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GamesRadar's history of the Vs. series with Seth Killian

Posted — February 12, 2011 at 11:39 a.m. PST

GamesRadar did a video/article package with Capcom's Seth Killian talking about the history of the Vs. series. This starts off with how various gameplay aspects from earlier Capcom fighters made their way into what became the Vs. series.

This is a terrific video, with a lot of fun details to check out. Here's a snip.

As Seth points out in the video, many of the fundamentals of the Vs series begin with Children of the Atom. You’ve got aerial combos, big open playfields, super jumps, hyper combos and, most obviously, all the meticulously animated sprites that would be used for the next six years.

That led into 1995’s Marvel Super Heroes, which expanded the cast beyond the X-Men, adding heavy hitters like Spider Man, Captain America and Dr Doom. Its notable exclusive feature is the Infinity Gauntlet and its gems (Space, Time, Reality, Power, Soul and Mind), which you can activate during a match for various effects. These two titles performed well, and Street Fighter was still doing big business, so that naturally led to…

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Comments

crosell said on February 12, 2011 at 11:47 a.m.

x man vs street fighter estava bien erron

Jerry said on February 12, 2011 at 11:47 a.m.

They forgot TvC. I don't care if there's no Marvel in it, it's the first Vs. game in 7 years and it's a Capcom Vs. game.

MALDA said on February 12, 2011 at 11:52 a.m.

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JanTheMan said on February 12, 2011 at 1:07 p.m.

MvC was my first fighter, then SFA, then Tekken 2...

Gamer09e said on February 12, 2011 at 1:12 p.m.

And in All those games Elektra hasn't appeared in one..... SMH
shame on you Capcom!

kirbykirbykirby said on February 12, 2011 at 1:43 p.m.

damn cyclops gotta come back. xmen vs street fighter is the original vs game. ive been playing these since children of the atom.

DomDaDude said on February 12, 2011 at 1:47 p.m.

@2 approved

Gojiguy said on February 12, 2011 at 2:26 p.m.

complete lack of mention of TvC= FAIL.

MvC3 wouldn't exist/play like it does without TvC existing!

not to mention all the new stuff TvC brough to the table.

Weird, because Seth is a big TvC fan.

MALDA said on February 12, 2011 at 2:52 p.m.

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Endgame said on February 12, 2011 at 3:17 p.m.

I think the title is wrong. It shouldn't be versus series more then it is just the games that preceded Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

#10

DomDaDude said on February 12, 2011 at 3:26 p.m.

@10 might explain why there is no SNK too -.-

#11

Batsu said on February 12, 2011 at 5:23 p.m.

Obviously a video representing it's predecessors that are also MARVEL. Great Vid and article, all around.

#12

kenshin220 said on February 12, 2011 at 7:21 p.m.

idunno if its cuz have certain scripts disabled but i don't see the video on that page : /

#13

Remster said on February 13, 2011 at 12:17 a.m.

Man, seth killian just doesn't run out of interesting things to say.

#14

FreedomFan said on February 13, 2011 at 1:39 a.m.

X-Men COTA brings back good memories.

Hello Marvel and Capcom. If you're reading this, please make CYCLOPS a DLC or make X-Men COTA 2.

#15

Loghorn said on February 13, 2011 at 11:42 a.m.

@2 & @8:

I think that they mean the MARVEL/Capcom series in general, & not the other Vs. series like TvC or Capcom Vs. SNK (or SNK Vs. Capcom), etc.

#16

pawn080 said on February 13, 2011 at 12:34 p.m.

Great vid. It brings back memories of going down the the 7-11 to play all the new fighters. I still remember them getting many of these cabinets and getting some free credits from the dude who installs them.
PS- Guy who worked for Cablevision in Bergen County, NJ in the early 90s... thanks for all the training.

#17

cvs said on February 13, 2011 at 3:12 p.m.

@15 Capcom doesn't read things from places like this,your best ebt is to go to the request forums on capcom unity for a chance for them to see your request.

#18

Gojiguy said on February 13, 2011 at 6:12 p.m.

@#9

I don't even know what to say. You say no one cares about it, then that its a good game, then that its not in the same league as other vs games.

It may not be as popular (though it beat pretty much every other vs games in console sales) but its still got a solid fan base. : /

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