When you think about the Evolution Championship Series, one of the franchises that probably immediately pops into your head in relation to those world-level tournaments is Marvel vs. Capcom and for good reason.
Interestingly, Evo themselves recently put together something of a compilation of the best Marvel vs. Capcom 3 matches and moments from the past 12 years there.
The video goes back all the way to the beginning and the only year vanilla MvC3 was on the mainstage to take a look back at the finals match between Viscant and PR Balrog where the game would crown its first world champion.
It’s so fascinating to look back now and see what the game was like after the first six months or so compared to where we are now with PR Balrog resetting the bracket on the back of Tron Bonne — though that wasn’t enough to take the day.
There’s nine matches highlighted in total ranging from Evo 2011 through its record-breaking return in 2023 including Frutsy vs. Y2J, FChamp vs. Infrit, Justin Wong vs. NY ChrisG, Apologyman vs. Rayray, Kanblueriver’s spectacular runs with the big bodies and more.
Get a blast from the past and take a look back through some of the best MvC3 had to offer us over the past decade, and if you need some more context and history lessons about what made this special, perhaps you should check out Maximilian Dood’s new video going over the picks too.