Top 10 HIDDEN SECRETS in Marvel vs Capcom 2

[@jmcrofts]

How many of these did you know before watching?? let me know in the comments!

[@DonShotta24]

I do know you should reference source materials.several others have said this. Give credit to where these things were originally found

[@megamix5403]

I knew everything except the Rouge and Dan ones.

[@gonzalotorres5282]

The KK victory variant for Sakura can be modified while releasing the buttons and Kei will trip, surprising Sakura. Dan's alternate intro is a reminiscent of his MSHvSF intro, although that one comes with an explosion! Speaking of disrespectful, MegaMan, Roll, Servbot and Mecha Zangief will explode when KO'd, but Sentinel will NOT. Why? I mean, it's a robot. Sentinels explode a lot in the Konami beat'em up game.

[@MasterCode86]

Was ryu and Ken double shinku not ported from mvsf to this game?

[@elmaionesosexo]

hey Jm, the health bar reflects the assist color too

[@oplenty]

Also if you kiss Silver Samurai while using Rogue depending of the blade he is using she will absorb Speed for Lighting, Power for Fire and Defense Up for one charge of Ice.

[@MacAves]

And Hyper Armor if he has 3 levels of ice too, fun fact! She also gets that from Colossus in Hyper Armor mode, and Mech-Zangief! (And herself, if she had hyper armor as her buff, but that doesn’t really count.) Edit: Oh, it was mentioned in the video lmao, oops!

[@erugurara8235]

it is a pretty impresive detail in the mechanic.

[@ReikuYin]

@@MacAves Give you one more. Jin's special state when he comes in as last character can also be taken. Basically if they had a special state beyond power, defense, speed and health, she could take it, and it would last longer on her then them in most cases.

[@Stickyz]

Imagine your company pushes your team to rush a game and you accidentally create the greatest fighting game ever

[@donnyfortuna4971]

It's insane how their "fuck it, add everything we got in the vault" mentality in terms of their spritework ended up being their ace in the hole. Over time I learned to love 3 and tiny morsels of Infinite, but MvC2 was just the perfect storm. Nothing ever has come close to it since in terms of chaotic fun

[@gardengrovemike]

This and capcom vs Snk 2 is why I still have my Dreamcast plugged in

[@diegobermudez8102]

@@gardengrovemike respect

[@SpitefulAZ]

@@donnyfortuna4971 it's pretty imba.

[@E-Brightvoid]

Melee and MvC 2 are goated for this exact reason

[@justsignmeup911]

You can select Sakura's win poses just like in the SFA games. Hold down any P or K or PP or KK. The hyper KK pose is unique to MvC2.

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Which is the KK pose?

[@justsignmeup911]

@@LowellLucasJr. Gamefaqs says Kei falls down.

[@stephond]

Wait!! You forgot Sakura’s friend will trip over the body if it’s between them when you summon her after the match

[@luisreyes1963]

Just hold down both kick buttons for it.

[@JustinWongVODS]

Great video! Didnt know anything about stage lore so learned about that!! Also Spiral team super if you choose her 3rd assist will give her a different super as well. Its pretty much a psuedo level 3 but in level 1 form. Another fun fact about Rogue team super. Its the same double team super as X-MEN vs SF!

[@idimentio9317]

@Teutonic Knight I hope you’re not actually thinking that’s Justin.

[@GabeBarcelona]

I felt the same way, I'm sure there are umvc3 things we overlook too.

[@WELOCME2DEATHLOK]

I always thought that the Carnival Stage was Arcade's Murder World from the Comics

[@UnCreativeDeconstructionism]

makes sense

[@yurifairy2969]

I thought that too but the other stages don't call back to anything

[@robbyrobot3303]

So did I! I also thought Amingo was from Samba de Amigo as a nod creating games on a Sega hardware.

[@XIIMCMGIIX]

With the last easter egg, as well as the portrait background, the colour of your life meter also depends on the assist type you pick. Great vid!

[@jmcrofts]

WAIT WTF I HAD NO CLUE

[@Ratigast99]

IS THIS TRUE

[@savagehadoken6828]

Well spotted

[@idimentio9317]

That’s what I initially thought he meant, and I was like I thought everyone knew that, but I never actually paid attention too the portraits so after doubling back to look I see what he means. Childhood curiosity caused me to search the health bar color thing

[@NaCl_AQ]

Is the lifebar actually different for A assist and G assist? I can clearly tell the color of B's assist lifebar apart but A and G looks the same. I'm color blind so that probably explains why. Capcom really didn't seem to care too much about designing for color blind back in the days. :/ I could never play puzzle fighter due to yellow and green gems looking the same and now it's annoying to learn that even Marvel vs Capcom 2 has design elements that are inaccessible for color blind players too.

[@drewsaga101]

I may be remembering this wrong but I heard that Dan’s special intro was a continuation from another game where he got kicked off screen during someone else’s intro. I think it was Sagat who kicks him during his intro in like a CvS game or something.

[@chicco5033]

CvS2 intro vs Ryu? Maybe

[@drewsaga101]

@@chicco5033 that sounds right, I’m not positive though. It could’ve even been an alpha game. I just remember him holding him by the face or neck at the start of the round, lifting him up and then kicking him so he flies off the screen.

[@Lostcontroller]

@JulianRock If I'm correct, Alpha 3 has it too.

[@soggybread4583]

In Alpha, that's supposed to be Dan's dad that Sagat throws. Sagat canonically let's Dan win because he doesn't want revenge to consume him so I doubt he would throw him

[@Toomnyusernae]

Alpha 3 can have multiple intros depending on the ISM chosen. When there's Ryu vs Sagat, the Sagat ISM influences his intro. One of which is him using a flash tiger uppercut sending Dan flying.

[@SansToast1]

A cool thing that is character specific is that depending what assist servbot chooses it will change his super

[@davidcurameng]

In regards to the difference in Character Select screens between the Dreamcast version and Arcade/Naomi version, the original intent was that the Arcade/Naomi version had specific characters you couldn't obtain in the Dreamcast version and vice versa. This was done in Japan, and the only way to get the Arcade characters onto the Dreamcast console was to plug your own VMU (or VMS in Japan) into the Arcade VMS holder. The marketing strategy was to get players to play both the arcade version and Dreamcast version to get all 56 characters. This was scrapped in the U.S. at least, and characters were just time-released in the arcade. In the Dreamcast version, you bought new characters based on EXP points. Woosah, random memories from the Dreamcast years. Now that I'm older, I realized that this was a nice marketing and sales strategy before DLC was ever a thing. When I was younger, I just thought it was innovative but was bummed when Capcom USA and Sega USA didn't import this cool concept over.

[@megamix5403]

I've always wanted to see this in action along with the online mode from the Japanese version but there's no footage of it. :(

[@bhlakbatosai]

Bruh...you just unearthed all types of ptsd.😂 I now remember certain characters I really wanted needed ridiculous points to buy/unlock & there was a trick if you constantly hopped in/out the character store, the price would randomly go up & down so you could try to buy it cheaper.

[@NewGabeOrder]

What's even worse is that the Japanese versions of the game (minus the Xbox version) made unlocking characters harder. On Dreamcast, you had to deal with N points, D points and V points. N points made you connect the VMU to the arcade cabinet and play the arcade version long enough. D points made you play any of the four offline modes (Arcade, VS, Score Attack or Training) for 10 points per minute unless the game is paused or the software gets reset without hitting "Mode Menu" from the pause screen. V points made you win an online match, but since 2004, playing online is no longer possible due to Capcom shutting down the Matching Service that year. On PlayStation 2, P points and V points are the only currency used. You get 10 P points per minute for playing any of the four offline modes assuming you don't pause or soft reset. V points require online match victories, but you can no longer get V points due to Capcom's Matching Service shutting down in 2004. Thankfully arcade linking is no longer a thing for this version, so N points are gone. On Xbox, you only have the offline points since arcade connectivity and online play are absent from this version.

[@davidcurameng]

@@NewGabeOrder Whoaaaa, I had no idea how the Japanese points system on DC was. Thanks for the insight!

[@Greybush46322]

Shortly after the Japanese DC version came out, there was a hacked save online that you could download with the web browser on your DC and save it to your VMU. That's how I originally got all the characters in the game unlocked. Over 20 years later and I remember doing that.

[@Korgoth9]

I'm pretty sure Zagief (Double Lariat), Rogue (Repeating Punch), and Silver Samurai (Running Slashes) are Team Hyper moves.

[@AtTheOtherEnd]

Doesn't Spiral have one too?

[@Korgoth9]

@@AtTheOtherEnd Yup. So does Kobun, I think.

[@NightmareSnake]

Sabertooth has one as well

[@NewGabeOrder]

Don't forget Sonson's auto fire breath super as one of the Team Hyper moves.

[@Djjaims]

Was going to comment on Zangief

[@jessieha5073]

After 20 years of this game…I just learned these things today. Thanks!

[@ChaosUnfold]

I truly believe MVC2 is the best in the series even though all Capcom really did was simply crammed everything pre-existing content from previous games in there.

[@marhawkman303]

"cramming it in" is a big part of making it fun! It has so many characters it has WAY more variety than most games.

[@CalciumChief]

Well, now you're gonna have to get used to the arcade roster, cause that's the rom we're getting in the collection. Also: - Zangief also has a hyper in team combo he can normally use. He moves forward doing his double lariat (probably since X-Men vs Street Figter). - Pretty sure Rogue gets nothing if she tries to absorb powers from another Rogue and quite possbily Dan, cause Dan is such a joke. - Once Servbot dies, he explodes in little life crystals that you and the enemy can pick up for healing. - Jin also has a secret taunt. Do it and mash kicks, I believe and he'll start rubbing the towel on his back faster and faster, catching fire. - You can also pick a team of one character, like three Cables. Think you need to have all colors and characters unlocked, but that's on by default in releases post Dremcast and PS2. It's not as obvious, cause usually your first character is locked out.

[@CraigSmithII]

@jmcrofts The Rogue power-up I discovered myself. Also you forgot to add that when Zangief turns into Mech-Zangief & if she steals his stuff, she gets the Mech Zangief attributes: she can't be knocked down & takes WAY less damage. When Rogue kisses Captain America, she gets a defense boost if he has his shield & a power boost if he doesn't have his shield on him

[@forestskilbred9461]

Wow that's some crazy details!

[@frozenray0079]

The Dreamcast character select was rearranged from the arcade version because one of its replay value mechanics, as emphasized in the instruction booklet, is that you only start out the game with a certain amount of characters, and you have to unlock/purchase the rest of then with in-game currency. You don't start out with all 56. So they rearranged the selection screen for the Dreamcast by placing the characters you start out with--like Tron--in the middle, whereas all the other characters are located near the edge of the screen sphere. The other versions give you all 56 then it doesn't matter much where they're all located

[@KetsubanSolo]

Even better: if you import the Japanese version of the Dreamcast game, you'll kinda be stuck because you need to take your Dreamcast VMU to a Japanese MVC2 arcade machine and play on it to slowly unlock more characters for console. Thankfully Capcom released a special memory card that unlocked all the characters for tournaments, and the savefile is dumped to the internet, so you can copy it to a VMU and unlock everything

[@rondorock2563]

I just remembered that you can change your lead character after selecting them during the loading screen before the battle starts by holding down either one of the tag buttons.

[@claudiotapiaf.7194]

Rogue also has a secret winning pose, just hold both punches after defeat the enemy.

[@phil4863]

What kind of pose she does?

[@phychmasher]

@@phil4863 She punches a baby. It's crazy they would include this in the game (arcade ROM ver. 2234534 only)

[@davonmanigault2451]

Also if you were playing this on ps2 (not sure if the others does this) once you unlock all colors for every character, you can choose 3 of the same character

[@saiyanroyalty229]

Yes that's the worst thing about the PS3 port is no triple teams

[@azure8935]

I love using triple teams of Spidey, BB Hood, Morrigan, Ice Man, etc. This is also unused in Marvel 3 because everyone has a voice line calling themselves when tagging in, I'm sad it was scrapped in 3

[@Nirvanabebop]

Not sure if anyone else mentioned this, but Jin also has some weird taunt stuff, if you taunt with him and keep mashing taunt he actually gets a hitbox that does very little damage but it's pretty funny to see.

[@nakofan]

If you mas fast enough he catches on fire

[@bhlakbatosai]

@@nakofan you talking about that goofy thing where he's drying himself off with a towel in anger?!😂

[@nakofan]

@@bhlakbatosai yes, if you button mash fast enough he catches on fire

[@MisterTwit]

He could also do that in MvC1

[@RJ_Barricade]

My cousin actually won an online match with this taunt when the ps3/x360 versions came out. We still chuckle about it to this day lol.

[@Titan717]

I would love an hd remix of this. RE-Drawn sprites with a little extra flare. I know, wishful thinking, but damn, the art is so nostalgic, but an upgrade, and some udon, or another art group’s style… perfection

[@solidmage1720]

They can even do a Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 2 and have all stages, songs and endings from COTA all the way to MVC2 and even include 1p vs CPU mode, single match, 2-on-2, and 3-on-3 and a color edit mode from Capcom VS SNK 2. And maybe even add MvC2 endings for each character.

[@RagingRowen]

Zangief also has a Team Hyper in the form of his Lariat. And the Dreamcast select positioning is different because you have to unlock certain characters in the shop.

[@phychmasher]

Being unlockable had nothing to do with the positioning. You had to unlock them in the arcade, too. Your arcade manager could simply unlock them if they felt like it, but I found most of them were misers at the time and forced us kids to spend quarters to unlock them.

[@Zetact_]

Hidden secret: if you play enough Marvel 2, when you go to sleep it activates an RNG chance that you will see the clown in your nightmares.

[@megamix5403]

LMAO

[@Hotobu]

"Can't sleep, clown will eat me"

[@TheCrackMonkey]

@@Hotobu buoy p

[@kennymccormick8295]

Was that supposed to be funny?

[@aristokrat91]

@@kennymccormick8295 you’re so salty lol

[@Ashura96]

The arcade and DC versions had different starting rosters so some characters were available at launch on one platform but not the other. As a result, many of the ending artwork sketches have different characters replaced to reflect their default lineups, and a few that are exclusive to the arcade as well. Some characters have win poses that can't be cancelled out of post match. Only one I know of is Felicia scratching her ears with one of her friends dropping down.

[@NewGabeOrder]

There's also Captain America's eagle win pose, as that cannot be canceled out.

[@LightningSt0rm]

Tron Bonne can't be canceled if the servbot lunch win pose activates wither.

[@Bram25]

Certain pinball machines in the 90s had a secret easter egg as well. If the clock was set correctly, and you played a game around 12 o clock night time it would go into Midnight Madness mode. It would look like the machine shuts off all of a sudden but it flashes up, and you get multiball for one minute. 😀😂 I know at least Dirty Harry, Junk Yard and I believe WhoDunnit had this mode.

[@Darksaige]

Im most impressed with the Rogue Silver Samurai power up. Dan also has a raging demon and Sakura gets her evil form similar to Zangief to Mecha Zangief. For those who may not know about it.

[@luisreyes1963]

Dan's deathblow is called Otoko Michi. But it's more like a suicide move.

[@jodafro619]

hayato had a raging demon type move too

[@Darksaige]

@@jodafro619 true I forgot to list that one. I actually like the animation of it

[@jodafro619]

@@Darksaige yeah I liked how he turned into demon hayato in it as well

[@arthursnyder6424]

@@jodafro619 Morrigan's Darkness Illusion also had the exact same button input as the Raging Demon in the older arcade games

[@Doomxeen]

You know, I've seen the clocktower destruction sooo many times. And yet, I never stopped to think how sort of weird and unique it was. Never though, "huh, why doesn't that happen anywhere else?"

[@biohazard724]

I was convinced as a kid that since the clock tower had it the other stages MUST have one as well and tried everything I could think of to trigger their destruction.

[@marhawkman303]

@@biohazard724 It's weird... since the Abyss stage actually morphs while you fight on it! Spooky ruins.... floods with green goop... now the goop is red and all the ruins are sunk into it.... It's actually ANIMATED when it happens!

[@swclikewhut]

another fun little easter egg is you can hold jill's fireball and depending on how long you hold it will be how long the fireball goes for. same with megaman, etc. they get little glowy/flashy things showing it's charging you just hold down the button and when you release it, it fires it for an extended period of time.

[@ZHunt-sj1lf]

Everyone knows this. Have you never played Mega Man?

[@jbFromNYC]

I saw this twice in the arcade version, where a special version of Jin's taunt, where you taunt, and mash every button while you're taunting and Jin is turning red while going really fast. I never was able to perform this taunt in the arcade or the Dreamcast.

[@marjoken246]

Ruby and son’s stages were something to behold on the Dreamcast as a junior in HS. WATTBA

[@smurfyeah3744]

If i remember correcty, Serverbot's (Legion-esk) Super changes slightly based on the assist type you pick.

[@Robin_Raghunandan]

Great video as always man! Just to add and echo some of the other comments for characters that have THC only supers: Rogue has Hyper Repeating Punches, Gief (your guy) has Hyper Lariat, Samurai has Hyper Hyakuretsu Tou, Spriral has Hyper Metamorphose, and Servbot has Rushing King Kobun for his Assist B THC. To my knowledge you can basically combo any of these with most normals into level 1 THC. Would be helpful for your Gief corner pressure so you don't always have to go for his grapple supers (even though they are swag)

[@ThomatoSauce]

Sakura’s “secret” win pose is just a normal one in the PS2 release. Also, and nearly every other version, Taunt is as simple as pressing select. And how are basic mechanics like Rouge’s Power Drain or THC-exclusive moves a secret? Or the Assist-based HP Bars for that matter?

[@Namidagr]

during team hyper combo, zangied has the lariat that goes on the ground (not aerial) and Mystique also has a unique combo that runs on the ground, changing in all the characters (you have to use the assist type that punches). Roque can also steal Jin's golden armor and Jin also has a damaging infinite taunt in the corner Also Felicia's intro, that is dressed like a nun and takenthe cloth of is the condinuation of her darkstalkers 3 ending

[@rickyconstancio7856]

Get Servebot Nd do quarter circle forward and the taunt button and he will throw a super small airplane that you can guide up or down a bit and it does next to nothing for damage. Captain Commando's fierce kick grab can be mashed super fast and drain an opponent completely of their health. Dan has a hyper combo grab that will 1 hit kill anyone except like Jugger and Sent. Mashing Ruby Hearts blue dash (I'm not looking up the name rn but it's quarter circle forward plus either kick) anyway, mash that and taunt but simultaneously and she will fly up out of range for a while. Gambit can also do this but he actually gets stuck. There are others but it's been years since I've played..... I need fightcade!

[@diegogardin4968]

There’s one more, and it’s on the staff roll screen, on te arcade version where you can see magneto and goki’s sketch, and thats because on consoles you start with 24 playable characters and in the arcades you start with 28

[@voodoovasey9905]

Been play song this game for 21 years & I didn’t even know about half of these! Well done 👏🏼

[@SquattingxBear]

Love the Mvc2 content grind, wouldnt mind seeing more character breakdowns!

[@ZeroKyori]

Defeating an opponent with Dan's autograph, counts as angler combo finish too.

[@ponyforhire]

Hyper (Combo) Finish

[@tehshingen]

A thrown Premium sign, the only free hyper combo in the game.

[@banishingflat8468]

This was a entertaining list that brought back some fond nostalgia. SUBSCRIBED!!!

[@GrayFoxRJ]

Ruby Heart, SonSon and Amingo were created for Darkstalkers 4 but were repurposed as it was internally ditched.

[@kivaHBRO_04]

I really enjoy the stages in MVC2 the backgrounds are so visually amazing. The music oh my goddd it’s magnificent. Sets the whole vibe for the game.

[@solidmage1720]

Like the swamp, caves, ship, and clock tower stages are the best ones.

[@doncinati7644]

5:40 OHHHHH.. I love stuff like this lol. Kakyoin in HFTF after doing his normals does the same thing where he poses after his normals Same with his taunts That one is even cooler because he can basically do multiple JoJo poses when you alternate between them Man :)

[@erugurara8235]

so coolto hear something like this about this game, sad the game dint use capcom and marvel lore for his background trough but still happy time seing this.

[@dadnkidsplay1]

I knew about the Clock tower, but everything else is new to me. Thanks for sharing!

[@exprominence4268]

The unique intro and outro was cool never knew that. I get armor off collosus all day though that's my jam

[@Cirrimus]

The arcade version of Marvel 2 had different initial characters. I remember when I was going to my usual haunt to play matches it would be a big deal when the cabinet got enough experience to unlock someone new. The DC/Home version had this unlock system too, but it was more of a general annoyance (similar to Smash Brothers unlock system without needing to beat new characters). This has led to some interesting disconnects when I talk to people about MVC2, like people that never played the OG Arcade version and are convinced that certain characters aren't in the game. (Because they didn't unlock everyone.)

[@TheHeartlessAlchemist]

Fun fact: Sonson and her grandpa are a reference to "Journey to the West". That's where the staff and the flying cloud come from.

[@XxImStarvingxX]

The monkey king

[@heretopissyouoff8439]

Yup same as son goku from dragon ball Both are based off sonwukong

[@D4WN0FF1R3]

JM dude, just make whatever kinda content you feel like making. I enjoy all of it.

[@videofudge]

100

[@ausgamecollector]

Son Son is from an old school arcade game and is based on the same protagonist as Goku/ Monkey King (referencing Journey to the West)

[@CanadianGamexchanger]

Man. I have been playing this game religiously for 20 years and I had no idea about the majority of these. Nice work

[@Ryusuta]

At 10:34 - The reason for the differences is because characters got unlocked in a different order in the arcade and Dreamcast ones. So their positions were changed on the completed character select to compensate for this. This is also why the endings are slightly different; some characters were unlocked by default on one version, but not another. (Also, a thought about 3:32 - I'm a little iffy on this. I mean... the same could be said for the original Donkey Kong being a different one from the modern one; and yet modern DK still gets credit for the arcade game as his original game. It's a grey area for sure.)

[@RenPenov]

Really digging the Top 10 lists, jm. Keep it up!

[@TonightsSpecialGuest]

You could have tossed Dan's level 3 super on there (if I recall it wasn't in the move list), which is performed by reversing the inputs to Akuma's Raging Demon. (Akuma uses Low Punch, Low Punch, Forward, Low Kick, High Punch. Dan uses HP, LK, Back, LP, LP)

[@_plaskett]

I was surprised that wasn’t mentioned in the video. Killing with it is the ultimate insult.

[@Novadad35]

I just had the honor of playing you on fightcade , thanks 🙏

[@MrSergeta]

Tron Bonne’s team super (I think it’s the Throw assist variant) also have a secret. She does ‘Lunch Time’ super, but the team super is different in that the Servbots will still run across the screen even if Tron miss her initial attack. I remember doing this team super just to miss with people who thought will have a free hit, but was got rocked by the Servbots.

[@tchitcho]

Bonjour from France , very nice video ! there's also a secret winpose with Megaman, when he does the rock paper scissors. You have to hold the HP button and when he turns around, press a direction. The direction of the stick decides what comes out! This winpose was already present in MvC1

[@TonightsSpecialGuest]

If I recall, you can actually get persistent Super Armor on Rogue by stacking 3 drain kisses from a super heavy like the Juggernaut or Sentinel?

[@rafioli6851]

I figured out that on any difficulty, the AI will always block Guile's sonic boom as opposed to jumping over, countering, or using a special to negate or dodge the sonic boom. Really handy to know when I started playing the game and didn't have a lot of quarters.

[@rickyconstancio7856]

Silver Samurai can also add the element of ice and fire one his sword. Not only that, but he also has ANOTHER hyper combo depending on which element you use. He can stab the ground and send out an ice wave. And with fire, he raises his sword and shoot a spiral of fire to the top of the screen.

[@fosko7494]

My personal favorite Capcom fighting game. Thanks for the video.

[@alexmendez3681]

I hope you're doing well, they just released the Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection which includes this game.

[@linkflamesaber2462]

Didn't really know any of these things. I kinda did guess the clock one by the thumbnail but I was still surprised. Thank you, it was entertaining!

[@larquefausse3623]

5:27 Cable's unique recovery animations were why he was a fixture on my teams.

[@NecroVMX]

Jin can also spam taunt, to quite hilarious results

[@saiyanroyalty229]

Yes best taunt in the game.... He's on fire

[@dirtyxmind]

I love this kind of videos! I started following you when you did history of fighting games, those are nice videos too ~ love you my dude ❤️

[@privateprivate31337]

Been playing this game forever and never knew more than half of these like how SS has a special assist super or you could blast Nemesis

[@phychmasher]

10:34 I remember I loved that I got Jill right away on the DC version whereas she took forever to unlock at my arcade. Real struggles back in the day, lol.

[@makotohan166]

Amingo is technically the only 100% original character for the game Ruby Heart was a rejected Darkstalkers character (she would eventually have a game that would also get canceled), SonSon as mentioned in the video is the granddaughter of the protagonist from a previous Capcom game (in which the character was also based off of Son Wukong from Journey to the West), but many have said Amingo was from a canceled game, but there are no sources to back it up

[@Captkilla11]

Some of these I didn't even know. MIND BLOWN!

[@Captkilla11]

I"d like to see a MvC1 and MvC3 Hidden secrets.

[@lastthursday1416]

It bothers me to this day that they chose Son Son over Katt from BoF2. They have similar aesthetic but I was playing BoF2 when I got this game and was hyped for about 3 seconds when I saw Son Son before realizing she wasn't Katt.

[@ourdivinemouseoverlord3308]

I love the BoF series (BoF2 is my favorite game). I always thought it was criminal of Capcom to not include Deis (aka Bleu) since she's a recurring character in 1-4.

[@TheDeadTexan]

This game was always a weird mix of lazy and intricate game design. They literally just reused sprites they’ve had for over five years but also took the time to model Jill into this game’s style. There were so many other possibilities they could’ve chosen to put into the game but chose to include a cactus in a sombrero instead.

[@jakecreighton9039]

Love your stuff jmcrofts. I love fighting games but you don’t play the ones I do (smash and MK). However your awesome commentary and delivery style really appeals to me! Keep doing your thing brother 💪

[@odisclemons9700]

I genuinely didn't know a lot of these. Jin has some special animation too when u taunr with him.

[@miasuke]

For info: 1) 4:59 - About Dreamcast's Taunt button: To taunt, it not really pressing Light Kick + Start at the same time, but Press Start while hold A, as said in the video. While the player holds A, the Start button will be disabled as a Pause Button to work as a taunt button. So, the game will not pause while the player keeps A held. This is a default combination for many Dreamcast's Capcom fighting games, including Capcom VS SNK 1, Capcom VS SNK Pro and Capcom VS SNK 2. In the case of Marvel VS Capcom 1, the combination can be customized in the Options Screen. In Street Fighter Alpha 3 is a bit of a mess, because: A) The combination is X + Start; and... B) If the character is not in condition to use the Taunt function, the game will Pause even if you keed X held. 2) 10:34 - About the different position of the characters in the Player Select Screen: It's happens because, then the game launched, it was an Arcade and Dreamcast simultaneous release in Japan, and the official arcade cabnet have a VMU port to connect the VMU and share info. And to incentive players to play both versions, the game offer a shop system to receive points to unlock characters and other secrets (originally to make the Dreamcast players to unlock the Arcade exclusive characters in the first sight), once each of the two versions have a different start hoster (I'll point the full list below). With a different start character hoster, even the game ending is affected in the same way. For example, in one of the scenes, Spider-Man is taking photos with Morrigan in the Arcade version, and with Sakura in the Dreamcast version (the Arcade version even have two extra arts, once the Arcade version have a bigger start hoster than the Dreamcast version). Resuming: The different positions in some icons in the character select screen in the Arcade version reflects the Arcade's start hoster. References: 1) kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4vKeKxmpJuNqMU 2) kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJS2gZyeicicepI 3) kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXa2kqqNq7d2nck === Common Start Hoster === Marvel: Cable, Marrow, Cyclops, Spider-Man, Hulk, Captain America, Iceman, Doctor Doom, Venom Capcom: Ruby Heart, Sonson, Amingo, Hayato, Ryu, Zangief, Guile, Anakaris, Strider Hiryu === Arcade Start Hoster, secrets in Dreamcast === Marvel: (Adamantium Claw) Wolverine, Shuma-Gorath, Gambit, Juggernaut, Magneto Capcom: Captain Commando, B.B. Hood, Morrigan Aensland, Jin Saotome, Akuma === Dreamcast Start Hoster, secrets in Arcade === Marvel: Bone Claw Wolverine, Rogue, Psylocke Capcom: Jill Valentine, Tron Bonne, Sakura === Secret in both versions === Marvel: Storm, Colossus, Spiral, Omega Red, Blackheart, Sabretooth, Silver Samurai, Iron Man, War Machine, Sentinel, Thanos Capcom: Ken, Chun-Li, Dhalsim, Charlie, M. Bison, Cammy, Dan, Mega Man, Roll, Felicia, Servbot

[@rosariomendez8109]

In Sakura's secret there is a fourth victory animation that is when the friend does not arrive with Sakura and she stumbles and Sakura is with a surprised face

[@YukonJack]

3:45 talking about "being gifted with a magical, expanding staff" while then having a huge phallus fall from the sky and turkey slap you repeatedly may be one of the most childish, perfect moments in gaming I've ever seen.

[@wes5619]

I always wondered about that clock, but never took enough interest back in the day. Seeing this made me remember lol.

[@megamix5403]

Once during the Clock Tower, the hands reset themselves. My Dreamcast battery is probably dead or something. lol

[@Bloodymaniken]

Like always, you are the man Crofts. I started playing again cause of all the MVC lately. Dude I watched some old videos of tournaments and stuff from the TOPS and man... so boring! They use like 6 characters. The low tier only tournaments with JWONG are absolute fire keep em coming!

[@juliuspacheco9001]

Marvel vs Capcom 2 is the best MVC game by far. i understand why you love this game. i hope they do a remaster of this game.

[@theblackdahlia3680]

For real that would be dope

[@WaffleKrushaTTV]

Also with Dan. If you ko someone with an autograph it becomes a hyper combo finish.

[@Drew_D]

I was hoping to see it in the video. 😢

[@ToonNick]

These were fun to learn, great video :)

[@OCsigma]

3:30 kind of like Donkey Kong Country. Supposedly, the protagonist of the original Donkey Kong arcade game is Cranky Kong

[@GuiasMaurelChile]

'Gief also has a "Double Lariat forward" Super that can only be access by doing the assist super

[@juanduplays]

I actually learned, great stuff! See you around JM!

[@saaah707]

Willing to bet there is at least one amusement park funhouse battle in every major marvel franchise

[@JoobJaibot]

Fun fact: Iron Zangief lariat assist can virtually stop rush-down characters(like MSP) and their assist(like Psylocke) when used with point character(s). If a Cable player use Iron Zangief to trap their rush-down focused opponent(and/or their assist)...

[@pnutswaggy9198]

I think servebot has an exclusive team hyper too, Good stuff I didnt know some of the things 20 years later

[@RoninRAB]

I've always been more of a blatant secrets kind of guy, but these hidden secrets are having me reconsider my entire life.

[@drewventura7]

Akuma can perform is raging demon still despite it not being within is command list. Great video !!!

[@PlayChannelLuki]

7:05 I believe that this is a reference from a Street Fighter movie that Sakura loses her shoe like that

[@vmu3253]

Pretty sure zangief also has a "hidden" super by using the double assist super.

[@jmcrofts]

Truuuue missed that one

[@thegoose8663]

Mmm, yes. More MvC2! Absolutely love it.

[@ericsbuds]

a Jill easter egg! love it i grew up playing this game, but i didnt konw about any of these except attacking after winning! good stuff

[@luisreyes1963]

Why didn't I found out about those Easter Eggs sooner? Thanks for the video. 👍

[@CommunitySkratch]

we out here watching a grinding in the west coast of ireland bro, keep up the good work

[@amadorregalado247]

Excuse me Sir,but you forgot about Spiral's Y (gamma) type assist...Just like Silver Samurai and Rouge,she have a secret super that can only be access thru team combo... Respect to you and thanks for this wonderful video...👍🏻✌🏻✊

[@antonsimmons8519]

"Dan Shenanigans" missed opportunity. SheDanigans!

[@footlonghawk3960]

Glitch exhibition!!??? That sounds cool and I knew about the 3 stages for the 3 characters and destructible stage also the disrespect finish,and rouge's power drain, and silver samurai extra move special cool video I was very surprised

[@HybridAngelZero]

These are actually really cool! I didn't know quite a few of these