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In the previous game the character appeared as a mid-boss and could not be used on the Sega Saturn without meeting a condition, but in the arcade version this game was the first in which the character could be played.
In the previous game the character appeared as the final boss and could not be used in either the arcade or the Sega Saturn version, but in this game the character became playable for the first time.
Based on the arcade version, it added higher-quality graphics and online play, and Anita became playable for the first time in a version for the West, but distribution ended in 2014-12 when the contract between Capcom and Marvel ran out.
It was succeeded by X-Men vs. Street Fighter, the first entry in the Marvel vs. Capcom series, in 1996.
The home conversions of the game were unveiled on the first day of the 1996 Electronic Entertainment Expo, with Stan Lee appearing at the booth.
GamePro called it "an excellent port of the arcade game which was a quarter-burner last year.
The endings vary a good deal from character to character, and the staff treated Juggernaut's ending as "the comic turn"; Marvel praised it as a "cool idea".
It was highly praised outside Japan but was not much of a hit in Japan, so the development staff say that even reports of "it was a hit in America" did not feel like much to them.
The Saturn version was widely praised as having the same large, detailed sprites as the arcade version, though some criticized the slowdown which occurs when the RAM expansion cart is used and/or larger characters are on screen.
Rich Leadbetter of Sega Saturn Magazine praised the Saturn conversion for retaining all the scenery effects of the arcade version, and commented that "Marvel Super Heroes makes 2D graphics cool again".
It won a Special Award in the 10th Gamest Grand Prix (1996) run in the magazine Gamest (Shinseisha), and also took 8th place for Best Fighting Game and 28th place among the year's hit games.
In 2012-9, Marvel vs. Capcom Origins, pairing this game with MARVEL VS. CAPCOM CLASH OF SUPER HEROES — 2 games in all — was distributed on PlayStation Network (PlayStation 3) and Xbox Live Arcade (Xbox 360) in the West.
Rich Leadbetter of Sega Saturn Magazine praised the Saturn conversion for retaining all the scenery effects of the arcade version, and commented that "Marvel Super Heroes makes 2D graphics cool again".
Gerstmann said the speech samples have better quality in the PlayStation version, but still regarded the Saturn version as "slightly better".
It was highly praised outside Japan but was not much of a hit in Japan, so the development staff say that even reports of "it was a hit in America" did not feel like much to them.
Both the Sega Saturn and the PlayStation version cut a noticeable number of animation frames from the characters, and the screen layout also differs a little because of the resolution: on the Saturn the face graphic is shown under the health bar, while on the PlayStation the health bar was changed from the arcade version's 9 sections to 8; in addition, Anita was removed from the Western versions.
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