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This is beautiful.
This is beautiful.
How about the noodle shop sign, does it say noodle shop? Is the dude on the left practicing slashing the duck? Where's this one from anyways?
Ever since I first played the original Marvel vs. Capcom back in 1998, I've always been fascinated by this background (images from the Fight-A-Base and Slateman sites):
The setting looks like the ultimate sci-fi terrorist organization's lair complete with a mysterious boss, flashing holograms of major agents, scientists, and countless minions. MVC's other backgrounds are clear references to particular Marvel and Capcom lore: E.Honda's bathhouse from Street Fighter, a Zabel Zarock concert from Vampire, St. Petersburg from Strider Hiryu, Dr. Wily's lab from Rockman, a command center from Avengers, the Daily Bugle from Spider-Man, the blue area of the moon from Fantastic Four.
But from what I've been able to determine, this particular background is far removed from the origins of its inspiration. The only conceivable reference available is to Capcom's Lost Worlds (much more well known in the US as Forgotten Worlds). The 2 giants depicted, Raijin and Fujin, are bosses from this game (and clearly inspired by Hokuto no Ken's Raiga and Fuga). The shadowy villain is almost certainly Bios, the primary antagonist in Lost Worlds.
However, nobody seems to know where all the other unique characters in the background are from. There has been speculation that the hologram characters represent the bosses from Lost Worlds but the numbers don't exactly add up—7 bosses to 9 characters. However, if we assume that Raijin and Fujin are supposed to be mecha each piloted by a character, then the numbers would actually fit. Given that one of the hologram pictures looks like Cleopatra, she would explain one of the mysterious quotes from the game: "Darn it! My date with Cleopatra is spoiled!" And one of the hologram pictures looks like a pharaoh, which would be match for the Tut boss from Lost Worlds (http://www.arcadequartermaster.com/capcom/fw_bosses.html).
But then who are the 5 characters atop the pillars? They certainly aren't the 2 playable Unknown Soldiers. And they don't appear to look the same as any of the hologram characters. Nobody has a credible idea. Ultimately, this background is still full of mysteries. Is there a Japan-only novel or manga that fleshes out Lost Worlds's setting and explains some of these elements? If so, even their MVC fans don't seem to have the answers. Or was this background a new idea by MVC designers to reinterpret the Lost Worlds universe? If so, nobody seems to have their concept notes. If anybody here knows, please do tell.
I know this post is reall, really old, but seeing as nobody else was able to answer any questions from it, I think I should.
Aside from the Forgotten/Lost Worlds references that were already pointed out, this stage is basically one big homage to SHOCKER from the Kamen Rider series, THE archetypical evil organization in Japanese pop culture.
The figures on the pillars represent kaijin, or "monsters of the week", while most of the holo screens show expies of villains from various Kamen Rider seasons. The ones I can identify are, from left to right:
Ambassador Hell (Kamen Rider 1 & 2)
???
Doctor G (Kamen Rider V3)
Major Skull (Kamen Rider Stronger)
???
One-Eyed Titan (Kamen Rider Stronger)
???
Apollo Geist (Kamen Rider X)
Colonel Zol (Kamen Rider 1 & 2)
Now, that actually raises some more questions.
Capcom has never worked on a Kamen Rider game (those are made by Bandai/Namco). They do have a Kamen Rider parody character, Skullomania, but he was not in Marvel vs. Capcom, and never had an own game either.
As far as I can tell, none of the characters in shown in this stage, aside from Raijin, Fujin and Bios, ever actually appeared in any Capcom game.
The only character I could imagin this stage belonging to is Captain Commando. A lair of Japanese supervillains would fit with him being a Japanese superhero.
It is also interesting to note that Captain Commando and the Blue Unknown Soldier from Lost Worlds look very much alike.
Wow, beautiful!!!
Might have to get into "Guilty Gear" one day after all...
Ok, any more info?
Is there any way to use these as live wallpapers on an android device? I'm not 100% sure how those work.
yes there is!
http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showt...nds-animated&p=3351387&viewfull=1#post3351387
I've got haohmaru's samsho1 stage on mine right now
Oh wow, thanks!
While this is the best thread in the universe, it's also kind of depressing. I have to wonder if we'll ever see a level of artistry in games again like this.
I enjoy more recent fighting games well enough, but I somehow don't see folks posting animated gifs of Street Fighter IV backgrounds in 15 years. It's kind of sad.
I'm really sorry to necro this thread, but I came here because of these awesome backgrounds. I was wondering if anyone had them all downloaded, I tried saving them but a lot don't work because the hosts don't allow you to download the image, it just downloads a link. If anyone has them, or a link to them, would be very very much appreciated!
I've also got a load of them here for anyone interested:
https://8chan.co/2dv/res/1.html
Thanks