X-Men: Children of the Atom

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Description

X-Men: Children of the Atom is a 2D fighting game and the first Capcom title to use licensed characters from the Marvel comic universe. It has six main characters and four of their enemies that are playable. The X-Men are Colossus, Cyclops, Iceman, Psylocke, Storm and Wolverine. The villains are Omega Red, Sentinel, Silver Samurai and Spiral. The two main bosses are Juggernaut and Magneto, and Akuma is available as a secret character.

Fighting is done one-on-one with a traditional best-two-out-of-three match setup, with automatic or manual blocking. Similar to the Super Combo gauge in Super Street Fighter II Turbo there is an X-Power gauge of different levels, filled up when the player performs moves. When it is maxed out an X-Ability or Hyper X special move can be performed. Other general features are the abilities to super jump, roll away and aiming projectiles.

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Alternate Titles

• "エックス・メン チルドレン・オブ・ジ・アトム" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Genre: Versus fighting
• Marvel licensees
• X-Men licensees

User Reviews

Capcom takes on the X-Men and a new era of ass-kicking 2D fighters dawns

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Critic Reviews

Mean Machines	SEGA Saturn	Apr, 1996	94 out of 100	94
Coming Soon Magazine	DOS	Jun, 1997	90 out of 100	90
Hobby Consolas	SEGA Saturn	Feb, 1996	88 out of 100	88
High Voltage Online	SEGA Saturn	Sep 13, 2006	87 out of 100	87
Mega Fun	SEGA Saturn	Dec, 1995	84 out of 100	84
Video Games	SEGA Saturn	Jan, 1996	83 out of 100	83
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	SEGA Saturn	Apr, 1996	8 out of 10	80
Video Games	PlayStation	Feb, 1998	73 out of 100	73
Electric Playground	DOS	Jun 13, 1997	7 out of 10	70
PC Player (Germany)	DOS	May, 1997		40

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Trivia

The storyline for the game is based loosely on the "Fatal Attractions" crossover story published in 1993 and which ran through all the X-Men universe titles of the time. All of the published issues (X-Factor #92, X-Force #25, Uncanny X-Men #304, X-Men #25, Wolverine #75, and Excalibur #71) are collected in a trade paperback, but unfortunately they don't feature the holographic insets the original prints had in their covers.

Related Web Sites

• X-Men: Children of the Atom (official website)
• Wikipedia: X-Men: Children of the Atom (Information about X-Men: Children of the Atom at Wikipedia)