Capcom Fighting Collection 2 Review

Capcom Fighting Collection 2 is latest bundle of classic fighting games from Capcom’s portfolio which includes both familiar and less known games. Along the games below, the long time publisher usually adds a few additional extra features such as user-friendly features and bonuses such as a jukebox like mechanic to enjoy over 300 tracks, 700 pieces of artwork and never before seen development documents.

Capcom Fighting Collection 2 contains another list of fighting gems from Capcom’s portfolio. They consist of the arcade versions of the games and are available either in the English or Japanese versions. Here are the games includes:

• Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Pro
• Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001
• Capcom Fighting Evolution
• Street Fighter Alpha 3 UPPER
• Power Stone
• Power Stone 2
• Project Justice
• Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein

The Capcom vs SNK games are a collaboration between two fighting genre juggernauts and feature a mixed of characters of both rosters; including fan favorites such as Ken, Ryu, Terry Bogard, Joe Hagashi; just to name a few. Unlike traditional 1v1 combat, this is team based. You can choose from 1 to 3 characters and you’ll face off against up to 3 fighters; unless fight a boss or special character. Mark of the Millennium 2001 improved the formula established with the previous entry making it the more solid of the two.

Capcom Fighting Evolution is another team based fighter which features 2v2 matches. This time around, the roster is made up from various famous and less known Capcom fighting series such as three different variations of Street Fighter, Red Earth and Darkstalkers. Normally, in team battles, once a player is KO’ed, they’re out, but playing the US version of this game allows you to pick which character to use before the next round. Whereas the Japanese will not let you do this.

Street Fighter Alpha 3 UPPER is the last iteration of the critically acclaimed Street Fighter Alpha 3 game. The roster is made up of familiar Street Fighter characters along with Guy and Cody from the Final Fight series and also newcomers such as Karin and R.Mika.

The best way to describe the Power Stone games is basically Capcom’s way of doing an homage to Super Smash Bros.. It features 3D terrain where players need to KO their opponent(s) with various attacks. Players will also be able to pick up gems for increased power or even various weaponry such as swords, bazookas or even jump into a turret. While the first game is 1v1 centric, the sequel has four fighters beating the living daylights out of each other.

Project Justice is a 3D 2v2 fighting game is a sequel to 1997’s Rival Schools. While it is primarily a 2v2 game, when playing Story Mode or Free mode, you’ll have a team of three characters. Battles are focused on the first two characters and the third one is used for the Party Up attack where all three characters will launch a devastating combo against the opponent when pressing either the three kick or punch buttons at the same time.

To offer a bit of variety, Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein is a 3D weapon based fighting game instead of a traditional melee combat. It feels like a simpler version of the Soul Calibur series and plays similarly to other Capcom fighters. It’s a nice change of pace, albeit not as iconic as other games in this collection.

Along with simply enjoying beating the living hell out of the A.I. or trying your skills online, there’s a bevy of Achievements/Fighter Awards that players can try to unlock. It can be as easy as playing one of the games for the first time or encountering special boss battles within one of the games. Some require a bit of workaround to achieve, but the game will give you a few hints on how to achieve them. Each games offers a decent variety of fighting style, where you have a meter that you need to fill to pull Super moves. Thankfully, for those who might struggle with complex inputs, Capcom added a 1 button feature allowing anyone to pull off flashy moves.

Each game looks great in all of their pixelated glory and also being faithful to their platforms of origin whether it be arcade or home consoles. The visuals are also top notch; when playing the games, you’ll have borders of various drawings and design of characters from renowned artist such as Shinro and Kinu Nishimura from SNK and Capcom respectively. The soundtracks are as iconic as ever and still hold up very well by today’s standards. There a few nuisance of when announcers; especially the robotic voice in Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Pro.

There’s nothing inherently wrong with the package of games itself, however, as proven in the past, the Xbox Series controller isn’t the best controller for 2D fighting games. The d-pad isn’t really well done for precise movements such as hadokens and dragon punches. They are dobable of course, moreso than in Pocket Bravery, but they require precise movement. Also, a proper fighting joystick would work better or even 3rd party controllers shaped like Super NES controllers.

Capcom Fighting Collection 2 is a no-brainer. Whether you’re a fan of the genre and want to re-experience these classics or a newcomer looking for a starting point in the fighting gaming community, this collection is a great addition to your collection. This package contains some of the best of Capcom’s games, with a few hidden gems with less commercial success. While the controller isn’t the best to use, it won’t hinder your progress. Capcom Fighting Collection 2 is one of 2025’s must buy games. It’ll definitely be worth every penny.