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Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Heading to Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network

OK, it's finally official. Feel free to exhale.

The teaser site that Capcom has been running won't expire until the top of the hour, but Marvel has posted an update to its official blog confirming that Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, is heading to Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network this Summer.

Surprise!!!! Yeah, this has got to be one of the worst-kept secrets of 2009 so far.

Here's a trailer!

  

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The teaser site that Capcom has been running won't expire until the top of the hour, but Marvel has posted an update to its official blog confirming that Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, is heading to Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network this Summer.

Surprise!!!! Yeah, this has got to be one of the worst-kept secrets of 2009 so far.

Here's a trailer!

  

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Woot!

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Finally!  Those people trying to sell the PS2 version for $80+ online can go fuck themselves.   JEFF YOU SO PRINGLES WHERE YO CURLY MUSTACHE AT?!

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Lol, well there goes the countdown.  Anyways kick ass!

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My mind just melted.

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OK, well yeah, shit. Guess it's time to throw down on that stick now. Anyone know where I can pick up a tourny stick these days?

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I think I'll hold off until they announce the HD remix of this game. :)

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Bravo.

Bravo.

I mean hell we already know this was happening.

We already know we are buying it.

No surprise here.

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Yesssssssssssss

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Awesome!!! My favorite fighter, a must buy for me.

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Sleepy_Insomniac said:
"I think I'll hold off until they announce the HD remix of this game. :)"
If they do a HD Remix of this game, it wont be for a very long time.
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1600 MS points. Just wait.

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I despise MvC2.

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Day 1 purchase as long as its 20 dollars or less - I hope they fixed the emulation of it, I suppose they would have since I think its a remake not a port since the Xbox game runs horribly on the 360

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Ok cool. I rarely played multiplayer on dreamcast, but I hit the 99:99:99 time cap on my file just by unlocking all characters and beating arcade mode over and over again. The game has great replay value, and I never unlocked all the colors. This game is hopefully not broken. I probably wont want to play online unless with a friend because I saw some tourny videos and like all players use the same few characters. Which is really lame.

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OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!

I'm a wee bit happy about the news, as you can tell.

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Haha I Kept the move's list guide for all the characters in this game for the longest time knowing it would someday come back eventually, and Capcom didn't let me down...so...yeah, those of you online beware! haha...yesss....

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Don't wanna sound like an ungrateful snob, but imagine if they would have gone: "You know what, were not giving you this game just shut up already.......So behold: MARVEL SV CAPCOM 3: OPEN UP A CAN OF WOOPASS"

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Kotaku confirms: 1200 MS Points.

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I watch this trailer, and all I see is how consciously the character gameplay in the trailer is pimping out TOTALLY DIFFERENT PRODUCTS.
We basically see Wolverine and Ryu fighting, and no one else. Hm. Ryu and Wolverine. I wonder if there is a recently released Street Fighter game on shleves, and a big expensive Wolverine movie coming to theatres.
We've been suckered, you guys. Again. When we buy MVC2, we're playing into what this release is; a marketing ploy for these products.
And the worst part is that I'll totally buy this game! I'm part of the problem!

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No mention by Jeff about how pringles this is? Disappointed.

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The countdown timer still has 2 minutes left... but anyway, thank gawd the online is being done by Backbone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Must buy! :)

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FUCK YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Are they gonna give this game a HD Remix? or is it just the original?

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my only experience with this game was at an arcade. I was tryin it out solo until some guy put in a coin and proceded to humiliate me. But now, i think i'll have to try it again. 

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I am shocked! Shocked!
No, not really. But I haven't ever played the game before, and I'd love to get the chance to do so.

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what a huge relieve

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Wow. I was excited, but now I realized that I'm a little spoiled. I'm not sure exactly what it is, but something about it just feels a little...dated.

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Great! Looking forward to it. Thinking about buying the new stick, too; missed out on the one for SF4.

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SENT
STORM
MAGNETO

ALL OVER AGAIN

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Baller!

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I'll take what I can get, but I'd rather have a NEW Marvel vs. Capcom in the SFIV graphic engine...or an HD Remix.


Whatever, though.  This'll be awesome.
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Awesome!

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Finally, I can get beat with a 100 hit combo.

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Yes I will get, but goddamn, I won't play with anyone but my friends, this game can get too crazy at times.

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That's some great news, Jeff. I hope they'll also put out the other crossover series. Xmen vs. SF is still one of my favorite games ever.  That's one franchise I'd back CAPCOM into milking.

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If this has online play, I need this.

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StarFoxA said:
"If this has online play, I need this."
It DOES have online play.
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Very good!

Now when will they make that sequel....

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You are not Rich Gallup, sir!

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The demo for the game will be released on PSN this coming Thursday.  I thought it was gonna cost 800 MP but the game will cost 1200 Microsoft Points, which is still great for me.  I can't wait!

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It's really woulda been cool if they had used the SFIV engine, but whatev, it's still cool lookin.

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Finally...I won't have to buy an original XBox copy of this game for $100 or whatever.  It will probably be overpriced for a downloadable game, but it's a classic so I can overlook that...I just seriously need this game back into my life again.

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"i wanna take you for a ride"

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If they can't figure out how to have lag free online matches in the 'tame' fighting games, how are they going to do it in a crazy one like this? License Kai or something? ;p

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TooWalrus said:
"It's really woulda been cool if they had used the SFIV engine, but whatev, it's still cool lookin."

What do you mean?  You think they'd be able to remodel every single 56 characters into 3D?  And the stages too?  They couldn't even make an HD version like SF HD remix because it would have taken forever so imagine them doing that!  It'd be like freakin' Duke Nukem Forever! 
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YAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAAYYAYAYAYAYAYYA