Summary
The producer ofMarvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classicshas revealed that Capcom has “big dreams” for a potential newMvCgame.
While Capcom hasbeen on a hell of a winning streak over the last few console generations, it’s fair to say that those victories haven’t been without casualties. Before this year,I would have said that Dead Rising was the chief example of this, but now thatDeluxe Remaster is on the horizon, the next biggest loss is, without a doubt, Marvel vs. Capcom.
Following the lacklustre launch of Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite, it sadly seemed possible that we might not ever see the series again. That all changed last month when theMarvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection was announced out of nowhere during Nintendo’s Summer Direct.That reveal stoked the fire for a potential new game, something that now seems like much less of a pipedream.
Dexerto recently had the chance to interview Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection’s producer, Shuhei Matsumoto. During the interview, Matsumoto was asked the question that we’ve all been thinking - is Marvel vs. Capcom 4 a possibility now that the series is back from the dead? And no, I’m not counting Infinite in that lineup -if Deadpool doesn’t, then I won’t either.
Although you might expect Matsumoto to be cagey when answering such a big question, his answer was surprisingly honest. When asked about the future of Marvel vs. Capcom, he admitted that the team at Capcom has “big dreams” for a new game in the series, although he doesn’t know if that’s going to happen.
“If that were to happen, that would take some time and effort in order to create and release those kinds of games, but the short-term with what we can do now is at least reintroduce these past legacy games to a new audience, to people who may not have the opportunity to play it, because it might not be out on modern or current platforms.”
Matsumoto says that if a new Marvel vs. Capcom game were to happen, it would “take some time and effort” in order to create and release, which makes sense considering it doesn’t seem to be in development right now. Matsumoto says that the team can at least re-release the older Marvel vs. Capcom games in order to reintroduce the series and see if there’s an interest there.
