GOTW: Marvel vs. Capcom 3

One of the most commonly recognized and entertaining fighters is the Marvel vs. Capcom series. MvC takes the favorite characters from a collection of Capcom games, including Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, Megaman, Resident Evil, and Dead Rising, and pits them against some our favorite Marvel superheroes.

Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Probably the most popular and most widely recognized version of the game, MvC2 has the largest character roster to date totaling 58 playable characters. Some popular Marvel characters include Wolverine, Iron Man, the Hulk, Captain America, Magneto, Spider-man and Doctor Doom. From the Capcom side we have Morrigan, Ryu, Chun-Li, Ken,Cammy, Megaman, Jill Valentine and Strider Hiryu.

Marvel vs. Capcom 3

The most recent release of the MvC series, still with a large roster of playable characters but now with new and improved graphics. The game is still a 2D fighter (meaning the characters only move on a 2D axis) but the character renderings and backgrounds are now 3D. This was a similar tactic used in Street Fighter's fourth installment. New characters include Deadpool (Marvel Comics), M.O.D.O.K. (Marvel Comics), Dormammu (Marvel Comics), X-23 (Marvel Comcis), Viewtiful Joe (Viewtiful Joe), C. Viper (Street Fighter), Wesker (Resident Evil), Frank West (Dead Rising), Vergil (Devil May Cry), and Dante (Devil May Cry).