History VideoGame / XMenVsStreetFighter

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Cammy and all Marvel characters are voiced by native English speakers.

In both ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes'', Capcom inserted one of their characters ([[Franchise/StreetFighter Akuma]] in ''X-Men'', [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Anita]] in ''Marvel Super Heroes'') as {{Secret Character}}s. ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' featured a hidden fight wherein Ryu and Ken faced off 2-on-1 with M. Bison. Sensing the potential for a moneymaker in those two disparate ideas, Capcom soon developed a full-fledged multimedia crossover with a tag team focus, and in 1996, it unleashed ''X-Men vs. Street Fighter''.

* AttractMode: Par for the course for games of [[TheNineties the era]], it shows small parts of some matches.

The 17-character playable roster is composed of Cyclops, Wolverine, Rogue, Storm, Gambit, Sabretooth, Juggernaut and Magneto in the X-Men side; and Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Charlie, Dhalsim, Zangief, Cammy[[note]]In her Shadaloo costume, way before it was properly introduced in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha 2''[[/note]], M. Bison, and (not-that-hidden character) Akuma in the Street Fighter side.

The game had a non-existent story to back up the action; a player's chosen team would simply fight their way through various CPU-controlled teams before facing down a gigantic version of ''X-Men'' villain Comicbook/{{Apocalypse}}. (Storm's ending implies that Apocalypse has been abducting mutants and street fighters alike for undisclosed reasons, probably to experiment on them or force them to join him.) After defeating Apocalypse, the player fights against the tag partner using whatever character landed the final blow during the boss battle, and if the player wins, they see that character's ending.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Apocalypse [[{{Sizeshifter}} grows to a gargantuan size]] for his boss fight, large enough that his fist is now approximately the size of your character while and his arm and head serve as [[AttackItsWeakPoint his only weak spots]] (something reused for [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfSuperHeroes Onslaught]] and [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Galactus]]), though he's not quite a BackgroundBoss.

** Chun-Li's ending has her being invited to join the X-Men. Ryu is also invited to join both the X-Men (in this game) and the Avengers (in ''Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter''), but politely declines both offers. Quite less "normal" than Zangief, the most they have on their side is -- like most other ''Street Fighter'' characters, a combination of KiManipulation and SupernaturalMartialArts and/or CharlesAtlasSuperpower.

* PowerCopying: Rogue has this as a unique ability: using her KissOfDeath, she can copy another fighter's special move and use it for the remainder of the match.

* AttractMode: Par for the course for [[TheNineties games of the era]], it shows small parts of some matches.
* BadassInDistress: Apocalypse's stage has several of the X-Men and Street Fighters who aren't playable trapped in PeopleJars around the edges of the stage. [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/arcade/b/xmvsfsto.htm Storm's ending]] explains that several X-Men and street fighters were captured by Apocalypse, though the exact reasons aren't known. (One bets that he intended to use them in experiments or try recruiting them for his cause.) Storm herself is tending to her then-boyfriend Forge, while Sakura befriends Gambit and Dan Hibiki runs around in the background.

** Zangief. [[KiManipulation Banishing Flat]] aside, he has was is arguably the most "normal" powerset of the cast ([[ProWrestlingIsReal pro wrestling skills honed in the harsh climate of Siberia against bears]]) yet can hold his own against the likes of Magneto and Storm.
** Chun-Li's ending has her being invited to join the X-Men. Ryu is also invited to join both the X-Men (in this game) and the Avengers (in ''Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter''), but politely declines both offers.

* CounterAttack: Variable Counters. Like the Alpha Counters of ''Street Fighter Alpha'', they require the player to input a certain command while blocking at the cost of meter, though this will call in the second member of a team to jump in to deal the retaliatory blow. As with Variable Combinations, all versions sans the [=PS1=] port allow the player to swap places with their teammate in the process.

* FightingYourFriend:
** After defeating Apocalypse, the two teammates fight each other.
** In the event that the two characters in the above DuelingPlayerCharacters scenario have some kind of positive rapport with one another, as suggested by several of the endings.
* AGodAmI: M. Bison and Magneto's endings in ''X-Men vs. Street Fighter'' also have this. In the latter's case, [[spoiler:[[QuirkyMinibossSquad Sagat, Vega, and Balrog]] join him, switching from Shadaloo to the Acolytes.]]
* HuskyRusskie: Obviously, Zangief. [[spoiler:Taken UpToEleven in his ending, where [[BashBrothers he teams up]] with Piotr "Colossus" Rasputin to capture a recently escaped Arkady "Omega Red" Rossovich... meaning that we have '''three''' {{Husky Russkie}}s suddenly in the same place...]]

** In Rogue's ending, [[spoiler:Bison promises her that he will make her human if she joins him, something she rejects. Then, Rogue has a talk with Chun-Li, where she asks how it feels being human. Chun-Li answers that she can throw fireballs, and asks what's normal about that.]]
** Similarly, in Gambit's ending [[spoiler:she tells him about her woes, but Gambit hugs her and says "You're perfect JustTheWayYouAre."]]

* {{Leitmotif}}: As stated below, none of the returning X-Men have their themes carried over from ''Children of the Atom'' or in the case of Wolverine, Juggernaut and Magneto, ''Marvel Super Heroes''. By contrast, the ''Street Fighter'' representatives have their themes taken from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' or, in Charlie's case, the ''Alpha'' series. The only exception is Cammy, who has a brand-new theme to represent her Shadaloo-era portrayal and would follow her in ''Alpha''.
* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Rogue has the unique ability to [[PowerCopying copy other fighters' special moves]] through her Power Drain attack and keep them for the rest of the match or until she gets K.O'd. As a bonus, she can also perform Akuma's Son Goku Satsu along with his mid-air Zankuu Hadouken.

* PowerCreepPowerSeep: Invoked. Capcom intentionally altered the fighting styles of the ''Street Fighter'' side to put them on par with the ''X-Men'' cast, resulting in changes like Ryu's Shinku Hadoken becoming [[KamehameHadoken a literal Kamehameha-style laser beam]].

* RecurringRiff: While none of the assorted X-characters have their themes from that game carried over, the character select music is a remix of the one found in ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom''.
** Storm's and Magneto's [=XvSF=] themes get carried over into ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: On the ladies' side, Cammy. On the men's side, Zangief and Dhalsim.

* TagTeam: It's the first game in the series which incorporates this feature, predating a lot of future games. Also unique to this game is the computer has set teams rather than the randomized teams of the future games.
** Akuma & Wolverine
** Wolverine & Cammy

** Chun-Li & Rogue
** Sabretooth & Dhalsim

** Ryu & Cyclops
** Ken & Gambit

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The 17-character playable roster includes Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm, Juggernaut and Magneto from ''Children of the Atom''; Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Charlie, Dhalsim, Zangief, M. Bison, and (not-that-hidden character) Akuma as they appeared in the ''Street Fighter Alpha'' titles; and the Capcom fighting game debuts of Gambit, Rogue, Sabretooth, and Shadaloo-era Cammy.

* AttractMode

** After defeating Apocalypse the two teammates fight each other.

** Chun-Li & Cammy
** Dhalsim & Sabretooth

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* TagTeam: It's the first game in the series which incorporates this feature, predating a lot of future games.

* FightingYourFriend: In the event that the two characters in the above DuelingPlayerCharacters scenario have some kind of positive rapport with one another, as suggested by several of the endings.

** Storm's and Magneto's XvSF themes get carried over into ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''.

* DuelingPlayerCharacters: In the single-player story mode, after defeating Apocalypse, the player takes control of whichever character landed the final blow and [[LetsYouAndHimFight must then fight his tag partner in a one-on-one match]]. This turn of events goes unexplained.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Zangief.

* PowerCreepPowerSeep: Invoked. Capcom intentionally altered the fighting styles of the ''Street Fighter'' side to put them on par with the ''X-Men'' cast, resulting in changes like Ryu's Shinku Hadoken becoming a literal Kamehameha-style laser beam.

* {{Stripperific}}: On the ladies' side, Cammy. On the men's side, Zangief and Dhalsim.

* ShoutOut: Check [[ShoutOut/CapcomVsWhatever the page]].

''[=XvSF=]'' introduced the tag-team fighting dynamic that became the trademark for the VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever series of games: players choose two fighters, then switch between them on the fly in the middle of battle. This removes the usual best-of-three-rounds structure started by ''Street Fighter'' in favor of a one-round fight, as the fight ends when one side loses both fighters. Each teammate has their own lifebar, and when switched out, the inactive fighter will heal some of the damage they've taken until called back into action. The game also allows players to use a two-person Hyper Combo where both fighters on a team perform a Hyper Combo at the same time for massive damage... provided the team still has both fighters available, of course.

* BadassInDistress: [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/arcade/b/xmvsfsto.htm Storm's ending]] explains that several X-Men and street fighters were captured by Apocalypse, though the exact reasons aren't known. (One bets that he intended to use them in experiments or try recruiting them for his cause.) Storm herself is tending to her then-boyfriend Forge, while Sakura befriends Gambit and Dan Hibiki runs around in the background.

* AndIMustScream: In Charlie's ending, [[spoiler:he's kidnapped by Shadaloo and [[FateWorseThanDeath gets attached to]] [[PlayingWithSyringes nasty experiments]]. Then we see Guile, who is searching for him.]] [[spoiler:This is {{foreshadowing}} of him [[BrainwashedAndCrazy becoming Shadow]] in [[VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesVsStreetFighter later]] [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfSuperHeroes games]]. It also serves as the basis for Charlie's much darker characterization and enhanced abilities in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', though there it is the result of betrayal (as per his ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Alpha 2]]'' ending) and Charlie's subsequent revival at the hands of [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII the Illuminati]].]]

** Zangief. [[KiManipulation Banishing Flat]] aside, he has was is arguably the most "normal" powerset of the cast ([[ProWrestingIsReal pro wrestling skills honed in the harsh climate of Siberia against bears]]) yet can hold his own against the likes of Magneto and Storm.

** FightingYourFriend: In the event that the two characters have some kind of positive rapport with one another, as suggested by several of the endings.

* KamehameHadoken: The second part of the trope's name comes from the version of the Shinkuu Hadouken that made its debut in this game, which is the best known of many, MANY, '''MANY''' instances.

* AndIMustScream: In Charlie's ending, [[spoiler:he's kidnapped by Shadaloo and [[FateWorseThanDeath gets attached to]] [[PlayingWithSyringes nasty experiments]]. Then we see Guile, who is searching for him.]]
** [[spoiler:This is {{foreshadowing}} of him [[BrainwashedAndCrazy becoming Shadow]] in [[VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesVsStreetFighter later]] [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfSuperHeroes games]]. It also serves as the basis for Charlie's much darker characterization and enhanced abilities in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', though there it is the result of betrayal (as per his ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Alpha 2]]'' ending) and Charlie's subsequent revival at the hands of [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII the Illuminati]].]]

* BadassNormal: Zangief.

* IJustWantToBeNormal: In Rogue's ending, [[spoiler:Bison promises her that he will make her human if she joins him, something she rejects. Then, Rogue has a talk with Chun-Li, where she asks how it feels being human. Chun-Li answers that she can throw fireballs, and asks what's normal about that.]]

* PeopleJars: [[spoiler: In Apocalypse's stage, several captured characters from both franchises are seen locked in pods. The "roster" includes Psylocke, Blanka, Dan Hibiki, Forge...]]

* UrExample: For TagTeam FightingGames.
* WorthyOpponent: What Wolverine considers [[spoiler:Ryu]] as.

* PeopleJars: [[spoiler: In Apocalypse's stage, several captured charas from both franchises are seen locked in pods. The "roster" includes Psylocke, Blanka, Dan Hibiki, Forge...]]