Capcom have just made a lot of SEGA Dreamcast fans very happy. After previously announcing back in June that both Marvel Vs. Capcom and Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 would return this September as part of their Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection, they've just gone and revealed that we're also going to be receiving Capcom Fighting Collection 2 on modern consoles in 2025, which includes some very significant Dreamcast fighters. And when I say significant… get this, Dreamcast lovers - Power Stone is on it! POWER STONE. And Power Stone 2 (the connoisseurs choice). And both Capcom VS. SNK games. And Project Justice. And Plasma Sword. Okay, no one cares about Plasma Sword.
Check out the announcement trailer below:
I felt giddy with joy just watching that. Why this upcoming release is so exciting is that the Dreamcast’s most beloved brawler Power Stone and its sequel were thought to have been left behind for good in 2006, when a collection of the two released for Sony’s PSP. But now here we are a little under two decades later in 2024 with a contemporary release of Power Stone coming our way! Another big deal in this upcoming collection is Project Justice - the sequel to Rival Schools (not to be confused with the band who did "Used for Glue") - as that game has never been released on any other console besides the Dreamcast, which is probably mostly why preowned copies of the game have been climbing in price in the last so many years.
The games by themselves would’ve been enough, but the glacier cherry on top of this awesome sundae is... all the included games will feature online play! Finally my long-suffering friends will no longer have to trek over to my house just to play endless rounds of their favourite game Power Stone 2 and nothing else for an entire day (they love it, really). They can instead now join the action from the comfort of their own homes, with the option to fake connectivity issues or simply just turn their console off as a means of escape.
Here's all of the games included on this release:
- Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Pro
- Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001
- Capcom Fighting Evolution
- Street Fighter Alpha 3 UPPER
- Project Justice
- Power Stone
- Power Stone 2
- Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein
The collection is currently confirmed for Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One and Steam.
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