One of the most celebrated fighting games in history returns for another round! Nine years after taking the arcade gaming scene by storm and over six years after making its original home console debut, "Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes" will soon juggle-combo its way onto Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade and PS3's PSN!
In anticipation of the "MvC2"s next-gen debut, we're bringing you daily showdown spotlights pitting a Marvel character against a Capcom character. Each entry features official game artwork, character bios and polls to determine which universe really brings the heat.
Enjoy today's Gambit vs. Hayato spotlight, make sure to vote in the poll below, visit the official "Marvel vs. Capcom 2" site and come back tomorrow for our next throwdown, right here on Marvel.com!
Gambit
Fighter Name: Gambit
Real Name: Remy LeBeau
Universe: Marvel, X-Men
First Appearance: UNCANNY X-MEN #266
Marvel/Capcom Game Appearances: "X-Men vs. Street Fighter," "Marvel vs. Capcom," "Marvel vs. Capcom 2"
Citizenship: USA
Brief Bio: Gambit likes: cards, stealing and women, probably in that order. When the Ragin' Cajun charges any object with kinetic energy, explosions ensue. Orphaned in New Orleans, he was taken in by the Thieves Guild and trained to be a master thief. The Guild tried to force him into an arranged marriage but Gambit, never one to be tied down, absconded and made himself a man of the world, relying on his lock-picking skills and charming personality to keep him alive. Then Remy met Mr. Sinister and everything went downhill. That is, until he joined the X-Men and met his beautiful teammate Rogue. Granted, the two have a relationship worthy of any day-time soap, but somehow they make it work. Even when the deck seems stacked against him, you can bet Gambit's got an ace up his sleeve.
Powers: Gambit's unique mutant ability allows him to charge objects with kinetic energy, turning them into ticking time bombs.
Special Moves: Kinetic Card, Trick Card, Cajun Strike, Cajun Slash, Cajun Escape, Royal Flush, Cajun Explosion
Quote: "Style means everything and you don't have any."
Hayato
Fighter Name: Hayato
Real Name: Hayato Kanzaki
Universe: Capcom, Star Gladiators
First Appearance: "Star Gladiators"
Marvel/Capcom Game Appearances: "Marvel vs. Capcom 2"
Citizenship: Japan
Brief Bio: The main character of Capcom's first 3D fighter, the energy sword-wielding Hayato Kanzaki may not be one of Capcom's biggest stars, but he's definitely an all-star class fighter. In his native universe, he battles the evil, Nobel Prize winner/cyborg Dr. Bilstein in order to save the orphanage he grew up in—and the planet that it's on. Making the transition from 3D to 2D, Hayato has proven he's more ready to handle anything "MvC2" throws his way.
Powers: Hayato wields a plasma energy sword that can cut his enemies to pieces.
Special Moves: Shiden, Guren, Shirotora Hou, Plasma Series, Rasetsu Zan, Engetsu, Plasma Field, B. Hayato
wow......THE closest battle yet.....
talking a REAL battle, I have to go with Gambit.... long range, Gambit has got it, close range, it's a barn-burner!, but Gambit has got this one too....
EXCELLENT MATCH. Here we've got two characters with diametrically opposed gameplay, yet they're equally powerful in their own respects.
Gambit - The keyword is CROSSOVER. Gambit's wall-jumping...
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Japanese Spiderman, Episode 30 ''Fight On, Police Woman'': After breaking several traffic laws while chasing the Iron Cross Army, Takuya is placed under arrest and is sent to jail. While there, his cellmate escapes with the assistance of an Iron Cross Army machine bem. Spiderman digs deeper into the connection between the jailbreak and the army, only to find that they needed the convict for their plan to steal Cobalt X. Now Spiderman must make sure that Professor Monster can't get to the Cobalt X, or face the destruction of the city!
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Spider-Man 1967 Episode 25 ''Menace From The Bottom Of The World'': A criminal takes charge of subterranean molemen and uses them create sinkholes under bank buildings to steal all the money inside.
Japanese Spiderman, Episode 29 ''Hurry, GP7! Stop the Time!'': The Iron Cross army hires Bomb Wolf to intimidate hi-powered businessmen and blow up their buildings if they don't comply with the Iron Cross Army's requests for money. When a young boy's father is caught in a detonation, Spiderman is reminded of his own father's death at the hands of the Iron Cross Army and vows to keep fighting the fight against the evil empire!
Spider-Man (1994), Episode 7 Spider-Man finds himself caught between Mariah Crawford, a doctor from Africa, and Kraven, a man who has stalked her all the way to America. An accomplished hunter, Kraven gained animal-like abilities when he ingested a cure to save his life, but the side effects are causing his behavior to be erratic and violent. Spider-Man works with Mariah Crawford to find a cure and save an innocent man and the people around him.
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X-Men (1992) - Season 2, Episode 21 Cable comes to the present to stop Bishop and save his own future world. But after a one-sided fight against Bishop and the X-Men, Cable realizes that they might be too powerful to handle on his own. Looking for an alternative, Cable looks into the X-Men's history and discovers that Logan's healing factor may be the key to saving the future.
One of the most celebrated fighting games in history returns for another round! Nine years after taking the arcade gaming scene by storm and over six years after making its original home console debut, "Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes" will soon juggle-combo its way onto Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade and PS3's PSN! 
