Marvel Vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes

The classic. The gold standard for beautiful nonsense. The reason people were so excited this collection was announced. Unavailable for ages, but still a staple of fighting game get-togethers the world over, MvC2 is unhinged in the best way. Expanding player teams to three characters saw it find its glorious madness.

MvC2 is also the entry where Capcom ditched the six-button setup for a more streamlined one with two punches, two kicks, and two dedicated ‘teammate’ buttons. This entry also got rid of the dedicated ‘assist’ character list, opting to add three assists to each playable character, and letting you choose which type of assist you wanted them to use. Now you need to think about more than just withdrawing wounded characters so they can heal: You’ll need to consider which assists you’ll have backing you up if you momentarily retreat.

Coolest Characters

Sentinel, Cable, Dr. Doom, Strider (but there is tons of fun to be had with loads of characters in this game)