PlayStation Studios, Arc System Works (Arc), and Marvel Video games have joined forces to comprehend the newest in tag staff fighters, MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls! Expertise the Marvel Universe like by no means earlier than with reimagined characters and phases, a heart-pounding soundtrack, intuitive gameplay mechanics, and jaw-dropping visuals that may hold you on the sting of your seat. Whether or not that is your first combating recreation or you’re a veteran of the style, Arc has integrated gameplay controls and mechanics which might be simple to choose up and play, and but nonetheless provide the depth and versatility for prime stage competitors.
“From the start, we aimed to make MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls a title that could possibly be loved by all kinds of gamers,” explains Recreation Director and Lead Battle Designer, Kazuto Sekine.
”Usually, a staff VS combating recreation requires the participant to study a number of characters, however for MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls, you solely must grasp one character so as to play the sport. We have now designed the mechanics in such a means that you may carry out quite a lot of actions with both conventional combating recreation inputs or easy inputs. With the press of some buttons, a number of characters can seem on display to offer backup or assault collectively – creating a brand new and thrilling staff VS battle expertise.”
“Since day one, our long-time and trusted collaborators at PlayStation and the staff at Arc System Works have poured unbelievable quantities of expertise and ardour into reimagining the Marvel Universe in a means that solely they’ll,” mentioned Michael Francisco, Senior Product Growth Supervisor, Marvel Video games. “MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls demonstrates that they’re absolute masters of their craft and are true Marvel followers at coronary heart. Gamers are in for a wild journey.”
Characters
Enter the fray with iconic Marvel heroes and villains reminiscent of Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Physician Doom, Storm, Ms. Marvel, Star-Lord, and Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes) – every with Arc’s distinctive twist on their character designs and gameplay kinds.
Arc Producer, Takeshi Yamanaka, states, “There are such a lot of wonderful Marvel characters that it was fairly a wrestle to decide on our roster, however we did have some standards for the choice course of. First and foremost, we wished to incorporate characters who we really feel to be the ‘face’ of Marvel. On the identical time, we additionally wanted to pick out characters that will give us a stability of battle sorts and kinds. Lastly, we wished to sprinkle in a number of surprises and depart room for characters who’ve by no means been playable in a combating recreation earlier than.”
Yamanaka-san continues, “Early on within the challenge, we experimented with a shader to recreate a extra western comic-book visible model, however the Marvel staff expressed a want for us to lean into one thing extra Arc-like. It was then that we switched our method to the sport’s visuals and started to lean extra into the Japanimation model Arc is thought for.”
Gameplay mechanics
From short-ranged jabs to the cinematic Final Abilities, every character encompasses a bespoke set of Regular, Particular, and Distinctive assaults impressed by their skills and powers in Marvel lore. Arc have gone to nice lengths to make sure that gameplay model, motion, and really feel of those legendary characters is contemporary, new, and wholly distinctive to MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls.
However it’s not simply the person gameplay of the characters that has been enhanced; important dedication has gone into reimagining and redefining what it means to be a tag staff fighter.
“Group VS combating video games have an extended custom of 2v2 or 3v3 staff codecs, so that is one thing we mentioned in-depth throughout the improvement staff. We went again and forth many instances, from considering we is perhaps higher off making a 1v1 recreation or sticking to the established 3v3 format.”
Sekine-san continues, “At its core, we felt that the enchantment of staff VS combating video games is the depth of battles with a number of characters on display directly. Moreover, one of many appeals of Marvel comics is seeing the huge forged of characters coming collectively to create all types of distinctive team-ups.”
“With these two concepts in thoughts, we concluded that making a 4v4 staff VS system can be the easiest way to not solely create these over-the-top moments, however to additional evolve the tag combating style.”
Levels
The phases come to life in MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls, crammed with easter eggs for eagle-eyed followers to search out. Most phases additionally characteristic a number of areas. These transitions between areas usually are not simply action-packed and beautiful to witness, however in addition they play a strategic function. Take a look at the screenshots from Marvel’s New York Metropolis to see what you’ll find.
Extra to come back
Right this moment’s announcement is only the start of our journey. From characters and phases to gameplay modes and the net expertise. There’s a lot extra we will’t wait to share with you!