
Update (Tue 27th Feb, 2024 16:05 GMT): Arcade1Up has just re-announced its X-Men 97 Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 Deluxe Cabinet, which the company accidentally leaked on its website earlier this month (thanks Retro Dodo for spot!).
The re-announcement took place at a special influencer-only event at Epcot Center this morning (Feb 27th), where it was announced that it will be available to preorder from the Arcade1Up website sometime today.
The machine comes with a 17″ BOE colour monitor, a 2-player control deck, a light up marquee, and built-in wi-fi, among other features. It is scheduled to ship in late April.
Original article (Thu 15th Feb, 2024 16:30 GMT): Yesterday, Arcade1UP accidentally leaked an upcoming Marvel vs. Capcom 2 arcade cabinet on its website that appears to be a tie-in to the new X-Men 97 animated show (scheduled to start streaming on Disney+ on March 20th).
The X-Men 97 Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 Deluxe Cabinet was briefly listed on the hardware developer's website as being available for pre-order for $499, with the Twitter user Wario64 spotting the new cabinet and managing to grab a few photos before it was taken down.
These images give us a closer look at the side art, with one half featuring Magneto, Gambit, Beast, Jubilee, and Cyclops, while the other half contains Magneto (again!), Jean Grey, Storm, Rogue, Morph, Wolverine, and Bishop. They also reveal the list of games that are set to be featured, which includes:
- Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (2000)
- Marvel vs. Capcom Clash of Super Heroes (1998)
- Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (1997)
- X-Men vs. Street Fighter (1996)
- Marvel Super Heroes (1995)
- X-Men Children of the Atom (1994)
- Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems (1996)
- X-Men Mutant Apocalypse (1994)
We expect with the recent release of a new trailer for X-Men 97 and the announcement of its impending arrival on Disney+ in March, we'll be hearing more news about this Arcade1Up cabinet very soon.
[source twitter.com]
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It's cool to see that they're still able to rerelease the MvC2 cab with new art, but it sucks that this is still the only possible option for the classic MvC games to be played officially these days. They would probably sell gangbusters on modern consoles
I hope to someday have easy access to the titles on this machine.
@Diogmites You do, you're actually on the internet right now.
@Poodlestargenerica To play on my Switch, i should have added.
@Diogmites Yeah, it's kind of insane that it hasn't happened, given that even with licensing costs, rereleasing mvc2 is free money. Hopefully powerstone this year, then who knows what might follow.
Now that is a bundle of games I'd buy on a console!
These are definitely one set of fighting games I would like to buy and this cabinet might make me jump on this. However, I really want a virtual pinball so I'll be getting that first!
@Blofse I picked up the starwars 1up pinball machine on sale and there's an easy mod to add the other tables so 30 in total. It's pretty sweet but I like the look of the at games one if your looking something bigger
Ugh Storm is mohawked again?! I had hoped that would remain in the comics. If it had the 2 player version of X-Men, I would be interested.
I'm surprised they're not including the Konami game, especially as Arcade1Up already licensed that game. I know it's not based on the same X-Men cartoon but it feels like it belongs as part of this collection.
@BulkSlash I don't think Capcom would like it if a collection included a ton of their games, and then one from a different company.
@KingMike Yeah that could be it. The previous X-Men Arcade1Up had it mixed with some Data East games but Data East aren’t really around to object like Capcom could!
🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱, no reason to get this especially for that price, if they wanna give us a good way to replay this game officially it has to be a collection or rerelease, not this neckbeard shelf collector garbage. If these came out alongside modern rereleases I’d be okay with it but this is just not how you treat your legacy content.
Like other have said I have no space for arcades in my home but a collection on console would be a day one buy for me.
@PinballBuzzbro neck beard collector garbage.🤣 I wouldn't go that far it's nice to own if yous interested or a big fan marvel and Capcom. It's a hell no for me I'm with you. If Capcom wants my dough release it on current gen. I'd double dip for eh trophies and achievements.🤯🤟🏻💯
The games are good but the arcade cabinet art suck, I hope capcom will release this on console.
My dreamcast copy of MvC2 remains one of the most cherished games in my collection.
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