They actually have a lot of people from Capcom fighting games working for Marvel.
Yeah, the thing is Marvel and Capcom are friends. I went to Marvel and Capcom, I think this was pre-Disney merger, or just during that time Capcom and Marvel had basically stopped working together, but I was instrumental in bringing Marvel and Capcom back to the table to bring back Marvel vs. John Diamonon: I was part of the marketing at a time for Marvel vs. Capcom 2 get re-released, and then Marvel vs. But if Marvel does in fact have a partner, and if Capcom is in fact, really focusing on the Street Fighter franchise, I just don't see it happening for a very long time, if at all.Ĭatalyst: You were part of the team that negotiated with Capcom initially, to help Marvel vs. Now, can anything happen? Of course, anything is possible. There's always been rumors, but just for the two facts alone, if it were to happen, I couldn't see that happening for a long time. Capcom game, you'd have to figure if it were to happen, it would take years, right? Also, Marvel may have their own fighting game that they are developing for, but I don't know this for sure. They have a big eSports initiative and throwing in a possible new Marvel vs. Realistically, Capcom is focused on Street Fighter 6, and they're putting all their resources into that to make it their key fighting game. What I'll say is that there were a lot of challenges to get the two groups to really agree to bring this back, and it could be for political reasons.
I used to work there for 11 years and also was the brand manager from the Capcom and Marvel IP since 2008. John Diamonon: Well, I can't speak on behalf of Marvel and Capcom, I no longer am working at Capcom. There's a big #FreeMvC2 campaign that Maximilian started almost a year ago today, and that gained so much momentum, and of course, everyone including Marvel and Capcom heard loud cries from the fans, and I think they're both happy that we did it justice.Ĭatalyst: How do you feel about the possibilities of Capcom and Marvel working together in the future? Capcom 2 back from the hiatus it has been on. So Marvel's been really happy that we’ve finally been able to bring Marvel vs. When you play these games online you see we did a really good job with removing a lot of the input lag, not just the regular input lag with the cabinet, but the input lag with playing online. So when they saw how we recreated it, we worked with Justin Wong for the emulation. When they saw the success of that, they were really excited about it, because they weren't using these IPs in the past. So when we first released our cabinet, I think it was Marvel Super Heroes. I know the Marvel games team really focuses on the newest games and best games, but they also focus on fans with the retro tastes. John Diamonon: Marvel has been extremely happy. In terms of the game selection, we use market research, we talk to the fans to get feedback to come up with a game list and then we get that approved from the license.Ĭatalyst: What has it been like working with Marvel on re-releasing these fighting game cabinets? This year is Pong's 50th anniversary, we're planning on doing something there possibly.
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For example, if there's a Pac-Man 40th anniversary, we'll highlight that cabinet featuring that game plus other games.
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John Diamonon: Yeah, we used to get some master license for most of their arcade games, and then what we do is we have a roadmap where we pick certain games, sometimes according to what marketing activities the publisher has. So expect at least two fighting games, if not more.Ĭatalyst: Do you work with companies on the game selection process? How does that process work? We'll always be involved with it because we want to grow a retro fighting game community. We could possibly do a Street Fighter 3 or Alpha in the future.
We can expect that more and that every year we change it. For the Capcom and Midway collection, they likely always have three Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter games, plus filling them out with other styles of genres, to make the 14 game list. We have this product called the Legacy Collection, whether it's the Capcom, Midway, Namco or Atari Collection. We still have a lot of cabinets that we'd like to recreate, some good IPs that we still haven't used, but I think every year we'll have at least a couple of versions of a new arcade cabinet. Catalyst: Do you think you'll do more fighting game cabinets in the future?
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