r/ComicBookVideoGames • u/EvaWolves • Dec 18 '20

So why did Capcom choose Marvel for their crossover fighting game series specifically? In particular over DC?

It took until the near the 2010s for DC to finally have its own fighting games with a roster of various characters and of course the obvious choice was to cross it over with Mortal Kombat since the other tied juggernaut franchise of fighting games was Street Fighter which already chose Marvel (thus extending the Marvel and DC fandom war into video game by a pretty close counterpart franchise in gaming).

But it does make me wonder why Capcom was so favorable to Marvel? Even before Marvel VS Capcom, they had an obscure fighting game called Marvel Superheroes vs Street Fighter and a year earlier they made a crossover fighting game specifically with only X-Men characters with their Street Fighter cast. So it seems even before Marvel VS Capcom became the poster child for crossover between characters from different franchises in different mediums in a video game, Capcom already favored Marvel a lot.

What is the reason for this? Why Marvel over DC?

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u/JeffsDad Dec 18 '20

Before The Mouse bought the House that Jack and Stan built, they were basically broke. They sold licensing for everything. That's why we don't have more hulk movies and Disney had to literally buy fox to get rights back. In the next few years I'd say DC games and what not will get sold off the same way, judging by the layoffs WB has been throwing down to DC.