MSHvSF
1:27:00 James's One-Of-A-Kind Relic
1:36:10 Leaks Ruin These Moments
1:41:00 Closing Thoughts
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[@BknMoonStudios]

Man, I love your FGC stories. They're always fascinating. Your anecdotes about college and E3 are interesting and funny.

[@UltraChenTV]

Thank you. 😊

[@NeoKurow]

man James is an absolute legend. I didn't know that he wrote FAQ for these games back in the late 90s. I'm so graceful that he gave me advice for an strider combo on twitter a few years ago.

[@LinkinMark1994]

As someone who just started getting semi-serious about fighting games last year after observing the fgc from afar, I’m so excited to finally be getting into classic Marvel!

[@Chaoskae]

Dont quit, please stay you will deal with people that have been playing for 25 years

[@UltraChenTV]

Excited for you but be warned: Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 is one of the most unforgiving Fighting Games in existence at the highest levels. Hahaha. Hopefully Ranked will have enough players so it won’t be a problem. But this is a game that WILL beat you down if you aren’t ready for it. Hahaha!

[@HungarianWarHorse]

Big props to the Xmen 97' people. I firmly believe without that show we wouldn't be getting this. Afterall disney/marvel only looks at these games as marketing tools for their media/merchandise

[@Ice-Climber]

Not sure. The licensing negotiations would have likely taken alot of time, they likely would have been going long before X-men 97 was even in production. Also the changes to ROMS, the artwork, and the final presentation would have taken quite some time to get approval.

[@HungarianWarHorse]

@Ice-Climber true but also the show has been in production for likely a long time aswell. Very possible they were planning ahead

[@los802000]

I believe it was already in the works when Arcade 1up got Marvel vs Capcom 2.

[@stanm4410]

I think it's more likely that once Disney bought Fox they were willing to promote the X-Men characters again (in order to build hype for eventually including them in the films). And so things like X-Men 97 and this MvC collection got the greenlight because of that.

[@ps3udologue]

@@stanm4410 AGREED. Once Avengers started getting stale and they were able to buy back X-Men, I feel like they immediately started looking at all the media they have had out there from the last couple decades. They went strong with the Krakoa era in the comics, they didn't waste time to put in FOX-men on Disney+, X-men 97 and now this. With Deadpool & Wolverine coming out, they're definitely going all in on X-Men again.

[@Ryusuta]

I seriously can't wait. I'm gonna be buying this collection DAY 1 on Steam when it comes out. Between this and Megaman X Dive Offline, Capcom have been making some incredibly cool decisions lately.

[@mo_musashi_284]

Get the physical man ! that new art cover is sick,

[@Ryusuta]

@@mo_musashi_284 Yeah, that art is beautiful. I'll consider it if there's a physical release with a code for the Steam version in it.

[@ramoncruz2453]

Wow, I still remember printing out pages of how to do infinites for XmenvsSF created by James Chen in 1999.

[@ShinUltima]

"There's no such thing as an expert Sabretooth" - James Chen circa 1996

[@jasonsmith530]

25 years later!

[@Ronin-kk4bt]

Better late than never

[@spoogtastic]

This collection will give sooooo many people who have only heard of the mvc2 and all the older marvel games baby to actually play them and get it in hand. This is a moment we will look back on and say....thats when it all changed. ITS MAHVEL BAYBEE!

[@WarrenGdog28]

Day 1 purchase

[@666slateran666]

I love fightcade as much a s the next guy but this is a huge W for the fgc. And its not just Marvel 2 but all of them! Its nuts

[@Partinaire]

i remember the first FAQ i ever printed out was your Sabretooth guide for X-men vs Street fighter on Gamefaqs when i was in middle school

[@co81385]

This was a great show last night!

[@minechaftgamer288]

Max and Justin were great for the reaction, but this contents depth of knowledge is unmatched thank you

[@thepuppetmaster9284]

I'm not a Marvel Versus fans but I will buy this collection to support the chances for Capcom to greenlight MvC 4. Although, i'm worried with the lack of crossplay that this game will die pretty quick, just like what happened with *Capcom Fighting Collection* . I bought that collection on day 1 for PS4 but after a month or two, no one plays it anymore :/

[@gravity-zero2917]

U can count on me MVC2 anytime, any day.

[@mo_musashi_284]

I play it! but on the Switch tho 😅

[@SaviorGabriel]

I really love seeing your enthusiasm talking about this. I can't do combos for shit, but I'm so happy this collection is coming out.

[@hrtlsmoe]

Hey Jchensor, time to go into the vault and bring back those impressive combos you posted many ... many years ago. Took me a while to dl them on a 56k lolol

[@ladynikkie]

I grew up with these games thank you Capcom. It just brings me back memories I forgot into the Capcom fighting games when I was 13 years old my mom took me to the local laundromat and I saw his arcade cabinet called Marvel versus Capcom and I was hooked that's how my love of fighting games happen.

[@cvs2fan]

james chen represents me im really happy for getting this collection

[@Hitorijime]

All the excitement around this collection has been so energizing -- super happy to hear you gush about your history with all these games, as always!

[@Felipera_]

It was so sad, I was chatting with my "Nintendo" friends during the direct, and not the FGC ones and I was the only one freaking out by this 😂

[@ricardoruz3500]

this stories sound so entertaining, wish i knew how to mix cause it could be sick to hear a beat like Giorgo by Moroeder with them(at least the idea, more than that level of proficiency) greetings from Chile

[@PowerQuestGB]

Thank you for these stories James! Growing up in the arcades, it is super awesome to see a compilation of my childhood finally released on current consoles. I never knew Capcom counted "The Punisher" as it's seventh vs game in MvC2, it always said that there were 7 but I would count the prior vs games vociferously! Also please tell IFCYipes to release his excitement video for MvC2 to current consoles. lol!

[@gingerales]

Came to see what quick comment Chen might've had about the MvC2 reveal on the Direct. Noticed that the video is one and three quarter hours long. Got very excited and hit play.

[@jpVari]

This brought me back to building Diablo 2 characters in class in high school lmao. A friend said I was naming skills in my sleep. Fighting games are a more recent obsession but I can relate so completely to your story. As usual. Love the show.

[@BlackTylerOG]

I used to bring those D2 strategy guides to school and theorycraft all day in class. Good times

[@raze667]

Welcome back to another beautiful Tuesday! It's a good day to be a Mahvel fan.

[@Mage_Nichlas_]

Those magazine prints are awesome to hear about and they look slick.

[@UltraChenTV]

Thanks! And also thanks for watching all the way to that part. ^_^ Appreciate you!

[@charcoalberries819]

This was awesome 😄

[@WarrenGdog28]

Man i Remember Gamefaq and your FGC story is amazing

[@tonberrymasta]

I am so hyped, I love Marvel vs. Street Fighter, can't wait to play it on PS4!

[@Crooklynmike]

Wonder if this does well if we will see a Marvel vs Tatsunuko in the Capcom Collection😀🤔

[@DerekSollberger]

Thank you for the FAQs ---Bearcade player

[@jamesw5713]

Great nostelgia story, good old days!

[@Ronin-kk4bt]

Agree love those stories

[@ForestTekkenVideos]

Marvel Super Heroes VS Street Fighter has a ton of hidden characters too! I wonder if they'll all be easily playable without having to use the goofy character select codes! 👍

[@Ronin-kk4bt]

I heard all the secret characters are playable! Not sure if it’s true to though😅

[@tasseiviews2947]

Oh wow, not only do you know that CES was sort of the E3 before E3, you actually went to that first E3. I remember fondly seeing all the crazy new games being shown at CES, in magazines as a kid.

[@zhaf]

X-Men Children of the Atom was part of my childhood. I loved to play that game so much. Oddly enough. I didn't play any of the other games until MvC2.

[@SirLightsOut99]

Man had that English major mindset when he was riding those FAQs. After all that I bet you never wrote an essay a word over the required word count because you were so adept at sizing your page that you could make an essay look concise.

[@DualWieldingDad]

It’s one of my favorite games, but as a kid/casual player, I didn’t know about the FGC. Seeing how much more it meant to this community makes me more excited for them than myself.

[@Lea-bz9be]

Studying FG data from a notebook in college ? Dude thats so hardcore !

[@UltraChenTV]

I mean, I was WRITING the data down in my notebook when I should have been taking notes from the class. LOL! I wasn't very good at paying attention to lectures. Hahaha.

[@Katusmi04]

I think it was east coast championship 4? When Justin lost. It’s crazy to me because it was one of the first big events I had ever went to and I still remember the energy in the room during that match

[@UltraChenTV]

Dang. That’s soooooo cool that you were there! I can’t even imagine!

[@DRKUMARADIO]

Ngl I would love to see Tech Talk come back when the MvC collection comes out

[@workoutfanatic7873]

Also, when will we get the see the full 90s documentary on the FGC? It’s a piece of history, I remember a scene where the EVO event organizer was being trash talked to, you mashing furiously on a stick, and young Sanchez?

[@666slateran666]

Max really did it!!! Nobody was expecting it at the nintendo direct of all things. Imagine the pop off if they showed it at EVO

[@maxwelljacobfreedom]

Y'all be sucking that dudes d1ck

[@WarrenGdog28]

Spiderman Venom Pyslok team was Infamous back in the days

[@D3Vlicious]

49:33 I remember making the same argument about Marvel's influence in the FGC back when it was up for vote for EVO and we had to make articles on Shoryuken asking people to vote for specific games (I picked Marvel 3).

[@ravenfirepheonix]

For some reason, I found that Children Of The Atom was the hardest game. Even if I put the difficulty setting on one star, I’d get demolished. Loved Marvel Superheroes though. That was my fav. MvC2- just couldn’t get into it. The BGM just didn’t suit the game for me. All jazzy/ Las Vegas type music. Had to turn the BGM off.

[@Dujuan.]

Watch these games outsell Marvel Infinite 😂 .I'm just happy these games are back that I grew up on are back!

[@workoutfanatic7873]

James, I was so accustomed to your commentary on SF4-USF4 that I mistakenly thought you were the commentator on SF6 - in game. Sounds a lot like you!

[@UltraChenTV]

I am in there. I’m the color commentator but Jeremy aka Vicious sounds a LOT like me. We joke about it all the time. But you can turn me on as a color commentator so I am actually in the game!

[@workoutfanatic7873]

@@UltraChenTV didn’t know that, will do for sure! I’m so accustomed to hearing your voice from 2009 through 2015. Whether with David or Seth, Ultrachen is our mainstay!

[@FGC_Jaha_SUPER_TRASH]

OMG Gems Chen just lost his SHIT 😮 Mike Watson: It's my turn now 😄

[@sKarmA115]

Day 1 buying the hell out of this

[@kylejacobe627]

😊 How about you come up with a series of video guides for children of the atom.

[@mo_musashi_284]

Just bought a Hori commander controller for my Switch for this.

[@zhaf]

With this collection being real. A CvS collection seems like the easiest deal to make now.

[@co81385]

If I may ask James...Is there an archive of the videos/streams/shows that you did from when the SF 30th Anniversary Collection came out, and you broke down the differences between the different SF2 versions of each character? That was awesome!

[@UltraChenTV]

On my PC, yeah. I always wanted to edit them into more cohesive episodes but have always been too lazy. 😢

[@co81385]

I can understand - it's a lot to go through! 😁 I would love to see it again though! I don't know if there is a breakdown like that anywhere else about the differences in each version!

[@stupidchick]

I'll jump in and say I'd also like to see that

[@williswong8296]

I bookmarked your SF6 training mode guide and constantly go back to it for referral. Any chance you would be able to do one for the MVC games?

[@UltraChenTV]

Maybe. I don’t know the later ones as well as I did the early ones. But it’d be fun to do some tutorials for the older games based on my FAQs.

[@RebelCityEejit]

Gotta be watching Nintendo Directs. Literally anything can pop up it's crazy

[@malcovich_games]

What bummed me out is that they will have the “patched” version of XSF… I was hoping to have XSF on the Switch on the go to have fun once in a while…

[@ZzigZaG00NIN]

immaculate

[@hypemugen]

0:00 what is the song playing in the background?

[@UltraChenTV]

The title song is a cover of Makoto’s Third Strike Theme by an artist named MKVaff from OC Remix. You can it here on KZbin which should send you to the OC Remus page where you can download it!

[@Belbaisy]

James do you know if there will be Modern controls in Marvel vs Capcom . ?

[@UltraChenTV]

They said they are adding alternate controls for one-buttons specials as a brand new feature. Not sure the details of how it works, but it’s advertised as part of that package.

[@Belbaisy]

@@UltraChenTV thank you dear .

[@HolySok]

Is there a crackling issue with the audio?

[@dmen0563]

Everyone excited for mvc2 but I haven't played xm vs sf since I was a teenager on ps1 it was my favorite game

[@brianpbillingsley3687]

Who's Lord BBH? Maybe I should call him BBH Lizzy.🤔

[@MrTD714]

More excited to play xmen vs streetfighter and mvc2 but why no xbox version

[@GlitchanBlack]

MT Framework doesn’t support Xbox.

[@malcovich_games]

Buyer beware, the XvSF version they’e using is the patched one with way less infinities

[@watchmesquatch]

​@@malcovich_games good

[@malcovich_games]

@@watchmesquatch ...for online play 👍 but maybe there'll be a toggle for offline play with the old version

[@SonsOfSparta562]

SHINKUU NIGHTMARE

[@gjergji15]

No crossplay hurts bad man. Without it this game is going to die in months.I'm happy the game is being released but it boggles my mind that crossplay is missing. Its implementation would have surely payed for itself, why would they neglect such a thing.

[@GlitchanBlack]

TBF, rollback netcode & no crossplay is better than delay-based netcode and no crossplay.

[@gjergji15]

@@GlitchanBlack wow

[@thepuppetmaster9284]

Yeah i have the same worries. I bought Capcom Fighting Collection on day 1 but now it's a ghost town with no one playing it anymore. Crossplay is a must for this collection or people will just stick with games that has crossplay.

[@UltraChenTV]

To be fair, the netcode for that one wasn’t as good as Fightcade. That’s one of the main reasons it didn’t catch on. If what people said in the chat is true and that the Naomi games don’t work great on Fightcade and this DOES work good, we may get a bigger player base.

[@watchmesquatch]

​@@GlitchanBlacknot when it comes to the life span of a game.

[@Twin2Jr]

Are you going to SDCC? I'd love to pick your brain!

[@PeterZeeke]

Also, it WAS a tuesday

[@BORRRK]

1:04:39 SHHIIEELLD

[@NautoAis]

Too bad players can't play Norimaro in MSH vs. SF.

[@luishplays9454]

Capcom spitting xbox fans faces again

[@eddieanderson9399]

$99.00

[@GlitchanBlack]

You got to thank Nintendo for this one. Disney’s bros with them, after all.

[@thepuppetmaster9284]

I don't think this have anything to do with Nintendo good relationship with Disney lol.

[@hyperboreen4854]

No need for the stupid version 2.0, thanks.

[@shaideyfresh1]

Bro its lame af it's not on Xbox and as much as sh** bothers me I cannot support capcom until they bring it to xbox. It's not co.ing to xbox for what reason? Wth. It's really messed up always making xbox guys feel like 2nd class citizens for what reason? I'm blown. I hope you would let ppl at Capcom know this sh** ain't right. I'm not a PS guy or PC and won't be.

[@GlitchanBlack]

Apparently, MT Framework doesn’t support Xbox consoles. That’s not a joke, Capcom themselves confirmed it. And to be frank, fuck Microsoft. They shut down Tango Orangeworks and then said they need more studios like it thinking no one would notice.

[@YOFACE9999]

Stop being a fanboy and join the rest of society already. Besides, you can get it on switch. If the other platforms bother you that much, lol

[@phase_1471]

Imagine having an xbox in 2024 😂

[@Hype_Incarnate]

​@@phase_1471FR

[@Crooklynmike]

Dude blame Microsoft. They probably have some dumb legal thing going on that involves Game pass. I bought MvsC2 for the 360 and when I got a XB1 it never ported over digitally because they said the XB1 doesn't have the license for my MvsC2. The same happened with other digital downloads. So Microsoft screws itself and us customers over with their nonsense so that's probably why you won't see it on there for awhile.