Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection is full of retro licensed goodness

There was a lot of exciting news for retro gamers in the Nintendo Direct. One that got me good of the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection. This collection brings together such out-of-reach licensed classics as The Punisher and Marvel vs. Capcom 2.

Okay, here’s the trailer:

And her♚e’s the l𒆙ist of games. Capitalization is all Capcom marketing:

• X-MEN CHILDREN OF THE ATOM
• MARVEL SUPER HEROES
• X-MEN VS. STREET FIGHTER
• MARVEL SUPER HEROES vs. STREET FIGHTER
• MARVEL vs. CAPCOM CLASH OF SUPER HEROES
• MARVEL vs. CAPCOM 2 New Age of Heroes
• THE PUNISHER

This is extremely exciting to me. I’m always thrilled when old licensed games get re-released because I know it’s often a lot of hoops for the publisher to jump through. Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 is probably the top of the heap, but that doesn’t mean that the others included aren’t great on their ow🅠n.

The more obscure entry here is The Punisher. Rather than a fighting game, it’s a beat-’em-up where you play as the eponymous anti-hero and Nick Fury. It’s no Alien vs. Predator (h💙opefully, one day), but it’s appropriately violent and an excellent arca🤡de title.

It comes with some bells and whistles, too. There will be Online modes with rollback netplay, and training modes for all the fighting gameꦓs. There is also a spectator mode, a jukebox, and screen filters.

Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics will be released later this year for Switch, PS4, andꩵ PC.