Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes by: RAW64life@aol.com Character FAQ/Move List for Thanos Version 1.1 I. Introduction II. Version History III. Legend IV. Character Information V. Moves List VI. Coming Soon VII. Credits VIII. Legal Stuff -------------------------------------------------------------- I. Introduction -------------------------------------------------------------- Well, this is my first FAQ and I really don't know how to begin it so Im going to begin by saying that I don't know how to begin it. Anyway, over the past couple of months I've become a complete Marvel vs Capcom 2 maniac. I've searched far and wide for any news what so ever on Marvel vs Capcom 2. I've seen a million screen shots, about 30 movies, a few wallpapers (I have an awesome one on my comp now) and have read as many previews and reviews and other stuff. I've even read all the other character FAQ's on this site before I even thought of making my own. But I just felt I needed to contribute to the greatness of M vs C 2. So I'm doing it through GameFAQ's with a character FAQ. Now the next thing I needed to decide is who? My favorite guys in the game are the mutated freaks so I looked down the list and Thanos was my pick, 1, because he's never been mentioned in anything I've read on M vs C 2 and 2, because he's awesome. Anyway..... -------------------------------------------------------------- II. Version History -------------------------------------------------------------- 4/20/00 - 1.0 - Everything is new 4/21/00 - 1.1 - Spell checked it, finished move descriptions, gave credit to Biography section 4/22/00 - 1.2 - Fixed a few things here and there -------------------------------------------------------------- III. Legend -------------------------------------------------------------- My legend is a bit different from most other FAQ's but I find it a lot easier. Some other FAQ's that I read and printed out had the legend take up an entire page so I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible. I don't use QCF, QCB, etc. for down forward moves. I doubt anyone is actually goona press down, take a 1 second pause and then press forward and a punch/kick. Up - Up Down - Down Forward - Forward Backward - Backward (air) - can be done in air Punch - Any Punch PP - Both Punches LP - Low Punch HP - High Punch Kick - Any Kick KK - Both Kicks LK - Low Kick HK - High Kick A1 - Assist 1 A2 - Assist 2 On to the character info............. -------------------------------------------------------------- IV. Character Information -------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------- Biography ----------------------------- Real Name - Thanos Alias - None Height - 6 foot 7 Weight - 985 lb.lbs. First Appearance - Iron Man #55 Previous vs Appearances - Marvel Super Heroes Brief History - Thanos is an Eternal, a race of almost immortal beings who lived on the moon of Saturn called Titan. Thanos' father saw his evil intentions of taking over and exiled him from this planet. Years later Thanos came back with his henchmen and took over Titan which led to him attempting to take over the universe. Using his psionic and cosmic destructive abilities he almost did take over the universe which he captured all six Infinity Gems but was stopped (that's the storyline of Marvel Super Heroes). Thanos still remains a threat to many including Warlock and Silver Surfer but yet has he fulfilled his dream. ----------------------------- Outfits ----------------------------- LP - Light Blue Costume / Orange Shoulder Pads, etc. HP - Light Blue Costume / Peach Shoulder Pads, etc. LK - Blue Costume / Yellow Shoulder Pads, etc. HK - Blue Costume / Red Shoulder Pads, etc. A1 - Purple Costume / Orange Shoulder Pads, etc. A2 - Purple Costume / Red Shoulder Pads, etc. -------------------------------------------------------------- V. Moves -------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------- Special Moves ----------------------------- Titan Crush - Down, Forward, Punch (air) - Thanos simply raises his hand up follow by a quick three punches. Can't really get a 10 line explanation out of this one. Nothing fancy at all really. Death Sphere - Down, Forward, Kick - Ok so it doesn't cause that much death but it's still a cool name and an effective way to start a real mean combo. Thanos winds up for a punch but instead traps the opponent in sort of a bubble things rendering him helpless for the next 3 seconds or so. Great for combo starters. ----------------------------- Hyper Combos ----------------------------- Gauntlet Power - Down, Forward, PP - Thanos raises his fist up high as he charges up. The four little orbs circle around his fist signaling for a Dragon Ball Z-like move. He then, in a punching motion, throws a huge fireball taking up three quarters of the screen at the opponent. Unblockable if in the middle of a combo otherwise pretty easy to block. Takes a good 25% percent off your average opponent. Gauntlet Soul - Down, Back, KK - Like his other super setups, he raises his fist up high with 4 tiny orbs surrounding his fist. Then the screen flashes and a picture of his mug pops up taking up half the screen. Then a lighting like beam shoots out of his fist and chases the opponent. If he misses, the beam will try to hit the opponent for a couple of seconds and then stop but if it connects it zaps the opponent and takes a good 20% off the average fighter. Gauntlet Reality - Down, Back, PP - Thanos as usual raises his clutched fist high in the air cleverly hiding his super charge. Then the orbs float around and Thanos' freakish face pops up. Then two huge slabs of rock surround the opponent and smash against each other, crushing the opponent. Pretty easy to dodge but does about 30% damage on the average fighter. All power moves for this guy. Gauntlet Space - Down, Forward, KK - You have a pretty good idea by now of what happens at the beginning of the super. Anyway, after the starting sequence two meteor showers fall out of a huge portal opened up by Thanos on the top of the screen. The first one falls by him (no it doesn't hurt him) and the second one falls over the enemy. Can do anywhere from 1 to 20% damage. ----------------------------- Assists ----------------------------- Alpha - Death Sphere / Gauntlet Power (see above) Beta - Titan Crush / Gauntlet Reality (see above) Gamma - ?/Nothing / Gauntlet Space (see above) ----------------------------- Combos ----------------------------- Infinite Combo - HK, Death Sphere, HK, Death Sphere, HK, Death Sphere, HK, Death Sphere, HK, Death Sphere, HK, Death Sphere, HK, Death Sphere,...... - You get the point. You can do some serious damage to your opponent and your hand if you can pull this one off. It really gets annoying because the damage you do to your opponent decreases as you juggle him/her and is a real thumb killer but it's a cheap way to beat your opponents best guy when your in a real jam. As for how the combo looks it's simply a kick to the face followed by the Death Sphere followed by a kick to the face followed by the Death Sphere followed by a kick to the face followed by the Death Sphere followed by...... Wine Killer - HK, Death Sphere, repeat until tired or opponent says "stop being cheap", Titan Crush, Gauntlet Power - Ok, the name is cheezy as hell but it lives up to it's name. 90% of the time you do the infinite \ combo you either get a "cheapo" from your fellow humanoid or a soar thumb. So if you have this situation, don't just stop, give 'em a few shots before you go. Simply give him the 'ol Titan Crush and a Gauntlet Power to go. As for how it looks, multiple kick to the face Death Sphere combinations followed by a few quick punches to the face and a huge fireball. Triple Super - Jump Forward, LK, HK, LP, Ducking LK, Gauntlet Power, Gauntlet Power, Gauntlet Soul - Thanos leaps into action with a series of kicks and punches followed by two devastating Gauntlet Powers and a Gauntlet Soul to go. Takes a good 75% health off of the average Joe and will usually result in your opponent being stupified by an awesome combo that's not totally cheap. In the combo above, if you were playing against another person and tried to do it, he would eventually punch you in the face or swat your controller / joystick away and take full advantage of your broken hands. As for how it looks, a usual punch-kick combo with two huge balls and a lighting bolt coming out of Thanos' clutched fist. Anything Combo - Jump Forward, LK, HK, LP, LP + LK (air combo start), anything - The reason I put anything is there is about 20 combinations of combos you can use beginning with everything before "anything". Try to create your own devastating combos or add this to the start of your combo to make it even more effective. Mix and match, slab and slurp, grab and glurp (sorry I had to say that) do anything, but my advice is not to try stuff on the taller guys because it most likely wont work on smaller guys. As for how it looks it's all up to you. -------------------------------------------------------------- VI. Coming Soon -------------------------------------------------------------- - Move Descriptions - More combos (if necessary. If you have a combo send it in and I will give you full credit) - Vs. Computer FAQ - More Character FAQs/Move lists -------------------------------------------------------------- VII. Credits -------------------------------------------------------------- - MadManCafe, IGNDC, Segadojo, GamingAge, Fighters.net and Shoryuken.com for providing me with the most up to date Marvel Vs Capcom 2 news, reviews, combo movies, previews, FAQ's, move lists and codes - GameFAQs for making one hell of a site - Capcom for making one hell of a game - Mike Z. for the combos - Silver Surfer Website (http://marvelite.prohosting.com/surfer) for the character information - Me for writing this character FAQ -------------------------------------------------------------- VIII. Legal Stuff -------------------------------------------------------------- This document Copyright John Pantozzi (RAW64life) 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------- Questions, comments, submissions, hate mail, anything? Send it in. I love getting mail. Send to RAW64life@aol.com