Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics is a fighting game compilation published by Capcom. As the second entry in Capcom’s Fighting Collection series following the Capcom Fighting Collection in 2022, this compilation commemorates the Marvel vs. Capcom series of crossover fighting games and comprises seven arcade titles published by Capcom featuring or starring Marvel Comics characters released between 1993 and 2000. It was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Windows in September 2024 digitally. Physical editions for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch were released in November 2024, while a digital Xbox One version will be released in 2025.
The collection was announced in June 2024. The game lineup notably includes Marvel Super Heroes (1995), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (1998), and Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (2000), all of which have been made available on new platforms for the first time since the seventh generation of video game consoles, as well as the first faithful console port of the beat ’em up title The Punisher (1993) and the first new console versions for X-Men: Children of the Atom (1994), X-Men vs. Street Fighter (1996), and Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (1997) since their initial console releases. Each game supports online ranked and casual multiplayer modes with rollback netcode, leaderboards, and training and spectating modes, among other extras.
Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics is a compilation of seven titles developed and published by Capcom, and based on or featuring Marvel Comics characters and properties. Most prominently, it collects ports of every arcade entry in the Marvel vs. Capcom franchise of crossover fighting games, from X-Men vs. Street Fighter to Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, as well as the two predecessor games X-Men: Children of the Atom and Marvel Super Heroes. This compilation notably marks the first console release of either Marvel Super Heroes or the original Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes since their joint inclusion in the Marvel vs. Capcom Origins compilation in 2012, as well as the first re-release of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 on consoles since its high-definition (HD) remaster for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2009. It also marks the first console appearance of the arcade version of Capcom’s beat ’em up video game The Punisher since its initial release in 1993.
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