Video Game: Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
X-Men vs Street Fighter was a huge hit, and in 1997, Capcom followed it up with Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter.The Marvel roster retained Wolverine and Cyclops (and brought back Omega Red from CotA) and was extended with Captain America, Spider-Man, Shuma-Gorath, The Incredible Hulk and Blackheart. The Street Fighter side was pretty much left alone, with the exceptions of Cammy and Charlie (who were replaced by Dan and Sakura). The game also featured a number of hidden character variants, such as U.S. Agent, Mephisto, an armored Spider-Man, and a Zangief that couldn't block but was never hit-stunned - as well as Shadow (the result of Charlie being subjected to horrific experiments by Bison; Shadow is often considered Fanon for Street Fighter itself). The Japanese version also had an exclusive original character: Norimaro, a Joke Characterbased on Japanese comedian Noritake Kinashi.The gameplay remained mostly the same as the previous game in fact even using the same backgrounds only remixed. Theres also the addition of being able to call your partner in for an attack without switching out.Apocalypse is still featured as a boss fight, but instead of fighting your partner after defeating him, the final fight is now against Cyber-Akuma, a version of Akuma who appears to have been somehow transported from this continuity's Age of Apocalypse timeline after having been turn into one of his Horsemen.Followed in 1998 with Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of the Superheroes.
M. Bison. His ending has him using the same technology used in Cyber-Akuma to make Cyber-Charlie, and Bison orders him to destroy everything at will. Also, one of his winquotes:
"I shall rule all in this pathetic world!"
Shuma-Gorath. His ending has him starting to multiply, taking the universe with him. There's also this winquote:
"I am the eye of the storm to come!"
In tone with his character, Apocalypse:
"I alone prevail... You cannot stop me!"
"I am eternal. None can withstand me."
"I am eternal. You did not stand a chance, fool!"
"I create history your grandchildren will read!"
"I was the first. And I alone will be the last!"
One of Blackheart's winquotes:
"I shall rule the universe with my power!"
A Winner Is You: None of the secret characters get a proper ending, at least in the English version.
Genius Bruiser: The Hulk, where he's in the guise of the Merged Hulk/Professor persona. (remember, The Green Scar from Planet Hulk and World War Hulk had yet to be created at the time)
Getting Crap Past the Radar: Averted. Norimaro was supposed to have a "Kancho" throw in the Japanese port of the game, but when Marvel found out about it, it was promptly removed. More details here.
Mecha-Zangief, a cybernetic version of Zangief. While not a proper Mecha, this version of Zangief couldn't flinch and took reduced damage from pretty much any attack. He could also use a fierybreath attack as Mech-Zangief, the Siberian Breath, similar to Dhalsim's Yoga Blast. The downside is his inability to block in this form.
Cyber Akuma, (Mecha Gouki in Japan) a roboticized version created by Apocalypse, as the game's final boss. He's a more powerful and faster Akuma that possess the greatest attack and defense of any character in the game, and comes complete with mechanical wings and rocket punches.
Lethal Joke Character: Dan gets some of the biggest buffs in this game. These humilliating winquotes sum it all:
"Hah, you're weak! Just like me!"
"It's more fun to mock you than defeat you!"
Kamehame Hadoken: The second part of the trope's name comes from the version of the Shinkuu Hadouken, which is the best known of many, MANY, MANY instances.
Beat the game to get dialogue like this before the character endings: "We make a great team (insert name here)", "We shall meet again (insert name here)".
It also has another form of it present via the Team Hyper finishes: winning a match with one combines their names together which is then displayed in a huge font. Works with most of them, although some of the time the end result is somewhere in the lines of "Shinkuu Miracle Treasure" or "Knee Press Star". Reaches its most ridiculous with Captain America and US Agent as a team, whose Team Hyper names combine into "Star Star".
Subverted with the pre-fight quotes against Apocalypse, as every character has an unique one against him.
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