Line #10 Trivia/MarvelVsCapcom2


1	* ActingForTwo: Mostly from the Canadian side of the cast.
2	** Creator/CatherineDisher as Storm, Psylocke, Spiral and Jill Valentine
3	** Creator/CalDodd as Wolverine, Captain America and Iceman
4	** Andrew Jackson as Hulk and Thanos
5	** Lorne Kennedy as Magneto and Dr. Doom
6	* CrossRegionalVoiceActing: As with [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom the previous titles in the franchise]], the voices are split between Japanese and Canadian voice talent.
7	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Infamously so.
8	** While the game was acclaimed back in its day and saw releases on the Platform/SegaDreamcast, Platform/PlayStation2, and Platform/{{Xbox}}, it didn't sell as well as ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' or ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'' (which came out a year later), possibly due to the Dreamcast being discontinued a year after the game's release and Creator/{{Capcom}} losing the Creator/{{Marvel\|Comics}} license soon after porting it to [=PS2=] and Xbox and were forced to pull the game from shelves. This is especially notable for the Dreamcast version of the game, which is widely considered to be [[ArcadePerfectPort the best version of it]] and the port most commonly used for TournamentPlay. The game didn't see a rerelease for years until 2009, where it was remastered and rereleased onto [[Platform/XboxLive XBLA]] and [[Platform/PlayStationNetwork PSN]]... only for it to be delisted only four years later in 2013, along with many other Marvel games [[ExecutiveMeddling thanks to]] Creator/{{Disney}}, who now owned the Marvel brand and its associated properties. Nowadays, the only way to play the game legally is to buy second-hand copies, and it is not uncommon to find said copies going up to triple digits in terms of cost. This all came to a head in 2021, where ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' fans (and the MediaNotes/FightingGameCommunity at large) began the #[=FreeMVC2=] movement, petitioning Disney and Capcom to rerelease the game onto modern platforms.
9	** At EVO 2022, an [=Arcade1Up=] arcade cabinet featuring the entire ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' series up through ''Marvel vs. Capcom 2'' was announced. This is so far the only modern re-release, with no clear statement about any of the games being made available on consoles again.
10	* KillerApp: One for the Platform/SegaDreamcast, for being an ArcadePerfectPort and for keeping its console alive years after it was discontinued, as Dreamcast consoles are the standard for ''Marvel vs. Capcom 2'' tournaments.
11	* PopCultureUrbanLegends: There are two rumors for the character Amingo. One is that he was the main character of his own game which, unfortunately, got canceled and his inclusion in the roster [[EarlyBirdCameo was to hype said game before its release]]. The other is that, like with Ruby Heart, he was a ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' character that got rejected, with some pointing out how his non-human appearance and [[ShapeshifterWeapon shapeshifting attacks]] wouldn't be out of place in the franchise. However, Capcom has neither confirmed nor denied either of these rumors, leaving them stuck as speculation.
12	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
13	** Ruby Heart was a ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' character concept that got rejected, which likely explains why she has a variation of Jon Talbain's Beast Cannon as part of her movelist. She was also supposed to appear in a Capcom mobile game known as ''Dai Koukai Frontier'' as one of the main characters before the game was canceled in 2020 and no longer promoted.
14	** [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Mr. Fantastic]], ComicBook/DoctorStrange and ComicBook/SilverSurfer were all considered for the game, but were dropped for various reasons. Doctor Strange because it was felt he'd be too similar to Doctor Doom, Silver Surfer because it was hard to adapt his board and high-speed movements to a fighting game, and Mr. Fantastic because capturing his stretchiness with hand-drawn sprites would've been difficult and time-consuming. Doctor Strange himself would eventually join the series in ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'', while Mr. Fantastic's stretching abilities were represented through the inclusion of Super-Skrull.
15	** Other proposed characters were ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} and ComicBook/BlackWidow (rejected due to worries their BadassNormal movesets wouldn't be compelling enough), ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} (rejected due to the perception that his abilities were too limited) and ComicBook/ScarletWitch (rejected due to fears she'd be too overpowered). Both Widow and Hawkeye later made it into [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 future]] [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite installments]] of the series.
16	** A port for the Platform/{{Wii}} was considered, but the game couldn't be made small enough for Platform/VirtualConsole limitations and had to be canned as a result.

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