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.
Alternate Titles
- "エックス・メン チルドレン・オブ・ジ・アトム" -- Japanese spelling
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User Reviews
The Press Says
| Game Revolution |
SEGA Saturn |
Jun 06, 2004 |
B+ |
83 |
| GameFan Magazine |
SEGA Saturn |
Mar, 1996 |
81 out of 100 |
81 |
| GamePro (US) |
SEGA Saturn |
Mar, 1996 |
4 out of 5 |
80 |
| Video Games & Computer Entertainment |
SEGA Saturn |
Apr, 1996 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| PC Games (Germany) |
DOS |
May, 1997 |
76 out of 100 |
76 |
| Power Play |
DOS |
Apr, 1997 |
75 out of 100 |
75 |
| Defunct Games |
SEGA Saturn |
May 09, 2004 |
75 out of 100 |
75 |
| Meristation |
DOS |
Aug 18, 2001 |
7.5 out of 10 |
75 |
| NowGamer |
PlayStation |
Jan 01, 1998 |
7.2 out of 10 |
72 |
| Game Players |
SEGA Saturn |
Mar, 1996 |
72 out of 100 |
72 |
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Trivia
Despite what everyone else tells you, X-Men: CotA was developed by Capcom, released in arcades by Capcom, but wasn't ported to home consoles (except for the Saturn version) by Capcom. Acclaim and Probe handled ports to the PSone and PC, and Acclaim published the Saturn version for Capcom.
