
Instead, it’s based on Pryde of the X-Men, an earlier, failed TV pilot that nobody remembers.įor what’s likely this reason, the game just feels heavily rushed, and most of the budget must have went to the game’s six-player feature. For one thing, for whatever reason, the game isn’t based on the popular 1992 cartoon, which Capcom would use to go on and make some great games.

Especially since games like The Simpsons, which came out an entire year before it, manage to outclass it so well. It’s hard to say for sure what exactly happened with X-Men, but something about the entire thing feels rushed and sloppy. Even their licensed beat-em-ups, which included such top acts like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, had a mistake in there somewhere. Not all of Konami’s games could be zingers, as Crime Fighters proved.
