{"id":1483,"date":"2026-08-19T20:07:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T00:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/?p=1483"},"modified":"2026-08-19T20:07:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T00:07:01","slug":"marvel-super-heroes-vs-street-fighter-issue-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/index.php\/2026\/08\/19\/marvel-super-heroes-vs-street-fighter-issue-55\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter \u2014 Issue 55"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Miss Mar\u00advel: Apoc\u00ada\u00adlypse retread should be skipped<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Extra\u00adne\u00adous. Super\u00adflu\u00adous. Unnec\u00ades\u00adsary. Fight\u00ading game sequels should be doing some\u00adthing to move the nee\u00addle, whether it be new sys\u00adtems or char\u00adac\u00adters to break up the retread. Retro fight\u00ading games espe\u00adcial\u00adly had to bring some\u00adthing new with every entry lest they be left behind in a mar\u00adket where con\u00adsumer choice is king. Mar\u00advel vs. Street Fight\u00ader did absolute\u00adly noth\u00ading new and it shows in the mod\u00adern fight\u00ading game scene.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mar\u00advel vs. Street Fight\u00ader is the sib\u00adling of the Ver\u00adsus series that is the for\u00adgot\u00adten child. Using basi\u00adcal\u00adly the same sto\u00adry as direct pre\u00adde\u00adces\u00adsor X\u2011Men vs. Street Fight\u00ader, MvSF intro\u00adduces one mechan\u00adic (Vari\u00adable Assist \u2014 call\u00ading your part\u00adner to assist) and swaps some char\u00adac\u00adters. The boss, Apoc\u00ada\u00adlypse, is a retread from the pre\u00advi\u00adous game. That\u2019s about it. It plays the same as X\u2011Men vs. Street Fight\u00ader and gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly fairs less favor\u00adably by com\u00adpar\u00adi\u00adson because of the char\u00adac\u00adter swaps and the unnec\u00ades\u00adsary inclu\u00adsion of come\u00addi\u00adan Nori\u00adtake Kinashi\u2019s joke char\u00adac\u00adter Nori\u00admaro and Cyber Akuma.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nAnd while it leans heav\u00adi\u00adly on XvSF, the game does\u00adn\u2019t play near\u00adly as well. It feels slow\u00ader and more plod\u00adding, just a chore to do much of any\u00adthing. Assists don\u2019t real\u00adly add any\u00adthing to the game\u00adplay flow and gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly can get tagged as soon as they come out. And you can\u2019t choose what move the assist does, some\u00adthing that did\u00adn\u2019t come into play until Mar\u00advel vs. Cap\u00adcom 2. That lack of advance\u00adment feels lazy. It feels like Cap\u00adcom put out a game to check box\u00ades and ful\u00adfill a con\u00adtract. And it shows in the mod\u00adern fight\u00ading game tour\u00adna\u00adment scene where XvSF still enjoys a healthy engage\u00adment, but no one plays MvSF.<\/span><\/p>\n

One area where it does do well is the sound depart\u00adment, though there are a few recy\u00adcled tracks here, too. The sound\u00adtrack car\u00adries the game and has some bangers that work for the atmos\u00adphere of MvSF, but you\u2019ve prob\u00ada\u00adbly already heard them (Edi\u00adtor\u2019s note: See this issue\u2019s Beat.Trip.Game for our sound\u00adtrack choices).<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re play\u00ading Mar\u00advel vs. Street Fight\u00ader, know that you\u2019re get\u00adting warmed over Ver\u00adsus series. It\u2019s not ter\u00adri\u00adble but it\u2019s not the best that Cap\u00adcom is capa\u00adble of when it comes to the Ver\u00adsus series. Skip this one and jump straight from X\u2011Men vs. Street Fight\u00ader to Mar\u00advel vs. Capcom.<\/span><\/p>\n