With the Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection on the horizon, a whole new generation of players will be able to hop into an official version of some of Capcom’s most beloved games. This includes Marvel vs Capcom 2 which has a wide variety of merits, including a small selection of original characters.
These include SonSon, the granddaughter of a classic Capcom character of the same name, Ruby Rose the pirate, and the much-adored Amingo the humanoid cactus. These characters had their own fanbases back in the hayday of Marvel vs Capcom 2, but according to producer Shuhei Matsumoto, their return isn’t off the cards.
“Yeah, there’s always a possiblity,” Matsumoto states via a translator at Evo 2024. “This is actually a great opportunity for us, because when we do release this collection, there are going to be a lot more people who’ll be able to familiarize themselves with the characters who only appeared in these versus series. If there are enough people who are interested in these characters, then who knows? Maybe there is a chance they could appear in Street Fighter 6 or another fighting game. This is another great reason to re-release these old games, it gets people to learn more about the IP and the series. That just creates a bigger pool of content for us to work with.”
