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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Video games based on Marvel Comics, Marvel Super Heroes, Marvel vs. Capcom, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, Marvel Trading Card Game, List of video games based on Marvel comics, Pinball FX 2, Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet, Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, Marvel Pinball, Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects, Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game, Marvel Universe Online, Thor: God of Thunder, Silver Surfer, Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems, Kick-Ass: The Game, Marvel Heroes, Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game, Questprobe, Marvel 2099: One Nation Under Doom. Excerpt: Marvel vs. Capcom Māvuru tai Kapukon) is a series of fighting games created by Capcom in which characters created by Marvel Comics and Capcom's own characters appear together. While it was the first Vs. series involving Capcom, the Marvel brand exists to distinguish it from Capcom's other Vs. series with SNK (Capcom vs. SNK) and Tatsunoko Production (Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars). The Marvel characters depicted in these games were often based on their incarnations in various 1990s animated series (particularly X-Men), and were often voiced by the same voice actors. Many of the characters and fighting mechanics used in these games were first developed and refined in two other fighting games Capcom had developed earlier, serving as precursors to the series: X-Men: Children of the Atom, which featured characters strictly from the X-Men universe (with the exception of Akuma), and Marvel Super Heroes, which gleaned characters from Marvel's entire roster (X-Men included, with the exception of Anita). These two games are thought to have laid the foundation for the Marvel vs. Capcom series. Although the...