Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 Revealed, Demo Exclusive to PSN!

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I Wanna Take YoU 4 A Ride this Thursday!

What’s up P-Essers? I’m here today to announce the imminent arrival of one of the worst kept secrets in the industry. You’ve seen the ESRB leak. You’ve seen the MadCatz joysticks. You probably visited a cryptic sight called www.tu4ar.com that just counted down to zero.

If you’ve been paying attention to my blogs and interviews, I’ve been leaking info about this day for quite some time. We conducted this Gamespot poll back in March of 2008 to gauge interest on what games you want to see us bring back. We listened to your feedback and tried to work quietly on the project. Well, as you know, I’m not the quiet type (the PR Ninjas here don’t like me so much). There was this MTV interview in June of last year, my PS blog on August 14th alluding to a Street Fighter surprise, and numerous blogs after that teasing this announcement.

So what’s the announcement? Here it is, officially:

Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 Summer 2009

Yes that’s right. Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 will finally arrive on PSN this summer! For more information on the full game, go visit Capcom-Unity.com.

But wait, there’s more. Here’s the freaking ace up our sleeve:

Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 Store Banner

This Thursday, April 30, PlayStation Network users will enjoy a free, exclusive MVC2 demo! No need to purchase another game, just download it straight to your PS3 and get ready for some triple tag team action (A big thank you goes out to Rommel Hernandez who helped make this exclusive demo possible).

Here are the details of the demo:

  • Two-player local matches
  • Six available characters – Ryu, Chun-Li, Strider, Spider-Man, Iron Man and Wolverine
  • Seven selectable environments
  • Upscaled 1080p graphics
  • Widescreen or 4:3 aspect ratio
  • Two graphic filter options for character sprites
  • And other cool options to check out

Make sure you visit www.tu4ar.com for the latest MVC2 news and follow us on Twitter for special promotions and prizes!

And I’ll leave you with one last, cool little video, exclusive to the PlayStation Blog. This is an alternate music version of the trailer on tu4ar.com.

Enjoy!

From your friendly neighborhood Capcom employee,

John “HIERO 9D3” Diamonon

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  • @394

    Trophy support: Not at launch

    means something different than “no” or “maybe”. Without promising it, “Not at launch” implies that it will eventually come. At best, this is an example of bad and ambiguous PR.

    Some people have bought Capcom games by expecting that trophy support would come. I understand them to be unhappy and disappointed today.

    To conclude, if you wonder when I will buy SFHD, I will just say: “Not at launch” :P

    • Please read my reply to comment 9 of the same blog:

      9 Fersis | November 20th, 2008 at 11:20 am
      So if it says Trophies: Not at launch , it means that trophies are comming.
      Good news , and im gonna get this sweet game, im craving for some Ken right now :p

      John Diamonon replied on November 20, 2008 at 11:37 am
      Not a confirmation. We’re evaluating all of our digital titles and looking into it.

  • Man I just bought the game on Ebay. Oh well money well spent. See you all online.

  • “trophies were never promised for SFHD and aren’t going to be implemented…”

    True. Trophies were never promised, however
    when it was first released info stated in reference to trophies was “not at launch”. Naturally, this got everyones hopes up.

    Interesting that a definitive answer is provided within the announcement of another game.

    John Diamonon replied on April 28, 2009 at 8:06 am
    I’ve given a definite answer to this many times. Look it up.

    I didn’t clam that you’ve never given a definite answer, I said “definitive”. There is a difference between definitive & definite.

    Look it up

    • Please read my reply to comment 9 of the same blog:

      9 Fersis | November 20th, 2008 at 11:20 am
      So if it says Trophies: Not at launch , it means that trophies are comming.
      Good news , and im gonna get this sweet game, im craving for some Ken right now :p

      John Diamonon replied on November 20, 2008 at 11:37 am
      Not a confirmation. We’re evaluating all of our digital titles and looking into it.

  • Awesome news!! Loved the trailer.

    Just curious though John, but do you know anything about a possible PS3 version of Lost Planet 2? After hearing about the sequel I got so excited….until the devs stated that they’re still not sure. Just wondering if you know anything… =/

    Any reply is appreciated though John!

  • Hey John, how about you slip Capcom vs. SNK 2 into that ole’ suggestion box. :D

  • does this mean dat they’ll b working on part 3 4 da ps3 anytime soon?…
    pringles r da [DELETED]…

  • I LIVE FOR MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 2!!!!

  • this is f***n awesome, thanks sony and capcom but this will also be great if it was down loadable for the psp. thanks for herein me out

  • I never knew my one answered question would make all this trouble well anyone JOHN hopefully they will be implemented maybe later on anyway thinking of buying this great classic and JOHN KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK HOPEFULLY U CAN RESPOND TO THIS ONE TO AWESOME BUDDY AND WHAT IS YOUR PSN SO I CAN ADD U IF U DONT MIND
    -wafi24 (ps3 gamer and lover of the psn also likes stf alot!)

  • This is a great idea, thanks Capcom. This is getting a lot of support from all of us.

  • sweet i can’t wait :)

  • The only fighting game that worths to be played, except Killer instinct, no offence but street fighter is well hmm garbage

    I have one question tho, why this game didnt get the same treatment as Street fighter HD remix?

    btw thanks for the news

    • SFHD was a huge undertaking, with redrawing all the frames. To do this same technique with MVC2 would take years to complete.

  • I got a question about the custom soundtrack.Can we use the custom soundtrack when playing online? Cuz in SFIV you can’t use a custom sound track online. Which sucks because Killzone 2 allows this and its awesome. Are you guys ever gonna fix this issue?

  • Thank you for this announcement. I feel that this game has the perfect control scheme for a PS3 controller, unlike SF4 where you need to push 2 buttons or more at the same time to do certain moves. I had to get rid of using the medium punch and medium kick and stick with the weak and strong attacks just to make throwing and the super hit on L1 and L2 and make Punch x 3 and Kick x 3 on R1 and R. MvC2 only has four attack buttons, plus the two help buttons which can be placed on L1 and L2, while the Punch x 2 and Kick x 2 can be placed on R1 and R2 respectively. Of course, that leaves calling on your teammates and doing certain moves, like wolverine or storm’s attack by pushing weak punch and strong kick at the same time. I hope Capcom changes that somehow, as I hated not being able to do those moves on my PS2 controller.

  • Capcom and Marvel sitting in a tree!!! I’m totally happy for this release. Now that Marvel and Capcom have approved this release I say lets start on the new HD version 3.

  • How’s Powerstone coming along, John?

  • So many haters here probably from ebay.John your the man keep up the great work your doing with Capcom,This Has been incredible year for Capcom.

  • People need to stop asking “will there be trophies?”. They’re required now.

    Oh and John I have an idea for you guys:

    Duck Tales HD Remix.

    New features include:

    -Full Widescreen Support
    -1080p upscaling
    -Online Pogo races
    -Online batter mode complete with spider wacking

    I want moon stage in 5.1 dammit!

  • Will Gold War Machine be making a comeback? Two War Machines FTW!

  • Oh heck yea. Can’t wait to play. Im sooooo getting this on day one. I can finaly put my dreamcast away. Will the demo have online play? Please??

  • Street Fighter The Movie The Game HD Remix,

    Make it happen John.

  • Beautiful. VGA box, nub.

    Upscaled 1080p? Cheap.

    Fools.

  • John,

    Any plans in the near future to release Final Fight on PSN with online co-op and trophies?!

  • <3 Capcom

    Also, I totally wouldn’t buy MvC3 if it was possibly released in the near future. Because really, who in their right mind would want to play a sweet game like that? Glad to hear you share my sentiments, John. You really know your audience.

    ;)

  • Now all we need is Capcom vs Arc System Works

  • hey john will we be seeing tournaments for mvc2?

  • Sorry I’m not buying this, due to the fact that I feel ripped off and lied too with the no-trophies in SSF2HDR. Even tho John never said that there will 100% be trophies in it, he basically led everybody to believe that will come post-launch via a patch.

    I will be voting with my wallet from now on and won’t be giving Capcom any money. I will be grabbing all the Street Fighter 4 costumes via PSN sharing and will be buying all Capcoms future games second hand so you guys don’t see a dime. Hell I might even grab this game off a friend, via PSN sharing so you don’t get any money.

    You guys released a bug-fix patch post launch for SF2HDR, was putting in Trophies as well so dam hard for you guys to do?

    • you are going to buy it, you know it!

      and again, please read my reply to comment 9 of the same blog:

      9 Fersis | November 20th, 2008 at 11:20 am
      So if it says Trophies: Not at launch , it means that trophies are comming.
      Good news , and im gonna get this sweet game, im craving for some Ken right now :p

      John Diamonon replied on November 20, 2008 at 11:37 am
      Not a confirmation. We’re evaluating all of our digital titles and looking into it.

  • Hey im the commenter of the day today get it 4/28/09 i should win something heh worth a try again awesome blog me JOHNNY BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Ok me fail but i did tommorows date so i should so yeah anyone awesome game i might buy if it not too expensive 15 for me would be like buying a new ps3 game

  • Yo JOHN!

    Are you gonna email me your PSN so we can play some Street Fighter?

    We can practice up until MvsC2.

    And kick your *** too =P

  • WOW wow omg omg i just saw the video i thought big whoop another fighting game too weak i was like i already got 2 psn fighting games tekken 5 and stf 2 hd remix and then when i saw the trailer i was like holy moly im so buying this anyway john price plz your my best buddy so can u tell me awesome dude

  • They are going to make so much money on this it’s ridiculous.

    Can’t wait for my PS3 to get repaired so I can enjoy the hell out of this game.

    Maybe this is just the beginning and MvsC3 is just around the corner… hopefully.

  • This announcement is awesome. Have been wanting to get this game for so long, but didn’t want to pay a ridiculous sum on ebay for a used disc. Great job Capcom on listening to the audience and thumbs up to the PSN team on getting a demo out so quick.

  • SPLAT!!! oh i just made a mess damnit lol… this is freakin awesome as much as i love sf4 mvc2 might pull me away though :o( its been my all time fav when i had it on ps2 me and my roommate must have played it atleast 6 hours a day i swear! cant wait for the demo thurs and its release in the summer! beats buying another one for 90 dollars or more… hopefully it wont cost that much :o)

  • YEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!! One of the most rarest game out right now is coming to the PSN!

  • Goddam, John. You draw so many comments you can beat Ashton on Twitter in a heartbeat.

  • Cross game voice chat.

  • I’m tired of these “they’re coming” announcements for PS1 games.
    I feel like we are just being told this to shut up.

  • u kno wat chaos ur right it does feel like that

  • Thank you, Capcom. I’ve been waiting for this.

  • thanks for the reply.

    I don’t really care that much about trophies… especially in downloadable titles which don’t even have platinums.

    I am just glad MvC2 is getting released and its acronym is a little easier to type.

    Who seriously green lit Super Street Fighter 2 Hd Remix… why not just Street Fighter 2 HD ???

  • will there be unlockable characters?

  • share music play list would be another good update to add to the ps3

  • What’s that song…oh ang game looks kickass

  • Day one purchase for me! Amazing news

  • john
    any word on when there will be a RPG MAG coming out for the ps3?

  • also will be a day one buy for us here as well.

  • will there be any new updates soon?

  • tatsunoko vs capcom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stop hatin on us and just bring it here. You know that we will treat it better then those wii guys. 1080p, better online infrastructure, better controller, bigger fan base. Hmm, hmm? Since you said capcom vs snk2 isn’t comin back, you should atleast consider this one. I know, I know, most americans don’t even know what tatsunoko is, but it would sell lots, non the less.

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