Marvel Super Heroes
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System(s): Sega Saturn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Capcom (Japan, US), Virgin Interactive (Europe) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Capcom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensor: Marvel Characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Original system(s): Capcom CPS-2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (49 tracks) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peripherals supported: Extended RAM Cartridge (1MB/4MB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Fighting/Taisen Kakutou (対戦格闘)[1], Action[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marvel Super Heroes (マーヴル・スーパーヒーローズ) is a versus fighting game developed and published by Capcom for the Sega Saturn. It can be seen as a sequel to X-Men: Children of the Atom, featuring characters from the Marvel Comics universe.
Marvel Super Heroes is notable for being the only game released outside of Japan which supports the Extended RAM Cartridge. It was not advertised as being compatible (as the peripheral was not released in the West), but it maintains compatibility regardless.
Contents
Story
Loosely based on the Infinity Gauntlet storyline, the game focuses on heroes and villains battling each other for the Infinity Gems. The main antagonist is Thanos, who plots to use the Infinity Gems to take over the universe.
Gameplay
The game is a fighting game that plays similarly to X-Men: Children of the Atom. The aim of the game is to use attacks and special abilities to knock out the opponent (or to have more life remaining than the opponent when time runs out at the end of the round). Battles are fought to the best of three rounds. Players can choose between Normal and Turbo speed.
A unique mechanic in the game are the Infinity Gems: Power, Time, Space, Reality, Soul, and Mind. By using these gems in battle, fighters receive enhanced effects for a short amount of time, such as increased power or defense, health recovery, or additional attacks. Certain fighters receive extra benefits whilst using certain gems. For example, if Spider-Man uses the Power Gem, he creates a doppelgänger on the opposite side of his opponent for extra damage during his attacks.
Characters move with and and dash with and (or ++). They jump upward with and jump behind and ahead with and . Characters can Super Jump high into the air with (or ++). They crouch with . Punches are done with (light), (medium), and (strong) and kicks are done with (light), (medium), and (strong). Light attacks are faster and hard attacks deal more damage. Special moves for each character are done by pairing specific directional combinations with an attack button.
Throughout the match, players build up a meter which can be used to perform powerful Infinity Special attacks. The meter gains a level each time it is filled; once the meter has reached at least level 1, the character can perform a special button combination to execute an Infinity Special, a flashy super move that does high damage. The game also introduces an air combo system called Aerial Rave, in which opponents can be launched high into the air by certain normal moves. The character can then jump to the opponent with and follow-up with a midair combo.
Throws and grabs are done by holding or when next to an opponent and pressing a medium or hard punch or kick button. Characters can try to escape from a grab, avoiding damage, by holding the D-Pad away from the opponent and pressing a punch button. The same command can be used to try to recover from a fall upon landing, which halves the damage taken. Or characters can roll away or toward an opponent after being thrown by pressing or and then a punch button repeatedly.
Blocking is done by holding the D-Pad away from the opponent and can also be done in midair. Characters can become dizzy from being attacked repeatedly; they are uncontrollable and vulnerable in this state but can recover more quickly by rapidly pressing back and forth on the D-Pad along with the attack buttons. It is also possible to escape grabs in this way. In addition, characters can perform a special counterattacking technique called an Infinity Counter after blocking an opponent's attack by pressing P (or P if facing left). This consumes a level of the Infinity meter.
Modes
There is a single-player Arcade Mode where the player faces eight opponents, some of them possessing Infinity Gems. The opponent permanently relinquishes their gem when defeated, and the player starts each match with all of the previously collected Infinity Gems. The last two battles are against the villains Dr. Doom and Thanos. Thanos possesses the final Infinity Gem, the Mind Gem, and steals the other five from the player before the final fight. At any point during the game, a second player can challenge the first by pressing START , with the victor of the match continuing the game. There are eight difficulty levels for computer-controlled opponents.
There is also a dedicated two-player Versus Mode, where two players can choose their characters, set handicaps, and pick any stage. In two-player fights, Infinity Gems occasionally appear during gameplay for either player to grab. The game saves records such as high scores and wins/losses to the console's internal memory.
Infinity Gems
An Infinity Gem can be used by pressing (or if facing left), then any two punch buttons simultaneously. The current Infinity Gems for each player appear in the bottom corners of the screen, with the selected gem appearing larger than the others if the player possesses more than one. The player can cycle through multiple gems with +. Gems grant temporarily grant certain effects when used, with a timer bar replacing the list of gems while a gem effect is active. Only one gem can be used at a time.
Gems are consumed once used. Certain strikes cause characters to drop a gem. In the Arcade Mode, the player starts subsequent battles with previously acquired gems regardless of whether they have been lost or used in a battle (with the exception of the final battle with Thanos, where the player starts with no gems).
- Power Gem: Increases the character's attack damage.
- Time Gem: Increases the character's movement speed and jump height.
- Space Gem: Grants the character "Super Armor," which gives them extra resistance such that it takes more than one hit to interrupt their movement or attacks, knock them into the air, or stun them with disabling moves such as Spider-Man's Web Ball.
- Reality Gem: Augments the character's normal attacks with projectiles. The character can also throw a projectile with + (even when blocking or being hit).
- Soul Gem: Gradually recovers the character's lost life.
- Mind Gem: Gradually fills the character's Infinity meter.
In addition to these powers, each character receives unique bonus effects from a particular gem.
Characters
Note: Move lists assume that the character is facing right. When facing left, and should be reversed.
P | Any punch button |
LP | Light punch |
MP | Medium punch |
HP | Hard punch |
K | Any kick button |
LK | Light kick |
MK | Medium kick |
HK | Hard kick |
Playable
Wolverine, Psylocke, Juggernaut, and Magneto return from X-Men: Children of the Atom.
Bosses
The bosses are only playable with the use of cheat codes after completing the game.
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Dr. Doom is a brilliant scientist and a sorcerer. He is the penultimate boss of the game.
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Thanos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thanos is a warlord from the planet Titan who wishes to gather the six Infinity Gems and use them to kill half of the universe's population. He is the final boss of the game.
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Hidden
- Main article: Marvel Super Heroes/Hidden content.
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Anita is a secret character, only present in the Japanese version of the game. She is originally from Vampire Hunter, where she accompanies Donovan. She appears here with a miniature version of Donovan's sword Dhylec.
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Stages
Each character has his or her own stage where matches are hosted. The stage can be manually chosen in the two-player mode.
History
Legacy
The game was followed by X-Men vs. Street Fighter in 1996 and Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter in 1997, both of which were ported to the Sega Saturn.
Versions
By default, the Saturn version has to cut the number of character animations, making it less smooth than the original arcade version in motion. With the Extended RAM Cartridge, the Saturn is able to bridge more of the gap; while still not a perfect match, it is able to reinstate most ducking animations, for example, which, without the RAM cartridge, are reduced to static frames.
Production credits
- Planner: Takeshi Tezuka, T.Iijima, Tomichin∞, Kiyoshi Nishikawa, Kei Hiratou, Satoru Kimura
- Programmer: Tarabar-Black, Aoi–Peach, Kaw–K.Marichan, Silver–Kadontz, Nobu–Sasami, Knishi–"Maddogmc", PON, DNA, FRK, YAMA, Ueno, Youji
- Object
- Thanos: Thing.Sakashita, D-Kurita, Takayuki Kosaka, Masako.Satoh
- Dr. Doom: S.Yamashita, INO, Seigo. Kawakami
- Wolverine: Akiman
- Spider-man: Arahijuf, Rumi♥Yamaguchi, T.Shirahama
- Captain America: Masaaki.Tanaka, Chimorin Shogun, Misako.Yamamoto
- Psylocke: Eripyon N
- Hulk: Makoto Ishi, Takechan, Miwa, Kanako.Takami
- Ironman: Yoshino Hiroaki, Kiai Ryuken, Yukikaze, You.Ten.Nakano, Yutaka Maruno, Gepezon, Kenji Mimura, K.Tokunaga, E.Murabayashi, RIKA., Naoki Fukuda, Takep, Henoheno, Yuki
- Magneto: A.Iwasaki
- Shuma-Gorath: M.Tsujimoto, Jun Matsumura 27, Shinya.M, Kako, Masanori Kondo
- Black Heart: Alien. Pole, Fnyaco F Fnyao, Dway Nishimura, Oyabin
- Juggernaut: Hiroaki Minobe, R.Sato, Kazuko♥Kawanaka
- Effect: Ntengm.Nakatani, Sagata, Tanuki, Kimo Kimo
- Scroll: Konomi, Buppo, Shibata Kayoko, Daisuke Nakagawa, Yumiko, Takapon, Akiko Matsunaga, Satomi Ishii, R.K, T.Yoichi, M
- Music compose: Anarchy"Takapon", Yuke"Wewe"Satomura, Zuzuki Tatsuro-
- Sound design: Picard Mij, Satoshi"Ayano"Ise, Ryoji
- Voice design: Hiroaki"New-X?"Kondo
- Sound produce: Arcade Sound Team
- Voice Actor
- Captain America/Wolverine: Mr.Cal Dodd
- Black Heart: Mr.Jeimz Woolvet
- Psylocke: Ms.Catherine Disher
- Shuma-Gorath: Mr.Frank Perry
- Spider-man: Mr.Patrick Chilvers
- Hulk/Thanos: Mr.Andrew Jackson
- Juggernaut: Mr.Rick Bennett
- Iron Man: Mr.Chris Britton
- Announcer/Dr. Doom/Magneto: Mr.Lome Kennedy
- Special Thanks
- USA Staff: Mr.Shiraiwa, Alex Jimenez, Eric Luther, Phil Reed, And All Capcom Staff
- Consumer Staff: Hyper Mickey, Koji Oda, Tomohiko Saito, Kanekon, Masatsugu Shinohara, Ryutaro's Mama, Hideaki Katagiri, Toshio Kajino, Ryoji, Satoshi Ise, Hiroaki "X68K" Kondo, Koji Nakajima, and All Capcom Staff
- In Memory Of Jack "King" Kirby
- Thank You For Playing
- Presented by: Capcom
Magazine articles
- Main article: Marvel Super Heroes/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Artwork
Physical scans
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Saturn, PT |
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Technical information
- Main article: Marvel Super Heroes/Technical information.
References
- ↑ File:MSH Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee3.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-07-28 12:30)
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 3
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/MfTBohGxNf4/m/dHCLeseIPzYJ
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/EnMaPMH8DSA/m/rjfJpPawHaAJ
- ↑ File:E31997 Capcom PressKit.pdf, page 7
- ↑ Press release: 1997-10-02: Capcom Flexes It's Marketing Muscle for the Release of Marvel Super Heroes; Plans Include National Television Advertising Campaign and Marvel Arcade Sweepstakes
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 106
- ↑ http://centromail.es:80/nuevo/consolas/sat.asp (Wayback Machine: 1998-01-20 17:10)
- ↑ File:MSH Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf
- ↑ ', "Décembre 1997" (; 1997-xx-xx), page 106
- ↑ ', "Décembre 1997" (; 1997-xx-xx), page 96
- ↑ ', "Décembre 1997" (; 1997-xx-xx), page 194
- ↑ ', "Décembre 1997" (; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ ', "Décembre 1997" (; 1997-xx-xx), page 92
- ↑ ', "Décembre 1997" (; 1997-xx-xx), page 26
- ↑ ', "Décembre 1997" (; 1997-xx-xx), page 154
- ↑ ', "Décembre 1997" (; 1997-xx-xx), page 79
- ↑ ', "Décembre 1997" (; 1997-xx-xx), page 64
- ↑ ', "Décembre 1997" (; 1997-xx-xx), page 49
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 ', "Décembre 1997" (; 1997-xx-xx), page 108
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 ', "Décembre 1997" (; 1997-xx-xx), page 68
- ↑ ', "Décembre 1997" (; 1997-xx-xx), page 198
- ↑ ', "Décembre 1997" (; 1997-xx-xx), page 83
- ↑ ', "Décembre 1997" (; 1997-xx-xx), page 90
- ↑ ', "Décembre 1997" (; 1997-xx-xx), page 72
- ↑ ', "Décembre 1997" (; 1997-xx-xx), page 70
- ↑ ', "Décembre 1997" (; 1997-xx-xx), page 164
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 12
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