Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes

Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes is the fifth Marvel Comics-licensed fighting game by Capcom and the third game in the Marvel vs. Capcom series. In contrast to X-Men vs. Street Fighter and Marvel Super…

90 12 January 1998

Arcade Fighting Action Fantasy Science fiction

Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes is an arcade developed by Capcom, released 12 January 1998 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Dreamcast and Arcade. The main story takes about 3 hrs to finish.

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What Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes is

Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes is an arcade game developed by Capcom and released in 1998. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Dreamcast and Arcade.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The storyline is loosely based on the X-Men: Onslaught arc from the Marvel Comics continuity: following an incident in which mutant telepath Charles Xavier was forced to enter into the mind of Magneto, part of Magneto's anger slipped into Xavier's psyche, and after merging with Xavier's darkest emotions it spawned a powerful psychic entity known as Onslaught. The game expands on the story by having Xavier's conscience calling forth heroes from the Capcom universe in order to help stop him.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and science fiction. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Marvel series

Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes is the 61st of 404 entries we hold in the Marvel series. The next entry was Nintendo Mini Classics: Spider-Man in 1998. Its critic score of 90 is 26 points above the series average of 64. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.

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How it was received

Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 95% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1998 averaged 70, so it scored 20 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 86, across 119 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 3 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 8 hrs, roughly 2.7 times the length of the critical path.

What it launched against

Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes launched on 12 January 1998, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2 (1998), Gran Turismo, Resident Evil 2 and Sega Rally 2. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 2 (1998), Gran Turismo, Resident Evil 2, Sega Rally 2.

Cheats and codes

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