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Marvel Super Heroes is a fighting game developed and published by Capcom. Originally released in 1995 for the CP System II arcade, it was later ported to the Sega Saturn and PlayStation. It features playable super heroes and villains from the Marvel Comics.

The game was included in the Marvel vs. Capcom Origins compilation for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Story[]

The game is loosely based on the Infinity Gauntlet storyline, with the heroes and villains battling each other for the Infinity Gems. The final boss is Thanos, who steals whatever Gems the player had collected (at that point, all but the sixth gem, Mind) and uses them against the player, but with each gem having a strange, new effect when used by Thanos.

Gameplay[]

Gems[]

Marvel Super Heroes is similar in gameplay to its predecessor, X-Men: Children of the Atom, but with a more simplified use of the super meter, and the addition of the Infinity Gems. Each Gem can be activated in battle, giving the user a different power for a few seconds. In addition, each character has a Gem that they have a special affinity for, and will get additional abilities whenever they activate it.

The player can also steal a gem from the opponent. To do this, the player must hit the opponent with special move or a super move in succession. Once the player got the gem, some characters will have a special property changes on their traits.

Infinite Combos[]

Enterprising players have found that every character in game is able to perform at least two infinite combos, i.e. a string of hits that can be repeated and sustained until a foe's health gauge is depleted without a chance to retaliate. For instance, Wolverine is able to attack a regular-sized foe with a 5-6 hit string before launching them into the air for an aerial combo, continuing with 3-4 hits and ending with a strong punch/kick that brings the foe back to the ground. After hitting the ground, he is able to hit them with an OTG (an attack that hits enemies who've been knocked on the ground) and launch again to repeat the barrage.

Infinites are also prominent in the sequel, X-Men vs. Street Fighter, and has become an unintended feature in every game in the series afterwards. By that game however, safeguards reduced their lethality using features like damage scaling to reduce infinites to little or no damage, "dizzy outs" which popped a character free if the same chain was used for over 50 hits, and "hit-stun decay" which decreases the number of frames the opponent is stunned by attacks proportionally to how long the combo has gone on, making the repeatable string more difficult, and eventually impossible to do.

Characters[]

The game features 10 playable characters, with 3 additional fighters that can be unlocked through inputting special codes.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • On the arcade version of the game, Dr. Doom or Thanos can be chosen via a code at the selection screen. However, if the game is completed with Thanos, Magneto's ending text will be displayed. Artwork unique to this ending suggests that a true ending for him was planned, but not completed. Thanos has a correct ending in the console ports.
  • This game was dedicated to the memory of Jack Kirby, with character artwork based on his old designs.
  • In the Japanese port of this game, while the Reality Gem is in effect and when you press the Start button, 2 more items will pop out not just the Holloween pumpkin but also the spike ball from Hsien-Ko from Darkstalkers and the trademark item from various Capcom scroll shooting and action games: the Yashichi (a pinwheel-like item that grants score bonus).

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