X-Men: Children of the Atom
It’s wild to think about how Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite tossed the X-Men out the window when looking through Capcom’s Marvel fighting game history. X-Men: Children of the Atom is often forgotten when talking about Marvel and Capcom’s relationship over the years. It’s a shame because before there were any Vs. games, there was this 1994 fighting game. X-Men: Children of the Atom was the first fighting game Capcom made that featured Marvel characters, and it was loosely tied into the X-Men animated series from the ‘90s that’s getting a second wind with X-Men ‘97
Capcom put what it had learned from Street Fighter into a solid X-Men fighting game that still looks slick today. The 2D sprites and animation are on-par with some modern sprite-based fighters, and its roster is so well-realized it’s like they’re coming right off a comic book page.
