(LAST UPDATE: 7/7/09)
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Developer(s): Capcom
Publisher(s): Capcom
Platform(s): Arcade,
Playstation, Sega Saturn, PC
Release: December 1994 (Arcade), November 22nd 1995 (JP Saturn), 1996
(NA Saturn), May 31st 1997 (NA PC), March 3rd 1998 (NA PS1)
Characters:
Storm,
Cyclops,
Wolverine,
Omega
Red, Sentinel,
Iceman,
Collosus,
Psylocke,
Silver
Samurai, Spiral,
Magneto,
Juggernaut,
Akuma
Related Games: Marvel Super Heroes, X-men
VS Street Fighter, Marvel Super Heroes VS
Street Fighter, Marvel VS Capcom, Marvel
VS Capcom 2
Review: Capcom
surprised both fighting game fans and Marvel fans by turning Marvel's trademark X-men franchise into a
2D fighting game, and an awesome looking one at that. X-Men: Children of the
Atom allows you to play as
several Marvel heroes and villains, in several amazing
looking 2D worlds... The characters were given superb animation by some
of Capcom's best animators and artists. Characters from the hit animated TV
series (X-men) also retained their original voice actors, which added to the
authenticity of this superb 2D fighter.
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The fast paced gameplay
introduces "super jumps" which allows your character to jump extra high
and stay in the air for quite a while... Something that was unseen in a fighting
game up until now. Special moves, flashy super moves, and some insane combos
were the main highlights of the gameplay. Akuma
from the Street Fighter series even made a cameo as a secret playable character. Overall, the
game was fun for the time,
and "re-defined" the pace for 2D fighting games when it launched
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- Review is for Arcade version of X-men: Children of the Atom - |
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8.5 / 10 |
Closing Comment:
X-men: COTA was noted for spawning the (now famous) VS series gameplay
system. Besides some cheap combos, and the fact that HP & HK were very
damaging in this game, one of the only notable downsides to Children of the
Atom is the somewhat small character roster. No doubt, die-hard Marvel fans could only
want MORE of their classic favorites represented, but Capcom soon answered with Marvel
Super Heroes and X-men VS Street Fighter.
X-men: COTA was unquestionably an innovative
fighting game for the time, and also one of the best looking 2D fighters on the
market in 1994/1995. ~F.Yagami,
Webmaster
of TFG
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