The 8 Secret Characters of Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter

Despite how long it took, this was incredibly fun to make and I'm very happy with the finished video. Hype to move onto the next one!
Ended up playing 24 hours and 14 minutes of the arcade version of MSHvSF and another 20ish hours on the console version to get all of this footage. Additionally there's the SFV footage, lots of research and an incredibly long edit. That's why this video took 2 weeks to make.
Thanks to killbox and robhal for the SFV boss moveset and Shadow mods. Without those I wouldn't have been able to do the Shadow comparisons.
Here's how to select these secret characters...
Armored Spider-Man:
Highlight Ryu, hold down+start for 5 seconds, hit LP+HP
Dark Sakura:
Highlight Hulk, hold right+start for 5 seconds, hit LP+HP
Mech-Zangief:
Highlight Blackheart, hold left+start for 5 seconds, hit LP+HP
Mephisto:
Highlight Omega Red, hold down+start for 5 seconds, hit LP+HP
Shadow:
Highlight Dhalsim, hold up+start for 5 seconds, hit LP+HP
U.S.Agent:
Highlight M.Bison, hold up+start for 5 seconds, hit LP+HP
Apocalypse (Console Only)
Beat the game without using a continue, highlight Akuma hit select 6 times and press any button
Cyber Akuma (Console Only):
Beat the game on Level 8 without using a continue, highlight Akuma, hit select 5 times and press any button
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0:00 - Cyber Akuma
2:26 - Armored Spider-Man
3:47 - Shadow
5:28 - Dark Sakura
7:08 - U.S.Agent
8:16 - Mephisto
9:37 - Mech-Zangief
11:20 - Apocalypse

[@deskcombo]

Thanks for sticking around everyone. This was a long one but I'm very happy with the finished product. Special thanks to everyone who left kind words on the last community post, I appreciate it. Sucked not to have a video out last week but this just took way longer than I expected. By the way, this is what I was doing during the SF6 beta weekend. Learning Mephisto combos and Armored Spider-Man infinites. AND I'M GLAD!!!!! Mwuhahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaa.

[@LegacyOfKaiser]

Worth the wait!

[@j2dacee]

loved every second of the video. pd: miss the chance of comparing US Agent with the MVC3 skin of captain america :'(

[@AnimeProfilePicture]

Aye, I'm up early enough to catch a Desk video

[@kalonjirivers8902]

If this was the top 8 list, I was thinking that Norimaro would be number one. But then again, Shadow should've been number one to me on this list.😁

[@StriderRyu]

Loved every minute of it.

[@Davethe3rd]

Akuma also has a Cyber Akuma/Mech Gouki costume in Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3. And Dark Sakura is actually a "joke" character called Sunburned Sakura. The joke is that she got a really bad sunburn one day and it made her harness the Satsui no Hadou...

[@conradojavier7547]

If they put Dark Sakura in SF6 as an Unplayable Hidden Boss, They should Rename her to "Taiyo".

[@GlitchanBlack]

Funny thing is, Dark Sakura kind of lives on in the mainline Street Fighter canon - Sakura's basically fully aware of Dark Sakura's existence inside her in Alpha 3 (specifically when she beats Akuma, M. Bison, and Ryu), and the Sakura Ganbaru manga (which is basically the prologue to Sakura's Alpha 2 story) has Sakura tapping in and out of it for brief periods in the first volume (sort of like False Super Saiyan in a sense - it's Dark Sakura, but not exactly Dark Sakura).

[@conradojavier7547]

If SFV Puts the Alternate Secret Characters as Umplayable Boss, I want a New Version of Dark Sakura with a Hole in her Belly, Red Hair, & Demon Horns like an Amalgam of Evil Ryu's SF4 & 5 Apprance.

[@gameofa]

Cyber akuma is my close friend

[@z.albasha]

Nerd ​@@GlitchanBlack

[@TheCJRhodes]

Fighting Game enthusiasts are so blessed to have you man.

[@Felipera_]

we the enthusiasts are blessed to have him, THE enthusiast!

[@billybadass3056]

Y? he doesn't give the code in order to pick these characters so what difference does this vid make

[@bernardmartins1093]

Yup

[@madeuinheavan108]

@@billybadass3056 just search them up online LMFAOOOO

[@madeuinheavan108]

@@billybadass3056 and if you looked hard enough, you’d see that they’re in the description, but I’m guessing you didn’t even check before you wrote this comment

[@NAFEDUDE]

Some interesting lore things worth mentioning: Cyber-Akuma is basically a "What If?" where Akuma became one of the Four Horsemen, who are cybernetically enhanced servants of Apocalypse. US Agent is not Steve Rogers, but a different man named John Walker who was given the title of Captain America before changing over to US Agent, where he sports the black outfit to reflect his antiheroic nature; this one is probably more well-known since this was a core plot thread in "The Falcon and The Winter Soldier." Mephisto is Blackheart's father, having created him from the evil energy in Christ's Crown, New York, hence why he's essentially a Blackheart pallette.

[@Nzosaba_Matenge]

The USAgent costume used to belong to belong to Steve Rogers when he became disillusioned with America and went by The Captain

[@SuperPeterok]

Why didn't you mention Mecha Zangief?

[@terenceyuen4424]

You should checkout Z-Gouki in the Cyberbots game. Not cyborg Akuma but full Robot Akuma🤖

[@troymcclure681]

The red venom I assume is supposed to be carnage Shadow is Charlie obviously I want to know more about gold war machine

[@FlameForgedSoul]

@@troymcclure681 a shout out to the Mk1v2 Iron Man suit from back in the day.

[@Charuas]

I hate how USAgent has nothing different from Captain America gameplay-wise, he's literally "dude imagine two captain americas on your team that would be wild lmao"

[@pyro2708]

I love the excitement of the announcer, so much energy and love how he name-drops all the supers.

[@MaycolGamer026]

Sadly in the combo text lack of the other voices except Good, Danger, Cross-Over Combination Finish, etc. The narrator is called Tori Daniels.

[@salazar7223]

Exactlyyy

[@pyronfr]

Man, whenever i see Cyber-Akuma, i always remember that Akuma ending where Dan became Cyber-Dan 😂

[@penismightier9278]

And if I recall he still gets his ass kicked.

[@fernandob2275]

Dan is op

[@Wolfedge75]

The hidden characters on the SF side had some silly backgrounds too (with unique winquotes and endings in the JP version, which I’m glad you used for a bit of context). Dark Sakura parodies Akuma and embraces the Satsui no Hado out of nowhere… just because of a wicked tan job (her JP title is Sunburnt Sakura). Mech Zangief is apparently the result of our big red comrade converted into a cyborg by Shadaloo and his ending has him go on a journey in an attempt to undo this (which explains why he can transform in-between forms in later games). The player version of Shadow Charlie has broken free of Bison’s control (and despite fighting for justice he considers his former self dead), but he ran out of power in his ending and wounds up getting recaptured and permanently enslaved.

[@fabioherrera859]

I asume that Shadow Charlie worked as a base for Nash in SF V

[@medpackpapi_ymg4556]

@@fabioherrera859 Well since they're the same person I would believe so

[@Golecom2]

I remember Cyber-Gouki being incredibly hard in the PS1 version, because of the lack of tag team. You could only defeat him with one character in two rounds and he still did a lot of damage like in the arcade, where you could switch beetwen characters.

[@Native2087]

His CPU depending on your difficulty wasnt always the greatest though, in arcade I beat him with Hulk playing around just using standing heavy punch 😂

[@007alztruli]

MSH V SF is probably my best in the capcom vs series. I know a lot of people talk about MVC2 as being the best but for me, it was this one. It was sooo much better than MVC1 too. I didn't like the PS1 version of MSH V SF though.

[@andremalerba5281]

As a child I have beaten him only once on the PS1 at the lowest difficult and cheesing with Bison on Easy mode to spam the head press and punch fall

[@LegendaryDarkKnight602]

Capcom think they're slick. They took the transformation of the main character from Onimusha 3 and gave it to Akuma.

[@bigmuthafooka]

I could only beat him with Spidey

[@hreowan]

As a Sakura main in MvC2, I’m glad to see her get some attention from the game she debuted in. Thanks for the hard work, desk!

[@justinamfieldsr]

I too main sakura in one of my low tier teams, she's sneakily good in that one.

[@hreowan]

Arcade machines here are set to damage level 1. Dark Sakura shines even more with that and can go head to head with the high/top tiers.

[@5-Volt]

Wait.. this was her first game and not Alpha 2?

[@hreowan]

I was pertaining to Dark Sakura as showcased in the video

[@nicholasjuarez7953]

​@5 Volt Her first appearance was in 1996 alpha 2, mvc2 came out on 2000

[@Ashura96]

On Saturn and PS1 you can pick any of the arcade secret characters by simply holding start/select over the appropriate character box then press a punch or kick button.

[@alexojideagu]

I owned this game on the Saturn in the 1990s. All this time I never knew that and I didn't know you could be Apocalypse

[@EldrichNajera]

Except for apocalypse and cyberakuma

[@MrERLoner]

Saturn had Norimaro

[@Sutoraida1975]

This was heavy on the nostalgia! Had to laugh and shed a tear of joy watching Armored Spider-Man. I would always do his 3 taunts in a row. "Hey!" "Come on!" "Do your job!" 😂❤

[@SonicFan-xv3xu]

Actually he said do your job

[@Sutoraida1975]

@@SonicFan-xv3xu Yes. Thanks & fixed.

[@zonkrt3463]

I am 90% sure mvc3 did cyber akuma before sfv did, but it's technically the same series as MSHvSF so I guess it doesn't count. Also vid is godlike, worth the wait.

[@deskcombo]

I recently bought my 48th copy of UMvC3 on steam because of the new camera tools that were released. Unfortunately it crashes whenever I go full screen, which is very upsetting. You're absolutely right though! I was careful to say 'he would reappear' rather than 'he would next appear' because I know how knowledgeable my viewers are, haha.

[@Denizu]

@@deskcombo Why do you have 48 copies of UMvC3?

[@sirgs5662]

@@Denizu it's comical exaggeration at work

[@MiketheCabbie]

The year was 1997. On my college campus, the internet was not very accessible--in fact, relatively brand new to the campus, available on only like three computers in the library, for a limited time, signed in and out. One day I found a Brazilian website that had the directions to unlock the secret characters in MSH vs. SF. The scarcity of the internet and the Portuguese instructions meant I was one of the few--if any--that could unlock the secret characters (well, that and I kept the knowledge only to myself). Mecha-Zangief soon became my character of choice. Of course he couldn't block, but he couldn't be knocked down. Other players at school would soon come to fear playing against me, because I was unstoppable, making short work of all opponents who tried their best to stay away from Mecha-Zangief, to no avail. And throwing everything they had against him just built up the super-meter faster. Final Atomic Busters got served up on the regular.

[@LostChildOfTime]

I really loved the announcer announcing the names of the super move finishes in this game. It’s nerdy but it was quite refreshing and I never got over it. I was disappointed that MvC1 opted to put the names up but just say, “Hyper combo finish,” or something. The announcer was buffed in this game from XvSF only to get nerfed later. Also, the music in the game has some of Capcom’s best tracks EVER.

[@UnCreativeDeconstructionism]

HYPER COMBO FINSH!! *K O!*

[@navaldeus1327]

Mephisto was supposed to appear as one of Blackheart's Hyper Combos too: he was going to grab the enemy, then breathe fire against it for big damage. It went unused, though. Always good to see combos and fighting game info from you!

[@MythicMagus]

I love these Marvel VS games. They always have such great combos.

[@knowwe]

Insane production work here, learning the combos and the actual vid, and the editing. Run out of ways to compliment the editing, the worst thing i can say about it is that it's world class.

[@2Dee4ever]

Thanks for using your platform to educate people on these specifics. Secret characters were definitely an era

[@Spiderotter]

Fun fact: Karin Kanzuki was supposed to be in this game! her sprite in this games data is a headswap of Sakura with slightly different colors.

[@WRILLI4M]

So this was going to be her gaming debut instead of Alpha 3? Interesting. I wonder why she was cut out.

[@Spiderotter]

@@WRILLI4M They probably felt adding her to this game as a headswap character with a slightly different palette would've disappointed readers of the manga Karin came from (I forget the name) expecting her to have some unique moves rather than just Sakura with a different head and palette.

[@ianbaggins5063]

Another awesome vid. I appreciate your series showing off the various hidden characters from Capcom fighters... I always wondered how some of these were actually different. I do love how Capcom reference some of these in later games (Shadow and Mech Zangief especially)

[@att2747]

When Monday sucks all day long but ends with a new Desk Video...REDEEMED!

[@TheChrisBeans]

Just another outstanding video… The depth of knowledge, volume of research, and demonstration of love for this genre is genuinely second to none. Thanks!!

[@frappompi]

These vids are great, the editing is so slick! I love the sprites idle animation moving around as the background information shows up

[@sikeyimboyleisi]

Amazing video desk! Thanks for all the extra interesting bits and pieces. Loved it!

[@huarachi123]

Great video dude. Thank you for inspiring us to dust off the old titles. Lets go crazy!!

[@redozmasoma]

Gambit's theme from XvsSF is really bringing out the nostalgia in me being a kid playing these games during the 90s' at the arcades or at home with my friends getting my a$$ handed to me since I sucked at these games lol I wasn't the fighting game guy, I was the RPG guy

[@GBPocket]

Cool stuff and good video man! Eventhubs mentioned that this video took 40 hours to complete, kudos man, the video is legit!

[@MrLipewest]

Once again, congrats for the contend, for the edition and for all quality in your Channel. This is so gratefull to watch. Keep going the good job.

[@brianpso]

What a complete video! I didn't expect so many facts about the characters! Thanks a lot for documenting all this, I didn't even know many of these.

[@MuJoNeSs]

This was one of the most entertaining videos you've made! Awesome! Thank you.

[@Omnicrom]

I think it took until this year to realize that cyber Akuma was a weird Riff on Mazinger Z. He's got the Scrander and the rocket punch. Also Shadow's story is basically Kamen Rider 1.

[@deafmelonex6983]

Considering how much work went into making this video, id say it was worth the wait! Always a highlight of my day to see something made by you desk!

[@webberfan1234]

I like all the detail you go into man. Good stuff! ❤

[@dyll_pyckle]

This is so sick! Glad to have stumbled onto this channel

[@YouGuessIGuess]

I was a huge fan of Charlie/Nash back in the Alpha games so naturally Shadow was my favorite secret character. I certainly never managed any combos as impressive as the ones you showed here though. 😆 I liked that they referenced him in the Udon comics too--iirc when he's brainwashed by Shadaloo he fights Bison while using the codename Agent Shadow.

[@Gbtx6]

I spent a lot of my teengage years playing the psx ports of these amazing games, and I wish the arcade versions had the super cancelling into supers, as well as special moves into supers. I am sure this would've broken the games even more haha. My friend and I used to lower the damage as much as possible because we knew default damage was too damn high for all the bars you could easily get from regular play. Thanks a lot for posting these Desk, this brought back very fond memories

[@ponchocrz]

I see the hard work on the editing, it's awesome. Keep it going

[@elpochum]

Holy moly I loveeeeed this video! I love random trivia. Grew up to this game so love learning some cool new things! You got a new fan! Keep up the good work

[@antoniomrjones6661]

back in high school we played the hell out of this game. a lot of fights broke out behind it as well. wow time has flown by

[@thelastofitskind3034]

I used to love finding out how to unlock these characters it made you feel like you found something special

your videos are incredibly fun and very well made thank you!

[@AllegroRubato]

One of my all time favorite fighting games. So glad to see it get some love! And Dark Sakura used to be on my team, too (Dark Sakura/Spider Man).

[@JeanBaptistePollien]

No wonder why this video was longer to make: its content is amazing and rich! Thank you!

[@ioriyk]

Older I get, more and more I appreciate your content.

[@polfachini6489]

Great vid bro! For me this is the best game in the series and I love everything about it!

[@massi4h]

Awesome video as always. This game to me was always seen as the xvsf without easy mode infinites for everyone, but then you made it look like the same game with this video lol. Couple things I noticed: Cyber Akuma was an alternate skin for Akuma in MVC3; Shadow is a hidden assist character in MVC1; Mecha Gief is a transformation in MVC1 as well.

[@karnovrpg]

The most underrated entry in the Vs. series. Still a cool game with an awesome soundtrack, and Cyber Akuma is one of the most badass fighting game bosses ever.

[@netogermano4483]

The quality of those videos. Just amazing.

[@kway26]

Damn these brings back memories one of the reasons why i got hooked with fighting games is this game, I remember playing armored spiderman being the slowest spiderman you will ever play lol

[@EddyGordo21]

Thank you so much for this. Mshvsf was the game I learned to play street fighter on

[@yuyeron]

MAN.... you put SO MUCH effort making this video. Just saying, you rock.

[@sagawahx3]

Thanks for the video! What a coincidence, I've been playing this one recently.

[@vahlok1426]

Special shout outs to both the awesome secret character theme that plays when fighting one of them, and to Final Mission as a super. I seriously wish Final Mission were used more often in Capcom fighters.

[@LostChildOfTime]

I wish more songs from this game were used again. It’s got some of Capcom’s best music ever.

[@vahlok1426]

@@LostChildOfTime I also think that some of the versions of and song choices in this game are among the best the characters ever had. Spiderman's theme has this emotional sting to it I can't really describe in words, Ken's theme is wholly unique, and the aforementioned secret character theme are just a few examples off the top of my head.

[@GiacomoSorbi]

Mech Gouki/Cyber Akuma is heavily influenced by Mazinger Z, the father of all super-robots from the 70s onwards: on top of being a Majin itself, same wings and signature rocket punch are there too 🤜!

[@MusicoftheDamned]

Glad to see you finish this. Having only ever played this game on console, I was unsure that the super cancelling was exclusive to that and not in the original game. Huh. (Also there's something super hilarious about Wolverine getting jabbed into oblivion infinitely at 02:15.)

[@zakman6471]

Loved this video with all the secrets and fun facts

[@streetkombat6088]

I still remember playing this game and enjoying these characters back in the day.

[@karetsu889]

Wasn’t Cyber Akuma also a skin in MVC3?

[@darktetsuya]

TIL shadow had a 'raging demon' style super.... guess that's what I get for never playing him, haha. as jank as the PSX port of MVSF was it was kinda cool to play as the bosses, cyber akuma was freaking broken af, lol. loved the aerial shining gou shock was always satisfying to pull off! didn't know about the transformations in MVC2, but with the ones from MVC1 for ryu nice to see them continue the tradition!

[@driiifter]

The Dark Hadou and Orochi transformations honestly blew anything the MK franchise ever did away. Also a few of these I thought were MUGEN fan fiction, like Mecha Zangief. But it makes sense he is an actual OC because of how well done he is in MUGEN. I remember playing a really well done version of Dark Chun Li. Some of them are well made to the point you can't tell if they're OC or not.

[@MrCallagan84]

Great video with a lot of interesting thing!!! I played so many hours with this game! Cyber Akuma was insanely Strong as opponent 😅

[@executor45]

Absolutely awesome video as usual Desk! Loving your uploads. One thing about US agent is that his win quotes are much more "meaner" than Captain America! They're pretty funny.

[@CrimzonWolf777]

Didn't know Spidey had a hit of armor. I thought it was just a pallette swap.

[@LIONTAMER3D]

he's dam near unkillable

[@thaisennj9781]

I enjoyed this greatly

[@doomedspacemarine5076]

I lost my childhood at the arcade playing this game, I love it.

[@in4mus85]

This is probably the game that I played the most out of the entire VS series. I absolutely loved loved the PSX version, mech zangief was probably my favourite secret character.

[@AugustoV8Cesar]

This video was awesome!

[@msh0041zz]

The music on this video is great!

[@danielduaibs6582]

Sakura appears too in Rival Schools, and she also can do the RANGING DEMON move.

[@eduardoandre5357]

desk, sou fã do seu canal, vc sempre faz vídeos com grandes referências aos quadrinhos, referência a outros jogos, combos , infinitos, e curiosidades dos personagens, o seu trabalho é incrível e com muita qualidade, sucesso irmão !!

[@tiagoj8020]

I dig the MegaMan type character presentation! Kudos!

[@MegaTomPlays]

I love the mech geif section where sentinal is trying to keep him away like oh god oh god no no no with the rocket punches and gief just keeps marching on

[@selfmade128]

Would’ve been even cooler if you showed how to pick them! Thanks for the memories!

[@XSAGA87]

One of my favorites of all time, many quarters used throughout Junior and Senior yr. Thanks for the excellent gameplay as always Desk.

[@jackfavvv0280]

The best secret character introduction video I've seen.

[@rodolfoalvim]

so nice to remeber this. the japanese version has exclusive endings... and exclusive character... also worth to mention the shadow ending (japan) revealing the true face of shadow.

[@CZPC]

This video is amazing.

[@SKPonr]

Awesome video. I use to play this at the arcade alot 20 something yrs ago

[@TheArchfiendGuy]

I LOVED this game as a child. Cyber Akuma appearing after Apocalypse was amazing when it happened. My favourite character to play as was Omega Red, but I also liked Blackheart and Shuma Gorath. CHAOS DIMENSION

[@xruffel]

Man, it’s a shame that the screen keeps flashing during certain combos because this game is just so cool to see more content of

[@diegoaccord]

It's an in-game option that can be turned off for epilepsy reasons.

[@TheNatth1]

Dude u have no Idea... Those effect of flashing during combos was the best effect in a fighting game back in the days. You guys are too young to appreciate the creation of what you watch today in your videogames era.

[@hi-i-am-atan]

@@TheNatth1 do you like go around trying to tear the skin off of old men's faces when they comment about eyestrain in a feral rage to prove that they're not actually old men, but babies wearing old men costumes due to your inability to accept that flashing lights have caused health issues throughout all of human history

[@brandonwilliams6119]

These alternate variations were so cool, it’s a bit of a shame Dark Sakura and Mech Zangief were the only ones that survived to make it in MVC2, how cool would it have been to see Cyber Akuma and Shadow as well since they already had Sprite work done.

[@edgelord8337]

Shadow Charlie is pretty interesting as he seems to be the inspiration for him as he appears in street fighter V. Also the fact that he even appears in street fighter V is really cool.

[@conradojavier7547]

Nash in 5 is a Literal Corpes ReAnimated.

[@j2dacee]

BEAUTIFUL VIDEO!

[@joshualowe959]

Cyber Akuma is one of my favorite forms of Akuma. He has double air fireballs like Shin Akuma & an air Raging Demon like Oni

[@moondragon130]

Sweet vid

[@dektoide6138]

I really miss the old VS capcom games

[@NoelComiX]

I agree

[@danielayala9078]

Just subbbed this is my kind of shit my boy. You light up combos so beautifully I’d come over every day to get that win

[@maximaxxx2531]

Fun fact: Sun-tan Sakura's Shun-goku-satsu is pronounced the same but spelled differently. Gouki is 瞬獄殺 (instant hell death) and hers is 春獄殺 (spring hell death).

[@VoltronKnight]

my most played PS1 game. seeing Cyber Akuma again gives me vietnam memories.

[@7gquake]

The way the announcer screams out the finishers brings back so many memories.

[@AlmostCoolGuys]

This was awesome I only played MVC2 so I didn't even know these were real. Cyber Akuma blew my mind hahaha.

[@crewcutter2030]

the background music just so nice.

[@jaojonis]

Great video!

[@umbrellacorp.]

Such Nostalgia. 🥺 I miss the days when I was a kid playing my Sega Genius and Playstation 1. Those were the days. 😎👍💯

[@bernardmartins1093]

Mano. Isso é o resumo da minha felicidade. Vc foi goddy demais.

[@KevinSkye1]

Man I wish we had these techs back in the day when these games were in corner stores, woulda made going for Shadow/Armored/Etc worth it.

[@Fenrisson]

Cool content, mate.

[@MS-tl6hc]

That Gambit bgm was always 🔥 When I saw the us agent part it made me think, you wouldn't have been wrong to use captain America's bgm 😄

[@mikaela5938]

it was nice Mephisto got named in the blackheart clone character but having him in one of these games for real would have been really awesome