The 8 Secret Characters of Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter

[@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

[@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.

[@TupocalypseShakur]

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.

[@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

[@MyChevySonic]

I purposely beat my friend with Shinku tatsumaki senpu kyaku just so I could hear it every time.

[@pyro2708]

@@MyChevySonic Learning what the One Piece is will be the second most important discovery of my life, the first will forever be learning that move's real name

[@Theshark15z]

@@MaycolGamer026 aka Gambit

[@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

[@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 (I found out later that this premise is one big Kamen Rider shout-out), 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

[@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

[@NICK_WHAT88922]

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

[@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

[@radish_dash4155]

I love that Blackheart stone cold pallet swaps into his dad

[@realicalz]

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.

[@flpn2275]

Dan is op

[@I-Am-Chosen]

Dan is such a useless character...that space could've gone to someone wayyyy cooler!

[@SYCZ]

Man, I have to disagree… Dan is so much fun to use for diehards. He adds so much challenge against lesser seasoned players. And again, if you know how… a blast to use!! SHINKUUUUU GADOKEN!

[@illford]

​@@I-Am-ChosenDan is one of the best street fighter characters, he's a loveable conic relief character

[@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

[@Marqus-kk5tz]

You could play as mech gouki on the saturn. You had to beat arcade and survival mode to unlock him.

[@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"

[@I-Am-Chosen]

Same with armored spiderman tho right? I mean they both look cool sure, but that could've just been a different outfit, not a whole ass secret character

[@finnmarr-heenan2397]

Armour spider man gets one hit of super armour though

[@I-Am-Chosen]

@@finnmarr-heenan2397 But what I meant was they could've all just been alternate suits instead of entirely separate characters. Could've made room for more people, but it is what it is! Also you hear about the marvel vs capcom collection coming out soon?

[@zenoblues7787]

​@@I-Am-ChosenI think them being similar was the point. Reusing sprites and animations allows you to "sneak in" extra characters without exceeding the memory limits of the game. Otherwise, they would have just made brand new characters in the first place.

[@sdlock83]

​@@zenoblues7787 Exactly! Folks complaining about the extra pallet swap characters are missing the point. Love the ingenious ways game developers get clever with putting extra characters in the game against tech limits. Let's not forget that Akuma was once a palette swap character lol!

[@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.

[@2Dee4ever]

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

[@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.

[@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!!

[@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!

[@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!

[@DetectiveClem]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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)

[@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.

[@MythicMagus]

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

[@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 !!

[@sikeyimboyleisi]

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

[@nobodyinparticular9640]

11:25 when you're at the dentist and they promise it won't hurt

[@yuyeron]

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

[@MuJoNeSs]

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

[@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

[@BrokamaGay]

Seeing Mech Zangief tanking his way through those hits instead of blocking is very intimidating, I love it.

[@ponchocrz]

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

[@JeanBaptistePollien]

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

[@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

[@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.)

[@coolloser85]

Love the choice of music.

[@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!

[@webberfan1234]

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

[@XSAGA87]

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

[@frappompi]

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

[@netogermano4483]

The quality of those videos. Just amazing.

[@huarachi123]

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

[@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.

[@att2747]

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

[@MrAwesomeMatty]

11:50. I can't tell who the left one is, but I think that's Morph from X-men and Vulcano Rosso from Street Fighter EX?

[@sagawahx3]

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

[@bageltime8983]

Desk: *uploads* Me: *Clicks the video as fast as humanly possible

[@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.

[@soopplaza4477]

Back in the collection!!

[@selfmade128]

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

[@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.

[@otaking3582]

A game where Spider-Man can beat up Mephisto, even if it is just a recolor, is always welcome.

[@streetkombat6088]

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

[@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

[@CZ-PC]

This video is amazing.

[@EddyGordo21]

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

[@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

[@dyll_pyckle]

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

[@legendnumberm]

There's a character that is conspicuously absent here.....

[@lachiripiolca]

This is insane! The amount of editing and work. Congrats!

[@Peakmastery26]

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. Thanks for bringing back in time 👏

[@jackfavvv0280]

The best secret character introduction video I've seen.

[@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.

[@godgouki]

Missing a whole "original" character (!), and how you turn mecha zangief red. Probably more, but those were the 2 things that immediately caught my attention.

[@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

[@Romneto]

I don't even like MSHvsSF much but this video is Godlike! Brilliant work, Desk. Let's collaborate on a MvC2 video.

[@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 😄

[@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.

[@Imozart0341I]

Damn 24yrs later, Desk knows how to make a guy feel old as shit.

[@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

[@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.

[@miragebangbravern]

The wings also resemble Devilman's wings

[@coldmastergto]

epic video. Good times when characters were unlocked by playing and not everything with real money like it is today.

[@xyceliumthe]

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

[@MrCallagan84]

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

[@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.

[@darthlobo1213]

there is also Carnage in this game Venom. I forgot how to select Venom as Carnage it was in a Game Informer Magazine!

[@msh0041zz]

The music on this video is great!

[@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.

[@SoulSaber06]

2:40. Why is there a random Dan in the bottom left corner?

[@AlmostCoolGuys]

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

[@Jett3435]

Will all these characters be available in the MvC Fighting Collection??

[@SRC267]

No Apocalypse, Norimaru is included

[@preplocc]

Do you have a video kn the Easter eggs in these games?

[@_Jay_Maker_]

That Apocalypse combo video has to be like a vacation, desk.

[@VoltronKnight]

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

[@smashblaster1-up190]

Doesn't Norimaro count as a secret character too since he only appears in the Japanese version of the game?

[@ivanestrada5401]

I used to unlock them every time on the PS1 because I didn't had a memory card, good ol' days

[@dstorm3907]

The best forgotten Marvel game! Pure capcom fun hype defined!

[@ryan_fsk]

Downloading cyber akuma on mugen back then and ge was a good character to play with

[@SkeletorTclaws]

All this awesomeness, yet we dont even know what you look like.

[@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.

[@tiagoj8020]

I dig the MegaMan type character presentation! Kudos!

[@zakman6471]

Loved this video with all the secrets and fun facts

[@jwonggg]

So good I love it

[@martinc1842]

da wozzler approves

[@CrimzonWolf777]

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

[@LIONTAMER3D]

he's dam near unkillable

[@blvk3]

US Agent isnt a complete palette swap of capt There are frame differences to his moves, so he can do unique combos which arent accessible to capt and vice versa

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Getting caught in an infinite loop is a player's worst nightmare

[@yasagani]

An amazing video I truly love, subbed and thumbsup, but if I could have one request, when recording older arcade games, if you could disable the game's white flashing from the dip switches menu or the emulator somehow, that would be amazing. In my older years it feels like it's hurting my eyes a lot, I also think they might not be suitable for some people due to epileptic concerns. I doubt this will hurt the quality of the gameplay recording as it also always felt to me like the flashing just obscured the action and was way too frequent on even the most minor of hits. Thank you!

[@Drajaman]

Cyber Akuma also came back for MVC3 as the alternate Costume for Akuma