Metacritic Games

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Super Heroes (Dreamcast)

Capcom
2D Fighting
Players: 1 to 4

Developer: Capcom
Released June 28, 2000

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

90 / 100

Critic Reviews

100 GamePro
With insane amounts of selectable characters and play options, what can possibly be done to top it?
100 Daily Radar
The MOST FUN 2D fighter game of all time.
100 Hot Games
Fast and furious action, great sound and gameplay -- it's the best 2D fighting game ever made.
100 Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)
With over 40 characters taken from the Marvel comics and Capcom's past games, there's no shortage of variation either.
100 Gaming Age
Of all the incarnations of the versus series, never before have I had so much fun, said "WHOA!" so many times per match, and been so frustrated as to which characters to pick.
98 GamerWeb Sega
This is a title that rewards all comic book store jockeys and supplies unending gameplay for those aching for a fighter fix.
94 AllDreamcast
It may not appeal to everyone due to it's highly "over-the-top" style, but it's all about fun, colors, fun, special effects, and more fun.
93 IGN
So many characters to unlock, so many modes of play, so many variations in even versus play. Well done, Capcom.
91 Da Gameboyz
With awesome graphics (save the low resolution characters), original music, gameplay refined to near perfection, and all the re-playability you can handle, this adds up to the best damn fighter that Capcom has put out yet, PERIOD.
91 Antagonist
The controllers are, for me and apparently everybody else, the only real weakness of this game.
91 Core Magazine
Granted, the horrible pseudo-jazz background music is the equivalent of forced aural sodomy, but the rest of the package is so well put together, a little forced aural sodomy sometimes seems a small price to pay.
91 Dreamcast.net
Some thing I believe that keeps the masses away from 2-demensional fighters are the dated visuals, and Capcom has pulled through to provide us with a visually stunning fighter, which will surely top the charts.
90 DC Swirl
The "Soul Calibur" of two-dimensional fighting games.
90 Total Video Games
"Marvel vs. Capcom 2" has rekindled my excitement for Capcom's 2D fighting games, and will be causing my left thumb much more trauma in the coming months.
88 Spank!
I love this game, and want to have its children.
85 Planet Dreamcast
It's going to be a long time until Capcom, or anyone else, manages to top it.
85 Game Fan
Far from being the most perfect fighting game, but it's close to being the most enjoyable one.
84 GameSpot
Like its predecessor, it isn't the most balanced game in the world, but that doesn't keep it from being a great deal of fun.
83 Game Revolution
Perhaps the crowning achievement of "Marvel vs. Capcom 2"'s is the game's ability to get around the Dreamcast controller's lack of six buttons.
80 CNET Gamecenter
Showcasing incredible gameplay, fabulous animations and an unthinkable amount of playable characters, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 shows us why it's a good time to be a Dreamcast owner.
80 CheckOut
If you've been searching for the ultimate 2D fighting game, your search may be over.
80 Happy Puppy
Thankfully, Capcom, the king of coin-op fighters, seems to have few reservations about taking what are essentially change magnets and bringing them home intact for the low, low price of $49.99 (or roughly 100 plays).