Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls releases final trailer featuring a quip
Polygon.com • • technology
Key Points:
- Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is set to launch on August 6, with a final trailer highlighting its story mode where the Champion of the Universe hosts a tournament to decide Earth’s fate, featuring a narrative by comic author Kieron Gillen and 20 playable characters.
- The trailer showcases Deadpool’s humorous fourth-wall-breaking antics and a new party-game-style side mode called Battle Arcadia, emphasizing the game’s unique visual style blending comic book and anime aesthetics.
- The recent beta weekend received praise for the game’s animation, soundtrack, and character abilities, with Magik being the most popular character among players.
- However, the PC port faced significant criticism due to poor performance and frame rate issues, alongside slower-than-expected combat mechanics, which is unusual for tag fighting games.
- Arc System Works has acknowledged the PC port problems and promised fixes, but the limited time before the game’s release may challenge timely improvements.
