Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes is a crossover fighting game developed and published by Capcom. It is the fourth installment in the Marvel vs. Capcom series which features characters from both Capcom's video game franchises and comic book series published by Marvel Comics. Originally released in Japanese arcades in 2000 the game received ports to the Dreamcast PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 Xbox Xbox 360 and iOS devices over the span of twelve years. In Marvel vs. Capcom 2 players select a team of characters from the Marvel and Capcom universes to engage in combat and attempt to knock out their opponents. While the game uses similar tag team-based game mechanics to the series' previous iteration Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes it features several significant changes such as three-on-three gameplay a new character assist system and a more simplified control scheme. The character artwork uses traditional 2D-animated sprites while the backgrounds and visual effects are rendered in 3D. This makes Marvel vs. Capcom 2 the first game in the franchise to feature 2.5D graphics.