Now this is true love we’re making. Capcom announced another bundle of fighting game classics to be available on consoles and PC. Capcom Fighting Game Collection 2 is an 8-game bundle, all of them being fighting games, split between four 2D fighters and four 3D fighters:
- Capcom VS SNK: Mellenium Fight 2000 Pro
- Capcom VS SNK: Mark Of The Millenium 2001
- Capcom Fighting Evolution
- Street Fighter Alpha 3 UPPER
- Project Justice
- Power Stone
- Power Stone 2
- Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein
The main powerhouses that makes this collection of ports a must-get has to be the two CVS games. With Terry Bogard and Mai Shiranui joining Steet Fighter 6, it makes so much sense that the original crossover game between Capcom and SNK is now playable on modern hardware.
These 2D fighters are not just beloved for its gameplay, its but also for its Y2K aesthetic. The menus in CVS is exceptionally retro and of its time. And let’s not forget the mesmerising soundtrack. CVS 2’s London Stage will forever be a core memory for fighting game enthusiasts and fans of Friday Night Fisticuffs.
(On a seperate note, SNK’s take on the crossover, SVC Chaos, has also been recently re-released on modern hardware.)
Capcom Fighting Evolution is also a crossover fighting game, but just with all of Capcom’s own IPs. Meanwhile Street Fighter Alpha 3 UPPER is Street Fighter Alpha 3 but with some balance changes as well as bug fixes.
Project Justice, sequel to Rival Schools, saw Capcom dabble with 3D fighting. And Power Stone remains in a league of its own with its brand of 3D action fighting, which still inspires new games today like GigaBash.
The most obscure, which makes it all the more important to have it appear on a modern collection like this, is Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein. Originally released in 1998 for the arcades, this is also a 3D fighter.
All of the games in Capcom Fighting Collection 2 includes online play with rollback netcode and training mode.
There is also a lobby and spectator system as well as the usual accruetements of concept art, background music player for each game, and more. If you are nostalgic, or curious, at the instruction cards printed on arcade machines as a quick how-to-play primer, Capcom has presevered those as well ready to be viewed at any time during offline play.
Newcomers to fighting game can also make use of one-button special moves. This feature is not supported for ranked matches.
However, all the games in Capcom Fighting Collection 2 does not support cross-play.
Capcom Fighting Game Collection 2 launches in 2025 for PS4, PC (Steam) and Nintendo Switch.