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Marvel Vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classicshas lots of hidden characters. The collection includes six beloved fighting games, along with a beat ’em up based on the Punisher. For all of the fighting games, you can quickly toggle on fast access to these special characters. This allows access to several powerful bosses, along with guest characters from other franchises. This includes Anita, the future vampire hunter from theDarkstalkersseries.
Marvel Vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classicsis a celebration of the cross-over franchise. Marvel has even includedBengus’Marvel Vs Capcom 2designsdirectly on upcoming issues. However, many players are also coming to the franchise for its more serious fighting mechanics. Resorting to using bosses and secret characters may seem unsporting to your opponents. Consider waiting for these cheats until playing with the main roster, or as a side actively when training solo.
Easy Secret Characters Access
EX Settings Allow For Quick Customization
When normally starting upMarvel Vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics,no hidden characters can be used or even unlocked.Instead, you must open theGame Settingsmenu and then theEX Settingstab. Scroll down and toggleSecret CharacterstoEasy.
You will have to do this individually for all six fighting games;The Punishergame has no additional characters outside ofteaming with the deadly Nick Fury. In most cases, the characters will not be visible on screen. You will need toeither scroll off the gridorhold certain inputs, depending on the title.
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Norimaro
Visible Between Blackheart and Omega Red.Note:Only Accessible while playing in Japanese.
Lilith
Below War Machine
Marvel Vs Capcom 2does not have secret characters. However, you can still use the options menu to unlock all the normal characters right away. Instead of being named “Easy” for this game, it’s labeled as“All Groups Enabled”. This will allow access to all characters like Jill fromResident Evil,Wolverine’s main rival Sabertooth, and many more.
In the past versions ofMarvel Vs Capcom 2, you would have to acquire each character in a shop, using Points won via matches. Only three characters would appear at any given time, and any one of the slots could be “Sold Out”. This required lots of grinding and resetting your console. I found this system extremely tedious playing the game on Dreamcast back in 2000. Capcom’s modification to allow quick access is well appreciated.
Unique And Clone Characters
Only Some Secret Characters Have Their Own Moves
The vast majority of the secret characters are really just pallet swaps of existing fighters. Mephisto is just Blackheart but red, while Lilith is a clone of Morrigan. Others are given additional moves or buffs.
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YouTuberAcidGlowfully laid out the special properties of the hidden characters. Some, likeMecha ZangiefandArmored Spider-Man,have added protection, making it harder to be stunned or interrupted. Others, likeShadow CharlieandShadow Lady Chun-Lican launch projectiles that their standard counterparts can not.
You should not expect to play the secret characters full-time. Opponents in real life and online may view them as cheap or gimmick characters. If you want to playMarvel Vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classicsseriously, always train with the main cast first.
Easy access will allow you to play as bosses such asMagneto,Thanos, andAkuma. While they are unique characters, their status as computer-controlled enemies often means that they are extremely imbalanced. For fully fresh and not overpowered characters, there isRoll,Norimaro, andAnita. If you are unfamiliar with them, you may access their move list just like the standard rosters inMarvel Vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics.
