Disney vs. Capcom: Infinity Requiem

Disney vs. Capcom: Infinity Requiem (ディズニー VS. カプコン インフィニティー レクイエム Dizunī bāsasu Kapukon: Infinitī Rekuiemu), or simply Disney vs. Capcom is a crossover fighting game developed by Capcom in collaboration with Square Enix and Disney Interactive Studios. The game features characters from both Capcom's video game franchises and Disney's trademark franchises, including Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel Comics and Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts. Despite featuring an ensemble of Disney characters, it is technically the seventh installment of the Marvel vs. Capcom franchise. It was released worldwide for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows on May 30, 2019 as the homage to the theatrical release of both the Avengers: Infinity War - Part 2 and Star Wars: Episode IX in the same month, the final installments of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Star Wars saga respectively, and the final game culminating the 30th anniversary of Capcom since its foundation on May 30, 1979.

In Disney vs. Capcom, players can either fight in a single match or select a team of two to three characters to engage in combat and attempt to knock out their opponents. It features similar tag team game mechanics to earlier games in the series, along with new methods of play designed to make the game more accessible to new players. The game was produced by Michael Evans, who had previously worked on Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, which utilizes the same game engine Unreal Engine 4. In addition to more gameplay modifications and new playable characters, the game features several aesthetic changes.

Development began soon after Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite's release and was shared between many of Capcom's studios worldwide. The development team drew influence from many of Disney's subsidiaries such as Marvel Studios and Lucas Films, and designed the game with collaboration with Square Enix, the developer company of the Kingdom Hearts series, fresh from the recent release of Kingdom Hearts III in the previous year, with a massive production budget $270 million. Voice talents in the game are provided by an ensemble all-star cast of voice actors and actresses, including original actors from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Star Wars franchise, such as Robert Downey Jr. who portrayed Tony Stark or Iron Man in the MCU series, Idina Menzel who provided the voice of Queen Elsa from Frozen and Mark Hamill who did the role of Luke Skywalker. The game's soundtrack features an original score composed by a team of producers who collaborated over several years.

Extensively marketed and widely anticipated, the game broke industry sales records and became one of the fastest-selling entertainment product in history, earning US $200 million globally in its release day and 11 million copies were sold in its first month. It received widespread universal critical acclaim, as critics praised the all-star ensemble roster of Capcom and Disney characters, crossover quality, solid storyline, movie-quality graphics, online experience, abundance of game modes and soundtrack. It also won year-end accolades including Game of the Year awards from several gaming publications. It has shipped over 35 million copies worldwide and is said to be one of the greatest video games of all time.

Gameplay
As opposed to other Marvel vs. Capcom games, Disney vs. Capcom marks the first time in the series where single matches are available, where player/s can select one character to control and go on a one-on-one battle. A tag team mode is also present for two members (such as in Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Superheroes and Infinite) or three in a team (such as in Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and 3). Many gameplay fighting mechanics are adopted straight from the previous installment, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, such as the use of Infinity Stones in combat that grant unique abilities and power-ups depending on its purpose. But, new mechanics are also added, such as the stage transitions adapted from Street Fighter V where fighters can move to a different location of the same stage.

Two entirely new gameplay mechanics are introduced called “Light Advent” (光の降臨, Hikari no Kōrin) and “Darkness Descent” (闇の降下, Yami no Kōka) where a character, depending on its allegiance, be it good or evil, manifests the power of Light or Darkness by maximizing the Energy Bar to Level 5, allowing him/her to execute an “Ultimate Combo”, a special finisher exclusive for that purpose which is more powerful than Hyper Combos and if used correctly, can deal a one-hit KO on an opponent or two.

Another new feature is that in team battles, characters within a team can perform special combos exclusive only if a team is composed of certain precise members. For example, Ryu and Ken Masters from Street Fighter, if they are members of a same team, can execute either the Double Hadoken or Souryuken, or if it is case of Dante and Vergil from Devil May Cry, they can perform the Double Jackpot finisher reminiscent of the Jackpot scene from their fight against Arkham in Devil May Cry 3. Another example, Sora and Riku can perform the Eternal Session Limit if they are both members of a team. One more example is that if both Iron Man and War Machine are of the same team, they can be able to perform the Double Iron Rush, a combo exclusive to the game.

The games comprises of ten different modes: Story Mode, Arcade Mode, Versus Mode, Survival Mode, Time Attack Mode, Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, Tournament Mode, Spectator Mode and Online Battle.

Playable Characters
Disney vs. Capcom has a massive roster of 200 characters, with 100 of which come from Disney-trademarked franchises such as Marvel, Kingdom Hearts and Star Wars, and the other half from Capcom. There are 120 initially playable characters with 80 unlockable ones.

All characters denoted with an asterisk (*) are unlockable characters that can be unlocked for play one by one by beating Arcade Mode or all at once by completing Story Mode.

Trivia

 * The production budget for Disney vs. Capcom: Infinite Requiem was $270 million, constituted towards the development of new mechanics of fighting gameplay as opposed to many of Capcom's previous fighting series such as Street Fighter, Darkstalkers and Rival Schools, production of a massive cinematic-quality Story Mode, creation of various character endings involving live-action, 3D animation and anime, and involvement of many original voice talents, making it one of the most expensive games ever made.
 * With the game's total character roster count at 200, Disney vs. Capcom is tied with Tobal 2 as the game with the largest fighting roster of all time.
 * Almost all actors and actresses who portrayed their roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Wars, Disney movies or Capcom games, reprise their roles in Disney vs. Capcom. The only person who wasn't able to reprise her role in the game is Carrie Fisher, the actress of Leia Organa of Star Wars, who unfortunately passed away on December 27, 2016 during the production of Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi.
 * Deadpool appears as a guest character representing Disney as a Marvel character. This comes from the fact that Deadpool and his feature film of the same name which was released in February 2015 are licensed and owned by 20th Century Fox.
 * Of all the playable characters, only Amaterasu, Chewbacca, Mack the Knife and Nemesis can't speak.
 * Coincidentally, the release dates of the game, The Avengers: Infinity War - Part 2, Star Wars: Episode IX and the 30th year since Capcom's foundation all share the same month and year (May 2019).
 * As of the end of the year, Disney vs. Capcom sold over 35 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling game of the Marvel vs. Capcom series and one of the best-selling games of all time.
 * The game also received a score of 91% on Metacritic, a rating of 9.5/10 on IGN and a perfect 10/10 on GameSpot, making it both commercially and critically successful as Capcom's best-performed game of 2019.