Why Cyclops is the REAL main character of Marvel vs Capcom 2
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We're back with another Marvel vs Capcom 2 character overview/review video. Today we're talking about my personal favorite character, and an EXTREMELY powerful top-tier, Cyclops. Enjoy the overview and the matches, make sure to check out my friend Mothman's twitch channel here:
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They should’ve never took Scott off the roster for Marvel 3. To me he was Ryu’s true rival in MvC as a whole.
@protodevilin
2 жыл бұрын
The animation of Cyclops and Ryu shaking hands during the arcade intro to X-Men Vs. Street Fighter is peak Capcom goodness.
@davionwatkins3135
2 жыл бұрын
@@protodevilin 💯
@maagic2031
2 жыл бұрын
@Rosma Salinez mvc isnt a mvc game??????
@Josh-tf9cr
2 жыл бұрын
@@maagic2031 According to him, yes, it isn't a mvc game Kappa
@SomeoneOutThereIdk
2 жыл бұрын
Good news, he's now in the game thanks to mods
One day, Ryu will reunite with his crossover BFF. One day....
@livanbard
5 күн бұрын
Hopefully with in a decent art style this time around
"BEHOLD, OPTIC BLAAAST" "JUSTIIIN WOOOOONG, OHH MY GOD"
@alejandroramirez4470
2 жыл бұрын
I just heard that part lol. Not as good as the african guy saying "Oh my god, wow!" though
@zerofaith.la_
2 жыл бұрын
Good times
@vyguardelite7874
2 жыл бұрын
Read my mind lmao.
@reaz6082
2 жыл бұрын
It’s “ oh mai gawd “
@TlelocGaming
2 жыл бұрын
Lol
He’s one of my favorites. I was always fascinated by how his breathing made his muscles expand lol as a kid I would take deep breathes and flex all my muscles to mimic him
@elbarry7016
2 жыл бұрын
Justo eso me pasó cuando ví por primera vez ése pixel art xD Algo que nunca he entendido de juegos de pelea: Qué es eso de "Top Tier"?
@Protosilver97
2 жыл бұрын
@@elbarry7016 Que es de los mejores en el juego.
@MacMac1313
2 жыл бұрын
@@elbarry7016 Top tier significa que es un contendiente de alto rango y esta entre las mejores figuras de todos los personajes. Lo mismo se puede decir de un jugador , gasolina, moda, etc ....
@calmfog312
2 жыл бұрын
@@elbarry7016 Si buscar "Tier list" de X juego encontrarás una lista del mejor al peor personaje competitivamente hablando, los de más arriba son Top Tier los del medio Mid tier y los de abajo low tier
@Josh-tf9cr
2 жыл бұрын
That comment is ecks dee to the max
I really want Cyclops back in a new MvC. It's insane he was ever gone.
@RandalfElVikingo
2 жыл бұрын
Cyclops was popular in the 90's along Gambit, but X-Men was all about Wolverine in the 2000's
@protodevilin
2 жыл бұрын
@@RandalfElVikingo And Cyclops got cucked so hard. It annoys be because Scott Summers is a tactical genius (on par with Steve Rogers), and his optic blasts are not just tickle beams. If he allows himself to really cut loose, he can wipe out a few city blocks at a time with them. There's a reason Xavier chose him to lead the X-Men. The character deserves better treatment in movies and games.
@RandalfElVikingo
2 жыл бұрын
@@protodevilin I always loved Cyclops design and backstory, I can't say he was my favorite X-Men but he earns his respect. He could easily replace Captain American as The Avengers leader just by guts alone.
@DokuTenbun
2 жыл бұрын
These comments are why I have hope. Cyclops also is not my favorite Mutant, but damn he was straight fire in MvC2
@ryu-ken
2 жыл бұрын
Cuz he's a beta male
Cyclops was my anchor for a long time. To the point of I retired him from my team. He gave me my first 49 win streak, holding down the fort. Such simple confirms into such good damage or chip.
@acev271
2 жыл бұрын
Why did you retire him?
@ReikuYin
2 жыл бұрын
@@acev271 He was too good at his job. After that 49 win streak, I pondered how much was Cyc and how much was me. (It's both of course but was still figuring that out) And too improve without his options, I retired him. I'd bust him out now and then, (he's been my boy from CotA after all), but it was more fun trying to find new team comp and figuring out how to deal with peepes picking the top tiers(tho not understand why they are or how to utilize em, just 'I was told/seen players use this') How I eventually came to Rogue, Hyato, Strider and the fun of the level 5 cross combination super they have. (Totes unnecessary, but satisfying)
@acev271
2 жыл бұрын
@@ReikuYin Interesting. I get the idea; but the character needs YOU in order to work. I think it was more you than Cyclops.
@CMCAdvanced
Жыл бұрын
Jesus, 49 win streak? You could have told your opponent SOMETHING to help them out. If that was in arcade though, then respect
@ReikuYin
Жыл бұрын
@@CMCAdvanced Oh I did. We were all buddies and this was when the game was new and every week you bit the arcade to see who unlocked next and see how they fit your team synergy. They were always nail bitters to the last character fights. I miss those days.
This is still like the pinnacle of 2D sprite fighter aesthetics. The level of style has never been topped, or seen again since. It’s like a window to the past, into the very best of an entire era.
@Alienthehuman
9 ай бұрын
100% what would have to be done for us to get a new version of this style of game????!!!!! Right? Double the roster, keep the graphic styling, same mechanics. It would be incredible.
@illford6921
8 ай бұрын
@@Alienthehumanmaking it more efficient. 2D is a lot more time consuming to do. It's just not worth it when you can just have 3D models. 3D introduced problems but idk if they apply, gameplay wise, to traditional fighting games
@Alienthehuman
8 ай бұрын
@@illford6921 I can’t imagine it would be so time consuming that it wouldn’t be worth making though. Since when does something taking more time make it less likely to be successful? Not saying you’re saying that - I just think it would do very well regardless. Like the streets of rage remake was INCREDIBLE. It can definitely be done.
@Kiefy6886
3 ай бұрын
I disagree. The King of Fighters XIII has the BEST 2D sprites of all time. They are so beautiful I almost shed a tear. I suck at the game though, lol
@sh0cktim3
2 ай бұрын
@@Kiefy6886that game tho not even half as popular has MvsCap2.
He also has lungs in his thighs
if cyclops is in next new mvc, id love to see his lvl3 ultra where scott take his glasses off and bam! red screen doing massive damage
@JonCom3dy
2 жыл бұрын
Facts! Unbridled optic blast is probably insane.
@randot6675
Жыл бұрын
"I WANT THIS THING OFF MY LAWN"
@undead923
Жыл бұрын
UMVC3 Pallet Swap mod has something for you…
Came to this video after seeing what X-Men '97 did to cyclops. Sucka's really represented him well... sucka's a GOAT.
I always liked Cyclops, since the Phoenix Saga. He was really relatable in that storyline. Then they downplay him in favor of Wolverine ever since. He also a decent play on games.
@philithegamer8265
2 жыл бұрын
Hah no one ever liked Cyclops
@phabiorules
2 жыл бұрын
@@philithegamer8265 Cyclops is hella cool. Marvel than just saw how popular Wolverine got and started making him look bad in order to make Wolverine look cool.
@philithegamer8265
2 жыл бұрын
@@phabiorules Even before Marvel started whoring out it's boyfriend Wolverine, it was never cool to say you like Cyclops.
@Wiki1184
2 жыл бұрын
@@philithegamer8265 Never been the biggest X-Men guy, but he was always pretty cool in the shows.
@regalsylvester
Жыл бұрын
He was always a great strong Boy Scout character. They nerfed him for antihero Wolverine as if you could only have one strong leader smh. If Fox had the MCU strategy then Cyclops, Wolverine, Magneto, and Jean would’ve all had films.
Who's here ✋ after the first & second episode of X-Men 97, Cyclops is so damn cool!!
Cyclops was always my favourite X-Men character! Every single game afterwards which he wasn’t included in broke my heart. Great video!
@philithegamer8265
2 жыл бұрын
No one likes Cyclops.
@nabueso81
2 жыл бұрын
Cyclops isn’t just an X-Men, he is THE X-MAN 😎
@captainmega6310
Жыл бұрын
@@philithegamer8265 bruh people obviously like cyclops. What did you do to you
I remember discovering Scott’s secret OTHER command grab. I think it’s hcb HP up close and he’d grab them turn around and push them away with a beam diagonally upwards like he’d lift them into the air and at least half screen with just the force of the beam. It’s was sick.
@DrEcho
2 жыл бұрын
Just looked it up. It’s on Srk. It’s called “Optic hold” but it wasn’t in the in-game movelist from the pause menu so I discovered it by accident and spent days trying to figure out the input.
The best version of Cyclops ever, really wish he could return to his glory days.
@TlelocGaming
2 жыл бұрын
Me to man
@luisrivera797
2 ай бұрын
Happy?
Love this series, super useful for helping new players understand the characters. It would also be nice a vid explain how to build teams and the role of each character in the different teams structure, like storm and Cyclops being batteries. Keep it up!!
Cyclops has always been my favorite X-men character since I was a little kid. I always hated how they made him look bad in favor of Wolverine. I don't hate Wolverine himself (I like him too), but I think he's a little overrated. Though I suck at fighting games, I'm glad Scott is good here and is getting some recognition.
I like Cyclops’ ground combo where he charges at you and does like 5 hits. It works a lot like a sonic boom, you hold back to charge to press forward then button mash, I usually just press punch. Does a load of damage if it connects. Combine with an assist like DD’s rocks or Sentinel’s missiles. Also his double jump helps a lot with maneuvering around.
@Draliseth
4 ай бұрын
That's always my secret weapon. 😂
aw man thanks for making these mvc2 videos. Last meetup we had I booted mvc2 up on my naomi which i hadn't done in forever. Your videos are why i did that.
Please make more of these. These are super fun to watch and helpful as a newcomer, as a lot of mvc2 meta isn't well documented.
Mothman is a genius I've watched a lot of footage of his M.O.D.O.K his flow chart for in comings are amazing with the jamming bomb into snap backs.
I was wondering if these types of videos would ever come back, very happy to see it!
I’ve been waiting for this series to come back, please do more!! Would love to see you do this in other games too
He's my main in Marvel 2 as well because Wolverine freaking SUCKS in this game, both versions, so I had to replace him with someone competent like a Guile and use two characters I already really like from previous Marvel vs games (Cyclops and Colossus), Cyclops being the battery character, is the most important member of my team.
Love these videos! Haven’t ever even played MvC2 before but these are really interesting
Love this video. Are you not making anymore of those rival videos where you break down the fights?
Ayyyyyyy I love this series! More of these please, I really enjoy this kind of content!
@MarvelInkaWarriors
2 жыл бұрын
Mvc2 the best. We share Mvc2 content too
My favorite character in the whole game too, love running him as a battery for cable with doom assist
@philithegamer8265
2 жыл бұрын
No one likes Cyclops
@Marc-rw3dd
2 жыл бұрын
@@philithegamer8265 Get a life man
@philithegamer8265
2 жыл бұрын
@@Marc-rw3dd Why are you saying I should get a life? Are you some butthurt ass Cyclops fan who's mad I'm telling the truth?
@Marc-rw3dd
2 жыл бұрын
@@philithegamer8265 Nope, i don't even play mvc
Your best series, really hope you do Omega Red at some point.
I’m a simple man, someone praises cyclops. I like .
Here’s a comment and I like for the algorithm. love these marvel versus Capcom two vids. keep it up man.
I remember how It was near the 10yr Mark of me having the game when i first saw his command grab. I was like “since when?”
NIIIIICE show case on cyclops. My favorite version of cyclops is in XMvsSF. If you good enough with cyclops in that game or any character for that matter, you can infinity combo your opponent's character during death. Specifically when you kill your opponent's first character keep hitting the character as much as possible while the character is stuck in fall animation. For some reason character's body becomes bouncy and makes it easier for you to juggle them.
Cyclops has a sliding special move also in which you didn’t mention. The special move looks crazy cuz he is hitting you while sliding towards you
@ShadowknightEX
2 жыл бұрын
And a running command grab
@JonCom3dy
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah what is that move? I did it by accident a lot cause I mashed as a kid
@joseaguirre4642
2 жыл бұрын
@@JonCom3dy i called the Cycke slide lol you basically do a sonic boom with punch and keep mashing punch
@JonCom3dy
2 жыл бұрын
@@joseaguirre4642 oh it’s a charge command move
@joseaguirre4642
2 жыл бұрын
@@JonCom3dy yessir
I played this casually on xbox 360, I think I loved using Jill, Venom and I guess servbot? Don't really remember anymore, been too long now
@elianrodriguez5951
2 жыл бұрын
Still got it on xbox360?
Pls do more of these! Would enjoy character analysis from other games too!
Great seeing you play MvC2
Awesome vid! Can you cover Servbot next?
One of ur best series. Loved the vid
Glad to see this series back!
Great video as always! Could you do a video on Tron Bonne please? I've seen you do great things with her and I love her but I suck.
"Behold, I am 🗑️" IFC Yipes lol
He became one of my favorites when I start playing MvC2 again last week, now I need to be consistent on hit confirm to combos with this game.
My favorite game! Thanks for bringing this up
my favorite content creator in the fgc 🙏🏽 thank you bro!
i remember watching a set where Justin came back with anchor Cyclops and won and he's been one of my favorite characters in it since then, really fun pairing him with his son too to spam the crap out of projectiles
I love these vid thank you mind showing us some Spider-Man or ken next?
Cyclops was iconic and should still be in the Marvel fighters. Another one I really like is Jin, even though he’s not that good. In all the crossover games, I rarely played SF characters. I had a hard time changing my style to play properly. Kept hitting fierce or roundhouse when attempting combos. Something about seeing a SF character made me revert to SF button commands.
Such an awesome game. We need yet another update on new consoles and on PC that handles the resolutions for us. Purchased MvC2 new for the Dreamcast, purchased it for 360, I think I have it on my FTP drive for PS2, and I'd easily pay $20 again.
His name back in the day was The Battery of the Gods
Super educational, even as a person that doesn't and can't play competitively! Also it looks freaking amazing - is this the Arcade version / Mame, or is this like Dreamcast via VGA? Or like, PS3 / Xbox 360? Just looks incredible, great capture!!
@philithegamer8265
2 жыл бұрын
MvC2 is dead at this point.
I'd love to see more like this!
btw Ive seen some good Ryu, who take advantage of the 1 frame super to punish assists or blocked supers. they also take advantage of his overhead and standing grab and launch mix up.. you know what i just inspired myself to make ryu work. lol
love your marvel 2 content
I know nothing about tiers and etc but this is my favorite because of his style. He is so cool. Great to know he is a strong character. I never saw people play him at the arcades in its hay day tho.
He was unstoppable in X-men vs Streetfighter 😁
cyclops was my go to when I played this game at the arcade at the local pizza joint. cyclops sentinel and cable were my team back then. had no clue what I was doing but I knew those characters were my best bet even back then.
Scotty is OD good stuff getting a rep of the inf it's so hard. Would love to play you again man
scott is a really good character only been playing about a month but, he has put in some good work while i'm learning
I would love if you talked about Iron Man/War Machine next or Dhalsim.
Somewhat surprised it wasn't mentioned as to how he's the only character in the game with a defensive crouch throw (DB+HK) which can be a great counter for rushdowns.
Man watching Cy really brings back the JWong factor and his amazing 1v3 comeback.
that link to LVL 3 Dark Hayato @ 5:24 was some fuckin godlike execution
Man I really missed these character overviews
Ruby Heart is the Capcom rep not Ryu. Ryu was the main rep in XvSF, MSHvSF, MvC3. But in this specific game, Ruby Heart is the main Capcom character.
I still love Captain America the most in MVC games. I know he's not the best but I just really really love all his moves. He has the shoryu, all the projectiles, a dash attack. He's just my favorite fighter of all time (mechanically).
When should you use Mega Optic Blast vs Tractor Beam?
My teams were Magneto, Sentinel, Commando and Magneto, Storm, Sentinel or Magneto Storm, Commando. Could play either team very high level in my opinion. To be fair, it was only 4 characters total. Sometimes I wish I never stopped playing. Till this day I don’t think a fighter makes me as happy as that one did. Making the difficult magneto combos look easy is ridiculously satisfying. I could do them all. I remember wasting hours at illusions and Gameworks here in Seattle learning how to play. I’d wreck for hours then move on to the 3rd strike machine to get smacked by the same guy every night. That was frustrating. His Oro ruined many nights lol
I have two copays of the game for ps2 love playing it! I played elite fighter's at Frier Tucks arcade they taught me a thing or 2. Learned when u save 3 super bars wit,Iron man,warmachine, B.b.hood,use all 3 and get 250hit combo.
Would love to see cyclops back in some game, mainly know that DBZ proved that it is possible to have just giant fucking lasers supers and be cool.
Accurate and dope review 👌🏾
One thing I like to do with Cyclops-b as an assist in something like Sentinel-Storm-Cyclops is when I'm about to lose Storm to alpha counter in Cyclops, they get hit, cancel to a MOB [Mega Optic Blast], and DHC HSF [Hyper Sentinel Force]. Cyclops sneaks back into the back slot, and now I have a healthy Sentinel to play with.
Never played with Cyclops. I could never get used to his mechanics. But I've seen folks in the arcade literally rip people to shreds with Cyclops. I still have this game on my 360 and my PS3 too.
@philithegamer8265
2 жыл бұрын
No one likes Cyclops though.
Cyke is very cool. Can do zoning and also pressure. Other thing is his infinite combo
Honestly there's a lot of "assist only" characters i feel get really underestimated like this. Like sure captain commando's no Magneto or anything but he still has some sauce to him(particularly in regards to having pretty nice specials all around that allow him to cover a lot of space on the screen.)
I just got into playing and love seeing more content for this game but I still have a hard time of how to overall play this game and the mechanics. I really wish someone would do an updated tutorial for this game.
Can you do a video on movement in general in mvc2 I don’t know how you can dash so consistently, and the micro spacing
Good breakdown
I was sleepin on mr summers. GUILE,JILL,STORM KEN,MORRIGAN,COMMANDO, RYU,KEN,AKUMA JILL,COMMANDO,STORM. Need this on my PS5
Totally Agree with you, i've been playing With Cyclops since X-men Children of the Atom..
I've been waiting for this he's one of my favorite characters in the game and in marvel
@philithegamer8265
2 жыл бұрын
Hah, no one likes Cyclops.
@maximusz3059
2 жыл бұрын
@@philithegamer8265 I love cyclops and that's how I feel about him
@philithegamer8265
2 жыл бұрын
@@maximusz3059 You're the only individual on the planet who likes Cyclops though.
@maximusz3059
2 жыл бұрын
@@philithegamer8265I'm ok with that ever since I was a kid he was my favorite x-men and ik he's not the most popular. Especially since the the 2000s they pushed for wolverine to be more of the poster boy of the franchise. But I always like cyclops the most due to his personality, leadership, and u think his optic blasts are dope. I'm fine being cyclops fan on the earth that's just how feel about him. And if others don't like that's fine as well because my favorite character doesn't have to be everyone's favorite character.
@philithegamer8265
2 жыл бұрын
@@maximusz3059 Whatever, at least you aren't a shill AKA Wolverine fanboy. Besides Cyclops became a top tier asshole in the recent comics just please Wolverines fanboys...
I own the game before someone says that in fact I own PS2 and Dreamcast so I legally can emulate right? Any recommendations on Flycast setups or would a MAME arcade run be better? I am able to run my VMU emulation and graphics seem fine but I am having some just absurb sprite responses the input is fine tho. Just wanna play it on my pc well any tips?
Goddammit I wanna play this game so bad. UMvC3 can only scratch that itch for so long.
I mean when the 2 universes did their 1st crossover (X-Men Vs Street Fighter) Cyclops was the face of his team so of course he'll be top tier (besides the fact that he's also a great all-around character and his "optic blast" is OP)
I would love to see a remaster of this game completely done in the style of mvc3
I ran Cyclops as my first because he's all around good. Iceman in the middle for the same reason plus he recieves no chip damage on blocking. Then Iron Man last cuz of proton cannon.
Do a video on Ruby Heart one of the coolest characters in the game in video gaming. She’s such a good character in the game and some people still sleep on her. Plus she’s the main character of the game so that’s another thing too
Cyclops is one of my favorite X-Men and one of my favorite MvC characters! Come back!
Alright, I love these! Can't play for shit but it's fun to learn.
@3:09 that commentator is legendary
Yo I just played em online and cannot believe it! 🤣 loved every moment please run me into the dirt any time!
You can actually hear the arcade pad button tapping *real* hard 😂👍
Great video bro can you do one on Spider-Man next time please and thank you
My favorite MvC2 team was Cyclops, Captain Commando and Cable, all with anti air assists.
I haven't played MVC2 in a long time... why the smaller directonal optic blast instead of the screen filling one?
My throw back chill 😂
Dude you've gotten good
The way he said oh my god sounded so funny the way he said it 😆
When I think of the cool version of Scott Summers, I think of his video game incarnation.
Just curious, are Cyclops' supers interchangeable on hit? And are there any pros and cons over using one over another? I typically prefer to use qcf+PP unless I'm intending to bounce qcf+KK.
@jmcrofts
2 жыл бұрын
The kicks one combos in many situations where the punches one does not
@tcchip
2 жыл бұрын
@@jmcrofts I always thought they were interchangeable, as I usually super cancel into qcf+PP from a qcf+LP hit confirm even at full screen, or in air juggles. If anything I've ended up missing qcf+KK in air combos because I aimed badly during startup.