The Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection is a miracle (and we need more)…

It’s the biggest problem with bringing back anything based on an already existing IP: whoever holds the rights has to be willing to make a deal to re-release or even just make something new based on that IP. You’d think, it’s easy money, why doesn’t everyone do it all the time? But often it usually boils down one or even both sides not willing to compromise enough on things like share of profits or even share of work involved.

This is why Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection seems like nothing short of a miracle. Capcom is kinda weird about the stuff they own to begin with, Disney is notorious about the use of anything they own and how much control they have and what they’ll let other companies use, so it just seemed like an impossibility that such a collection would ever happen. But Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection is real, it’s happening, and should set a precedent for more things that previously seemed unthinkable.

Granted, one of the most-requested and obvious answers would be Konami’s excellent X-Men and Simpsons arcade beat-em-ups. People have been clamoring for those on modern platforms for years and Konami seems open to re-releasing previous stuff. Granted, the biggest block for The Simpsons Arcade Game might be Electronic Arts, who has owned the game rights to The Simpsons for a long time now and only seems interested in updating the mobile game Simpsons: Tapped Out and not doing anything else with the franchise.

But, Electronic Arts has a continued relationship with Disney, they made recent Star Wars games and are making some upcoming Marvel games so I’m pretty sure Disney could slightly twist an arm or two and everyone can come to an agreement to make money.

Alien vs. Predator should actually be an easy slam dunk, it’s a Capcom game, Disney owns Alien & Predator, and I could see that being added as DLC to the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection in the near future.

Other games might be a less simple. I believe Marvelous currently owns the rights to a game like Captain America and The Avengers, which was made by the defunct Data East. But in cases like that, it’s hard to be sure. However, Sega made the above-pictured Spider-Man: The Arcade Game, and Sega loves to rerelease old stuff so I’m fairly sure some kind of deal could be worked out for that as well.

The bottom line is Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection is something previously thought impossible to be a thing today. It sets a precedent, it opens up a host of possibilities in terms of retro gaming and game preservation. Nothing preserves a game more than rereleasing it on a modern platform! So I want more. You should too and hopefully Disney and various game publishers are paying attention.

That’s all for today, I should be able to squeeze in one more post before the end of the month so see ya real soon!