History YMMV / MarvelVsCapcom

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: A mixture of this and ValuesDissonance when it comes to analyzing the popularity of the ''Marvel Vs'' series in the United States compared to Japan. In the U.S., ''Marvel Vs.'' is held up as one of the "pillar games" of the UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunity, with ''2'' and ''3'' specifically maintaining engaging competitive scene years after their release. In Japan, while the series is like, it's viewer more-so as a "Kusoge Game", an unbalanced game that while having an active scene isn't treated as a "serious" competitive game.

* 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 ''ComicBook/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 a 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.

* 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 a 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.

** That said, the original [=PlayStation=] did come with a few gameplay quirks which made it stand out from a mechanical standpoint to compensate for the lack of proper tag mechanics. The biggest one by far was allowing players to cancel into a Hyper Combo from nearly anything, including specials (being able to cancel from specials into supers was not properly introduced in the series until ''Marvel vs. Capcom 3'' did so nearly a full decade after) and other Hyper Combos (making it mechanically similar to Delayed Hyper Combos introduced in ''[=MVC2=]'').

* 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 a 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.

* 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.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: A mixture of this and ValuesDissonance when it comes to analyzing the popularity of the ''Marvel Vs'' series in the United States compared to Japan. In the U.S., ''Marvel Vs.'' is held up as one of the "pillar games" of the UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunit, with ''2'' and ''3'' specifically maintaining engaging competitive scene years after their release. In Japan, while the series is like, it's viewer more-so as a "Kusoge Game", an unbalanced game that while having an active scene isn't treated as a "serious" competitive game.