It feels almost a lifetime ago since Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds was released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 back in 2011. Marvel vs Capcom 3 was big deal to hardcore fans of the fighting genre of gaming especially since the last main entry in the series was released in 2000. Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds was the sequel to Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes which has been viewed by many critics as one of the best 2D crossover fighting titles of all-time. Marvel vs Capcom 3 was an entry within its series that felt different because Capcom decided to take a new direction in relation to the overall presentation and art direction of the game. In Marvel vs Capcom 3 we saw 3D stages and character models opposed to outdated sprites and graphics. Marvel vs Capcom 3 had also retained the 3 on 3 crossover gameplay that was in the prequel with characters having the abilities to perform assists and combined super moves. Similar to previous installments players had super gauges and team attacks could be pulled off if their gauge was on maximum.

The roster for the original Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds was not nearly as big as the prequel and featured around 36 characters opposed to 56. There were familiar faces who returned as playable characters in Marvel vs Capcom 3 including Ryu, Wolverine, Chun-Li, Hulk, Strider-Hiryu, Magento, Doctor Doom, Storm and others. There also some new characters added to Marvel vs Capcom 3 including Deadpool, X-23, Chris Redfield, Trish and Zero. Even though, Marvel vs Capcom 3 was not story driven it did have an arcade mode where Galactus was the final boss. Galactus was a name big name from Marvel comics that causals were more familiar opposed to Abyss from MvC2 and Onslaught the boss from MVC1. Galactus was probably one of the most memorable bosses within its series aside from Apocalypse who appeared in earlier crossover games in ’96-’97. Marvel vs Capcom 3 was an arcade crossover game filed with many positives including fast-paced gameplay, memorable character themes and a high replay value. The 2D cel-shaded comic book like cell-shaded graphics made Marvel vs Capcom 3 look more appealing than the most recent entry in the series Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite from 2017.

Marvel vs Capcom 3 was heavily hyped throughout 2010 before its release in Spring 2011. After Marvel vs Capcom 3 was released it managed to reach at least 2 million copies in sales and was considered to be a commercial success. There also another version of the game entitled Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 released in late ’11 that had up to 50 characters and included eight new stages. Marvel vs Capcom 3 was considered to be one of not the best fighting game from 2011. Marvel vs Capcom 3 is also a cult classic that has inspired the creation of games like Dragon Ball FighterZ from ’18 which ended up having more success mainly due to the popularity of the DBZ series. Marvel vs Capcom 3 was big when it was first released because it was unexpected and ended being far better than anyone could have imagined at the time. Its very possible that without Capcom’s MvC3 game Dragon Ball FighterZ which shows the level impact Capcom’s crossover game had within the fighting genre during the 10’s decade.