Is it just me, or did it seem like Capcom habitually used the X-Men as a testing ground for larger Marvel Universe ideas? On the SNES, there was X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse which was followed by Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems. When the seeds of the Vs. Series were first being planted, there came X-Men: Children of the Atom which was precedded…
Before taking the Marvel license and turning it into one of the most popular fighting game franchises of all time by combining it with their own stable of characters, Capcom’s licensed output mostly came from their excellent Disney games in the 8-16 bit era like Ducktales, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid and Goof Troop among countless other classics. After takes…
There were a lot of X-Men video games released before the first X-Men Legends, some of them pretty great, but none really got the property right like the Legends series. Whereas console limitations had it such that the most X-Men you could have on-screen were two at a time (remember this is years before Konami’s arcade game made it…
With the prelude to Civil War now over with just a week until Captain America: Civil War his theatres, a countdown has begun: The Countdown to Apocalypse. All throughout the month of May and leading up to the release of Fox’s X-Men: Apocalypse, I’ll be shining the spotlight on games where Apocalypse features prominently. Expect reviews of the following…
If you’ll recall from my review of this game on the SNES, I’m probably one of the few people in the world who took it easy on this game, despite knowing full well its myriad problems. Finishing this game, a feat I once thought impossible, is something that I will always look back fondly upon…
In order to proper evaluate this game, I think it’s best to imagine yourself back in the early 90’s when this game came out: You’re an impressionable young kid who loves video games, comic books, cartoons, and you don’t have the luxury of the internet to provide you with up to date information on all…
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