Revisiting X-Men Mutant Apocalypse - SNESdrunk

[@junibug6790]

Omega Red says, "Well, I'm going to stand here and flail my tendrils like THIS! And if you get hit, it's your owwwwwnnn fault!"

[@tehrealBANE]

Wolverine retorts, "Well I'm just gonna slash air, like THIS, slash slash! And if you get hit, it's your owwwwwnnn fault!"

[@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan]

Classic Simpsons reference? Bart windmilling his arms while walking towards Lisa, Lisa kicking her legs while walking towards Bart, both saying if you get hit by getting in the way then it's your fault.

[@MrSdsc81]

Hahahahah good one

[@phantasm8180]

hahahaha ...... It's funny 'cause it's true.....

[@Lastofthescofflaws]

Pro-tip: The gates in the lava area go down twice as fast in the Apocalypse boss fight stage with Beast IF you hit them while hanging upside down.

[@dannyt9744]

His crouching punches work great too

[@freddyvidz]

I used to tell people this in the 90’s and no one believed me. When I watch reviews of this game, no one mentions it.

[@Lastofthescofflaws]

@@freddyvidz Yeah, I don't think many people tried it.

[@CyrusAnnihilator]

Wolverine also passes through them easily if you use the -> -> Y

[@stonetheforbidden]

@@CyrusAnnihilator Plus he has a shortcut he can take where he can climb through a hole in the ceiling

[@sightfortheblind]

Fun Fact: This game is actually referenced in X-Men '97! In Episode 4, there is a video game console with a game sticking out of it and the art on the cartridge is exactly the same as what's on Mutant Apocalypse's box/cartridge.

[@ComicBooksandVideoGameNerd96]

I thought it was the Sega Genesis Game

[@lyndseygrimes8882]

No... its the art work for the sega genesis x men game...

[@danzena4059]

​@@lyndseygrimes8882I think it's a mixture of the SNES and Genesis. Because I remember seeing Apocalypse face on that game in X-Men 97

[@lyndseygrimes8882]

@@danzena4059 i had to look it up again.. you're right.. its more like the sega game tho but the snes apocalypse face is in the background..

[@Haywire13]

You're all wrong. It's the motendo system that was ripped off by sega and nintendo.

[@DR---]

I used wolverine to get through the lava section. If I remember correctly there is a wall he can climb and use as a shortcut to skip most of it.

[@ravagingwolverine]

I was going to say the same thing. It's in the video at 3:32. The lava stage can be annoying, but it's cool that Capcom put that shortcut in.

[@mtbra9435]

Plus he moves faster and you can use his dash and dragon punch move to take down the gates quickly

[@phantasm8180]

You're God damn right 👍

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

This is honestly one of the best X-Men games from this era. Once you figure out each character's special moves and get used to where things are and how they act it's a fun time. The art design and character models are possibly the best versions of themselves. 😄👍

[@Gatorade69]

The Genesis X-Men 2 The Clone Wars is also great too.

[@Valcien]

Yeah knowing Street Fighter helped me enjoy this game, especially stuff like i-frames.

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

@@Valcien yeah yeah, that's how I figured it out. 😄👍

[@spiderjerusalem6887]

I played this game so much as a kid. You can cheese magneto with wolverine by continuously climbing the wall and jump+down air stabbing him. The slow down is very real in some sections, though.

[@SuperSaiyanGuyver]

There's also some great pixelated versions of comic art in the ending sequence. And nobody (except maybe Joe Mad) drew Psylocke better than Capcom.

[@carlosaugusto9821]

Not because of this game, I'd say, but rather the 2d art of Psylocke in the Marvel fighting games on arcade. She debuted in 95, after this SNES game.

[@SuperSaiyanGuyver]

@@carlosaugusto9821 Yeah I had the Children of the Atom sprite in mind mostly but she still looks great here. And I'm like 90% sure that influenced Joe Mad a lot too (He mainly had the book in 95-96).

[@Avalon64]

heh I could stare at that Psylocke sprite for hours lol...she was very popular in Japan cause of what she was which is why she was in alot of early Xmen games when even the freaking 90s cartoon passed over her (a HUGE waste in my opinion)...but sadly with Disney owning Marvel I can see they'll never truly utilize her the way she deserves to...at least not without alot of changes that I am sure no Psylocke fan would like

[@HereticHydra]

@@Avalon64 I'll never understand why they didn't just make Psylocke Asian, like how they turned Nick Fury Black. I'm not a fan of race swaps, but in Psylocke's case, most people don't care about her original British identity or viewed her as a side character at most until she became a ninja in the 90s. Unlike the original Nick Fury who actually has fans.

[@Avalon64]

@@HereticHydra good question, if I DO have to hazard a guess, maybe its because of her ties to Captain Britain being his sister...I dunno lol...but yeah its as you said no one cared about her as British woman, it was when she became a British woman trapped in a Japanese ninja's body that she garnered the fanbase she has today...

[@SamwiseTheNotSoBrave]

This is one of my favorite X-Men games, and it's shocking that it seems to go largely underlooked by a lot of people in favor of the Genesis games. I love those, too, but I didn't have a Genesis so I couldn't dump dozens of hours into them like I could MA. I got beating that game down to an art, getting the expanded ending (where Bishop and co. show up) on basically every run. Appreciate the re-review! Quick tip: Beast is the one to use on the Apocalypse level. You jump onto the ceiling and use melee attacks on the columns in the lava room to knock them out quickly. EDIT: I had no idea that fan remake existed and am downloading that sucker TONIGHT. Thanks!

[@HereticHydra]

In the Genesis's case, it's mostly nostalgia. The first Genesis Xmen is crap with the most terrible music ever but nearly everyone I knew who owned a genesis, owned a copy of that game. Genesis X-men 2 is damn good though and is on par or almost as good as the Capcom game.

[@alexnurse3498]

That lava part was always so hard for me... then I realized Wolverine's sprite was small enough -- as well as his walk speed, would let him just walk through and slip through the gates. Almost 30 years later and I still remember that. 🙃

[@otisdriftwood]

There’s also a spot where he can climb up and skip most of it!

[@Avalon64]

yeah I can do this stage when I was a kid as Wolverine with the strats just mentioned and Gambit, since his attacks can hit 2 close barriers side by side and he can hit them fairly fast...I would ALSO imagine Cyclops would have a fairly easy time if you master optic blasting each closing barriers

[@otisdriftwood]

@@Avalon64 I always go with cyclops because he can optic blast through the doors and the ranged attack helps against Apocalypse. I could never beat him with melee attacks since his attacks do so much damage

[@Avalon64]

@@otisdriftwood not me wolverine was my go to except against Brood queen Dashing claw is your friend, if he whiffs close in for a combo you want to keep knocking him down to set up the next set of attacks and with Wolverine he can go down easily

[@otisdriftwood]

@@Avalon64 well now I’m going to have to try it

[@bicepsupreme]

Omega Red looks so goofy flailing his tendrils like that.

[@junibug6790]

Looks like he's saying, "Ugh, there's a bug on me! Get it off get it off!"

[@istrasci]

@@junibug6790 🤣🤣 "Omega Fly-swatter!!!"

[@jamcalx]

"FEAR MY CARBONADIUM NOODLES!" said in Russian accent.

[@ChaoticHoly]

Pro-Tip: Just use Wolverine in Apocalypse's level. There's an opening in the ceiling early on that Wolverine can claw-grab-and-climb into that avoids all of the lava. Apocalypse's AI is also really dumb and can be forced into performing moves that leaves him wide-open just by staying just off-center of near the middle of the screen.

[@bigb5206]

I’m 58 years old and I still can’t beat this game!

[@freddyvidz]

Me either

[@DRACOFURY]

*Me Too Unfortunately 😞*

[@thanatos8618]

You're right about Megaman X. The composer of MMX is the same as the one of this game: Setsue Yamamoto.

[@Supah_Sayin_Rick]

Bro, it's so crazy that you uploaded this, just yesterday I was watching X-Men 97 with my 2 year old son, and then I later showed him a playthrough of this very same game. And now the universe blesses us with a SNES Drunk upload, you gotta love it lol

[@GabrielDFbhz]

its not crazy! he knows what he doing hehehe

[@ladynikkie]

This game gives me nostalgia this was definitely the very first snes game my parents bought me and I was blown away and it definitely came out at the right time when the cartoon was out.

[@jinpei05]

Man, this game is still so good. The slowdown is annoying in spots, but it still largely holds up. Just wish it got a sequel.

[@Dara321AAA]

I wish the OST got a sequel

[@joshdillon9637]

You can kind of think of "Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems" as a sequel to this. It's the exact same kind of game, but with Captain America, Hulk, Iron Man, Spider-Man and Wolverine. It isn't as good, though.

[@ModelJames13]

@@joshdillon9637 I liked it better except for the characters.

[@GretchZ]

“”Then things start to get just plain goofy.” “Boooooow to me faaaaaithfullyyyy, booow to me spleeeendidlyyy!”

[@projectmayhem6898]

Damn, I know that song reference, too!

[@Shycartel]

Whoa! Was that a bear?

[@tonyAJ420]

Beavis and Butthead is always hilarious

[@LanEXHikari]

You're kidding this fan remake turned it into an arcade?! Now I got a good excuse to gather the gang, thanks SDrunk ✌🏼

[@dannyt9744]

If you’re using Cyclops, you should mainly use his jumping optic blasts. There’s no recoil and it makes the lava section much easier You could cheese Magneto with Logan or Psylocke but if you want a challenge, try beating him with Cyclops’ slow ass without losing a life

[@paulhiggins6433]

My parents got me this game and I loved it. It was hard as hell for me as a kid, but I persisted until I finally beat it. Psylock's starter level was my bane for ages. Lol

[@danzena4059]

The graphics for this game were and still are amazing. And the boss music is amazing, that bass is unbelievable for an SNES game.

[@thecunninlynguist]

never got to play the SNES X-men games, outside of Arcade's revenge. Loved the Genesis X-men games though.

[@onemadkat]

People already mentioned that Beast and Wolverine are best for getting through the lava section, but Psylocke’s slide works reasonably well to get under the downward-closing gates and her psychic knife will take out the couple that close upward. You can also get through with Gambit’s flip kick (just repeat it, don’t walk at all) if you feel the need. I actually found Cyclops the worst one to use for the lava!

[@StarRightStarTight]

I’m glad you re-reviewed this one. A lot of KZbinrs have been tossing up videos for this with strange criticisms. My favorite so far was a guy complaining that there is no story explaining why the x men are in the island while he literally has the story in the video. Also 2:05 - damn that was a nasty combo finish with the crouching optic blast! Many props!!!

[@EdmondsEditing]

I love your videos. I’ve been trying to watch all of them. I have a ton of nostalgia with the SNES but don’t know many games, so your channel is amazing for new insight. My favorite video you’ve done is the one with the 4 minute intro 😂

[@DementedDistraction]

The quickest way I've found to get through the lava tunnel in the Apocalypse level is with Wolverine - just use his dash attach and you can slip under the gates before they close, and fighting Apocalypse with Wolverine is a piece of cake as you can just spam that same dash attack and rip him to shreds. Gambit works well enough against the Brood Queen, but if you mess up a 3 card attack input it's easy for the brood to swarm you. I found it's easier with Wolverine here as well; you have to use the dash attack on her tail until it falls off, and then just do a basic jump attack continuously until you push her off-screen. Once that happens just keep doing the jump attack repeatedly against the edge of the screen and you'll instantly kill any brood that fly in, as well as hit the Queen the instant she tries to force her way back on-screen. For Omega Red, use Beast, you can do a 2 punch attack to stun him, then immediately follow it up with a headbutt to drain his health in no time.

[@sukmykrok3388]

Not only is this one of the BEST X-Men games, it's one of the best SNES games, HANDS DOWN! I remember getting so good at the game that I started playing the game with each character exclusively after the first few stages!

[@ravagingwolverine]

If you haven't played it, I recommend The Ninja Warriors on SNES. It's a similar style of game and it is a good bit better in my opinion, though this one is good.

[@triscious]

Thanks for all that you do to share your love and passion for these games and the era. It's always great to see a new SNES Drunk video pop up in my feed!

[@coupdeforce]

My favorite X-Men game is X-Men 2 - Clone Wars for Genesis. You can actually teleport around with Nightcrawler, and Magneto joins as a playable character after you beat him. The disappointing thing about every X-Men game is there are always characters left out. But that's only because there are so many great characters with powers that would make them so much fun to play.

[@NathanIsRacin]

Might be my personal fav game of all time. It was one of my first games as a kid and I’m a die hard x men fan bc of it and the animated series.

[@mattb6522]

Good review! A decent licensed game!? This looks surprisingly fun! I will definitely check this one out. There also is a patch for this game that adds a save feature!

[@nweditor875]

It's crasy I recalled playing this many times as a kid and still love it to this day I have perfect all the bosses, beaten it with all five x-men, and got good ending. Never did I think as I got older people younger then me or around my age many gamers still play this game even to this day.

[@wesleyoldham4222]

I use Wolverine for most levels. He can avoid most of the lava level by climbing up the passage at 3:32. His charging attack (forward, forward, attack) and diving claw (down+attack while in the air) can be used to tear through barriers quickly. Those two moves are also great for charging bosses like you did at 4:32. Then hold up and slash to knock down a boss before they can launch an attack. He's ironically good against Magneto, too. You showed Psylocke using her knee strike, but Wolverine just needs to jump and slash at the right time.

[@COCHESEkramer]

I have fond memories of playing this during a birthday sleepover as a child... Good times.

[@Game_Bro_Advance]

Hell yeah! X-Men '97 is awesome. Do a video for Sega Genesis X-Men & Clone Wars!

[@Mushtaco]

I love this game, haven't speedran it in a year but I was obsessed. I see a lot of comments saying how to play the game. Basically for most speedruns (which use the like safest memorized route) you play either wolverine or psylocke on the queen brood level. Then you legit use beast the rest of the game. His jump punch basically can stun lock most bosses in the game if done right and he can actually dash through the whole apocalypses level. It does take an autistic level of time to learn though haha. This game has many advanced techniques but really play how you can to beat it. Each character has its own final level which I think is really cool.

[@filip_one_note]

Love that Exodus reference at 5:05 🤘

[@JbombTheGreat]

One of my favorite games for the Super Nintendo. I've owned the cartridge since 1996, and still play it somewhat regularly. A FEW NOTES: The "Little Red Goblins" are called TUSKETTES. Tusk produces them from his back, as seen at the end of the level when you fight him. --Also, you can use Wolverine in the lava level to bypass the barriers altogether. If you time his air-dash attack (Jump, then Down+Y) just right, you can actually dash past the barriers before they close. In other words: they close behind you after you've already passed by them. It takes a little practice to get the timing right. With Wolverine, you only need to pass by 3 of the barriers and then there is an alternate path where you can climb up to skip the rest of them. --Wolverine's ground-dash attack is the best way to defeat apocalypse. The same way that you defeat Juggernaut. You got that one right. --I find cyclops to be the best X-Man to use against Omega Red. You don't even need to move Cyclops from where he starts in the level. When Omega Red drops down on the opposite side of the screen, give him an optic blast. When Omega Red drops down beside you, give him the spin kick (Up+Y). Just keep alternating between these 2 attacks as Omega Red moves around. This, also, takes a little practice to get the timing right, Omega Red moves fast. I hadn't heard of the fan-made version of this game. I'll have to check that out. Thanks for the video!

[@Akiga_games]

One of the best xmen video games I've played I always enjoyed it and I'm glad to see a great review of it! Nice video Drunk!

[@polsenOO7]

I remember my parents getting me this game along with Mortal Kombat back in the fall of 95'. I was in the 3rd grade at the time and I remember playing those games a lot back then. Good times.

[@travisshallenberger9486]

I love that you went back and took another look at this. That's a privilege that I think folks like you should be allowed more often. Like you said, that video is from 10 years ago and 2 minutes is not enough time to do this game justice. Thanks for going back and giving this game it's due spotlight.

[@doublep1980]

There's also an OpenBOR fan made game for Avengers Infinity War, which has a remastered version of this game as a bonus that you can play, with extra characters and improved controls.

[@emfs9522]

Didn't finish the video before commenting?

[@slyfox2022]

Bet you he didn't even start it

[@Dara321AAA]

The music is definitely upbeat 3 worthy ;)

[@DigitalMorph07]

I loved this game (as well as War of the Gems) growing up. They’re still doing great work now, but nothing will ever match my love of 90s SNES Capcom…amazing times

[@JReed7560]

Awesome game. I still have my old snes cart.

[@patrickhein6986]

One of my favourite SNES Games. Still do playing it from time to time and yes you are right, the Soundtrack is awesome.

[@fitnessabcvideo]

After being there from having 20k to nearly 300k I'm just blown away at how well you've done... Bravo sir

[@Justforvisit]

Video count starting with following intros: SNES drunk: 864 Segadrunk: 69 Steamdrunk: 42 Without any kind of Intro: 41 Switchdrunk: 6 Turbodrunk: 4 Previously on SNES drunk IS drunk: 2 SNES drunk IS drunk: 1 Previously on SNES drunk plays StarFox: 1 Previously on SNES drunk plays Final Fight: 1 3 Hours of the SNES drunk Intro: 1 A four minute and 30 second long SNES drunk Intro: 1 Videos completely about Clyde T. Dog (No Intro as well): 3

[@bohowlerson4959]

I remember seeing this game for the first time when it came out and being so impressed by its appearance. It was too hard for me at that age, but I still loved it. Went back to it a few years ago and finally beat it.

[@kid_thegamer]

X-Men '97 was so good with that breakbeat hard cut traditional comic art flashy break through animation style, that really cracked some synapses on my brain. Very refreshing.

[@ashleygatton5649]

We had the best Cartoon's back in the Day. X-Men, Thunder Cat's, Transformers, Inspector Gadget. He-Man, GI Joe. The Art Work was amazing and the Story telling was just as good. I really miss them Saturday Mornings. Truthfully the TV Shows were better also. Great video Bro, keep up the great work.

[@DirtyFrigginHarry]

I was big into X-men, and I got this along with Donkey Kong Country for my 5th birthday when I was 5. I've never beaten it but whenever I set up a new portable or PC for emulation, this is a must.

[@redlantern3]

I loved playing this game as a kid and I recently bought the Arcade 1UP XMen 97 Edition cabinet. I was elated to see that this game was included considering it’s a console game.

[@rpeck2832]

I played this as a kid. I got through the lava part of Apocalypses level using Beast. I would jump to the ceiling and punch through those metal pillars quickly.

[@mrcnub]

Wolverine is fast enough that he can get through the lava tunnel in Apocalypse's stage without even needing to break any of the barriers. Seriously. Just charge full steam ahead through the first and third one and he'll get through before they can drop all the way down, and jump over the second one. Then climb the wall and you're set. Using Beast and walking on the ceiling also works. He's as fast as Wolverine on the ground, and the barriers break from just two punches when he's doing the ceiling walk.

[@Comics_And_Metal]

That lava flow lol Bring back my teenage PTSD! Great review! Great game!

[@otisdriftwood]

One pixel of it touches you and it’s instant death. Rage. Quit.

[@Comics_And_Metal]

@@otisdriftwood Every. Single. Time.

[@brionreichers1871]

I absolutely love this game. Beat it a ton back in the day. I would constantly replay the Tusk boss fight.

[@jmyers1385]

Your original video highlighted a few game mechanics that allowed me to go much farther into the game than I used to when I rented it as a kid. I've actually gone on to finish the game. I appreciate the second pass, this game has kind of a well earned mixed reputation, but it's a good game when you dig down a bit and figure out a few things.

[@jonathanulrich4905]

One of the few games I actually beat when I was a kid.I remember raging out many times and just grinding and grinding until I memorized it.good times

[@MashupsByMandy]

You don't need to break all barriers in the lava tunnel area, just move faster than the barriers, psylocke slide or wolverine dash are both enough to outpace the barriers.

[@samuelallen2831]

“No not THAT Exodus!” I lol’d. Big fan in high school

[@charlieg6913]

Nice! That Alien vs Predator fan-made looks pretty damn good as well. Actually, this guy's got a BUNCH of really good ones. We should all support him so he"s able to continue creating these awesome games for us. Thanks for sharing this! Absolutely awesome!!!👍

[@PhoenixGuitars]

Props on the Bonded by Blood reference. Masterpiece!

[@jakeritchie9694]

Last year I played this game for the first time since elementary school and I was pretty shocked at just how much I loved it! War of the Gems is also pretty good though not quite as good, I feel. P.S. in the lava chase level if you pick Wolverine, you can climb up a hole in the ceiling near the beginning of the level and take an alternate route, effectively skipping the lava chase.

[@Sniper_T_2x]

Is war of the gems technically a sequel

[@phantasm8180]

The easiest way to pass the volcanic lava level in Revisiting X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse is actually with Wolverine. He can avoid the lava by climbing one of the walls, skipping the entire section where the gates close. You don't even have to destroy the gates-just climb and bypass that part altogether.

[@JohnnyTronny19841]

The first time Capcom got their hands on XMen - beautiful semi-Street Fighter mechanics, loved it since it came out

[@BookofLetters]

When the ground starts falling under Psylocke, use her slide attack. You cover lots of ground and go through enemies

[@jeremyhall2727]

I was shocked by how beautiful it looked when i was a kid. It's a really fun game.

[@straizo7985]

I love Mutant Apocalypse, from the gameplay to the soundtrack, one of the best X-Men games alongside X-Men: Children of the Atom and X-Men vs Street Fighter.

[@yozarian86]

Been a long, long time since I’ve seen a good old snes drunk video. Gotta see what I’ve been missing now

[@jaymethysell5111]

The best part of this video is learning about the Marvel Infinity War fan remake.

[@KamisamanoOtaku]

I seem to recall often using Wolverine or Beast to access bonus areas. By which I mean stuff like an alternate route with a 1 Up.

[@thenostalgiafactor5023]

Total length of video: 400 secs. Total length of "SNES Drunk": 3 secs. .75% of the video was spent listening to "SNES Drunk".

[@jimbo973]

thank you for your service

[@Justforvisit]

Hey statistics colleague!

[@jonbourgoin182]

@@jimbo973 that's his autism showing. Only someone with autism would calculate that and post it for every video. I'm not trying to be mean, I just genuinely believe that to be the case.

[@josephsaunders8618]

The ‘97 x-men cards got me hooked as a kid

[@mattdarrock666]

The psylocke floor part is easier if you jump on them while pressing down and y. But face toward the falling tiles as you do...

[@vginsprdsobepr9698]

This was my favorite X-Men game on the SNES! Every character was fun to play.

[@silvermknight]

Im glad you gave a shout out to the OpenBoR remake. That thing is super fun.

[@jtee788]

The problem with Psylocke's collapsing floor is that Cyclops also has a collapsing floor that you're supposed to go through.

[@Cazz8203]

I absolutely loved this game. I played it a ridiculous amount of times just to see how fast I could get through it, which is obviously what they call a speedrun these days. I was a huge street fighter fan so as long as you were comftorable with the mechanics of the fighters special moves from street fighter, mutant apocalypse was a breeze, but it was still fun to play through. The only real challenge I thought, was the magneto fight. The key was to be good at executing their special moves and knowing which characters to utilize on certain stages after getting past the individual characters personal stages. The magneto fight was only difficult because of how tedious it was. But for some reason I found Wolverine to be the best for beating him, even though Wolverine should never be a match for the master of magnetism. lol . After being completely let down by X Men for Sega Genesis, this was a very welcome counterpart.

[@justinmanny2558]

The visuals in this game are crazy good. Makes you feel like you're playing a Jim Lee Xmen comic.

[@penguinjay]

this seems like an underappreciated gem. People are just now coming around to it, as it was a CIB throwaway title not even that long ago and the loose was dirt cheap.

[@typhonviserys8288]

5:04 - "Murder in the front row Crowd begins to bang and there's blood upon the stage! Bang your head against the stage as metal takes its price!"

[@yourstillwithme]

one of the best snes games ever. love how picking your character and learning the game is actually important

[@jeromepeters9842]

This was a favorite of mine as a kid

[@Dashawn2007SigmaBlood]

I JUST FINISHED WATCHING X-MEN 97! I remember this game.

[@joaogilbertomarques8882]

In apocalypse lava stage, Wolverine is so short he can just dash through the gates before they close, making it the easiest way to clear that

[@Matt-Rat]

I remember beating this game about 4 years ago and I thought it was decent. Some of the sound effects like Cyclops laser attack is one of the greatest sound effects on the whole system.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Yeah the SNES era of Capcom was amazing and still one of my favorites ever. I know some people feel let down slightly by this game but I absolutely love it. Music, graphics the whole thing the only disappointment is we didn't get a follow-up that doubled down on everything.

[@kinnetikira]

Love this game I still play it, forgot to mention about training mode, where the X button performs de mutant powers. :D

[@CobbicusPrime]

The music that plays in the Cyclops stage does remind me of Storm Eagle's theme.

[@r.r.bigman774]

I played this a lot as a kid. I got good enough to beat it in one go and get the special ending where you see a some of the other X-Men. Picking Wolverine whenever possible was usually the correct choice, for a number of reasons.

[@joshuacoleman3414]

For the lava level.. I always use wolverine. Those two drops i climb that wall...

[@ravagingwolverine]

A friend of mine had this one and I borrowed it for a little bit and really loved the concept. I hadn't heard about the game in advance. Incidentally, I just reconnected with that friend a year ago and have been helping him with the retro-gaming hobby and showed him this game as an example of some things. I've revisited it a few times in the past and have gone back and forth on it at times thinking it was majorly flawed but okay, or somewhat flawed but rather good but a bit short of great. There are some issues. The insta-kill sections are annoying with little margin for error. Wolverine can take that shaft as a shortcut at 3:32 so that's a nice touch at least. There's some annoying slow down as I recall. The move inputs were not as responsive or reliable as Street Fighter 2. The damage rate is way too high, and some enemies have crazy reach. With that said, the concept is good, and the basic gameplay is quite fun. Some parts and bosses can be annoying, but are not too big a deal with some practice, and all characters can handle the tough bosses. The characters feel a tad slow for the Magneto fight, but I figured out how to make that work, though it's a bit tedious. The Ninja Warriors is a similar game, a single-plane beat-em-up game, though it is more focused on the beating as opposed to stage hazards. It actually came out before X-Men here, and I think The Ninja Warriors is quite a bit better, and it's one of my absolute favorite SNES games. So if this game looks interesting to people, they should also check out The Ninja Warriors. There's also a semi-sequel to this X-Men game, Marvel Super Heroes War of the Gems(not to be confused with the arcade fighting game) that's worth a play. With all that said, even though I prefer The Ninja Warriors for a game in this style, X-Men is still good and it's nice to have another single-plane beat-em-up on the system that's a good time. And save states take some of the sting out if you're playing it any way you can. I did pick up a loose cart about a decade ago though, no winky faces needed there.

[@vash01251]

Disney really needs to capitalize on the popularity of X-Men 97 and release a compilation of the classic X-Men games

[@sash0210]

It’s interesting that Psylocke is in almost every video game, but barely in any of the shows or movies. If you just played the games, you’d think that she was one of the main X-Men.

[@trinidadmetroid]

It is alleged that marvel was concerned about asian psylocke with european betsy's personality....as there are accusations that ninja psylocke is actually a racist interpretation.

[@matthewjara1256]

You can run through those barriers with the lava easy with wolverine. If you know the pattern hes fast enough to run under and jump over them. Plus half way through theres a short cut he can access by jumping up and climbing on the wall.

[@c.alexandros4]

The producer behind X-Men: Apocalypse is behind Ghouls and Goblins, Toru Fujiwara. So know you know why this game is hard as balls.

[@Sparkbomber]

TBH, glad you're revisiting it. It's still one of the best X-men games ever made. Didn't know about the fan remake, definitely gonna be checking it out. Ah, tbh, Wolverine's able to get through most of the levels w/o issue in my experience.

[@Metallizombie]

We got into comics about the same time. I went for spider man though. The first time I saw Venom and Carnage on the covers I was hooked. The first comic I ever bought was Venom Funeral Pyre #3