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ED'S << X-MEN VS. STREET FIGHTER >> FILE 2.0
Written by Ed Hrzic
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Just what is this file? It's a bunch of notes and information
that I have found during my times playing the game, and through
various posts on the 'net. It's not very long, it's not very
informative, and it's not very good, but I thought I'd give it a
shot.
==========UPDATES FROM 1.0:
- All of the endings are listed
- Some new comments and speculations
Thanks to the individuals who wrote on with their comments and
information. I'd write your names here, but I sorta accidentally
deleted that messages before getting the names...
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----------INFORMATION:
This information is based upon questions that I have seen on the
'net, or overheard while playing the game.
Q: Does Blanka appear in the game?
A: As a playable character, no, he does not. He has a cameo
appearance in the "Death Valley" stage, sitting by the fire.
Beast sometimes appears in his place.
Q: What does Rogue's kiss absorb?
A: Rogue takes one attack from the target (either through a
normal kiss, or at the end of her X-Move). More often than not,
it's a projectile that she takes. However, it is humorous to see
Rogue pull off a Spinning Pile Driver on the one she took it
from.
The only exception to this is that when she kisses Akuma, she
can also do his "Raging Demon" Super Combo (Jab, Jab, F, Short,
Fierce), a slow to execute, but unblockable attack.
This absorption only lasts until the end of the match, or you
tag-out, whichever comes first.
Q: Are there any hidden characters?
A: It's really unknown at this time. The only real "hidden"
character is Akuma, though all you have to do is go to the top
selection bar, and press up to choose him.
You can play as SF Alpha Chun-Li by holding down start, and
pressing either a punch or kick button.
There are various characters in the "Apocalypse Now" stage,
imprisoned within glass tubes. It is possible to shatter these
tubes (though I rightly do not know how). Among the people that
I have seen are: Psylocke, Dan, and Sakura. However, no one
that I watch play the game sits still long enough for me to see
the rest...
I would like to see how a tag-team match would turn out if
Apocalypse was playable...
Q: Is XMvSF coming to any home systems?
A: It was recently released that it's going to the Saturn. It
looks as though the PSX will not get the game, do to its RAM
being inferior to the Saturn's. As a PSX owner, I was dismayed,
but there MAY be some hope in the future. Go out and buy MSH for
the PS while you wait.
The Saturn version will be released with a ROM upgrade, I
assume to accomodate the extras that the game needs.
----------CHARACTER TEAM-UPS:
The following are some of the most common team-ups that you will
find while battling against the computer, with one X-Man and one
Street Fighter.
Bison/Magneto
Cammy/Wolverine
Charlie/Storm
Chun Li/Rogue
Dhalsim/Sabertooth
Ken/Gambit
Ryu/Cyclops
Zangief/Juggernaut
Other matchups are:
Akuma/Magneto
Bison/Cammy
Cammy/Rogue
The most prominent team-up that you will most-likely see people
play most is Ryu/Cyclops. Various individuals wonder "Why?".
There are several reasons. Though it is arguable that Cyclops is
probably the most-used character.
1) Ryu and Cyclops are very much alike, with "Dragon Punches",
"Fireballs", and their Supers. So, not much adjustment has to be
made to play with these two. As well, these two are the most
balanced in their abilities of speed and strength. Their attacks
are very useful.
2) Ryu and Cyclops' Combined Super is a very intimidating
prospect.
3) Cyclops' normal Optic Blast is very useful against
projectile throwers. Since his is a "beam" and not a "ball", a
player simply has to fire an Optic Blast. It will cut through
the projectile, and most likely nail the person on the other
side.
The first team that I played with (and still do when I'm not
trying to go for an ending) is Ryu/Rogue. Ryu is the well
balanced character, and Rogue's absorption is an intriguing way
to get more special abilities. Besides, Rogue is my favorite X-
Men character. :)
----------ENDINGS, i.e. SPOILERS:
These the endings for the characters in XMvSF. It should be very
apparent at HOW to get the endings for the characters: just
simply destroy Apocalypse with the character you wish to get the
ending for.
What is surprisingly good about the endings is that it usually
has the interaction between a member of the X-Men and a member of
the Street Fighter crew. Some endings are very comical; some are
not.
These endings are based upon my own words for that ending. If
you want the real words, go finish the game by yourself.
AKUMA. Wolverine finds that Akuma knows something about his
past. But Akuma won't give up the information without a fight...
BISON. Bison's power is too much for Magneto to handle. Now
that Bison has taken over the world, he sets his sights even
further in the cosmos...
CAMMY. Cammy's memory disappears after the last battle, and is
approached by The Hand. Psylocke in turn saves Cammy. She then
joins up with her squad to fight evil.
CHARLIE. He is captured by Shadaloo, subjected to torture, and
dies. Guile's story begins here.
CHUN LI. Professor X invites Chun Li to study with the X-Men,
and she accepts. (One of the most humorous endings. Archangel
makes the comment: "Gee! You're as cute as Jean!" ...and pay
attention to Beast, who is observing Li's rear...)
CYCLOPS. Battling alongside the Street Fighters, Cyclops
realizes in his heart that peace with mutant can only exist with
help from the humans.
DHALSIM. Dhalsim realizes that the tournament was a dream.
GAMBIT. Rogue contemplates what it would be like to be human.
Gabmit says he likes her just the way she is.
JUGGERNAUT. Jug gloats over his victory, putting down they
Hulk during his speech to Apocalypse.
KEN. Ken's son just beat the stuffing out of his dad while
playing "X-Men vs. Street Fighter" on their video game system.
MAGNETO. After destroying Bison, he takes up Bison's three
followers.
ROGUE. Bison offers to make Rogue a human, but she declines,
knowing that she would never be human through her. She asks Chun
Li, "What's it like being normal?" Chun Li responds, "Normal?
What do you mean? I can throw fireballs. What's normal about
that?"
RYU. Once again, Ryu is in the battle for nothing but the
fight. Cyclops tries to stop him, but Ryu has other plans...
SABERTOOTH. Sabertooth and Birdie have "taken care of" all of
the fighters (all SF characters laying on the ground)...minus
one: Saber continues his life-long assault on the one they call
Wolverine...
STORM. After freeing all of the fighters imprisoned in the
tubes, Storm must contend with an assault by Shuma-Gorath.
WOLVERINE. Wolverine comments to Jubilee about how much of an
honorable fighter Ryu is.
ZANGIEF. Zengief teams up with Colossus to take down one Omega
Red who is terrorizing Russia.
----------REVIEW:
Over all, XMvSF is a good game. Who couldn't resist fighting the
tag-team big-baddies of Magneto and Bison with your favorite SF
and XM character?
THROWS. On a lower note, throws seem to do too much damage in
this game. I have not been the victim to losing by many of them,
but looking at the ratio of damage while others play, it seems to
be just a little too much. Yes, there are "Tech Hits" to leap
out of them. Yes, I consider a fifth of my Vitality bar too much
damage.
I guess that I shouldn't been saying that throws do too much
damage...though the problem is that you take damage not only from
being thrown, but after hitting the ground too! I little more
realistic, but, well...you get the idea.
COMBOS. The Combos of some of the characters also seem to be a
bit too much. Not all of them take an incredible amount of
Vitality off, but there is no real way to counter the combo when
you're being subjected to it. The combo system just seems a
little "under-done."
I mean this in saying that precautions weren't taken to rule-
out the possibility of Infinite Combos (which several characters
have -- Wolvie among them). Now that is what I call CHEESY to
the maximum expression of the word. And again, I have not been
the victim to them, but from ANY standpoint, the combos are just,
well, too much.
APOCALYPSE. The final boss is somewhat of a push-over, but
that's not the beauty of this game. It comes from the tag-team
match-ups between players, and taking their choice of fighters,
and beating each other senseless.
There is a pet-peeve that I have about some people who play a
certain way. I like to call them "Tag-Hitters". These
individuals know how to play the game to a certain extent, but
use a cheesy attack method. When you're vulnerable, they will
"Tag-Out," smacking you with the other character's "intro"
attack. I have yet to fight these types, but I see them quite
often.
----------SPECULATIONS:
TIME LINE. While playing the game, I have wondered, "Just when
in the Street Fighter time-line does this game occur?" Frankly,
I am at a loss for a concrete answer. As Charlie's and Cammy's
endings appear, this must indicate that it occurs before "Super
Street Fighter II: Turbo". However, in Ken's ending, Ken's son
appears, and Eliza's voice is "heard", so we can assume that Ken
is married at this point. Ken doesn't seem to be the type to
have a kid out of wed-lock, but anything's possible.
I would say that it is safe to assume that it occurs between
"Street Fighter Alpha 2" and "Super Street Fighter II: Turbo".
But then, I'm sure that everyone figured that out.
Actually, XMvsSF is set in a "what-if" universe, so I believe
that this game will never be considered part of SF.
CHARACTERS. For some of the characters, I simply have to say
"Why?" Certain characters were never really popular in SF2A, so
why did that reappear? Personally, I would have rather had
Psylocke or Sakura in the game instead of Dhalsim or Cammy. This
is all just a matter of preference, however.
And how would Psylocke's and Sakura's endings turn out if they
were in the game, along with some others? Let's take a look at
how I think they might be...
SAKURA. Since she would essentially beat Ryu (again if we use
her SF2A ending), the now-older Sakura might take up with one of
the X-Men to continue her training. Perhaps Wolverine takes to
her, like he did with Kitty (see the comics, if you don't know).
PSYLOCKE. As she sees that Bison's power is too much, she
makes it her quest to destroy it once and for all. And during
then, she would meet another person set on halting Bison...Rose.
DAN. After winning, he returns to his dojo. And waiting to
learn some new fighting styles is the one they call Juggernaut.
(Dan: Don't do any flips, Cain, or we'll have to replace the
floor...AGAIN.)
SEQUEL?. From the reviews and attention that this game is
getting, it looks as though a sequel is a definite possibility.
If Capcom follows the chain of Marvel games as they did before,
"X-Men vs. Marvel Super Heroes" will probably appear soon. On a
hopeful note, I'd very much like to play a Ryu/Iron Man (hmmm...
Devouring Dragon Wave Punch with a Proton Cannon...) or a Ryu/Cap
(D.D.W.P with a Final Justice...) team. However, if Rogue's in
the next one, she'll take precedence over Ryu in my book any day.
COMICS?. Hmmm...with the arrival of the SF characters in the X-
Men universe, could a comic book be on the horizon? Or even the
SF characters making an appearing in the X-Men animated series?
...probably not. It's nice the hope...and dream... and...
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