History YMMV / MarvelSuperHeroes

** Shuma-Gorath. This character is a rare Marvel character with very few appearances in the comics even after the game's release and was chosen because [[AuthorAppeal the dev team really liked his design]].

* GoodBadBugs: Thanos' ending is glitched in the arcade version; instead of being given the option to choose between two endings, both play back to back with Magneto's ending text. While this is fixed in the console releases, the ''Marvel vs. Capcom Origins'' version is broken due to being based on the original arcade build.

** Spider-Man's ending, full stop. To elaborate, [[spoiler:Spidey comes home from saving the universe and Mary Jane tells him that she's pregnant, with Peter re-assuring her she and the baby are his universe. Then ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' happened. Though before that, she already miscarried at the end of ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga''.]]

** While his moveset makes sense in the context of wielding the reality-warping power of the Infinity Gauntlet, Thanos's repertoire of attacks is often noted to be somewhat bizarre and goofy-looking, such encasing foes in bubbles and throwing what appears to be a celestial body with the help of the Power Gem, which likely played a part in his Gauntletless moveset overhaul in ''Infinite''. Little did people know Capcom's depiction of the Mad Titan would be strangely prophetic come ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', where Thanos [[spoiler:is seen using the Reality Stone to turn people's weapons into bubbles and later uses the Power Stone to shatter one of Titan's moons and rain down its debris as meteors upon the heroes, essentially throwing the moon at them]].

* PolishedPort: ''Marvel vs. Capcom Origins'', aside from some small audio glitches, is arcade perfect (though this is all that entails, as it includes Thanos above mentioned glitched ending) and features high quality rollback netcode. It also lets you easily play as Doctor Doom, Thanos and Anita.

** Much like the version of ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'' for the same platform, the [=PS1=] version suffers from slowdowns, missing frames of animation, and lengthy load times. Even the gameplay is not totally in tact, as some more obscure tactics and combos from the arcade version aren't possible (most inexplicably, Magneto can not air dash while he is flying), and in the non-Japanese versions, Anita isn't present at all.

** Blackheart. Not a particularly well-known villain, and his most common adversary, ComicBook/GhostRider, isn't even present in this game.

* CriticalResearchFailure: About the default colors for some of the Marvel characters:
** Pink, green-eyed Shuma-Gorath. This was corrected in ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesVsStreetFighter''.
** ''Orange'' and blue Spider Man.

* PortingDisaster: Much like the version of VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom for the same platform, the [=PS1=] version suffers from slowdowns, missing frames of animation, and lengthy load times.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Shuma-Gorath is much more well known from his appearance in this game and [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom the rest of the Marvel series]] than he is in the comics.

** [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Anita]]. Not only is she a GuestFighter from the ''Darkstalkers'' franchise, which is Capcom and not Marvel, but she was also never a playable character, being a tag-along for Donovan Baine.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: For [[CombatTentacles some]] [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles strange reason]], Shuma-Gorath is popular in Japan.

* UnexpectedCharacter: Shuma-Gorath. [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Anita]] also counts, albeit [[GuestFighter for different reasons]].