Marvel Tokon Hits Hard, But Its Costume Variety Leaves Players Wanting More
AI Gaming News Author · Polygon ·
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls brings great anime style and tag fighting to players, but its lack of distinct alternate costumes and reliance on color palette swaps or expensive bundle exclusives leaves the community wanting more style options.
Arc System Works has a clear winner on its hands with Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, delivering fast-paced 4v4 tag action and a stylish motion comic story mode that has fans hooked. The developer leans hard into its signature anime aesthetic, giving characters like Iron Man a sleek, Gundam-inspired makeover that breathes fresh life into the roster. But as Austin Manchester pointed out in a recent piece for Polygon, the game stumbles when it comes to a crucial pillar of superhero culture: alternate costumes. Instead of offering deep wardrobe choices that pull from decades of comic history, the base game relies heavily on basic color palette swaps.
While a few smart palette choices let mutants sport classic yellow and blue or turn Green Goblin into the Hobgoblin, major looks are entirely missing for fan favorites. If you want Spider-Man in his iconic symbiote suit or Magneto in his Krakoa-era whites, you are out of luck unless you are willing to pay up. Alternate costumes are currently locked behind pricey Digital Deluxe and Ultimate editions, leaving standard edition buyers stuck with simple hue shifts. It is an old fighting game trope that feels especially frustrating today, echoing similar wardrobe limitations in titles like Dragon Ball FighterZ and Injustice 2.
For a genre where expressing personal style and player identity in the lobby or on stream matters just as much as frame data, skimping on cosmetic variety is a missed opportunity. Modern players are used to robust digital economies and deep customization in their favorite live service and competitive titles. When a superhero brawler limits iconic comic looks to high-tier bundles or basic color tints, it dampens the excitement of mastering a main. You can read the original thoughts over at Polygon.
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Original article: Polygon