Capcom vs. SNK: The King of Arcades: Bonus Round!: Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection

The Marvel vs. Capcom Collection is out and with its widespread availability, Capcom has some more ammunition under their belt.  While doing the Capcom vs. SNK series I’ve had to skip all but the last two games included in this collection, but now that I can finally play them, it’s time to fill in some gaps and maybe make it something of a review of the collection as a whole..

I had previously stated that when this collection came out I would go back and edit the included games into their respective year, but on further contemplation, that could cause a mess for consistency because there’s the possibility of these games elevating Capcom just enough to retroactively score a win for a year, which would make future posts referencing victories contradictory.  Therefore, this bonus round is going to give Capcom a few chances to reclaim a point in the competition and allow me to evaluate the 5 games I didn’t get to play before.  I will conclude each one by determining if it was good enough for Capcom to have had a better showing in its release year than SNK’s games.  In the case of years where Capcom won, all they have to do is not have the game be a disaster than brings them down.

Capcom vs. SNK: The King of Arcades: 2009 & 2010

2009 was the beginning of Capcom’s golden age.  It was when the far superior console version of Street Fighter 4 came out and got more fans into the franchise, since digital distribution of classic games wasn’t quite as available as it is now.  This gave rise to the “09ers”.  The newbies.  Capcom was hitting big.
 
It wasn’t just Street Fighter 4 either.  Capcom was also making tons of master works around this time, such as Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, Devil May Cry 4 and Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes, the game with the distinction of having the single greatest English dub in the history of the gaming medium and one of the cornerstones of action gaming.  Capcom was the best company in gaming at this point in time.

However, that was all on consoles.  Another arcade version of Street Fighter 4 wouldn’t come until later on, giving SNK their chance to swoop in with their flagship franchise and claim themselves as the rulers of the arcades.  Once again Capcom has to play catchup and try to beat everything SNK comes out with with just one game.  Let’s see if they do that.

Capcom vs. SNK: The King of Arcades: 2008

SNK had an overall good few years for the arcades while on handhelds and consoles it was more of a mixed bag and very few of what they were putting out, like the Days of Memories visual novel games, were coming out in English.  What's more, after Capcom's complete and total absence in arcades for a good while, they at last came back to challenge SNK this year in 2008.  Will their new arcade games be enough to make up for all the strides SNK had already been making while they were gone?  Let's find out.