Earlier this week during , Capcom shocked the fighting game world with the surprise reveal of , an unprecedented collection of seven iconic crossover games between the —including one of the most of all time, . It marks for the first time in years that some of these games will be made legally available for purchase again, after digital versions vanished off store fronts across gaming platforms due to rights issues. Beyond , includes Capcom’s arcade sidescrolling beat ‘em up and five more crossover fighting games: , , , , and .
But it also includes extra features, including an art gallery collection of concept art and promotional character work developed by Capcom for each of the games—some of which has never been preserved before in such high detail, and we’re already getting a taste of how glorious that is. for the collection has been updated with a suite of pages for each of the included games—and inside those pages, high-res versions of sprites and character art that has rarely been made available in this form before. Of particular note is the page for , which has high-res versions of the character illustrations for all 56 Marvel and Capcom characters in the roster by the legendary Japanese artist Bengus.
A longtime collaborator with Capcom, Bengus’ illustrations across generations of games are iconic, but his work on is forever beloved, for good reason. The beautiful colors, the sketching, and the hatched shadows present a unified aesthetic that married both .
