The Rise and Fall of X-Men Games

There was a time when X-Men games were everywhere. From Konami’s arcade classic and the strange experiments of the 16-bit era to Capcom’s fighting games and X-Men Legends, developers spent years finding different ways to bring Marvel’s mutant team to video games. Then X-Men Legends found a formula that worked , only for that formula to evolve into Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. After that came movie tie-ins, X-Men: Destiny, legal trouble, digital delisting and a long period without another major X-Men team game. So what happened to X-Men games? Chapters: 00:00 - Why X-Men Games Disappeared 00:44 - X-Men Takes Over the Arcades 01:17 - The 16-Bit X-Men Era 02:40 - Capcom Finds Another Answer 03:07 - X-Men Legends Changes Everything 03:52 - The Ultimate Alliance Connection 04:33 - What Happened After Legends 05:04 - X-Men: Destiny 05:55 - The Games Start Disappearing 06:31 - Why X-Men Games Faded Away 07:23 - Wolverine 08:00 - What Happened to X-Men Games? Subscribe to Retro Untold for more stories from gaming history. #XMen #XMenLegends #Marvel #RetroGaming #GamingHistory #Wolverine #MarvelGames #RetroUntold