Out of all the game music albums I've listened to this is one of my favorite instrument set-ups. There are synthesized drums, guitars, and saxophones to supplement the main synthesizer, and overall, there isn't one second of this album where I find myself preferring real instruments in there. Everything sounds crisp and powerful, with instrument samples that sound enough like the real things to get the point of the main melodies across, loud and clear.
#Xmen vs street fighter characters how to#
Thankfully, Capcom figured out how to get some pretty powerful sound out of the CPS2 board that powers the soundtrack to X-Men VS Street Fighter (as well as Marvel VS Street Fighter and Marvel VS Capcom). Some systems, like the classic Neo Geo, are known for their wild inconsistency between soundtracks others, like the Naomi board which powers the God-awful synth heard in the arcade versions of Guilty Gear X, Marvel VS Capcom 2, and the Capcom VS SNK series, are best listened to with the speakers turned down or completely off. BodyĪrcade synth is always something that's going to be hit-or-miss. Accompanying this craziness is an equally-crazy soundtrack, anchored by some of the best versions of the classic Street Fighter themes that you're going to find. X-Men VS Street Fighter was a dream match-up, combining not only two legendary franchises with the X-Men and the cast of Street Fighter, but also putting the Street Fighter cast into a fighting engine that I've best heard described as "fighting kangaroos on crack." It was the game that kicked off Capcom's successful VS series, which also includes Marvel Super Heroes VS Street Fighter, Marvel VS Capcom, and its sequel.
Capcom should be taking notes: this is the direction the music for their fighting games should be taking.