Following the success of the Capcom Fighting Collection and Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle, Capcom has finally bundled all of their Marvel fighters onto modern platforms as Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics. And what’s more, the 1994 co-op beat ‘em up The Punisher is included as well. ...
Today's Nintendo direct was home to all sorts of cool announcements. For me, the coolest of them all was Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics, an upcoming collection of 7 of Capcom's classic Marvel arcade games. Six of those are fighting games, but the seventh is the co-op The Punisher beat 'em up! The collection is coming to PlayStation, Switch, and Steam. Xbox, for some strange reason, was left out of today's announcement.
It's time once more for another video edition of our classics-focused feature. We've got two games that are quite different from each other: Buster Bros. and The Punisher.
Not every Marvel property is a "super hero." In fact, certain characters in the Marvel Universe stand out amongst the usual colorful and powerful cast of characters like Spider-Man and Iron Man. The Punisher has always been about a dark and tragic tale, about a man who's life was ripped from him, therefore giving him nothing to lose. It's surprising that such a violent and dark setting hasn't yielded more video games. Alas, we've been left mostly barren of game's starring Frank Castle. Punisher: No Mercy is a downloadable game for the PlayStation Network built by Zen Studios - but is it better than nothing?
Frank Castle is pissed. You see, we somehow managed to miss the fact that Punisher: No Mercy was released last week for $10 on the PlayStation Network. I tried to apologize to Frank, I didn't know the game supported a 2 player online cooperative mode. He didn't care, so he shot me in the knee.
Today, a new Punisher film hits the theaters. By my count, that makes three. The latest movie is Dolph Lungren free, but certainly looks nice and violent, as befits the character. Back in the early 90s, the Punisher was quite popular in the comics. Following on the heels of the X-Men arcade game (why isn't that on XBLA and PSN yet, anyway?) came a video game adaptation of Frank Castle, the Punisher himself. Big guns, big explosions, carnage and mayhem on a grand scale, and to top it all off, you could team up with a friend who played as an awesome special guest character. Today, we'll revisit this Marvel comics-based Co-Op Classic.
