MARVEL Tōkon Launches on PS5 and PC With 20-Character Roster
The game's Deadpool character guide video, released the day before launch, shows parody moves from other fighting games, including a Captain Sawada harakiri move and a Hotaru Futaba-style mounted explosion, indicating the game leans into crossover humor.
Key Facts
- MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls launched on August 7, 2026, for PlayStation 5 and PC.
- The game features 20 playable Marvel characters at launch, with more planned via DLC.
- Standard edition costs 7,980 yen, Digital Deluxe 10,480 yen, and Ultimate 11,980 yen.
- The Digital Deluxe includes a Year 1 pass for four additional characters and one new stage.
- The Ultimate edition adds five costumes, including Spider-Man's Advanced Suit 2.0 from Marvel's Spider-Man 2.
Reporting from 2 sources: GAME Watch (Impress), Game Spark.
Sony Interactive Entertainment released MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls on August 7 for PlayStation 5 and PC. Developed by Arc System Works, the 4v4 fighting game features Marvel heroes and villains, with 20 characters available at launch. Players select four characters to form a team, with real-time switching and an assemble state when all four are active. The game includes a skill button for one-button special moves, designed so players can focus on a single character. Episode mode offers a story rebuilt for the game, blending American comics and Japanese manga, with full voice acting in 10 languages and 3D audio support. Editions include Standard at 7,980 yen, Digital Deluxe at 10,480 yen, and Ultimate at 11,980 yen. The Digital Deluxe includes a Year 1 pass for four additional characters and one new stage. The Ultimate adds five costumes, including Spider-Man's Advanced Suit 2.0 from Marvel's Spider-Man 2, and gaming colors for all 20 launch characters. Online and local battles are supported, with an open lobby for up to 64 players.
- Deadpool's guide video, posted August 6 on the game's official English X account, shows him stealing moves from other fighting games. The account wrote: "Deadpool breaks the fourth wall, finds a guide, and steals legendary fighting game moves!"
- The video includes a harakiri move resembling Captain Sawada's "Gokusatsu Jibakujin" from the live-action film Street Fighter: Real Battle on Film, complete with the original's projectile-canceling effect.
- Other parody moves spotted: a Flying Barcelona Attack-style jump from Balrog, a shout of "Yororeihi~," an uppercut similar to Tekken's Wind God Fist, and a victory screen that mirrors Street Fighter II.
- A mounted explosion move is compared to Hotaru Futaba's "Tenshou Ran Ki" super from Garou: Mark of the Wolves.
- Earlier Deadpool videos showed "Muda Muda Muda Muda" and Mortal Kombat parodies, plus a dolphin charge whose flame effect some liken to the Falcon Punch from Super Smash Bros.
- Launch roster includes Spider-Man, Penny Parker from "Spider-Verse," and Deadpool. Penny Parker's Japanese voice actress continues her role from the film.
- The game is available on PS5, Steam, and the Epic Games Store. A PlayStation 5 first-party arcade stick, the FlexStrike Wireless Fightstick, was delayed from its planned August 6 release.
- Year 1 DLC's first character is Phoenix Cyclops, announced July 24 alongside a 2000s-style opening theme with Japanese lyrics.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.