History Trivia / MarvelVsCapcom

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: As Marvel Comics' namesake medium (comics) were never popular in Japan (the majority of them were never published there, either), this is naturally how people in said nation feel about several Marvel characters when they appear in ''any'' Marvel-licensed game made by Capcom. The only ones who avert this are heroes who are [[WolverinePublicity really popular]] to begin with, such as Franchise/SpiderMan. The same goes for some of the more obscure Capcom picks for fans in the West.

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://marvelvscapcom.wikia.com/wiki/Marvel_vs._Capcom_Wiki Marvel vs. Capcom Wiki]].

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: With the exceptions of ''3'' and ''Infinite'' (both of which are available on modern storefronts, though ''3'' had to be rescued from a stint here first), the whole series suffers mightily from this. The only signs of modern releases come in the form of Arcade 1up, which have compiled the series in new arcade cabinets (including one that includes all six fighting games up through ''Marvel vs. Capcom 2'', set to release in the fall of 2022), but outside of these costly arcade cabinets there has been no clear sign on the series seeing the light of day without piracy or expensive used copies (which, with the exceptions of the [[NoExportForYou Japan only]] Saturn ports of ''X-Men vs. Street Fighter'' and ''Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter'' and the Dreamcast ports of the first two ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' games, tend to be very inaccurate to the arcade originals).

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The rosters of the pre-[=MVC3=] games are something of a time-capsule of 90s-era Marvel. This occurred during a time where the ''Franchise/XMen'' franchise was at the height of its popularity and before ''Franchise/TheAvengers'' had really taken off in the mid-to-late 2000s. This is reflected by the X-Men completely dominating the rosters. [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]], in particular, was something of mainstay throughout the majority of these games. While she still maintains popularity, to modern eyes, it would seem strange that she made more appearances than other popular Marvel characters. Most interestingly enough, [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] was never included in any of the rosters before ''3'' despite being one of the major founding members of the Avengers.

* FanNickname: ''VideoGame/{{Strider}} Hiryu'''s actual name is Hiryu. That said, [[IAmNotShazam most just call him Strider]].

* AuthorAppeal: Shuma-Gorath to this day is an ''extremely'' obscure villain who's barely appeared in over 50 issues since debuting 1974, and his nemesis ComicBook/DoctorStrange didn't appear in the series until ''Ultimate VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' in ''2011''. Yet, he's been part of the series since 1997, tangling with the others since ''Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter''. The reason? The dev team were doing research on characters, happened by Shuma-Gorath, and decided they [[RuleOfCool liked his design so much]] that they ''just had'' to include him.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The rosters of the pre-[=MVC3=] games are something of a time-capsule of 90s-era Marvel. This occurred during a time where the X-men franchise was at the height of their popularity and before The Avengers had really taken off in the mid-to-late 2000s. This is reflected by the X-Men completely dominating the rosters. [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]], in particular, was something of mainstay throughout the majority of these games. While she still maintains popularity to modern eyes it would seem strange that she made more appearances than other popular Marvel characters. Most interestingly enough Thor was never included in any of the rosters before 3 despite being one of the major founding members of the Avengers.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The rosters of the pre-MVC3 games are something of a time-capsule of 90s-era Marvel. This occurred during a time where the X-men franchise was at the height of their popularity and before The Avengers had really taken off in the mid-to-late 2000s. This is reflected by the X-Men completely dominating the rosters. [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]], in particular, was something of mainstay throughout the majority of these games. While she still maintains popularity to modern eyes it would seem strange that she made more appearances than other popular Marvel characters. Most interestingly enough Thor was never included in any of the rosters before 3 despite being one of the major founding members of the Avengers.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The rosters of the pre-MVC3 games are something of a time-capsule of 90s-era Marvel. This occurred during a time where the X-men franchise was at the height of their popularity and before The Avengers had really taken off in the mid-to-late 2000s. This is reflected by the X-Men completely dominating the rosters. [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]], in particular, was something of mainstay throughout the majority of these games. Most interestingly enough Thor was never included in any of the rosters before 3 despite being one of the major founding members of the Avengers.

Index:

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://marvelvscapcom.wikia.com/wiki/Marvel_vs._Capcom_Wiki Marvel vs. Capcom Wiki]].

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: As Marvel Comics' namesake medium (comics) were never popular in Japan (the majority of them were never published there, either), this is naturally how people in said nation feel about several Marvel characters when they appear in ''any'' Marvel-licensed game made by Capcom. The only ones who avert this are heroes who are [[WolverinePublicity really popular]] to begin with, such as SpiderMan. The same goes for some of the more obscure Capcom picks for fans in the West.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: As Marvel Comics' namesake medium ([[CaptainObvious comics]]) were never popular in Japan (the majority of them were never published there, either), this is naturally how people in said nation feel about several Marvel characters when they appear in ''any'' Marvel-licensed game made by Capcom. The only ones who avert this are heroes who are [[WolverinePublicity really popular]] to begin with, such as SpiderMan. The same goes for some of the more obscure Capcom picks for fans in the West.

* AuthorAppeal: Shuma-Gorath to this day is an ''extremely'' obscure villain who's barely appeared in over 50 issues since debuting 1974, and his nemesis ComicBook/DoctorStrange didn't appear in the series until ''Ultimate VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' in ''2011''. Yet, he's been part of the series since 1997, tangling with the others since ''Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter''. The reason? The dev team were doing research on characters, happened by Shuma-Gorath, and decided they liked his design so much that they ''just had'' to include him.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: As Marvel Comics' namesake medium ([[CaptainObvious comics]]) were never popular in Japan (the majority of them were never published there, either), this is naturally how people in said nation feel about several Marvel characters when they appear in ''any'' Marvel-licensed game made by Capcom. The only ones who avert this are heroes who are [[WolverinePublicity really popular]] to begin with, such as SpiderMan. The same goes for some of the more obscure Capcom picks for fans in the West.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: As Marvel Comics' namesake medium ([[CaptainObvious comics]]) were never popular in Japan (the majority of them were never published there, either), this is naturally how people in said nation feel about several Marvel characters when they appear in ''any'' Marvel-licensed game made by Capcom. The only ones who avert this are heroes who are [[WolverinePublicity really popular]] to begin with, such as SpiderMan.

* FanNickname: ''VideoGame/{{Strider}} Hiryu'''s actual name is Hiryu. That said, [[IAmNotShazaam most just call him Strider]].

* FanNickname: ''VideoGame/Strider'' Hiryu's actual name is Hiryu. That said, [[IAmNotShazaam most just call him Strider]].

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: As Marvel Comics' namesake medium ([[CaptainObvious comics]]) were never popular in Japan (the majority of them were never published there, either), this is naturally how people in said nation feel about several Marvel characters when they appear in ''any'' Marvel-licensed game made by Capcom. The only ones who avert this are heroes who are [[WolverinePopularity really popular]] to begin with, such as SpiderMan.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: As Marvel Comics' namesake medium ([[CaptainObvious comics]]) were never popular in Japan (the majority of them were never published there, either), this is naturally how people in said nation feel about several Marvel characters when they appear in ''any'' Marvel-licensed game made by Capcom.