Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001 is the sequel to the fighting game Capcom vs. SNK. It was originally released on NAOMI hardware in arcades, with Sega handling the American arcade release. As in the original, players select a team of fighters from various Capcom and SNK games then fight other teams, winning each battle by defeating all the opponents from the other team.
Aspects of the first game were tweaked, including the Ratio system. In contrast to the fixed system of the original, players can now freely select characters and assign each of them a number from one to four (or "Ratio") determining their relative strength, adding up to a maximum team ratio of four. Teams can now consist of a maximum of three characters, as opposed to four in the first game. Additional characters were added, including more characters from Capcom and SNK titles outside of the Street Fighter and King of Fighters series, for a total of 48. The Groove system from Millennium Fight 2000 has been augmented to include four new systems of play based on various Capcom and SNK fighting games. In addition, the number of buttons has been increased from the Neo Geo standard of four to the six button system first seen in Capcom's Street Fighter.
The console versions of the game were first released in Japan for the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 on September 13, 2001 (a month after the initial arcade release). Players from both platforms could compete against each other online via KDDI's Multi-Matching service, making Capcom vs. SNK 2 the first game ever to support cross-platform play between two competing game consoles. The PS2 version would be released a bit later in other regions, but without online support. The GameCube and Xbox received an updated version titled Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO, where "EO" stands for "Easy Operation" in Japanese releases and "Extreme Offence" in European releases, referring to a game-mode intended for novices. The PS2 version was later released as a downloadable "PS2 Classics" game for the PlayStation 3 in July 2013.
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Release Date[]
- Arcade
JP: August 2001
NA: 2001 - Dreamcast
JP: September 13, 2001 - PlayStation 2
JP: September 13, 2001
NA: November 7, 2001
EU: November 30, 2001
AU: 2001 - GameCube
JP: July 4, 2002
AU: September 12, 2002
NA: September 24, 2002
EU: March 7, 2003 - Xbox
JP: January 16, 2003
NA: February 11, 2003
EU: March 7, 2003
AU: March 14, 2003
Also See[]
- SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash
- SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium
- Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000
- SVC: Card Fighters 2 Expand Edition
- SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos
- SVC: Card Fighters DS
Sound Effects Used[]
- Anime Strong Hit Sound 2
- Hollywoodedge, Synth Energy Zap 6 Sin PE205901
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, BLUE JAY - SINGLE CALLS, ANIMAL 01 (low pitched)
Image Gallery[]
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