Capcom Vs. SNK 2: Millionaire Fighting 2001 (Japan, Rev A) (GDL-0007A) - MAME machine

Sega NAOMI GD-ROM published 23 years ago:

Capcom Vs. SNK 2 - Millionaire Fighting 2001 © 2001 Capcom Company, Limited.

2 of the best fighting games come together... again! Experience the ultimate 2-D fighting game with 44 characters and 6 grooves.

TECHNICAL
Runs on the Sega "NAOMI GD-ROM System" hardware.
DISC ID: GDL-0008

TRIVIA
"Capcom Vs. SNK 2 - Millionaire Fighting 2001" was released in December 2001.

The game is known outside Japan as "Capcom Vs. SNK 2 - Mark of the Millennium 2001".

• Here are the debut games of the 24 SNK characters:

Athena Asamiya - "Athena"
Benimaru Nikaido - "The King of Fighters '94"
Chang Koehan (accompanied by Choi Bounge) - "The King of Fighters '94"
Geese Howard - "Fatal Fury - King of Fighters" ("Garou Densetsu - Shukumei no Tatakai" in Japan)
God Rugal - New character based on Omega Rugal from "The King of Fighters '94"
Haohmaru - "Samurai Shodown" ("Samurai Spirits" in Japan)
Hibiki Takane - "The Last Blade 2"
Iori Yagami - "The King of Fighters '95"
Joe Higashi - "Fatal Fury - King of Fighters" ("Garou Densetsu - Shukumei no Tatakai" in Japan)
Kim Kaphwan - "Fatal Fury 2" ("Garou Densetsu 2 - Arata-Naru Tatakai" in Japan)
King - "Art of Fighting" ("Ryuuko no Ken" in Japan)
Kyo Kusanagi - "The King of Fighters '94"
Mai Shiranui - "Fatal Fury 2" ("Garou Densetsu 2 - Arata-Naru Tatakai" in Japan)
Nakoruru - "Samurai Shodown" ("Samurai Spirits" in Japan)
Orochi Iori - "The King of Fighters '97"
Raiden - "Fatal Fury - King of Fighters" ("Garou Densetsu - Shukumei no Tatakai" in Japan)
Rock Howard - "Garou - Mark of the Wolves"
Rugal Bernstein - "The King of Fighters '94"
Ryo Sakazaki - "Art of Fighting" ("Ryuuko no Ken" in Japan)
Ryuhaku Todo - "Art of Fighting" ("Ryuuko no Ken" in Japan)
Ryuji Yamazaki - "Fatal Fury 3 - Road to the Final Victory" ("Garou Densetsu 3 - Haruka-Naru Tatakai" in Japan)
Terry Bogard - "Fatal Fury - King of Fighters" ("Garou Densetsu - Shukumei no Tatakai" in Japan)
Vice - "The King of Fighters '96"
Yuri Sakazaki - "Art of Fighting 2" ("Ryuuko no Ken 2" in Japan)

• And the 24 from Capcom:

Akuma (Gouki in Japan) - "Super Street Fighter II Turbo" ("Super Street Fighter II X" in Japan)
Balrog (M. Bison in Japan) - "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior"
Blanka - "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior"
Cammy - "Super Street Fighter II - The New Challengers"
Chun-Li - "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior"
Dan Hibiki - "Street Fighter Alpha - Warriors' dreams" ("Street Fighter Zero" in Japan)
Dhalsim - "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior"
Eagle - "Street Fighter"
Edmund Honda - "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior"
Guile - "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior"
Ken Masters - "Street Fighter"
Kyosuke Kagami - "Rival Schools - United by Fate"
M. Bison (Vega in Japan) - "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior"
Maki - "Final Fight 2"
Morrigan Aensland - "Darkstalkers - The Night Warriors" ("Vampire - The Night Warriors" in Japan)
Rolento Schugerg - "Final Fight"
Ryu - "Street Fighter"
Sakura Kasugano - "Street Fighter Alpha 2" ("Street Fighter Zero 2" in Japan)
Sagat - "Street Fighter"
Satsui no Hadou ni Mezameta Ryu - "Street Fighter Alpha 2" ("Street Fighter Zero 2" in Japan)
Shin Akuma - (New Character based on Shin Akuma from "Street Fighter Alpha 2")
Vega (Balrog in Japan) - "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior"
Yun Lee - "Street Fighter III - New Generation"
Zangief - "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior"

Before the match begins, if Sakura and Yuri are about to fight, Yuri does a parody of Felicia's intro from "Vampire Savior" where she raises her hand in a surprised position and says 'Osu' (karate greeting). Sakura bows responding 'Pleased To Meet You'.

The game contains six grooves that you can select. There are three from Capcom and three from SNK. Interesting enough the Capcom grooves put together spell out CAP and SNK spells out SNK. Each groove came from a specific game in each company's series...

• C Groove: From "Street Fighter Alpha 3"'s A-ism. Powers up to three level and you can variate the strength of your super depending if you hit LP/LK (Weak), MP/MP (Middle), and HP/HK (Strong).
• A Groove: A combination of "Street Fighter Alpha 3"'s V-ism and "Super Street Fighter II Turbo"'s system. The main draw of this groove is the custom combos.
• P Groove: From "Street Fighter III - Third Strike"'s engine. The main feature of the groove is the parry technique.
• S Groove: From "The King of Fighters 94" to 96, in KOF97 & 98 it's under the Extra system. You can either charge up the super meter by being attacked or by using HP & HK to charge it. When your life is low you can perform more powerful supers.
• N Groove: From "The King of Fighters 97" & 98 under the Advanced system. This groove allows you to initiate a MAX status at a cost of one charged meter. During the MAX status your offense and defense strength increase and at a cost of one charged meter you can perform the strongest super.
• K Groove: From "Samurai Showdown". This groove allows you to go into a 'rage' mode once your meter fills up. The meter can only fill when you are hit or block an opponent's attack. Also, the groove has a 'Just Defended' action where you block just as the attack hits you. This is most likely from "Garou - Mark of the Wolves".

The Osaka stadium stage is based on the real life Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.

The floats in the background of the Aomori stage resemble E.Honda (on the left), Haohmaru (on the right), and Kyoshiro (from the Samurai Shodown series)

Cameo Apperances:

• Aomori: Goro Daimon (from The King of Fighters) can be seen banging drums
• London: Dudley (along with his butler), Elena (from Street Fighter III), Carman Cole (from Art of Fighting 3), Billy & Lilly Kane (from Fatal Fury), Mei-Ling (from Red Earth), and Rose (from Street Fighter Alpha) can be seen in the background.
• Nairobi: Rouge (from the Power Stone) & Leona (from The King of Fighters) are on top of a car. Alex (from Street Fighter III), Fokker (from Power Stone), Ralf Jones, Clark Steel, and Heidern (from The King of Fighters) can be seen behind the car. Goro Daimon also appears to watch the battle when Kyo fights Benimaru in-game.
• Shanghai: Hsien-Ko (from Darkstalkers), June (from Star Gladiator), Xiang Fei (from Fatal Fury), Shermie, Chin Gentsai, and Bao (from The King of Fighters) can be seen throughout the rotating arena. Goro Daimon also appears to watch the battle when Kyo fights Benimaru in-game.

UPDATES
Capcom vs SNK 2 may have been one of those games that were unwilling victims of terror-related censorship in the US. Then again, it could have been planned all along for the US version. Whatever it is, here's an interesting tidbit: For the US versions, all references to gods or genocide is removed. What does that mean? God Rugal was referred to as Ultimate Rugal in the English version. Rugal's Genocide Cutter and Sagat's Tiger Genocide also had minor name changes (Although the Tiger Destroyer sounds the same as before, calling a move the Destroyer Cutter is rather stupid IMO).

TIPS AND TRICKS

• Fight Mini-Bosses: Satisfy all of the following conditions...

1. Get at least 800 points.

• Never get hit by more than 5 first hits in any match.
• Have at least 2 CC finish or Super finish.

Geese/Vega will appear after the 4th match (the match before the final round).

• Finest KO: To obtain a finest KO, satisfy one of the following...

1. Counter a super move with a special move.

• Counter a special move with a level 3 super.
• Counter a super move with a super move.
• Finish an opponent with a level 3 super who is taunting.

For 2. & 3., one can start with any normal/special move that counter the special/super move, as long as the finishing hit is the level 3 super, Finest KO will appear.

SERIES

• SNK Vs. Capcom - The Match of the Millennium (1999, Neo Geo Pocket Color)
• Capcom Vs. SNK - Millennium Fight 2000 [Model 841-0011C] (2000)
• Capcom Vs. SNK - Millennium Fight 2000 Pro (2001)
• Capcom Vs. SNK 2 - Millionaire Fighting 2001 [Model GDL-0008] (2001)
• SVC Chaos - SNK Vs. Capcom [Model NGM-269] (2003)

STAFF
Akuma: Tomomichi Nishimura
Balrog: Koichi Yamadera
Blanka: Yuji Ueda
Cammy: Miki Nagasawa
Chun-Li: Michiko Neya
Dan Hibiki: Osamu Hosoi
Dhalsim: Yoshiharu Yamada
E. Honda: Masashi Sugahara
Eagle: Jin Yamanoi
Evil Ryu: Toshiyuki Morikawa
Guile: Koichi Yamadera
Ken Masters: Yuji Kishi
Kyosuke Kagami: Isshin Chiba
M. Bison: Norio Wakamoto
Maki: Miki Nagasawa
Morrigan Aensland: Yayoi Jingusi
Rolento Schugerg: Jin Yamanoi
Ryu: Toshiyuki Morikawa
Shin Akuma: Tomomichi Nishimura
Vega: Yuji Ueda

PORTS
NOTE: To see ports released outside Japan, please see the export version entry, "Capcom vs. SNK 2 - Mark of the Millennium 2001".

• CONSOLES:

[JP] Sega Dreamcast (sept.13, 2001) "Capcom vs. SNK 2 - Millionaire Fighting 2001 [Model T-1249M]": re-released as DreKore edition (jan.22, 2004)
[JP] Sony PS2 (sept.13, 2001) "Capcom vs. SNK 2 - Millionaire Fighting 2001 [Modem Pack] [Model SLPM-65047]"
[JP] Sony PS2 (sept.13, 2001) "Capcom vs. SNK 2 - Millionaire Fighting 2001 [Model SLPM-65047]"
[JP] Sony PS2 (Sep.2001, "Capcom vs SNK 2 Modem Pack") [Model CPCS-01001]
[JP] Nintendo GameCube (jul.4, 2002) "Capcom Vs. SNK 2 EO - Millennium Fighting 2001 [Model DOL-GEOJ-JPN]"
[JP] Microsoft XBOX (jan.16, 2003) "Capcom Vs. SNK 2 EO [Model EI5-00001]"
[JP] Sony PS2 (jul.10, 2003) "Capcom vs SNK 2 [The Best] [Model SLPM-74402]"
[JP] Sony PS2 (aug.2, 2007) "Capcom vs SNK 2 [The Best Reprint] [Model SLPM-74246]"
[JP] Sony PS2 (sept.18, 2008) "Capcom vs SNK 2 - Millionaire Fighting 2001/Street Fighter III - 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future Value Pack [Model CPCS-01040]"
[JP] Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (jul.16, 2013) "Capcom vs. SNK 2 - Millionaire Fighting 2001 [PS2 Classics] [Model NPJD-00015]"
[JP] Sony PSP [PSN] (jul.16, 2013) "Capcom vs. SNK 2 - Millionaire Fighting 2001 [PS2 Classics] [Model NPJD-00015]"
[JP] Sony PlayStation Vita [PSN] (jul.16, 2013) "Capcom vs. SNK 2 - Millionaire Fighting 2001 [PS2 Classics] [Model NPJD-00015]"

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