Multiple Capcom Sega Dreamcast games announced

Some cool artwork from the era:

stratogustav - Maybe Itsuno himself planned this collection as his "last hurrah!" before leaving Capcom?

I have some ideas of why the whole thing went down the way it did.

To add some context I believe the Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection was launched because Marvel is promoting many X-Men related things this year including X-Men '97 through Disney Plus, Deadpool Vs. Wolverine at theaters, ongoing X-Men Marvel Legends action figures, and their newest X-Men Comics subscription through Marvel Unlimited, so it was in their best interest to have something beloved gaming related, and it was both, Capcom and Marvel, that took the opportunity for the collection.

For Capcom's Fighting Collection 2 the case is different, first of all, the first mostly Darkstalkers collection didn't initially do as good as planned, so there was no follow up planned, however it has been catching up recently, and it seems it is starting to do good, but the real reason a second collection was made, in my opinion, is to honor Hideaki Itsuno that was leaving Capcom this August, which is why every single game in the collection is a game he worked on one way or another.

Normally, Capcom wouldn't announce two fighting collections back-to-back next to each other like that, I mean even Marvel Vs. Capcom Collection hasn't even been released yet, but they did it because of the timing regarding Itsuno leaving, and to take advantage of the hype for the Marvel Vs. Capcom Collection getting a date release announcement, also on the following scheduled Nintendo Direct.

The good news is that if these collections sell well, particularly if Itsuno's collection sells very well next year, there is a very high possibility for a third collection. Some of the games required some heavy licensing work around, but Capcom always honors good sales and they will make it happen if that's the case. Knowing Capcom, the included games will be:

- Ultra Street Fighter II
- Fate/Unlimited Codes
- Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom All-Star Battle
- Sengoku Basara X
- Star Gladiator
- Rival Schools United By Fate
- Final Fight Revenge
- Alien Vs. Predator

Sadly, it is very unlike that the Saturday Night Slam Masters will be released since Capcom considers them as Sports games, also neither it will be Street Fighter The Movie, or any of the Street Fighter EX games since Arika is now doing their own thing with Fighting EX Layer.

The good news is that if Fighting Collection 2 sells well, the third one will happen with those games, and yes, they do have some copyright holds, that current Capcom would not have an issue overcoming.

Another thing is that it seems any game that had a Dreamcast release is in line for the grabs now that they finally properly figured out the architecture, including anything on Naomi, and it is because of this that the good news is that these other Capcom games also have a chance to appear:

- Tech Romancer
- Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
- Heavy Metal Geomatrix
- Cannon Spike
- Mars Matrix
- Giga Wing 2
- Super Street Fighter II X For Matching Service
- Vampire Chronicles For Matching Service

Which would also be super amazing to say the least.