Who bought the physical copy?

[I am Brandalf]

I bought the Switch physical version, and I am pleasantly surprised at how well it plays.

[Morton Koopa Jr.]

bought two copies, ps4 and switch. haven't taken it out for a spin yet though. glad to hear it plays aight on the switch.

just excited to finally play mvc legit on a home console.

[LastOfArcadia]

Yep, Switch version is fantastic...the little comic included in box was a nice touch...MvC2 in this collection is inferior to the Dreamcast version imo...Overall, I am satisfied just to get a physical release as I foolishly sold my DC version earlier this year ($180 I got for it but still regret it)...It is nice to have them on a Switch cartridge though!

[I am Brandalf]

Originally posted by LastOfArcadia:

Yep, Switch version is fantastic...the little comic included in box was a nice touch...MvC2 in this collection is inferior to the Dreamcast version imo...Overall, I am satisfied just to get a physical release as I foolishly sold my DC version earlier this year ($180 I got for it but still regret it)...It is nice to have them on a Switch cartridge though!

I had a similar need to own a physical copy as well. After buying MvC2 from the Xbox store as a DLC for the 360, and then to have it not be transferable to the Xbox One or Xcloud later on- this taught me a valuable lesson about owning media.

If you don’t physically have the game in your hands, you don’t own 💩. Which is ironic because we’re chatting on a Steam forum, and their entire platform is to sell games to people that they ultimately do not own.

I’m still holding on to my MvC2 PS2 copy (just for nostalgic purposes.)

[Sixtyfivekills]

My copy is gonna arrive late so..... how is the comic? Is it included in every version or what?

[LastOfArcadia]

Originally posted by I am Brandalf:

Originally posted by LastOfArcadia:

Yep, Switch version is fantastic...the little comic included in box was a nice touch...MvC2 in this collection is inferior to the Dreamcast version imo...Overall, I am satisfied just to get a physical release as I foolishly sold my DC version earlier this year ($180 I got for it but still regret it)...It is nice to have them on a Switch cartridge though!

I had a similar need to own a physical copy as well. After buying MvC2 from the Xbox store as a DLC for the 360, and then to have it not be transferable to the Xbox One or Xcloud later on- this taught me a valuable lesson about owning media.

If you don’t physically have the game in your hands, you don’t own 💩. Which is ironic because we’re chatting on a Steam forum, and their entire platform is to sell games to people that they ultimately do not own.

I’m still holding on to my MvC2 PS2 copy (just for nostalgic purposes.)

With digital you are purchasing a rental license, that is all. It fascinates me that people still pay full price for what is essentially a lease. At least with Steam, you have some protection if you read Valave’s end user licensing agreement (EULA), meaning sometimes, if the publisher takes their game off the store, you still have access to it. The game “Betrayer” comes to my mind, but in reality that is an exception not the norm. This is the reason I have a Nintendo Switch, for the physical media. All the other companies are going digital aka the PC and this is the primary caveat of the PC platform, that is, no physical. Modders and thief’s argue you can get a rom for a lot of this, but having a rom is vastly different than having the product in hand, at least for me, so call me a traditionalist prude. For me, if I cannot hold something, and it only exists in the “digital ether” then it is subject to manipulation and has no value. How can something have value when it does not exist in the natural world and is dependent on electricity and an information weapons system (aka the e internet)?

BTW, good call with that PS2 version, it will always retain it’s value for the collector.

[LastOfArcadia]

Originally posted by Sixtyfivekills:

My copy is gonna arrive late so..... how is the comic? Is it included in every version or what?

Have no idea. I was pleasantly surprised when I opened the Switch case. I would assume that they all come with it. The comic itself is superfluous and adds nothing to the canon of the game but it is still an unexpected bonus for the psychical release. It is only the size of a baseball card and maybe ten pages (just so your expectations are tempered are for what you get).

[Sixtyfivekills]

Originally posted by LastOfArcadia:

Originally posted by Sixtyfivekills:

My copy is gonna arrive late so..... how is the comic? Is it included in every version or what?

Have no idea. I was pleasantly surprised when I opened the Switch case. I would assume that they all come with it. The comic itself is superfluous and adds nothing to the canon of the game but it is still an unexpected bonus for the psychical release. It is only the size of a baseball card and maybe ten pages (just so your expectations are tempered are for what you get).

That sounds really small.


I didn't have big expectations, they're mostly distractions at best like SFxT for example but I do like looking at the artwork.

[That ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Cat]

how does it load

[LastOfArcadia]

Originally posted by That ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Cat:

how does it load

I'd say loading a game, max 10 seconds from the game select screen...between matches? MvC2, like three seconds. It's pretty fast being read off a cartridge.

[LastOfArcadia]

Originally posted by Sixtyfivekills:

Originally posted by LastOfArcadia:

Have no idea. I was pleasantly surprised when I opened the Switch case. I would assume that they all come with it. The comic itself is superfluous and adds nothing to the canon of the game but it is still an unexpected bonus for the psychical release. It is only the size of a baseball card and maybe ten pages (just so your expectations are tempered are for what you get).

That sounds really small.


I didn't have big expectations, they're mostly distractions at best like SFxT for example but I do like looking at the artwork.

I will post some pics of that little comic. I conjecture it will be no larger in the PS/Xbox versions.

[LastOfArcadia]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3373550895

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3373551190

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3373551484

[I am Brandalf]

I’ll say this about the Switch version, it’s got it over the Steam version when it comes to players you’ve recently played. I can instantly see who I’ve played in MvC2 and decide whether to add them as a friend, or block them for only using MSS/MSP.