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'''''Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes''''' (2000) is arguably the most popular game (as of yet) in the ''[[Capcom vs. Whatever|Capcom Vs]]'' series.
The final 2D entry in the ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom]]'' series, it sandwiches [[Dream Match Game|every playable character]] from ''[[X
To make things easy for you, that is a whopping 56 individual characters, placing the game among those with the most numerous cast.
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If that wasn't enough, the game bumped the teams up to ''three'' fighters per team, allowing you to select different sets of assist attacks and Double (and ''Triple'', of course) Supers. The game also allowed you to chain supers together for absurdly long and painful combos, or just safe, if costly, switching between characters.
Eventually, Capcom lost the Marvel license, and both companies would follow separate routes until 2008. After massive fan demand (and the success of ''[[Capcom Sequel Stagnation|Super]] [[
== Marvel ==
* Returning: [[Daredevil|Blackheart]], [[Captain America (comics)]], [[X-Men|Colossus, Cyclops]], [[Fantastic Four|Dr. Doom]], [[X-Men|Gambit, Iceman]], [[
* Newcomers: [[X-Men|Cable, Marrow and Wolverine]]<ref>Bone claws</ref>.
== Capcom ==
* Returning: [[Street Fighter II
* Newcomers: [[Darkstalkers
== [[Original Generation|Brand-new characters]] (representing the Capcom side): ==
* ''Amingo'': a cactus-man.
* ''Sonson'': the granddaughter of the hero of a classic Capcom game of the same name (based off of ''[[Journey to
* ''Ruby Heart'': a [[Pirate Girl]] who is (ostensibly) the main protagonist of the game.
* ''Abyss'': The game's [[Final Boss]]. A being whose awakening is spreading a wave that's killing off all life on land.
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* [[A Winner Is You]]: Unlike the first game, there's no separate endings for the characters. You get a little uncolored slideshow of the characters mingling on Ruby's ship after the Abyss battle and that's pretty much it.
* [[Ambidextrous Sprite]]: Cable's bionic arm.
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* [[Animated Armor]]: Abyss's first form.
* [[Ascended Extra]]:
** [[Mega Man (
** In ''Mega Man Legends'', the Servbots were Tron's assistants, but here, they made the jump towards the main roster along with their mistress.
** If we don't count both ''[[X
* [[Assist Character]]: Several, including [[Mega Man (
* [[Attack Its Weak Point]]: The black sphere that serves as Abyss' core. Only in the third form it can be attacked, thought.
▲* [[Assist Character]]: Several, including [[Mega Man (Video Game)|Mega Man]] ([[Canine Companion|Rush]]), [[Cyberbots (Video Game)|Jin]] ([[Humongous Mecha|Blodia]]), [[Mega Man Legends (Video Game)|Tron Bonne (Servbot)]], [[Captain Commando]] (his Commando Team), [[Resident Evil|Jill Valentine]] ([[Enemy Mine|zombies, crows, dogs and Tyrant]]) and [[X Men|Sabertooth (Birdie)]].
* [[Audible Sharpness]]: One of the ''many'' reasons [[Strider
▲* [[Attack Its Weak Point]]: The black sphere that serves as Abyss' core. Only in the third form it can be attacked, thought.
* [[Badass Arm
▲* [[Audible Sharpness]]: One of the ''many'' reasons [[Strider (Video Game)|Strider]] Hiryu became [[Ensemble Darkhorse|so popular]]. [[Most Wonderful Sound|SCHWING!]]
* [[Badass Adorable]]: [[Mega Man (
▲* [[Badass Arm Fold]]: [[Doctor Doom]] has this as his [[Idle Animation]]. While it [[Rule of Cool|looks cool]], it's not exactly the most practical position to have your arms in while fighting. Of course, it's ''Doom'' we're talking about.
* [[Badass Biker]]: Hayato, of ''Star Gladiator'' fame, whose intro consists of him jumping off of his [[Cool Bike|tricked-out ride]] and activating his <s>[[Star Wars|lightsaber]]</s> [[You Wanna Get Sued?|plasma]] [[Laser Blade|blade]] with a [[Kiai]].▼
▲* [[Badass Adorable]]: [[Mega Man (Video Game)|Roll]], [[Mega Man Legends (Video Game)|Servbot]] and Felicia.
* [[Badass Normal]]: [[Captain America (comics)]], [[Iron Man]], and [[War Machine (Comic Book)|War Machine]] in the Marvel side, and Zangief, Strider Hiryu, Jin Saotome, Hayato Kanzaki, [[Captain Commando]], Jill Valentine and Tron Bonne in the Capcom side. With the exception of Zangief, all of them use [[Powered Armor|Powered Armors]], [[Humongous Mecha|Humongous Mechas]] and/or weapons, anyway.▼
▲* [[Badass Biker]]: Hayato, of ''Star Gladiator'' fame, whose intro consists of him jumping off of his [[Cool Bike|tricked-out ride]] and activating his <s>[[Star Wars|lightsaber]]</s> [[You Wanna Get Sued|plasma]] [[Laser Blade|blade]] with a [[Kiai]].
▲* [[Badass Normal]]: [[Captain America]], [[Iron Man]], and [[War Machine (Comic Book)|War Machine]] in the Marvel side, and Zangief, Strider Hiryu, Jin Saotome, Hayato Kanzaki, [[Captain Commando]], Jill Valentine and Tron Bonne in the Capcom side. With the exception of Zangief, all of them use [[Powered Armor|Powered Armors]], [[Humongous Mecha|Humongous Mechas]] and/or weapons, anyway.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Marrow.
* [[BFG]]: Iron Man's/War Machine's '''PROTON CANNON!''', [[Darkstalkers
* [[Beam Spam]]: Abyss's second form. '''SO ''FREAKING'' MUCH'''.
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* [[Big Bad]]: {{spoiler|Abyss}}.
* [[Big Eater]]: Sonson, who can turn her opponents into fruit [[I'm a Humanitarian|and eat them]].
* [[Blob Monster]]: Abyss is revealed to be a massive being of liquid/goo in his 2nd form, and apparently switches to red goo ([[Bloody Murder|blood?]]) in his 3rd form.
* [[Blow You Away]]: Storm uses wind attacks as a few of her specials, and combines it with [[An Ice Person]] for one of her Supers.
* [[A Boy and His X]]: [[Mega Man (
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: One of Marrow's [[Victory Pose|Victory Poses]] is her looking at the "camera" and throwing a bone, literally breaking the fourth wall.
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: You'd expect this with the [[Fighting Game]] characters, naturally. But it even extends to the Marvel [[Superhero|Superheroes]], among others.
** '''''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|BEHOLD! OPTIC BLAST!]]'''''
** '''''[[Captain America (comics)|FINAL JUSTICE!]]'''''
** '''''[[Cable
** '''''[[Mega Man 8
** '''''[[Incredible Hulk|GAMMA CRUSH!]]'''''
** '''''[[Captain Commando|CAPTAIN]] <s>COLLIDER</s> CORRIDOR!'''''
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* [[Character Roster Global Warming]]: 56 playable characters and only six (Zangief, Anakaris, Colossus, Sentinel, Hulk, Juggernaut) are of the slow-and-strong type.
* [[Combat Tentacles]]: The only plausible explanation as to how Shuma-Gorath made the cut over his antagonist, [[Doctor Strange]].
** Also, Omega Red.
* [[Combination Attack]]: Double and Triple Supers.
* [[Composite Character]]: Zangief and Sakura may qualify, since they have the ability to transform into Mecha Zangief and Dark Sakura during battle, who were technically separate characters in ''Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter''.
* [[Cool Ship]]/[[Cool Airship]]: Ruby Heart, being a trans-dimensional, world-traveling [[Pirate]], is in possession of one. It also is the cast's main form of transportation, one of the fighting stages of the game AND one of her Super Combos.
* [[Cool Versus Awesome]]: The whole reason the game exists.
* [[Damn You, Muscle Memory!]]: Two assist buttons are added, but both medium attack buttons have been dropped. Some medium attacks have been retained as launching command attacks, while others can only be done by pressing a weak attack button twice within close range.
* [[Death From Above]]:
** Blackheart's Armageddon summons a meteor storm to the battlefield.
** The Hulk [[In a Single Bound|jumps into space]], and essentially pulls a passing meteor from space to drop it on his opponent.
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** Abyss's first form has a shower of energy spears as a Super.
* [[Desperation Attack]]: If Jin Saotome is left as the last man standing on his team, he'll start glowing gold and will gain a strength boost plus Super Armor (needs two hits to enter the stun animation).
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Almost literally, with [[Eldritch Abomination|Shuma-Gorath]].
* [[Dishing Out Dirt]]: Felicia's Sand Splash attack.
* [[Divergent Character Evolution]]: War Machine in MvC was exactly like Iron Man in the earlier games. In MvC 2, he gets Gold War Machine's special moves, replacing Iron Man's beam attacks with guns and missiles (which is closer to how he's portrayed in the comics).
* [[Dream Match Game]]: For the entire ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom]]'' series, including the Marvel-only ''[[X
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: Most of the tag-ins.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: Jill Valentine is "aided" by zombies in battle.
* [[Enemy Summoner]]: Blackheart's strong attacks summon minor demons which cling onto the opponent to slow him/her down.
* [[Enemy Switch-Out]]: The "Snapback" command that forces your opponent to tag out if possible.
* [[Excuse Plot]]: Well there isn't really one, but the ending suggest that Ruby called everyone together to fight Abyss.
* [[
** [[Hurricane Kick]]: Ryu, Ken, Akuma and Sakura.
** [[This Is a Drill]]: One of [[Mega Man (
* [[Fire, Ice, Lightning]]: Silver Samurai can switch between the three elements, having special effects and one unique Super for each.
* [[Flash Step]]: [[
* [[Flight]]: [[Iron Man]], War Machine, Magneto, Storm, [[Game Breaker|Sentinel]] and M.Bison all have a special move that allows them to fly for a limited time.
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: [[
* [[Game Mod]]: Before the [[Xbox Live Arcade]] version was announced, people were making custom Dreamcast ISOs with custom soundtracks, (due to its heavy [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]) and custom colours. There wouldn't be "Mango Sentinal", "Sicily in the middle of Italy" nor "Bitch blue like candy" without this, for Yipes' sake!
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: The Hulk, where he's in the guise of the Merged Hulk/Professor persona. (remember, The Green Scar from ''Planet Hulk'' and ''[[World War Hulk]]'' had yet to be created at the time)
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Roll's lv1 Super turns her into a [[Mazinger Z]]'s expy where she fires lots of different ammo... including [[Torpedo Tits|round missles from her chest]].
* [[Glass Cannon]]: A few, considering there are [[Loads and Loads of Characters]], but taken [[Up to Eleven]] with the team Strider/Doctor Doom/Sentinel, known as "Team Clockwork" after the player who pioneered it. Strider is not only a [[Glass Cannon]] himself, but if he or Doom dies, the team often falls apart. Notice in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpr5yF25AGo the first match in this video] where Clockwork is holding a nice lead and momentum until Strider dies, and then it falls apart.
* [[Gratuitous French]]: Ruby Heart, although it's hard to tell.
* [[Henshin Hero]]: [[Captain Commando]] is one according to his intro.
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* [[Heroic Mime]]: For some reason, Storm doesn't have any dialogue aside of grunting.
* [[Hot
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: Sentinel. For non-playable mecha, we've got Jin's Blodia, who is used in some of his attacks.
* [[I Am Legion]]:
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* [[An Ice Person]]: Iceman.
** Also Storm in some of her attacks, and Silver Samurai while in Ice Sword mode.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Servbot. He uses things like ''potato peelers'', for crying out loud!
* [[Joke Character]]: Dan (natch), Roll, and Servbot.
* [[Kamehame Hadoken]]: The second part of the trope's name comes from the version of the Shinkuu Hadouken, which is the best known of many, MANY, '''MANY''' instances.
* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: Several characters either have the real deal (i.e. Jin Saotome in one of his [[Victory Pose|Victory Poses]], Silver Samurai, etc.) or a slight variation of it.
* [[Kick Chick]]: Chun-Li and Cammy.
* [[Kiss of Death]]: Morrigan's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc-5onW5GiE Eternal Slumber] secret move.
* [[Laser Blade]]: Strider Hiryu's Cypher, Hayato's plasma sword. The former leans more toward [[Hot Blade]].
* [[Legacy Character]]: SonSon is the granddaughter of SonSon, the eponymous protagonist of an early Capcom game of the same name, which was based off the ''[[Journey to
* [[Life Drain]]: Omega Red's specialty.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Sentinel, especially when flying.
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: The game included pretty much every playable Marvel and Capcom character inside of Capcom's Marvel games that was featured in the series up to that point, to a grand total of 56 (counting both of Wolvie's forms, and not counting the boss).
* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: War Machine's Proton Cannon and War Destroyer.
* [[Made of Iron]]: Colossus and (Mecha) Zangief for the ''literal'' example. Both even have [[
* [[Making a Splash]]: Ruby Heart can create pillars of water for an attack.
* [[Megaton Punch]]: Jin's entire fighting style, especially the Blodia Punch, which is a [[Megaton Punch]] by a [[Humongous Mecha]].
▲* [[Mini Mecha]]: [[Mega Man Legends (Video Game)|Tron Bonne]] rides one to fight.
* [[More Dakka]]:
** [[Darkstalkers
** [[Mega Man (
* [[
* [[Original Generation]]: Amingo, Ruby Heart and Abyss.
* [[Pirate Girl]]: Ruby Heart. To a much lesser extent, [[Mega Man Legends
* [[Playing
** Cammy and Bison use a Psycho Power-fueled variation.
* [[Powered Armor]]: [[Iron Man]] (natch), War Machine, [[Captain Commando]] and Abyss.
* [[Power Creep, Power Seep]]:
** How the (mostly) [[Badass Normal]] characters from the ''Street Fighter''-verse can last more than five seconds against powerhouses like Magneto.
** Seeing how a fairly obscure character like Marrow can beat A-listers like Magneto, or Wolverine, makes the game even more fun to play.
** Heck, even a circuit-and-metal SERVBOT can beat MAGNETO, a SENTINEL or the JUGGERNAUT ([[My Way Entertainment|bitch]])!!!
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** Somewhat averted in competitive matches, as the top ranked characters are all big-name Marvel characters (except Sentinel and Psylocke) with a few exceptions (Strider and Captain Commando).
* [[Rocket Punch]]: Sentinel. It even says those two words.
* [[Rubber Man]]: Dhalsim and Spiral.
* [[Rule of Funny]]: SonSon crushes a watermelon on an enemy's head then eats it.
* [[Ryu and Ken]]: All 5 types: Ryu, Ken, Sakura, [[Game Breaker|Akuma]] and [[Joke Character|Dan]], all of them [[Shotoclone|Shotoclones]]. And for examples not involving those two street fighters, there're [[Wolverine Publicity|two Wolverines]] (Adamantium and [[Dork Age|Bone]] claws); Iron Man and War Machine; [[Mega Man (
* [[Serious Business]]: The game holds the record for the biggest money match in fighting game history, with a $40,000 prize.
* [[Shock and Awe]]: Storm's primary form of offense. Many other characters have at least one shock/stun move.
** Captain Commando's power gloves use both electricity and [[Playing
* [[Shotoclone]]: Aside from the 5 examples of [[Ryu and Ken]] above, Spider-Man, [[Captain America (comics)]], Morrigan and Cyclops.
* [[Shout
* [[Small Girl, Big Gun]]: Jill uses a rocket launcher so big that despite being a badass extrodanaire the recoil knocks her over.
* [[SNK Boss]]: Abyss, if you use a melee-only team.
** Just to clarify, Abyss' first form isn't hard to take down melee, but the second form pretty much requires liberal projectile usage. The third can be taken down in either fashion, but leans towards aerial attacks.
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: The infamous original soundtrack, consisting of jazzy music. The entry on that page likens the dissonance to using zydeco music in ''Silent Hill''.
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* [[Sprite Polygon Mix]]: The game has sprite-based characters and 3D backgrounds.
* [[Stripperific]]: In the ladies' side, we have Psylocke, Cammy, Felicia, and Morrigan. [[Vapor Wear|The latter two technically don't even wear clothes.]] And in the men's side, Hulk, Zangief, Dhalsim and, if one is feeling crazy, Colossus.
* [[Super Mode]]: [[Super Strength|''Mecha'' Zangief]] and [[Super
* [[Super
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: War Machine was included in the original ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' when they couldn't use Iron Man due to licensing issues. Both were included in this game, leading to [[Divergent Character Evolution]].
* [[Tag Team]]
* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]:
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* [[Third Option Adaptation]]: Ruby Heart was created as a mediator between the Capcom and Marvel sides, acting as a neutral protagonist.
* [[Transforming Mecha]]: Rush Drill and Beat Plane. Both controllable by the player.
* [[The Unexpected]]: Shuma-Gorath, Jin and Marrow.
* [[Updated Rerelease]]: If you are really (and we mean '''''really''''') technical, the 2009 port could count as this with its additions of online play, fixed glitches, custom soundtracks and sprite filters. No more, no less.
* [[V
* [[Victory Fakeout]]: Happens ''twice'' with Abyss. Each time you defeat its first two forms, the usual '''YOU WIN!''' message appears, and your onscreen character even does his victory pose. Sadly, your health is not restored.
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifter]]: Amingo and Venom make extensive use of this in their movelist. Then there's Shuma-Gorath (who can change shapes into mouths, spikes or even stone), Spiral (has one Super in which she turns into everyone on Marvel's side of the cast), Morrigan (can shape her batwings into several forms), Felicia (can turn into a small kitten) and Anakaris (can shape into various pyramid-shaped forms)
* [[Wave Motion Gun]]: Iron Man's '''PROTON CANNON''', Cable's '''HYPER VIPER BEAM''' and Morrigan's '''SOUL ERASER'''
* [[Wolverine Claws]]: Wolverine, d'oh.
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