'Marvel vs. Capcom 2' heads to XBLA and PSN this summer

Perhaps in my entire college career so far, one of the greatest times I had playing a video game was playing Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for the Sega Dreamcast. A couple of friends had unearthed an old Dreamcast, and we decided to battle Mega Man and Spider-Man.

I couldn't tell you how many times the phonetic pronunciation of the term "K.O." was screamed that day ("KOOOOOOO!"). Great stuff.

The game will be out this summer for XBLA and PSN. Excellent news for the 2D fighters? It is, indeed. I'm just excited to have Iron Man shoot Zangief with an enormous proton cannon.

Here's a video for all you lonely hearts out there.

New Screenshots from "Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix"

There was a time in my life (last year) where I would play Super Street Fighter II while I was on the phone with one of my friends. Over time, if my answers became shorter and if I started taking longer pauses between sentences, one friend would ask, "Are you playing Street Fighter again?"

I love Super Street Fighter II Turbo. It's just as good as the original, but there are more characters to humiliate by pinning them into a corner with some hundred hand slap action. Sometime this fall, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (and I think six or seven more words) is coming to the PlayStation Network and the Xbox Live Arcade. Here's a screenshot to give you an idea of how awesome the graphics are.


Click on the image to see the full range of detail. That's Balrog, an American boxer, fighting Dee Jay, a Jamaican kick boxer. Spoiler alert, Balrog wins. They're exciting, these HD remixes. They take the games from your childhood and make them just slightly more perfect. I wonder how shimmery Ken's hair will be?

"Mega Man 9" Coming Monday, Releases New Screenshots

You know how gamers everywhere have been excited about Mega Man 9? Well all dreams will be realized this Monday, when the game will be released on WiiWare (PSN gets it on Thursday, and Xboxers will have to wait until the 1st). Also, they released some artwork, a la the cartoon shows, for Mega Man's latest foes. Here's what Splash Woman, the first lady of robotic evil, looks like in cartoon form.


Thanks to Destructoid for the image. So who's buying?