


As characters fight, the team members not in play will also slowly regenerate their life gauges if possible. Each playable character possesses 3 different types of assists, denoted by the Greek letters α, β, and γ, which can range from projectile attacks to healing moves with the risk of assist characters receiving extra damage if struck by the opponent. Street Fighter, allowing players to call upon one of their off-screen team members to perform a single special move to aid them. Capcom 2 re-implements the "Variable Assist" gameplay mechanic introduced in Marvel Super Heroes vs. Unlike Clash of Super Heroes, which features unplayable partner characters, Marvel vs. Capcom games, which allows players to tag in other team members at any point during the match. The game introduces a more refined version of the "Variable System" used in past Marvel vs. MvC2 featured 3 on 3 battles instead of the standard 2 on 2 gameplay of the previous Versus games and has been widely played at fighting game tournaments world wide. It was the last Marvel entry in the popular Capcom's Versus Series until Marvel vs Capcom 3 was released over 10 years later.

"MvC2") was released in the year 2000 by Capcom.
