July 27th 2009 1:30 pm PT

Awesome. i dont mind paying 1200 as long as the matchmaking works well straight off the bat . Capcom fightin games have had some dodgey matchmaking on release

kinda off topic but what happened to this weeks podcast? or last week i guess.

Monkey Island, remade with hand-drawn art and voice acting at 800… Even another example from Capcom – SSF2THDR, completely redrawn graphics, and worth every one of those 1200 points (IMO).

MvC2 is not with HD graphics as mentioned above, it has a scaler to help smooth it out, and has all characters unlocked already leaving nothing for the single player to do. 1200 points for an emulated version with minor changes is a bit rude when compared to the time and effort put into other games at this price point.

“Da-da-da-daaaaaaaaaaaa!! Marvel-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l versus Capcom-m-m-m-m-m-m-m with ONLINE multiplayer is almost here. The year was 1997 and the Street Fighter Universe was hit with a ‘Deathstar’ explosion of SF3:NG and then SF:2ndG and last SF3:TS which all had awesome animation that baffled quite a few street fighters including myself – and the dying arcades. We had the prelude of Children of the Atom (super late on PS1) and XMen vs Street Fighter >>Fastfroward>>> Finally 2009 an update (that should have been Official Retail Game on CD in my book) one of the best ‘glamorous’ fighting games to date (outside of Killer Instinct) has been upgraded with with multiplayer online ability for only $15. Hopefully this will pluck the string of the fighting game era, (before EVO, before ‘official competitions’) and bring the 2D excitement, thrill and fun back to the street level for more than ‘underground parties’. The ONLY complaint that SHOULD be made about this game is the 2 Player Only Lobby, KOF XII has an 8 Player Lobby to allow our friends to watch our fights to have conversation and entertainment. Dead or Alive 4′s (Xbox360 version) Lobby SHOULD be standard in ALL fighting games.

@SumHydroponic
I totally agree about the d-Pad on the Standard Xbox360 controller, but SFIV (although the game is very broken with some fighters) the control is MUCH better than SFIIHF and SSFIITHDR. I just purchased KOF XVII (it was released early?) and the response of the D-Pad is great (I’m not a KOF fan) but the play and animation of this game is so SFA – try it. We love it!

@ Complainers
Raise your voice AFTER the game is released IF it has super lag like the precious server issue of Battlefield 1943, but I think Backbone has enough experience from their previous releases to have that under control. And . . . “Thank you for playing!”

1200 is more than acceptable for a game that goes up to $200 on Ebay at certain times JUST to get it with its case and in “brand new” quality. This version with minimal enhancements, online play, achievements, and all the hectic action I remember form the old days, all for $15? Yeah, I’ll pay for that. Can’t wait, Major!

@RammsteinGunner

>All the fighting games are the same.

You don’t deserve to be a gamer if you’re saying that. May as well kill yourself.

@RammsteinGunner
I said the same about FPS like Doom, Hexen, Quake and Halo – but are they? Think before you answer. Just like FPS are all about the snipe and headshot, fighting games are all about the fight and skill.

Symphony of the Night is still at a ridiculous price on eBay, and there will always people willing to pay such a high price for the original game – look at Star Wars figures

If that is the basis of the pricing of a 10 year old game, what its worth on eBay, then games like SSF2THDR, Braid, Monkey Island that have had a lot more work put into their XBLA release should be sold at retail pricing… I just don’t think its fair on those developers that put the effort in, when they could just copy & paste something thats 10 years old.

I’d love to see MvC2 have the SSF2THDR treatment rather than just a filter… oh, and bring back the character unlocks for us single players

bring on the pain !!!

Instant buy.

@Warrengonline, have to agree with you there m8 !!

whats KOF like ?

@NinjaJesus13: I don’t see anyone whining about this one. I simply pointed out the irony that people have been complaining about the prices of most games that are 1200 points for a long time now, despite the fact all those smaller indie games have become far bigger and more complex with the removal of the file size limitations. Yet as soon as something like this is released, which is little more than a port, people are eating it up. If you think the price is fair, go ahead and buy it, but when we just got games like Splosion Man and a totally remastered Monkey Island for 800 points, it seems a little silly, as those are two that could have easily justified the 1200 point tag.

Not looking forward getting online just to find nothing but Magneto/Sentinel/Storm teams, but I’m getting it anyway. I love crossovers, even those with jazz soundtracks *cough*.

And I agree about the price. How is a ROM bundled with an emulator worth more than Monkey Island’s remake?

@RammsteinGunner
That’s so dumb to say. I could say the same for racing, shooters, platformers, music, etc. Judging by the games on your Gamertag, would I rather play Marvel vs Capcom 2 or Rocky and Bullwinkle? Hmmm.

Ugh, I swear, Xbox is plagued by people who only play music, shooter, and sport games. I have noticed they are usually the ones who complain about other types of games.

@WinterSnowblind
Maybe people are excited for this “ROM”, because of how hard the game is to get for a reasonable price? Sure, I could understand if the game was 20 bucks for the other systems, then I would think 15 bucks would be crazy to pay. The only way you could play this would be to: fork out 70 dollars, play it illegally on your PC(which is wrong), find an arcade that has it(which would be dumb), or get it for 15 bucks. Which sounds like the most reasonable thing to do? Plus, with added online(if it is good), it will allow friends to fight across the world. I don’t see how 15 bucks is going to do that much more damage than 10 dollars would do.