Konami has officially announced the MARVEL MaXimum Collection, a comprehensive anthology of 13 beloved Marvel video games coming to the Nintendo Switch.
The collection celebrates decades of comic-to-console adaptations, offering fans both nostalgia and enhanced modern features for some of the most iconic superhero games ever released.
Headlining the collection is the much-requested X-Men: The Arcade Game, widely regarded as one of the most significant beat ’em ups of its era. According to Konami, the MARVEL MaXimum Collection includes games originally released across multiple platforms, such as arcade cabinets, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive, Game Boy, and Game Gear.
Among the standout titles are Captain America and The Avengers (available in its arcade, NES, and Genesis versions), Spider-Man/Venom: Maximum Carnage, Venom/Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety, Silver Surfer, and Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge.
This extensive lineup promises to deliver both classic experiences and opportunities for new fans to explore Marvel’s digital legacy. One of the highlights of the collection is X-Men: The Arcade Game, which supports up to six players online with robust rollback netcode for smooth multiplayer sessions.
Players can team up as their favorite X-Men and face off against Magneto’s formidable army, recreating the energy of the iconic, and now rare, arcade cabinet in their homes via Nintendo Switch. Additional standout features in the MARVEL MaXimum Collection include: - **Digital Archive:** High-resolution scans of original box art, instruction manuals, and vintage advertisements provide a look back at decades of Marvel game history. - **Music Player:** Every version of each game comes with its full chip-tune soundtrack, allowing fans to revisit legendary video game music. - **Rewind and Save States:** Players can now take advantage of quality-of-life upgrades such as rewinding gameplay and saving anywhere—making notoriously challenging titles like Silver Surfer more accessible. - **Display Options:** The collection supports modern crisp graphics or vintage-inspired CRT and scanline filters, letting players customize their viewing experience. - **Cheat Menus and Museum:** Explore cheat codes and curated museum content that contextualizes each game’s place within the Marvel video game universe. Konami emphasized that the collection aims to preserve these iconic games and offer them to a new generation of players, cementing their legacy on the Nintendo Switch platform.
A firm release date has not yet been announced, but Konami confirmed the MARVEL MaXimum Collection is slated to arrive later this year on the Nintendo eShop. The MARVEL MaXimum Collection stands as one of the most notable retro gaming announcements for the Nintendo Switch in 2024, highlighting Konami’s continued commitment to celebrating video game history and delivering value-packed experiences to modern audiences.
The collection celebrates decades of comic-to-console adaptations, offering fans both nostalgia and enhanced modern features for some of the most iconic superhero games ever released.
Headlining the collection is the much-requested X-Men: The Arcade Game, widely regarded as one of the most significant beat ’em ups of its era. According to Konami, the MARVEL MaXimum Collection includes games originally released across multiple platforms, such as arcade cabinets, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive, Game Boy, and Game Gear.
Among the standout titles are Captain America and The Avengers (available in its arcade, NES, and Genesis versions), Spider-Man/Venom: Maximum Carnage, Venom/Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety, Silver Surfer, and Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge.
This extensive lineup promises to deliver both classic experiences and opportunities for new fans to explore Marvel’s digital legacy. One of the highlights of the collection is X-Men: The Arcade Game, which supports up to six players online with robust rollback netcode for smooth multiplayer sessions.
Players can team up as their favorite X-Men and face off against Magneto’s formidable army, recreating the energy of the iconic, and now rare, arcade cabinet in their homes via Nintendo Switch. Additional standout features in the MARVEL MaXimum Collection include: - **Digital Archive:** High-resolution scans of original box art, instruction manuals, and vintage advertisements provide a look back at decades of Marvel game history. - **Music Player:** Every version of each game comes with its full chip-tune soundtrack, allowing fans to revisit legendary video game music. - **Rewind and Save States:** Players can now take advantage of quality-of-life upgrades such as rewinding gameplay and saving anywhere—making notoriously challenging titles like Silver Surfer more accessible. - **Display Options:** The collection supports modern crisp graphics or vintage-inspired CRT and scanline filters, letting players customize their viewing experience. - **Cheat Menus and Museum:** Explore cheat codes and curated museum content that contextualizes each game’s place within the Marvel video game universe. Konami emphasized that the collection aims to preserve these iconic games and offer them to a new generation of players, cementing their legacy on the Nintendo Switch platform.
A firm release date has not yet been announced, but Konami confirmed the MARVEL MaXimum Collection is slated to arrive later this year on the Nintendo eShop. The MARVEL MaXimum Collection stands as one of the most notable retro gaming announcements for the Nintendo Switch in 2024, highlighting Konami’s continued commitment to celebrating video game history and delivering value-packed experiences to modern audiences.
