Marvel vs. Capcom 5: Ultimate Legends

Artwork of the video game's logo

*❝ The Marvel and Capcom fighters are all here!❞*
―Introduction tagline for Marvel vs. Capcom 5: Ultimate Legends
**Marvel vs. Capcom 5: Ultimate Legends** is a crossover fighting video game for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. It is the seventh crossover fighting game in the Marvel vs. Capcom franchise. This video game has been released on April 3, 2020. Director Norio Hirose states that all of the playable characters from the previous Marvel vs. Capcom games have all appeared in this fighting game.

## Gameplay

The gameplay of Marvel vs. Capcom 5 is similar to the one from Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite. Players must knock out the opposing team by repeatedly attacking the opponent and draining their health bar. MvC5 features 3-9 on 3-9 partner battles, similar to Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes and earlier installments in the franchise. MvC5 utilizes a "free-form" tag system, known as "Active Switch", which shares similarities with Marvel vs. Capcom 3's "Team Aerial Combo" system and *Street Fighter X Tekken'*s "Switch Cancel" system. Players can immediately switch between their team members at any point, even while mid-air or during attack animations. This provides players with the abilities to create their own offensive or defensive assists through the tag system and form continuous combos between their characters. As of August 22, 2019, this fighting game now features two more modes: Tournament and Survival.

In Tournament Mode, players compete on a single elimination tournament tree, while in Survival Mode, the player is forced to continue fighting until his/her characters' HP drops to zero. Also on March 14, 2020, a new mode was announced called "Daily Corruption Challenge" where the player must defeat the corruptor clones while completing missions shown at random on the daily board. When playing Online Mode, an internet connection and a Nintendo Switch Online subscription (for the Nintendo Switch) are both required to play this mode online.

## Game Modes

* Single Player
	+ Arcade
	+ Story Mode: World of Corruption
	+ Daily Corruption Challenge
	+ Survival
* Versus (3-9 on 3-9)
	+ 1P vs. CPU
	+ 1P vs. 2P
	+ CPU vs. CPU
* Tournament Mode
* Online Mode
	+ Ranked Match (3-9 on 3-9)
* Training
	+ Practice
	+ Mission Training

## Story Mode: World of Corruption

Marvel vs. Capcom 5: Ultimate Legends features the story mode called Story Mode: World of Corruption where the player can travel through the story, awakening the fighters, defeating red (for Marvel characters) and blue (for Capcom characters) Corruptor Clones, completing many stages, missions and winning mini-games to defeat the almighty Mar-Com Corruptor (literally, the Marvel-Capcom Corruptor in Japan), a corruptor of two worlds who threatens to corrupt the worlds of the Marvel and Capcom universes so that it can combine them into one corrupted planet. As the final boss since Arcade mode, the Mar-Com Corruptor gains a true form after absorbing all six infinity stones and the spirit crystals of the past bosses from each Marvel vs. game including Yellow Devil, Rathalos and Yami from the Capcom games, whom the player must defeat. The Mar-Com Corruptor can use a variety of special moves used by each boss (such as Onslaught's Mighty Hand, Apocalypse's Spiked Mace, Rathalos' Super Fireball Attack and Yami's Missile Launch) and can use the power of the infinity gems. In its true form, it can also summon Corruptor Clones based on each fighter (which refers to Galactus summoning cosmic clones) to attack the player. Completing this entire mode unlocks new stages and the alternate stages from Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and 3.

## Infinity Stone Powers

As of Marvel Super Heroes, each infinity stone has their own unique power where they can be used for a limited time for players who have the number of fighters remaining. The Mar-Com Corruptor can use some of its powers that Thanos uses to attack the player.

 Reality Stone
 Space Stone
 Soul Stone
 Time Stone
 Mind Stone

## Playable Characters

All of the Marvel and Capcom characters from their previous Marvel vs. installments make a fierce return in this fighting game. Each Marvel and Capcom characters are classified on each number in order of their appearance in Marvel Vs. fighting games. Servbot is the only character from Marvel vs. Capcom 2 to not be playable, but has been paired up with Tron Bonne renaming the duo, "Tron & Servbot". According to the character selection screen, all characters go in order from the top of their appearance in Capcom games (with the exception of all Capcom characters going from right to left). So far, only 30 playable characters are available from the start of this fighting game, while many other characters highlighted in **bold** must be unlocked by having them join the player's party in Story mode's World of Corruption, completing Arcade mode with the exact character in his/her unlock tree and playing Versus mode. Characters who are highlighted in a combination of **bold** and *italics* are new to this game. Players who pre-order this fighting video game by April 10, 2020 gets a chance to receive a download code which unlocks the two DLC characters, Daredevil and Ingrid when they get revealed on May 4, 2020, along with the first DLC costume pack, the Main Starters DLC costume pack which contains costumes for Cyclops, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Ryu, Ken, Chris Redfield and Dante.

On July 9, 2020, it was announced that four more DLC characters, Elektra, Human Torch, June and Demitri Maximoff have all appeared at the end of July along with the two DLC costume packs, the Evil Twin and Brawler packs. On September 4, 2020, it was announced that even four more DLC characters would be joining the roster where it turns out to be these DLC characters: Ms. Marvel, Drax, Batsu and Alex. These final four DLC characters have all joined the roster on September 25, 2020 along with the next DLC costume pack, the Villains DLC costume pack. In the Nintendo Switch version, players gain the ability to use Mii Fighters (who appear from *Nintendo's Super Smash Bros.* franchise) based on a Brawler, Swordfighter and Gunner during gameplay.

2. Psylocke
3. Colossus
4. Cyclops
5. Storm
6. Iceman
7. Spiral
8. Silver Samurai
9. Omega Red
10. Sentinel
11. Juggernaut
12. Magneto
13. Spider-Man
14. Captain America
15. Hulk
16. **Iron Man**
17. **Blackheart**
18. **Shuma-Gorath**
19. **Doctor Doom**
20. **Thanos**
21. **Rogue**
22. **Gambit**
23. **Sabretooth**
24. **War Machine**
25. **Venom**
26. **Marrow**
27. **Cable**
28. **Deadpool**
29. **Super-Skrull**
30. **Thor**
31. **She-Hulk**
32. **X-23**
33. **M.O.D.O.K.**
34. **Phoenix**
35. **Dormammu**
36. **Taskmaster**
37. **Nova**
38. **Ghost Rider**
39. **Iron Fist**
40. **Doctor Strange**
41. **Hawkeye**
42. **Rocket Raccoon**
43. **Ultron**
44. **Gamora**
45. **Captain Marvel**
46. **Winter Soldier**
47. **Black Widow**
48. **Black Panther**
49. ***Quicksilver***
50. ***Falcon***
51. ***Doctor Octopus***
52. ***Green Goblin***
53. ***Moon Knight***
54. ***Scarlet Witch***
55. ***Daredevil***  (DLC)
56. ***Elektra***  (DLC)
57. ***Loki***  (DLC)
58. ***Ms. Marvel*** (DLC)
59. ***Drax*** (DLC)
60. ***Spider-Gwen*** (DLC)
2. Ken
3. Chun-Li
4. Zangief
5. Dhalsim
6. M. Bison
7. Charlie
8. Cammy
9. Akuma
10. Dan
11. Sakura
12. Captain Commando
13. Jin
14. Strider Hiryu
15. Morrigan
16. **Mega Man**
17. **Roll**
18. **Felicia**
19. **Guile**
20. **Amingo**
21. **Baby Bonnie Hood**
22. **SonSon**
23. **Ruby Heart**
24. **Anakaris**
25. **Hayato**
26. **Tron & Servbot**
27. **Jill**
28. **Chris**
29. **Dante**
30. **Trish**
31. **Amaterasu**
32. **Viewtiful Joe**
33. **Albert Wesker**
34. **Arthur**
35. **Spencer**
36. **Zero**
37. **Crimson Viper**
38. **Haggar**
39. **Hsien-Ko**
40. **Vergil**
41. **Phoenix Wright**
42. **Firebrand**
43. **Frank West**
44. **Nemesis**
45. **X**
46. **Jedah**
47. **Sigma**
48. **Monster Hunter**
49. ***Jon Talbain***
50. ***Saki***
51. ***Sōki***
52. ***Donovan & Anita***
53. ***Juri***
54. ***Leon***
55. ***Ingrid*** (DLC)
56. ***June*** (DLC)
57. ***Demitri*** (DLC)
58. ***Batsu*** (DLC)
59. ***Alex*** (DLC)
60. ***Rose*** (DLC)

### **Others**

* Mii Brawler (Nintendo Switch version)
* Mii Swordfighter (Nintendo Switch version)
* Mii Gunner (Nintendo Switch version)

### **Boss Characters**

Boss characters can be challenged on each stage in story mode. In survival mode, one boss (except the Mar-Com Corruptor) will be shown at random after beating at least nine stages. Defeating a boss in this mode restores full HP on all of the player's fighters. There are a total of nine bosses to defeat in this fighting game.

 Ultron Sigma / Ultron Omega
 Mar-Com Corruptor (Final Boss)

## Character Unlock Conditions

Each set of three characters have their own unlock tree, consisting of six unlockable characters in their own tree. Completing Arcade mode with one of these characters will suddenly unlock a new character. For example, completing Arcade mode upon delivering the final blow to the Mar-Com Corruptor using Ryu will suddenly unlock Guile as a playable character. If Guile is unlocked, then Hayato will be the next character for the player who is using Ryu to be unlocked. When playing Versus mode after finishing a match, hidden characters will be unlocked in order of their appearance in Marvel Vs. games. There are a total of twelve unlock trees for thirty-six default characters.

### **Character Unlock Trees**

#### **Vs. Mode Unlock Order**

1. Rogue
2. Deadpool
3. Spencer
4. Thanos
5. Zero
6. Donovan & Anita
7. Gamora
8. Frank West
9. Black Widow
10. Guile
11. Doctor Octopus
12. Marrow
13. Phoenix Wright
14. Hsien-Ko
15. Ultron
16. War Machine
17. Juri
18. Saki
19. Gambit
20. Viewtiful Joe
21. Moon Knight
22. Chris
23. Venom
24. X
25. Baby Bonnie Hood
26. Taskmaster
27. Black Panther
28. Dante
29. Scarlet Witch
30. Ruby Heart
31. Leon
32. Ghost Rider
33. Anakaris
34. Cable
35. Sōki
36. Doctor Doom
37. Jon Talbain
38. Sabretooth
39. SonSon
40. Quicksilver
41. Firebrand
42. Rocket Raccoon
43. Thor
44. Jedah
45. Winter Soldier
46. Vergil
47. Dormammu
48. Tron & Servbot
49. Captain Marvel
50. Haggar
51. Green Goblin
52. Jill
53. She-Hulk
54. Sigma
55. X-23
56. Hayato
57. Falcon
58. Trish
59. Phoenix
60. Crimson Viper
61. Doctor Strange
62. Amingo
63. Nova
64. Monster Hunter
65. M.O.D.O.K.
66. Wesker
67. Iron Fist
68. Amaterasu
69. Hawkeye
70. Arthur
71. Super-Skrull
72. Nemesis

## Stages

All of the playable stages (except the ones from X-Men vs. Street Fighter and Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter) are shown from the past Marvel vs. Capcom games. The alternate stages from MvC2 and MvC3 can be unlocked by playing through Story Mode: World of Corruption. With new stages added as of March 30, 2020, there are now a total of 60 stages to choose from. Stages that are highlighted in **bold** are hidden stages.

### **List of Stages**

#### **New Stages**

* Aensland Castle
* Crowded Street
* Genosha
* **Mar-Com Core**
* **Mar-Com Core (Final Stage)**
* Marvel vs. Capcom World Stadium
* Mephisto Realm
* Stark Industries
* Training Room
* Wily Castle

#### **Returning Stages from Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes**

* Avengers Headquarters
* Blue Area of the Moon
* The Cliff of Desolation
* Dr. Wily's Military Base
* Headquarters of Evil
* Honda's Bathouse
* Live House of the Dark Realm
* Neo St. Petersberg
* **Realm of Onslaught**
* Rooftop of the Daily Bugle

#### **Returning Stages from Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes**

* **Abyss' Temple**
* **Chinese Swamp**
* Clock Tower
* Clown Circus
* **Clown Circus (Alternate)**
* Deserted Swamp
* The Flying Airship
* **The Flying Airship at Night**
* Icy River
* Industrial Factory
* **Lava Cavern**
* **Midday Desert**
* **Rocky River**
* **Snowy Clock Tower**
* Sunset Desert
* Water Cavern

#### **Returning Stages from Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds / Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3**

* Asgard
* **Asgard: Sea of Space**
* **Bonne Wonderland**
* **Chaos at Tricell**
* **City That Never Sleeps**
* The Daily Bugle
* Danger Room
* **Days of Future Past**
* Demon Village
* **Demon Village Redux**
* **Fate of the Earth**
* Hand Hideout
* Kattelox Island
* Metro City
* S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier
* **S.H.I.E.L.D. Air Show**
* **Shadowland**
* Tricell Laboratory

#### **Returning Stages from Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite**

* A.I.M.BRELLA
* Abel City - Sigma's Lab
* Avengers Tower
* Dark Kingdom
* Knowmoon
* New Metro City
* Valkanda
* **Xgard**

#### **Others (Nintendo Switch version)**

* ***Hyrule Castle***
* ***New Donk City Hall***

## Trivia

* This is the first Marvel vs. Capcom fighting video game to:
	+ Have this game to be released on a Nintendo system, the Nintendo Switch.
	+ Have this game get developed by *The Walt Disney Company*.
	+ Have all playable characters (excluding Norimaro, from the Japanese version of Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter) to appear from the past Marvel vs. Capcom games, although players can still customize the Mii Brawler to look like Norimaro in the Nintendo Switch version.
	+ Feature the Mii Brawler, Mii Swordfighter and Mii Gunner, the three Mii Fighter variants from *Super Smash Bros. 4* and *Ultimate* in this game.
	+ Feature Customizations for the Mii Fighters in the Mii Fighter Customization menu.
	+ Have all stages return from the past Marvel vs. Capcom games (excluding the ones from Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter and X-Men vs. Street Fighter).
	+ Feature Tournament and Survival Mode, where these modes can be found on the main menu.
	+ Feature the Daily Corruption Challenge mode in the main menu. Similar to the Daily Challenge mode from *Nintendo's Pokkén Tournament DX*.
	+ Feature a total of three DLC stages in this game.
	+ Have alternate costumes return from Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite.
	+ Have the Infinity Stones return from Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, but with minor adjustments.
	+ Have the Duo Team Attack feature return from Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes.
	+ Have all bosses return from each Marvel vs. game.
	+ Feature the new final boss, the Mar-Com Corruptor, who is nether a Marvel or a Capcom character.
	+ Have voice lines in a character's ending in Arcade Mode.
	+ Have a narrator (voiced by Peter Cullen) to voice the opening sequence and Story Mode: World of Corruption of this game.
	+ Feature alternate colors based on hidden characters from Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter and Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes.
* Stages from Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter and X-Men vs. Street Fighter are not present in this fighting game, although the "Apocalypse Now" stage from those two Marvel vs. games still appears in the Story and Survival modes.
* As of January 3, 2020, the image song that serves as the opening theme for this game is *Coventry* by the musical group, *Lunavelis*.
* Roll and Ingrid's character themes are instrumental versions during gameplay.
* Cammy is playable in her classic costume from Super Street Fighter II. Her Alpha Costume can be purchased as a DLC costume.
* Juri is playable in her default costume from Street Fighter V. Her classic costume can be purchased as a DLC costume.
* With Magneto's DLC costume being used as a glitch in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, his costume is now based on Onslaught, one of the non-playable boss characters in the game.
* Shuma-Gorath and Jill Valentine's DLC costumes from Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 are now added to the Evil Twin DLC Costume Pack from that game.
* Dormammu and Ghost Rider's Headgears for the Mii Fighters only include crystals.
* War Machine is the only Marvel character to be based on Iron Man.
* As of July 15, 2019, Servbot is the only character to not be playable and was replaced with Sōki from *Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams*. Although, he can still be paired up with Tron.
* With some of the alternate costumes returning from Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Marvel vs. Capcom 5 features a variety of alternate costumes:
	+ The Main Starters DLC Costume Pack features alternate costumes for Cyclops, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Ryu, Ken, Chris and Dante. This DLC costume pack has been released on May 4, 2020 along with Daredevil and Ingrid.
	+ The Rising Dead DLC Costume Pack features alternate costumes for Blackheart, Phoenix, Ghost Rider, Green Goblin, Anakaris, Frank West, Nemesis-T Type and Leon. This DLC costume pack has been released on June 5, 2020.
	+ The Evil Twin DLC Costume Pack features alternate costumes for Spider-Man, Shuma-Gorath, Deadpool, Jill, Hsien-Ko and Vergil. This DLC costume pack has been released on July 10, 2020 along with four more DLC characters, Elektra, Human Torch, June and Demitri.
	+ The Brawler DLC Costume Pack features alternate costumes for Juggernaut, She-Hulk, Iron Fist, Zangief, Spencer and Haggar. This DLC costume pack has been released on July 10, 2020 along with four more DLC characters, Elektra, Human Torch, June and Demitri.
	+ The Femme Fatale DLC Costume Pack features alternate costumes for Psylocke, Storm, X-23, Black Widow, Chun-Li, Cammy, Morrigan and Ruby Heart. This DLC costume pack has been released on August 28, 2020.
	+ The Villains DLC Costume Pack features alternate costumes for Super-Skrull, M.O.D.O.K., Thanos, Wesker, Crimson Viper and Sigma. This DLC costume pack has been released on September 25, 2020 along with six more DLC characters, Ms. Marvel, Drax, Batsu, Alex, Spider-Gwen and Rose.
	+ The New Age of Heroes DLC Costume Pack features alternate costumes for Sentinel, Doctor Doom, Gambit, Akuma, Strider Hiryu and Amingo. This DLC costume pack has been released on October 30, 2020.
	+ The Animal DLC Costume Pack features alternate costumes for Wolverine, Sabretooth, Rocket Raccoon, SonSon, Felicia and Amaterasu. This DLC costume pack has been released on November 20, 2020.
	+ The Weapon Expert DLC Costume Pack features alternate costumes for Cable, Taskmaster, Hawkeye, Winter Soldier, Mega Man, Trish, Zero and Saki. This DLC costume pack has been released on January 8, 2021.
	+ The Viewtiful Strange DLC Costume Pack features alternate costumes for Dormammu, Nova, Doctor Strange, Tron, Viewtiful Joe and Phoenix Wright. This DLC costume pack has been released on February 12, 2021.
	+ The Ancient Warrior DLC Costume Pack features alternate costumes for Magneto, Hulk, Marrow, Dhalsim, Arthur and Firebrand. This DLC costume pack has been released on March 19, 2021.
	+ The Power of Infinite DLC Costume Pack features alternate costumes for Captain Marvel, Ultron, Gamora, X, Jedah and Monster Hunter. This DLC costume pack has been released on April 2, 2021.
	+ The Almighty Killer DLC Costume Pack features alternate costumes for Omega Red, Venom, Moon Knight, Jon Talbain, Juri and Donovan & Anita. This DLC costume pack has been released on May 7, 2021.
	+ The Reunited Roster DLC Costume Pack features alternate costumes for Silver Samurai, Iceman, War Machine, Charlie, M. Bison and Guile. This DLC costume pack has been released on June 4, 2021.
	+ The Amazing Masters DLC Costume Pack features alternate costumes for Spiral, Black Panther, Doctor Octopus, Dan, Sakura and Sōki. This DLC costume pack has been released on July 16, 2021.
	+ The Righteous Disciples DLC Costume Pack features alternate costumes for Quicksilver, Falcon, Scarlet Witch, Jin, Roll and Hayato. This DLC costume pack has been released on August 20, 2021.
	+ All separate DLC costume packs cost $2.99 on each console: PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.
	+ The full DLC costume pack for all non-DLC characters costs $49.99.
	+ Daredevil and Ingrid's alternate costumes can be obtained for free when players pre-order the game by April 10, 2020.
	+ When purchasing DLC characters (Daredevil, Ingrid, Elektra, June, Loki, Demitri, Ms. Marvel, Batsu, Drax, Alex, Spider-Gwen and Rose), they each come with their own DLC costume.