Marvel vs. Capcom

The Marvel VS. Series is a collection of video games created by Capcom in which the characters created by Marvel Comics as well as Capcom's own characters appear together. The "VS. Series" originates from the fact that every game in this series is a fighting game, and although it was the first "VS. Series" involving Capcom, the name "Marvel" exists to distinguish it from Capcom's other "VS. Series" with SNK.
The Marvel VS. Series is perhaps considered to be the most popular game among American fans of Street Fighter, in part because it allows their comic-book heroes to fight alongside or against their favorite World Warriors.
The Marvel characters depicted in these games were often based on their incarnations in various early-90s TV series, and were often voiced by the same voice actors. Otherwise, there is little connection between Marvel Comics and this series.
Although the tag-team fighting concept was not new, the tag-team fighting concept was refined (although fans would argue whether this was for better or for worse) with this series. New fighting game terminology, such as "Aerial Rave" (the act of performing a combo on an opponent while the opponent remains airbone) and "Variable Combination" (the act of having two or more characters on the same team to perform their super combos at the same time) were added to the fighting game vernacular with this series.
There are persistent rumors that the series is finished with new versions of various Marvel (and Capcom) characters replacing the versions depicted in the games, but there are also persistent rumors that the series would continue, but future games in the series would involve other game and comic book companies such as DC Comics and SNK ("Marvel Vs. DC Vs. Capcom Vs. SNK").
== Games ==
* X-Men Vs. Street Fighter
* Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter
* Marvel Vs. Capcom - Clash of Super Heroes
* Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 - New Age of Heroes
== Marvel Characters ==
* Apocalypse
* Blackheart
* Cable
* Captain America
* Colossus
* Cyclops
* Doctor Doom
* Gambit
* Hulk
* Iceman
* Iron Man
* Juggernaut
* Magneto
* Marrow
* Omega Red
* Onslaught
* Psylocke
* Rogue
* Sabretooth
* Sentinel
* Shuma-Gorath
* Silver Samurai
* Spider-Man
* Spiral
* Storm
* Thanos
* Venom
* War Machine
* Wolverine
== Capcom Characters ==
This is a list of all the Capcom characters that have appeared in the Marvel Vs. Series, most of which have appeared in other Capcom games:
=== Characters from Street Fighter ===
* Akuma
* Cammy
* Charlie
* Chun-Li
* Dan Hibiki
* Dhalsim
* Guile
* Ken Masters
* M. Bison
* Ryu
* Sakura Kasugano
* Zangief
=== Characters from Darkstalkers ===
* Anakaris
* Baby Bonnie Hood
* Felicia
* Morrigan Aensland
=== Characters from Mega Man ===
* Mega Man
* Roll
* Servbot
* Tron Bonne
=== Characters from Resident Evil ===
* Jill Valentine
=== Characters from Star Gladiator ===
* Hayato Kanzaki
=== Characters from Cyberbots ===
* Jin Saotome
=== Characters from Strider ===
* Strider Hiryu
=== Characters from Captain Commando ===
* Captain Commando
=== Characters from Sonson ===
* Sonson
=== Other Characters ===
* Amingo
* Ruby Heart
== Other Characters ==
The Japanese version of Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter had an extra character called Norimaro, who was a parody of a well-known Japanese comedian. He was excluded from releases outside of Japan because of fears that Norimaro would be mistaken for a Marvel character.
Although Abyss is the name of a Marvel character, this version of Abyss appears different from the Marvel character.