The First CROSSOVER Character?! | X-Men: Children of the Atom

[@Despots_Blitz86]

Having Akuma actually be in X-Men's story would be kinda funny-he obviously wouldn't be a hero, but I imagine if the villains tried to recruit him, he'd just kick all of their asses, too.

[@3slicessenpai]

He seems like the type who Wolverine would know from a long time ago. "Yeah, that's the crazy monk dude I ran into in Malaysia in the 60s! He's nuts, bub!" "Hmph, so you survived my Raging Demon. Interesting, you wild beast!"

[@zeldadonkey1]

That's basically what happened in Tekken 7 lol

[@dnmstarsi]

Given how Apocalypse made him into one of his Horsemen, it's possible.

[@tropixx_xlr1549]

The anti hero

[@aRBy125]

@@3slicessenpai Not a crazy headcannon. MSH vs SF often had them paired up as CPU opponents, lol!

[@21Handguns]

How ironic that Akuma started the "throw a character into a different game thats completely separated from the game's world" and did this twice, breaking both games. Such a fitting Akuma moment

[@kuso7430]

I just can't imagine what people in the 90s felt when they saw Akuma in a X-Men fighting game.

[@dnmstarsi]

Can we get Akuma in an episode of X-Men TAS?

[@Rand8688]

It was awesome

[@jprez1311]

It was great

[@shen5533]

Lol ​@@dnmstarsi

[@BrandonJXN2]

There were a million things that were awesome about COTA. Storm's Hailstorm super was ⬇️↘️➡️+Start. Longest startup time ever and did insane chip damage.

[@soldier257]

Imagine being someone just messing around in the character select screen and somehow finding that secret input to get Akuma XD

[@Nine_Baller]

The first person to do it: WTF I NEED TO GET SHARE THOS TO THE WORLD

[@rcblazer]

I think Akuma's appearance in X-Men was what sparked rumors that Akuma was hidden in other Capcom games like Chronicles of Mystara, Alien vs. Predator, and Resident Evil 2.

[@shingofan]

IIRC, the "Akuma in RE2" thing was an April Fool's joke from a gaming magazine

[@alexmolina8199]

@@shingofanand it turned to be real, a glitch in the game made it bug him out from appearing. Max payed some people to undo the glitch.

[@Qwampus75]

@@alexmolina8199should I tell him?

[@Martynde]

Akuma having difficulty fighting against super-powered mutants is basically how it would go in the comic books. He can still potentially win but he has to work harder than he would against regular Street Fighter characters.

[@SeventhheavenDK]

He can still potentially win against SOME of them.

[@shawklan27]

Bro pretty much every Street fighter character will have trouble fighting most of the xmen characters just like woth the capcom side against marvel. Like the power levels of Marvel characters in general are just on a whole different scale compared to anyone in capcom I mean a team with Shuma Gorath, Dormammu & Dr.Strange can solo the entire capcom roster.

[@narcodium]

Ummm… If you can shoot fireballs out of your hands and stretch your arms you can fight the x-men. Even join them.

[@narcodium]

@@shawklan27have you played Darkstalkers, mega man X, devil May Cry, resident evil?

[@narcodium]

@@shawklan27oh an cough, cough Azura’s wrath, cough

[@jinpei05]

With all the homages it's made to the Capcom Vs series, how fucking hype would it be if Akuma (or at least a cameo) showed up in X-Men 97? 😅

[@dnmstarsi]

Pretty big. I'd love it if we got a mini arc or series involving MvC or just X-Men and Street Fighter but with the main enemy being Gill or another SF boss given how their game had an X-Men villain as the main bad, make the show's main villain from Street Fighter. That or Cyber-Akuma.

[@anthonyanibarro]

Legally improbable, but I'd lose my mind if it happens

[@ZEHAHAHA9697]

Crossovers happen all the time​@@anthonyanibarro

[@dee_dee4640]

I wouldn’t trust Disney making a Akuma cameo after they ruined MVCI

[@21Handguns]

Make him a statue of something in the background in one of the areas, to both pay homage to his impact and the deities he was inspired from

[@phenom504]

That Omega Red theme is 🔥 0:27

[@El_Chuchuca]

Underrated song.

[@azuresaiyan9005]

Akuma, invading other universes since 1994.

[@EastyyBlogspot]

The danger room stage still ranks as one of my favourite stages ever

[@neo9.0]

You can get to Magneto as Akuma in the arcade version (Magneto will ALWAYS be after Juggernaut), but your beginning opponent has to be someone specific. You have to fight against either Sentinel, Spiral, Iceman, or Storm as your first opponent. So you can’t start against Omega Red, or Colossus. I may be missing who else you can’t start against with, someone you play against and your final opponent will end up being Iceman. Edit: Ok, so I saw a playthrough with the starting opponent as Omega Red, and he still ended up getting Magneto at the end. So maybe it’s just random chance you actually get to fight against Magneto. I’ll have to do some more digging.

[@gonzalotorres5282]

You have to win most fights with a Super Finish. Juggernaut should appear as your 7th opponent, then the 8th is Magneto. If you cannot reach any of those, or Juggs is the 8th, or won't appear at all. You can fight against Akuma if you do the mentioned before AND didn't lose any rounds. He'll appear as the 6th opponent.

[@pious83]

It reminds me of the 16 Bit X-Men game. If you played it on Easy, you couldn't fight Magneto and got a game over screen telling you he doesn't fight weaklings. Seems oddly relevant here.

[@ayachi2414]

Pretty sure Fatal Fury Special is the first game to include a crossover character in Fighting Game history. Hell, Ryo Sakazaki is the unsung hero of the FGC because SNK quite literally invented super moves, taunts, crossovers and more through him. Fatal Fury Special crossover inspired the King of Fighters and Super Smash Brothers.

[@ShinUltima]

Things to consider: Fighter's History had Karnov, who was in another Data East game. This came out before Fatal Fury Special and should be considered the first example of a crossover character. However, Karnov wasn't playable in the original arcade game, only in the home port via code and the sequel. Fatal Fury Special: Ryo is first playable crossover character. COTA: Akuma is the first actual _guest_ character (also playable) because Akuma is not native to X-Men in any way and is owned by a different company. After all, Ryo/Art of Fighting is in the same universe as Fatal Fury and Karnov is owned by Data East who made Fighter's History.

[@xOmniCloudx]

Nailed it ​@@ShinUltima

[@meganinten0078]

​@@ShinUltima Facts! You are a man of culture 👍 Glad to see people who still remembers the Fighter's History series (made by DATA EAST) Nowadays people only remember Fighter's History for two things: The story of when Capcom sued Data East for plagiarism (and they lost). And Makoto Mizoguchi, who years later appeared as a guest in The King of Fighters Maximum Impact Regulation A Fighting game fans should respect Fighter's History, if Capcom had won in court, the entire fighting game genre would have been monopolized by them.

[@Just.Kidding]

​@@ShinUltima ​ Karnov is... a bit different. It did still beat Fatal Fury Special to the punch, but keep in mind - evcn though he had a first appearance, Karnov isn't so much _a character_ from _a single series_ as he is _The Data East Character._ He was practically their mascot. Saying he was "in another Data East game" is the understatement of a lifetime. They put him in *most of* their games lol.

[@legoalexander1900]

I found KOF 94 (August 25th, 1994) came out before X-Men: Children of the Atom (December 8th, 1994). The franchises represented in KOF 94 (Ikari Warriors and Psycho Soldier) were made by the same company. So KOF 94 was the first fighting game that had an in-house crossover.

[@kamenrangerzeo8251]

And at this point Akuma became the immortal guest character to find and play as in the 90’s arcade series.

[@StyleshStorm]

Psylocke is so underrated.

[@pious83]

To be honest, Psylocke has never been better across all media than in a Capcom game.

[@josephroth6534]

This isn't the only time that Akuma would be a fighting game guest character, In Cyberbots, We get a humanoid combat mech version of Akuma called Zero Akuma, And he gets added to Tekken 7 and is part of the games storyline.

[@SpikeTheWolf]

He cames out alot.

[@rogsilva82]

I believe the first crossover is Ryo in Fatal Fury Special

[@dnmstarsi]

Yep. Over a year before and four days before I was born apparently.

[@eyeguydojima7131]

Yeah. It was in like 93' or something.

[@ThiefofRPGistheWanderingSoul]

Indeed this is correct

[@residentlando]

he addressed that in the video

[@landonhulett2119]

@@eyeguydojima7131 Yep, 1993. This game came a year later.

[@cooblur]

The 1st time I saw Akuma perform a Ragin Demon...was while playing arcade mode X-Men vs Street Fighter. I Thought the game broke then I saw his back pose!!! GREATEST CHILDHOOD MEMORIES EVER

[@ajshiro3957]

Mine as fighting him in 3rd Strike and him killing me with it. Seeing the pose and all that. I just stopped playing through the arcade ladder after that to scream to my brother about it.

[@cooblur]

@@ajshiro3957 🤣🤣🤣

[@rafacastillo9611]

Akuma is so small and short in this game he gives Logan a squat for his money

[@anonluxor470]

And since then Akuma and wolverine has become the best friends forever

[@LennyShawn-by3gz]

The most iconic BBF I gaming

[@dougexists]

With CPS2 sprite modding becoming more accessible, I really hope someone mods his Alpha sprites in so he fits in a little better. Also fun fact, Akuma was included due to the contract stipulation, as Marvel required Capcom included a Street Fighter character in the game as part of their agreement.

[@JoshuaLowe-ci3wo]

And this is where the Marvel vs Capcom series began

[@maverickg233]

The prelude to what would become one of the greatest VS crossovers to ever exist 2 years later.....

[@melvinshine9841]

I knew Akuma was in COTA, but I had no clue he doesn't fight Magneto. I guess because Magneto has dialogue with the other characters before you fight him and Capcom didn't want this to be the first time Akuma speaks?

[@DarkOverlord96]

But he does speak, he says "I am the ultimate warrior!"

[@theobserver4214]

Akuma spoke before in SSF2X. In the Japanese ROM he has unique win quotes, it was only taken out due to Capcom USA’s garbage localization.

[@MrSTRX]

Ryo Sakazaki in Fatal Fury Special was before this

[@Sean_Bird]

Anyone else notice Namco X Capcom is in the opening montage? That game isn’t a fighting game, so I’m curious how Max is going to cover it.

[@dnmstarsi]

Maybe some small talk and playing a chapter or two involving Akuma? Maybe he has a saved file or some shit or did a playthrough of this game a while back.

[@videogamerzero1schannel]

I'm unsure he will because he hates those games (the other being Project X Zone 1 & 2) as stated on a stream years ago where he flat out says it sucks and sure it was on his stream intro and outro but those were the best part to him & Simmons as the rest of the game sucks to them as they were disappointed it wasn't a fighting game but it would be interesting if he somehow briefly mentions it

[@Mecha82]

@@videogamerzero1schannel So he basically just hates those games because those are not fighting games. That's very silly and shallow imo.

[@dnmstarsi]

@@Mecha82 It kinda is but I can't totally fault them given how Namco X Capcom sounds less impressive as an tactical RPG (ain't a bad one even with how ridiculously long the game is) compared to the usual fighting game idea that most folks would've preferred. Like I tried PXZ 1 and 2 and even after playing through hours of it, I would've preferred either a fighting game or something similar to Subspace Emissary.

[@videogamerzero1schannel]

@@Mecha82 yeah its very shallow much like the Ex-Super Best Friends Play going "Its the characters you want in the game that you don't" meanwhile I dispise these games for not understanding what makes a SRPG, and underutilized all the franchises in the gameplay like X is never allowed to use his armor sets he has, the God Eater 2 characters can't go into Blood Rage & Kiryu plus Majima don't even have the tech that makes them feel like they're in Yakuza, it makes me question how did they screw all the properties up when these were done by experienced developers that know how to make an RPG, those being Banpresto (Super Robot Wars) & Monolith Soft (Xenogears/Xenosaga/Xenoblade)

[@HEHEHE_I_AM_A_MASKED_WARRIA]

Shoryu Rengoku (AKA Goshoryu Counter) is actually kinda busted in a way. It costs meter, but if it connects it actually gives you more meter back than it initially cost.

[@kevinchavis2755]

I really wish we got a Xmen: Children of the Atom 2 back then

[@IanFerguson]

I would have loved some of XvsSF characters like Gambit, Rogue and Sabertooth to have made it into a 1v1 sequel

[@ShinUltima]

We did, sorta: Marvel Superheroes was basically COTA2. Of course, it had a very different cast, though still X-Men heavy (4/10 playable non-boss characters are X-characters). I'd kill for a MSH2.

[@TheSpeedfoever]

MVC collection is now happening and I haven't seen or heard of this game in my life! Can't wait to play this for the first time! I could be wrong here but I heard its now on its 30th anniversary and if it is, then thats huge to do this!

[@AlexxxPerales]

Magneto dodging. He don’t want that Akuma smoke.

[@saintprime77613]

This brings back so many memories for me. Growing up in the 90s was such a great time gaming wise.

[@meganinten0078]

Karnov is actually the OG guest character in Fighting Games. Karnov was DATA EAST's mascot. He was a guest and also the final boss in Fighter's History (1993) Nowadays people only remember Fighter's History for two things: The story of how Capcom sued Data East for plagiarism (and they lost) And Makoto Mizoguchi Fighting game fans should respect Fighter's History, if Capcom had won in court, the entire fighting game genre would have been monopolized by them.

[@SpikeTheWolf]

They sued?

[@reignfire85]

God, I remember spending hours watching guys at the campsite arcade play this when I was a kid. Family would rent out a relative's camper for a week down the beach, I'd spend all my time riding the bike around the campground and often end up at the general goods store which had an arcade in the rear. I never had enough quarters or skill to play but enjoyed watching others do so (including a couple of boys who were always cursing in French).

[@ShadowknightEX]

I’m 90% sure he did have the demon in COTA. But I could be remembering Xmen vs Sf, because I remember rogue being able to copy the raging demon.

[@doctormalleycat]

Rogue isn't in cota

[@seantaft3853]

That is XvSF. COTA didn't have Rogue as a character in the game.

[@Mankey619]

It's crazy that they put Akuma in a X-MEN fighting game. They just used his sprite from Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo. He even looks small compare to the larger sprite designs. Akuma alone inspired Capcom to create X-MEN Vs Street Fighter.

[@alanpowell12345]

This intro is unmatched

[@Adam_Starcaster]

This was originally set up as a sales mechanism and a pairing between SSF2T because it rewarded the best players in the arcade. You can fight him as a hidden boss as well following similar requirements.

[@chumorgan443]

Scorpion and Sub-Zero in NBA jam might of been the first crossovers. But since it's just their heads ( and names) stuck on the genetic body I'm not sure it counts. Thought it's worth a mention, though.

[@HelFrostKara]

I love that y'all make a production out of the Legacy videos. I would have settled for a quick arcade playthough so this is real nice. Tho this reminded me, I don't think I could ever beat Juggernaut as a kid. I mean he wasn't playable so you just rarely saw him lol

[@VOAN]

The reason Akuma is in Children of the Atom at the time was cause when Capcom and Marvel had their game license deal, one of that deal was to make an X-Men fighting game. Capcom said for them to agree to that deal they need to also include a Street Fighter character in the game which Marvel agree. Fortunately that character had to be Akuma cause it just make sense. For one Akuma is just an avatar character at the time who had no identity yet and had no storyline with anything yet so it would make sense for him to be in the game after his multiple cameos in Street Fighter II V anime and Street Fighter II The Animated Movie.

[@latrodectahespara2728]

Ha, I thought for sure that bit at the end with the character portraits getting the Akuma symbol over them was gonna build to a Days Of Future Past cover homage. Someone should do that...

[@kildaver]

This and Darkstalkers were the beginnings of Capcom doing wild things with their fighting games. EDIT: You DO fight Magneto, but only in the Saturn version.

[@MacUser2-il2cx]

Fighting him in X-Men VS. Street Fighter is more of a reward for not screwing up. It's more certain that you'll run into him in arcade mode than putting in a secret input because back then, we had no internet to find that out. You might skim across Tips & Tricks and happen to catch how to unlock him, but that was it.

[@hpesojogladih9782]

Where it all began the vs series 👍🏻.

[@axylmagro4489]

Its crazy how much crossovers akuma has appeared over the years x men tekken and the list keeps on pounding. every fighting character has history behind him that's for sure

[@pious83]

9:30 Magneto is too busy to fight non-Mutants lol

[@BigBangBlitz]

The first big crossover I know of in video games was NES Tetris. It featured Bowser, Mario, Luigi, Kid Icarus, Samus, Link and Donkey Kong well before Smash Bros. brought them back together. Granted they are bit cameos relegated to high rank clears, sure. Earlier than that though, Bomberman crossing over with Lode Runner was weird.

[@davidwood8439]

seeing this game in full flight at home on the Sega Saturn was a time to be alive, the full arcade experience at home!

[@Megageoe]

@Maximilian Dood - You normally do fight Magneto. For some reason though I do remember back in 95 I had to fight Sentinel once as the final boss.

[@bazzjedimaster]

I feel Akuma in COTA was like Anita in MSH, the devs probably used Akuma's sprites to test the engine and then just left him there as a easter egg.

[@dnakatomiuk]

I'd wish they would re release these games for today's consoles the cross overs where just brilliant

[@thomasgreco5920]

To fight akuma is one of the hardest things to do. First round attack each round,must finish with super & you will fight akuma.

[@jessemedina5436]

The thing that was awesome about this is this isn’t the usual alpha sprite they used for the crossover games …..it’s like his street fighter 2 sprite but more detailed I always loved that about this game

[@kyuraga182]

After Akuma appeared in CotA, people started hearing rumors of Ryu in Marvel Super Heroes because his silhouette is in the capcom logo

[@RikouHogashi]

That's one funny I Beam-shaped "Pipe" Max

[@down-timegaming]

1st Capcom crossover character, SNK had done that with Ryo in Fatal Fury Special in 93

[@GameGameHeaven]

IIRC you can fight Magneto as Akuma in the Saturn version.

[@walterlucero5757]

I remember fighting Magneto with Akuma, but it was on the PSX version. I forgot what the dialog was, but I remember Akuma doing his taunt at Magneto and his Acolytes. How wild would it have been if Akuma did show up in the Fatal Attractions storyline? (which the game was based off) Like, Akuma appearing on Asteroid M from warping too hard and performing an Instant Hell on Magneto moments before he rips the Adamantium off of Wolverine's bones. Just Akuma having the ability to travel to different realities would be cool. It would make his history in Tekken make sense.

[@Demigod_3scrub]

1:08 " K. O." Still one the Best OST's in the Alpha series.. Guy's Stages Especially Zero 3

[@17Master]

The lack of hitstun here is how I feel whenever I play fighting games. Like I hit a jumping heavy kick and it seems like Zangief just shrugs it off and SPDs me before my character even touches the ground.

[@cagethelonewolf]

the fact that akuma was just soo cool, he just kept showing up everywhere to fight any one and everyone. spaming air fireballs in games where they arent op

[@Majinmccowen]

The recent upgrade in editing has made legacy series that much better and enjoyable!

[@CodyDavidHolmes]

I honestly never even knew he was in this... and I played the hell out of it back in the day.

[@spacemeo]

The intro to this video is absolutely stunning 👹

[@joseluki]

The most difficult Akuma is the one in SFA2 dash in the dramativ battle when you fight against shin akuma, and that is hilariously difficult.

[@semajsenrab9982]

Oh, and when you play with this version of shin tru Akuma, he's really a glass cannon. If you do his taunt, it goes into an instant dragon punch, but it's flamed up and eat some of your meter to do so..

[@ssgcheddar5785]

This was my first Arcade game I put ALOT of quarters into! I had always just played around with Neo Geo games, Samurai Showdown, etc... but man did I love COTA 😊

[@JacobHenwood]

"That would not happen for several years". Two years. XMvSF was only two years after XMCotA.

[@semajsenrab9982]

if you beat alpha with Akuma, he says he goes to another dimension to find a better challenge. And this is it, and it's shin true, coma at that. Pretty much set off a big industry of crossover games for Marvel and Capcom after that.

[@TheFlyingSailorYT]

Akuma saw mutants and was like "Aight, time to spin the block!"

[@Jr-Reed]

That thumbnail is CRAZY good

[@Taikomo]

Imagine, the next time Max does an Akuma legacy he has to play World Tour. I wonder if it'll be the first time he touches that mode.

[@lastknightleft]

am i the only one that remembers that Akuma was also playable in Street Fighter vs. X-Men? he was a secret character

[@xxnike0629xx]

2:20 Exactly. Well said. We need a Marvel vs Capcom series collection on PS5.

[@martinalther6661]

I’m picking up the MS DOS version of this on EBay next month! It looks so fun.

[@r.machas2921]

As our boy IFC yipes said once: ¨ AKUMA, the third XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-MEN!!!"

[@MICHAELTUMANGDAY]

Akuma throwing Dual fireballs makes me think Akuma is in Shin form already.

[@GtHeErAdIcAtOr]

Akuma/Gouki: "Where I walk, I walk alone... Where I fight, I fight alone... Where I crossover, I crossover alone."

[@alistairblaire6001]

God I love the art style of 90’s Capcom. Not just the CPS-2 games but also the Megaman games of the late 90’s.

[@EChub]

I had the DOS version of this game growing up. I had very little knowledge of Street Fighter so when I first got that secret fight, i assumed it was some kind of X-Men character i just didn't know yet.

[@dashe_8989]

This game really needs a port to modern platforms. Ideally a whole Marvel Vs Capcom collection like Arcade1up has. If they were able to sort out the licensing for that product, Capcom has absolutely no bloody excuses.

[@goranisacson2502]

They kinda do. Namely that it wasn't actually CAPCOM that figured out the licensing issues but Arcade1Up's manager, who USED to be the guy on Capcom that worked out licensing agreements between Marvel and Capcom, because I think he had worked on both companies? Essentially what I hear is that guy was like THE reason these games happened in the first case, he was the only one willing to and capable of navigating the byzantine bullshit of negotiations between East and West, and now that Marvel is Disney-owned and exponentially more demanding, to the point where they only okay'd the Arcade1Up collection because an arcade device technically counts as a "toy" rather than a videogame, which apparently involves far less legal red-tape. In essence- figuring out the legal issues for a videogame collection release is gonna be WAY harder than an arcade-device, and the only guy with experience and trust is working for himself now, not Capcom. So... don't get your hopes up.

[@Cyborg.Shinobi]

That thumbnail is way more badass than it needs to be. Punta punta punta

[@Bigsauce7593]

The akuma legacy intro is so fire

[@MukeshKumar-dy4ti]

Max should be in the esports commentary his commentary always makes me laugh 😂😂

[@iTiZaQUeStiOnMaRk]

Magneto scared of Akuma, he basically gave up lol

[@ChrisAndrewsHeavenAngel]

Akuma looked awesome in " X- MEN: Children Of The Atom" as a secret guest character. This game was a prelude to 1996's "X-MEN vs. STREET FIGHTER" crossover video which, also starred Akuma. Akuma in the sequel wasupgraded from the Super Street Fighter II Trurbo version to the Street Fighter Alpha series version of Akuma whuch, wasnice. Akuma was faster and stronger in thr sequel XM vs. SF and MSH vs. SF games.

[@hotzauhse]

That intro was godlike i need it

[@SkarjOS]

Is it me, or is the "Akuma Legacy" at the start of every video made with the Tekken 8 splash art artstyle?

[@budaclees233]

Akuma finds out what a mutant is and decides to show them what death looks like. Now i just want a Tekken 7 style cutscene of Cyclops asking Akuma who hired him. Mr. Sinister laughing from the sidelines.

[@toanuva6178]

Imagine if he showed up in X-Men ‘97

[@SmokeRulz]

Fun Fact: He's considered broken in this game due to blockstun infinites. As can probably be surmised by the video, if he didn't have them, he'd be mid-tier at best. Even when Akuma doesn't seem that good, he's still probably broken, lol. At least in these early appearances.

[@KennyCombo]

I really miss when games made u do complex codes and steps in the character select to unlock secret characters😢

[@Megageoe]

I remember selecting him and my opponent getting surprised, and super angry at me! Also - This is why Akuma should have been in Smash Bros - he was THE first crossover character!

[@darrnellnott07]

PS1: I'm likely not the only one to say this but you can play against Magnus entering into with Akuma. You can lame him out too at 5 FPS. Good old ps1 Cota.

[@Aragorn7884]

GD ...that intro Max!!! 🤩🤩🤩

[@shawnheatherly]

Can't imagine a dev just sneaking a character into a roster nowadays.

[@JorgeMartinez-dp3im]

Thumbnail goes hard af

[@rycalamo2684]

Imagine if Akuma showed up in X-Men 97 😂😂😂 would be fire

[@jakecaru17]

Actually, in a Dreamcast port of SSF2 Turbo, Akuma had a super bar. And the best part is: It was the raging demon.

[@Derelict1]

I wish Capcom would make a story of Akuma with the same fighting style but akin to Asura's Wrath or Shenmue style gameplay. Like, give a full back story in a solo game already!!

[@PikangsFutaba]

Watching that run he did on Arcade X-Men Children of the Atom, I believe the game glitched out or something because Akuma CAN fight Magneto (could probably be that he used a different version of the game that has the issue, honestly I dunno).