Everytime Dead Rising is mentioned I have to brace myself for Max's Frank West slander 😭

My dad would have LOST his mind! Miss you dad. 🕊

Free MARVEL: Mission Complete!

Ryu and Cyclops upgraded from the cordial handshake to the dap up. You love to see it.

Fighters Generation was my gateway into fighting game lore, and art back in the mid 2000's. I was absolutely obsessed with that website at one point in my life.

I don’t care if the the world is ready, make the new marvel 4 V 4!

Even Sakurai copied the XMvsSF handshake in Smash Ultimate with Sora and Mario.

I have to commend Justin for the discipline it took to not just toss the baby and start rolling around like it was EVO Grand Finals

Actually insane to hear the voice behind Fighters Generation after browsing that site for years-as far back as looking at Shuma Gorath sprites on my grandma’s dial up desktop when I couldn’t have been older than six

Let's hope for a Street Fighter oddities collection: - Alpha 2 Gold - Alpha 3 Max - Hyper Alpha - The EX series - The Movie the game - The Interactive movie - Slotter Up Core 7 - SF2

Frank Yagami casting devilish glances my way

This highly-anticipated Triple KO episode is gonna be...Marvel-ous! ...I'll see myself out...

Cyclops is so happy to be back he had to skip the handshake and went with the dap up!

AAAAHHHH!!! FRANK YAGAMI!!! HOLY SHIT!! Dude! This guy! THIS LEGEND! I obsessed over your sanctuary of awesome, seriously! If you ever read this Frank, you're like the Atlas to my view of the FGC--you've held and shared this passion for fighting games up like the "marvel" that it is and seriously, you're one of my heroes. Forgive me if Im laying this on thick, but sincerely; Ive always appreciated your opinions from Frank's Review on characters and games. Your genuine approach to your interest has inspired me for a life time--thanks for being (beyond) awesome!

1:30:34 I'll do it for you, Matt. IT'S MAHVEL, BAYBEE!

I was just on Fighters Generation to grab some Marvel Super Heroes animated stage art to make my wallpaper to celebrate. Shoutout to Frank and all the staff for making that badass website

OMG Frank Yagami!!! I spent hours upon hours on his website when it was still called Gamegen, I'm glad Max and the gang invited him to the show, definitely a legend!

Frank is an effing legend! He already had a great FGC website when I was a snotty kid looking for wallpapers, gifs and advice on how to be a pimp from Birdie. You are the man, bro!

Finally. The ultimate guest arrives. This is now hands down the single greatest video of all fighting game history. Literally the entire mount Rushmore of fighting game community legends all in one stream together. Thank you, everyone who worked to make this happen!

23:07 "People are gonna learn..." Justin: ;D

I haven't been into MvC much (I only played UMvC 3 and MvCi) but I knew how big MvC2 coming back was, I genuinely got excited because I always wanted to play the classic MvC games

The return of Marvel versus Capcom. Ready! Fight! Keep rocking baby.

This Triple K.O.-The Fighters Generation is just as big a crossover as Marvel vs. Capcom, and I'm all for it

Marvel Vs Capcom is a huge reason why I love Marvel now and then. I'm so excited about this collection release!

I've been wanting them to do an episode talking about the Fighters Generation and talking to Frank ( Mr. TFG ) Ever since they started this podcast.

Fighters Generation has long been my favorite fighting game website, because it has always been a celebration of the genre. It's had a place in my bookmarks since I was still using Netscape.

Proud to be regular visitor of Frank's site since the first days. Great to see him as guest.

Glad to see that Frank made it into this! I have been a fan of his site for many years! And congrats on the new baby coming. But yea, I am so stoked for MvC Fighting Collection!

Free MVC2 is finally completed! Now, time for Free CVS2.

Frank Yagami's Fighter's Generation website is my all time favorite fighting game source of information and fan artwork.

23:57 As a 21 year old, MARVEL IS BACK BABY I LOVED THIS FRANCHISE AS A KID MY DAD HAD A COUPLE OF THE OLD GAMES! 🎉

Oh shit Frank Yagami. Fighter's Generation is one of the sites that got me into Fighting Games.

Oh hey, here it is. MvC Collection coming with an RKO out of nowhere. Now that the collection is happening I regret not saying they should include AvP in there too. Now it's gonna be kinda tough to sell that one, cause not much to bundle it with. 47:25 Literally Fantastic Four team. Let's go! Also, I would love for some WB heads to see the success of MvC and be like: "Do we have anything like this?" and then some guy goes: "Well, we have Mortal Kombat. It's got enough games for at least two bundles". Then they release the 2D MKs: 1, 2, 3, Ultimate 3 and Trilogy and the 3D MKs: 4, Deadly Alliance, Deception, Armageddon, with Shaolin Monks and maybe even Mythologies and Special Forces for the memes.

Holy hell, Fighters Generation. That's a name I haven't heard in a LONG time. Glad to see its legacy is still going strong even now.

Love hearing matt talk about Beat Em' Ups 😂

Matt unlocking some buried memories with that ironmouse shrine site.

Now that is an episode to remember. It's a delight to see Frank over there, who has been internet's prophet of fighting games for as long as I can remember. In fact, he would be a damn fine addition to the team (quadruple K.O.?)

33:21 spooky sounding DooD

I still constantly go for Fighter's Generation for image references, background art, concept art etc

NOW'S MAHVEL!

My thinking for a new, 2D fighting collection is the following: -Alpha 2 Gold -Alpha 3 Max -Darkstalkers Chronicle The Chaos Tower -Saturday Night Slam Masters -Muscle Bomber Duo -Ring of Destruction -Sengoku Basara X -Capcom Fighting Evolution -Mega Man The Power Battle -Mega Man 2 The Power Fighters

Frank Yagami!!! Man I’ve been going to his website for fighting game lore LITERALLY since I was in 8th or 9th grade. I STILL visit that site and I’m 40 now lol

The Fighter's Generation was the go to site for fighting game nerds back then. Crazy guest to have on the show!

Bringing back Marvel, and including the classic Punisher Beat 'em up with it. This collection might as well have been called "the Triple KO pack".

Hearing "IronMouse" and it's not about the VTuber got me so confused.

Frankie Yagami is a legend. I first encountered The Fighters Generation back in the early 2000's and have been a regular visitor ever since. I'd always hoped he might one day be a special guest on TKO so this is a dream come true.

I'm a little older, but Fighters Generation helped me so much when in got into MAME back in 2003-4? and was going to build a home bar. Frank had so much info on the best games I knew which ones I wanted to play and seek out. Thank you for having him on the podcast and as an old head I very appreciate you guys podcast! Quick question, will we ever see a modern port of Martial Champion? I remember the day our arcade got it and loved it for what it was. Unfortunately, Frank didn't get to say much and did not feel like a "guest".

MAHVEL IS BACK BABY

This shit doing numbers

Can't believe that it was CASUALLY announced in a damn Nintendo Direct

We are witnessing the Mount Rushmore of FGC news and content! Really happy to see Frank mixing it up with Triple KO!

As an Xbox user I was absolutely devastated when I learned the collection wasn't coming to the platform. Watching that trailer made me feel like Ralph before and after he proclaimed his love for Lisa... 😭

It has been a long while since I last checked Fighters Generation. Back then I used to save all the images there on diskettes or burn them on CDs while at work as my home internet was very crappy. I have all those pics arranged and saved neatly in a folder.

Insane to see this video exist, Frankie is an awesome human being in person and is a regular player in the Soul Calibur 2 scene in my local venue (currently my bracket demon) so sick to see a legend play in person!!

Yessss!! The episode I’ve been waiting for to talk about The Game we’ve all been waiting for!!!!

Been so looking forward to the post announcement episode. Feels like being in a room with my friends. Seriously love this podcast.

Great guest 🤜💥

The acid starts hitting at 33:40

When I cosplayed Iori, I went to TFG to look at the sprites of his moves so that I can look decent when people ask to take videos and photos. 😂 And recently, I had nothing to do at work so I took some sprites from the site and added it to our Slack workspace emotes. Haha Thank you for keeping the website alive for the FGC, Frank!

33:45 ECHOES... is that a prophecy? XD

Oh my god it's The Fighters Generation. He was a being of myth and legend for me back in the day.

Man I love it when Matt brings up the cg shrines. lol

🎶 I'm gonna take you for a ride (Da-da... da-da) I'm gonna take you for a ride (da-da... da-da) 🎶

Max and Justin are exaggerating a tad concerning how MvC2 was received early. Yes, there absolutely was some rumbling about the lack of direct access to medium attacks (I know I was annoyed at first) and it was initially thought that the game would lose tactical depth due to that. But it _quickly_ became clear that the new setup provided as much, if not more depth than the previous control setup, as the assist systems meant that the game was a true 3 on 3, compared to previous titles which were just 1 on 1 on 1 on 1. No one ever actually called the game "trash" after they played it for a little while (maybe Eddie Lee, the King of MvC1 did since he didn't quite make the transition, but the majority of players embraced MvC2 pretty much from day 1). Yes, the lack of individual endings sucked, but even back then, no one played the Vs. games for the arcade endings. But the music? Yeah. The music was HATED on release, and was hated for YEARS. I was one of the haters. The light jazz crap that replaced the awesome character themes did NOT go over well with _anyone_. _No one_ liked the music and was 100% believed to be the worst aspect of the game, so much so that later, players hacked in their own soundtrack, with the character select screen ("Gonna Take You For a Ride") being particularly despised with its monotony. I honestly don't know when things flipped around and people started genuinely liking the soundtrack and Gonna Take You for a Ride became beloved, to the point that it came back in altered form in MvC3. In retrospect, it is the _weirdest_ thing about MvC2, that the one thing that was disliked about the game from day 1 became yet another part of it to be loved. And yet, here we are. Even I love the soundtrack now. Wow.

The world is a better place when CAPCOM decides to give a shit.

OH SHNAP! TFG FRANK!!! This site was a MAAAASSSSSSIVE reason i make art today! absolute legend. the stories and the opinions haha! i learnt so much about games i could never play! thank you frank!

Now we just need a Capcom 3D collection with rival schools and Tatsunoko vs Capcom

I remember using Fighters Generation for knowing my favorite characters and using references for artwork. It’s crazy seeing him FINALLY getting the platform ! This man’s a legend! 🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯

I am soooooo starstruck! Frank is such an fgc icon!!

The fact my man mentioned Viewtiful Joe & GodHand!? Cmon! Much respect to Clover, but I’m sure it COULD happen!

Very good and legendary episode. Happy to see Frank up there his site has been the cornerstone of my teenage and adult years

The legacy of the MvC saga is legendary. Those of us who lived it, we know. Each game delivered something amazing, uncanny, and astonishing. To see it return, plus for a new generation. This is a gift 30 years. The animation, character designs, the gameplay, the move sets, and the music. Every entry made it special. Welcome back MvC, missed you old friend Frank, I agree with you "Henshin-A-Go-Go-Baby!!" Btw congrats on becoming a dad

Fighters Generation is a great website also super excited for Marvel Vs Capcom Fighting Collection,Here's Hoping for Capcom Vs SNK Fighting Collection and Brand New Marvel Vs Capcom :D

I want a Capcom vs SNK Collection & Tatsunoko vs Capcom Remastered as well.

Max, you don't have to explain the hype to us Nintendo players. We've been around for every Smash guest character announcement. Trust, we get it. I've seen people literally cry for Sora. We get it.

So much of my gaming life was defined by the Marvel vs Capcom series, practically every entry means something to me in some way 🥰

Since Capcom and Marvel are doing well together again, then maybe it's about time we got a 1st ever re-release of Capcom's Alien Vs. Predator. A game locked in the arcades for literally 30 years.

I love Fighters Generation! I find myself scrolling through it all the time.

Crazy to think we are here!

That fifty bucks Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection way too rich for my blood, gonna wait for heavy discount.

Been waiting for this one! Love the podcast, gentlemen!!!

I have a retort to Justin’s point. I grew up in Northern Mexico and MvC2 was huge. It was featured in almost every “big screen” arcade I went to and it always had a huge crowd during its heyday.

This was a great podcast episode!

My personal hope for a proper MVC4 is for Capcom to take a page from skull girls and allow each player to have their choice of 1-3 characters for their team with some slight stat adjustments to accommodate based on team size.

I really wished CAPCOM pushed the level forward on promoting The Punisher, because it's a great game. Here in Brazil, back in the day, we had an overdose of CADILLACS & DINOSAURS, the other huge beat-em-up that appeared on the arcade. Captain Commando, The Punisher and Cadillacs & Dinosaurs were the top 3 beat-em-ups. But for some reason Cadillacs were more popular here. Maybe it's Hannah's attributes of maybe Mustapha being a black dude.

I'm from Latin America, and here the games that run in CPS's are popular, not in the same level that KoF, but they are loved. In contrast, not many people played Marvel vs Capcom 2 in arcades because not many places could afford a Naomi. But when the PS2 got cheaper, MvC2 could be played in a regular basis and the game gained great popularity, in a time that the arcade scene was decreasing. Now the FGC here in Brazil is happy to see these games gaining attention now. Sorry for the bad english and congrats for the work.

Bison: "I need your clothes, your boots, and your horse."

Really enjoyed this, brings back great memories! 👍👍👍👍🤜🤛

Yepp, found some cool Iconic Terry Animated GIFs recently, and the site was the same..so this is the dude, Cool. Fighters Generation💯

Matt's "Nah, shutup!" about not being able to play as the bosses had me laughing hard

Oh Ironmouse, a site I have not heard in so long. So important to my teenage up brining in the late 90s/early 2000s.

This gathering is a lot of fun.

Man what a time to be alive indeed lol. Great podcast Everyone and thank you mr. Yagami for TFG! Shoosh...

Man you want to talk about dredging things up from my youth. Like many of us seasoned FGC players I can't even begin to think of the amount of time I have spent on the Fighters Generation. I kind of felt my age a bit when Matt mentioned CG Shrines. This was just an awesome episode loaded with some nostalgia and a cool guest.

Brah! When mvc2 was out in arcade I was a regular haunt at Tampa lanes. The competition was bananas! RiP Pete who managed Tampa lanes.

I been WAITING for this episode!!!!

Pretty sure I got into MvC1 through the PlayStation port (though I eventually picked up the Origins collection when it dropped). I also ended up getting the PS2 version of MvC2, but missed out on picking up the PS3 port of MvC2 while it was available. It’s gonna be nice playing the arcade versions when the new collection drops.

probably the best fighting game site out there

Thanks guys

ITS MAAAAAAHVEL BABY ❤