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

DOS

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The Press Says

Coming Soon Magazine	DOS	Jun, 1997	90 out of 100	90
Hobby Consolas	SEGA Saturn	Feb, 1996	88 out of 100	88
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
NowGamer	PlayStation	Jan 01, 1998	7.2 out of 10	72
All Game Guide	SEGA Saturn	1998		70
The Video Game Critic	SEGA Saturn	Apr 25, 2013	B-	67
Meristation	PlayStation	Mar 14, 1998	6 out of 10	60
IGN	PlayStation	Mar 03, 1998	3.5 out of 10	35

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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.

Related Web Sites

• Wikipedia: X-Men: Children of the Atom -- Information about X-Men: Children of the Atom at Wikipedia